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Published at 12th of July 2023 10:47:17 AM


Chapter 92

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If you think about it normally, it’s strange that the cause is in the temple.

Because the temple wants to erase the cause. So why would they bother leaving it alone?

“Well, from a micro-perspective of managing the heroes, I wonder if it’s to prevent the heroes from regaining their life (physical).”

According to President, if the correction is suddenly weakened due to the cause, they would be overwhelmed and since it’s made of glass, just squeezing or dropping it will break it.

What a scary story.

From a macro-perspective…now then. I don’t really understand the connection between the cause and the temple. In the first place, I don’t even know what the cause is.

“I mean, is it okay to come in direct contact with the glass?”

… I don’t know much about life (physical), but I think I’ve touched Hagasaki-kun’s life in that mysterious space.

“Hagasaki-kun, you’re acting strange?”

“It’s nothing.”

“Spit it out.”

The point is, it’s okay as long as the glass didn’t crack or the contents didn’t spill. I don’t think life (physical) is that fragile…

“Isn’t it fine if Maito handled the cause?”

I’m a cause-killer machine. Yup. Please leave it to me.

However, the problem mentioned earlier comes up at this point.

“Is the temple thinking that it’s okay for the cause to remain?”

“…if so, there’s a possibility that the ritual of returning the heroes will be held even if there’s still a cause, right?”

“No, it’s possible that after erasing all the causes, they’ll get rid of the one in the temple at the end.”

…well, the decision-making power lies with the temple.

“Well, even if we think about it, we can’t do anything. Let’s get the cause as well. It’s better than being over there.”

Suzumoto decided and disbanded the meeting.

 

The reason why we disbanded was that I had to change my clothes. Because if the Demon King came back, it’d be a little strange. The Gun*am Suit also can’t be taken inside, so they’re also changing their equipment to make it easier to fight indoors in the worst case.

So I’m currently Rosemary-san. I put on a mask for the time being.

By the way, Katori took the longest time to change clothes. Well, yeah. It can’t be helped.

 

“Then, let’s go. [Transfer].”

When everyone [Transferred] to the room I saw from Minamo’s point of view, as expected, everyone weakened.

“I hate this feeling.”

“I think everyone except Maito hates it…”

“Maito, please do it sooner.”

It’s the second time so it’s not particularly interesting anymore. When I grabbed the mysterious ball that shines while floating, commonly known as the cause, everyone will immediately be fine.

…huh, somehow…I felt that there was a slight sense of incongruity. When I hold it. Yup. What is it?

 

After that, everyone carried the glass together with the shelves. It’s nice that they kept it on a movable shelf. If you don’t want it to be stolen, keep it on a built-in shelf! Fuhahahahaha!

There were three small shelves, so we can complete it in one round trip.

“Okay, then I’m going back. [Transfer].”

 

I’m back. Or rather, we moved places.

It’s the result of thinking that it wouldn’t be a good idea to leave it in the lab, or rather, what would happen to it if the classroom was put into a jewel state.

“…oi, what’s that?”

“It’s life (physical).”

“Don’t touch it, George-san.”

“Don’t break it, George-san.”

“I’ll leave it to you, George-san.”

It was decided to leave it with the bacon in the basement of George-san. George-san is looking at the glasses while saying “y-yes”.

Because otherworlders live here, security is relatively safe.

For the time being, I explained it to Sagara-kun and the others, including George-san, and told them about the danger. After that, I can only say that they should [Communicate] with us as soon as there’s trouble.

Sagara-kun, who told me to leave it to him, was very reliable.

I decided to have some maid dolls stationed at this pawn shop so that I could grasp the situation here immediately. Something like a surveillance camera. Yup. Of course, I properly told Sagara-kun and the others about this as well.

“Oh my, it’s cute.”

“Wow, cute, it’s cute! Thank you, Maito-senpai!”

…although it was accepted in a relatively favorable way in this sense.

Yeah, the maid dolls seemed to be happy being hugged by a cute girl. Yup.

 

And now we’re back, so let’s have dinner. I’m hungry. Even if I didn’t do that Demon King skit, I’ll still be hungry! If you don’t eat three meals a day, you won’t feel at ease!

I was relieved that I seasoned the meat before breakfast, so while cooking rice and making vegetable soup, I fried it with some vegetables, then finish with pickles.

I wonder if this could be considered cutting corners.

 

After the meal, Katori made a bracelet for the cause so my bracelets increased.

It’s also attached to the upper arm.

Ah, I wonder, as expected, there’s something wrong with it. I wonder if it’ll get better if I sleep on it.

 

When I slept and woke up, it’s already morning. Good morning.

I still feel uncomfortable, but I’m not worried about it anymore. Yup. I wonder why. Is it related to what that book said?

I’m going to cook breakfast for the time being. Today…I wonder if we’re going to attack the temple or wait for a little more.

Which is better? If we wait for the other side to come out, there’ll definitely be heroes. Then we’ll explain the situation. If we start from here, we don’t have to worry about the return ritual.

We need to decide which one is better. Either way, if we’re doing anything, it’d be at night.

 

For the time being, prepare breakfast and wait for everyone. …huh, it’s late already. I usually get up sooner.

I was worried, so I knocked on the door of the lecture room, but there was no reply.

I knocked again, counted to 10 then opened the door…everyone was sleeping.

And in quite a deep sleep. I’m sure they’re tired, so let’s have them sleep in for a little longer. They worked hard to act as the Demon King’s Army and carry the glasses yesterday. Yup.

For the time being, there were some people who are trying to get a cold without their futons, so I put the futon back on them. I gave up on the guy hugging his while sleeping. Yeah, it’s calming to hug the futon.

Then, good night.

 

In the meantime, let’s report to [Alive Grimoire]-san. Looks like it’s really looking forward to it.

“Yahoー”

[Ohh, you’re here! How was it, did it work…seems like it went well. Hmm.]

Seems like [Alive Grimoire]-san is very pleased as it looked into my memory without permission.

[It’s a Demon King-like dialogue, well done.]

That’s because everyone was messing around. That Demon King’s dialogue special training was torture. Yup.

“So, we’ve also recovered the life (physical), but the cause was floating in that room.”

[What!?]

H-huh? So this book is also surprised by that. That surprised me.

[Somehow, no way…no, I see. Hmm, that’s right. It’s possible for the temple to use the cause like that…how sad.]

“Maybe they left the cause that should be erased as a measure against the heroes?”

[Hmm…how rotten they are! It’s because of this! This is why I don’t like the temple!]

Oh, this book is angry.

“W-well. My snake…the child of the [Great Black Snake], apparently knew about the Demon King.”

[Great Black Snake. Hm. I see. So it knows. Are you okay carrying two causes at the same time?]

Oh, a change of topics. In other words, I have no choice but to ask Ketorami and Hunter about this.

“Is there anything wrong with having two?”

[Well, if you’re still okay, that’s fine. …rather, I wonder if you really have magical power on the outside.”

…outside?

“Do I have magical power?”

“You are also producing magical power. The amount produced has also increased. However, it doesn’t seem to come out even with all that.”

…that reminds me, it said [seems that the amount of magical power has increased] a long time ago.

“Magical power is a correction, right?”

[In many cases, that’s the case.]

Then there are exceptions!

…is that me…

 

[Now then. Will you attack the temple in earnest next time?]

“We will. After all, if it stays like this, it won’t end well for us.”

Above all, it’s hard with the ritual.

[Great. Then, as expected, be careful of the great priest. Anyway, even incompetent people have tools in the temple. Be wary.]

Have tools, huh. …I have a bad feeling about this.

[Well, do it well. …uhm, if you can crush the temple, then there’s something I want to give you.]

“If it’s weird, I don’t need it.”

For example, the name of the Demon King.

[Well, it’s not that useless. …be careful.]

Huh, the book is caring today. Ah, no, this atmosphere.

…whatever, I wonder if we’ll meet next after crushing the temple.

 

After that, everyone got up about an hour later, that is, about two hours later than the usual, so we had a late breakfast.

“What are we going to do today? Crush the temple as it is? Or wait?”

“Let’s crush it quickly. If we attack it with Katori’s Beam, the temple will fall, right?”

…well, yeah, the sad part is that I can’t deny that. After all, that mobile warrior is overpowered.

“If we have a head-on collision, can we win?”

My worries are on that point. I myself won’t fight, so I don’t really understand that, and that’s what makes me worried.

“Isn’t it okay as long as they don’t use any strange moves?”

“That book said to be careful because the temple has tools.”

in other words, there’s a great possibility that the “very strange move” will be used.

“I would like to wait and see if possible, but…”

“Ah, then should I go for reconnaissance? I can do it as soon as I reached the shadow.”

I’m grateful for Hariu’s offer, but that’s also dangerous.

If we don’t know what’s on the other person’s hand, we might as well just hit them head-on or burn the entire temple with an overpowered beam.

“It can be harmful to us, but it’s most annoying when the priest dies unexpectedly. We have no way to get the information and tools that only the temple has, so”

There’s a lot of information that the temple is likely to have that we don’t have.

It’s very likely that there’s information that we wanted to see, such as the specific method of the return ritual, the relationship between the cause and the temple, the goddess and the Demon King, the heroes, and many more.

In other words, the means to revive people.

We wanted a way to bring people back to life.

 

The other party is a religious group. And a group of priests. The priests are people who excel in recovery magic.

…there’s a possibility that there’s something in the temple…if not the temple, I can’t think of anything else.

Seems like everyone has already grasped this point, so it’s helpful.

“If they know or have something, then they’re a higher ranking person, right?”

In other words, the great priest.

We already understood from [Alive Grimoire]-san’s story that behind the priest who tried to recruit Suzumoto as a hero was a great priest.

“…but the great priest is absent, right?”

Right, he was absent.

“Ah, right. The priest who invited me to be a hero did say that. It’s quite possible that he hadn’t returned yet.”

…that means, burn the temple! If we do that, the whereabouts of that great priest might remain unknown.

“Well, if you think about it normally, if the Demon King came out, he won’t go back to the temple. If he does come out, I think he’s quite gutsy as a leader.”

“He sounds quite rotten, according to the book.”

Still, that book recognizes that the whole temple is rotten, so I can’t bet on the humanity or sense of responsibility in that Great Priest.

“Why don’t we occupy the temple and ask the captives about that Great Priest’s whereabouts?”

“…no, that’s also dangerous. The other party is a religious group. Religion is usually for death, so it’s quite possible that they’ll die without talking if it’s for their religion.”

Ahhhh, I hate this! Isn’t there a clean and refreshing solution?

There are many possible routes, such as the route where we inadvertently attack and were defeated, the route where we attack and kill the priest, and the route where we attack and occupy the temple, but the priest’s whereabouts are still unknown!

 

“That means, we have to at least get the whereabouts of the Great Priest before crushing the temple.”

…ah, President has a good expression. He might have realized something.

“In other words, what we need to do is infiltrate the inside.”

“Isn’t that what we did before we named ourselves as the Demon King?”

“No. In that case, it would have been difficult to infiltrate unless some of us have a hero contract. Now, we can infiltrate as much as we want in the name of messing up the temple. Anyway, we defeated most of their knights in the field, so now they’re eager to secure their position.”

Yeah, I understand the theory.

“Now’s a good time to catch all the people who might have the information all at once.”

Well, this can save us time and effort. However.

“If we sneak in, what and how can we make them leak the necessary information in a short period of time?”

For the time being, we are the Demon King’s army.

As long as we named ourselves like this, it’s impossible to make them confess in a short time.

If it’s high-value information, it’s necessary to build a relationship of trust to have it leaked, so I don’t think it can be done overnight.

“It’s already done by our Suzumoto and it’s been proven that it’s likely to work.”

…ah, I can already guess.

 

“A venus flytrap.”

 

And now, the atmosphere froze.





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