Sairin Yuusha no Fukushuu Hanashi Vol 2 Chapter 4

Editor:Oscuras

After leaving the Adventurers Guild we lodged at a adequate vacant inn.

It was an inn with a small bathhouse however Elfi threw a tantrum by saying   「  I prefer if it had a larger hot spring though  」

The next day.

After having our breakfast with extra charge, we went out of the inn.

Our examination result will be given tomorrow and my requested weapon is not ready yet. Moreover, there’s something that I want to do in this country.

The thing which has happened during those thirty years.

About the Labyrinth of Purgatory rebuilded by the Maou.

Isn’t there any information regarding Dionis and Lucifina?

Is there any information regarding my other betrayer?

There should be a place where I can investigate it.

By such reason is why I dragged along Elfi whose facinated by the stall and headed toward the library.

Along our way I’ve notice there’s a spa.r.s.ely amount of the wolf beastman.

Those guys walking while proudly moving those thick arms of theirs, while people on the street seemed to be trying to avoid them.

「  Mu, such self-important bunch  」(Elfi)

「  You’re a fine one to talk!  」(Iori)

Not long after that we arrived at the library.

After I pay our admission fee we advance inside.

Its stated in the notice that its not allowed taking something out from here. Moreover the smell of old paper drifts inside the premise too.

The silentness is to that to the extent it makes peoples think there’s no one inside.

It’s to the extent that the librarian himself is yawning.

From the shelves crammed with books I took out the subject that’s related with my objectives.

Because there is something like a newspaper, I took at the one related with these past several years to my seat.

As Elfi said that she needs to look for something she headed away somewhere.

「  Then  」(Iori)

I start to read the book which I brought.

It seems that the Maou forces were inactive from the day I died till now.

Looks like the human forces were dissolved, from the Maou castel being rebuild and the five labyrinths that were partially destroyed there aren’t many events that occured.

But recently it seems movement begins again.

Because of the damage received, mostly by the humans and demi-humans that lose their place and seem to migrate to the Federations.

As population increased the tourists seemed to be increasing too  ー

―― when I recall something.

I’ve once saw a lot of those with tear- stained faces,

「ーーー」(Iori)

At that moment, my ideal from back then comes to my mind.

I’ve shaken off those wasteful thoughts from my mind and continue to look over the newspaper.

As I expected, all the King Four Devas whom I annihilated seems to be replaced with new ones.

For the time being, it seemed there’s a Mazoku claiming itself with a name of “Distortion”.

And its stated that having been cornered by the human invaders, the Maou Castel received a partial destruction.

Unfortunately, there was no information related to Dionis and Lucifina.

But if I take into consideration those two capability its not possible if both of them become either the Four Heavenly Kings or the Demon Lord himself. T/N I’ve change King Four Devas to Four Heavenly King due to better naming sense.

There something not right regarding the “Distortion” after I put together the related information with it.

Regarding the Labyrinth of Pugatory, there wasn’t any new information particularly.

It seems like there’s no significant change from last time.

It looks like there’s no further information that could be found and I was done searching through the books, when I took a glimpse at the newspaper.

My movement halted right after an article that came to my sight.

It looks like the Federation was being attacked by demons a few years ago.

As the adventurers resisted the attack they were gradually being driven to a corner.

At that moment, the wolf beastman came as reinforcements to help the humans.

At that time, the person who led the wolf beastmen was   ー

「  Hear this Iori!  」(Elfi)

Suddenly at that time, Elfi who was in her angry state *ZUKAZUKA* headed toward me.

「  Don’t raise your voice in a library, could you.

……so, whats the matter?  」(Iori)

「  You see, there’s a lot of books regarding Ortegia but why there’s no book about me at all !  」(Elfi)

That is, even me myself wouldn’t be aware a Maou like her existed at all.

Furthermore, she just became a Maou for a short time.

「 Even though it was just for a short time, but I can’t believe this. Even though, there’s plenty of thing that I do that can be published into books  」(Elfi)

「  Hee~, and what did you do?  」(Iori)

Aside from that character of her, her ability is reliable.

There should some praiseworthy deeds done by her, right?

「Like I’ve won against fellow mazoku in the tournament, like I was able to tame the rampaging dragon race and turn it into my pet, or about how I wrote special edition books about delicious human cuisine, anyway there’s a lot of deeds that I’ve done. Besides, there are various things acc.u.malated inside my head such as my hobby to be aware of, you see」(Elfi)

「I guess that would be worldly-minded kind of stuff, right」(Iori)

Regarding the Maou Ortegia who committed all kinds of the tyranny, rather than  『 Elfisuzaku, Turning dragons into her pets and writing special edition books about delicious cuisine  』  of course n.o.body would write and record her deeds into books.

「……Muu  」(Elfi)

「  Leaving that aside  」(Iori)

I show a certain article from the newspaper to Elfi.

「……That is ?  」(Elfi)

「  It’s my target “That is”  」(Iori)

As expected there’s my target here.

「 Its just an undetailed article, his whereabouts are not being stated here  」(Iori)

「……I see  」(Elfi)

My information gathering has come to fruition.

After we were statisfied with the information we got, we left the library.

I leave the library and walk down the street.

Because its still daytime there are a lot of people.

「……But, it appears that humans and demi-humans here are able to get along very well, huh  」(Elfi)

Such as the fairy races, the cat beastman and other races of demi-humans can be seen among the crowd, too.

When Elfi saw that, she began to talk while having a distanced look in her eyes.

「  Not just with the Mazoku, there’s alot of times when the demi-humans start to fight against humans as well. Sometime it even escalated into wars, too  」(Iori)

Certainly before, the humans weren’t fighting only with the Mazoku but with the demi-humans, too.

When I came here, both sides didn’t have time for it because of Maou force.

For Elfi who just now saw such a scene it might look strange for her.

The demi-humans were able to get along very well in this country.

There should be a lot of troubles raising regarding differences in culture, even so they still have unity among themselves.

「 Considering that, this spectacle can’t be denied that it is something amazing though 」(Elfi)

―― Coexistence.

「ー  It is worthless  」(Iori)

Toward Elfi words I’ve muttered those words reflexively.

Unity and coexistence.

I’ve felt sick just by hearing those words.

Indeed, certainly there’s such a thing as “unity”.

From the outward appearance of this city it probably seems to be peaceful.

Therefore, its just that.

Even when spending time together, either it’s human or demi-human and what kind of relation they had, in the end only betrayal awaits.

Because of one’s desire they don’t hesitate to sacrifice their friends to fulfill it.

「……Iori  」(Elfi)

When Elfi seems to want to say something, right when she was about to open her mouth.

Suddenly not far from us, angry screams and a shriek could be heard.

「 It appears that something had happened  」(Iori)

「  Should we have a look?  」(Elfi)

We advance to the scene as we push our way through the crowd.

Before long we discovered the owner of those angry screams and shriek.

「 I-I’m sorry-nya……」

「 Do you thing that an apology is enough after b.u.mping into me, HAH? Its still not enough sincerity, ya hear me  」

Right there was a cat beastman that had involved herself with a large build wolf beastman.

That cat beastman face turned pale while *GATAGATA* trembling in fear, but somehow I seem to recognise her face.

「 Thats the blacksmith’s shop a.s.sistant, is it  」(Iori)

If I am not mistaken her name was Nyamel of something ?

From the flow of the story I conclude that Nyamel has b.u.mped into that wolf beastman.

In addition, that wolf beastman is demanding money as an apologise from that girl.

Although a woman is being entangle with such problem, the curious onlookers just watch it without any attempt at doing something to help her.

On the contarary, the women nearby just throw their annoying sights at her.

「 What did that woman think, trying to pick a fight with that wolf beastman……」

Such voices could be heard here and there.

Hearing those words the wolf beastman *NYARI* let out a broad grin.

「 Are you trying to defy us in this city? Anyone? 」

Toward that words, *ZOROZORO* all the other wolf beastman arrived.

「  Nya, Nyaa……」

Nyamel started to curl herself and was about to cry.

Despite that, people in this city do not interfere.

Although it turned into such an uproar, even a guard does not come over to handle it.

It appears that, in this city the wolf beastman seem to be the ones running it.

Due to that they make it look as if Nyamel who got entangled with this farce was the one at fault.

「  This kind of att.i.tude really makes us lose face. Should we make you pay with some painful experience? 」

「 Nya……」

Toward the frightened Nyamel the wolf beastman came closer to her.

It was in state that no one can help her anymore.

「  What are you gonna do, Iori  」(Elfi)

「……I  wont do anything. As the reason for me to help is……」(Iori)

Wait.

If I’m not mistaken there’s n.o.body that can help the old man with his work at that store other than this cat beastman, huh.

If she suffers some injury now, there’s a posibility that it would affect the production of my sword.

In the worst case, it will cause trouble for my incoming labyrinth subjugation.

「……but  」(Iori)

「 Iori ?  」(Elfi)

I let out a sigh as I stepped forward.

「……Oi, what do you want human ?  」

Ignoring the threat by the wolf beastman, I’ve pulled Nyamel and covered her behind me.

I don’t have the slightest concern with their problem, but it’ll trouble me if my sword production is delayed.

Because I want to quickly subjugate the labyrinth, so that I can begin to carry out my revenge.

「 Isn’t this enough already? She already apologized and there is no need to get harsh with her, right? 」(Iori)

「  Hah? You’re unrelated with this, human. Get lost!!  」

It seems that my word doesn’t go through.

Well then, what should I do?

Should I just let him have some painful experience?

At the time when the wolf beastman was about to lay his hands on me.

「ー  That’s enough. Stop such unsighly behavior in front of public eyes  」

When I heard that voice among the curious onlookers, the wolf beastman that threatened me became meekly at once.

「  P-please forgive me  」

As *KOTSUKOTSU* footsteps steadily resonated, a single wolf beastman comes over.

Just by looking at that wolf beastman all the other wolf beastman *PEKOPEKO* bow down their heads to him.

When I looked at the figure of the person who came over, I’ve opened my eyes wide unintentionally.

ー  ah!, I didn’t expect to come across you this quickly.

Because of that I’ve covered my mouth to hide a smile that was about to appear on my face.

Wearing a well-starched suit that fits with his body, it was a nervous looking wolf beastman.

As he arranged his light brown colored hair, a preciseness can be seen through from his clothes and hairstyle.

Ah~, finally.

Finally, I’ve found my first target.

The man who acted as the staff officer for the wolf beastman once.

The betrayer who cooperated to murder me for the sake of a reward.

ー Merwin Johannes.

My revenge target is right there.