I Became a Hero Traveling With Saint Mesgaki

Chapter 18 – Heuk heuk, it’s too much for you to make me cry

“…Holy Maid, the monster sees us and welcomes us?”

I witnessed a strange sight of monsters being friendly to humans. It feels like the common sense I’ve developed while dealing with monsters is about to be smashed to pieces.

“…Saint?”

But the saintess’ expression was serious. She doesn’t feel strange, but the face of someone who is in a very bad mood.

“Nyan! People have been seeing each other for a long time! I came to the village because I wanted to see people, but no one approached me!”

“…The monster wanted to see a person?”

What is it? Is it a monster with a very peculiar personality?

“Haa, what a bad taste.”

“Yes, what are you talking about all of a sudden?”

“Stay here.”

“Yes??”

After the saintess said that, she strode alone to the Cheshire Cat. What are you doing dangerously!?

“… Huh?”

But surprisingly, the Cheshire Cat approached the saintess right next to her but did not stop her.

Why don’t monsters attack humans?

“Nyan! Did you come to talk to me?”

“Wait. I’ll talk to you in a little while, so I’ll do it to my heart’s content.”

“I got it!”

“Let me touch you for a moment.”

The saintess put her hand on the body of the Cheshire Cat without hesitation. She then shoved her hand into her thick hair and started to fumble around.

“Nyangnyang! It tickles me!”

“…What are you doing?”

I don’t understand what the saintess is doing. However, the saintess’ expression was so serious that she decided to wait and see even if she didn’t understand.

“…I found it.”

“Nyan? What do you mean?”

The saintess left her hand and started muttering something. I can’t hear it well… It sounds like a prayer or something?

“What?”

Suddenly, the saintess’ black hair fluttered. It’s not even windy.

“… Huh?”

Her dark hair, which had been flowing wildly, gradually turned red. It wasn’t just red, it shone like the sun.

“…Goddess Solaria?”

I think Oz said something, but she can’t hear. What kind of goddess is she?

Eventually, when the black hair of the saintess was completely dyed red, her mighty divine power radiated light.

“Ugh!”

Her eyes were tightly closed in the intense light. What is an eye patch?

When she opened her eyes again, the saintess’s hair, which had been scattered randomly, was calmly settled down again. Her hair, which had been dyed red, also returned to black.

“…Saint?”

What was it?

“Nyan? What did you do?… Guwei!”

I suddenly vomit!? The Cheshire Cat began to cackle and retching her a few times.

“Saint!”

I ran to her saintess because something seemed wrong. However, unlike me, she was looking at the Cheshire Cat with a very peaceful appearance.

“…Hero, why are you here?”

“Why, the monsters are doing something strange right now!”

“Oh, it’s okay. It is a healing process.”

“What are you giving birth to? Are you giving birth to a baby?”

“It’s not about giving birth, it’s about getting better. Can’t you tell the difference, too? Stupid♡”

You’re getting better?

“Did the monster get hurt? Why did you treat the monster in the first place…”

“You will know when you see it.”

After gagging several more times, the Cheshire Cat vomited something out of her mouth. The thing that came out of Cheshire Cat’s mouth was a red stone.

“…What is that?”

“I’ll explain in a bit.”

The Cheshire Cat, who had vomited a lump of red stone in her, her body staggered, then she thumped to the side and she fell.

…What is it, is it dead?

“Be prepared to take it.”

“Yes? What?”

The saintess pointed at the Cheshire Cat. As she followed her finger and watched her monster for a while, an amazing thing happened.

“Saintess, what is this…”

The Cheshire Cat’s body was getting smaller and smaller.

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Abel was confused. The body of the Cheshire Cat got smaller and smaller, and eventually it changed into a human form, not a monster.

The Cheshire Cat disappeared everywhere, leaving only a girl with her purple hair. Estelle took off Abel’s cape, which had been absentmindedly appreciating her situation, and she covered the girl’s body as it was.

“…What happened?”

“Don’t panic~. Isn’t that stupid♡ I’ll go back to the hero’s house and explain it to you, so please listen to that girl.”

“…Yes.”

“I will tell the villagers that I have defeated the monster. Did you know?”

Abel nodded her head at her squeak. Estelle looked at Abel and said something.

“There has never been a case like this among the monsters you cut down, so don’t worry too much.”

“…Ah.”

It was only then that Abel seemed relieved and his stiff body relaxed. Seeing Abel like that, Estelle smiled lightly.

“It’s not some kind of wooden doll, why are you making such a creak~♡ You look like a two-headed person♡”

“…Hmm.”

“Let’s go.”

Abel took her girl and followed Estelle back to the village.

On her way back, Estelle asked Oz not to divulge this incident, and Oz nodded her head with her father’s expression on her face.

“Mr. Oz, please tell the chief that the monster has been eliminated. We will go home first.”

“…I understand, saintess.”

A very polite attitude. Anyone in this world would have no choice but to show that kind of attitude after seeing Estelle’s appearance a moment ago.

A little while ago, Estelle used the power of Goddess Solaria’s representative. Those who have witnessed it are bound to feel awe from the depths of their hearts.

Entering Abel’s house with her girl, Estelle looked around her house.

‘Is this the home of the warrior? Simple and cute like the warrior~&’

“Saintess, what should I do with this person?”

“Lay me down on the bed for now.”

Abel put her girl to bed. And Abel asked Estelle.

“…How did a monster turn into a human?”

“To be precise, humans turned into monsters. Did you vaguely notice?”

“…Is that possible?”

Estel pointed to a chair at Abel.

“Sit down. At this point, I need to properly explain monsters to the hero who doesn’t know anything.”

“Yes.”

Abel obediently listened to her words. She listens well and is a very cute warrior.

“First of all, hero, do you know how monsters appear?”

“No. I don’t know.”

“You really don’t know anything♡ To explain, demons are born from individuals called ‘mothers’ created by the demon king himself. The place where the mother settles down and gives birth to monsters is called a ‘nest’, that is, a ‘nest’.”

“I see.”

“Monsters born from mothers can reproduce by themselves. That’s how the monsters are increasing. That’s why monsters appear near places where humans live. This is the normal birth process of monsters.”

At the word general, Abel listened to her.

“Are there any unusual methods?”

“You’ve come to know how to think a little bit~♡ As the hero said, there are monsters that are born in unusual ways.”

Estelle pointed her hand at the girl lying on her bed. She then showed the red stone the girl had vomited up, she explained.

“This is an ore called Metamorphic Stone. If you plant it on a creature that is not a monster, it transforms that life into a monster.”

“That….”

“Usually, they are planted on wild animals, but there are some cases where metamorphic stones are planted on people like this. I was just in case because monsters don’t attack humans, but it’s nice to see you.”

“…There weren’t any monsters I’d slain, right?”

“No, no. They were all natural monsters~”

Abel laughed when Estelle threw her words in her joking tone.

“Thanks to you, I feel relieved. And what about this girl?”

“You don’t have to worry. Now that she has been completely purified, she can live as a human from now on.”

“…That’s good.”

The girl still looked young. She was a girl with a youthful appearance, younger than Estelle or Abel. How did the change magic stone come to be planted in such a girl?

When monsters plant metamorphic stones, they usually plant them on wild beasts. Humans are more intelligent than other creatures, so it’s difficult to plant metamorphic stones. To plant a metamorphic stone, you have to swallow the metamorphic stone, but there is no way a normal person could eat a red stone.

In addition, it has high intelligence, so even if it transforms into a monster, it does not follow the original monster’s habits. For example, aggression towards humans. Just like the Cheshire Cat that the girl turned into a while ago didn’t attack people at all.

So planting metamorphic stones on humans and monsters was just annoying and had no merit.

‘Usually in this case….’

It is more likely that the same human fed them.

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“Ehh….”

Huh? Broke

The girl who had turned into a monster opened her eyes. As she raised herself up, her purple hair cascaded down her shoulders, along with the blanket she had covered her body with.

“…Hmm.”

She quickly turned her head and beckoned her saintess to come quickly. She was making stew in her kitchen. She is going to eat with the girl when she wakes up.

“Why is that?”

“I woke up. But I think it’s a bit….”

“…Ah, look at the pot for a moment.”

“Yes.”

The saintess approached the girl instead of me and asked in a gentle voice.

“Are you feeling well?”

“…Well, what happened? My body is back to normal….”

“I’m fine now. You will never become a monster again.”

“…Yes?”

I haven’t seen it myself, but I can imagine what it would be like to hear the girl’s voice. It can be confusing, it can also be surprising.

“…Really?”

But the biggest emotion is the joy of being back.

“Yes, I took out the metamorphosis stone that was embedded in your body. That’s why I won’t turn into a monster again.”

The girl was silent for a while. I wonder what the situation is, but it’s a bit like looking back.

Looking back now, it seems that the saintess will pierce me. Let’s just stir the stew hard…

At that moment, a sobbing voice came from behind.

“Ah…It is not a dream…”

“Yes, it is not a dream, it is a reality.”

“…Ughh, that, heuh! Thank you so much, black!”

“I just did what I had to do.”

I hear the sound of a saint patting her back to comfort her girl. And the sound of the girl’s sobs filled her house.

“…Thank God.”

Kungkung!

Suddenly there was a knock on the door. She looked back at her saintess, wanting something, then looked back at her girlish figure, then turned her head around and asked.

“…Should we go out?”

“Yes.”

Someone knocking on the door in the middle of the night….

“Abel! I can’t sleep because of the noise!”

When I opened the door, her aunt was losing her temper.

…Who are you?

“Who keeps crying?”

“…Uh, yes?”

Did you hear the crying outside?

“I heard a woman crying, maybe you….”

The lady’s expression became mysterious.

“I don’t know what you’re imagining, but it’s not like that.”

“…Yeah, you can’t be like that. Then what are you talking about?”

What excuse? I said that the monster was subdued, so I can’t explain why that girl is in my house. But to say that I just brought a girl like that makes my situation strange.

I was rolling my head, but in the end, I made an excuse like this.

“…The saintess cried.”

“Huh?”

“There are only a few other women in our house, the saintess.”

“…Ah, that’s right. But why is the saintess?”

“Please don’t ask why. I’ll be quiet for now.”

“Uh…Yes.”

Her aunt nodded her head and backed away, closed her door and turned to her saintess.

“Heuk heuk, it’s too much for you to make me cry~♡ You try to attack me on your own~♡”

…Crazy b*tch.