chapter 6
6 – #006 You are being taken advantage of.
When we first fell into this world, we were naturally confused and shocked.
“Sah, save me! What bullsh*t! Subjugating the Demon Lord!”
“We’re just normal college students! What’s the point of suddenly being asked to pick up a knife and fight?!”
“Goo, soldier! Older brothers, is there any way?!”
“I’m in the public interest! Don’t say anything to me!”
Confusion.
“Damn, you mean you can’t go home unless you fight…! Where is this!”
“I will kill you. The goddess and the demon king…!”
“Yeah, but going out and fighting…! I want to do it! I don’t do it!!”
“What does that have to do with this now!”
Of course, it was full of great confusion at first, but soon we got used to the world.
In the beginning, there were those who helped us.
“Don’t worry, warriors! We’ll come forward and help!”
Unlike ordinary college students, there were warriors in this world who were willing to throw themselves into battle against the demon king’s army.
“I will be the shield that protects the warriors!”
The same goes for Arhan, the leader of the Holy Knights of the Goddess Church.
“We will protect the warriors from the front. Just trust us!”
“Thank you…For real! Thanks to the Paladins, we all survived!”
Arhan and the paladins, that is to say, those we call ‘buffaloes’ all stood in front of the female warriors.
“Knights, you’re really cool! Compared to that, those guys…”
“hahahaha. It’s because I haven’t been trained as a warrior yet.”
“Isn’t that great? Can I touch your muscles?”
“Of course! hahahahaha, I’m doing another muscle thing…”
Like all creatures called men, the men of this world were willing to wear meat shields to look good to the female warriors.
“Chief Arhan. Would you like to get some fresh air with me?”
“The night air…? Yes. I like it. Hey, hero…! This is blasphemous…!”
“Heroes are people too. I like Captain Arhan, what do you think?”
“…Keugh! You Arhan, now as a man who is not the leader of the knights…!”
This man, Arhan, was the first man put into the fishery by a woman with the alias of a femme fatale – ‘Min Sena’.
“Captain Ar Han. Be careful of the femme fatale. Now her captain is being used by her.”
“Even if you’re a warrior, don’t be mean! Anything beyond that is considered crossing the line, and I’ll challenge you to a duel!”
“No, really…! Deal being designed!”
“You bastard!”
There was no way to stop a man blinded by love.
“Chief Arhan! How could you refuse our invitation so coldly?”
“There are rumors that you don’t appear often in the social world these days. Have you had a close relationship with the warriors?”
“Such…!”
Whether or not the aristocratic ladies of this world are clever, their level is at most that of a bee.
“Arhan oppa. Can’t I just ride the horse for once? Can I just ride it on the back and hold it like this?”
“K-Hmm! I’m sorry, ladies. I had a prior appointment!”
No aristocratic ladies could open their mouths in front of the longevity wasp queen, who came from Earth with a lot of modern sensibilities.
It’s not just Arhan.
Other paladins under Arhan, even if they weren’t necessarily sorcerers or warriors, many men clung to the female warriors.
Then they all died.
“Brother Arhan…!”
“Are you alright, femme fatale…! I protected you…!”
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry…! Let’s go to the rear and rest! We’ll soon defeat the Demon King and go back to Arhan oppa!”
“Keugh…!”
At least the one who survived became a disabled soldier.
His arms and legs were cut off one by one, and Arhan, who was judged to be out of power, had to leave as if he was kicked out of the front line.
And after that.
Of course, Arhan was abandoned.
“No, you…?”
“…Oh my. The Crown Prince of the Empire? Heh, that’s interesting. What are you doing here at night?”
The femme fatale set out to find another prey, and succeeded in capturing even the emperor of the empire by replacing countless men.
In other words.
This man was abandoned.
Even so.
“Yes, I love you.”
Still, I can’t come to my senses.
* * *
After a while.
When I was invited to Arhan’s house, I was shocked beyond words by the state of the house.
“This is…”
“I’m sorry. I’m uncomfortable trying to do this all by myself.”
It was not at the level of a room where a man lives alone.
I watched a documentary before, and it reminded me of a scene where I was cleaning the rooms of young people dying alone.
That’s how serious Arhan’s house was.
It wasn’t just that this man was lazy, it was a problem that arose because he couldn’t solve everything with his one hand and one leg.
“Would you like to come in?”
“…No. I’ll just stay here. Captain, I came to-“
“I’m not the leader. Just say Arhan.”
Arhan sat down in the rocking chair with a bitter smile.
“…Congratulations from the bottom of my heart for defeating the demon lord. I believed that the warriors would surely succeed. Thanks to you, humanity was saved, and we regained peace.”
“How about Mr. Arhan? The others… I don’t think anyone lives there.”
“I live alone. Even if I was the former leader of the Order of the Holy Knights… I’m just one of those who have changed countless times in the past two years.”
After Arhan retired.
About 17 commanders of the Order of the Holy Knights followed one after another.
And those who were injured and retired like Arhan had to survive on their own somehow.
Because it was too difficult to take care of the lives of those who were not nobles and who did not have any power.
“Still, the femme fatale helps me a lot. She makes me receive a pension for disabled soldiers, sends me a housekeeper once a week, and also sends me letters like this.”
There is only one ‘well decorated’ place in Arhan’s house.
There was a box made of steel, and inside the box was a pile of parchment.
“After the battle with the Demon King’s army, not a single letter came, but I believe. He will send a letter. Letters come like rain falling from the sky, but I still believe. Now the Demon King has fallen. . hahahaha.”
There is no answer.
Conversation does not work.
– Hey. Have you been avoiding me lately?
-What did I do wrong?
– I’m sorry.
-Do you want to have dinner on Friday?
Femme fatale Min Sena is a really clever woman.
She is a woman who even sprinkles rice cakes on the fish she once released from the fishing grounds.
I almost got into designing too.
On Earth.
-I don’t want to party with that human, Prince…! Please, can’t the prince do something?
– Great. All right, Lady. Wait a minute …I’m sorry, Hero Undertaker, but I think we’ll have to go to the front.
Coming to this world, he treated me like a plague and used his power to drive me out.
It is highly likely that he escaped from the dungeon by now using fish from his own fishery.
No matter how saintly she is, she is blinded by love, and it is not enough for her to deal with the cult, the naked, and the water buffaloes.
“How active was the femme fatale?
Even the buffalo outside the fishing grounds right in front of me are at this level, so it’s a shame.
I have something to get from this man, but in this situation, it might be difficult to get this man’s ‘certificate’.
This man who is still drunk with a femme fatale-
‘Are you still confused?’
In that case, use it in reverse.
“…Mr. Arhan.”
I locked the door tightly.
“Apart from the stories that circulate in the market, have you heard any strange rumors?”
“What rumors…?”
“Rumor that the devil’s seed was conceived by four female warriors.”
“Such!”
Bang!
“This is a nonsense story! Even if others don’t know, there’s no way a femme fatale would have had a child with the devil!”
Arhan slammed his hand on his armrest and let out his anger.
“I think so too. But isn’t there such a thing as an ‘what if’?”
“So what are you going to do? Are you trying to kill the femme fatale?”
“No. It’s not like that, I’m looking for clues. I’m using what might be the traces of the demon lord.”
“Traces of the Demon King… No way?”
“Yes. I’d like to check what was sealed on ‘Madera Island’ in the southwest.”
Arhan’s expression began to harden.
“Mr. Undertaker. Are you serious? You’re saying you’re going to enter the ‘Storm Island’?”
“Yes. Please issue a pass. I will go there myself and check the demon lord’s weapon sealed in the Storm Island.”
Even if you go straight by boat, there is an island where you have to go down 1000 km from Lisboa.
And on that island, one of the four heavenly kings of the demon king’s army, the demon king’s right hand, ‘Kramuta of the Storm’ is sealed away.
Arhan is the only man who can issue a certificate to enter the storm island.
Even though his life is like this, he is still working for the Goddess Church.
As a regular priest, not as a knight commander.
“What are you trying to do by confirming that terrible existence…The one who brought me to this point…”
“Details are confidential, but I’ll tell you this.”
I said calmly to Arhan, with the smile I had when dealing with the dead.
“It’s a femme fatale’s request to keep it secret.”
After a while.
I got my pass.