Chapter 61 A New Request
"I can't believe Sicily-san was a demon..."
At the Centaur Forest, after Sicily repelled the group of golems, Mars muttered in astonishment.
I cautiously looked around, but there was no sign of anything about to attack.
"Sicily Grandor. And the revival of the demon race, huh... Seems like someone with similar thoughts to Marc has appeared again."
"But Adel-sama, she seemed a bit different. Maybe because of her youthful appearance, she seemed somewhat childish or innocent."
"Indeed..."
As Maia said, there was no clear hostility in Sicily.
She gave off a similar vibe to Marc, making it hard to read what she was thinking.
"Hey, Mars, do you know anything about Sicily?"
"Sorry. Sicily-san used to be a quiet person when she was at the party..."
Come to think of it, Mars mentioned something.
Among the hero's group, Sicily is the only one who is not from the same village.
Mars himself seemed puzzled by the transformation from when she was at the party.
"Sicily was always a mysterious person. I was surprised to hear she was a demon."
"""..."""
When the main person raised their voice, everyone present was surprised and fell silent.
The person everyone was looking at was hero Ibur.
"Sicily saying she wants to join my party must have some hidden motive. Tch, I can't believe I didn't realize who she really was. ...Hey, what's with those eyes of yours?"
"Well... You seem different too. More rounded, I guess."
"Sh-Shut up! It's not like I became calm because you showed your power, it's not like that at all!!"
When Ibur spoke, all the adventurers, including Maia and Teti, turned their eyes towards him with a serious expression.
"Well, maybe getting my holy sword slashed by you, Black-Robed Executor, was a good thing. I was getting a bit too excited about being chosen by the Holy Sword."
"""A bit?"""
"What's that supposed to mean..."
Everyone spoke out at Ibur simultaneously.
It felt like the tension from earlier had dissipated.
"It's fine to act like you've had a change of heart. But what you did to Mars hasn't been forgotten."
"Y-yeah, I know... Mars, come over here for a moment."
Although Ibur still exuded a somewhat overbearing aura, he seemed to be speaking to Mars in his own way.
The warrior-man joined them, and the three began to converse.
Occasionally, a smile could be seen on Mars's face, and I let out a sigh of relief.
* * *
"For now, I've decided to return to my hometown village. I need to train a bit more."
After finishing their conversation, Ibur returned and said something like that.
"I see. Is Mars coming too?"
"No, only this warrior and I are returning to the village. Seems like there are others reaching out to Mars."
Mars looked a bit embarrassed at being told that, but firmly nodded at Ibur's words, "We'll train hard and come back again."
"Well, that wraps things up, Adel-sama."
"Yeah, that's right..."
While I nodded at Maia's words, I kept thinking about the words Sicily had left behind.
――I remember, the princess from the neighboring country of Rune Gaia was said to be visiting...
I couldn't shake off the question of what that meant and how Sicily knew about it.
As I pondered this,
"Oh, right. Black-Robed Executor-san."
Ibur, who was about to leave, called out to me.
"I don't really understand much about Sicily. However, I do know something about the country called Rune Gaia that she mentioned last."
"I see. So, Ibur, you've been traveling to various countries."
"Yeah. Rune Gaia is known for being a closed-off country, but considering I was a hero, I had the opportunity to enter that country relatively recently. Also, there seems to be a strange organization forming in that country."
"A strange organization?"
Ibur nods at my words.
"They go by the name of 'Apostles of Salvation,' a group with a name that sounds like a new religion. Suspicious just from the name, right?"
"Well, I think it's a bit hasty to judge just based on the name..."
"It seems that there are increasing numbers of fervent believers even among the citizens. That's about all I know."
With that, Ibur leaves, waving his hand.
――Apostles of Salvation'... I should keep that in mind, just in case.
I decided to keep that in mind and return to the (Silver Apple Inn).
And then, a few days later at the (Silver Apple Inn) again...
"I am Princess Cress Rune Gaia from the neighboring country of Rune Gaia. I have come here to request something from the Black-Robed Executor-sama."
Just as Sicily had mentioned before, Princess Cress from the neighboring country had come to me.
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