The Laid-back Life in Another World of the Ex-Hero Candidate Who Turned out to be a Cheat from Level

Chapter 61: Those who come to visit and who work hard

◇◇ In a certain place in a certain forest ◇◇

After regaining consciousness, Ririanju, one of the subordinates of the Evil God, discovered that the Evil Magic Stone she had managed to collect had disappeared.

「… Such a mistake…」

She said as she began to hit the ground again and again to get rid of her frustration.

Her infiltration into the building where the magic stones were supposed to have been was good until the moment when she attacked one of the local employees.

At that time, Ririanju was hit by a wave of consecutive offensive magic by a group of magicians who protected the building, which forced her to escape with one of her wings broken.

By the way, these magicians were the direct subordinates of the Former King, who despite having one of the best magical abilities of the Kingdom, were exiled by the current Queen, and now had been reunited by the Dark King.

Even though it was an Wicked, the attack of those magicians wasn’t something that Ririanju could easily bear.

Even so, somehow, she was able to steal the Evil Magic Stones and escape into the forest.

「Anyway, I’m in a bad situation, at this rate I’ll be found by my persecutors」

After saying that, Ririanju changed her form to that of a small bat and hid in the depths of the forest.

Just a few minutes later, the Wizards who attacked her in the building, along with a considerable number of soldiers, arrived at the place where he had collapsed.

「… The trace of that person disappeared around here… It must still be near, look for him!」

The Magicians, who seemed to be using search magic, continued searching for Ririanju, who had become a bat, among the trees where she was hiding at that moment.

… This is bad…

Ririanju, who was unable to fly with a broken wing, could only bite her lips in frustration as she hid.

◆ ◇ Backyard of Furio’s House ◇ ◆

「So first, you must familiarize yourself with that feeling」

Barissa instructed Jarren, who had become her stepbrother, while standing by his side.

Jarren had asked his stepsister, Barissa, to help him practice with the sword every morning before breakfast, and today was his first day.

Barissa, who was next to Jarren, taught him how to swing his sword properly while pointing out his mistakes.

In the past, every time she swung her sword, she seemed to be performing some kind of act instead of trying to attack, but thanks to Furio and Gozaru, who helped her practice, her skill with the sword improved considerably.

In addition, Barissa had been good at teaching from the beginning, since her indications were accurate and easy to understand, so Jarren, who was a rookie in everything that was related to the swords, somehow was able to wield a sword without problems just an hour after starting the training.

「Well, let’s leave it up there today. Go eat when you finish cleaning your sweat」

「Yes, sister」

Jarren responded with a smile while wiping the sweat with the towel.

「The fencing of my Sister is really beautiful. Even an amateur like me can see how amazing it is」

「I-I see. I guess that’s how it is」

Barissa blushed slightly when she was praised by her stepbrother.

「Aah, you two, could you come here for a moment?」

Gozaru called the two from behind.

Gozaru was Barissa’s husband, and Barissa was Gozaru’s second wife.

Therefore, Jarren, Barissa’s stepbrother, was also Gozaru’s brother-in-law.

「What do you need, Gozaru-dono?」

「What’s up, Brother-in-law¡」

「It’s not the big deal, it’s just that some old acquaintances will come soon to congratulate me on my wedding, so I was wondering if it would be good to introduce you to them」

After hearing that, Barissa,

「When you say an old acquaintance, do you mean someone you met when you were the Demon King?」

Barissa said that while smiling ironically.

Since she was aware that he was originally the Demon King, she didn’t panic when she said it, but he could not help but worry slightly.

On the other hand, Jarrens

「Yes! Encouraging friendly relations is important. I’ll be happy to meet them」

He said that with a huge smile while bowing his head.

Barissa could not help but worry about her stepbrother when she saw him react in that way.

… Jarren is still not convinced that Gozaru is really a Demon, right?… I wonder if he will be fine …

Then, after a while.

It turned out that Barissa’s concerns were correct.

About 10 people, who had known Gozaru in the past, met at Furio’s house.

Of course, they all had a human form.

But some had spider legs emerging from their backs.

Others had long tongues which twisted unnaturally.

Another had abnormally thick legs, and they even seemed to be made of stone.

That’s right, it was obvious that all of them were really Demons.

「Everyone, have you been good? It’s been a long time」

「Ooh! You waste your worry on us」

Everyone knelt immediately when Gozaru, the Former Demon King, showed his concern for them, and there were even some who released a couple of tears because of the emotion.

These are the powerful warriors that once fought beside the Demon King.

Some of them withdrew from the battlefield due to the old age, like Slape, and others had to leave the demonic army because their magical power had weakened too much, but even so, despite having already left the demonic army, they were still completely loyal to Goul, the one they had once served.

「Ooh! You must be the rumored Furio-dono, from whom we heard from the Demon King-sama」

「Leaving the rumors aside, Gozaru-san has been the one who has been helping me all this time. I am very honored to be able to welcome his friends」

Even in front of all those Demons, Furio remain as usual and received them all with a smile on his face.

Lys, who was at his side, also made sure to give everyone some tea and some cakes.

Lys was also a demon, and everyone was already familiar with her.

「But well. It really is the wolf. To think that I would be able to see you so calmly」

And those who even knew her past could not help laughing at seeing her at that moment.

「Oh… you hear me?」

After being hit by a tomato, which was thrown by Lys, who still had a “customer service” smile on her face, whoever called her had no alternative but to give up while thought 「I guess not」, to himself.

And, next to that charismatic group, was Jarren, who looked like a corpse because of how pale he looked.

… I had heard that my brother-in-law… was a demon, but I thought it was some kind of joke…

「Hou, is he Gozaru’s brother-in-law? Fumu, how should I say it… You look terrible」

「Well, he’s still young for his race, he should grow from now on. He’s still my brother-in-law, so should I take him on a hunt?」

「If you plan to go hunting, let me accompany you」

Jarren, who desperately tried to stay conscious of everything that happened, was surrounded by everyone smiling at him.

Barissa had also been surrounded by Demons, and although she felt tense for all the attention, she did not feel any fear at the fact that they were Demons.

「Jarren, I think it will take you a while to get used to it, but these guys are my important companions, so I’d love to think of them as part of the family as well」

After telling Jarren that, Gozaru patted his shoulders.

Then, with his head still full of complicated thoughts, Jarren showed a smile to everyone… However, that smile was raised to fight his fear and could not be said to look like someone who was happy, but even so, the demons that surrounded him, they continued showing happy gazes.

◇◇ In a certain place in a certain forest ◇◇

「Oh? Are not you one of the mercenaries in the store?」

「Nn? But if it’s Golden Hair Braveman, thank you for your patronage.」

「Umu, okay, what’s going on?」

「Oh, no… Nothing special. Hey, get ready to go home」

Note: The Nickname of the Blond Hero was written in “English” in Katanaka. This was something like, “Goruden hea bureibuman”, which would be “Golden Heir Braveman”. Keep in mind that the “Yuusha” of the Blonde Hero does not necessarily translate as “Hero”, but as “Brave”. (Hero was “Eiu” or something like that…). Anyway, the Yuusha continues to refer to a “Hero”.

When the man and woman who often went to the store to sell magic stones appeared, the mercenaries who were looking for the culprit to attack their store stopped and quickly left the place.

That was something they did because they thought it would be bad to show him this kind of things to one of them regular customers.

… I’m sure it’s an alias, but it’s too long …

Ririanju, who was observing the situation from the shadow of a tree, felt as if a weight was being lifted from her while she breathed deeply.

After the mercenaries left, the two began looking around.

「Blonde Hero-sama, the person who was thrown before is no longer there」

「You see, I told you it would be useless, hey, hurry up」

「Yes~, understood~」

The Blonde Hero and Tsuya began to walk along a path in the forest without having any idea of what had happened.