ttering child-like eyes.

"At that time, you caught my eye! A problem child, *Black-Haired Princess*, and *Four-Scale Concerto*! When I knew that such a gathering was possible, I thought, ‘This must be interesting!!’ Well, I couldn't help myself~ So I just did various things after that~~"

Feo told his story with a happy expression.

"... In other words, you did something like this to satisfy your own curiosity?"

"Well, to be honest, that may be the case ~~"

Feo confirmed Irisdina's question. Because his words caused a headache, Irisdina pressed her temples.

".... You ...."

"Unbelievable ...."

"Ha, ahahahaha ..."

At this point, Irisdina and Shīna were no longer surprised, and Nozomu just let out a dry laugh.

"Nozomu, why are you laughing! According to his story, the incident behind the school building is his fault!"

"Well, that's true, but I think that would’ve eventually happened someday even if Feo didn't do something about it. Because of this, I never think too much about it."

(It seems that he doesn't know about me being a dragonslayer ...)

Mars complained about Nozomu's flippant attitude. Nozomu expected that Feo would know about him being a dragonslayer, so he was relieved that Feo was just interested in him.

"... Nozomu-kun, what are you going to do? In this case, I think you should decide what to do with him ..."

“Let's see. I have no intention of taking care of him. We had a hard time, but he doesn't seem to have any malicious intent .. Well, I think what he did is going too far though..”

"Oh! As expected of Nozomu! A benevolent man sure is different~~!!"

Nozomu wouldn’t “take care” of him. Feo was relieved by the good news, but that didn't mean Nozomu would forgive him for what he had done.

"... Again, what he did was going too far ..."

"... Eh? I have a bad feeling about it ..."

With Nozomu's words, a strange feeling of tension began to float up.

"Oi, everyone !!"

"Nozomu-san! Thank you for waiting!!"

At that time, Mimuru and Somia's voices echoed. Mimuru had a burlap sack in her hands for some reason.

"Hmm? What are those two doing?"

"Well, I have a request for them ..."

Mimuru and Somia rushed to Nozomu and handed him the burlap sack. They could hear a noise from the sack, probably because something was inside it, and it was somehow squirming.

"Nozomu-kun! Is this okay!?"

"Yeah. Thank you, both."

"Ummm ... What are you going to use it for?"

"Hmm? Punishment for the mischievous fox"

Nozomu looked back at Feo and slowly walked towards him. The way Nozomu held the sack for some reason stirred a strange sense of fear, and chills ran down Feo's back.

"... W, w, w-what is it, Nozomu? What's inside that sack?"

"... There are a variety of insects in this forest from edible ones to poisonous ones; however, there are plenty of insects that are quite useful for making medicine. In other words, this is a good time and I thought of providing evidence with a long-awaited approach ... "

"... Ummm, I'm sorry. But, I decli ..."

Without waiting for Feo's answer, Nozomu opened the mouth of the sack and put it on Feo's head. Naturally, countless insects were wriggling inside. Moreover, the mouth of the sack was tied to prevent the insects from escaping to the outside.

"Gyaaaaaaaaaa! Something! There is something! It's pricking, it's slimy, it's sticky, it's crawling ..."

Feo's screams echoed and tore through the sunset sky.

In a pitch-black vision, insects crawled around his face. Just imagining it gave them goosebumps, and in fact, the women were extremely uncomfortable. The faces of Somia and Mimuru, who had collected the nearby insects, were also completely frightened.

"Uwa! Something just wrapped around my neck!! Gya! My ears! Something has entered my ears!! Bu~! My nose. Something crawled into my nose !!"

"Well then, the sun has fallen, so let's go home."

"W-Wha, Nozomu. What about him?"

"Hmm? Isn't it alright to just leave him alone? Regardless of how it looks and how it feels when touched, it doesn't contain any harmful insects. (Though, if it's Shishō, she might have included it...)"

With such reactions from everyone, Nozomu answered Mars's question with a refreshing face. His smile caused a cold sweat to flow down Mars' back, but Mars naturally shrugged it off.

"I-Is that so, then it's fine ... right?"

"It's fine. Just leave him alone. If you're as strong as him, you can try it yourself."

While saying so, Nozomu tried to leave Feo and go home.

Everyone else sent a sympathetic gaze towards Feo, but there was no one brave enough to say anything to Nozomu now, and they started walking toward the city and left the place; however, everyone else except Nozomu looked back several times.

"... You were actually quite angry."

The word Mars muttered was drowned out by the screams from behind, and those words were never heard by Nozomu.