Chapter title:?Attack of the Arch Demon

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「Looks like the humans are trapped.....」

In the depths of the forest. The Arch Demon’s red eyes flashed.

「It was strange that the magical response was cut off in the middle.....」

They were looking for the person who picked the rainbow carrots, but as they approached the city, the response disappeared.

The person who stole it may have lost it there to scatter his pursuers, or at any rate, the clue was gone.

「Then there were rainbow carrots for sale in human country.」

Elt sold the rainbow carrots to the merchants, who then went to the cities of the kingdom and sold them there.

「Thanks to that, we don’t know where the rainbow carrots had been taken.」

So, the Arch Demon made his next move.

「If you incite the monsters, they will come into the Lost Forest. I don’t know who who stole the rainbow carrots, but........」

We can try to tighten it up and see what we can find out.

「I’m not going to let this go on. Humans」

The Arc Demon’s curse melted into the darkness.....

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「Okay, guys. We’ll camp out here for the day, stay for a day, and if everything goes well, we’ll turn around and go back, so keep that in mind.」

It was the third day of our investigation. Russell-san who was exhausted told us so.

「Hmph! We’re finally here.」

Kuzmigo swears. He had complained a lot on the way here. “I’m tired,” “The food is bad,” “You should be more respectful”.

Every time this guy was selfish, Russell and the rest of the central party were forced to deal with him. To be honest, fighting monsters would have been a whole lot easier.

「Elt, come rest with us.」

Serena called out to me. It seems that she wants to get away from Kuzmigo as much as possible.

「Yeah, sure.」

Serena and I told Russell, who was looking around, and we left.

「Want some?」

Once we were alone, I took out a rainbow-colored carrot.

My abilities are so secret that I need to be in an unpopulated area to retrieve my food.

「Yes, thank you.」

Serena took the rainbow carrots and began to eat them happily.

「And yet, the nature of the anomaly is unclear.」

Serena said seriously, referring to the investigation so far.

「Well, yes. We encountered some strong monsters, but nothing that could be the cause.」

The monsters had suddenly sprung up from the forest, and our mission was to find out what had caused this, but it looked like it would be a waste of time.

「All we have to do is spend tomorrow here and report back.」

However, we killed quite a few monsters, so I think we’ve eliminated the immediate threat.

「Uuuu, I don’t like it.. That soldier... Is going to make me hate humans.」

After being harassed for so long, Serena was as angry as if Kuzmigo was right in front of her.

「But.... Russell has taken good care of us, hasn’t he? We have to be patient....」

Serena lets out a sigh. I pat her on the head.........

『Master, we are in trouble!』

「What’s wrong. Marie?」

Marie, who had been silent until now, spoke to me. I took my hand away from Serena’s head and listened to her words.

Then she said..

『The arch demon has appeared.』