When we went deeper in. An earthquake?
The ground trembled so much that my vision blurred up and down.
“…Is it a subjugation force?”
“…They’re fighting. Shall we go and help?”
I’ve been ordered to pay a penalty fee.
Help the subjugation force? Is that what *I* said? What a joke.
“Fei, you made a debt at the referral office, remember? Or have you forgotten? Who’s going to help!”
“I’m sorry! It was my fault!”
I’ve angered McGillis (the monster). I’ll be killed!
Don’t kill me! Please!
*Thump. Thump.*
*Gasp.*
“…Does this world also have the prostration ritual? (quietly)”
“Uh, yes?”
I couldn’t hear if I was forgiven or not.
Phasis, unable to help himself, looked up at McGillis, asking what he had said.
“How long are you going to sit on the ground?”
“Yes, I am truly sorry!”
McGillis and his group retreated to the shallows of the hunting ground to avoid getting caught between the subjugation force and the king’s army.
“Hm?”
“…Is something wrong?”
McGillis, whose vision had been enhanced to scout the surroundings, stopped and stared at one spot.
Phasis, wondering what he had found, looked in the same direction but saw nothing. He asked McGillis.
“No. I thought I saw something about the size of a small child… but it seems I was mistaken.”
“Haa… A child (glance)? Could it be a newcomer?”
Phasis inwardly sarcastically thought, ‘There are children who look like children here too.’
“It’s getting quite dark.”
“Shall we have dinner? If we start a fire, monsters will be attracted by the light.”
“Let’s start a fire. We’ll look for something to burn for firewood, and then we’ll have dinner.”
“…Yes. Understood.”
Is fighting monsters illuminated by the campfire unavoidable?
Ah, I wish someone, anyone, would join us!
If there were more people, we could take shifts, and I could have someone to talk to and consult with, which would lessen my worries. Ah, why do I always have to go through such things—!!!
As it got dark, by the time we finished gathering burnable plants for firewood, the sun had completely set.
The sound of flint striking echoes in the dark, and Phasis, while fearfully awaiting the moment monsters might attack, lit the plants.
“I-it’s lit.”
“Oh, finally. Then let’s have dinner.”
McGillis can use magic.
I wish he’d just use magic to start the fire quickly.
Ah, but I have no right to say that… ♪
*Munch munch.*
*Gulp!*
““Haa… The food at that inn is really hard to eat.””
Are they trying to kill customers by making them choke?
Or are they just trying to get more money for drinks by creating food that’s this difficult to eat?
“They’re running their inn in the wrong direction.”
“Completely.”
The two spent a considerable amount of time talking about the inn.
We’ll be camping here tonight.
We’ll return to town in the morning.
McGillis will be returning in the morning.
(When I was on Hollywood street, the passionate kiss from the waiting celebrity lady—♪ Ah, I resent the fact that I can’t achieve that in this world too! I resent my current situation! I want to build a harem quickly! I want to bring back true morning returns to my daily life!)
(It looked like it burned for a moment, but it must have been my imagination. Yes, it’s my imagination (monotone). I’m probably just tired, ahaha. I want to sleep soon. Just kidding? I can’t sleep on night watch! Sun, please show your face soon! Before I collapse!)
If I mess up the night watch, McGillis (the monster) will eat me alive.
I can still clearly remember the screams of those women.
“Huuu～, Fei. You’re on night watch～…… Good night.”
“Yes. Night watch, I’m on it…… *Sigh.*”
McGillis grabbed a handful of soft grass suitable for a pillow from the firewood pile and went to sleep quickly.
Phasis, seeing this, gave a wry smile.
It’s supposed to be firewood. For a pillow? The fuel for the campfire is a pillow.
Hahaha. The campfire will burn out, and I, on night watch, will have to deal with monsters in the pitch black, cold night. They want me to catch a cold—!?
“Ggg, *mumble mumble*… ♪”
“… (I want to kill him. I could slit his throat cleanly right now…)”
Phasis, keeping an eye not only on the monsters but also on the monster behind him, endured the night.
“…Huuu～”
“Oh, good morning… (My eyelids are heavy. I… made it through….)”
“Ooooh? He’s sleeping.”
“Ggg, ggg. Uuuuuuunnnn.”
“Oh well. Anyway. Now, where are the magic stones from the monsters that attacked in the night?~~”
He found them aggregated to the size of his little fingernail.
“I should pay the additional inn fee soon, but I want to move to another inn. I’ll consult Phasis when he wakes up.”
It’s difficult to be kind to my accomplice. But it’s physically difficult to be kind to guys and men.
I’ll endure it. For my dream. Yes, I need more people to achieve my dream.
McGillis, after some internal struggle, lets Phasis sleep for a while longer.
Can acumulando small kindnesses earn trust and loyalty?
“Uuuun. Shall I do some morning exercises?”
McGillis begins his morning exercises, cracking his joints.
*Crack, crack.*
*Waaah!*
*Quooon!*
Suddenly.
A horde of monsters, likely a subjugation force and the king’s army, appeared.
“Tch! Wake up, Fei!? Enemy attack!”
“Ouch?! Huh! Enemy attack!?”
McGillis lightly kicks Phasis awake.
He instructs him to draw his weapon quickly.
“Subjugation force! They couldn’t defeat the king or the king’s army after all!”
“Yeah, it seems so. This is a chance to get rid of the penalty fee. If we all sue together, the penalty fee will be invalidated ♪”
“Then, then…”
“Yeah, we’ll help. But, we’ll just slow down the monsters’ advance. Or rather, make them change their target towards us.”
“Please spare me the last part!? I’m sleep-deprived! I can’t outrun them!?”
“…Hmm. Then, I will. I’ll make myself the sole target. Is that okay?”
“Yes,” Phasis says, and with a route that passes by the subjugation force, he rushes towards the monster horde.
McGillis, smiling with satisfaction, thinking that his trust-building kindness (equivalent to a short nap) is working, provocatively heads towards the front of the monster horde.
“It’s this way! You oversized lizards ♪! Throw stones! Yup!”
