Guess whose POV...
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AH…sorry…it’s my cue already right?
Hm?
Am I…talking to you?
Of course. It’s one of my arcana magic… 4th wall break…hm?...ok…let’s proceed with the story…
“Maid, pass me that meat.”
“Piece of trash is a piece of trash. Why not get it yourself, filth?”
“Mercy for the disabled…”
“Tsk. I swear you are the laziest filth among everyone here.”
Ah…Maid is so nice, but please, don’t shout.
Since everyone is sleeping…we are standing guard…I am not sleepy…I always sleep at day after all…we are now camping outside..and its night..
“These poor youngsters, fighting with a devil earlier for their life, but a filth like you just slept all day.”
“Ah…thank you…for your hard work…”
Ah…yes...
They are really tired… the most is Rose for kept healing people…
“Say piece of trash, are you frustrated that you wasn’t able to defeat Miss Edelweiss?”
“Where is this coming?”
“Be a grateful piece of trash that I am making a small talk with you.”
It seems my name is a permanently piece of trash in her mind.
“If I must say… even the 13 of us teaming like that, we still lost…”
“Hmm?”
“Yes… I am holding back…but she is still not showing much yet too…”
“…”
“Besides…I am kind of fond of her…”
“Hou, how so?”
“Because…there is a part of her…which is a child like….that’s all…”
“A very unrefined answer and it suits a filth like you.”
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“Un…Mito! Mito!~”
Wow…she must be having a good dream…
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“Ughh…shut up old hag…*mumble mumble*”
They seem mutual…
“Maid…why are you a maid (cleaner)?”
“Oh? Why are you interested?”
“Nothing…”
“It’s really like you, very well. Because I hate (human) filth that destroys life”
I somehow guess what it is. She always does give off that scent similar to mine…
That’s right. I can distinguish scents…from people with evil intentions…to the nicest…
Since coming to this world…the strongest scent I smelled, was a flower like in full bloom. The one who smells like that is only one person…Asagao…a clueless, ignorant child… she is…very trusting…I am fond of children…but she got me interested in her…
In the guest room in the castle…there is my favorite couch…
I always nap there like it is...my throne… but sometimes…I will see her there too…taking a nap…
Hehehe…
I like poking her soft cheek…she is so soft, I think she can be an excellent pillow…
Ah…but for some reason…she is afraid of me…
There is one time…I slept…I fell asleep..in her side…I woke up to her shivering…
There is Edelweiss too…
There are times…ah…she will grapple me without her armor…it feels pleasant…?
No… it is not libido…I just thought…a girl body sure is soft…pillow.
Baccara looks like a pillow too…but…she is noisy…she always like…to spew lies too… it’s not bad though…she just looks silly…
Overall… Asagao has a potential…to be the best pillow…sleeping buddy…
“Uhhh…Lily….”
Ah…this one is crying from a heartbreak…
Although…I myself never experience it…love that is…
“Piece of trash, why are you so lethargic?”
“Beats me…”
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“…”
“Then why did you become a hitman?”
“Why huh…”
“…”
“I was an orphan too, like Asagao. I never knew my parents too. I was raised in a friendly environment but…”
“?”
“Life is hard…so, at age of eighteen, I have already taken this kind of job…it has huge pay you know?”
“Hou…so you live in luxury huh?”
“No, I always donate most of it to orphanages.”
“A Philanthropist.”
“You could say like that…it is pretty much a cliché thing in novels and drama though…a modern robin hood…”
“That’s not quite close…”
“Does it matter…”
“Well, it is a good cause that you reap hundreds of life huh.”
“Yes… and I never hurt a child… because you know…I’m fond of them…”
“Oh…”
Suddenly, every strand of hair on my body stands up.
“Maid, things are getting serious now.”
“Yes, I know. I would like to ask you to check this one up.”
“This might not be a usual enemy. Also… it has Asagao's scent mixed in.”
“Piece of trash, are you certain?”
“I am.”
I dashed. I can’t lay low now. A man with terrifying presence is watching us from afar.
I distorted the space around me to remove air resistance so my speed drastically sped up. I made a makeshift distorted dagger. I also distorted the chemical composition inside my body so my mind will stay alert and active. I can also distort space so I can ambush the enemy.
But this one is on another level.
He is just watching, letting us know his location. The best thing to do is a direct confrontation.
“Good evening, one of the Gallant Hero.”
“…”
This bastard!
He doesn’t have any scent of multiple people which are common in towns or city. It is all the scent of forest and Asagao’s scent.
Which means, he somehow dragged her out of the vicinity of people who can protect her.
The air around him is similar to me. But it's more twisted and dark.
“Tsk. Before I can even gather any information, I was already detected huh. You seemed to be extraordinary among those people.”
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“How rude of me! I forgot to introduce myself. I am Nil, the lord of the devils”
“Is that so? Then what did you do to Asagao?!”
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“SMART SHIT LIKE YOU SHOULDN’T EXIST!”
He goes ballistic?!
He dashes forward trying to strangle my neck. I crouch down and slash him with the makeshift dagger.
Blood gushes out of his guts and made him back away.
“BASTARD! BASTARD!”
This feeling...
I feel like I shouldn’t let my guard down even once. Before I knew it, the slash I made on his gut is already gone.
I see now, he is like me and maid.
An Arcana magic user. The nature of his power is still unknown to me. But that also goes the same for me.
“Oh, I lost my calm there for a moment, my apologies.”
This guy is an oddball huh.
“As for Asagao, I really don’t know what happened when I let one of my devil servants assaulted her.”
BOOOOOOOM!
A black hole exploded in his place. This is…
“WHO ARE YOU BASTARD TO DO THAT?!”
The man, Nil, caught the attack face on. His body was shredded but after a while, it turned back to its original form.
Maid shows up. Her veins are popping.
“Piece of trash, I understand now the situation. This man here is a target needed to eliminate.”
“Maid, this man here is also an arcana magic user. Be careful.”
“Fumu, I shall give you artillery support while I do some incantation again.”
We whispered among ourselves.
We are far away from the encampment so I would like to blow off some steam now and go all out.
No, we needed to go all out against this enemy.
Yes, it seems we are an ill match for this guy. Our power is the same by nature.
“Maid, I will distort this space here. It will go to another distortion repeatedly speeding it up until it can break the sound barrier. Use it as the artillery against him.”
“Got it, let us commence the battle.”