1st Place In The Ranking Is A Villager

1st place in the ranking is the villager

- Volume 4 Episode 9

9. Legendary Past (1)

Hoya returned to Ordo after a long absence.

Several days had passed since the restoration of the northeast section of Izbaront was completed.

During those days, Hoya again hunted monsters with Doban and Yooa in the dark forest.

Because of his girlfriend's work, he was occasionally absent from hunting, so he was almost hunting with Doban.

And today, even Doban had a job, so he had been alone for a long time, so he had to come back to the village to repair his weapon and see his face.

Items obtained outside of Ordo, such as robes and boots, were repaired by players or blacksmith NPCs in the city, but the bracelets and weapons made by Dantals, and the gaze of dead trees dropped by the ent subspecies of the tainted forest, ask Dantals was doing

During his repairs, he was able to read the information of the item even if it was not his own, so there was nothing he could do.

I came to Ordo for that reason, but the village was strangely quiet.

The signs were less felt than usual.

It is true that Hoya does not feel if the residents of Ordo make up their minds and hide their presence, but Hoya thought that this situation was strange because there was no reason to do so.

[Lee Soo-A-Sua: Hello, Hoya-sama.]

At that time, a whisper came from Lee Soo-ah.

[Lee Soo-A-Sua: Hoya-nim's interview was decided to be aired for 15 minutes at the end of this week's broadcast. Do you know our broadcast time?]

I didn't know it at first, but now I know it very well.

On the same day that Soo-ah Lee was interviewed, Hoya informed Lee Ye-sook that she had been interviewed.

At Hoya's words, Ye-sook Lee clapped her seals and liked her. She searched for the broadcast date and time of Initium Star and set her alarm.

The broadcast date has not been confirmed yet.

If she told Lee Ye-sook that the broadcast date had been set, she would probably be very pleased.

He couldn't brag that his son's interview was on TV because Hoya didn't want it, but it was a very happy thing.

Because the video of Hoya was filmed and the interview was different, Lee Ye-sook had high expectations.

[Hoya: Yes, I know.]

Hoya, who sent a whisper to Lee Soo-ah, headed to Dantals' house.

And at this time, Hoya did not know that Lee Soo-ah was happy that Chan-gu did not stop after receiving Hoya's whisper.

"only......."

"Come on, hoya!"

Since he couldn't hear the hammer in the workshop attached to Dantals' house, Hoya tried to call him by knocking on the door with his voice.

At that moment, before he could even bring out Dantals' name, Krauss opened the door and grabbed Hoya's arm and pulled him inward.

"What, what?!"

"Reinforcements have arrived, Captain!"

The place Krauss dragged Hoya to was inside Dantals's house, which he had never seen before.Even when visiting Dantals' house, the story was always conducted in the living room or workshop, so it was the first room he had ever seen, and Hoya was very shocked to see it.

"Oh my God... what is all this?"

It was the garbage dump itself.

If the piled up items were not for finished weapons such as swords, bows, and spears, and materials such as ore, Hoya would have immediately thought that Dantals was a place where garbage was collected.

"Now that the reinforcements have arrived, the blow is so great that I can't fight anymore, so I'll just retreat."

"Don't underestimate yourself, soldier Krauss! You can still fight! How can I defeat these enemies on my own without you!"

"But, Captain! I already...!"

"...what are you doing?"

The two, who had been pretending to cry while sitting next to each other, coughed in vain at Hoya's words and stopped pretending to cry.

"Hmm, help me tidy up."

"Help me...! There's no sign of the end!"

As I heard the story, it was said that by the time I noticed that I hadn't cleaned it up once since I settled in Ordo, it was already in this shape.

He thought that he had to clean it up slowly, and when he made up his mind, he went to ask the residents for cooperation in order to clean it all up at once.

“Lencia is going home for a while, Chibin and Consonu are the ones who go out in the first place, so there are only a handful of cases in the village, Moan is out in the morning because she has a job in good time, and Sariban is delicious for dinner. I said I'd prepare something for you, so I left it, and Reina ran away."

"I should have run away too..."

Danthals pinched his arm as if he had heard Krauss' small murmur.

"Aww!"

"Well, that's why there aren't many people to help with the cleanup. You came at just the right time!"

He only came to repair the weapon, but he was caught up in a sweeping cleanup that was not even on sale.

Still, Dan Thals had to finish the cleanup, and Hoya said yes, as he thought he would be able to repair the weapon.

Then Krauss made a face as if he had met the Savior.

"Thank you! Now, change everything you're wearing right now. You can't do it with a robe, right?"

Hoya changed into the comfortable clothes that Krauss had given her, and finished organizing her long hair to help her.

"Okay, there are two more rooms like this, so the three of us will try to do something within today!"

"...I should have run away too."

"Hahaha......."

Starting with Krauss' lament, the three of them began to move diligently.

* * *

"So, why did you call me?"

The Demon King Castle, located in the center of the Demon Realm, was facing Hayden with her table in between.

The height of the table was too high for a child, so she had returned to the way she had been when she was the chief of the tower.

Moan came to the Demon Realm because of Hayden's invitation that Chibin brought.

As usual, she had no reason to accept the invitation of the demons.

However, there was something strange about Chibin's invitation, saying that it had been handed over directly from Hayden.

The energy that the demons emit, they pollute the things around them.

The object of pollution does not discriminate between living and non-living things, and the degree of pollution varies depending on the object, but it is normal that a small amount of magic remains in direct contact with the demons.

And the magic that leaked out was not something the demons themselves could completely control.

Even if you control it, reducing the amount of magic leaking out is not enough to completely stop the leaking magic.

However, in the letter that Hayden had handed over, he did not feel the magic at all.

'and.......'

Mo An looked at her demon girl, who was holding her tray with her two hands next to her, and looking at herself with trembling eyes.

Even the girl doesn't feel the magic.

To be precise, there was a magic spirit inside her body, but somehow the magic energy did not leak out at all.

Unlike the demons of previous generations, the magic in the body felt similar to that of humans or elves.

"Hey, hey... Did I make any mistake...? Maybe... the car doesn't fit in your mouth...?"

Her mother-in-law was staring intently at her, and her girl asked in a low voice.

"Huh? No, nothing."

At Mo An's answer, the girl exhaled her breath of relief and stepped back slightly.

"What do you think of that girl?"

Then Hayden asked Moan a question.

“Did you even send such a strange invitation to show me this kid?”

"You're half right. The reason I invited you is to show this to the girl."

Hayden took one of his wristbands from his pocket and put it on his wrist.

Then something amazing happened that was hard to believe for Moan.

It was the same with Chibin, who was sitting next to her.

When Hayden put on her bracelet, the magic that was slowly leaking out of him disappeared completely.

“Fufufu, I must have been very surprised, so I will explain.”

The bracelet Hayden wore was his work, which he had barely completed decades ago, after he overthrew his father about 50 years ago, and continued to study, avoiding his father's eyes before ascending to the throne of the Demon King.

An object made to control the leaking magic, that was the bracelet's identity.

Due to the side effects, there were small restrictions when moving the magic in the body for the use of skills or magic, but it was not inconvenient.

And it was the girl standing behind Moan who had been wearing this bracelet since she was born.

She asked her parents, who had been holding her girl in her body, to cooperate, so that she would wear her bracelet right after she was born.

A total of 20 children who wore her bracelets as soon as they were born with the girl at that time.

Each person tried to release the bracelet at intervals of one year, and from the child who removed the bracelet in the 15th year after birth, magic did not come out even if the bracelet was taken off.

The body has come to realize that it is normal for magic to not leak out.

And perhaps because of that influence, the magic in his body also changed to close to magical power.Even if you use a skill or magic using magic, the surroundings are no longer polluted.

And among these five children, the most gentle girl was brought here to prove to Moan.

“We want to let these children experience the human world.”

Hayden spoke straight up, without rhetoric.

Although they were already late, they wanted to allow only future generations to live in harmony and coexist with humans.

So, the royal order made it compulsory for children born to wear bracelets for 15 years.

It had already been confirmed that there was no harm to the body, so everyone obeyed it.

Because the children's parents had the same thoughts as Hayden.

The feud between the demons and other races, which had been going on for hundreds of years, stemmed from the magic and militant tendencies that leaked from the demons.

He thought that he might be able to set foot in the human world again if he solves his magic and inclinations.

There may still be very few left, but most of the demons' tendencies had already completely changed.

Magi's problem was also solved.

Therefore, they believed that it would be possible if they reflected on their past and showed that they were working hard.

The odds are very low, but it was worth a try.

Chibin accepted Hayden's words positively.

The demons she saw while exploring the demon realm were very friendly to her.

It must have been the race that forced them to come here.

I thought it would be okay if it was just the kids to give it a try.

"......"

But Mo An was immersed in her thoughts.

Clearly, the conflict between demons and other races stemmed from the monsters and environments polluted by the leaking magic, and their militant tendencies.

If it had been resolved, there was nothing that could not be attempted.

But Moan didn't take it right away.

The idea that she didn't want to get rid of what Aaron, her only family, had achieved at the cost of her life was wriggling in the corner of her mind.

She knows it's her private feeling, too, but she doesn't let go of it easily.

Then, one thing popped into her mind.

The reason Aaron built her tower is to protect the world.

The reason Aaron drove out the demons was to protect the world.

What Aaron ultimately wanted was world peace.

"...Give me time to think."

"Everyone, of course not!"

Hayden was very pleased with Moan's answer.

She was prepared for harsh words of refusal, but Bo-ho's answer came.

Mo An's expression was very harsh right now, but inside her, at least a little bit of positive thoughts were sprouting up.

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