A swarm of deep-sea demons attacks the city of Luthi. Ruffy opens his mouth when Lindow says they'll be landing in a few hours.

'I'm a bit doubtful, but isn't it strange that these intelligent demons would attack for no reason? 'Lindow,'

Raffy is right. Most of the demons, if not the demon beasts, have intelligence, but this could be some demons with bad wits at work.


My guess is that they're after Alice, who's asleep in her room.
What's the point of this little girl?

I was sitting next to Raffy in the middle of what Lindow was saying. An elf youth interrupted him. He had pointed ears, black hair and black eyes. He had a dagger tucked into his waist and chest. And he's an older brother, slightly older than me.

'Alice has the ability to find the 'key' to the wish-fulfillment gate, as stated on the paper I gave her.
'You mean the demons are going to get Alice and make the gate grant their wishes?
Yes.

The elven youth thought for a moment and then looked dumbfounded.


''I see. The demons believe in fairy tales and lead hordes. There are a lot of demons with fairy tales in their heads, just like the second-ranked ones.''
Mr. Ellen! Don't bite on the second place too much! It's only been a short time since our guild was formed!

V2 asks Eren-san to do something, but his complexion hasn't changed. Besides, Lindow-san must have guessed something, because when he looks at me, the elven youth calls out to me.

'Hey, you said Ren,'

Yes, Miss Ellen.

You know those two girls, Alice and Rio, don't you?

We fought together when we captured the slaver Unsa.

Eren touches the sword in its sheath at his waist.


I'm going to ask you straight to the point. Are those two people 'worth' sacrificing this city for? I want to hear what you have to say.

Mr. Ellen calls my name. He asked me about the value of protecting it. If Touya were here, what would he say? And depending on how I answer, Rio and Alice are in danger.

(The details about Rio and Alice were written on the paper just now. And the purpose of the deep sea demon would be to capture Alice and make her guide him through the Gate of Wishes).

I look at Ellen. The only way is to present a 'reason' to protect both Alice and Rio.

The skill has been activated.


I activated the Skill [Lies].

I activate the skill and then look at Ellen.

''Alice must know where the 'key' is, to some extent.'''

Does Ren know where it is?

The Black Knight asks a question. I shake my head.

'I don't know where it is. But Alice can't lead you to the key without Rio.'

What does that mean?
Old lore says that the key will be found by the one who summons it, and that Alice can only find it if Rio is there.
Stop! Aris, my daughter may be a summoner, but she wouldn't be a summoner.

Raffy says, and Asbel moves closer to us. It's true that the lore says it's summoned, but maybe not.

'No, I don't think what Ren means is about being summoned,'

What? What do you mean?

Eren hears Asbell's words and asks why about the summoning. Nice timing. Let's just resolve it as it is.

'Perhaps Alice and Rio have already made a 'contract' with each other, and that too, unconsciously by Alice.
Where is the evidence for this? The summoner makes a contract with the summoned or the beast. Rio is just a human, and so is Alice.
Alice is not a human. She's a goddess.

A goddess?

Ellen frowns. It would be a "fight" if it wasn't based on this. I continued.


You're not going to be the only one. When signing a contract with a human or a beast, it is possible to sign a contract without the need for tools, and that skill is called kiai.

The truth is a lie. If you asked me if Alice has a skill, I wouldn't have an answer. But goddesses are an existing race.

I'm sure you'll be able to find out more about them. I'm sure Alice already made an unconscious contract with the human race when she met Rio.

'So you're saying what? So you're telling me that it's the Alice Goddess tribe and the one who knows where the key is located, 'Rio'?

Ellen asks me. All right, now that we've made it this far, let's finish up.


It's Rio who will lead us to the key. It is Alice who will lead us to the Gate of Fulfillment. The goddesses are very important in this country. I think there's a good reason to protect Alice and Rio from this deep sea monster this time.

There are several reasons for this, including the faithfulness of the rare goddess tribe in the Kingdom of Vesperia, and the fact that the goddess was instrumental in the earlier post-war reconstruction. If Alice is a goddess tribe and Rio is a contractor of that goddess, she can't help you.

'I see. As far as I'm concerned, I have my reasons. How about you, Eren?

Lindow is asking Ellen if she's satisfied with the conversation she just had. But Ellen-san's expression looks a little scared.

(Maybe not! (In the meantime, get out a summoner and a summoner that can brainwash you.

'Yeah, not a bad reason. Now I can take out the demons without a care in the world. And I don't know what the rest of you think of me.

I almost dropped the summoning stone. Ellen convinced me.