Early Morning.
　Usually no one is awake and it's still dark.
　Four baby goblins had gathered at the south gate.

Are you sure you really wanna go, Delarosa?
'Tozen!　I'm going to show you what I can do, La!

　Delarosa, as opposed to Medeiro, who listened in horror, replied excitedly.

"Delarosa's here, okay?

　That's what he said, Alead. He's a boy goblin, nine years old. He's the oldest of all of them.
　For a nine-year-old, he is quite skilled with a sword and can use magic reasonably well, so even though he is young, he is not to be underestimated.

Delarosa's power. I think I'll be okay too.

　This time it was Berrel. He's a goblin, a boy Delarosa's age.
　Berrel has the bow skills of a grown man.

Deshope, deshope!　Okay, here we go.

　Delarosa said in a strident voice.

　The reason why Delarosa and the others had gathered this early in the morning was to go outside and kill the demons outside in the forest.

　Lately, adults have been telling them not to go outside because there are many demons out there, but Delarosa and the others were not happy about it.

　Delarosa wants to know why she can't go outside when she's second in strength to Vellum's.
　I've argued a lot, but I just can't accept it.
　So Delarosa thinks that if she sneaks out today and kills some strong demons, the adults will accept her and she will be able to go out freely.

　If she did that, she would be angry, but she was still a child and didn't understand.

　She hadn't been given a code to open the gate, but she'd overheard it.
　Having said that, he opened the gate and walked out of the village.

　Delarosa and the others went out through the south gate, heading southwest.

　They came across many demons on the way, but they defeated them easily.

Hey. Let's go home. We killed a lot of demons. ......

　We've walked a long way, Medero said, but

"Mada, you're not that good a fighter!　This isn't working at all!

　Delarosa seemed unwilling to turn back until she had defeated a strong demon.

　And then, as he continued to walk on and on and on .

What is that?

　Delarosa has found a monster she's never seen before.



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De Delarosa is gone!

　When I woke up in the morning, Delarosa was gone and Aretha was making a big deal out of it .

...... No way.

　A bad feeling came into Bellamus' mind.
　She hurries out of the house and, with Vellums and Aretha, she searches the village.

　It seems that Medero, Aread and Berrel are gone.

　They have searched every inch of the village, but they have not found them.

...... still looks like it's out there.

　That's what Bellamus concluded.

'De Delarosa's guy! I told you not to go outside all those times, Ni!

　Aretha seems quite upset.
　Vellums also remarks that he knew Delarosa wanted to get out, but he was not paying attention.
　There's been a lot on his mind lately, and he's been distracted.

Delarosa wouldn't get hit so hard by the demons out there, though: ......

　The reason he didn't want to let the strong Delarosa out was because it was too dangerous anyway .
　Veramus thought that she might go so far out that she might get lost and not be able to come back.

'I'm sure Medero and the others will be with you this time, so it might be okay, but I'm going to find ...... anyway.
I'm coming with you.
It's not safe out there, so you'll have to wait here, Mother. I'm going out there on my own.
'U, but ......'
Don't worry. I'll find him.
Okay, okay. Come on, Vellums.

　With that, Bellamus will go outside to look for him.

　First, he'll find out if he left through the north or south gate.
　The gatekeeper's golem keeps track of how long it took for the gates to open.

　When I first checked the south gate, I found a record of the gate being opened just after dawn.
　Goblins rarely get up and go out at this time of night.
　When I decided that they had left from this side, I tried to go looking for them.

Oh my God!

　I can hear him screaming outside the gate.
　It sounds desperate.
　Then the gate opens and five goblins walk in.
　They're sweating profusely and gasping for air.
　They're in a great hurry to get back.

What happened to you?

　Bellamus asked.



'My God, Vellums! The Alraune horde is coming toward this village!