"Rise!　You're coming home with me today!

"Hi, Melk to Letty.

　The day after the shadowy demons captured the neighboring special forces, Letty came again to persuade Lasse to take the Merc with her.

Welcome, Master Letty, Master Merck.

　They were politely greeted by Lamia.

Good morning Lamia.

　Merck greets Lamia.

"Lasse!　As a former soldier, you understand the importance of deterrence to keep the enemy from invading your country!　You're the one who can keep this country from getting caught in the crossfire again!

　Although Lasse listened meekly to Letty's words, he actually knew about this persuasion.
I've had Ketsey keep an eye on their lodge.
　And from their persuasion, he had prepared in advance how to ask them to leave without causing conflicts with the military.

"I'm sorry, but I've got work in the morning. I'm sorry, but we had to work in the morning, and I don't want to be persuaded, but first, why don't you see how hard we work?

"So if you go back to the military, you can't get a small job in a town like this: ......!

"Letty, you mustn't interfere with your work. When I say work, there are other people in the circle. If you interfere with that, other people will get in the way.

　Merck remonstrates with Letty, who takes a swing at him.

"Yes, because if you fail to do your job, you'll have to pay a lot of money in penalties. If the army is willing to pay all the penalties free of charge, we can continue the negotiations, but we'll charge several times more to make up for the lost trust.

"Several times?

　Letty stiffened, "I don't know how much, but I'm pretty sure it won't be a cheap price.

Then I'm going to the ranch, so if you want to follow me, you can come with me.

　With that much said, Lasse walks out of the hut without waiting for their reply.

Oh, you!　The story can be found at ......

Letty, first let's see how hard Lasse works. If he's not coming back, let's see if he deserves it.

"...... Okay.

　Letty managed to endure the situation as she had originally expected and followed Merck's words.

　.

　Lasse came to a nest of the bird demon cockatrice.

The cockatrice?

　The cockatrice is a fearsome creature that turns what it sees into stone.
　It's not so scary to those who have high magical resistance, but to those who don't, it's a fearsome monster.

　Letty and the others hid from the cockatrice in a panic.

"It's all right, see, the eyes are getting thinner.

"What?

　Without understanding what Lise is saying, Letty and the others let out a dumb voice.

"That's how the cockatrice can weaken the evil eye. You will be able to see that even Letty and her friends are not petrified unless they are very weak.

　Letty and the others nodded their heads when they heard about anti-petrification measures they'd never heard of.
　Indeed, if you look closely, the cockatrice is squinting. It's as if a person with poor eyesight is squinting and staring at you.

"This is how the evil eye of petrification is weakened.

It's amazing.

Well, normally the cockatrice doesn't deliberately weaken the evil eye.

　Letty and her friends, surprised and dismayed by the discovery, dove under the belly of the cockatrice.

"Huh?　What!

　Lasse's sudden eccentricity startled Letty.

That feels good, doesn't it?

In fact, on cold days, it's very warm to be wrapped in cockatrice feathers.

　Lamia responds to Merck's joke with a serious smile.

'Oh, now that I think about it, it sounds like you should wash the cockatrice's hair clean and use it as a comforter.

　Lamia laughs happily as she comes up with a new business idea.

I think it would make a great giant's comforter.

　Hearing Lamia's murmurings, Letty looked at the giant feather of the cockatrice on the ground and said dismayedly, "Why did you go under the cockatrice?

"And why did Lise go under the cockatrice?

　When Merck asked Lamia, she slowly pointed to the cockatrice.

I thought that was obvious.

　When they look back, Lasse comes out from underneath the cockatrice with a large egg.

Okay, so he wanted the eggs.

Yes, and this is what happens next.

The show?

　As Letty and the others craned their necks to see what was going on, there was a sudden loud, strange voice.

"Huh?　What?

　Letty and her friends panicked, and Rise ran as fast as she could past them.

You're both running away!　The cockatrice is furious after being robbed of its eggs!

　And warned Lamia had already started to flee at full speed and was already far away.

" "Eh ...... eee!

"MIKE!!!

　An angry yell.
　No need to turn around to see the cockatrice screaming.

"'Whoa!

　Letty and Merck ran away as fast as they could.


　And the cockatrice chases after them, spreading its wings.

"And flying!　Flying after you!

"No, it's not flying, it's gliding. The cockatrice is a chicken-shaped monster. They don't go as far as flying.

It doesn't matter which one!

　The cockatrice flapped its wings from behind, jumping up and down and gliding over and over again to chase them.
　It was an incident that left them both a bit traumatized.

　.

By the way, the cockatrice is so stupid that after it moves around for a while, it forgets it was robbed and comes back to the nest.

　When they finally returned to the shack, they found Lasse washing a lot of eggs.

"Well, today we were able to collect the eggs easily thanks to you two as decoys. Thank you.

...... oto......ri?

"We're going to need some fast monsters to help us out. As expected of the two of you, you have been training in the army.

　Lamia praises their healthy legs.

"......!

　Letty wanted to punch Lasse in the face in anger at being used, but she didn't have the energy to be angry anymore because she kept running as fast as she could.

We're going into town to sell eggs.

　Letty stands up when Lasse asks her to put the eggs on the cart.

Of course I'm coming!

I'll take a break for a while and then catch up.

　Merck has reached his limit and is sprawled out on the ground.

Okay, let's go deliver.