Mirrors Kaira village.

　With instantaneous magic, you flew directly to the vault of this village.
　I've heard that this village, which freed Astaroth, has undergone several major renovations to the woods.
　As a result, the chamber is just an ordinary one, but the stone statue of me inside is amazing.

　It is mounted on a high pedestal with ostentatious objects on its back featuring a halo and wings.

　The statue has a majestic appearance, as if it were the ruler of the world or the last boss of the story.
　To be honest, there are so many options that my face appears hazy.

　Astaroth, on the other hand, was life-size (as he was).

　It's been known that the bigger the gap between me and Astaroth, the more willingly he is to bestow blessings.
　From the villagers' point of view, this was a good decision.

Hey! Hey! We're not safe here! Where's our boy?

　A man emerges from behind a tree a short distance away.
　He had just come from behind a tree, judging from the fact that he was redoing his pants belt.

Are you from this village?　I don't see that look on you.
"I just moved in the last couple of days,
I see.
"It's more dangerous than that, the child should go home immediately, because there is a possibility of a monster attack.
That's okay, I'm here to kill the monster.
"Okay, okay, I'll just take your feelings and leave it to the adults--

　I was treated like an adult, like a deaf and dumb kid.

　I put the bag on the ground.
　With a thud, a dead pillbug rolled out of the bag.
　I've killed them in every village I've come around to.

Huh?　Pill ...... bug?

　The man is speechless.
　His eyes widened and he alternately compared me and the insect carcass.

Why is this ...... huh?　Dead?
I killed it.
No, no, no." ..................

　The man held up his palm and waved it in front of his face.

"Stop teasing the adults. You can't beat a pillbug no matter what you do. You found him somewhere in the middle of his life and picked him up, didn't you?
I really did beat him, though.
I'm going to be very angry with you if you don't do something right.

　As the line goes, the man is really about to get angry.
　Then another man comes in.

"What's the matter, Guy, I told you to keep your head to the ground. You don't know when the bugs are coming.
"Mr. Cole, no, this kid
"Kids?　And Mr. Alexander!　I didn't know you were here.
"Huh?

　The first guy, Guy, went pokey again.
　A guy named Cole, who came later, bows to me.

"Hey, Mr. Cole. What the hell is that kid?
"Hey!　Don't be rude, Guy. This is the Vice-Emperor's Highness, Alexander Carlyle.
"Eeeeeeee!　I'm sorry!

　Guy rushed to kneel down and rubbed his head against the ground.

"Look, don't worry about that kind of thing. More importantly, I don't think we have a pill bug in here yet.
Oh no, I've been here a few times.
"Huh?　And with that--

　I glimpse the hollow and the stone statue of Astaroth with me in it.
　The cave and the statue are both beautiful.

"It seems to be perfectly clear.
The grandparents in the village had an idea and we escaped.
"What kind of idea?
It's a wall of flesh that holds the whole village together when the bugs come.
...... I see.

　I chuckled.
　The wisdom of the old men may indeed be effective.

　Pillbugs only eat high-energy creations.
　The inhabitants of the village I've seen so far say so in unison, and the Philosopher's Stone answers.

　It is as harmless to humans as the fragile widow Laura was to bare hands.
　As long as you fill the cave with a wall of human flesh to prevent the worm from getting through, no harm will come to it.

Very well thought out.
That's what I'm going to do about it ......
"Why?　No harm done, right?
There's no harm done, but there are people who get sick from the bugs crawling all over them and getting sick from the disgusting feeling. ......


Of course you do.

　Just imagine ...... quit.

　I don't like it either.
　The thought of having to stretch and crawl all over you until a bug gives up and leaves gives me chills just thinking about it.

　Oh, I really got goosebumps.

There aren't many of them, but I can't help it: ......
"There are only a few?
Yes, at most ten, and sometimes two or three. It's a good thing I didn't feed them once, because there was no increase in the number of fish.
I see, so we can take it down when it comes.
"Oh, no, no, no matter how much the vice emperor, the premise of defeating him is unreasonable--
It's okay.

　Then I pulled out a pill bug from the bag on the ground and showed it to them.
　It's a pillbug that I beat up (、、、、、) and cut in half in the previous village.

　They suspected that I picked up a pill bug that had expired somewhere, so I pulled out a pill bug that clearly didn't die a lifetime.

...... eh.

　The two of them looked at each other blankly and their voices came together nicely.

This is...
"Pillbug is slashed!
"I thought it was impossible to beat this bug?
"Yes, it should be, but ......

　Guy and Cole, they look at me fearfully.

　In front of them, I punched out a pill bug that was still hard even after it died.
　A pillbug cut in half was cut in half again--a quarter of a pillbug.

　At first, their eyes were mostly inexplicable and fearful, but then they looked at me with hope and relief.
　But then they became like eyes of hope and salvation.