Satsuki, who had been put to sleep and bound with ropes - I'm not sure if I should call her Satsuki in her current state, but for the sake of convenience, I will call her that - we decided to carry her in her current state to a place a short distance from the village.

As much as we would have liked to take a break in one of the houses in the village, it was a bit chilling to take a break in a place where there were so many zombies, even though they were no longer moving.

The undead in the village had probably been exterminated, but I couldn't be sure.
The three of us, Cyril, and Mee, agreed that we didn't want to go any deeper into the village now that our strength had been greatly reduced.

By the way, I'm having no luck, just like when I killed the goblins.

Ghosts are not the most appropriate monsters to be ranked, but for the sake of convenience, they are ranked D.
It is not supposed to be seen in E rank quests.

However, the Adventurers' Guild tends to rank quests based on the threats they see, so it is inevitable that there will be some unexpectedness.

If the 'visible threat' is about a hundred zombies, it is not strange that the game is ranked E based on hit-and-away tactics.

I myself regret that I may have taken a little too low a risk management this time... but what I need to think about now is what to do from now on.

Cyril and I will take the caterpillar Satsuki and lay her down in the grass by the side of the road, a short distance from the village.

We made a fire there and waited for Satsuki to wake up.

'Mmm......'

After a while, Satsuki slowly opens her eyelids.
She woke up in a caterpillar state, wrapped in a rope and rolled in the grass.

'What the ...... hell am I ......?

Satsuki slowly looked around and eventually her gaze met mine in front of the bonfire.

'You're awake. How are you feeling?'

'......!'

Satsuki didn't respond to my question and tried to freak out.
But since she was being rolled around like a caterpillar, she couldn't move much.

'Calm down. Let's talk first. You're the ghost from the village, aren't you?'

'......, yes.'

Satsuki seemed to have given up, and immediately became calm and replied.
Her tone of voice was different from Satsuki's usual one.

I asked more questions to the girl.

'You're trying to possess Satsuki's body to achieve your own goals. Is that right?

'...... Yes. The owner of this body, Satsuki, is it? That's a lot of power. With this power, I can kill them all. Please, let me go. I have to kill them.

Satsuki appealed to me with hatred in her eyes.
I stated my thoughts to the girl in a simple manner.

'I'm sorry, but I can't do that.

'...Why not! After what we've been through! Why is it okay for them to live like this? That's bullshit! There is no justice or God in this world!

Cyril, who was watching with his back against a nearby tree and his arms folded, twitched at the girl's words.

'...... You're talking out of your ass. I'm not sure what you're referring to when you say 'those people' in the first place.

Cyril had said that he served Ahtna, the goddess of light and justice, so he must have something on his mind.
Satsuki, who was in a caterpillar state, moved her body and gaze to look at Cyril.

'...... bandits. There is no other way to describe them. Rough, violent, scum of the lowest order. Suddenly they're living nearby and they've taken everything from us. They killed everyone in the village, raped the women, and looted the whole village. I've told you over and over... they're not people! They're monsters! I'll kill them, tear them to pieces, gut them, skewer them to death over and over again!

Cyril's eyes narrowed as he heard the girl's hateful words.
Mee, who was listening nearby, shook her head sadly.

It is said that ghosts are those who die with strong feelings, resentment and hatred towards this world.
The conditions beyond that are still unclear, as are the natural conditions for zombies, but it is likely that she met those conditions and became a ghost.

It is said that a ghost's soul will be purified and disappear when its purpose is fulfilled.
If that happens, Satsuki, whose control of his body has now been taken over by her, will be able to return to his original state.

With that in mind, I'm going to tell the girl in front of me my opinion.

'I understand the situation you're in, and your desires. But... I still can't accept your demands.

At my response, the girl rolled her eyes and then screamed in protest.

'Why are you ...... doing this? Are you on their side? Don't be silly! Why, why are we the only ones who have to go through this!

'No. We're not on the side of those bandits nor do we support them. What's important to us is Satsuki, the owner of the body you're controlling right now.

'......!

The girl gasped.
She wants to say something, but she can't.

As the sound of fire exploding echoes in the air, I further speak to the girl.

'Bandits attacked your village and wiped out all the people in the village...that's what I recognized...how many bandits were there?

'...... I don't know, sir. Maybe twenty or thirty or something like that. ......'

'Well, something like that, I suppose. You'll need at least that many people to attack and annihilate a village of a hundred people, even assuming a minimum level of skill and armament. You seem to think that Satsuki's physical strength is enough to kill all of them, but if you look at it dispassionately, their strength is about 50-50. If there are skilled bandits among them, it is more likely that they will be defeated.

'......!

The girl in the form of Satsuki bites her lip in frustration.
And still more, she shouts with a voice full of hatred.

'But I still have to send as many of them to hell as possible, even if I have to stab them!

'So that's something we can't tolerate. Satsuki is one of us. We can't let you take her life for your own purposes.'

'See you at .......'

The girl looked at me with steely eyes.

'Then you guys have to help us. You don't care what happens to this Satsuki person, do you?

It was a threat.
He's probably so mad that he doesn't want to choose any means.
But...

'You may think you're threatening us, but you're not, and you're only hurting our feelings. Because we have the power to make you disappear.'



'What, ......?

'There's a spell called Mindblast. Do you want to try it?'