In one room of Glendale Castle...

Did you get my brother Kai?

　A short, dark-haired, blue-eyed, gangly young man walked in without knocking.

'Yeah, sorry to be so busy,'

　The owner of this room, who was looking over the papers on the table, was also a young man with dark hair and blue eyes.

''Well, just sit down for now,''

　The owner of this room - Cain moves to the visitor's couch and calls his brother, Leon.

　Both of them are Hurt's brother.


''It's unusual for brother Kai to call me directly.

Yeah, I'm on a bit of a bad case...

Hmm?　Why is it that it's so bad - and why - I see. You're the one with the instincts.

''Thanks for talking so quickly. My instincts tell me that there are some pretty strong demons in the village near this royal capital, or they've already appeared here.

　Cain has a skill called Super Intuition.

　That skill has allowed him to learn that there will be demons that can only be defeated with the power of the Kingdom Knights class.

　His skill is not future prediction, so it can be missed.

　However, he has never missed his intuition regarding a level matter that would put the country in danger.


''So, since there's no proof, he told me to go take a look.

That's right. There will probably be a Class A monster with a danger level of A. I think we should take a few members of the Order with us.

"If brother Kai says that much, he must be in serious trouble. But as much as I would like to, but it's not an official order, so I can't take my men with me.

　Leon's combat job was the highest 'tertiary' job in this world - a step before that, a guardian warrior apprentice.

　He is one of the strongest warriors in this country.

　Even though he was such a man, Cain's super intuition told him that he was dangerous on his own.

　However, Cain was not Leon's superior officer.
　He was not in a position to give him orders.

　So the story here was only that his brother was doing his brother a favor.

　If he was only doing his brother's request, Leon would have accepted it. If he were to take his subordinates there, he would have to think about the contingency.

　My brother's intuition is right, so I want to bring my subordinates with me if possible. In order to do so, he had to convince the Knight Commander.

　However, it seems that he can't afford to do so, so when Leon is thinking about going to scout out on his own──.


Then I will give you an official order.

Oh, Your Majesty. You're here.

　Leon kneels down and bows his head, startled by King Glendale, who appears soundlessly from the back of Cain's room.

'Hmm. I'm getting pretty good at disguising myself, aren't I?

Yes.

You're so good that Leon didn't even notice.

　The Countess of Silverlei has three sons and a daughter.

　Their eldest son, Cain, has super intuition, their eldest daughter, Charles, is a mind reader, and their third son, Hurt, is a transplant from another world.

　Leon, the second son of the Silverey family, does not have the cheat skills of Cain and Charles, nor does he have the infinite magical power of Hurt.

　However, he was equipped with an everyman's eye for observation.

　A hidden trick that is passed down only to the elven royalty──even Leon, who had an observant eye to see through it, was unable to recognize the existence of King Glendale, who was in the same room.


'Well. My latest pleasure is to slip out of the sight of the dark side of my guards and go behind them and say 'good night'.

What the hell are you doing...
'Your Majesty, I've received complaints from the dark side that that has to stop.

Oh, yeah, sorry. I just got to see the look on their faces and I just couldn't resist.

　It was a much more yanky, king.

　As a king, he thought he could get a laugh, but Cain got mad at him, so he decided to forcefully change the subject.

''Ah, then, once again. The Royal Knights, commander of the Thirteenth Squadron, Leon, is ordered. Go lead your men and defeat the demons. You'll hear the details from Cain.

　King Glendale is not a king who usually gives such lax orders.

　He is acting like this because there is only Cain, his friend from when he was a prince, and his brother Leon in this place.

I'm sure you'll be able to find it. "Then I'm going to ask you, don't get hurt.

Ha!

　After calling out to Leon, King Glendale left Cain's room.


''........Your Majesty, did brother Kai call you?''

Yeah. I'm just trying to get you to take my men with me.

Shouldn't you just give me a normal order on the throne?

　Normally, when the king gives orders to the knights, over whom he has direct command, it is done in the throne room.

'I was told there was something I wanted to do,'

Oh, that's right. You wanted to see if the covert skills you've recently mastered in your majesty's eyes would work in my eyes.

I guess so. I'm sorry for the delay.

Good. All right, I'll get my guys together and get ready to go.

Yeah. Have a good day.

　Afterwards, hearing information from Cain about the area where the demon was likely to appear, Leon left the room.



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　A village located a short distance from the capital. In a nearby mountain, in the depths of a cave...

Whoa, whoa?

Nada, you!　Where are you?

　The girl is shackled by both hands and is about to be torture, when suddenly a man and a woman appear in front of her.

''Huh?　It was supposed to be a goblin....

'Master Hurt, those are goblins around. Perhaps only the boss has evolved.

Oh, yeah. I see.

　In the depths of the Goblin's Lair, the wise man Harto and the wizard Tina appear at the transference.

　The two have come to rescue a young girl, Raina, who was kidnapped here.

What do you mean by that?

　The ogre threw the girl towards the group of goblins behind her and grabbed a huge meat cleaver that was standing against the wall and slashed at Hurt.

　The boss of the goblin pack took in a large amount of magical power for some reason and gained strength, and evolved into an ogre through the goblin lords.

　The ogre is the strongest demon among the A-class demons, with high intelligence, combat skills, offensive strength and durability against magic.

　Such an ogre's strike...


　Hurt took it with his bare hands, easily.

"Nah!

"Tina, take care of her.
We'll take care of it!

　No amount of E rank demons (goblins) were an obstacle for a level 250 magic swordsman who had been slaughtering demons all over the world along with his guardian heroes.

　Before Reyna was thrown by the ogre and fell into the center of the group of goblins, that group of goblins had disappeared without a trace with Tina's magic.

''──...''

　Raina settled into Tina's arms as she was poised at the drop.

'It's all right now,'

　Tina heels over the unconscious Reyna.

　It was such a group that the boss had evolved into an ogre. Naturally, there were dozens of goblins in addition to the group that Tina had eradicated.

　But those goblins were unable to approach Tina and Reina.

　Because the magic of Halt - the Knight of Fire was protecting them from countless goblins.


''Gigi, Gigi, you, who are you, Da!

　Despite the fact that the ogre, who is proud of his strength, is putting all his strength into it, his weapon doesn't move even a twitch.

　In contrast, Hurt is just picking the end of a meat cleaver with his thumb and forefinger.

''It's the wise man, Halt.
''──?''

　Hurt swung the knife with all his strength and the ogre was blown right up to the ceiling area of the cave.

　And according to gravity, it falls down.

　At the point of falling, Hurt was waiting for you, holding a meat cleaver with the blade dyed black.

''Maddie, mate...''

　By the time the ogre hit the ground, it was shredded to such a degree that it was impossible to recognize its original form.


'This one's not a goblin, so no kidding.

I understand. But I've already killed over a dozen goblins.

Okay, here's a little something for me.

Thank you. But even with that amount, it's still a bit...

　The boss of the pack (Ogre) was gone, but the goblins did not try to escape.

　When a powerful boss is born, the goblins in this world become more cohesive as a pack. And even if the boss was defeated, the next strongest individual would take over the boss and try to maintain the herd.

　This habit was convenient for Hurt and the others.

　There were lightly more than a hundred goblins in the cave. This was because if these escaped from here, the surrounding villages and towns would be in danger.

　Nevertheless, they were bound to be able to defeat up to nine goblins each.

　It's a bind that doesn't need to be followed in particular, but...


Hmm. We'll just get out of here.

　In order to abide by the rules he had set for himself, Hurt decided to retreat from the scene.

　As Hurt was about to activate his transition magic, an explosion occurred behind the crowd of goblins surrounding him, Tina and Reyna.

''Master, I've brought everyone to you in transition.

　One of Hurt's family members, Citry, has transitioned in with his family and friends.

　The villagers seemed to have him waiting in a safe place.

''Citry, thanks!''

　This was the moment when the goblins were confirmed to be annihilated.



　The goblins have been wiped out.

"Leon.

Oh, brother Kai. See you off?　We're leaving now.

About that I'm sorry!

'What?　What?

They're gone. Maybe.

...What?

　The thirty knights who had been preparing weapons and armor with Leon were to disband for the day without setting out.