It was the night before Hurt and the others' promotion examinations.

　Kiel had once again invaded the Ifrus Magic Academy and had come to the side of Hurt's mansion. With each hour that passed since the initial reconnaissance, information about Hurt and the Elnor family had been gathered....... It was because he could no longer suppress his anxiety.


　The first time he came here, he came here for the purpose of getting a rough idea of Hurt's power, that he was Cain's brother.

　Kiel has the ability to know the power of others within a certain range. Keel sees that King Jill-Grendale, who hides his power from the people, actually has a power comparable to that of Cain.

　Even with such a keel's ability, somehow Hurt's power could not be grasped.

　To be precise, he could read that power. However, Keel couldn't believe it.

　''Level 1.''

　That's what Keel's ability told him, Hurt's power.

　Keel possessed the ability (skill) to know the level of others without looking at the status board.

　In this world, 'High Level' = (Equal) 'Strength'.

　You can raise your level by defeating evil monsters, demons, demonkind and demons. As your level increases, your "status" such as physical strength, magic power and physical attack power will increase.

　If you do muscle training, you will gain muscle and be able to carry heavy things and run faster, but this will not raise your level and status. Your muscle mass x (multiplied) status is your exact attack power.

　For example, at the same level 1, an adult is stronger than a child and an adult. In most cases, adults have more muscle mass than children. However, with a level 2 child and a level 1 adult, the child may be stronger. They can become stronger by defeating monsters, raising their level and improving their status rather than desperately training their muscles.

　This is such a world.

　If that's the case, level 1 Halt is only a small fry.

　But the younger brother of Cain (a monster), who can defeat A-ranked demons single-handedly, can't be just the weakest (level 1). He must have a special skill that hides his abilities - Keel had judged that and ended the initial scouting.


　He had then continued to gather information about Hurt using the information network behind the scenes. The more he continued to do so, the more anxious he became. None of the information flying into Kiel's ears was believable.

　That the hero Tina-Haribel had become Hurt's wife.

　That she single-handedly activated countless autonomous action magic equivalent to twenty demons.

　At the same level, the beastman race is many times stronger than the human race. It is said that Hurt became the king of that beastman nation.

　I heard that he had beaten and blown up the black dragon, the most ferocious of the colored dragons, by beating him to death.

　Anyway, it was all unbelievable information.
　There was no way that such a guy could be the weakest (level 1).

　At the extreme, an informant woman that Keel had often used for a long time had said this.

He's the kind of monster that annihilates countless demons by bringing them together, and even tames demons because he likes their looks.

　Keel couldn't believe that there was a human in this world who could tame a demon.

　Then, for some reason, Keel couldn't remember the informant woman. He must have used her many times in the past.... And yet, he couldn't even remember her face.

　However, the woman's advice was the only thing that remained in my mind.

'Don't mess with Elnor.'

　Kiel shuddered as he remembered those words, which were filled with strong killing intent.

　But he was confident in his power.
　That confidence made him ignore the advice.

　In addition, he decided that he needed to grasp Hurt's true power at all costs. Because he really wanted to make sure that he was a potential obstacle to his actions in the future.

　So he is here now.
　I don't even think about it.


Yohko said she brainwashed you, but.... Oh, you resisted.
What...?

　Keel was surprised to hear a sudden voice from behind him.
　He quickly moved away from the person who had called out to him.

　Even though he was looking towards the mansion, Keel thought that there was no way anyone could get behind him, who possessed multiple covert skills. That's why he was surprised that he didn't feel any sign of them at all.

　The man had appeared here in an instant, as if he had used a transference.

''Oh, you!''
Hi. The owner of the house you're looking into. Halt-Elnor.

　There was Hurt there.

　Keel didn't know that he had used his normal transition magic and appeared here with it.

''Tsk........''

　With a small click of his tongue, Kiel activated his covert skills. His presence disappeared to the extreme. He tried to escape while Hurt was showing a slightly surprised expression, but──.


Oh, what?

　Kiel couldn't move from his spot.
　Because something was surrounding him, blocking his path.

'I'm not going to let Yoko's brainwashing get away with it so easily,'

　Hurt is constantly deploying a thin layer of magical power around him.

　This is to supply his family members such as Yoko, Mai, and May with magical power, but also to deal with surprise attacks from those with covert skills such as Kiel.

　If something touches the magic power deployed, Hurt can detect it. It doesn't matter if it's invisible.

　By the way, the bracelets that Hurt gives to his family have the same function. Of course, the range of effect is not as wide as the original (Hult), but it is sufficient to protect the family from surprise attacks from demons that can eliminate their presence.

　There is no way that Keel, who was within the range of the main family's magic power deployed, could escape from Halt.


　In fact, Hurt and the others had been aware of this since Keel had come on his first scouting mission.

　And Yoko, who had a connection with him, had driven a wedge into him to prevent him from sneaking around behind the scenes. But due to Keel's skills, the wedge itself was ineffective.

Is it still that skill that withstood the brainwashing?

Oh no. I don't like this.

　There was some leeway on Keel's face as he brushed off Hurt's question.

''Unhuman strength and unusual sensing ability........ Are you perhaps a reincarnation?

What?

I thought it was funny. That Cain's brother was a level one.

How did you know that?

'Oh, it's okay. No need to fool me. I knew right away that level 1 was a disguise. I mean, if you're going to disguise it, you should make it level 50 or some other halfway decent status.

　Kiel thought that Hurt was disguising his status to make him appear to be level 1. He thinks he's figured that out.

''Well. That's how I got caught, and they know my face. I understood enough to know that you were a bad guy. So I'll stop working in this country any longer.

Eh...... Oh, hey!

　From inside Hurt's magical barrier, Keel's existence was diminished.

　When Hurt noticed this, he tried to prevent the escape by deploying various magic, but...


He's getting away this time. Ah, don't worry. I won't be fighting a monster like you head-on in the future.

　After saying that, Kiel's figure disappeared.　


　He had successfully escaped from the magical barrier of the strongest sage who had once captured a demon and not let it escape.