What do you think you're going to do, you guys got away with it?

I'm sorry, sir...

I just can't help but feel...

At least they didn't all get away with it...

　Nope, I cross my arms and think about it.
　Randy and Shelly both got away with it. And from their mouths, my presence, and the existence of the demon, will be known. I think they'll also know that the dragon - the puppy - is under my control.
　And Drake had said it. He said that if a dragon appeared, an emergency quest would be sent out to the S-ranked adventurers to defeat it. That means that even with a nation, dragons are a threat.
　If there are people using such dragons, it wouldn't be surprising if a nation attacked them with all its might.

　Furthermore, this is the home of the elves' hiding place.
　Elf slaves can be sold for a high price. I didn't know the price, but a woman of strange age, like Arisa, can be sold for fifty gold coins. And although most of the young people in this village are dead, there are still children left. Elven boys and girls would also be something the slavers would drool over.
　If those guys spread the word that there was an elven hiding place here, there was no doubt that the rogues would come to kidnap the elves.

'Lord Noah!

Oh, Alisa.

　Alisa comes running to me from inside the village.
　If the adventurers had been rogues, this village could have been on fire by now. And there would have been a future where they would have kidnapped Alisa and her children who could be sold, and all the old elves would have been killed.
　It is only because Drake and his team were still adventurers who came to defeat the dragon that Arisa and her friends were safe.
　However, no matter how decent the adventurer is, he or she will not go easy on a demon. That's why Chappie is dead.

'I'm sorry, Noah-dono.......Chappie-dono.......'

Yeah can you explain what happened?

'Oh ... until about noon or so, Lord Chappie was playing with the village children. I don't understand Lord Chappie's language, but he seemed to be enjoying himself.

Yes.

　Chappie was a really good-hearted guy.
　I also know that he adored me with his hands and feet. That's why I couldn't forgive Drake for harming Chappie, even more so.

'But just before noon, he suddenly stopped playing with the kids and headed for the village entrance. Perhaps he sensed a sign of something. I went out alone and then those three men came in.

....

"I believe that Lord Chappie was trying to protect our village. But those guys, on the contrary, thought that Lord Chappie was about to attack this village... Lord Chappie fought bravely, but the result was as you can see.

Yeah.

　We see the figure of Chappie, rolling at the entrance to the village.
　There is already a wind hole in its belly, a flower of blood blooming around Chappie's body. It's obvious to everyone that the matter is already over.
　At the very least, a burial - with that in mind, I took a step closer to Chappie.

''........Huh?''

　Suddenly, I wondered there.
　The demons are insubstantial beings created by the magic element. That's why, when you defeat them, they become magical elements and disappear without changing. The demons I defeated in the ruins of Rilkara disappeared every time I killed them with a single blow. That's an undoubted fact.
　However, Chappie's body is still here. And it doesn't seem to have turned into a magical element and is not likely to disappear.
　I don't understand what's going on. Is there some fact there that I don't know about?

".........

　I approached the fallen chappie, but again, there was no response. I tried to touch it, but all I could do was feel the cold touch there.
　A little bit, I hoped from the fact that it hadn't disappeared, but it was definitely dead.
　I could feel my heart grow cold at the fact that I had lost my friends - that fact.

'Milo.'

Oh, wow...?

I want you to dig a hole in the ground. Let's get Chappie buried at least.

Oh yeah, I'll take care of it. Master.

　Milo holds the axe and swings it down as it is, slightly away from the village. With that, the earth pops up and the dirt rolls up.
　With Milo's strength, he'll be able to dig enough holes to bury Chappie. In the meantime, I have to do what I have to do.

　It's okay, Chappie.
　I won't let you die alone. I'll find you some company.

Hey, buddy.

　I hit him, grabbing Drake by the collar as he passes out and pulling him up.
　Drake's eyes open slightly, perhaps because of the impact, or perhaps because his head has been shaken. I guess he doesn't understand the situation at all, terribly obtuse.
　But the moment Drake sees me.
　His eyes widened, as if he had met the embodiment of fear.

''Hee--''

Oh, no, you don't have to talk. I just need to ask one thing.

Hee, hee!

I hope this blow doesn't kill you.

　I have to take at least two more blows. I don't want him to die from this one hit.
　It seems that he has physical resistance, and with the fact that he has such an exaggerated skill as a steel body, he won't die so easily, though. I relax slightly more than my full strength and clench my fist.
　My fist is like that.
　With all my might, I shot through the belly of the newly awakened Drake.

Buuuuufu.........!

　Because your back is the ground, it can't be blown away. In other words, the impact is transmitted directly into the body.
　As expected, it worked, and I spit out blood with a scream. Some of the organs might have popped. It might be natural, though, since he struck at a level that would kill even a demon of that level.
　Even so, the reason I can't penetrate my muscles is because I've trained that much. It seems that he hadn't trained his internal organs, as expected.

''Well, one more blow........''

I'm going to...

Now you can die. Apologize to Chappie in the afterlife.

'Oh, uh...'

　Drake, dripping blood from his mouth, jumped up for a moment with a jolt.
　Then he opened his eyes as wide as he could against me, who was about to deliver the final blow.

''Eh...?''

　And with it, such was Drake's neck.
　Glistening - a well-worn lead-colored collar was born.

".........

　What?
　Can I follow a human, too?