The onlookers around me buzzed.
　It wasn't a good idea to flatten the sword saint's old man.

　But.

''Who the hell are you?''
He must be a really famous fighter or something with that kind of strength.

　As I pick up the buzz from the onlookers, it seems that they haven't found out who I am.

　That's right, it hasn't been that long since I took over the Cano family.
　Before that, I was a room-dwelling fourth son, so it's only natural that they don't know.

　Well then ... it's still a good cover!

　Pretend to be a completely different person here - and that's when I thought.

'Kyah!
I need help!

　I could hear a group of people screaming and running away.

　Everyone, including me and onlookers, turned quickly in the direction of the screams.

　At the end of the street, from the direction of the meteorite's fall, a group of what looked like travelers came running away in a desperate manner.

　As soon as the first and fastest man reached the front of the teahouse.

''You guys run away quickly!

　I shouted.
　I raised an eyebrow and asked the man back.

'What happened?'
A meteorite!　A demon came out of a meteorite!
What did you say?

　Frowning.
　The buzz around me grows.

　The fast-footed man replies further.

'The demon said, 'You saved me by letting me go. We shouldn't have broken that meteorite!'

　Everyone in the place - everyone except for the fast-footed man who came later - looked at the outstretched grandfather.

　The old man, called the Sword Sage, had crushed the meteorite, though.

''Was it a trap?''
'Ugh!　Demon filth!
Let's get out of here.

　It was of a different quality than earlier, but with a greater panic.

　One after another, travelers fled from the end of the street.
　At the same time, I saw a demon or something like that.

　About twice the size of a human.
　The shape was rather lumpy, and the shadow rose up from the ground, or something like that.

　That thing is slowly driving the travelers away.
　It's easy to see that it enjoys messing with you every once in a while and making you scream.

"If I got serious, I could kill everyone here.

　It's a pretty strong monster that shows its strength with just a glance.
　As expected, I can't leave it alone.

　I pulled out my grandfather's preparation staff and waited for the monster.

　As I get closer, I'm going to get a decent measure of its strength even more.
　It's strong, but it can be defeated.

　But it's not good if you take them down quickly and easily.
　I couldn't go easy on my grandfather, I'll do it right this time.

　You have to take it easy, hold them back, and make the fight a little more difficult.
　In the meantime, the travelers are escaping one by one, so I take them down when there are few witnesses left.

　Okay, let's do this.

　The group of travelers who were driven away overtook me.
　The other travelers who were originally in the teahouse are also fleeing one by one.

　The only ones left are the laggard and the old man who is stretched out.

　In terms of number of people, that's about 10% of the total.

　I waved my preparation staff and slashed at the demon.
　The bodies that appear to be in the shadows are struck against each other, and as expected (...) a metallic sound resounds.

''What the hell are you?''
I'm sorry, I'm not going through.
'Haha!　Humans don't freak out!

　I cut off the demon.

　I pushed back and got some distance away, and then the magic was shot at me.
　A wave of darkness - a fuzzy black thing that felt like a wave of darkness - came flying in.

　I glanced around, there were still many people in the area.

　I put up my planting staff and take it on purpose.
　It doesn't hurt because I'm on guard - but I acted and got down on one knee.

'Haha, die human.'

　The demon gave chase.
　I staged a last-minute move and rolled on the ground to avoid the sharp shadow slash with a single piece of leather and keep my distance.

'You dodged it, you're lucky you did.

　The demon laughed, half-impressed, half-enjoyed.

　Okay, the act is getting through.
　I stood around like that, but the number of onlookers around me didn't decrease.

　I was down to the remaining ten percent, but not any more.
　You're onlookers because of what I'm fighting.
　It doesn't seem to be decreasing at all anymore.

　It can't be helped, there are a few too many witnesses but let's take them down.

　Image ... image.

　I don't want my abilities to be discovered and lifted up in a troublesome way after this.
　I imagined that I would beat him just in time.

"I'm going to die this time!
"--

　The demon came stretching its shadow.
　I dodge it with a single piece of skin, and I'll deliberately get my cheeks grazed for the sake of direction.

　While dodging like that, I ducked into the bosom - a flash.

　I was properly tamed.
　A last-minute, full-blooded blow - the slash that was so staged cut the demon in half.

　The shadow is cut in half and falls to the ground in a flutter.

"Ooohhhh!
I've slew a demon.

　A cheer goes up, and I look at them.
　There are only a few people, and this one is making a decent show of the struggle.

　If this is the case, we won't be lifted any more than necessary.

　Besides - I look at the end of the street.

　Because the demons were playing, it's also good that there wasn't much damage.

　A demon that can't do much damage, and me who defeated it just in time.
　With this--.

Well, demons!
What?

　I was caught off guard thinking it was the end, and I was caught off guard for a moment.

　The demon that was cut in half, the two shadows both jumped up from the ground and came flying in with tremendous force.

　I'm not sure if I was too careful or not, but a little more power is inevitable - the demon changed its flying trajectory on the way.

　I'm not sure if it's a good idea.
　The moment I thought "what's the point?", the old man who had been fainting at my feet for a long time jumped up as if he were a rubber ball.

　A shadow possessed him and changed him.

　The old man took some distance from me, and took some distance in the direction the demon had come from.

　When I looked closely--

You're possessed.
"You're caught off guard, human. But now I have no more room for error!

　The black shadow that possessed the grandfather used his mouth to speak.

　In the next moment, the skinny old man's body swelled up.

　In an instant, he was transformed into a muscular, macho man, twice the size of an ordinary man.
　His strength is rising, and when he possesses a human, he becomes stronger?

''Ugh........''
I'm going to lose strength.

　Weak voices could be heard leaking out from all over the place.

　I looked and saw that the remaining onlookers had fallen to their knees on the ground one by one.

　There was a black haze around them.
　Was it hit by a demon?

''It's no good now.......he was so strong.......and now he's possessed by the Sword Saint-sama.......''

　One of the onlookers said and let go of his consciousness.
　The other onlookers also fell one by one.

　One by one, they fell one by one, and eventually the last one.

'Run--help--'

　Call me.
　You want to say that, but you didn't finish, and the demon hit you and you passed out.

　It would be bad to be hit for so long, but it doesn't look like it's going to get out of control any time soon.
　Then we'll be fine.

　Besides, it helped that they all fainted.

　That means we have no witnesses.

　I turned to the demon.

"Kuh-uh, nice work, flesh. I was going to dispose of it as an old man, but this one could last a while.

　The demon had said something like that.
　Grandpa - is it true that you are a swordsman?

'Well, come to terms with it, human. For the record, I'm much stronger now than I was before.
Yeah, I know.

　I can feel the power surge.
　It's enough power to kill everyone here, or rather, the entire population of Pindos if they were to wade in.

　But...

"All clear.
What did you say?

　It's strong, but it's still at "this level".

　I readied my preparation staff and pointed the cutting edge.

It's a bluff. You had such a hard time with me earlier.
No, I'm fine.
What?

　He swung out his training staff.
　A slash slipped through the grandfather's body and cut only the main body of the demon.

''Don't be so strong--eh.

　The demon is astonished.
　The moment it realizes that it's been cut down.

Because I'm not really there yet.

　It has completely disappeared from this earth.