Big brother!
Wow!

　As I stepped down onto the deck of the ship, the kids came running up to me in unison.
　But when they got somewhat closer, they suddenly stopped all together.

'd*mn it...'
Uh, yeah, it stinks...

　He picked his nose and frowned.
　Hmm, I thought I was washing it with seawater just in case.

"Ri, you defeated Leviathan by yourself...?
What a guy...

　The sailors were shivering.
　They were tied up with ropes, but they seemed to have untied them while I was fighting, and they were moving normally.

'We'll have to re-bind it,'
"'Hi!　Jeez, I'll do it myself!

　The sailors were the first to tie up their own hands and feet with ropes.

　.........I wonder if I smell that bad now.
　I'll have to wash up again.

　And then a strange boy (?) came up from the sea.

''Ughhhh........I'm defiled.......''

　He's moaning with tears in his eyes as he presses his buttocks together.
　It must still hurt.

'Hmm. So this is your humanized form.
'Yes. Sometimes I get to wander around human towns in this form, but they give me lots of candy!

　He is a Leviathan.
　He seems to be able to humanize just like Behemoth.

　He has emerald blue hair, the same as his scales.
　He's small, about 130cm tall, and in terms of appearance, he's probably one of the youngest of the boys and girls he saved.
　In reality, though, he should have lived for hundreds or thousands of years.

　But the fact that Befi, who was originally stocky and stout by nature, becomes smarter when she becomes human, makes me wonder how she got this shape.
　The fact that the huge body became so small is a mystery in the first place.

You know, you smell like one, don't you?
You're the source of all this.

Oh, and I didn't expect them to make me a squire. Behemoth, did they get you too?
Hmm. Hmm, I lose.
So it's not a coincidence that you beat me...

　The Leviathan seemed reluctant.

'I can't help it!　I've been bored lately, and I'll be your squire for a while!　You're human anyway, and you won't live a hundred years.
It's pretty self-important, isn't it?
Hey, come on!　I've outlived you by far!　I mean, don't do that already, okay?

　Leviathan backed away, protecting his ass.
　Apparently it was really hard to bear.

'Don't worry. I'm not going to go into that place that many times.
I mean, it's true, right?
It's true, so don't be alarmed.
And then you let your guard down?
I didn't mean to.





　Then we went back to the harbor.

　When we got to the harbor, we turned the boat's crew over to the union that ran the fishing harbor.
　They didn't seem to be resisting, and they confessed honestly.
　The testimony of the abductees, though, made it impossible for them to make any excuses.

　However, they were, after all, underlings.
　I'm sure they were led by a trading company led by the man who first approached me.
　This is probably not the first time this has happened, and there are likely to be many additional crimes as well.
　I'm sure there are many people who have already been sold into slavery in other countries illegally.

　But there's no need for me to get involved in that area as well.
　I left the rest to the union and headed to my next destination.

　By the way, I washed myself properly with soap and water, so I shouldn't smell so bad now.
　Of course, I washed my clothes thoroughly, too.

'Come on, behemoth!　Let's lay waste to the earth!
"Hm.
Thud, thud, thud!　Hahahahaha!　People look like garbage!

　Befi looks as sleepy as ever, and Leviathan is enjoying something while she carries him on her shoulders and looks down at people on the street.
　I thought they would be less friendly, but apparently not so much.

''Well, now that it's come to this, it's no use for us to fight about it!
"Hm.

　By the way, we'll call her Libby.

'This is Matty the demon and this is Pullle the slime. Well, get along with them.

　I'll introduce my followers to you at random.

''Isn't it a bit too lightly handled, Death...?
"Pudgy?

　I asked Befi and Libby.

'Do you know any other mythical demons?'
I am.
I know that!

　Two (animals?) answered together.

'Where are you this time?'
The sky.






　The demon is apparently somewhere in the sky.
　Of course, it's not something you can find by randomly searching for it.
　In any case, this time it's more vast than the ocean.

　It would be nice if it came from the other side like Libby, but it was just because it happened to be migrating to the bottom of the sea in that area.
　It's just a matter of sheer luck.

But that doesn't mean it's flying all the time.

　Libby says there is that demon's nest.
　So we decided to go to that place.

　A few days on the Befi ride.
　We arrived at the foot of the mountain.

Hmm. This is quite a magnificent mountain.

　But it is different in scale from those mountains.
　According to some people on the way to the city, they are as high as seven or eight thousand meters above sea level, and on a clear day you can see them from a hundred kilometers away.
　On a clear day, you can see it from a hundred kilometers away.

　Moreover, it seemed to be an active volcano.
　Indeed, smoke can be seen rising near the top of the volcano.

　It is said to have erupted heavily hundreds of years ago, and its ashes covered the sky.
　It was cold as winter due to lack of sunlight, and a large number of people died of starvation due to the inability to grow crops.

'The crater here is his nest!　....maybe.
It's going to be a tough climb.