That's not looking good.
''Master Luciel, you can't afford to be fluent.
　I decided to start the cleansing process as Milfine packed in with a very scary look on her face.
''Um, yes. So let's purify it then. Lionel, take care of the vigilance.''
I'm on it.

　We had arrived at the Hutch settlement about ten minutes away from where we had left Keti and the others.
　...Large beehives were hanging from several trees, and we decided that it was definitely a Hatch tribe settlement.
However, the Hatch tribe was nowhere to be seen. The miasma is so dense that you can see it, so we purify the area.

　The dark purple miasma was being purified by magic.
It's not just a matter of time before you are able to get your hands on a new one.
　I know that too, but I have not been able to identify where the cause is.

It's not just a matter of time before the clock strikes.
　Milfine shook her head and replied.
''When the miasma is this strong, neither fairies nor spirits will go near it.
　It's a good thing that the miasma is so strong that it can't be used to treat the miasma.
I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make it work.
Thank you, sir.
　Milfine instructs as she puts on her robes.

'Lionel, protect me. Milfine, call out to the Hatch tribe and if anyone comes out, gather information.
　Lionel replied with a laugh as I gave him instructions, and Milfine replied with a bow of her head.
'As usual, sir.'
Okay. I'll be on my way as soon as I get the information.


　The miasma is a very rare disease.
　The miasma was supposed to be emitting from the bottom to the top, but to be sure, I crouched down and saw that the miasma haze was not there at all.
　So while narrowing down the options to trees and the sky, I walked in the direction where the miasma seemed to be dense and continued to purify it... "Ha! He suddenly heard Lionel's voice and swung his great sword.

'What ... was ...? What is this demon?
Well, it's getting interesting, isn't it?
　Lionel held a large shield and a large sword at the ready, suggesting to me that there would be more fighting.
　The demon that Lionel had just cut was a half-melted undead demon that looked like a fly turned into a dog-shaped size and then turned green.

'Only Lionel is amused. Come closer.
　As soon as I applied area barriers and immediately unleashed a purification spell in the direction of the demons that came out earlier, a super-sized slime and the various demons that were born from it appeared.

The actual slime is even cuter than that, right? That's clearly the boss class, isn't it? Lionel, defend it to the death at all costs.
''Don't be in such a hurry, I'll take them all down. Even though the enemy is undead, this is a battlefield worth fighting on. Let this Lionel push and be a shield for Luciel-sama.
　You were about to say that you're definitely going to guess now.
　It's a good thing I remembered that Ketty and the others weren't there and didn't go into it, but.......

I'm sure they'll be after me as soon as I purify them, so do me a favor.
　As I chant on the demons that are born, I release purification magic repeatedly and the undead die, leaving their bodies behind.
　The slime that creates more demons than purification magic gets smaller and smaller with this.......don't you think?

Oh, come on, if we follow the theory, won't it just get smaller?
　The super giant slime felt like it was gradually getting bigger as it started doing something like one-man photosynthesis, creating miasma and absorbing the miasma like air.
　The number of demons is increasing and Lionel is happily cutting them, but if we continue to fight like this, my magic power will be depleted.

''I'll leave Lionel in charge of all the demons.
　I didn't listen to Lionel's reply, I put my magic power into my illusion staff as much as I could and started chanting.

[Holy healing hand, breath of mother earth, I wish to feed on my magic power, and create a sanctuary for angels to use the shield of purification like light wings to scorch all the evil and impure things, Sanctuary Circle]

　When a magic circle appears around the super-sized slime, the demons jump on it all at once, but I trust that Lionel won't let the enemy pass.
　He told himself that he could recover from the loss of a piece of flesh, even if he was bitten, and when he activated the Sanctuary Circle, the slime's usual blue-white light plus a red spiral added to it, it completely covered the slime.
''High Heels.''
　I immediately cast a recovery spell on Lionel with a broken chant, and then cast a purification spell on the remaining monsters.

　It's a good idea to have a good time with them.
''You're taking it too far. Recover, Dispel, Extra Heal.
Chuckle. Thank you. It was a cop-out situation.
　Lionel had one eye sharply lacerated and his body was discolored by stones and poisons all over his body.
I'm glad I managed to use my recovery magic to heal the wounds and abnormalities in my body.

'I'm grateful that you didn't let the demon pass, but I really don't want Lionel to die, so don't ever die.
Oh. I'm happy to be your vassal.
Huh, you'll never be sorry.
　Lionel smiled and kept his eyes on where the slime was, smiling.

''The number of demon corpses is amazing. The miasma is...''
The miasma is slowly fading.
　The source of the miasma is the slime.

Yeah. The miasma of the slime but it's not a slime anymore?
That's odd. That's what it looks like to me, too.

　I have no choice but to collect the mountain of undead demons into my magic bag and cast a purification spell on the still dense miasma before getting down to business.

''.........Purification Dispel Recover High Heels.
　I rolled in front of me a bee-like looking woman of about fifty centimeters who had fallen? I cast a recovery spell on the

''JoOusama~''
　And then a group of bees came rushing in.
　And among them was a bearded old man with a spear? approached us.
''Sage-sama~The queen is safe, is the queen safe?''
Well, yes. He's alive. More importantly, what's the Sage?
The Queen is alive and well, my dear. Let's get her to the Queen's lair right away. Sage, why don't you let the queen move in first?
Oh, here you go.
Thank you for that.
　The bee dwarfs, about twenty centimeters in length, held the queen carefully and all at once took off in the direction where the hive had been.

''Luciel-sama, are you alright I'm sorry.
　Milfine came towards us, and when she saw me and Lionel, she poked her knee and bowed her head.
　Yes. For some reason, she started to get down on her knees.

'So? Why are you getting down on your knees all of a sudden?
"...because I have done something unforgivable. I do not have the slave crest on me now.
　No slave crest?
'The Spirit told me that he wanted me to erase my slave crest and save this village.
　Aren't the dragons and spirits of this world too self-centered?
.... and what's the price?
　I'm sure there's something in return for taking this. But if it was malicious, Lionel and Ketty would have noticed.
'This is this spirit's protection. Master Luciel asked me to give it to him when he saved the Hatch tribe.
　Is that what this development is about? Milfine sat down, handed me a protective charm and lowered her head again.

''Well Milfine you can decide if you want to stand on your own or go back to being a slave. If you go back to slavery you will be penalized, so think carefully. So you're listening anyway, aren't you, genie?

　Forgive the girl. Only a man of strong faith in me could undo the slave's deeds.

　I knew you were listening. I stare at the sky as I speak.

'Then you should have told me directly.

　Then you would have gone in with a great many men, and they would have been engaged in a fistfight with their confused companions.

　Whatever you want to call it. I was going to say that... but I thought he had a point. No matter how many there were, even Lionel had been wounded that much.

''........So what is this protection?''

　After I said that, another mechanical sound echoed in my brain.
　''I've acquired the water spirit's blessing.

　Here too. You'll get a blessing here too.
What do you mean by a water spirit's blessing?

　You'll see when the Lord has the blessing of a water dragon.
　His voice sounded somewhat amused.

''........What's this protection?''

　You can walk through these woods without wandering. Don't lose it.

When will I be here?

　I can't tell you that, only that you will know despair, and yet if you have a strong will to stand up, you will visit this place again.
　Despair? What do you mean, stand up? That abstract word of the genie's made me uneasy.

'What do you mean by despair! Hey, hey!
　But no matter how many times I called out to him after that, there was no response from the spirits.

''Luciel-sama, whether we go to the Hatch tribe's settlement or return, we must hurry or the sun will set.
　Lionel called out to me to admonish me.

'....Yeah. What do you want to do about Milfine?
"Please allow me to return to my slavery.
Huh, I don't know why you're so obsessed with slaves.
Master Luciel's slaves are not the life of a common slave, and sometimes it's easier to move around in slave status.
　Lionel smiled and told me so.
'As expected, don't lie to me again.
Yes, sir.
　Thus, I let out a sigh as I looked at Milfine, who was happy to be a slave.
　And while thinking about what we would negotiate with the Hatch tribe after this, we started walking towards the settlement.