A few days after the annihilation of the Kanazawa Liberation Army.

　The mudslinging with the Demon King Kaoru - the days of leveling were continuing smoothly.

　Then one day, after finishing today's leveling, I was slowly surfing the net in my room when....

　--~♪

　An unpleasant electronic sound - an electronic sound announcing an incoming call - rang out from the smartphone in my hand.

　Who is it.........

　I check the caller, feeling frustrated with the browser that was forced to close.

　.........Saburo?

　By far, Tamura and Yataro fill up my smartphone's call history. Next in line is Kanon. Rina, Takaharu and Sarah often send me emails to let me know what they want. As a side note, Blue is the person underneath me who does the most email ringtones on my smartphone. I can't get enough of emoticons, and lately I've even started using a lot of Internet slang.

　And the sender this time - Saburou, too, often finishes his business by email....

''It's Sion. What's up?
"Shh, shh, Theonmas!　Hey, this is a big deal!


　Sabraw's dismay reaches his ears. Sabraw's words and actions were strange as usual, but it was rare for him to lose his composure.

'What's the matter!　What happened!
Seta, Seta, Seta, my brother....

　Sabraw struggled to speak in a trembling voice.

'Seta ... what about Setanta!
Seta is gone...
"--!　What happened!
And anyway, I invite you to come see me at once.

　The Setanta is gone...?　Extinguished.........?

　As I recall, Kotetsu was training his apprentice today and he left Setanta with Izayoi and Saburou, who were in charge of the defense. They had received reports so far.

　A heroic human invasion?　Or did some demon king invade on his own?

　But in any case, Yataro would be the first to inform me....

　What happened?

　Every second now is a second too short-- transference!

　I was confused by the sudden news of his death and moved to Saburo's side.


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Saburo!　What's happening!　The enemy ... what happened to the enemy!

　I ran up to Sablow, who was kneeling on the ground and drooping in a paragraph.

''Si, Sion-sama.......if you're the enemy, it's over there.......''

　When I looked towards the direction Saburo pointed to, I saw the 12 human beings who had fallen to the land of the mute, and Izayoi and Saburo's favorite subordinates looking down on them - Kazuki. And an unfamiliar beauty with a familiar spear in her hand.

　Who is that guy...?　Are you the new guy on Team J?

Is the enemy down?
Yes, sir.
The only sacrifice was the Setanta?
Sacrifice...?　Indeed, it may be a sacrifice to say the least...

　In response to my question, Sablow gives me a scowling look once, then shakes his head and drops a paragraph.

　Hmm?　Is something wrong?

　Sabraw's unique way of saying things was even more irritating than usual.

'Izayoi!　What's happening!　Explain it to me!

　I abandoned asking Sabraw for an explanation and turned to Izayoi for one.

'I'm awed. The human race foolishly invaded earlier in the day. Under orders from Lord Yataro, we went to intercept them with Saburo and Seta, and repelled the foolish intruders without difficulty.

　I listen to Izayoi's words, which she explains in simple chronological order.

　.........?

'Repel intruders without difficulty'...?
'Yes. The breakdown will be Seta fights off five men, I fight off four, and Sabraw fights off three.
What do you mean...?
'Yes, the reason why the most inexperienced of us, Setanta, fights off the most intruders--'
'No!　What I'm asking is why Setanta disappeared!
"--?

　--?

　Izayoi responded to my question by saying, "What?　The expression on his face is as if to say.

　Strange.........

　Setanta is an irreplaceable and valuable subordinate created at the end of random number creation, not to mention his ability. That's why I urgently needed to understand the situation, but....

Izayoi, has Setanta disappeared?
No, Seta has not disappeared.
....

　I silently direct my killing intent at Sabraw.

'Not true!　

　Sabraw has tears in his eyes and is hitting the ground.

'What do you mean?'

　I asked Izayoi to tell me the truth.

"Seta has evolved... as a result of this defense.
...What?

　I'm stunned by the truth that has been released from Izayoi's mouth.

It's too much trouble, Seta. You must explain to Lord Theon.
'Ha!　Master, I'm awed.

　Then the familiar spear that stood beside Izayoi - a beautiful man with a gayborg - bowed his head.

''Lord--Sion-sama, I am Setanta, renamed--Kufurin. I am determined to continue to devote myself to be the spear of the Lord. I look forward to working with you in the future.

　Bishu - Kufrin bowed his head reverently and came forward.

''Hmm?　Um ... I mean ... is this guy Setanta?
Yes, Setanta will be my childhood name. From now on, you may call me Kufrin.

　When it's under the control of an SSR, will it change so much with evolution.......

''No, it's not!　I do not recognize you as a Setanta!
'Brother, that is why I am the Setanta. The days I spent with my brother, the days I spent with the Master and most of all, the days I wielded my spear for the Lord, I remember vividly.
Shut up!　Seta ... Seta ... do not call me brother.　Big brother! I'm calling it!　Most of all, Seta was more lovely, innocent, and devilish, knocking on a new door for me--

　--Fire Lance!

You shut up.

　I send a spear of fire at Sablow, who was about to make a dangerous statement.

'Setanta no, it's Kufrin. Your master is me, but you know who your immediate superior is, don't you?
'Ha!　Master - Master Kotetsu.
All right, now you're going with me to the Kotets. You might be surprised if you suddenly go there alone.
Thank you for your concern, sir.

　And while we're at it, let's check the strength of the evolved Setanta - Kufrin?

'Seta ... Seta ... your brother ... your brother ... recognizes you as his brother. You will not...!

　--Fire Lance!

　He fired a spear of fire at Sablow, who was babbling to the end, and me and Kufrin left the scene.