「Ah, is it over?」(Tao)

On the main street,  Ruru and the waiting Tao called out to me.

「*ji/ stare*—-」(Ruru)

「……W-what is it Ruru-san?」(Kazuha)

For some reason Ruru is staring daggers at Selen and I.
What? Is she at a rebellious age?

「…… She looks like she has something to say……. The little spirit girl」Selen charged.

Please stop.

「…… You two are unusually friendly it seems……. IS it my imagination…?」(Ruru)

……? Ah~, so it’s “that.”
Probably something called jealousy.
Jeez, it can’t be helped~.

「Look, I’ll hug you too,  so, come Ruru.」(Kazuha)

「……….. NO thanks.」(Ruru)

Hey!
After going through the trouble to make rice b.a.l.l.s, isn’t this the feeling of saying 『We have obentou so~』!

「…… Ruru-chan is so dishonest……」(Tao)

「……. Tao-san please be quiet.」(Ruru)

「Fun……. . A little girl til the end huh…… How foolish.」(Maou)

「Kachi-n!*glares*」(Ruru)

Haa……. It’s fine.
Just do what you want.

「……Haa…… So? What will we do from now on? Of course include me too.」(Tao)

Oh yeah.
Because I kidnapped Ruru Tao became a splendid 『large criminal』 too.
Eh? If you don’t tell anyone then it’ll be fine right?
I mean if this gets out then I won’t complete my magnificent plan of earning money by becoming a 『mercenary.』

After all, there’s no person that will hire a 『large criminal』 as a 『mercenary』 right……

「Yeah~. Well, I don’t mind bringing you, but-. Wait, if I’m alone then I can’t babysit both of them-. But is it okay? You not talking to your oyaji-san about this……」(Kazuha)

「It’s fine. I talked about this to them before ’cause we were former 『thieves.』I have lots of siblings too, if one disappears then they wouldn’t notice~.」(Tao)

Just how many siblings do you have…….
Rather, it should be obvious after all!

「Yeah~…… Well, if that’s what Tao has decided then I won’t say anything……. For the meantime-, lets go leave this town, and head to 『Etherclan』-……」(Kazuha)

「Hee. I haven’t gone there yet. If I’m right, that town is famous for its 『tournament』 right?」(Tao)

Hee-. Tao looks like a person who’s traveled everywhere but she still hasn’t gone there.
Well, she did establish her own shop so she wouldn’t need to go away-.

「Yep. So-, that Alzein person is probably there. I kinda promised to『give her the cursed sword』」(Kazuha)

「……….. IS that why you want to steal the『sword of maou』?」(Tao)

「Yep.」(Kazuha)

「………. Haaaaa……. As expected of Kazuha……. She straightened the slanted prediction too much, it’s already unpredictable…… But what will you do?」(Tao)

「Hmm? About what?」(Kazuha)

「About the 『cursed sword』. That maou…… 『Selen』 or something? I think Selen won’t simply give up the cursed sword……」(Tao)

Indeed.
But, whatever.
It kinda became a pain too.
And forcibly taking it wouldn’t work either.

「Yeah. That’s why I think I’ll just give her the cursed sword I have.」(Kazuha)

「The one you have? Is it fine with you? Doing that…… Won’t your battle ability remarkably decrease?」(Tao)

「Decrease huh….」(Kazuha)

「What “Decrease huh?!”」(Tao)

Well it’s just a kill-time-life.
Alzein is too scary.
And Selen looks like a woman that will shoot beams from her eyes if she becomes mad.

Wait, aren’t all the women surrounding me……. Problematic…….

「You know, during the time I fought Selen, I enjoyed using 《Zwei Hander,》that’s why I decided to do this. Probably.」(Kazuha)

During the 2 hour long fight in that Demon castle, I can finally say that my blood boiled. Yep, it was fun.

Using the unfamiliar large sword.
The feeling of not being able to deal heavy damage even if you attack.
The tournament was filled with weaklings so I didn’t feel that way.

It’s a good thing as expected. Something that can probably be called 『resistance』?
Or 『spear resistance.』That kind of feeling? [TN: that “spear resistance is kinda wrong. 『やり応え』 welp?]

Cause in the end I maxed the skill and leveled up my least favorite type of sword -『great sword』-.
And searching for the best sword in the 『Great sword category』 might not be so bad.

Well, if I were to say it, this is just another way of『killing time.』

「……. Well……. I have some doubts but Kazuha also has it rough huh……」(Tao)

That’s it.
Searching for ways to kill time is terrible.

「……. Haa…… Hey, Tao? Let’s just separate them, jeez……」(Kazuha)

「Alright……. The reason that we haven’t been attacked by demons is probably because of Ruru-chan and Selen…  Probably.」(Tao)

We always have to separate the two to keep them from fighting.

Thus,  we advance through the south gate and head towards 《Etherclan》……