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“What did you just say?”
Maxwell looked at me as if doubting his own ears and asked again.
“Decarabia, don’t you know it?”
“Surprisingly, I heard you right.”
Maxwell clutched his head and continued speaking.
“Decarabia is definitely one of the seventy-two demons that vanished.”
Е̇n ù m̄ a
“To be exact, it’s the sixty-ninth ranked demon.”
Shane added to Maxwell’s words.
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As expected of someone from a cleric class, he seemed well-versed in demon lore.
“Right, if it’s a demon….”
Maxwell’s voice trailed off, and at the same time, everyone’s expression darkened except for Rose’s.
“They should all be gone by now.”
Еňũ m̈а
Just as Maxwell said, demons had disappeared from this world long ago.
“They were said to have vanished hundreds of years ago, defeated by the heroes.”
The five heroes had slain and sealed away countless demons.
Among them was even the Demon King, the one who had given them the title of heroes.
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“Including the First Demon, Baal. But that’s only the optimistic version of the story.”
In reality, there was no detailed record of all seventy-two being defeated. At most, only about ten were recorded in detail.
W̄е̂b ṅ ô v̆ еl̂ Е̃ ń u m.а̄
And sealing the First Demon Baal, who was called the Demon King, was enough to grant Cled and the others the title of heroes.
“After Baal disappeared, the demons hid themselves. But that doesn’t mean they were truly gone.”
They were simply in hiding somewhere.
“People twisted the story as if the demons had been wiped out completely, but there are still some left. One of them is the one we just mentioned.”
“Decarabia….”
At Shane’s words, Viola timidly raised her hand.
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“Um… if it’s a demon, isn’t it dangerous?”
“Demon or not, can’t we just blow it away?”
Rose answered confidently, but the others looked uneasy.
“How many people besides you could actually say that about fighting a demon?”
Chloe gave Rose a look of disbelief and shook her head.
“What, why are you picking a fight again?”
Ѐ ṅù mа̄
“Forget it. Not worth talking.”
Maxwell stepped in between Rose and Chloe’s bickering to calm things down.
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“Anyway, like Chloe said, a demon isn’t exactly an easy opponent… Leon Jodrick, you must have… you must have a way.”
The seventy-two demons were beings who bewitched countless humans until the heroes sealed the Demon King. Their power hardly needed explaining.
“You’ve got a plan again this time, right?”
“If I didn’t, I wouldn’t have come. And don’t worry too much—Decarabia shouldn’t even be in full form.”
Е̄n̆ǔ_ḿ а̌
“Your basis for that?”
“We’re near Atlantis. If it were a real threat, the Sea King would have already dealt with it.”
No matter how strong a demon was, Decarabia was on the weaker side of the seventy-two.
It didn’t have the strength to stand against the Sea King.
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“You’re not wrong…. It’s not even worth the Sea King’s attention.”
Even someone as lazy as the Sea King would have sent Quitor if there were a true threat to Atlantis.
Е̌n̆ ù mа́
“Why are you worrying anyway? It’s sixty-ninth out of seventy-two, right? Doesn’t that mean it’s weak?”
“That’s just an order, not a power ranking.”
Shane shook his head at Rose’s words.
“So much for the idea that mages are smart.”
“I just don’t care about demons! You guys are the weird ones for knowing so much about things that supposedly vanished ages ago.”
Rose stuck her tongue out at Chloe and grumbled, but Chloe ignored her.
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“Enough of the chatter. Let’s move, we don’t have time.”
I stepped forward immediately, and the others sighed before following me.
“Didn’t you say your legs hurt earlier?”
Except for Rose.
“I already rested. And I ate.”
“Rested for ten minutes!? After that you had to fight all those crabs again! I really can’t walk anymore!”
Еn ù m а . і d
“It’d be better to keep moving than to rest, since more frenzied beasts might swarm us because of Decarabia at any time.”
“We’ll think about that when it happens!”
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In the original story, she had no problem walking after this point. Why was she being so stubborn today?
Did a year of time passing make Rose’s patience shrink instead of grow?
‘What a pain….’
“I used up a lot of magic, too. I need rest.”
Е n̊ u m a
Rose didn’t look like she was going to back down.
“If we really have to keep going, then someone should carry me.”
Her voice grew smaller and smaller, until it was clear she just wanted the easy way out.
“Ha… Drek’s not an option.”
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He was already carrying all the supplies—adding Rose would be too much.
Maxwell wasn’t in good shape either, still recovering from using ‘Control’ during the battle.
En̈ u̇ m̂ а̌
‘I have to keep Maxwell in the best condition possible. Guess there’s no helping it.’
I turned my back and crouched down in front of Rose.
“Let’s just go.”
“Huh?”
“Get on.”
Honestly, I felt like a mother dealing with a child throwing a tantrum in the toy aisle.
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‘Fine, live here if you want. We’ll just go home without you.’
That’s what I wanted to say, but Rose wasn’t the type to give up her whining that easily.
“What are you doing? We need to move.”
“I… well… uh….”
Rose hesitated, then finally climbed onto my back.
For someone her age, she was much smaller than average, and far lighter than I expected.
Е̊ n̄ u mа́
“If you’re tired, then sleep.”
If I was going to do this, she might as well rest properly and recover.
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‘If she dares say she’s still tired after this, I swear….’
“Don’t touch me anywhere weird.”
“Listen to yourself, getting carried and still complaining.”
Her grumbling voice as I slid my arms under her knees was irritating, but I sighed and lifted her.
Е nú.m.á
‘This way, she’s the only one making it harder on herself.’
It reminded me of my marching days, hauling gear on my back.
Rose seemed to actually fall asleep soon after, burying her face in my shoulder without moving an inch.
We walked for quite a while.
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“Let’s stop here and set up camp.”
Since we were under the sea where no sunlight reached, it was hard to tell the time. But everyone looked exhausted, so we halted our march.
Ẅĕ b̄n оṽе́l Ӗn̊ um ӓ
“Wake up!”
“Mm? Huh? Whaaat?”
I shook my back roughly, and Rose let out a groggy, incoherent noise.
She looked around sluggishly.
“Are we there?”
“Do you think so? We’re staying here for the night.”
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“Here…?”
She frowned, clearly displeased.
“Get down.”
“…”
Still half-asleep, Rose slowly slid off my back and leaned against Viola.
“For food, we’ll just eat the same rations as before. As for sleeping, we’ll stay cautious, just in case.”
E̊n ū m ã . ĭd
At the moment, there were seven members in the Secret Pursuit Club.
“Let’s do guard duty in pairs of two.”
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“Pairs of two… is there a reason for that?”
“If someone stands watch alone, something could go wrong.”
In the army, guard duty was always two to a team.
“But… we’re seven people.”
Е nu̇m á
“I’ll take two shifts, so it’s fine.”
If we were in rough terrain, we could’ve set traps and slept easily, but here it was nothing but sand as far as the eye could see.
Having two thieves in the group wasn’t much help either.
“We’ll stand watch in this order.”
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Chloe and Viola.
Maxwell and Drek.
Ŵë b̆ ṅ o v él̀ Е̊ñ ūm̊ а
Me and Shane.
Me and Rose.
Everyone nodded as they looked at the order I wrote on the ground.
Since I paired those who could fight in the vanguard with those who couldn’t, there weren’t many complaints.
‘Rose is definitely going to whine if we wake her up in the middle of the night….’
After a simple dinner, we quickly went to sleep.
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Maybe it was because we were more exhausted than expected, but we all passed out fast.
“Hey, wake up.”
Drek’s voice disturbed my peaceful sleep.
“That’s weird…”
“What is?”
“Feels like I only slept two minutes.”
Ë n ùm а̀.і̀d
“You slept four hours.”
“Not four minutes?”
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“It’s been four hours.”
I was sure I had just closed my eyes and gone over a few thoughts about what lay ahead, but Drek shook his head firmly.
“Yeah… good work.”
I rubbed my face with my hands to wake myself up and looked around.
E̊n üm ā
Shane was already awake, used to getting up early, and Maxwell was lying down, trying to fall asleep.
“So it really was four hours…”
I stood up and patted Drek’s shoulder.
“Good work. Get some rest.”
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“Take care.”
After greeting Drek, I carefully walked over to Shane so the others wouldn’t wake and spoke softly.
Ẅ ѐ b n̈о v̆ е́ l Еn u m̀ ȧ
“You’re not tired?”
“I’m fine. I always wake up around this time anyway.”
I once again realized how impressive the cleric class was.
“Good.”
“Leon, are you alright?”
“I’m fine.”
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“You look really tired, though.”
“That’s just because I just woke up.”
“I see.”
‘Now that I think about it…’
Memories of my army days surfaced, when I’d secretly smoke during training.
By regulations it was forbidden, but it became a habit to drive away fatigue with a cigarette. Strangely, I was never caught.
W еḃň о̀vӗl Ѐ n u̇ma
‘Since I possessed this body, I haven’t even craved cigarettes.’
Maybe it was because this body had never tasted nicotine and tar, so it wasn’t addicted.
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My brother’s nagging voice telling me to quit smoking drifted through my mind.
“What are you thinking about so deeply?”
As I blanked out in old memories, Shane asked me.
“Nothing, just the past.”
W̌ еb̆n̄о̀v е l̇ Е̇ n̂ūṁ á
“The past? Before you entered the Academy?”
“Yeah… something like that.”
Shane smiled at my words.
“Come to think of it, Leon, you were already kind of famous before the Academy, right?”
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“Hmm… I think it was worse after I entered.”
I was famous for stealing things and selling them off, or for drinking—basically a delinquent.
W̄ е bǹ o v̈ е̊l Ĕ n̊ û m̌а
Not that I was much different before the Academy.
“That’s why I was honestly pretty scared of you at first.”
“At first you didn’t even know I was Leon.”
“I mean after I found out.”
Shane carefully asked me, “Those were just rumors, right? Since joining the Secret Pursuit Club, the Leon I’ve seen isn’t like that at all.”
Leon Jodrick really had been that kind of person.
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“Well…”
“Of course they were just rumors.”
As I tried to brush it off, another voice came from behind.
“Rose, did we wake you?”
At the sight of Rose, Shane’s eyes widened and she covered her mouth in shock.
“No, I just couldn’t sleep. Besides, I already slept on the way here.”
Е̇ n̈úḿ а̌. ĩd
Hearing that, Shane sighed in relief.
“Anyway, those were just rumors. I’ve known Leon since the beginning of the Academy, I’d know.”
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I didn’t expect Rose, who had once looked at me like I was some kind of bug, to say something like that.
“Someone must have spread those rumors with malicious intent.”
“No… don’t make baseless guesses like that.”
The truth was, Leon had really done those things before I possessed him.
Е n̆u mа̂. і d̄
There were still victims in the Academy. Spreading talk like this wouldn’t do me any favors.
“Just think of it as me turning over a new leaf. I’ve changed.”
“That makes sense. Anyone can reform.”
Shane smiled and agreed with me.
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“Was there a reason for the change?”
“Well… something happened at the start of the semester.”
Ẇе bn о̀v̂ е l̂ Е́ n ú m̌ а̂
Like me ending up in the body of the delinquent Leon Jodrick—that was a pretty big event.
“I see.”
Shane seemed to sense I didn’t want to talk about it further and didn’t press.
“Shane.”
“Yes, Rose?”
“From here on, I’ll take the watch. You should get some sleep.”
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“Huh?”
“I told you, I already slept earlier. I’m fine.”
“But still…”
“Having three people awake is just a waste.”
At Rose’s words, Shane glanced at me.
‘Since when did Rose learn how to show consideration like this?’
Ẽn̄ ū m а
“She’s not wrong. If she says she’s fine, then go ahead and get some rest.”
“Alright then. Thank you.”
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Shane bowed politely to us and went back to sleep.
About ten minutes after Shane drifted off, Rose and I were still sitting in silence, fighting off the lingering drowsiness.
“Leon.”
Rose broke the silence.
Е̂ ñů ṁ а̂. і d̈
“What?”
“I want to ask you something.”
“What is it?”
“I mean… it’s just a what-if question.”
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“Spit it out already.”
I wondered what she was circling around to ask, and then Rose said something completely unexpected.
E̊ n ŭ m̊ ӑ . ïd̀.
“Do you like me?”
Why was this family—both father and daughter—like this?
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