Ch.54 Shampoo Splash, The Hero and The Demon Lord

TL note :

Sorry for the delay, I got a massive headache (physical) yesterday, so I drank some medicine and slept the entire day.

The headache is still there, but it's a lot better than it was yesterday.

Anyway, enjoy the chapter!

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"Hmm? Do you find that interesting too, Vester?"

The mural is a little bit far from here. I wonder how long it had been there. As I was thinking this, Sakidori Midori-san saw me staying still and called out to me.

"Just a little bit. Do you know who that person is? I mean, she's famous enough to be featured on a mural."

A woman playing with small animals such as birds in the forest.

It's a painting that looks like it could be used as a stained glass window in a church.

"Probably. I don't know who that is either, though."

"I don't know either. I think I saw a similar painting hanging in a church, but I have no idea who that is."

If they know something, my reaction would just be "Hmm," but if they don't know, then it's fine.

She's beautiful, but I'm not interested enough to ask around, "Who is she? Can you tell me, pretty please?"

"That person seems to be the first Saint."

As I was thinking that it was no big deal, I heard a voice from behind me.

We're talking in front of the door so it must have been a nuisance.

But she doesn't get angry and tells us who the woman in the mural is. It seems like she heard our conversation and answered out of kindness.

I'm sorry.

I thought she might be a saint, but she really was one.

The first generation means that a new generation has been created. Is she still alive, or has she passed away?

"We're getting in the way, so let's go over there. I'll teach you while we wash."

The player, Titer Salitari, who said she knew about the first Saint, led us to the washing area.

Certainly, we're being a nuisance here. Sorry everyone.

Someone would listen to something that had been bothering me. Since she would tell me, we all moved from in front of the door and sat in a row on the bath chairs, except for me.

"First, let me introduce myself. I'm Titer Salitari. Nice to meet you."

"I'm Vester."

"Sakidori Midori. Nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you, I'm Mimia."

"Yes, nice to meet you."

With a smile, Titer Salitari-san began to explain.

"So, that mural you were curious about, it's about the first Saint. I only heard from someone at the church, but it seems she was a member of the hero's party."

Heroes... So there are heroes in this game too. They are the chosen brave ones who defeat the evil Demon Lord.

"The hero, you mean that hero?"

"That's right. The hero that everyone imagines. A small subjugation force formed by the elite of each country to defeat the Demon Lord. One of the members of that party is the first Saint, Sasha Altari Harula, depicted in the mural."

Her name is Harula... wait, she's a royalty?

"Harula is the name of this country, right? Are they royalty?"

Sakidori Midori-san, who seemed to have had the same thought, asked while gently rubbing her head. You can't have that name unless you're royalty, right?

"Yes, royalty. The first Saint had a lot of magical power and was able to use holy magic better than anyone else, so she volunteered to join the party. The king at the time apparently wanted to stop his daughter from going to dangerous places."

Even though this is a major international and national emergency, the king is also a father, so of course he wouldn't want to let her go.

However, since the lives of the people were at stake, they could not have taken any strong measures unless he allowed her to go.

"She's his own daughter, after all."

Mimia-san puts body soap on the towel I gave her, lathers it up, and gently scrubs her body. It's a bit of a hassle, but apparently it's better for your skin to apply the lather and pat yourself to minimize friction.

"What a brave woman. I wonder how skilled she was."

Sakidori Midori-san also rubs her body with a towel lathered in body soap.

She uses shampoo for the ears and body soap for the tail. They're not the same thing, huh.

"I heard she was a pretty good master, but I don't really know how great she was."

Titer Salitari also started washing her hair. It looks like it would be difficult to wash her long hair.

"First of all, what exactly is a Demon Lord? Are they the Lord of monsters?"

(TL : I'm using 'they' cuz there's no pronouns used when talking about the Demon Lord)

First of all, what is a Demon Lord?

Is the Demon Lord like a lord of demons or monsters? Or are they just one of the demons or monsters, with the word "Lord" attached to it?

While asking questions, I also wash my hair. I reach for my dress and take it off, then my underwear and put it on the tiled floor. After that, I just leave it there since it will just disintegrate.

Once I'm naked, I move under the bottle of shampoo and hover there, then use my telekinesis to push the head of the bottle and catch it with my head.

"Uuuuh...!... Mmm... Buheh."

More shampoo came out than I expected, covering my head, passing over my face and dripping down to my chest.

My nose and mouth were blocked with thick shampoo, making it difficult to breathe. I quickly wiped it off safely.

As expected, they don't have bottles for smaller species.

"Are you okay?" "You okay?"

"Are you okay?"

"I'm okay. Sorry for worrying you."

The 3 of them were worried about me.

If you see someone's head coated like fruit candy, that's the expected reaction. I'd be worried too.

"R-right. Um, what was it again... Ah, we were talking about the Demon Lord."

"Yes. Do you know what kind of existence a Demon Lord is? Did they do something so terrible that that party had to be formed?"

That's the key point. When a mysterious and powerful being called the Demon Lord appears, did people overcome with a mysterious fear and feel the need to defeat them without really understanding what they're doing, or did people feel the need to defeat them because they've done something truly terrible?

Is this a pattern from legend where someone sealed away a Demon Lord who had done terrible things a long time ago, and then people fear that they would be unsealed?

I wash my hair with the shampoo.

Huh? Some of it stuck at the base of my wing? It's hard to move... Oh, this is bad.

I quickly landed on a small stone counter where shampoo and other things were kept.

I can't reach the base of my wings, so I don't know if some of the shampoo is actually stuck there, but it must have been because it made it difficult for me to fly.

"They apparently sent demons and monsters to attack human villages, massacring them regardless of gender, and destroying many of them. So I think it's fair to say That they're the lord of demons and monsters."

Ooooh, what a dangerous Demon Lord.

However, it's also possible that they hated humans so much that they had to do it.

I also know about the dark side of humanity from manga.

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〘Regarding The Names of Commoners, Nobles, and Royalty〙

① Commoners only have their given name, such as Kelly

② Nobles have their given name followed by a family name, such as Natalia Karman.

③ Royalty have their given name followed by the name of the family on either the mother's or father's side that has joined the royal family, and then the name of the country that is proof of royalty, such as Sasha Altari Harula

〘Furniture Item: Bath Chair〙

A chair without a backrest that is useful when washing your hair or body in the bath.

Most of them are made of plastic, making them lightweight and easy to carry.

If you sit down with foam on your butt, you'll sometimes slip and hit the floor.

Hitting someone with this won't do any damage.

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