I don't want to be a heroic spirit

"Nothing…really."

The young man walked to the window curiously and stood next to the girl. Then he saw Shido Itsuka outside surrounded by a group of elf girls, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"I see... So Mio is envious."

After a pause, the boy raised his hand, placed it on the back of the girl's hand, and spoke gently.

"After we finish cleaning the house, let's go out on a date."

Stunned, the girl raised her head and met the boy's serious eyes.

Then, the girl's watery eyes curved like crescent moons, and she nodded heavily, as if she was afraid that the other party would change his mind because she agreed too late.

"Ok!"

It's a wonderful world.

Thirty years ago, humans discovered the existence of the random field and applied it to fields such as construction and medical care. Especially in China, a country obsessed with infrastructure, after obtaining the random field, it can be said that there is almost a change every day.

There are no elves or space quakes in this world... at least, they have never appeared in the [World Records].

Naturally, no tragedy caused by the elves ever happened.

541

Chapter 541: The poor monk Ashiya Doman.

It's a peaceful world...at least that's how it seems on the surface.

On the street, office workers holding briefcases and talking on the phone were rushing around for their lives. Clerks in several shops ran outside and shouted loudly to attract customers. Some young and energetic students gathered in twos and threes to share interesting stories.

There are tall buildings everywhere, and the wind is a little cool.

But in fact, there are mysterious areas in this world that ordinary people cannot enter.

The dark world ruled by monsters.

The land illuminated by sunlight belongs to humans, and the land shrouded in darkness belongs to monsters. This is the rule created by the human onmyoji and the lord of the monsters long, long ago.

The existence of monsters is unknown to ordinary people and is an absolute taboo that cannot be touched.

That's how it should be...

In a narrow alley, a girl with long blue and black hair rode an ice scooter, dodging the common trash cans in the alley while anxiously calling out to the boy behind her: "Master Lu Sheng! Who are those people? Have you seen them?"

"No...I don't know them at all!"

The boy has short brown and black hair, and his round glasses make him look like a simple and honest good student. He looks like the kind of super nice guy who has good academic performance and will agree to any request from his classmates.

However, at a certain moment, the boy's temperament suddenly changed, and his eyes behind the glasses became as sharp as a knife.

"But they knew me... I heard someone say 'the son of a human and a monster'."

"What……?!"

There was a look of deep panic in the girl's eyes.

The boy's name is Nura Rikuo, and he is the third-generation general of the Nura Group, the largest monster group in Kanto.

His grandfather was the first general of the Nura clan, and the great monster Nura Nura who became the lord of demons and monsters four hundred years ago.

The girl's name is Iikawa Hirei, a snow-onna monster who can control ice and snow. She is considered to be Nura Rikuo's personal bodyguard, responsible for protecting the safety of the young master Nura Rikuo. She often goes to and from school with Nura Rikuo as a classmate.

Nura Rikuo's grandmother and mother are both human. In other words, Nura Rikuo is one-quarter monster and three-quarters human. He goes to school like ordinary people during the day and acts as a monster at night.

He didn't think there was anything wrong with this, or rather... it was just to protect a peaceful life like this that he accepted the identity of a monster and became the third generation of the Nura clan to maintain order in the dark world.

For ordinary people, monsters are "fantasy existences", and no ordinary person would know that Nura Rikuo is a monster.

But, for some reason... his identity was exposed.

"Come to think of it, the atmosphere around me has become strange since this morning... Even Kiyotsugu-san went home immediately after school, as if he was running away from something."

The most important peaceful life was broken, which made Nura Rikuo feel a little anxious, but the increasingly obvious pain in his arm interrupted his thoughts.

"Ouch... Damn it! Maybe it's broken... My arm is hurting more and more..."

"Master Lu Sheng! Cheer up!"

Because everything happened so suddenly, when someone asked them for directions, another person suddenly appeared from behind them and hit Nura Rikuo on the head with a water pipe. Although Nura Rikuo escaped the disaster with his extraordinary reaction ability, he was still hit on the arm.

Nura Rikuo, who has only one-quarter monster blood, only has the physique of a monster at night. During the day, his physical strength is still within the range of humans.

The alley was about to end, and Ikawa Hirayoshi didn't dare to delay and controlled the ice skateboard to speed up.

However, they are accustomed to fighting monsters and ignore the threat of modern human weapons.

"boom!"

That was the sound of gunfire.

The ice skates under their feet were shattered in an instant, and due to inertia, both Ikawa Hirayama and Nura Rikuo fell very awkwardly on the solid concrete ground.

Nura Rikuo quickly stood up and subconsciously protected Ikawa Bingli behind him. Then he saw two fully armed soldiers walking out of the shadows while talking to each other.

"Partner! They are indeed taking this road."

"Am I right? If you want to take a shortcut to the station, this is the only way."

Pulling the bolt, one of them said, "It's so easy to understand the thinking of a guy who's been forced into a corner."

Camouflage clothes, bulletproof vests, tactical gloves and boots, gas masks... It's no exaggeration to say that he is armed to the teeth, with not a single piece of skin exposed.

"Nura Rikuo... For the sake of this country, we must execute you."

"…You mean, the country?"

Nura Rikuo was stunned for a moment, not understanding why the safety of the country was related to his execution.

Besides... he's clearly been working hard to maintain the balance between the inner and outer worlds. Even if there's a connection, it should be the other way around...

"This is the prophecy of 'piece'."

The fully armed soldier kindly explained, perhaps because he knew the other party was about to die and wanted to make him understand, or perhaps he wanted to use this reason to make up his mind, "Don't blame us!"

"'Item'..."

Nura Rikuo's eyes widened in disbelief.

A monster, rumored to be active in Kyushu.

The character "件" (jian) consists of a "人" (person) on the left and a "牛" (cow) on the right, so the monster "件" (jian) has a human head and a cow's body. In the Edo period, it was said that seeing this monster meant a natural disaster was coming, so people at the time believed it was a monster that could predict disasters.

In modern times, the legend about "the item" has become "a monster born from a cow's stomach, who can make predictions as soon as he is born and will die after making the predictions, and his predictions will definitely come true in the future."

Those who have watched the anime "Fictional Mystery" should be very familiar with the monster monster. The male protagonist in the monster monster ate the meat of the monster monster and gained the ability to predict the future. Then he gained the ability of immortality because he ate the meat of the mermaid, so he would not die even if he predicted the future.

However, the ability of the monster pieces in "Fictional Reasoning" is not simply "foreknowledge", but the ability to "cut the possibilities of the future and only leave the future that you need". No one knows whether the monster pieces in other worlds are like this.

Of course Nura Rikuo had heard of the Yokai Ware, but he still wanted to know if something was wrong.

The current situation did not give him time to think too much. More and more people with malicious intentions gathered around him. Although they had different appearances and body shapes, the common point was that they were all carrying weapons.

"We've caught up with them..."

"Not dead yet?"

"Then let me take them out."

Nura Rikuo gritted his teeth unwillingly. His belief that "monsters cannot harm humans at will" conflicted with the malice emanating from those people, making his brain a mess.

"Young Master Lu Sheng..."

"Bingli...hold on."

Nura Rikuo couldn't bear to attack humans, but Iikawa Hyoure was different. No matter who the opponent was, as long as they dared to hurt the young master, she would kill them without hesitation.

However, she could not ignore the young master's orders and beliefs... Iikawa Hyoure also knew that once they took action against these people, Nura Rikuo would most likely completely lose his foothold in human society.

But if this continues...

“Mmmmm… I smell an exceptionally sweet scent, and it’s making my fingers stir.”

When this voice sounded, the malice of the people around was covered by a shuddering coldness.

When the figure appeared, everyone's eyes involuntarily drifted towards him.

He was a person who was full of "weirdness" from head to toe.

His slender body was wrapped in red, black and green long hair, which was divided into black and white. His pupils were like polished obsidian, and there was always a cruel and perfect smile on his face. His delicate appearance that was difficult to distinguish the gender looked so beautiful in the eyes of those who witnessed his figure.

"Hoo, ho, ho, everyone gathered here, please forgive me for coming uninvited. I had a feeling something quite interesting was going to happen here, so I rushed here like a butterfly drawn to nectar. Yes, it's as if I had Mr. Nikitich chasing me. After all, I've discovered that creating fun in Chaldea is harder than making the Imagination Tree bloom. I'm bored to death."

With his eyes slightly narrowed, Ashiya Doman walked slowly over and casually grabbed the person closest to him.

"So may I ask this gentleman, what are you doing here?"

"…We're killing monsters."

Those standing on the periphery of the crowd were naturally the more timid ones who didn't dare directly engage in battle with the monsters. Although he found the sudden appearance of this person quite strange, he still nervously replied, "Haven't you seen that prophecy circulating online about 'the event'? This country is about to be destroyed. If we want to save it, we must kill Nura Rikuo, the third generation leader of the Nura Clan, the offspring of humans and monsters."

"There must be something wrong!"

Nura Rikuo stood up and wanted to say something, but a sudden stick interrupted him.

The iron rod passed by Nura Rikuo with a whistling wind and hit the steel bar behind him heavily. The force was so great that it bent the iron rod and the steel bar.

These people were serious and came with the intention of killing them... Nura Rikuo only realized this clearly at this moment.

"Stop pretending to be human... Show your true form, you monster!"

"You...what are you talking about! I'm a human!"

At this moment, gunshots were heard again behind Nura Rikuo.

Tongues of flame shot out from the black muzzle of the gun, and the bullet burst out of the barrel. Nura Rikuo had no time to react to the sneak attack that exceeded the speed of sound.

The bullet was about to hit Nura Rikuo's head. Once it hit, Nura Rikuo's head would probably explode like a firework rising into the sky.

At this critical moment, a hand that did not look like a human hand suddenly appeared behind Nura Rikuo's head.

"Snapped!"

The people gathered around widened their eyes.

Nura Rikuo and Oikawa Hyourei widened their eyes.

The soldier holding a sniper rifle not far away widened his eyes.

"Huff, huff, it hurts a little."

With a strange laugh, Ashiya Doman slowly loosened his hand. On his palm, a severely deformed bullet was clearly visible.

Deathly silence spread, and the sound of some people swallowing seemed particularly harsh.

"...Did that person just... catch the bullet?"

"Are you kidding me... Is that something a human can do?"

"That guy is a monster too! Otherwise why would he help other monsters!"

I don't know who started it, but as a result, more and more people began to regard Ashiya Doman as a monster. The malice that was originally directed at Nura Rikuo and Oikawa Hyourei began to involve Ashiya Doman as well.

"Is this person...really a youkai?"

Nura Rikuo raised his eyes and glanced at the profile of Ashiya Doman, and was so confused. He did not feel the demonic aura of a monster from the other party, but... he also did not feel the human aura.

Besides that... for some reason, if he looked directly at the other person's face like this, a shudder would surge from the bottom of his heart, making his hands and feet feel cold.

"Um...thank you for your help."

However, he still had to say thank you. After all, no matter what, the other party helped him.

Kindness is kindness and will not change because of anything.

"Master Lu Sheng! Are you okay?"

"I'm fine. You saw Bingli too. The bullet was blocked by this gentleman... You're too nervous, Bingli."

"I'm sorry, Master Lu Sheng. I'm your bodyguard, but I put you in such a dangerous situation..."

Oikawa Bingli showed an expression of extreme self-blame.

"Hey! What the hell are you doing? Protecting a monster."

The man who had just attacked Nura Rikuo with the iron rod raised it and pointed it at Ashiya Doman, demanding with a fierce look on his face, "Are you also a monster? Are you in league with these two monsters?"