I like traveling the most

A long, long time ago.

Before the gods came to the underworld, there was an absolute evil that constantly fought with humans.

——Monsters.

They followed their instincts and attacked the people of the underworld in cruel ways and means.

They are undoubtedly killers.

They are vicious invaders.

They are destroyers that do not tolerate reason.

People cannot tolerate them, and the gods cannot save them.

Humans and monsters cannot coexist!

...It should be like this, but in this unexpected situation, they——

Bell Crane and Dragon Girl Winnie met.

"It's not good, Uranus."

A voice sounded in the darkness.

This is the underground space of the guild.

The four torches that formed the only light source roared and cut through part of the darkness.

Someone, who was wrapped in black clothes, held up the crystal in both hands and said, "The rational monster has come into contact with the adventurers, and they are about to leave the Tower of Babel."

"Are they going to take the monster away by force?"

"No, it's hard to say... It looks like they are protecting her."

He said uncertainly.

The blue crystal showed a young human, and a trembling girl nestled in the arms of a white-haired, red-eyed boy. The girl was wrapped in a fire spirit armor and her appearance could not be seen clearly, but he was absolutely sure that she was a monster.

The ancient god sitting on the altar had an unchanged expression like a statue, and continued to ask:

"Who is the adventurer, Fels?"

"Bell Crane."

An extremely subtle name.

Uranus narrowed his eyes, and he sighed; "It should have been someone else... It seems that plans can't keep up with changes."

"What should I do, Uranus."

Fels asked.

He was also a little anxious. Originally, I decided to slowly guide them and let that man become a bridge between the two, but who would have thought that the plan could not keep up with the changes, and the sudden appearance of the dragon girl completely disrupted the long-prepared deployment.

The God closed his eyes and gave instructions.

"—— Wait and see."

"Is this okay? The good and bad sides of the [Hestia Familia] are overly concerned by the city. If something goes wrong..."

"He is a follower of the goddess, and it is impossible for him to be the hunter we are tracking... Just in case, let that man intervene directly."

"I know, I will obey your will."

Since the deployment has been disrupted, let's start the plan. Let's see if Xiaolin and the [Hestia Familia] can become the hope of rational monsters.

…

…

“So, why did you ask me to come?”

“The Hestia family brought something special out of the dungeon yesterday. I need you to monitor and understand the whole process.” The God instructed Xiaolin.

The dungeon is becoming more and more difficult to control. The emergence of a rational monster this time is beyond their expectations, so someone needs to understand the cause and effect.

Although it has no effect on the general direction, it is necessary to find out the cause and prevent such incidents from happening again.

————

Actually, Uranus doesn’t need to say it.

Recently, there are rumors that strange monsters have appeared, and there have been signs in the labyrinth city.

There are also many people in the guild talking about it.

Haruhime posted a notice with a fully armed lizardman pattern on the bulletin board, and the adventurers standing in front of them talked about it.

“Have you heard about it! The monster that steals people’s equipment!”

“Is it that fully armed monster? It seems that they appeared in the middle layer.”

“Yes, I heard that they appeared in the middle layer! And I heard that Dillabi and his men were beaten badly. "

"No way! They are level 3!"

By the way, the people they were talking about were the middle-aged dwarves and young humans who had been jealous of Chun Ji.

"How is it possible..."

After hearing this information, Zorf widened his eyes in disbelief. He was instructed by the goddess Hestia to come to the guild to inquire about information.

And this information really shocked him.

On the other side.

A little guy who wrapped himself in a windbreaker but deliberately exposed the iconic ears of the elves broke into a tavern and walked quickly to the counter without attracting attention.

Throwing down a few faris.

"A glass of water."

"..."

The boss who was cleaning the quilt paused slightly and stared at the elf girl in front of him, but soon put a glass of water in front of her. Then he continued his work, as if waiting for the other party to speak.

The elf girl asked: "Recently, the rumor about the talking monster, do you know?"

"...I don't know. "

"Then who might know..."

She continued to ask without giving up.

Suddenly, someone interrupted from the side: "I know, the information about the talking monster, although I only know a little bit."

Hmm?

She turned her head to see who was coming.

She was wearing traveler's clothes, a short sword at her waist, and a signature thief's outfit. From her ears and tail, it can be seen that she is a dog-man girl.

She is a member of the [Hermes Family], and one of the people who participated in the monster invasion on the 18th floor of the dungeon with Xiaolin, Jian Ji and others.

"... Mud Dog."

"——Huh? You actually know my nickname?"

Lulune was shocked.

But she was as sensitive as her mind and sense of smell, and she also found the opponent's flaw.

The elves have always been at odds with the orcs, so they couldn't argue with each other as soon as they met. They greeted each other immediately, but the elf in front of her didn't seem to be disgusted with her.

There is a problem.

After Lulune got the satisfactory bounty, she had a brief chat.

Of course, she did not disclose information that should not be said. Under the training of the group leader Yasi Fei, she has learned what to say and what not to say.

"Speaking of which..."

Lulune approached the little elf girl and said, "I have never seen you near here. You are obviously an elf but you are very familiar with this place, and... sniff."

Sure enough, the smell was wrong.

The little girl disguised as an elf knew she was exposed and left without saying a word.

"Huh? Are you leaving already? I really want to chat with you for a while."

"..."

Ignoring the hook thrown by Lulune, the little girl walked out of the tavern.

She walked down the street, always looking behind her.

Being followed.

It is natural that he would do this because he was asking for special information and spending a lot of money, and the other party was a mud dog (Lulune).

Want to use special methods to get rid of her?

Just as the little girl was thinking this, someone unexpected stopped Lulune who was following her.

"Okay, that's it."

"Um?"

Lulune, who was following, was suddenly held down by someone's shoulders. She frowned and wanted to scold the other person, but when she saw the other person's face clearly, she swallowed the rest of her words and changed into another completely opposite face.

"Mr. Xiaolin!"

"Hey, Lulune, long time no see."

The person who stopped her was Xiao Lin.

Lulune was quite fond of the man in front of her who had saved them several times in the dungeon.

Coupled with the fact that the other party has shown great power in the labyrinth city during this period, and his own god praises him every day, he naturally develops a feeling of admiration.

"Mr. Xiaolin, why are you here?"

"The purpose is naturally the same as yours."

"Is it really because of intelligent monsters?"

"Ah. I suspect that they are the same existence as the female monster I met in the dungeon before, so God Ouranos sent me to investigate. By the way, Lulune, do you know any information?"

"...I'm sorry, I don't know."

Xiaolin's question made Lulune ashamed.

In fact, she didn't know much, so she followed the elf girl who suddenly appeared in front of her.

Xiao Lin was not disappointed either.

On the contrary, I am quite happy.

The fewer people who know about this kind of thing, the better, especially the god Hermes. If he does something small after knowing about it, he may really send the playboy god back to heaven in anger.

"I said...Mr. Xiaolin, is that elf also your companion?"

"Companion? That's right."

Xiao Lin did not deny it.

Lulune nodded, then fell into deep thought.

Xiao Lin patted her head and said: "This matter may be related to the safety of the city, so if you know any useful information, please tell me."

"Okay, I get it!"

"Sorry to trouble you, I'm looking forward to hearing from you. Well, I have to leave beforehand. See you next time."

"Yes, see you next time!"

Lulune waved her hands with a smile on her face, then turned around and left, wagging her tail and jumping up and down.

Xiao Lin continued to catch up.

As soon as I passed the corner, I was stopped by someone.

"Master Xiaolin."

"...I didn't expect you didn't leave, Lily."

That's right.

This little elf girl leaning against the wall, wrapped in a windbreaker, is Lily who has used cross-dressing magic.

She was instructed by God Hestia to disguise herself in order to gather information.

Unexpectedly, due to a moment of negligence, the mud dog (Lulune) caught the flaw.

"If I had known better, I wouldn't have gone to that tavern. That's right. How could any noble elves go to a tavern frequented by orcs? Such a big flaw would be revealed."

Lily reflected on herself.

After reuniting with Xiao Lin, she took off her disguise and regained her appearance as a small human. Being with powerful friendly units can indeed be reassuring.

but……

"You are so bold. You dare to bring that thing back from the dungeon. Aren't you afraid of being launched into a war by other Familia?"

"...What are you talking about? I'm sorry, Lily doesn't quite understand."

"Don't act stupid! Do you think you can hide it from the guild's spies?"

"Well……"

Lily failed to pretend to be stupid, and her innocent expression was frozen on her face, which looked a bit funny.

However, she also confirmed that the guild maintained an ambiguous attitude on the matter, and Xiaolin seemed to have information about the talking monster.

"Master Xiaolin, could it be..."

"Ah, that's exactly what I'm here for. Come on Lily."

"yes!"

Lily followed Xiao Lin's footsteps, and they walked towards the [Hestia Familia] station.

——————

"So, this is what you brought back from the dungeon?"

In the family hall.

Kobayashi sat alone on the large sofa, and opposite him were Bell, Hestia and others.

Of course, the most eye-catching thing is the monster girl who is vaguely protected behind them.

The skin is white and green, the limbs are as delicate as a girl, and the body is completely covered by the fire essence cloth, and the rise and fall cannot be seen.

If it weren't for the scales on her cheeks that were unique to monsters, and the tears of Vivil on her forehead, which represented huge wealth and was even called the stone of happiness, she would look like a normal orc girl.

Bell protected her behind him and reminded her, "Senior Kobayashi, please don't call her something. She has the name Winnie."

"Does she have a name? That's really rude."

Kobayashi apologized straightforwardly.

"Huh?" Bell was slightly stunned and asked in confusion, "Do you hate her, Mr. Kobayashi?"

"No, not at all."

Kobayashi shook his head, then stretched out his hand to the dragon girl who was curled up on the sofa and said, "Let me introduce myself. My name is Kobayashi. Hello, Winnie."

"Kobayashi?"

"Yes, I'm Kobayashi."

"Kobayashi! Kobayashi! Kobayashi!"

She shouted several times in a row, raising her hands and cheering like an immature child.

"Winnie, my name is Winnie."

"Hello, Winnie."

She held Kobayashi's hand carefully, as if she was afraid of hurting Kobayashi.

Softly and slowly.

But even so, Bell and the others were surprised.

"You're lying, Winnie actually gets close to others?"

"How could that be? She obviously doesn't get close to me."

"What kind of magic does Xiaolin have?"

Maybe because she is too shy, Winnie only gets close to Bell who saved her. No one else can have close contact with her.

Xiaolin didn't do anything.

Maybe it was the breath of the goddess of water.

The goddess who can tolerate everything (except demons) also treats demons equally, so Winnie doesn't resist him.

"That... Mr. Xiaolin."

"What's wrong, Ming."

"Although saying this may hurt Winnie, are you really not resisting? To be honest, when I first met Winnie, I couldn't help but get nervous."

Ming's right hand held his left arm.

This is an instinct engraved in the soul. It is the common sense that the two sides will fight to the death after meeting in an instant. It is impossible to change it in a short time.

It is even more incredible that Xiaolin accepted Winnie so quickly.

"After all, I was influenced by a stupid goddess whose doctrine is to allow everything and forgive everything."

"...What did you say?"

"Nothing."

Kobayashi shook his head.

Then, under their puzzled gaze, he said: "I didn't resist because Winnie is a kind existence."

"But she...!"

"You want to say she is a monster?"

Kobayashi interrupted her, and after she nodded silently, he said to everyone: "Just like there are bad people among humans, there are also good people among monsters. I don't divide them by race, but by good and evil. So, can you understand?"

Just like Wiz and Vanir.

Not to mention that Wiz can be said to be a lich transformed from a human, but Vanir is a pure demon, and he is also the Duke of Hell who commands demons. The most important thing is that they are all cadres of the Demon King's Army and enemies of the human side.

But Kobayashi is very happy to interact with them.

After all, they have not done bad things, let alone hurt humans, and sometimes even have to ask them for help.

In this case, what is there to resist?

"…………"

These words were so inspiring that everyone in the [Hestia family] remained silent, except for a slight change in their eyes when they looked at the innocent Winnie.

I will update again in the afternoon