"What?"

Yakumo was stunned for a moment, she didn't expect Erli to ask such a sentence. The latter, on the other hand, was calmer and stirred the food in the jar.

"It's literal..."

"Why do you ask?"

Seeing that Ellie had been staring at the crockpot, Purple reached out and lightly placed it on Ellie's arm, who also stopped.

“………”

"Why?"

"I need to be able to take control of my own power... Do you remember what it looked like yesterday? ”

"Is that the demonic power that is entangled in thunder?"

"Well, you feel it."

Erli stood her left hand in the air, and the purple lightning did not appear, but sparked in front of the two of them, and there was no movement.

Purple qi floated out of his eyeballs intermittently, and there was no continuous aura like before.

"What's going on?"

Yakumo took the hand off, held it in the palm of her hand, and examined Erli's body with demonic power.

"I don't know, I don't feel tired or anything. But it looks like something in the body is getting in the way.

Purple, do you feel something? ”

Erli watched as Purple put one of her hands on the back of the former's hand, and found that it was useless, and opened another gap, not knowing how to help Purple observe Erli.

"There are no injuries in the body, and I don't feel like there are any limits. What's going on? ”

"I made a rough guess. The first, maybe it's my special magical powers—which seem to be called magical powers—weren't enough to support it, but yesterday... But I did it. So, this one is unlikely. ”

"Hmm" Yakumo nodded and motioned for her to continue.

"The second, perhaps, is a matter of mood. Yesterday I was in a near-death state, and maybe it was the state of mind at that time that inspired this power. ”

"Third, I don't have that power at all, it's just that I'm like Purple before you, an explosive thing.

I'll have to try it one by one, Purple, or I'm afraid I'll get out of control. ”

After hearing this, Zi frowned and asked

"Out of control?"

"Hey, out of control. I felt that in my dreams, there was a voice that kept speaking to me, not another consciousness, but a desire for power.

It kept repeating the word 'power' and it made my head explode at the sight of it. ”

Once Aery's words for power were spoken, the purple aura emanating from her eyes suddenly changed into a blood-red light. In just a moment, the intermittent aura turned purple again.

Yakumo Purple was silent, and Erli also lifted this state and turned into an ordinary appearance.

When she carries Elle to the cave, Purple notices that the latter is not quite right. She was sweating, and the lightning kept shining around her, and the color changed every now and then.

With each switch, Ellie's body jumped. Yakumo Zi thought that her special demonic power was healing herself, so she didn't have anything to worry about. It was true that after a while, Erlie's body stopped twitching and her body was better, so she didn't care about her.

However, now it seems that Rei is almost losing consciousness and turning into a demon.

"Leigh? This kind of test... Don't? ”

"So, I asked Zi if you have what it takes to kill me?"

The two looked at each other and said nothing, except the crackling of the flames, the sizzling of fish, and the gurgling of the water in the jar.

"I have to control this power, even though it's dangerous.

Once out of control...... Killing me is the best option. ”

"Leigh!"

Yakumo grabbed Erri by the shoulders and yelled at her.

"Purple, your scratching hurts..."

"Don't go to death, do you understand?!"

“……”

"You survived! If this power is so dangerous, don't do it! ”

Purple shook Ellie's shoulders, and their hair fluttered into the air from the shaking. Erri saw that Purple's expression was full of worry and incomprehension.

"Purple, you don't understand..."

"Don't be sorry for those two humans in Hara and Ze!"

With such a roar, the two fell silent again. It's just that Erli turned her face sideways and didn't dare to look at Purple, but Purple clung to Erli desperately, afraid that she would escape.

After a while, Ellie turned her head at Purple again, but always dodged, and Purple continued.

"I know that's too much, Leigh! But you can't be like this, don't put your life on the line to become stronger!

The risk is just too great for me to agree with! ”

"Purple..."

"No matter what you say, I won't agree!"

"It's not... That..."

"What?"

"Fish... Looks like it's going to be mushy..."

Indeed, black smoke has already begun to rise.

"Ahhhh!!!h Eat!!!! ”

"Stop screaming!! My ears!! ”

……

……

It's been rescued, and the skin is burnt, but the inside is not bad. The contents of the jar were just cooked, so the two took the bowl and ate silently.

The taste of the grilled fish is better because of the charred outside and tender inside, and the chowder soup has the same taste as before, and there is not much change.

"Purple."

While the two were eating, Elle suddenly put down the bowl and said to Yakumo Murasaki. The latter put down the bowl as well, waiting for Erlie to say the next word.

"I'm sorry."

Erli lowered her head and said to Yakumo.

"I didn't expect your feelings, I'm so sorry.

I really want to be stronger. That big companion Wakajia made me feel too deep. I can't even beat a human exorcist, and the distance between me and the big monster is too far away...... We really have to be stronger. ”

If Purple hadn't become a big youkai, those youkai would probably have died.

The latter sentence Erli thought to herself, but did not say it.

"Otomo Ruojia..."

Yakumo Zi's impression of him is really not good, just because he wants to prove himself, he has to use other people's lives as a stepping stone.

At the mention of him, Purple's mood is indeed not very good, after all, it is the enemy who "killed" Erli.

Moreover, the golden dust when the formation mage and the long sword were disconnected also let her know that the gap between herself and humans was still very large. The current level of demonic power can't walk in this country without worry, this is just an official exorcist, not a master of exorcism with real strength among the people.

The strength of those people is a humanoid monster that can compete with the big monsters, and it is not easy to deal with the small monsters.

"Purple, I still want to continue. But! ”

Seeing that Yakumo Zi was about to grab her again, she hurriedly added the following sentences

"During the experiment, if you find something wrong, immediately turn me into a human, I shouldn't be a pure-blooded demon, and it's not that difficult to become a human.

I don't know how well you have mastered the realm now, but I want you to do as much as you can, and I'll try to control my own. ”

"Alas......"

Yakumo Zi knew that she couldn't persuade her, and Rei was really stubborn sometimes.

“… If... Anything I find out is wrong, and I'll immediately turn you into a human and keep you in the gap all day. ”

Looking at Aerli's serious face, Purple had no choice but to say so.

"Thank you, Purple."

She laughed, with that innocent expression

Zi couldn't help but touch her head, just like an older sister touching her sister's head and telling the latter to stay at home and not run around

“？ Purple, what are you doing? ”

"It's nothing, I can't help it."

Purple smiled wryly, then said to Ellie

"Then ...... Tomorrow at noon, right? ”

"Well, good. The sooner the better. Lest you really don't have a chance to try again in the future. ”

"Oh yes, Leigh?"

"What's wrong?"

“…… The soup is a bit salty. ”

“…… You don't say it sooner. ”

……

……

……

"Uncle Ghost Mountain, you guys go back first."

"Your Excellency?"

Otomo Ruo's family and his party arrived at the edge of the acropolis and were about to enter the city, but he let them in and acted alone.

Ghost Mountain naturally didn't want him to act alone, so he asked.

"I want to be alone... Uncle Ghost Mountain, you and Daddy should talk about it. ”

"But your injuries ...... you"

“… You go back first, it's getting late, and Uncle Ya still has to live. ”

As he spoke, he walked away alone, waving his hand to let the group go back first.

Otomo Ruojia walked along the way back, he was not casually strolling, but an act with a direct purpose.

He walked out of the houses outside the Acropolis, out of the farmland that surrounded them, and onto a dirt road that led to the swamp. The dirt path was wide, but few people walked around, and animals were often seen moving on the path.

Turning around, he came to the center of the swamp, which was a cemetery. There are still a lot of people living around, but if you say it's a people, it's better to say that it's a gathering place for array mages and exorcists.

There are a lot of magic weapons and rune stones standing around, expelling the demonic energy and corpse qi around the cemetery, and also suppressing the foreign monsters from turning the local corpses into demon corpses.

"Who?"

The three of them saw Otomo Wakaya—what appeared to be a patrol—and took out the demon mirror and the sword weapon to prevent the youkai from getting in.

"Big companion is like home."

"Don't move!"

The person who took the demon mirror took a picture of Otomo Ruo's family, confirmed his human identity, and didn't care about Otomo's aristocratic surname, and asked him directly:

"Who are you looking for?"

"Monobe folds."

"Lord Zheya was entrusted to exorcise demons, and it was unfortunate that you came."

"And what about Honwaka-sama?"

"I don't know."

These exorcists don't care who the person on the other side is, unless it's a powerful exorcist, otherwise none of them can see it.

"Really? Please tell Oriya-sama that Otomo's family has been here, and please tell me a word: I don't know if the recommendation of Lord Benruka three years ago is still useful. ”

"Understood, Otomo Ruojia, huh?"

"Yes."

After saluting the three men, he prepared to leave the swamp.

Kill Yakumo Purple with your own strength, and you must not rely on others.

I don't need the power of the Otomo family, I just need my own strength!

Since you don't agree with me and think I'm just a gentleman, then I'm going to prove me with the blood of the monsters!

I! Big friends like home! Definitely not rubbish!