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"Be careful!"

"Hmm."

I cautiously took a few steps forward, keeping a certain distance from Nana.

"Are you Nana?"

"I'm Nana, Suzuki-sama is so weird......"

"Are you alright?"

"What's okay?"

Could it be that she doesn't even remember what happened just now?

Could it be that she had just been affected by possession magic?

"Ahem...... I was talking to myself just now. Where did you run to before? ”

"Hey...... I ran so fast I don't know where I'm going......"

"Really, don't run around next time."

"Hmm."

I'm tentatively sure she's Nana, but who is possessing her?

It won't be ......

Earth spirit god, right?

But why did he do it? We didn't provoke him, did we?

"Suzuki-san, what's under your feet?"

"Under my feet?"

Look down.

"Ahhh

It's a skeleton monster!

It's staring at me with those eyeless eyes!

"Shh

"Ahhh

The Skeleton Monster is talking again!

Anyway, why can't I run away?

I wanted to escape, but no matter how much I ran, I was still standing still.

"Help—"

What the hell is going on? Let me go!

"Shhhh Don't bark! ”

The skeleton pinched me hard, and the pain quieted me for a moment.

“…… You, you, who are you? ”

"I am the god of the earth."

Oh.

I remembered that Yukona had told me that the skeleton monster was the Earth Spirit God.

But I still can't accept that a god should look like this.

“…… Can you let me go first? It hurts. ”

My leg still hurts.

"You promise me not to scream."

“…… I promise you. ”

After all, he said before that he would save it, and if he retreated here, he would have no face to go to Yukona and ask for compensation.

"Okay, I'll let you go first, and if you call again, I'll knock you unconscious."

"Hmm."

By the way, why is Nana so calm when she sees it?

Nana stood next to her, looking at the two of us with an innocent expression.

"Nana, aren't you afraid of it?"

"Scared? Why be afraid? ”

"It's a skeleton! Aren't you afraid of this kind of thing? ”

Is this guy's head broken, too?

"I'm not afraid of Uncle Bruzz."

"Bruz? Uncle? ”

"Ah, I didn't expect Nana to be here. It's been a long time. ”

"Long time no see, Uncle Bruze!"

"Do you know each other?"

"Well, Uncle Bruz played with me for a while when I was a kid."

…… What kind of family plot is this?

"I don't care if you recognize each other or not, do you know who possessed Nana just now?"

“…… Actually, that's my ......."

- Bang.

A violent explosion of magic rang out in the graveyard.

It's not good, it's Hinako!

"What's going on?"

"Hinako, they're in danger! I'm going to save them. ”

"Wait!"

As soon as he turned around, he was stopped by the skeleton monster - ah, no, it was the Earth Spirit God.

"What are you doing?"

"Listen to what I'm talking about."

"There's no time to listen, they're in danger!"

If it's the "thing" that just possessed Nana, then they are definitely not opponents, and I have to save them.

"It's useless for you to go now, I know how to defeat him!"

"What? You know? Then you can say it quickly! ”

"Wait, don't be in such a hurry. The more urgent, the more chaotic. ”

“…… Say it quickly. ”

It would be false to say that I was not in a hurry, but in order to obtain information, I had to pretend to be very calm.

"That person is another me."

"The other you? What does that mean? ”

"I was a god, I am a ......"

"I know you're an earth spirit, so you don't have to introduce yourself."

"Huh? How would you know? ”

Bruz didn't know who I really was.

"Yukona told me."

"Do you know Yukona? Do you say you're ......?"

"It doesn't matter who I am, tell me how to take him down."

This guy is so long-winded, can't he tell me the answer quickly?

"Ahem...... His weakness is light magic. ”

"Isn't this nonsense? I also know that skeleton-like monsters are afraid of light magic. ”

Can't he say something useful?

"Actually...... As long as you don't provoke it, it won't come out. ”

"We didn't provoke it, did we?"

"No way, it won't come out without doing anything."

"And what is it that provokes it?"

"I want to think about it...... Let's say what was done to my predecessor. ”

"Your predecessor? Chris? ”

"Well, that's right. You see my tombstone is still ......"

The cemetery has long been unrecognizable, and his tombstone has long since disappeared.

"Nana, do you remember what we did to his tombstone before?"

I ignored Bruz, who was crying and howling.

"Hmm...... Does stepping on his tombstone count? ”

"Sure! Who did it? ”

"Sister Hinako."

"Hinako?"

Hinako's image of stepping on the tombstone and making victorious gestures like a fool came to mind.

It's your fault!!

"Is there any other way to defeat him?"

"Yes."

"If there was, you should have said it earlier!"

"You promised it to solve its troubles."

"It's annoying? Are monsters still troubled? ”

"Yes, if you talk to it, it will listen."

It's over, it's all people with broken heads.

“…… Then I might as well let Nana kill it. ”

"Wait...... Don't kill it! ”

The Earth Spirit God showed a very panicked expression.

"Why?"

He must have been hiding something from me.

“…… That ......"

"If you don't say it, I'll send it to the sky, right?"

"Don't! I said, I said. He and I were originally the same person, just to say...... I am the 'good' side of this person, and he is the 'evil' side of this person. If you kill it, I'll die with it. ”

Soul?

It feels so mysterious.

"Go on."

"It's been wandering here because it's not willing, and I'm stuck here. If you can solve its unwillingness, it will willingly ascend to heaven. ”

“…… Do you want me to help it out of trouble? ”

"Hmm."

"But will it listen to me?"

Looking at the way it looks, it doesn't look like it can communicate.

"I'm willing to go with you, and it will listen to me."

"I see, then I'm willing to help you."

"Is that okay?"

"Of course, because it was decided from the beginning!"

Being nosy is my strength.

"Thank you so much."

"Nana, let's go! I'm going to save Hinata and them! ”

"Hmm!"

……