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"Oops, I really saw something good, it's worth documenting. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Simon the Dragon Slayer, right? Hear it better than see it, or ...... Who cares?"

At the moment when Hekal intervened, Leon, who was originally one of the protagonists of this "conflict", quietly restrained his already almost unsmellable breath, and pulled Gerred, who still refused to lift his hostility towards Simon, to the side.

"Stir up trouble", "let the ideal story be carried out", and then "observe and record", the big businessman who enjoyed all this did see the development he wanted to witness with his own eyes, so he recorded it all in the "little notebook" he carried with him, nodded with satisfaction, and quietly left the crowd before the riot was over.

"What's the matter, Gerrad, you...... Don't you like that dragon slayer very much?"

What made Leon even more excited was the reaction of his "young follower" Gerade, from the moment Simon appeared, this assassin who was enough to be called a "genius" has been frowning, and his overly stiff expression has not changed until now.

- It's a bit like when I first met him.

The merchant still vividly remembers the expression on his face when he first met the somewhat "stupid" killer, and there was not the slightest sign of laughter on that face, only hatred and murderous intent. What pleased Leon was that the most extreme negative emotions of human beings, reflected in the boy's expression, were not directed at a single "individual" at all, but more like "the whole world".

"What a malleable talent. ”

This is exactly what Leone said about Gerled in the first place. And Gerled did not disappoint him, and under someone's teaching, the teenager had become a rising star in Southwell's "Assassination Realm", well, if such a thing as "Assassination Realm" really existed.

In addition, Gerred's talent is really worth repeating, although it is not clear what he has experienced before, there is no doubt that this young man is probably the most suitable person to become an assassin in this land, even "he" can't compare.

With a wry smile on his lips, Leon tucked his notepad and magic quill back into the pockets of his wide robes, and continued to move towards his goal, while waiting for a response from the young man who was not good at words, he privately compared his three "junior followers" in his mind again.

- Sure enough, no matter how you think about it, Gelred is the one with the best talent and the highest strength ceiling. However, if you have to talk about the current strength, Theodor, who has a different "summoning magic" from the Danslow family, and has strong magic power as a "person abandoned by time", is obviously stronger, otherwise he would not be able to become a mid-level cadre of the Order.

――Speaking of which, I seem to have seen a figure in the School of Magic a few days ago that seems to be him.,Well,What kind of important mission will make him come to the School of Magic when he should be stationed in Yaski?

-- Theodore, this "boy" who is strictly older than himself is also the person who has been with him the shortest time among the three, and it is absolutely impossible to "not understand" such a situation, how to say it, after all, the child has been sleeping for more than thirty years, so he is essentially a thirteen or fourteen-year-old child, the youngest and best of the three. It's just that, compared to Vijay and Gerred, he also has the most "ghost ideas", and the bad side is more similar to me.

- Vijay is one of my favorite kids. He has been with me for the longest time, and he has the deepest affection for me, and the irony is that I was "not me" during those three years, but just a "different person" created for him, and it is no wonder that he seems so angry when he learns the truth about such a hypocritical existence as an imitation of idolatry for so long...... It's just that, even so, he still regards me as the most important person in his life, ha, such a pure child is really rare.

- In terms of purity of temperament, Vijay and Gerred are indeed not far behind, but they are like the extremes of "good" and "evil", and pure rescue and pure killing can bring equal harm to others, so I am indeed correcting this trait in them...... Ah, I almost forgot, calculate the time, Northwater's "mission" is about to arrive at the School of Magic, I wonder if Vijay will come with me, if these three people meet, absolutely, this will definitely be interesting! Looks like a little "arrangement" is going to be made, hum hum hum ......

"It looks like someone has come to greet us...... Haven't you figured out how to respond to me, Gerald?"

Not being pointed out by others, the comparison of the big businessman's heart full of pride finally came to an end, and the figure walking towards him not far away made him instantly converge the expression on his face that was not actually there. Leon, who had straightened his clothes and suddenly made necklaces, bracelets and other ornaments play in a dazzling array of accessories, let himself put on the cold "mask" again, and the tone of his speech to Gelled was a little colder.

"I can't kill him......"

But suddenly there was a dry voice from the young man. It's not that Leon thinks that this sentence is not annoyance, not indignation, but some discouragement and regret, and even a little fear.

It's not Simon, it's the fear of the "people he should protect".

"Oh, so you're so lost, so that's fine, at least no one will bother me again...... Books?"

The man who was smiling and walking away suddenly realized that his sleeve was grabbed, and turned his head in amazement, and Leon's eyes were met by Gerred biting his lip and staring at him with a pitiful look.

――Are you a puppy that is afraid of being abandoned by its owner?

"What's wrong?"

A strange but apt metaphor flashed through his mind, and this time it was Leon, who was smiling from the bottom of his heart, cast an unexpectedly gentle glance at his young henchman, and even his tone became incredulously soft.

"I ...... Can't kill people...... No...... Abandoned I'm ...... Afraid...... Don't leave me behind...... Could you please ...... Don't leave me behind!"

――It seems that he misunderstood what he just said, but has he not been corrected until now? How deeply distorted is this child's understanding of murder...... Well, so wonderful.

With his other hand, he gently removed the rough palm of Gerrad's clutched sleeve, Leon bent down slightly, and then, with all his might, he pressed the demon hidden in his body into the bottomless abyss, and promised:

"Don't worry, I won't leave you behind. ”