I brought her back to the old house that I currently use as my base. She seemed exhausted, so I cleaned up the bed that hadn't been used for a long time and put her down there. I have no need to sleep, so the bed was quite dusty.
Now, what should I do? My intuition as a monster tells me that she has already awakened her abilities.
There's even a chance that when she wakes up I'll be killed.
…So what?! I just said I have no regrets!
Don't underestimate monsters. In the first place, my ability is a recovery type. Even if I get attacked, I can just recover.
I'm not going to die that easily.
Now, judging from Noah lying on the bed, she doesn't seem to be in any mortal danger. Just to be sure, I used my ability to check her physical condition, and it seemed she was asleep due to fatigue and hunger.
...Hmm. For now, there's no sign of her waking up, so I guess I'll go hunt some wild animals.
I left the house and was just wandering around when I came across a wild boar. Because the Demon World is untouched by humans, there are many wild animals around. It must be a good environment for them.
Now then, let's use magic to quickly hunt that boar down.
Huh? You're asking if I can use magic?
Yes, you can. That's because in this world, "magic" and the "abilities" that Guardians use are different things. Magic is the technique of manipulating the four elements using magical energy. With some training, anyone can learn to use it to a certain extent.
"Abilities" are like magic but they are unique to each person. For example, I have the ability to heal others.
To use "magic" one needs to use the "magic energy" within their body, but in order to use an ability, one must awaken to the ability, making it quite rare. Incidentally, these abilities are like poison to magic cores, which is why only those with awakened abilities can kill monsters.
Huh? Why can I use this ability?
If I'm a monster, isn't using an ability a self-destructive act?
…I don't know why it's not..
..Maybe it's because I'm a reincarnated person? Maybe it's an irregular thing that happened because I was originally human.
What? You're asking if that's the case, then no one on the human side can kill me?!?!
A shocking fact has come to light…
No, I don't think that's the case. Maybe I can use it without harm because the ability energy doesn't come into contact with the magic core.
The structure of my body is a mystery, so that's possible.
Now that I've finished hunting the boar, it's time to head back home. I don't have the tools to cook, so it'll probably just be roasted whole, but I hope that's ok.
I'm home~
I enter the house with the boar, which I has made float using wind magic for convenience , and there I see Noah standing there, her eyes wide open in shock.
...….
Let's have a staring contest. If you laugh, you lose!
….haha..
Yeah, that is no longer the case.
When Noah saw me, she froze in shock for a moment, but then she quickly recovered and used her abilities to attack me.
If I remember right, her ability is telekinesis, which allows her to control objects within her range.
She immediately manipulated every piece of furniture in the house and sends them flying towards me. If I get hit by that, I'll die.
However, I am still a monster and I haven't just been improving my abilities for entertainment for years!
I use wind magic to blow all the furniture away, counteracting the effects of her telekinesis, and then I used wind magic close the door to the house. If by any chance other monsters find out that there are humans in this house, she will obviously be attacked.
I don't know how she perceived my reaction, but Noah's expression stiffened and she used her ability on me.
...This is strength that is hard to believe coming from a newly awakened Guardian. It's no wonder that in the original game, she escaped from the Demon Realm on her own.
She must have been planning to finish off the fight with her next move move. She put her strength into holding me down by my neck. However, her newly awakened power wasn't enough to land a decisive blow against me.
It's only because I've been training since I was reincarnated, whether it was for fun or out of curiosity.
…Well, you could also say I just didn't have anything else to do.
But I'm confident that my current abilities are quite impressive, so her newly awakened telekinesis powers aren't even able to hold me in place.
I resist and cancel out her telekinetic powers.
At that moment, she seemed to admit defeat and looked at me with a resigned expression.
...You think you're going to be killed. Well, that's understandable. I don't know how long it's been since you entered the demon realm, but it's clear that *something* must have happened for you to awaken your powers.
She must have been fighting monsters until now, and collapsed due to exhaustion while running away.
When I think about it like that, I feel like being even more kind to her.
Ok, I'm a former human. And people have to be kind to our fellow people!
So, looking at Noah, who had come full circle and was looking at me with a resigned face, I cut off the head of the boar I had hunted.
I use a slash made of wind magic, very useful. I haven't used it for this before, but using my previous training in wind magic I can figure it out.
Although I'm inside the house, there's no problem as I can blow the blood outside with wind magic.
It's like using a vacuum cleaner. I use wind magic to suck up the boar blood and throw it out the window.
It was funny to see Noah staring at me with a blank expression. If I was able to do so, I would be laughing right now.
Once the blood had been drained, I turn some of the furniture that was destroyed earlier into thin skewers, skewer the chopped meat onto them, and use fire magic to grill it over an open flame.
And so the result was just skewers of wild boar meat. The reason for skewers is simple: I don't have a plate. Most of the furniture is now splinters as it was destroyed in the battle earlier. But honestly, I don't really care.
Noah stares blankly at the skewers I try hand her, as if she doesn't understand what I'm saying.
Well, I can imagine how you feel, being given food by a monster you thought you couldn't communicate with. At the very least, it's probably not something you'd be happy about.
"Y-you mean I should eat it...?"
Noah asked, confused.
Oh my, what a cute voice!
Thinking that, I nodded.
Noah reached for the skewer timidly. I was feeling a bit impatient, but if I push her too hard, she'll probably run away. I decided to wait patiently.
After timidly receiving the skewers from me, Noah stared at them carefully, then ate them with ferocity.
Well, I don't think it tasted great. It was just grilled wild boar meat that hadn't been sprinkled with salt or properly prepared.
Despite the meager food, Noah ate it with all her might, tears welling up in her eyes. Her face was a mess from the tears, but she still didn't stop eating.
Seeing someone eat like that can really move someone's heart. Noah looked so happy, like she'd been saved, somehow I couldn't help but act like a father.
Certainly, Noah's circumstances must have been terrible.
I try recall Noah's story, relying on my rusty memories from decades ago.
Noah Gran. She was a slave in the North Territory of the Kingdom of Ignar. She was bought by one of the powerful people who ruled the territory and thrown into the Demon Realm as entertainment. She ended up collapsing here after being exhausted from fighting and running.
...That's pretty bad.
She might be my Oshi, but before that she is just a girl.
That was the moment I decided to be on her side, even if I am a monster.