The early morning of the next day, after a safe uncontested victory, I was in the forest behind the house.

　I was in the woods behind the house.

Yes, yes, yes.

　It's hard in the mountains where there isn't even an animal trail.
　Even more so with my current body.
　But fortunately, our destination was clear.

I'm finally here.

　I took a breath and looked up.
　In front of me was a huge man lying in the forest.

　He was a big man with a muscular body that stood at a height of five feet (*15 meters).
　He wore a huge bead around his neck and the only thing that could be called a costume was the tattered hakama he wore at his waist.
　Such a being was lying on the mountain with his back to me.

''Oi!''

　He turned to the big man and raised his voice.
　Then the huge bald head turns around and looks back at him.
　The only eyeball in the center of its face.
　It turns around and looks at me.

　The giant leans up.
　The single eye that catches me opens wide.

"Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!

　It was a roar.
　The startled birds flew away from the tree one by one.

　The big man leans up.
　And then he leaned down close to me and pulled his huge bearded face toward me.
　His mouth opens.

"Ooh, ooh, ooh!　Long time no see!　Long time no see, Haruyoshi-sama!

　I looked up at the rugged, bearded man and smiled at him.

"Oh, Irido. "Oh, Irido, do you recognize me like this?
"What did we do wrong?　That pattern of misfortune and spell power is not Haruyoshi's, but someone else's.

　The big man raggedly spilled tears out of his huge single eye.

It's a good thing that you're a part of this. You're in the service of Haruyoshi-sama, aren't you?
"Hm, Irido. Don't get carried away. You're the first person who called me here, you know........Irimichi!　Do you hear me, Irimichi!
Hmm?　You're the daughter of the pipe fox!　 I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
Hmm, of course. You're the first one to do so!

　I listen to the exchange between the demons, and let out a breath of relief.
　This is what it looks like. I was worried that they might be insulted and go berserk, but it looks like they're doing fine.

Sorry to call you out on such short notice, Irimichi. I'm sorry to call you out of the blue, Irimichi, but I'm sure you were confused by my absence.
That's all right, Mr. Haruyoshi. But.... what do you want me to do?

　Irimichi looked puzzled.

He said, "The place you came from doesn't look like the capital, or even Japan. I've been chasing Haruyoshi's ceremony and have been wandering around the world, but I can't proceed to the warding at this time. I don't know what to do, so I'm just going to lie here and do it, but how should I do it?
No, I'm done with your work.

　"All I wanted was for you to follow the formula and roam the mountain," I say.

"All I wanted was for you to follow the formula and roam the mountain..." "I just wanted you to drive the random monsters out of their homes.
"Monsta?
'It's like a demon. It would have been all very insignificant to you, though. Wasn't there?　----Or a big salamander.
Ah, that's right, you are the one. I thought it was a rare sight, but I was too timid to get away from it... but you wanted that thing, didn't you?
Yeah. You've helped me enough.

　It reminds me of Grye, who said that if a monster happened to show up and he didn't happen to defeat it........

　It's funny.
　It can't just be a coincidence, though.

　I entered the mountain, skipped the ceremony, examined the monster, put a spell for warding that hid the appearance of the entrance way, and set up the door.
　It was something I had been diligently preparing for for six months.
　It was all done in order to get my father to approve my request at this time, when the entrance exam was coming up.

　There were a few accidents, such as a monster heading towards the city, but things went pretty much the way I wanted them to.

　By the way, I only used the machete that I had prepared for a long time to put a curse on Glai's hair.
　I've prepared a collection of machetes for Luft and Blaise, as well as for the entire house, including the servants, just in case. Of course, there was also Yifa's.

　It's been nine years since I was reincarnated.
　I've had plenty of time to prepare, you know.

"The way.

　I tell the One-Eyed Giant.

I lost a lot of my strength in the last battle in that world. My body in this life is still that of a child. I'm going to surpass me in this other world. But in this other world, I will surpass the me of those days, the me of the past, when I followed a million demons and feared even the gods.
Heh....heh!
''Follow the high road in this lifetime, Enter the Way. We need your help.
Heh...

　The one-eyed giant falls flat.

'Many, many, many fears!　You're a good friend. I miss those days. The way of Haruyoshi, who defeated ten thousand armies, defeated mighty gods, and slaughtered the heroes of foreign lands. Oh, my God, the days of A will start again! Oh, boy, oh, boy!
I'll show you a different view. Stay tuned.

　I open the door of the Hitogata that I flew behind Iridori.
　Light leaks out and space is distorted, and it covers the giant as well.

I'll call you again... until then, sleep in phase again.
Heh, Haruyoshi-sama. I'm ready to call on you...

　Irido is sucked into the distortion of space.
　When the huge figure disappeared completely and the Hitogata for the door returned to my hand, I finally breathed.

Well, finally, that's an end in sight.

　I break the warding spell, which was taped to a nearby tree, into small pieces.
　The piece of paper that fell off becomes invisible in the undergrowth. All of the other spells that were associated with it would have had the same end result.
　Now the cleanup is all done.

''Even so, you took a very roundabout way, Seika-sama.

　Yuki makes a face and says.

'A lukewarm world and a powerless people. I think Seika-sama would be able to do all the things you want.
You forget, Yuki. In a previous life, I was killed by that powerless person.
Mmm, that's...
Yuki, I, you know, I want to be on your side in this life. The majority of people, the weakest. One of them.

　Sorry to trouble you, but I'm not going to follow the same violent path as in my previous life.

　Keep a low profile.
　Get around.
　And before you know it, you'll have what you want.
　That's the smart way to live, I think.

　And this is just an exercise in that.

　Maybe this is the kind of cunning that I lacked in my previous life, right?