Chapter 44

"Uwaaaaaaaan, I was so, so lonelyyyyyyyyyy!"

When I got home from school, I immediately summoned Crocel.

The summoned Crocel, crying, clung to me.

"That's why, Crocel. Don't just cling to me like this..."

I wish you would stop.

Crocel's softness pressed against me, and, well, it's dangerous.

"Because, I didn't think I'd have to wait this long. It's been a whole week, you know."

Crocel pleaded while crying.

Indeed, due to the intensive earth magic training, I couldn't summon Crocel for over a week.

I felt bad for making Crocel feel so lonely.

I gently stroked Crocel's head.

Crocel then smiled happily, saying, "Fufuhe."

Her smile made my heart skip a beat.

I couldn't help but think she was cute.

"So, please stop clinging to me when I don't like it, Master."

As usual, Fokarol tried to pull Crocel away.

This triggered another fight between Fokarol and Crocel.

I watched them, thinking, "Here we go again..."

"Anyway, I think it's about time we start looking for Orobos."

I proposed this when the two of them had calmed down.

When we took on the job of guarding a merchant with Fokarol and Orobos, we left Orobos behind because he was sleeping.

Since then, Orobos has been missing.

Well, demons don't need to eat, so I think he's probably fine, but we can't just leave him like this.

"There's no need to go out of our way to look for such an incompetent one,"

Fokarol said.

Fokarol had always looked down on Orobos for sleeping at crucial moments.

"I don't think we need to go out of our way to look for him either. He'll probably show up eventually. Besides, I don't really like Orobos. Because of Orobos not wanting to leave, I had to leave."

Crocel also didn't seem enthusiastic about looking for Orobos.

Because the two of them opposed it, we couldn't look for Orobos until now.

That said, we haven't done nothing.

I contacted the merchant to see if Orobos was with them and even went to the lower town to ask passersby if they had seen anyone like Orobos.

However, if Orobos was in a spirit form, he wouldn't be visible to ordinary people, so asking around might not have been very effective.

"By the way, is there a demon who's good at finding people?"

I suddenly thought and asked.

"There are some,"

Fokarol replied.

"Eh!? No way! If we summon a new demon, one of us will have to leave again!"

Crocel made a very unhappy face.

I wondered what to do.

"Hey, Fokarol, can you do it? I'll summon Orobos as soon as I find him."

Since Crocel had to leave last time, I thought it would be fair to ask Fokarol to leave this time.

"If that's what you want, Master, I have no choice."

Fokarol reluctantly agreed.

However, it's late today, so we'll start looking tomorrow.