With a small body carrying a large person on top of her head, she once again took off running for her life, letting out a miserable scream as she went.
Whether it was because this posture was too strange or for some other reason, the man in the distance unconsciously stopped walking when he saw this scene. He simply stood there, staring blankly as the two of them gradually disappeared into the distance.
Although his personality was quite rough, he was also very straightforward, which meant that Ash would occasionally encounter strange situations when interacting with Eris.
But compared with the excessively strange request after he had touched her stomach before, being carried around with both legs held on top of a little girl's head was even more difficult for him to know what to make of.
Eris, however, did not care what he thought. She only focused on running wildly with her head down, while constantly scolding him in a tearful voice, "We're done for, we're done for! How did we run into a Superd? Am I going to die here today? You idiot!! You don't know anything and you still point at him, are you crazy?! If they see us, we'll all be eaten alive aaaaaah!"
"…I don't think it's that exaggerated. By the way, can't you put me down first?", Honestly, being carried around by a girl felt very strange to him, so he could not help poking Eris in the back.
"Eek!", The unexpected touch made Eris shrink, and she shook the head carrying him like a rattle drum, falling into a state of panic again as she strained her voice and screamed, "No!! No!! No!! No!! No!! We absolutely can't stop! Uwaaahhhhh! Uuuuuuu!"
"Isn't that a bit too exaggerated?"
Looking at Eris, who was so frightened that she had completely lost her reason and common sense… Although Ash felt that her current state was rather strange, he could not bring himself to blame her. He could only silently reach downward, grab Eris by the thigh, and suddenly exert force.
In an instant, their positions changed.
Ash's legs landed on the ground, stepping onto the gravel and kicking up a little dust from the impact, while Eris's legs were lifted completely off the ground, leaving her lying on her back in his arms.
Before she could even react, her two legs were still kicking around in midair, looking… Quite comical.
"Calm down, Eris. Am I not still here? What is there to worry about?", He patted Eris, trying to bring at least some of her reason back.
After bouncing around with her eyes closed for a while, Eris finally realized that something was wrong. She opened her eyes and was about to look around, only to meet his gaze. Only then did she discover how bad her current situation was. She immediately curled up in his arms and could not stop herself from clutching his collar, crying out with tears in her eyes, "Uuu~ Put me down quickly! Hurry and run! Otherwise we'll all get eaten!"
"…You're usually pretty brave. Why are you like this now?"
"B-Because! That's a Superd!", Terrified, Eris struggled for a while but still could not get away. She buried her head against his chest while shouting, trying to escape reality this way.
Ash had no choice either. He carefully put her down and gently patted her back as well, "There, there~ Good girl, good girl. Big brother's here~ Don't be scared, don't be scared~"
"How could I not be scared! If I die because of you, I won't let you off even if I become a ghost! I'll absolutely make you take responsibility!"
"It's fine. I'll take responsibility. I won't let him eat you, so trust me."
"How can I trust you?! That's a demon race! A demon race that eats children! The most vicious demon race!"
"Is that so? Hmm…"
'What should I do? Should I tell her that I'm also a demon, and I've basically already reached the level of a Demon King? Or something like an Primordial Demon. Forget it, better not scare the kid,' he ignored her complaints and patted Eris's back, not knowing what else to say for the moment.
Instead, when Eris saw that he had stopped talking, she could not help suddenly raising her head and glaring fiercely at him, "Don't stop talking! Hurry up and say something else! Otherwise, let's just run away together!"
"…I don't think there's any need to worry."
"Worry a little!"
"How about trusting me a little?"
"No!"
"Quite decisive…"
Although Eris kept making a huge fuss, unlike usual, with her eyes brimming with tears and her body trembling, she did seem somewhat pitiful, so Ash did not make fun of her too much for this rare display of fear.
And for Eris to become frightened twice in one day could also be considered quite impressive. Although the entire territory had disappeared now, it really was quite an extraordinary situation.
———
In order not to make Eris too worried and frightened, Ash thought it over again and again and ultimately did not tell her the cruel fact that her parents and home had also disappeared.
Because when he was being teleported away, he could still observe countless points of light scattering toward various parts of the world. Those points of light included vegetation, buildings, people and animals, and even monsters.
Even he found it difficult to determine exactly what they all were, because at that time.
The entire sky seemed to be filled with points of light like meteors, completely different from normal teleportation magic.
At the same time, with good luck, they might land safely; with bad luck, they might fall from high altitude, or fall into a volcano crater, the ocean, or some other place.
Therefore, he felt it would be better not to tell Eris about these things for now, and also…
After complaining and getting angry for a while, Eris herself returned somewhat to her usual state. However, when the man across from them, no, when that Superd approached, Eris still instantly shrank behind Ash.
Ash secretly lowered his head and glanced down, and could still see her legs trembling. Both hands were tightly gripping his clothes, as if she were afraid that he would abandon her and run away first.
Amused, he patted her head, which had poked out slightly as she wanted to observe the situation but did not quite dare to look, then looked at the man in front of him and asked directly:
"You're a member of the Superd tribe?"
"That's right… I'm a Superd," Hearing this human-looking fellow speak the Demon-God language, the man could not help showing a surprised expression as he nodded, but he unconsciously slowed his speech and asked softly, "You… Aren't you afraid of me?"
"Leaving everything else aside, you don't have any hostility. Why should I be afraid?"
"During your upbringing, didn't your parents teach you anything about the Superd?"
"My interesting master did tell me about them. As a side note, this child has heard it too."
"Isn't it a problem to disobey your master's teachings?"
"It's fine, because her own problem is worse."
Remembering her indescribable behavior before they parted, Ash's expression also became rather subtle.
"Your master's problem is worse?"
"That's right. Her situation... Is difficult to explain."
"Then she really is an… Interesting master?", The man looked confused, but his words clearly contained some hesitation, and he chose them quite carefully.
This was worlds apart from the rumors that the Superd were extremely short-tempered and bloodthirsty, which made Ash unable to help asking curiously, "Are you really a Superd?"
"Of course. But your Demon-God language is unexpectedly good. Could it be that you're a half-breed between a demon and a human?"
"No. I encountered demon races over on the Central Continent and learned a little," More accurately, he had read Roxy's memories the first time they met, which made him feel somewhat guilty toward Roxy now. After all, he normally would not read the memories of someone he knew.
His words also made the man's expression somewhat strange, "Learned a little?"
"Compared with that, my name is Ash. What about you?"
"Ruijerd…. Ruijerd Superdia."
"That's quite long," Basically, only human nobles used family surnames, but occasionally the other races in this world also came up with their own names because they had too much free time after eating their fill, so Ash could not tell whether the other man was a noble or something.
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