My House Is a Magic Power Spot ~Just by Living There I Become the Strongest in the World~ Chapter 99

Dianeia guided our group to the shopping district's main street.
Sakura and Hesty glanced at the storefronts and seemed to be having a good time.

I was really enjoying myself watching them but,

「There are really a lot of people huh…….」

Even though it was late at night, there were a lot of people here…after all it was a festival.

However, that didn't change the fact that there were a lot of people.

「Even though it's like this…there are still much fewer people than during the day. It was much more crowded.」

「Ha, you made your decision fast Daichi-dono. Well, I guess…leaving this main street aside, the area around the castle won't be crowded so you can loiter around there I think.」

I don't like loitering around in crowds, so I'm grateful for that at least. I'm grateful for the care she's showing…

「Hyahha~ isn't that Boss?」

I heard a voice call out from behind me.
I turned to look and saw a head reflecting the light of a streetlamp.

「Ash huh? It's been a while.」
「Osu! It's been a while Boss!」

The s.h.i.+ning Heads were a.s.sembled behind Ash.

They greeted me one after another and bowed their heads.

「What are you doing here?」

「Umu, with this kind of festival there are a lot of altercations. The knights alone would not be able to handle it. We made up the numbers by using accomplished adventurers.」

Those s.h.i.+ning Heads seem to be a part of that.

As I thought that…

「Hey! You just stepped on my foot didn't you!?」
「Haa!? Don't go spouting bull!」

On a connected street it sounded like two men were in a scuffle.

Speak of the devil and he appears…there were people causing trouble right here, and when I looked over at them…

「Hyahha, you guys are making trouble?」

Ash called out and slowly approached them.
His voice was calm but his eyes were sharp.

「Haa!? Who are y——you're the s.h.i.+ning Heads' leader!?」
「Hyahha~ I'm Ash the leader of s.h.i.+ning Head. I'm patrolling around here…but you guys wouldn't possibly be causing a problem…right?」

Ash asked calmly and the two men vigorously nodded and threw their arms around the other's shoulders.

「「No! We aren't causing any problems!」」
「Hyahha~ I see. Then that's good. Enjoy the festival, ok?」

and so the two that had been fighting, disappeared into the crowd while still holding each other's shoulders.
After seeing that, the people in the surrounding all erupted into whispered conversations.

「Amazing, that's what you'd expect from such a monstrous party with over 90% completion rate…just by looking and talking they're that overwhelming.」
「Yeah, I heard they changed their base of operations to Prussia…but it was actually true…」

Wow…these s.h.i.+ning Head guys actually seem quite famous. I don't come to town often so this is the first time that I've seen their fame…

「Ash…you guys are really popular huh?」

「Eh? I'm not famous or popular though?」

I just stayed in the forest and lived peacefully.

「Hyahha~…….Boss is the Hero that protected the town from dragons. If they knew what you looked like then I think they'd swamp you. I think we should split up pretty soon you know? Right now me and the Princess are with you so you're standing out quite a bit.」
「Oh, I see. Dianeia is a princess after all.」

If you saw the princess walking around of course it'd stand out.

「Yep, if there was a single person who knew what you looked like it'd spread like the plague.」

Hmm, with the Hesty and Ramiyuros matters there were quite a few people who knew my face.
That being the case, just standing around here wouldn't be good for me.

「Ok then, let's go to the next place. Dianeia I'll leave it to you.」

「Well then, we're off. Do your best~」
「Hyahha~ let's get a drink together soon.」

And so we began to walk to the next location.

A few seconds after Daichi left.
Ash's body was covered in sweat.

A cold sweat ran down his face as he breathed roughly.

「Haa……huuu…….」

「W-well….when you stand near that man, you can really feel the difference in power.」

Ash looked at the place where Daichi had walked away.
His path was completely empty of people and it stayed that way for a while.

「Really amazing……when I sent out my own magic power he didn't even react…in fact his overwhelmed my own completely.」

When he had gone to stop the fight, he emitted his magic power.

It was so ludicrously powerful that it wasn't even funny.

「But that's why we admire him.」

Ash laughed. Then he called out to the s.h.i.+ning Heads members.

「Hyahha~ fire yourselves up boys! We're gonna keep going—!」
「Ou!!」