Please be quiet, Hii...
That thing's dangerous. Hey, Ashiya.
Take Chi, Hitoshi, and Ms. Hinako and go rendezvous with Mr. Kazuma.
Emi and I will keep the bear occupied.
Understood.
Come with me.
Let's do this, Emi.
I hope this is enough to make it leave, but...
E-Emi! Are you okay?!
I am absolutely not okay!
Hinako! Hitoshi!
Wh-What's going on?
Why is this happening?!
Mama's so cool! Bear went slam!
The Devil is a Part-Timer!
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Oho, you made the online news.
The Devil and the Hero Rise Up to Defend the Sasakis
News from Kamiina, Nagano
YOUNG WOMAN DEFEATS LOCAL BEAR
"Woman working at local farm grapples with bear and sends it flying."
Wonder who tipped them off.
We don't know anything about it.
Could you please leave?
Ha, you're lucky no one got a picture of you.
Holing up here wouldn't have been enough.
I wouldn't have had to fight a bear in the first place
if it weren't for that driver's dumb stunt!
Good Emi, good Hanzo, what's all this commotion?
Good Kazuma.
Sorry, but can we talk?
Thank you so, so much for protecting Hinako and Hitoshi!
Huh? Um, you're welcome.
Rest up, Miss Yusa. You deserve it.
I was ready to tamper with his memories if he said the wrong thing.
However, neither he nor the good Hinako
disclosed details of the fight even to me, let alone the public.
Perhaps it has to do with your friendship with the good Chiho.
Oh...
Still, I suppose you may not enjoy the nickname "Bear-slayer."
What?!
Wait a minute, Bel. What do you mean, nickname?!
"Bear-slayer"!
I-It's just, the Devil and Alciel are calling you that.
How dare he?!
Emilia, wait, calm down!
He and Alciel went out with the good Manji!
Let go of me, Bel! Where is Alas Ramus?!
Tell me she's not with the Devil!
She's napping with Hitoshi downstairs! Worry not!
I'm worrying!
If Alas Ramus ever said, "Mama, you're the Bear-slayer,"
I could never recover!
Aren't you the "dark lord"-slaying Hero already? What's the difference?
Don't you smirk like you just said something smart!
This is the last one.
Great, thanks.
Mr. Manji!
Most of the weeding is done.
Roger that. Good work, boys.
I hope things go well.
My body's gettin' too old for this.
Wish I could retire and leave the rest to Kazuma...
But he and Yumiko are workin' too hard for me to let up.
Really?
Yumiko started expandin' the business,
and she inspired our son to go study business and agriculture in Tokyo.
Wow.
They've got us doin' three times the business we did in my dad's day.
Three times?! That's amazing!
Kazuma borrowed some experimental solar panels from his university
and put 'em on land that we can't farm.
Pesticide-free vegetables straight from the farm
He sells organic vegetables directly to Tokyo restaurants,
and even gets people to buy the misfits for some pocket change
when we used to have to throw them away.
Ah, are those solar panels next to us the ones?
Yep, that's them.
The electricity they generate runs our greenhouse fans.
They help us manage the temperature and humidity inside.
All the greenhouses in this area get their electricity from there.
I think I get why the demon realm warred nonstop before I united it.
Your Majesty?
As long as there's enough magic in the atmosphere,
demons don't need to eat.
I bet a world that doesn't produce food can't create societies.
Hey!
Time to go back!
Let's eat dinner and have our baths!
I am hungry.
Huh?
I hear there've been victims in Miyada, too.
Well, hello there!
Ah, Manji, perfect timing.
I don't believe I've met those two.
Oh, they're the part-timers from Tokyo that Senichi recommended.
Mr. Maou and Mr. Ashiya.
And this is Mr. Onda, president of the neighborhood association.
Guess they check out, then.
See, someone's been robbing fields around here.
They've hit several farms. Mostly they take fruit.
He said the stolen produce is stuff like watermelons,
high-unit-price fruit, and regional specialty vegetables.
And they stole a lot.
The Sasaki farm has watermelons and specialty tomatoes.
It's made the news. Not any front pages, though.
I say just do a patrol tonight.
It's too much ground to cover easily.
We don't know the culprit's MO or whether they're even coming.
True. We've got an early day tomorrow,
and there aren't enough of us to patrol the whole farm.
Chi, did Mr. Kazuma and the others say anything about a plan?
They said they'd think about countermeasures,
but they didn't say they'd patrol at night.
What are you thinking, Devil?
I can't be certain about this, but...
The crimes have all happened in the last week.
They must have a place to sell the goods that's safe and fast.
Since they steal directly from the field,
their vehicle can't be a pickup with an open bed.
But if they rented a heavy truck,
it'd be too easy for anyone who found out to track them down.
So what are you saying?
Do I have to spell it out for you?
We just saw a vehicle that would be perfect for stealing produce.
One you couldn't see at night and that's able to carry a big load,
with enough speed and power to go fast on dirt roads.
The one from today.
It's just a hypothesis. But if I'm right...
Tonight is the night they'll come.
Nobody goes out the night after their family and workers
get attacked by a bear, right?
Tonight, the Sasaki farm will be their ideal hunting ground.
What'll they want? Watermelons?
Hold on. The crops we've seen aren't necessarily the only ones.
Aren't they growing special organic veggies, too?
What about those?
Emi, Suzuno, could you take a quick flight around
and get the lay of the land from above?
Not smart. We can't see the fields in the dark,
plus us flying is the last thing we want people to see.
O-Oh, right.
Hey, Urushihara. Doesn't that one search engine have super-detailed maps?
Seriously, Maou? Those aren't updated in real time.
You want to keep watch?
Why don't you ask one of the Sasakis for help?
This thief sounded their horn to goad a bear into attacking me and Emi.
I gotta assume they have no problem with hurting people.
We can't get the Sasakis any more involved in this.
But we can probably turn the tables if Emi or Suzuno scares them
with a little celestial force.
How exactly would we keep watch?
There are only five of us.
It's not as though we can bring the good Chiho.
I see. So you're counting me...
Do we just patrol the places we're familiar with?
Maybe that's our only option...
Okay, let's think about what routes a truck could come from—
I'm comin' in.
G-Grandma?! When did you...?
I didn't sense her at all.
Did you hear our conversation?
I don't need hearin' aids yet.
Don't worry. I ain't gonna tell anyone yer plan.
Grandma?
I don't understand the details,
and I don't have the energy to go blabbin' people's secrets.
Maybe ya aren't normal people.
But all I care about
is that ya wanna protect Manji and Yumiko and Kazuma and Hinako and Hitoshi.
That's all.
You, show me that thing.
Y-Yes, ma'am.
Got a pen?
Yes, ma'am.
Trees
Solar Panels
Fallow Field
Trees
This path intersects with the biggest road.
Trees
Here's the field where ya met the bear today.
The only places a big truck could get through are here, here, and here.
You're awesome, Grandma!
Trees
Rice
Fallow Field
Solar Panels
Tomatoes
Trees
Rice
Strawberries
Watermelons
Sasaki Home
Cucumbers Eggplants
Pears
Trees
That'd be closest to the watermelons and the tomato greenhouse.
That narrows it down to only two locations we need to guard.
We can handle any violence by splitting Yusa and Kamazuki between them.
Hold that thought.
Shouldn't we worry about this area before the tomatoes?
That's not a field.
Personally, I think it's a way more attractive target than the veggies.
You could store them until they were safe to sell, and they wouldn't go bad.
What are you talking about?
Even at dirt-cheap prices,
one or two of these would net a lot more money than dozens of vegetables.
You saw them up close, right, Maou? Ashiya?
Yes, with the right tools, even an amateur could easily remove them.
And they were each only about the size of a tatami mat.
They'd fit in that SUV with room to spare.
Wait, do you mean...
Yeah. And if they get stolen,
that could wipe out everything in the greenhouses.
Rice
Solar Panels
Fallow Field
Tomato
The thief is after the solar panels.
Why was I paired with you?
What do you want me to say?
Urushihara understands the technology best, so he should be near the solar panels.
Which makes me and Ashiya your only options, right?
Without your magic, your presence here is frankly pointless.
It's a vehicle!
It looked like a normal pickup, but I should text Emi just in case.
Drop dead! Yes, that's for the best!
I'll text Emilia for you, so you just die!
Gah! Wait, don't take out the hairpin!
Everything is my fault!
Just don't crack my head like a watermelon, and I'll make amends!
Why're they driving so slow?
Maybe they're looking for something.
They stopped!
Second Sight.
It's too dark to really see...
So there are four people total?
Why did you stop me?!
I doubt this was their objective.
That single watermelon was just a bonus.
Bonus?
Yeah. We gotta contact Emi.
That must be them.
Apparently they really came.
That's definitely the car.
One of them's holding something. It looks like a tool.
Two are holding the panel from the sides.
They got it off!
Leave this to me!
Nobody move!
Who gave you permission to take away that panel?
Put it down this instant!
They abandoned a comrade and ran?
Divine Boots of Light.
Hello, Chiho Sasaki?
Yep, they're headed to town in an SUV of foreign make.
They're moving down Route 49 toward the bridge by Kappakan.
I doubt the others will let them cross the bridge, so let the cops know.
Hello, Bel?
The enemy's on the run, headed for the kappa museum.
Yep, good luck.
Wh-What now? If Mitsuru gets arrested, we're screwed!
Calm down! Once we get to the highway, we'll ditch the car and escape!
It's Mitsuru's anyw—
Hey, look where you're going!
I-I think I hit her!
W-Was that a tanuki?
No! A p-person! A woman in a kimono!
A kimono? What, was she a ghost?
W-We gotta get out of here!
Crap! Are we stuck on something?
Hey, get out and check!
Just don't leave me behind...
I won't let you escape!
What the crap, what the crap, what the crap?!
What is this?!
What's going on?!
Run! Get out and—
Th-The roof!
Did you think you could get away?
You endangered human lives for no reason, and I'm going to make you pay.
Hey...
Sh-Shit!
You won't get away, enemy of farmers.
Seriously, he didn't have to pee himself.
He must have been quite afraid.
Why is this happening?
Crap!
You better not be thinking of this as "bad luck."
A bad deed is a bad deed.
But we stole to survive.
You and your friends stole without thinking and hurt people.
If you made a clean getaway,
I'm sure none of you would ever think twice about your wrongdoing.
I sense the negative feelings in your rotten heart.
A-A demon?!
You four will spend the rest of your lives paying the price for hurting people.
Just like us.
You say Mr. Maou and the others caught the thieves?
Are they all right?
I can feel something cold from way down the mountain.
Everything's over now.
It's them!
What the heck happened?
Ya used to see folks like that sometimes, way back when.
These days things are easier and safer,
so I reckon there's no need for folks to be born with special powers anymore.
Good night.
Mr. Maou! Miss Yusa!
Mr. Ashiya! Mr. Urushihara! Miss Suzuno!
Thank you so much!
Hey, Kazuma!
They protected Hinako and Hitoshi and the rest of us,
and they're Chiho's good friends.
Leave it at that.
Chiho's friends, eh?
Then I guess we'd better work 'em like usual tomorrow morning.
You have a delivery! Signature, please!
This is wonderful!
They not only paid our wages, but gave us so many things...
Our food budget can't thank them enough!
Don't let joy carry you away, Alciel.
How will we fit all this in the refrigerators?
Hello, Chi? We got a produce delivery from Komagane.
Can't we cook it in ways that will keep well?
Will that really work?
I thought I should thank you and your mom and dad first.
Yeah, could you put them on?
Hello, this is Maou. We owe you our thanks.
Yes, we just got them from Mr. Kazuma...
Hey, there's a news flash about the veggie thieves.
News from Kamiina, Nagano
AGRICULTURAL THEFT SUSPECTS ARRESTED AGAIN
"The investigation found them responsible for a series of produce thefts,
upon which they were charged with additional crimes
and turned over to the public prosecutor's office."
"These students who attend a famous university
used the paltry sum they made off their thefts for fun money." Wow.
What cretins.
It also says they gave confusing statements like, "I saw a demon,"
and, "I saw a woman wreathed in flame."
"I'm scared!"
Will this all fit?
It's okay!
Mama's not the Bear-slayer!
Right, Mama?
Th-That's right.
Satan, you better run next time I see you!
Don't be scared, don't be scared!
Next, an update on the serial agricultural thefts in Komagane, Nagano.
By the way...
There isn't a large concentration of negative emotions in this area.
How did Maou manage to transform?
The kappa museum, perhaps?
The exhibits there are supposedly genuine, collected by ethnographers.
Maybe he took humanity's terror of kappa accumulated over millennia,
and converted that to magic...
It seems possible.
Mama?
I've carelessly let my guard down around them a lot lately,
but chances for them to regain their true power exist even here in Japan.
...purpose in mind, so the investigation is ongoing.
Emerada
Hi, Eme. It's been a while!
Yeah, I've been busy, and it's been hard to call you...
Guess what? I was in Nagano until a few days ago.
I got to do farm work! Eggplants, cucumbers—
Excuse me, I need to ask you something.
Has Lailah been to see you?
Huh? Who's Lailah?
Isn't she your mother, Emilia?