"Sougo, if saving the world requires high school students like you to put yourselves in danger..." Kotaro Katsura always stuck to his principles at the most inappropriate times. "Then how can adults like us dare call ourselves saviors!?"
"Besides, you were the one who told me how to find the strongest granny..."
"So, Sougo, you take Elisaki and go find the strongest granny. I'll keep an eye on Demon Hijikata and the others!"
"Don't underestimate us adults! Sougo, I am Katsura..."...
"..." Sogo Doma froze. Setting aside the fact that he had made it all up, Katsura in women's clothing sounded rather manly as he said it. Sure enough, a real man wouldn't be constrained by something as trivial as women's clothing!
Probably...
"Katsura, let me say this again: finding the strongest granny is the key to defeating the Great Demon King. If you choose to stay here and keep watch over Hijikata and the others, then you won't become the great hero who saves all humanity..."
"So what?" Kotaro Katsura shot back. "If becoming humanity's hero means letting minors risk their lives, then I'd rather not be that hero!"
"Um..." Sogo Doma said, "If I'm the one who finds the strongest granny, then I'll be the hero who saves all humanity instead. Are you sure about that?"
"Isn't it perfectly reasonable for a high school student to save the world?" Kotaro Katsura smiled. Everyone other than Hijikata, Sougo, and Elisaki was deeply shaken by this exchange. Katsura might have been an idiot, but that did not conceal the admirable qualities of his character and convictions... Not everyone had the courage to press onward in the face of difficulty after being fooled.
Elisaki, meanwhile, was satisfied. "..." Though she did not quite understand why that Demon King named Doma had