Followed by Ole and Keira, they went down the stairs silently.

When the entrance door is closed, the moonlight will not reach, and there will be no light enough to receive human pupils.

In the darkness, where I might even lose sight of my figure, only the simple handrail made on the right hand side and the feeling of the soles of my feet were all in my world.

Stop, I'll open the door.

Stop at Oru's voice.

And the pale light leaking out of the door gap seemed dazzling.

It's a flashlight.

"That's right. I can't use magic equipment, but it's not without magic."

Close the door while blocking the light with your hands.

It was too crude for the rooms and too lively for the caves.

"It's a nice basement, but it wasn't built yesterday today. A year from the feeling of exposed soil... no, much older."

"I put this plan into practice when I was 18, three years ago."

"Does that mean you started dating before that? You've been able to hide it until today."

"... where did you find it?"

"I knew the moment I got here. I mean, you don't go out of your way to build basements for women you don't like, do you?

"Well, that's right....."

Ole scratches his head in the illuminated state and sends a wooden chair to Keela and me.

It's a handmade chair, but it's not uncomfortable to sit on.

Even if the seat surface sits horizontally, it does not distort and it is fairly firm.

"Besides, is it true you're willing to help us?

"Yeah, that's fine. Of course, I'm asking for something in return."

Ole's eyebrows move.

I don't trust you anymore.

"What do you mean in return?

"If we get out of the village safely, I want you to send a letter to someone."

"... is that all?

No way, when he shook his neck, Ole narrowed his eyes as if they were scattered.

"After that, I want you to give me this basement and a loophole that leads out. You guys out of here don't need anything anymore, okay?

"Wait a minute. Who told me about the loophole? Did Keela talk to you?

Instead of Keira, who stood up in a hurry, she shook her head.

"I was just making a scene. However, it was a close conjecture from the information I've seen and heard so far."

An unspeakable sense of occlusion.

Unnatural fog surrounding the village.

A state where no one wants to go out alone while seeking stimulation from the outside world.

Rumor has it that if you make a plan to leave the village, you will be cleared.

Taken together, it appears that the villagers are bound to the land for some reason.

Are you afraid to get lost in the woods?

No, the woods aren't vast enough to escape.

When I was actually brought here, I walked a few minutes after I got off the carriage. [M]

Although there is an assumption that if you know the direction, you will be able to get out of the hiking mood even if you add the carriage.

Are you afraid of being cleared by Muskel?

That is true to a certain extent.

But as Ibel said, "Muskel” is not tied to the villagers with fear.

Rather than saying that the rumors themselves were true, I felt that the elements of entertainment stemmed from a little suspicion and mistrust were thick.

In other words, the conditions are in place whenever you want to escape the village.

Yet there is something absolutely inevitable to give up in view of a situation where an attempt is not even heard.

And above all, I've never been told to leave the village myself.

In this case, it would be natural to think that it is not necessary to say it, rather than not to say it.

"I'm sure that fog was created with magic equipment, and I guess it can't escape without someone as high as Ibel. If you get there, there are only two ways to avoid the fog."

Shape the V sign with your right hand and point it at the ole.

"Fly high enough not to be affected by the fog, or..."

"You mean digging a hole in the ground..."

"That's what it is. I thought the escape route was underground, because I couldn't fly in a restricted environment. And by the time they brought me here, my guess had changed."

Hah, look at Ole exhaling in admiration and sit on the chair like Keela was relieved.

"Well, now that you understand what I'm talking about, let's talk about future operations."

Turning back to the two gently nodding people, place your fingers in front of your face.

"It's past noon for me to do fortunetelling tomorrow. [M] I want Keira to touch the eyes of as many people as possible naturally until then."

"Eh, why? I'm going to disappear, so it's better to leave early without being weird...."

"I can certainly think like that, but that doesn't completely dispel the suspicions you and Oru have. If you really want to run away, maybe you shouldn't even give me that gap."

Keira's throat moved.

"... and then what should I do?

"I'm sorry, but I think I need you to take a look at my eyes."

The two returned an unspeakable subtle expression to me with an evil smile.

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