Life in Another World as a Maid Mage

A tower standing on the foundation of a square pile of stones. Judging by the arrangement of windows, is it five stories? Exactly as the report was submitted to the branch. At the top, you can see a narrow chest wall. It was a place like an observatory with a view of the Silverian region. It seems that Annelier's destination is at the top of the spectrum.

"Beautiful stone."

After asking for permission, Annelier gently touched the wall. White stones that shine even under cloudy weather. I thought it might be frost, but from a closer look, it appears to contain components that reflect light on the stone.

After a quick look, Annelier nodded and said, "Okay."

Everyone stands in front of the entrance. Originally there must have been a wooden door, and now the place has decayed and collapsed, scattered like a piece of wood. It's been a long time since there was no one to manage it. Neither did the current lord intend to take the trouble of managing this structure from a distance to a tourist destination.

"... there's a boundary stake. That's what the report says."

There were several places where I thought there was a door, and a boundary stake with the exception of the beast was thrown in. Though it is dirty, it still seems to be relatively new. It seems that the adventurers who visit from time to time and who are friendly will exchange it.

"Still, the fact that there are beasts inside..."

"I wonder if there's a strong beast in there to the point where the bond doesn't work."

It seems that windows with no glass fitting are similarly bounded, but beasts who can crawl up and fly through the walls will be able to get in easily.

As far as the signs are concerned, it seems that there are no large and dangerous beasts.

Alec entered carefully and magically lit the light. Explore the back of the aisle for a while and then signal that there is no problem. Clement and Nadia went in next, then encouraged Annelier and the others. Following the three men who stepped into fear, Siori and Ruli also entered.

"Wow... you're shining all the way inside"

Annelier exclaimed. The stone walls glow brightly, reflecting the light and magical light that comes through the small window. It didn't have that much light, but it looked thin and bright to the back.

"Now, I'm going to follow the map... but if there's anything you want to see carefully, tell me every time. Take your time."

"Yeah."

The three of them walked out of the corridor wide enough. As always, he walks in the order of Clement and Nadia, His Highness Alec and Cili, and Ruli, in such a way as to protect the three Earls from the front and back.

According to the map, the first and second floors have a slightly intricate corridor and several small rooms, and the third floor has four large rooms along the main corridor, with a large hall in the back. Climbing the stairs beyond that, it was once again a maze of passages and small rooms.

"From what I've seen on the map, it wasn't that complicated a maze."

"It seems to be only for the aristocratic ritual of maturity. It does not seem to have been constructed in such a way as to be seriously injured or in danger of life. It seems that none of the beasts that had been thrown inside were so strong."

Alec answers Dennis's question. However, it seems that it was last used about 150 years before the kingdom recaptured its territory, and since then it has been abandoned and turned into a habitat for beasts who entered through broken doors and windows.

"Nh...."

"Oops...."

After a short walk, the leading Clement and Nadia raised their voices slightly.

"What's wrong?

"It's the remains of a beast."

Everyone peeks into it while sheltering the Anneliers. A few snow moons appeared to have escaped from the herd, and two large corner rabbits. Everything was cut as if it had been cut with a blade. The inside of the tower was still cold, and the carcass was already frozen. Still, I understand that it is relatively new.

"... the three of them."

I guess so.

Although frozen, the carcass of a half-cut rabbit was so vivid that Dennis and Bart tried to block Annelier's sight, but she was intrigued.

The incision is beautiful. Seems to be quite a user. "

"--It's useless."

Nadia groans when she sees a carcass that has been cut apart brilliantly.

"If I had enough arms to get here, I'd have done it better than a corner rabbit."

"It's food. It's crushing my guts."

It seems that during the winter season, food conditions have been so severe that the observatory's stores and cafeterias have been closed down and no visible objects have been vandalized. The advance party seems to have ruined the prey. I don't know if he slashed it aggressively or if he didn't know it would be food, but it's a shame either way.

Bigger than regular rabbits, the meat of a corner rabbit is soft and delicious, and it's attractive to have a good amount. It is a fierce and ineffective beast, but if you are good at physical attacks, it won't take much time to take it down. When I found it on the expedition, it was a prey I wanted to hunt if I could.

"If you crush your guts, you can't eat them?

"... the contents (...) come out and the smell is transferred. Because it smells a little hygienic..."

"Ah... I see."

I gave Balt a slightly far-fetched explanation, but he seemed to understand.

"Rabbit... what a pity. It's delicious."

It seems that Balt, who is more interested in food than the other two, drops his shoulders and everyone laughs bitterly. Sure, it's delicious when it comes to stewed dishes.

"Next time I find it, I'll finish it off. I wish I could afford it."

"... it's not about meat, so I hope you can really afford it."

In response to Alec's suggestion, Annelier pointed a slightly dazed gaze at the waiter. We all laugh at it again. Balt scratched his head at random.

Well, let's go get the horns.

Clement pulled out only one of the two swords and cut off and retrieved the corner of the broken corner rabbit. Beautiful pure white corners, sometimes bluished by the light, become the material of the seal. It is also often used as an amulet decorative or medicinal ingredient because it is more or less enchanted.

Siori tilted his neck as he guarded Alec behind the party that walked out again. The sneaky web of exploration shows signs of a rumored trio.

"Hmm...."

"... has anything changed?

Asked by Alec, who naturally realized that he had used exploratory magic, Theori made an unspeakable expression.

"Nothing in particular. The place hasn't changed since. It hardly seems to be moving."

It's been more than ten minutes since I checked the signs before entering the tower. Does the fact that there is no movement mean that you are taking a break or are you not going to move from there? There are signs that you may not be dead, but if you don't have food, you may be stuck on an empty stomach.

"Did you say the signs were in the middle?"

"Yeah, maybe on the third floor."

There is a large room and a large hall on the ground floor.

"Something... that party seems more troublesome than a beast."

"I agree."

If it's a real party, it's no big deal to meet while you're exploring. Properly exchanging information, in some cases exchanging loot or food, or buying or selling each other, but when people like poor quality or adventurer collapse, looting - if they succeed, they may run into criminal acts such as murder.

After already seeing signs of looting at the observatory, I can only make a bad prediction.

"You better think something's gonna happen. I just want to thank you for clearing up the beast in advance."

As they walked, they glanced at the carcasses of beasts scattered all over the place, and then they looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

Almost nothing happened until the middle of the second floor. After all, there are fewer beast raids than expected because the advance party has dealt with some beasts.

Occasionally, magic beasts just crossed the boundary and were only quite powerful, but there was no place pattern in the tower, no large magic beast or a large herd, and they did not become enemies of the party consolidated only in class A.

"-That's right. This feeling of security even though I'm in the habitat of a beast."

Annelier murmured without cowardly looking at the carcass of the deadly ice frog (Iss Gloda), but his gaze at the beast was scary and serious.

(Maybe I'll draw this later.)

Speaking of which, I feel like I've been watching the carcass of the beast carefully before...

"I've seen a lot of helpful materials (...) thanks to you! I should have brought two or three more sketchbooks."

"Don't worry, I've got about five spare copies."

"That's Dennis! It's not dull."

(Ah, I knew it...)

I was curious whether to draw a living thing or a carcass, but I decided not to think too deeply.

For reference, do you paint monsters too?

"Recently, I've been asked to paint pictorial books and novels, but I don't have enough materials for adventures... Atlases and monuments that attract tourists are not very helpful. It's a valuable experience to see where live beasts and adventurers actually come and go."

Annelier has a cheeky face.

"Can I see that beast material later?

"Ah, ahh... I don't mind."

Alec was slightly pulling the poisonous glands of the ice frog, which were the ingredients of the antidote. Clemens has his twin swords in his sheath with a convulsing face.

"... amazing, the Countess."

"... well. I'm used to it. Sometimes I can't keep up."

"Maybe we should start collecting 'real stuff' sometime by calling it material."

"Please don't. I'm afraid it's going to be real."

Strange by the way, Alec and Dennis chatted with each other in an intimate conversation and burst out.

"... if you're going to get along, I'd appreciate it."

As she agreed to the murmur she dropped with a small smile, Louis, who had a little carcass on her tentacles, trembled softly.

I searched all the way into the small room, but the exploration of the Adventurer repeated many times left no obvious left behind.

"Was this a magic lamp? You've been decided this far."

He peered into the candlesticks in the hallway and on the walls of the room and shouted at Dennis as if he was stunned. The magic light source uses magic stones of light. Unlike other magical instruments that have finally been incorporated into private life for decades, it seems that only magical lights using the magic stone of light, which is traded relatively cheaply, have been used for a long time.

I'd be surprised if they took away all the cheap magic stones. There is no significant value when I take it back. I thought it would be enough to reuse it for magic lamps for home and mobile phones.

"... oh, this. Lukiyan Sarajev. I can't help it...."

Annelier sighed as she watched a completely dilapidated and blurry frame painting decorated on the walls of the small room.

"Are you famous?

"Yes, I'm a painter from an empire about 200 years ago. She was anonymous, but she was valued decades after she died."

If it had been abandoned about 150 years ago, it would have been decorated in an era that was still anonymous. If I had known it was a valuable painting, I wouldn't have decorated it in a place like this.

"I'm a simple, but gentle, warm landscape painter. I still have a lot of memories of my childhood. I think good things are good, even if they're anonymous. And yet this treatment....."

Annelier groaned while sadly looking at the paint, most of which had peeled off and the rest was dull and deteriorated to the point where the original color was unknown. The hard-readable signature is indeed written as Lukiyan Sarajev.

It seems that a young boy and girl are leaning towards us and watching something over there. Something is depicted in the peeled off part, and we don't know what they're looking at. I wonder if it depicts Lucian's memories.

"... let's go next. I kind of lost it."

Annelier pushed her eyebrow buttocks down and decided to move on.

I tried entering other small rooms, but it was similar to the previous ones. The doors are decaying and scattered, and the drawers, shelves, and chests of the furniture are all blurry with everything open.

"... this statue of the goddess, her forehead is decapitated. It's miserable."

"Maybe there was a jewel or something in it. You can take everything with you, anyway. It's beautiful."

Clemens and Nadia look down on a statue that rolls over a decorative shelf that has deteriorated and peeled paint. Maybe it wasn't just the Adventurers who entered the Tower, but the Bandits.

"I see... I've never been to the Tower before, but this is certainly a better place to use it than a middle-adventurer training facility."

"That's right... I don't really have much experience, so I guess I'll earn some experience."

I agree with Alec, who said in a small voice that he cares about his clients and doesn't hear them.

There was nothing so precious as the magic beast material that was obtained. This is especially true in summer, when the difficulty is lower than in winter. I happened to get the fur of a snow bear this time, but otherwise it would take a lot of effort. You may not dare to come if it is not a request.

It's understandable that Alec showed difficulty at first.

"But the client seems to be quite satisfied just by coming here. It's enough to make you happy."

Alec's expression changed in the middle of the dialogue. The dominant hand hangs on the handle of the sword. Clement and Nadia also stood up and protected Annelier and the others behind them.

Obviously, unlike the Wizard Beast, there are multiple footsteps that seem to be human, approaching at an early stage.

Lori's body colour was red.

--Enemy.