Nozomanu Fushi no Boukensha

Episode 100: Strange Requests and Longing for the Sky

"... well, that's why there's nothing I can do. We'll have to try not to be surprised at best..."

That's what Lorraine said and let go.

It's a terrible story.

but when people ask me if I'm going to find a way to fix it, it's like I'm going to have to answer, this is the kind of story.

Try not to be surprised, what a pretty hard thing to say......

If I could, would it be enough to come out surprised and instant?

And then you might be able to prevent it if you always pay attention to your back.

To that extent.

"I hope we can work it out..."

"If you're around the city, why don't you do something about it? When you're solo exploring the labyrinth or something, unless you're an adventurer staring at your back around you."

Well, that's true.

Even if you ever break the clothes you're wearing in your robe in the first place, your robe won't.

The feathers seem to pop up with a lot of momentum, but before a defense that doesn't even allow demonic attacks to go through, it's not as powerful as breaking them, no matter how much momentum they have.

"... by the way, those feathers, could you possibly use them to fly through the sky?

Lorraine asked.

All the realistic worries had come to mind in a suddenly growing presence on my back, but I have certainly not yet verified about those who use it.

Actually, I was wondering.

In the first place, no matter how you look at it, feathers, so is it not normal that its use is for flying in the sky?

There are also a few birds in the world that cannot fly, and they also have feathers, but I would dare to ignore that fact.

"In the meantime, give it a try..."

That's what I say, take off your jacket for now and spread your own back feathers.

The size is not as large as it should be, and it doesn't look like you can fly through the sky no matter what you look at it with this feather beat.

but to say flying is a kind of romance.

I can't fly magic. The only way for me to fly is to fly on an airship or by the power of this feather.

I'd love for you to show me that possibility, and for that, I'll work hard to get my feathers winged.

... but.

"… I see, shall we move on to the next verification"

Lorraine sees how I am and says so mercilessly.

The meaning of that was clear.

I haven't been able to fly.

I'm trying, but I'm not floating at all.

I'm just having a fluffy breeze around.

"No, not yet. I haven't taken it seriously yet. Absolutely, this feather must have some ability..."

With that said, I keep moving my feathers without giving up.

Lorraine is

"Summer is going to be a treasure. Just the right breeze."

And it's cool.

Damn.

Is that all you can do?

My feathers.

No, that's not true.

You can do it, you can fly in the sky.

I haven't done it now, but I'm just missing something... something?

Hmmm... I remember hearing you say that dragons aren't just flying through the sky with their feathers.

I don't know how hard it is to get buoyancy with those wings alone, no matter how big they are.

Then... isn't that possible for me too?

That's what you think, Lorraine, too.

"Jokes aside... it's often said that flying demons with giants use magic and the power of their chi to gain buoyancy. I don't know how to do it in detail... maybe I should give it a try."

And give me advice.

Apparently, that was a joke until just now.

That's right.

You're the type of person who thinks about trying everything I can, and things like I came up with would have gone right to my head.

I nodded to Lorraine and decided to try and instill magic in my feathers.

Then,

"... oh. Again?"

Lorraine looks at me and raises an exclamation.

As you can see from that reaction, I did float.

In other words, experimental success, is.

You were right to pour magic into your feathers.

It's just...

"... can't you fly a little higher?

As soon as Lorraine heard that, the altitude I'm floating at is low altitude.

Speaking of how much exactly, yes...... is there enough thick books to pinch?

It's a bit more of a floating level than flying.

I also know how Lorraine would like to say that.

Of course, if I were to fly, I would not be able to be satisfied at such an altitude because I consider myself free to run around the sky.

I try my best to increase my altitude, strengthen my magic, twist my body, and so on.

But unfortunately, no matter what you did, altitude didn't change.

"This seems to be the limit..."

Lorraine slaps me on the shoulder with a terrible drop of shoulder.

"As it is, well... traps on the ground, etc. can be avoided as long as they can, and not as a bad result? As simple as saying, the Pitfalls are the kings of traps that have claimed the lives of the most adventurers."

It is obviously comforting.

but it also makes sense what she's saying.

In fact, if one is asked which of the traps that exist in the labyrinth and elsewhere have taken the lives of the most adventurers, it is said to be a pitfall.

Of course there are many, but it's too simple to find.

Things like spears popping up and arrows popping up when you step in, and traps like something running and hitting you when you step through, are always uncomfortable to look at and detect when you get used to it.

But the pitfalls...

It can exist anywhere and is difficult to find.

How many times have I caught on too?

No, have you ever been caught?

So I'm not dead because I had a recovery before I fell to the bottom of the hole.

I have a rope with a brace so I can manage in such a case, so I could do it, but I would have died if I had taken a wrong step.

I don't even want to recall... but it can be avoided, and this feather is certainly not useful.

"But hey...... I wanted to fly around the cub higher"

Getting sad, I reach for the pilot controller of the airship.

My airship was flying around the sky much prettier and faster than I was.

It is a free flight.

I wanted that one...