Nozomanu Fushi no Boukensha

Episode 35: Corpse Ghosts and Acacia

I, slowly, ride that transition magic formation.

I don't know what that means, but it's something that makes me imagine that the shape of the magic formation is different from what it was when it came, and it leads to another place.

It can be seen that neither end had the same magic formation.

Now, will there be ghosts or snakes...

I set up my sword, surrounded by light emanating from the Transition Magic Formation.

◇ ◆ ◇ ◆ ◇

At the same time the light was quiet, I hurried around.

Because it's not necessarily that the demons aren't attacking us all of a sudden, and we can think of the fact that this metastatic magic formation was a trap in the first place.

But......

As far as I could see, it didn't seem like there were any demons or traps there.

Instead, it was just a cluttered room.

Various things are decaying and rolling... it was a room, as if people were living.

There are a number of bookshelves, desks, beds, etc.

The stuffed animal was also falling, so I touched it, and at the same time it collapsed with a blur.

It turns out that for quite some years, this place must have been abandoned.

And......

At the back of the room, on the bed, there was something asleep.

Something on eternal sleep, not overnight sleep.

In other words, a white bone corpse.

There was no light under his falling eyes, just looking at the ceiling and sleeping with his hands resting on his chest, which probably took his breath away here, he thought.

There is a dead bouquet of flowers and thoughts on the pillow, but this also crumbles when touched.

This is... what?

Someone lived here, I know, but deep in the labyrinth, I've never heard of anyone doing that.

Or is that possible in the first place......

I don't know.

But you should think that at some point in time there was actually a room like this, at least it was possible for the Lord of this room.

But so what do you say...

It doesn't seem like a treasure, and anything that might make sense...

I think so. I try to fish a lot like an adventurer, but, again, nothing.

At best, is it like the books on the bookshelf?

I thought it was written in ancient language, and I felt heterogeneous that there were many thick books lined up that looked like specialties or something, but also some, thin picture books.

That said, it's an ancient book.

If you take it where it should be, it could be gold.

Trying to pull out the book thinking so......

"... you, what are you doing there?

And there was a voice from behind.

From behind.

This is an anomaly.

I thought I didn't know what was in this room, so I stayed alert, but I couldn't feel a sign.

But that's not why I can't turn around.

Instead, it seemed good to expect that we would wait until we had spoken or turned around.

I slowly look back in the direction of my voice.

Then it was one woman there.

Especially when a gentle woman with white, soft hair, watery eyes and a smile stood there without any weirdness. I'm wearing a pitch-black robe and I'm a magician...

she says.

"You ask again. What are you, there, doing?

It was a calm voice.

Kind, like when you ask a quiet question to a child who doesn't know.

But to just that voice, for some reason, I felt so nervous that I was about to hold my breath.

In a nutshell.

- This guy is a bad guy.

Everything I've cultivated in my life so far, clearly, yes, I assured you.

But women are just standing in front of the Transition Magic Formation, a situation where they can't even escape to escape.

I come to the conclusion that I was worried about what to do, but I still seem to have to answer the question.

I said.

"... I was just bluffing about something. I'm a pussy..."

Then the woman,

"Ha ha. Color, is it... color, color... I mean, you're a thief, right? So are you ready to die here?

"Ha...?

"You're confused. I get it. I get it... there are things I can't forgive either. I don't want to be molested here... but to do so, you have to disappear."

That said, the woman lifted her hand gently and turned it towards me.

What do you think you're going to do... While you're at it, I realize there's a terrible amount of magic converging at the end of my hand, and I panic and stretch out my full defense before it releases.

Shield by sorcery, strengthen your body by chi, and put more holy chi into your sword, so that any attack will be okay.

Of course, I'm going to avoid it if I can.

But the speed of shooting at women was so fast that it couldn't be done, and it was accurate.

A powerful flame is emitted from the tip of a woman's palm.

It was like a dragon's exhale, "Brace," and it also carried a shock to me as if it had been directly hit by a cannon.

This one is much heavier and stronger than the blow of a bone giant (Giant Skeleton).

I get blown up and crash into the wall.

I feel pain in my back, but I'm happy that the blow seems to have managed to withstand that.

Shortly afterwards, however, when she felt the same convergence of magic forward and rushed into position, the woman was almost pointing her palm at this side to unleash the same sorcery.

- Next time, I may not be able to stand it.

While I thought so, again, it was me who started getting ready for the shield, but I didn't think I was going to make it, suck, and I saw the way the woman came out.

Then, unexpectedly, the woman's movements have stopped...

"... you, that, the body, are..."

I've been asking.

Body?

As I stretched out my magic and attention, but observed if something had happened to my body, apparently the robe had been burned by an earlier flame, causing most of the body of the corpse ghost Shiki to burst out.

It seems the woman is surprised to see it corroded or the meat is so big that if you look at it this way it is obviously human apart.

Well, maybe it's natural.

Because there are no creatures other than demons.

"... is it bad? I didn't like it. I didn't."

Unless you're willing to let this woman get away with me, I'm gonna die here anyway.

That's what I said to let me say what I wanted to say.

But a woman will not be angry at my words like that, but rather, she lowers her hand, which was aimed at destroying me all.

Then,

"... even though it would be. But... I wonder how you got here, and that's what happened... Apparently, it was my mistake. Excuse me."

And I started apologizing, and then,

"... oh, your stuff has burned... what can I say instead, let me give you this. It's quite something, so I was wondering if it would be a loss."

I said, and she gave me the pitch-black robe she wore herself.

In addition,

"Last but not least, this room is an important place for me. I'm sure you understand the special nature of this place, but if you can, can't you just say no more about this room?

I started to say.

What I thought to that word was two questions: the relief that apparently she didn't have to die a second time, and the fact that this woman knew this place well, but didn't say anything else.

In the first place, even if you are not an adventurer, if you find an untouched area of the labyrinth or something, it is a piece of property.

Normally, it's something to report...

"How dare you?

"Yeah, that's what's going to happen...... I guess I won't be able to get in here without you. You must have come through the Transition Magic Regiment, right? I can't get through that without you nearby."

And say.

A woman who says things she's not sure about from next to next, but the problem would be that this woman's prowess is far from mine.

Obviously this one is better than the silver Lorraine.

I could easily imagine that if I answered wrong, I would die.

But it's my dream to sooner or later improve my ranks in the Adventurers' Union (Alliance).

Originally, Loris's right to report this untouched area is back in my hands because he earned enough money to pay off his debts with Demon Stone.

And now that I've managed to get close to being able to argue with humans for once, I thought I could do enough to sneak up on people to report in Adventurers' Union (Guild) at times when there are few.

That way, my Achievement in the Adventurers Union (Alliance) will rise and I will be one step closer to my goal, the Divine Silver (Mithril) Class.

That's what I thought.

And yet, don't report it...

Don't get me so worked up. You understand how I feel, woman,

"... but I know you can't come this far and go home with your bare hands. If you're an adventurer, you're always looking for results. What can I say instead, but this way, please? I'm sure it'll help. How about that?

"This is..."

It was parchment that didn't say anything old.

But the woman says.

"This is the map of Acacia, a demonic prop that maps the space of the labyrinth that the owner broke through. It's initialized, so nothing is recorded right now, but I was wondering if it would be difficult for adventurers... How about that?

If that's true, you're certainly right.

Or it would be an amazing magic trick.

I don't even know what the hell the value would be if I put it up for sale.

but it's a story if that's true.

There must be such a dreamy tool......

"If it's true, will you do me a favor?

That's what women have been asking, so I snort.

Because if what a woman is saying is true, this will make it considerably easier to explore the labyrinth from now on.

"If so, pour out your magic..."

Do as you are told......

"... wow"

If you look at it, the parchment that didn't say anything earlier did contain a fine map of this "Labyrinth of the Water Moon".