Senpensekai no Madoushoshi

The next morning. Time for the city to wake up.

I was once again stepping into the basement of the royal castle.

Stone floors and walls. The ceiling is wide, with little pressure. I looked around again this time, but it's still a beauty that doesn't make me feel like a thousand years. Not even one of the mosses grows is arguably an anomaly.

Temperatures remain low. That's enough to make the exhaling breath a little whiter. But we are taking advantage of the last reflection to take good care of the cold.

I've worn more than one piece inside, and I've been outfitted with just two layers of Sarah handmade yarn pants, the strongest protective equipment.

It is no exaggeration to say that Mr Iries today is a fortress of unparalleled strength against the cold.

"The lead is Toslin to Carol. Eichel and Ritzereich get behind it. Me and Rosa are gonna go at the rear of the line and defend the Iris."

"Aaahhh."

"That's pretty much the same as last time. Oh, I wonder if the monster will come out soon. You've been nagging since yesterday because you wanted to cut it off."

"Wow, a serious brain muscle statement in an elf"

"I'll try it out with you."

What Toslin is holding is his favorite sword that Ritzereich has fixed. They showed me yesterday, but the torso that was in two was so beautiful that I had no idea where it was broken. There is a gem fitted in the stone-piercing part of the pattern, and Ritzereich says that would hit the liver of this modification. You didn't tell me what it was for.

"This will be my first time working with you guys, but I will try not to pull my legs, thank you"

It was Lady Eichelle who said that a little nervously.

She wears a breast plate like Rosé used to use from the top of her usual men's clothing. There are two skinny swords on the hips. It is lowered one bottle at a time to the left and right.

"I've fought with him several times before I came to the king's capital."

Ritzereich is with us all the time. If you stay dressed as a lady and fight as you can see, you will beat up your enemies using the exorcism shell.

"Looking at your outfit, it just looks like the kid who came to the picnic got lost in the dungeon."

Laplice has me over Gortmund's head this time. To stay a little high and have your surroundings lit up.

Goltmund's back is loaded with food and water for seven, and what more is needed to explore. I could die of crushing at my leisure. But even with that amount of luggage, Gortmund's footsteps are light in themselves.

And beside it, I walk with Unigurumi.

Illuminate overhead with the light of Laplice and illuminate your feet with the light of Uniguru.

I don't need a pine light or lantern to reduce the amount of luggage for that matter, and more importantly, Carol has given me a very good reputation for not smelling oil.

……

……

And behind you, Mr. Rosé and Saluena walk side by side.

I feel like I'm getting a very painful air without a heart, but it's definitely my fault. So I don't care to move on.

"... that? Wait a minute?

Would you have walked about five minutes from the entrance? Carol, who walks in the lead, raised her hand and stopped us.

"Pheniko. Can you lighten up a little bit?

When Carol says that, Phoenix in the little birdy state that was swirling overhead - the Phoenix flies sweeply as she rattles Piyo Piyo.

"Hey, Rose. When we got here last time, the first road was turning right, right?

"Yeah, yes. Right."

Mr. Rose nods the map with one hand.

"... that? But there's nowhere to turn to the right on this road?

Darkness is pushed away by the Phoenix, and vision is widened.

Then surely Toslin was right, there was no right corner ahead of him.

"Right? That's crazy, isn't it? I don't even think there was a teleport trap along the way, and you can still see the entrance behind you in the first place."

Carol's eyes have the characteristic that even over the curtains of light and darkness he can see quite a bit further. I don't see the entrance at all anymore, but if she says so, she does.

"It won't mean the entrance wasn't the same as last time."

"Yes, there is one entrance connected to the dungeon from the castle, so I was wondering if I could make a mistake..."

To Saluena's words, Lady Eichel nods with an idea face.

"So what does it mean?"

"I don't know."

"I've never had a case like this before."

If Mr. Rosé revisits the map again and again, he will lose his neck.

Laplice abandoned thinking early, and Toslin followed suit.

"What about your expert opinion, Carotelle?"

"Mm-hmm. I don't know."

Asked by Ritzereich, Carol also shook her head lightly to the side.

"Well, but..."

But Carol goes on.

"The entrance is not wrong, the map is not wrong, and there is no such thing as a trap. But I even know you're seeing something different from the map, so that's enough."

Carol lowers her hand and begins walking again.

"Rose, you can put the map away now. Well, it's useless."

Carol proceeds with a snort of sung sung.

"Oh, what do you mean, Mr. Carol?"

We follow Carol. She replied without looking back when Mr. Rosé said so on our behalf.

"You know, the dungeon, the contents are changing. Probably all."

"To?"

It took us a few seconds to understand the meaning of the word correctly.