The picturesque rice cakes are delicious today

"Well, Tube Fox, I'm sorry, but I need you to show me the roots."

Then I explained everything to the tube fox, please.

Glassmaking flowers don't know where the poison is.So I don't know where to stretch the roots... so I decided to have the tube fox carry the roots and get them to the poison barrels.

The roots of the glass flowers are fluffy white with fine fibers like glass fibers combined to perturb the light.The tube fox carrying it is also pure white.

Those white and fluffy things dived into the gap on the ground.

In the meantime, I drew the nuts of the crystal lake and waited for the tube fox to return.

I'm sure you'll do well because it's about the tube fox, but I'm still worried about what I'm worried about.What if something happens?

... and after a long, short time.

Kon, the sound of a vigorous cry sounds.

The tube fox is back!

"Welcome home!"

When I reached out, the tube fox rushed over... into my sleeve, not on my hand. Tickling!

No, but be patient. The tube fox likes to dive into my sleeves and hems, so it's a little bit more patient than you've worked so hard for... no, it's still ticklish!

The tube fox casually walked through the sleeve, tickled my armpits fully with its fluffy tail, and then came out of the collar through the front of my chest... and then circled around my neck and came back again, and this time towards the opposite sleeve, where it tickled all over again... and finally came out from the bottom of my pants.Ugh, I won't hesitate...

"Hey, Corn. Something's coming out."

Eh?

But there was a change while the tube fox tickled me!

Laocles' destinations... Glassmaking flowers are quickly beginning to poison!

The inhaled poison gradually accumulates in a bud shaped like a round bottom flask.Then, if it accumulates to a certain extent, it will melt and spit out.

I drew a bucket before the poison was spit out, so the poison accumulated there.

"... this smells really bad."

"Well, maybe it contains the ingredients of the curse."

"Does the curse stink...?"

Poison, I don't know... "Poison!It looks like it's black, and it stinks like it's irritating or terrible.My head hurts when I smell this smell all the time.

I don't like it, so I quickly start drawing empty barrels.

Fortunately, the barrel was in a simple shape, and it didn't take that long to draw an empty barrel.Even if you don't think much about it, you can quickly draw it with the magic painting guidelines.

And I painted an empty bucket... and the poison went out! Good job!

Now I know I can help with the poison.Then we have to do it now!

"Hey, hey, Corn-san. You all right? You all right?You've been putting out nuts all along. "

"Yeah, it's okay."

Claire's going to be worried, so I'm going to start drawing again to properly respond to the appeal of "okay"... and treat the poison that's been spit out again.

Then the next cup disappears.All right, at this rate...

... just...

"... hey, what's up, Corn?"

"Ugh... I'm a little sick..."

... I'm so tired of extinguishing this poison...

From the third time, instead of emptying the bucket, I decided to turn the poison in the bucket into just water.And I also realized that it would take less effort.

However, it's quite... a lot of hard work.

Now I know why the spirits of this mountain haven't dealt with the poison for so long... Maybe they've dealt with it.However, the rate of natural purification was much slower, and even if you were purifying the poison at that slow rate, the poison would have been produced in time.

And if you want to treat the poison at a rate far higher than the rate of purification that should be done naturally, it is naturally against the natural order, and it takes a lot of effort, let alone a lot of magic to treat this poison... it's painful.

"Hey, Corn, it's time to rest."

"No, not yet... I can't help but rest here.I have to do something in time.... "

But I can't say crying. If we don't do our best here, Red Gard's people could be poisoned.You can't do that.I am the spirit of the forest. [M]We must protect that forest, the children of Red Gard who have been protecting it all along, and the people of Red Gard territory!

When I finished my sixth cup of poison, Laocles came next to me.

What the hell... Laocles lifted me up!

"Eh, wait a minute!"

"Go to sleep now. I can't watch."

That's what Laocles said and put me on the bird. Bury it in the feathers!

... by the way, the bird has been asleep for a long time.Since I'm asleep, even if I'm put on top of it, I'm still sleeping without noticing anything in particular.I'm feeling good...

"... the Spirit of the Mountain of Golda"

And Laocles calls to the flowers.The flowers slightly lifted their necks to respond to Laocles' call.

"I want you to rest a little.Then I wonder if you could give him a break.It's time for you and for Tokyo to rest. "

The flowers swayed a little lost, and then gently put leaves on me on the bird.... the duvet?

"Well, Laocles, I haven't."

You go to bed.

If I try to protest because I don't want to fall asleep until this time...

"Oh, Corn, what do you think we're doing here?"

There, Mr Crowe came with a smile.

Her smile, which laughs at me on the bird... is the smile of a party at night.

"If the poison is not disposed of in time, there are two ways to do so."

... hmm?

"One is how to speed up the disposal of poison.This is what you've done now. "

Uh... yeah. I'm sorry to leave you to the flowers, so I'm just helping.But this isn't enough at all...

"When this happens, let's take a second approach."

"Second?"

That's right.

Unfortunately, I can't handle the poison any faster, so I'm waiting for the announcement of Claire's "second" method.

... then Claire says with a friendly, somehow belligerent smile.

"The second is to extend the time limit.... you don't have to work hard at these times.You just need to get the other person in a bit of trouble.If you're confused and followed by the process, that should buy you about half a day. "

"What if I get in a bit of trouble...?"

"Yeah, well, one of the poison barrels leaked a little."

Eh?

That's... sure, when it comes to the other person's feelings, it's important.If my precious poison barrel breaks and leaks... there may be a safety issue!

"Poison is for fire, isn't it?Then it won't be a problem even if it leaks a little. "

"Well... as long as I don't touch it directly, I think it's okay."

"Yes, thank goodness. Then I'll just go and destroy one of the poison barrels."

Claire says so and walks away refreshed!

"No, you can't! Ah, wow, I can't move... Phoenix!Pipe fox! Please! "

I tried to stop Mr. Crowe in a hurry, but I was on a bird with a leafy duvet, so I had the phoenix and the tube fox come out in a hurry and ask them to stop Mr. Crowe.

"But, Corn-san, I don't think I can afford any more qualified time.When an intruder arrives and one of the poison barrels breaks and leaks, no one thinks, "Maybe the other barrels are already empty."Besides, I think it'll be a blind spot for Lian and Jin to get here safely.That's good, right? "

That's... that's true, maybe.

Lian and Jin are on their way right now.Anyway, Claire, apart from Lean, she's not a detective pro.It's just a little kid.

So, Lian... maybe someone will see you enter this mine.

In that sense, it may be effective for Claire to get violent and keep people's eyes on you...

"... but no."

I knew it was no good.

When I said so, the phoenix and the tube fox mercilessly followed Mr. Crowe.

"Hey, Claire, I agree with you about breaking a barrel and spilling poison.It certainly works.... but if Claire does that, she'll eventually suspect Red Gard of involvement. "

"Even if it was done by someone other than me... if anything, even if it was done by our Spirit Master, I would try to sin against Red Gard."

"Still, it's not like there's a visible target or not.There's no need for Claire to stand in the air. "

I know what Mr Crowe is saying.

One of the barrels is broken and the contents leak, which is quite an accident, and if there is such an accident, the work of carrying out the poison will be temporarily interrupted.

But... if that's all, Claire will eventually be found.It's impossible to say that there are no guards on the boulder, and if Mr. Crowe goes a little and breaks the barrel, he will definitely notice the intruder's presence...

Crowe was surrounded by the phoenix and the tube fox and came to me as if he had given up.The tube fox is satisfied with Mr. Claire's collar.Laocles' neck seems uncomfortable to wrap around, but Mr. Crowe's neck seems comfortable to wrap around.

"Already. Everyone's fluffy."

"Sorry, fluffy."

I don't know what a fluffy boy is, but I still disagree with Mr Crowe's diversion. [M]

So....

"All you have to do is sneak up.To make sure no one notices, I can say that "one barrel was twisted and leaking when I noticed it" is not just an accident but an artificial one.... for example, there was an earthquake earlier.I wonder if it's because of that. "

Just in time, there was an earthquake.Well, when the flowers stretched their roots, they shaken a little.It seems that this world is not very accustomed to earthquakes, so this kind of thing is really just right.

I mean... accident. It's best to say that the barrel was a little broken by the earthquake.

"Hey, Tube Fox, may I ask you for another job?"

So... we have Detective Crowe here, but he's got people who are so good at covert operations that we can't beat him.

"I want you to break one barrel a little.It's enough that the contents leak slowly. "

The tube fox snorted vigorously and dived into the hole.

... I think it's unexpected that this kind of thing comes out of the gap in the wall and breaks the barrel, not from the entrance to the cave.

"Ahh, after all, I missed the riot....."

Claire waited until the tip of the tube fox's tail disappeared into the gap and exhaled a little.

"It's been a long time since I thought I'd have fun."

"I'm sorry...."

Mr. Crowe looked at me as a child, and then, hey, he climbed up onto the bird, giggled and shook my forehead.

"Idiot. You'd be better off without the rough stuff."

Yeah, I guess so. As far as Crowe's expression is concerned, it seems a bit unfortunate...

"Well... it's been a while since I've been feeling a little violent."

Oh, I knew it. Does Mr. Crowe want to be violent? Yeah....

"I'm sorry, Mr. Corn. I'm much more aggressive than Laocles or Faye."

That's what I thought.

Even when I chased the King's Landlord in King's Landing, Mr. Crowe seemed to be having fun.... even though I've become a forest a lot, that doesn't mean that Mr. Crowe doesn't like the work of detectives anymore.

I think Mr. Crowe likes this kind of work.Besides, I don't think it's a bad thing, and it's not where I say it.Yeah. I don't think so, because Mr. Crowe has such a nice face.

Yeah. Just as Claire had better forests, Claire might need a job like this...

Then a little bit later, the pikon and the tube fox jumped out.

Ringing cheerfully, he climbs up onto the bird and comes back to me, quickly diving through the hem of my pants. Tickle! Tickle! Tickle!

... it seems to have worked as far as this tubular fox is concerned.As I dragged the tube fox out of my pants, held it back, and stroked it in my arms, I asked the flowers."Poison barrel, is there one leak in good condition?"

... and the flowers will stick to my forehead again. [M]The scenery flowing in quickly is a space lined with poison barrels.From the perspective of the people working there, the front row, the end of the line.

The barrel... was slightly distorted, and from there, something like a mineral powder or a thick liquid was melting and leaking.

The sticky liquid will take a little longer to spread.I haven't noticed the people working in the poison room yet.But I'm sure you'll find it somewhere.Anyway, this poison stinks so bad...

"Did it work?"

Yeah, maybe.

Thank you, and stroking the tube fox, the tube fox shakes its fluffy tail and vigorously squeaks.And now I'm slipping through the sleeves of my shirt.Do you like cylindrical gaps so much...

"Then rest a little. You can treat the poison slowly."

"Yeah, I guess I'll let you do that... but what if it's overflowing from the bucket..."

"... and a few more buckets and lids before you go to bed. I'll save it."

As Laocles tells me, I draw out some big buckets and stuff like that lid.

"Oh, yes, Mr. Corn.I'm sorry if I'm sleepy, but please give me a little jewelry.I want you to imitate the one on the wall. "

And as Mr. Crowe told me, I drew the stones that were stuck to the rock from the mother rock. [M]

... then, I feel a little relieved, or tired, and sadly, I'm getting a little sleepy.Sometimes the birds' feathers and the leaves of the flowers warm up and make me fall asleep...

"Um... well, then, good night."

"Oh, good night."

I'm sorry to have to keep an eye on Laocles, but I'll let him sleep now.So, as soon as you wake up, let's do our cleansing work...

I was allowed to sleep for about 2 hours.I fell asleep quite a bit and woke up feeling refreshed.

... and there were two big changes when it happened.

"Ah, Laocles! There's a corn!"

As soon as I woke up, I heard... the voice of Lian!

"Lian, we're here! Thank goodness!"

"Nh, thank you for coming."

Next to Lian, there was a gentle melting potato and a fire sperm round to sleep beside it.Apparently, the Fire Spirit picked Lian up and brought him here.

At the same time... I couldn't see Crowe.

Um, where's Claire?

"Hmm? They weren't here when I came..."

Looking at Laocles, anxious to hear Lian's words... Laocles scratched his cheek with a slightly awkward face.

"... 'It's going to be good in town'."

... yeah.

I see. Well, I'm, uh, Claire... I'm sure I have an idea, and I'm sure you'll do well, so I'm not worried...

Oh yeah, the jewelry I drew before I went to bed, the supplies for "coming well in town"? Finished...

"Corn, I've loaded your order there. Eat properly."

"Thank you, thank you."

The one Lian showed me pulling the hem of my shirt is a wrapper that the lion was carrying.Now, when I opened the package... what was there was the same as what I had just drawn.Crystal lake nuts!

All right, now we can cheer up the flowers!

... but...

"... may I have one too?"

"Just do it."

I'm kind of thirsty, too... no, the part that's not my throat is thirsty?Are you out of magic?Something like that... I decided to get a tree nut.After drinking the fruit juice, I'm feeling better, so I think this fruit is amazing.

Quickly, me and the flower resumed work on the cleansing of the poison.

At the same time, the birds, Lian and the moths went to the roots of the flowers, and cut the nuts and spread them to the roots of the flowers.

If I drink it very once, my stomach feels soft and stubborn, and it doesn't feel funny, so I'm adding or subtracting it to a certain extent.

The flowers grew stronger and stronger with plenty of nuts in them.

The petals are glowing and the speed of inhaling the poison has increased considerably.

... moths who know more about flowers told me when to give them tree nuts.The point is, they're telling us how much of a deep, sluggish pace we have... so we can replenish the flowers the best we can. Maybe.

At the same time, I'm also replenishing the magic with nuts, turning the poison into water.... when I got better, I was able to come back and enjoy painting, and I was able to work with water expression.

The way the surface of the water where the ripples were created in the bucket and the shadows that can be shadowed there are very pleasant motifs to draw.Like glass and mirror metal, shaking water is difficult to draw and fun.

... that's when it gets dark.

Me and the flowers continued to purify the poison, Laocles exchanged the poison bucket for an empty bucket, the birds and Lian gave the flowers and me tree nuts, the moths danced through the universe to encourage us, and the quiet but a little lively time passed, and the poison was steadily purified.

At the same time, me and the flowers were steadily exhausted and eroded by something like dry that couldn't heal even if the magic continued.

"Hey, Corn. I'm sorry about the complexion, but...."

"Yeah, it's okay."

Lian looks at me and is worried, but his feelings are enough.

I want to purify and cut the poison by about morning.Just a little bit of poison won't be used here...

... and...

"Ah... can you hear me?"

Huh?

Well, that's what Lian says, so I'll clear my ears too.

When I sharpened my senses other than my ears and concentrated... I realized that there were signs of people approaching.

"Claire?"

"Yeah... I'm not from the woods"

I don't know. Someone not from the woods is approaching us.

As we wait for signs while we are alert, we can gradually hear voices.

... the voice said, "It's true! There was a blue bird and a little unnatural little kid in here!Maybe it was the Spirit or something!Like, "Is it his fault?!"Like, "Whatever it is, we have to keep our mouths shut!You're making such a scene.

"... was I followed?"

Listening to her voice, Lian turns pale.

I'm sure you think it's your fault.

I want to say it's okay, but I know it's not a situation where I can say it, so I'll try to be quiet and hold Lian's hand to reassure her.

... in front of us like that.

"... what is Crowe doing, absolutely"

Laocles stood up with a sigh.Words that argue that Lian is not responsible for anything, strangely calm down and reassure us a little bit.

"Well, I'm not complaining about offering me the opportunity to be active."

Laocles grabs his sword and shield and proceeds to the entrance to the cave.

A sword that shines brightly. A large body wrapped in armor.

"This is my area of expertise."

... the most reliable knight stood behind us.