Year 7444, Month 5, Day 28
While looking at the remains of the crystal ball that crumbled and scattered I contemplated for a short period before trying to use {Anti-Magic Field} as if I remembered it. On both my head and Miduchi's head the blue spell light continued to shine.
"Well, that is, how do I put it, it's weird for me to say but sorry about that."
I showed my hand with the light still on it while saying.
"..It's fine. Since I'm still alive like this..and I understand the madams feelings as well. She wasn't able to tell us about it in detail but she reincarnated in an era 1,300 years ago...Soon after getting married and having a child an army from a foreign country invaded and I'm sure she lost her family them...After that I don't know what happened..She lived for several hundred years and even made it to a {Demi-God}...And then another countless hundreds of year. It was at that time that I was born right near her, at first she might have just felt like confirming a bit but after peeking inside of my memories you were there. I'm sure, it was nostalgic, and a variety of emotions suddenly overflowed as she indulged in and looked through everything."
That's true but the one who was the direct victim of it was you right...
"It's not like I have the experience of living a life like that so it's not like I'd really know but...But, I think that surely that's the case. Like it's not unreasonable, and can't be helped. If she saw all of my memories then she should have been able to imagine that you reincarnated as well. I think that it was quite difficult."
That is~ not a hard amount of time and work to imagine. And, after spending several years she finally found me I'm sure.
".."
".."
"Thanks for thinking like that."
"No.."
Miduchi looked downwards. She might be saying that but I'm sure her feelings are a mess.
I have no right to say anything more though. Even if it wasn't my intention it's a partner I was separated from 16 years ago. Furthermore, 1,300 years have passed for Miki, honestly speaking I'm just happy she still remembered and cared about me.
"By the way, Miki..Is Lilus a proper King?"
It's nothing I particularly need to ask about right now but I wanted to change the topic.
"It's my first time seeing her majesty's face. According to the stories I've heard the last time the elders..the elders are like the ministers of Lail Kingdom but the last time they met her was far in the past as well. I've even heard that the current elders haven't directly met her."
So she wasn't. No, I guess it's not a problem if the country is still properly being managed even like that.
"Hmn..Let me hear some stories about Lail Kingdom. I'll tell you all of the things I know about Rombert Kingdom as well.."
.............
I think we probably continued talking for another 2-3 hours. Our stomachs finally started growling so we decided to return to the surface. I guess it's just after noon right now? I'm sure everyone is worried.
"You're, returning to your country right? Around how far away is it? When do you think you'll be able to return?"
"Erurehei..Mount Kinru is 1000Km away from here, so it's not that much. But it's still considerably far. I think if the trip on a horse is favorable then it takes around 4 weeks? There's quite a few mountain paths after all."
It's quite far. since I was suddenly curious about it I tried asking midway through the conversation.
"Do you have a horse? If you don't the"It's alright. I have a horse. I've left it in the care of my inn right now. I'll dispose of the magic stone I received when I return to my country..retire from my job..confirm the condition of my brother, and if everything is good I would like to return right away but.."
"Do you feel bad for your older brother? Seeing Miki, no the King..and she was going to die wasn't it.."
"I think I would like to return as fast as possible but.."
Miduchi said with a slightly serious face and depressed voice.
"I'll still be here in Baldukk for the time being. We might not even be able to reach this floor in a year or so..not that I know what floor it is though."
".."
"That's why, don't worry about it. It would be good if your older brother gets better."
"..Yes..But, even though we finally met again..be..because of my circumstances.."
Don't make a face like that.
"It's fine. Rather than me right now worry about yor brother..Alright! Let's go!"
I stood up cheerfully to try and remove the slightly depressing atmosphere and stretched my hand out to Miduchi. Miduchi's hand was hard from the sword callouses.
............
"Return us."
How many times we have teleported up until just now again? One..Two..Three...
"Nn..Since when was Unit Organization cut? Isn't that strange?"
Since we were dazed out in the process of repeating teleportation to the upper floors I didn't notice it.
"Huh? Come to think of it.."
By the time we realized the effect of Miduchi's Unit Organization had been cut off.
I guess because Miduchi was spacing out?
"Well, it's fine since we're leaving already though."
"Wa, Yes..But, that..I'll use it once more."
"Nn, we'll it's fine. Let's go, "Return us.""
I think we probably teleported one floor higher. I can recognize this room. I guess that means the teleport room we were just in was the 7th floor?
"This is..I've come here several times. It's the teleport room on the 6th floor..If we teleport using rod then we should be on the 5th floor next."
"..In, other words, I guess that means we fell down to the 14th floor?"
"Probably. If I felt like it I still have the map so I'm sure I could get there again from the 3nd floor but..I'm already sick of mana exhaustion. Though it might not drain your mana if you teleport from the 13th floor. That place is.."
Even if all our members carry enough food and jump in from the {warp hole} in the bottom of the pitfall, I'm sure it would just be the start of an orgy. Putting aside the other guys there's no way I could make Zenom and Ralpha do that. They might end up killing themselves.
"In any case, let's return to the surface right and get something to eat. I'll introduce you to everyone."
Miduchi hung her head down for a bit before opening her mouth.
"..No, let's split up here. I'll rest here for a bit to kill some time and then return to the surface. I'll properly greet everyone once again when I return. Early tomorrow morning I'll leave Baldukk from the road to the East."
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"I see, got it. In the worst case if it takes time for you to return and I'm no longer in Baldukk, my older sister is in the first knight group in the capital. Her name is Milhaia. Don't forget. Also, I said it before but I have a company in the capital. If you fight a patrol guard and ask them the location of Greed Company I'm sure they'll tell you where it is. Either way is fine so show this there and use my name and you can rely on them. If I end up leaving here then I'll tell both of them my destination before going. I'll go to the exit of the Eastern road tomorrow morning at dawn. At least let me see you off."
I said that and handed the Marquis Webdos's plate that I always had on me to Miduchi. The date it was issued (Year 7442, Month 4, Day 13) and the Marquis's signature is carved into it. And I gave her my name with the chipped blade. I'm sure the people of Bakuddo know that knife belonged to me. It's not particularly high quality but in the past, it's the name I've been using since before I cut off my own appendix.
After watching her preciously put those away in her bag, we kissed lightly once more and I teleported myself.
..So this is the sensation of Unit Organization across floors huh...It's true that the direction and distance suddenly become vague and you can't tell anything but that you're in the same sort of structure.
............
The time was around 4pm when I left the dungeon. When the guard of the tax official Church-san recognized me he was openly surprised, and I'm sure it was intentional, he raised a loud voice.
"Isn't that Greed-san from the {Slaughterers}! So you were alright!"
Uwa, what's with that publicity?
"Eh? Didn't he die?"
"I heard he was killed by a monster."
"Aaah!! It's true!"
"The path, open up the path!!"
"Isn't he doing fine? Who was it, the guy who said he was heavily injured."
"Master!"
"Shit..He isn't dead after all!"
"{Slaughterers}! Amazing~!"
"We can hold out hope as well right!"
"Hey, what in the world is going on here!?"
Since it wasn't a time when there was a lot of people around it was that much of an uproar but I was surrounded by a reasonable number of people.
"Greed-san, your allies returned early this morning. Everyone, left me a message saying if you return to please come to the inn right away. It seems like it was quite difficult."
I guess this person extended his shift past noon just to tell me that?
"Church-san, thank you very much. I'll immediately return to my inn."
I replied while grasping the hand he stretched out to me and politely lowered my head. After raising my head again I saluted him and turned around to start walking the road to the inn. The crowd surrounding me opened up the path.
Zulu and Giberuti were standing at the end of the opened path. Since the path finally opened up they came running to my side.
""Master!""
"It seems I worried you two. Sorry about that. Is everyone safe? Zulu, is your injury already fine?"
I look down at the two kneeling before me while saying.
"Yes, everyone..is safe. It seems that I was healed by Koloil-sama and Ral. I'm already fine."
I don't know if he's overcome with emotion but Zulu said that while choked up. However, you, really can't be called alright. Since Bel only just learned {Cure Serious} it should take her quite a bit of time to activate it. I'm sure they just covered it up by overlapping {Cure Light} right. Even your HP is only at 92.
"Here.."
I crouched down to Zulu and used {Cure All} on him. Since healing magic had already been used on him his HP recovered to full.
"I'm hungry. Let's go."
I said that and smiled at the two of them.
Zulu made a face like he was greatly relieved and Giberuti was considerably pleased.
On the way back to the inn I asked the two of them what happened after that. I bought four pork skewers from a stall and I'm putting the meat and fat filled with nourishment into my stomach.
"After master fell into the trap, I ended up taking a powerful hit and was knocked out."
Zulu said apologetically. Then, I wonder how they defeated that Franken? Though in the end I managed to use the spell {Cure All} on Toris at the limit, Toris should have had bone fractures in both his arm and his leg. For a while, at least for half a day he shouldn't have been able to decently move from the pain. Did Gwine finish it off? Or did Bel shoot it with arrows through the door? Thinking that I tried asking Giberuti. Since he was outside of the bars he should have calmly seen it.
"After master fell into the hole Zulu-sam was knocked unconscious. Since Kalstalan-sama had been badly injured he couldn't properly move and there was no effect from magic. Since it was suspicious whether throwing the axe or our remaining weapons were having any effect it was only Koloil-sama's bow. We weren't able to do anything but cheer on Gwine. However, there, Kalstalan-sama let out a war cry of "ooo!!" after picking up master's short spear that was on the ground and attacked the {Flesh Golem} together with Gwine!"
So this guy has talent as an actor as well. He reported it to me one bit at a time with quite a bit of presence and feeling. Quite an amusing fellow. However, of all things. Though in the end I had used healing magic on him, he still should have had a fractured arm and leg. I'm amazed he was able to move even through that pain. Toris's willpower is quite something.
"I guess the {Flesh Golem} was already considerably weakened. When the thrusts from both of them stabbed through back and front and it stopped moving just like that. After that, Kalstalan-sama seemed out of energy because of the pain and couldn't properly move. Zulu still had no consciousness. Gwine stabbed into the golem like crazy and Koloil-sama kept shooting arrows into it half in a rage as well until the bars finally raised up."
So that's how it was?
"Koloil-sama and Ral quickly used healing magic on Zulu-sama to heal him but Zulu-sama didn't regain conscious and stayed just like that."
Fu~mu. Since Zulu was hit twice by it and had suffered major injuries multiple times, I'm sure they weren't able to completely heal him. Though even if they did heal him it's not related to regaining consciousness.
"After that, under the leadership of Zenom-san we gathered rope to try and rescue master. The first one to volunteer among the light women was Maruso so we tied the rope around her waist and lowered her into the pitfall to explore it but..that is..."
Giberuti turned red a bit embarrassed. Waha~n.
"I was unconscious so I didn't see it but it seems that Maruso started acting strange. I heard that Larry soothed her."
Zulu replied instead. It's a safe way of putting it but I can imagine. I'm sure that everyone was able to imagine I was in a pretty bad state after running out of mana as well.
"Giberuti, thanks for your work. Well just think of it as a side benefit."
I grin while saying that and Giberuti was a bit embarrassed but grinned a bit as well.
Due to symptoms of mana exhaustion things turned into an uproar after Angela entered the hole. They quickly pulled her back up but it seems that Giberuti was made to be her partner in a corner of the room. I tease Giberuti who as making a face like he wasn't unsatisfied with it and what was really surprising is they didn't relate that pitfall to running out of mana so they tied to rescue me once more. Though I say that everyone was in a hurry since I had fell into the hole at that time, and there were injured people as well. It would be stranger for them to realize it right away.
"When I was, that is, soothing Maruso they decided on the next person. Gwine the one with the smallest build and weight volunteered but in the worst case if there were any monsters in the hole she wouldn't be able to use her spear so Ral volunteered, and in the end Zenom-san acknowledged that."
After that according to Giberuti's story it seems that Bel volunteered as well. However, Ral used a mysterious logic that she should be lighter because of the difference breast size and forcibly got everyone to agree but after they lowered Ralpha into the pitfall the moment they started hearing a suspicious voice they gave up on rescuing me from the pitfall. After everyone carefully pulled Ralpha back up, Zenom knocked Ralpha unconscious and they tied her up.
After that they waited for Zulu to regain consciousness (it seems it took around 5-6 hours) while waiting for Ralpha and Angela who fell asleep to wake up as well, they carried Toris who couldn't move to the teleport room on the 3rd floor and since it couldn't be helped escaped the dungeon just like that.
"Of course we took the magic stone from the {Flesh Golem}. Right now Zenom-san is holding on to it."
"I see, I caused quite a bit of trouble for you all."
"No, it wasn't much at all for me.."
Giberuti said shyly. I guess that's true. It seems they were finally able to return to the surface at 4 am this morning. After that in two hour shifts they waited for my return. First it was Zenom and Gwine. Next it was Bel and Giberuti. After that was Ralpha and Angela. And after Toris and Zulu, Zulu kept remaining and Angela and Giberuti kept shifting places while waiting it seems.
...............
Along the way, we stopped by "Shuni" where the slaves are staying and picked up Angela. When I called out to Angela who was doing maintenance on her leather armor in her room and she showed a smile I've never seen before as she kneeled before me. I thought she would start shaking her tail but there wasn't even a sign of that, after seeing her tail that didn't move an inc and I thought, "I see it was a meaningless return".
However, I was happy that Angela seemed overjoyed by my return. I thought, so she really had this much emotion and,
"Sorry I caused you to worry."
I said that,
"No, I thought it was pointless to worry when it comes to master. However..however, I'm glad you returned safely.."
and seeing her crumbling expression I felt a bit apologetic.
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