"It's Nord Nordis! That's Evvia Nodis' brother! I'm the devil who was beaten by you, chastised by your sister, sighed by your father, and offered a job by your mother!
The man at the end of the holo-display projected from the magic stone certainly looked familiar.
But I couldn't quite recall his name.
I dug out my memory and was able to pull out the information that he was the foreman's brother, but I couldn't find his name due to the fact that I've been working with a lot of strong characters lately.
I'm wondering how he would respond to the situation where I don't know his name, and I'm wondering how he'd react if I went ahead with the conversation, but it's going to be troublesome later on.
So I asked him frankly, but he easily lost his patience.
I heard a snapping sound and then in one breath, he yelled at me.
You know what I've been through while you've been stuck in this mess! I was told by my sister that I would have to beat my guts back, and the hellish days of being thrown into the infantry training that even a family that produces knights would be hesitant to enter, and therefore thrown in with a recommendation! Your bosses will attack you with exquisite senses on the brink of overwork and death, days of training where you have to cultivate a sense of solidarity so that you don't know when the hole in the back will be dug! Those days when you almost fall in love with a man! If only you'd let me have done that to you, I wouldn't have done that to you! Ughhhhh you know what? I had a crush on a man, and that's how I feel!
Do you understand?
"Separate my feelings!
Don't be absurd.
I don't want to be asked for my consent, even though I don't know.
And you make it sound like I'm the cause, but isn't it my relatives who got me into the training and not me?
Specifically, your mother .
The rest is your fault for being lazy and not working out.
But still, where did the manual response from the first screen disappear?
You yelled at him, you cried, you cried, you cried, you screamed with tears in your eyes and you were just too busy.
"Shit! Oh, you don't know that! You'll never understand what it feels like to have one foot in a man's love life!
I don't even know.
"I didn't want to know either! You have no idea how desperate I felt when I found out that my buddy from training had a fiancée and was actually seriously in love with me! Have you ever survived a training session and thought that you had gained an unbreakable friendship and introduced it to your father as a friend, only to be invited home as a trap? Do you know how I felt when I was looking forward to being invited to the house of someone I thought was a good friend, after the training was over, and a man asked me to get engaged! In addition, the man's fiancé, who should be stopped, was moved to tears by the man's fiancé, who convinced him to call it true love, and convinced him to join his relatives in congratulating him and his relatives, you know how I feel! I almost got swept away for a second!
Did you almost get swept away?
It's kind of a strange storyline that has started, but should it stop here?
In my experience, when you're letting these emotions get the best of you, you let them all come out first.
I have some time to spare, so I'll just let it out, and not because I'm interested in what happens next, right?
It's not because I agreed with Himiku's curious listening.
It's not because I was intrigued by the fact that Mr. Gray and Ms. Meitte sometimes blurted out, "Don't listen to me.
You know what I did after I stood my ground! The moment I refused, people around me would say terrible things about me! You've forgotten what it was like to pledge your love to each other! I don't have any memory of that! That's a first! I've been told that! It was sad! I was told by what I thought was my best friend! I got away as fast as I could! The other side was one of the best trainees, but we managed to get away with it!
"Oh, dude, that's awesome.
The story is about a man on the brink of ending up as a man or being reborn as a new man, but he seems to have trained well behind the scenes.
A man who was relying on his tools at that time managed to get away from the top performer, even if he was a trainee.
That's frankly impressive.
But from what I've heard, is it fair to say that your folks are understanding of your former best friend? I'm not sure if it's the right word.
The more I hear about it, the more I suspect that the family has always had that kind of taste.
Even if it's not my fault, I'm beginning to feel sorry for you.
I was going to go home and retire to my room when father pulled me out! I'm going to stay indoors and fight with your father for an hour, and he'll catch up with me in an hour! I used a transference spell to spend all my money and he ran to catch up with me! The line about this being the power of love gave me goosebumps! What the hell was that guy! What strength! I fought my father to stop him from bursting in! My father was a general once! What a nightmare to be even with your father, even though he's retired and moved backwards! If my sister hadn't come back, I would have married her! I don't want to scream for love like that! And how sturdy do you think you are, even if your sister knocked you off your feet, you're still alive? That orc!
Yeah, I'll be careful with orcs from now on too.
So the expected rookie of the army is a monster.
I'll check later.
Just in case it happens, I need to know what to do.
But the natural enemy of women is often portrayed as a natural enemy of men as well....... The other world is very deep.
I'm sure you'll be able to find out what's going on.
"Hahahahahahahahahahahaha, you see. I've been through a lot.
Well, that must have been tough.
I truly feel sorry for the Nord, who is screaming out his story and breathing on his shoulder.
The fact that he is living and fighting with his supervisor has more impact on me than his personal story.
To be honest, I'm curious to know how he ended up on the screen, but I have to tell you the story on my own.
And then? What do you look like that caused you to be beaten to hell?
"I don't exactly have any use for you, but can you get in touch with your supervisor?
"To my sister? Tell me what you want. Or I can't send you a message on my own authority.
As expected, I let him get it out, and his head came around and he listened to me calmly.
The sarcasm has been pushed to the fore, but they've been able to get to the point.
Although the words of his words are laughable, his response is just like a manual of bureaucratic work.
It's an appropriate response, so it's okay to say it honestly.
"I picked up an angel, what should I do?
"What? What do you mean? You have got to stop fooling around. You're in a dungeon town west of the continent of Anatalis. There's no such thing as an angel in that place.
If you don't believe me, show him," the Nord exclaimed exultantly as he redirected the bead of communication to show Himikku.
It's actually a fallen angel, but is this not a reason to contact the supervisor?
And six feathers. They're a legend. You're hallucinating now, aren't you?
"I don't know if I'd use a military contact network to do that kind of thing in my spare time.
I deny the words with a sigh when the Nord still doubts me after showing me the real thing.
If you confirm the Nord's story, it's like calling 911 for a prank.
There's no way I'd do such a thing in my free time.
"Surely, if that's the case, you picked up a hell of a thing?
That's why you're contacting me. I've got other details to report, so you need to take the necessary steps quickly.
"Wow, okay. Just give me a rundown. Tell me what happened.
"Aiyo.
I started out using honorifics, but the impact that followed completely shattered my tone.
But despite his tone, he manages to get the point across in a straightforward manner.
If that's true, that's important.
"You can provide physical evidence (hymic)?
The story of how to enter the dungeon is skipped, and just by telling the story of how you got here after entering and meeting Himik, the Nord has become unthinkably serious from his initial attitude.
The tone was suspicious, so I tried to show him the evidence again, but he shook his head, saying it was unnecessary and wanted to proceed.
As expected of a supervisor's brother, the specs were properly high.
He's a bit of a treasure trove of information because he throws everything he can at it in order to be lazy, but he seems to be quick to act when he decides to do something.
I'm not so incompetent as to come in here and doubt you. I'll get my sister on the phone.
"Huh? Hey, I can't hear you.
Do-ta-t-today-ck!
Just when you think you're finally going to solve the problem, the image starts to get messy.
"Guildmaster, is there a malfunction?
"Oh, no, it can't be.
Didn't you spill water on this gem the other day, Master?
"It shouldn't break like that!
The picture and sound on the other side are interrupted as if the TV had a radio interference.
And in the end
"I'm out.
Nothing appears beyond the image, just a light green plate of magic.
The magic has been flowing since a while ago, but it doesn't seem to be returning at all.
Lord, a ward has been set up around the city, what do we do now? Shall we shatter it?
So, stop getting into that fancy idea of "Nyanto! Warding! What?
I'm sure you've been wondering if it's broken, but in order to fix it, you can't dare to chop 45 degrees diagonally, and you're wondering what to do, and then Himikku suddenly proceeded to talk to you about the matter.
You'll be able to get a good idea of what's going on, but you'll need to be able to find out what's going on.
It's really! You're setting off the warding!
The sky seen from the window is covered with light that is somewhat like a mesh.
A new state is given to the scene that was only the night sky, a scene that looks fantastic, but it seems that this is not the time to enjoy it.
The reason why the communication pearl can't be used is because of this blockage ward.
Mr. Might, Mr. Gray, what's this all about?
The barrier, or blockade, was originally intended as a last line of defense to keep the monsters that flooded the dungeon from leaving the town when the dungeon got out of control. It's a ward that serves as a prison, not to protect them from the outside world, but to prevent them from getting out.
"Hmm, I'm going to go this far to find this guy.
I'll be able to see the nature of the wards that were put in place, and Mr. Gray will be able to figure out why they were put in place.
It seems that the enemy wants to keep Himikku from leaving the house even after taking such great care of him.
So...
I understand the effect of the warding, from Mytt's explanation.
And I have a good idea of what happens next.
We'll be searching the whole city blindly.
Closed space and then manpower roller operations.
Do you want to move the personnel inside the dungeon or do you want to deploy a reserve force?
Do they act when they determine that there is no Himikku in the dungeon, or do they act after sealing the dungeon as soon as possible?
Either way, whoever is in a position to create this situation has deliberately created a confined space and narrowed the scope of the search, with no end in sight.
Guildmaster.
"What's that?
"How long do these wards last?
I don't know all the details, but the great wards that are being generated by the veins of this continent are not something that can be cut for a week or so. It's not something that can be cut in a week or so, that's for sure.
The energy is powered and not battery powered.
I thought about hiding out where I could hide and trying to run out of time (energy) to resolve the issue peacefully, but it's not looking good.
Then it's not good for me to do nothing at this point.
What's the best way to get out?
Only a lord can activate this warding. Of course, only the lord or his deputy can lift it.
So the simplest way to get out of town would be to break the wards.
The chances of getting out by proper means are low.
Then, the number of methods is limited even if you examine the methods with low to high probability.
Among them, let's look at the methods that have high probability and are practicable.
Then it's my turn.
Naturally, Himik, the one with the most firepower at the moment, will appear.
By the way, those wards get destroyed, don't they?
Of course.
"What's the price for that, by the way?
The information about this clunky angel, which is already in a pattern of communication with this clunky angel, is firmly hammered into my head to produce something to do.
I'm going to have to use a certain amount of strength to penetrate that kind of intensity. So I'll only use a little bit of force to obliterate the vein of ground I'm using in the wards.
Yeah, I knew it.
I'm beginning to see this is how Hymiku's power works.
Stop! The vein here has affected the harvest of the surrounding farming communities. If that happens, the veins of the earth will be disrupted and the crop failure will continue!
Yeah. So I guess that means you're a last resort.
Mmm.
And while I don't know how far the damage will go, at least it's not a laughing matter as far as this guildmaster is concerned.
Himikku is our only option for now.
"Now then, it's time to see what we're going to do, hmm?
As I'm trying to make more and more choices, my eyes catch a glimpse of the scene outside the window.
And then something else catches my attention at the edge of the scene.
Hey, guildmaster. Is that a counter-dungeon device too?
Meow? The only countermeasures for a dungeon runaway are military soldiers and wards, what the hell are you talking about, meow!
Apparently it's something so shocking that you can witness the moment when the cat's hair stands up.
It looks like it's just slowly rising now, but if I'm not mistaken, that's the right robot.
More specifically, it's a rugged, intimidating looking robot that looks like something a villain would ride.
If you're going to fight an angel, it's the right one picturally.
"Do you need a robot that big to take on an angel?
A gigantic golem, disproportionately large for use in a confined space, was now about to emerge before our eyes.
Word of the Day
There are times when you need to move ahead of your supervisor's instructions.