Feeling around the mana pool… I sense something different inside.
The mana flows around the room, but one part opposes it.
There’s an outward flow of mana.
Zuun zuun zuun
Following the flow…
It leads to a certain room.
Oh.
This presence.
I sense a familiar presence.
Probably… Virgo…
The presence of Thunder Sword Virgo.
Perhaps…
I might have found it.
Virgo’s whereabouts.
I turn my head while keeping my hand on the wall.
「Ado, En-san, Aisha! Over here! Come here!」
When I shout.
Sasa sasa sasa
Everyone gathers.
「What’s the matter deshu ka~?」
「What?」
「Tokukawa, what’s going on?」
Jii~
Jii~
Jii~
Everyone stares at me in wonder.
That’s only natural.
The place I’m at is just an ordinary place.
It’s no different from any other place in the huge tree.
Because I have found something hidden, doesn’t mean I have discovered something.
From an objective point of view, I’m just thrusting my hand into sap.
Perhaps they think that I’m just playing or that my hand is stuck in the wall.
But, it’s actually different.
「I might have found Virgo’s whereabouts」
「I, is that the truth, Tokukawa!」
「As expected of lord」
「Deshudeshu~」
Aisha gets excited.
Chiko and En-san nod fumufumu.
Perhaps they take it for granted.
「Yes. I felt around the flow of sap, discovered a mana pool and found a questionable mana flow. I will convey the place I found to En-san with magical power. Virgo seems to be there. I want En-san to make sure. The place is…」
「Nu, understood. I will check right away」
Peta
En-san touches the wall and closes his eyes.
He’s looking for presences.
Several seconds later.
「Nu. Oh, this is…… fumu, there’s no mistake. It’s that fellow. Virgo」
As expected… I was right.
That presence was Virgo’s.
「But, it’s strange」
「?」
「What deshu ka?」
「The room that fellow is in, I can detect the location, but there’s no path leading there」
I didn’t expect that.
I only followed the flow of mana.
Zuun zuun zuun
I try probing the mana around Virgo, but…
It’s true…
Certainly, there doesn’t seem to be a path.
Rather, I don’t feel anything in the vicinity, just mana.
It feels like there’s just a blank dark space filled with mana.
A strange space.
「As En-san said, there’s nothing around」
「What does that mean…」
「Nu, no idea」
「Deshu ne~ Mystery deshu」
「A pathless room… It sounds like the rumors about the huge trees」
Aisha murmurs.
She might have remembered something.
I’m interested.
「Aisha, what rumor?」
「Yes, it’s just a simple rumor. The rumor states that there are many mysterious rooms in the huge trees. When you enter the room, you will be shown some projection, and you may even receive a present」
Ah.
Which reminds me, Aisha spoke about this before.
tte.
Oi, oi.
Wait, wait.
I have a memory of such room.
At night, I was brought to such room by Pink Usagi-san, and projection was shown to me.
Perhaps.
Is Virgo perhaps in the same room?
「But, if you know the place, couldn’t we just destroy the walls and go?」
「Nu, that might be difficult」
「Deshu? Why deshu?」
「I feel the presence, but I don’t feel anything around. Unlike when magic blocks the way, I feel like there’s no space in the first place. It may be just that the substance is different, but」
「Then… It may be difficult even for En-san to destroy it?」
「Unu. It’s worth trying, but…」
「Deshu ne~ Ado will punch too~」
Ado sticks her hand out in the air and starts shadow boxing.
She’s full of vigor.
The air「Shu」「Shu」sway with Ado’s punches.
「It’s decided then. Why don’t we go to the place closest to the presence first?」