"... what can I do for you in such a hard place?

A weak-looking man with a bolt raised his voice a lot.

This would be the least popular of the construction abandonment areas. They originally planned to build this place as a disposal site for burning debris, but contrary to its design philosophy, there was more strange sobriety than elsewhere. It's spacious and there's no graffiti like anywhere else.

Even so, no one takes this place as a root castle.

It should be, too, this is a joint cemetery for those who live here, a morgue.

It was a place that managed to be managed only with the slightest remaining goodwill of the residents of the construction abandonment zone.

"Isn't that good? You're the caretaker here."

"You don't know there's a ghost out there, do you?

Tiana skipped her reprimand to a man who grumbled stupidity.

"A ghost is a kind of clean demon. It's not a mystery or anything. Or are you telling me you've seen it here before?

"Unless it's a place where magic swirls, no matter how horrible the graveyard is, there will be no ghosts. You don't know?

And when Kizna makes a point of nothing, the man nods with a pulled face like he's putting up with tongue-beating.

"That's not what I'm talking about, if you're gonna do a punitive imitation, don't do it."

"Oh that's the thing...... I won't, I swear."

The man Tiana and Kizna were with was a grave guard.

Even when it comes to tomb guards, the environment is not the same as a formal hacienda, etc. co-located in a temple somewhere. Graves are just crude loaded with trees and stones, too. The man received a small fee from the residents to help him bury him, chase away stray crows and wild dogs, and undertake the management of the body until the cremation was complete.

"Anyway, here's the grave of a dead child."

"... uh, just one?

At the end the man pointed, only a large stone about the height of the human hips was placed.

"I don't even know his name. Kids are supposed to put him in the same grave by collectively asking for" Purge Fire ".... Well, I think it's pathetic."

There was nothing I could do about it, and a man muttered in a voice to the extent that it reached his ear or not.

"Fire Purification" is the magic of burning corpses placed in iron coffins and turning them into bones only. If the body is buried in the soil as it is, the soil shall be soiled, and therefore the body shall be burned and boned. It's much more efficient to do it all in one go because you need both time and magic, but no one first says you don't mind putting it together with other bodies at a normal funeral. Because it's a funeral for every dead human, even with some money on it. If there is to be summed up, it is either when many human beings have died at once due to plagues, natural disasters, wars, etc., or when they are dead without a pickup.

"Some kids died recently, I haven't been able to" Purify Fire "yet... I don't like it."

"Save it."

Tiana threw the gold coin towards the man.

But the man, on the contrary, looked troubled.

"... I'm not a resident here. There's no reason for him to have it. When that happens, the others stop giving money here. I don't know about cooking or treating mesh, but I'm going to have to deal with all the corpses in a person who's been here forever. This is all I need to be spoiled."

"That's kind of intelligent, too."

"Unless you're going to grace me with gold coins every month or every year... you can't do it anyway. It's the mountains you get.... Steady, gold coins are good. It's not like a coin that shines."

The man threw it back at Tiana as he stroked the gold coin with regret.

Tiana thought he was a strange man with a mixture of integrity and cash.

Is that what a grave guard is?

"... I ask you one thing, was that dead kid a resident here?

"Oh, that's right. I don't even know the inhabitants here, but I can't believe I'm dying here... Is that it?

The man called and stopped talking.

"You were so strangely beautiful...?

"I was wondering if you could just let me know."

"Well, I don't mind... you're an adventurer or a bounty hunter, right? I don't know what you're doing, but don't be a thief."

"You can't do that!

When Tiana was angry with killing intentions, the man looked seriously like he was going to cry.

"Wow, I'm sorry. But there are some of them, and I have to tell you from the standpoint."

"Oh that's the thing...... I'm sorry I yelled at you."

"The body rests in a coffin, with ice, in the warehouse over there. Wait a minute, unlock it."

At the end the man pointed, there was a small shed loaded with bricks.

A coarse hut about the size of a charcoal-baked hut, surprisingly robust.

The door knob was secured with large chains and locks.

"... if you die, it doesn't change whether you're wealthy or poor."

Kizna nodded smaller as Tiana shrugged and whispered in a small voice.

Kizna glances at the cabin.

Kizna's ability to detect is high and clairvoyance is possible at close distances.

"... um, no doubt about it. The child's body is over there."

"I was wondering what I would do if I had a kid who got caught... but this kind of hunch probably hits me"

Tiana sighed heavily.

"So, what are we going to do?

"I'd like to give you two a break about the corpse."

"I don't like it either. It's a little unfair to leave it to Zem alone."

Zem said if the body was found, it would have to be quantified.

If the captured child is dead, we must see why and how he died. Beyond chasing people's culprits, you have to know irrevocably the circumstances of such victims, and most importantly, it's a clue to the culprit. Tiana is, of course, convinced that her muscles are through.

I do, but if I can actually do it, it's another story.

"... it's not fair that Nick and Karan aren't here."

"Well, well, well. Absolutely nasty, decided to eat and flirt with delicious food...... hmm?

Kizna puts her index finger up and urges Tiana to "be quiet".

"Chih-yah!

At that time, someone was jumping from behind.

I hold the sword. It's an arithmetic to wave the sword down with the landing.

Kizna twisted herself and pulled out her sword, turning to defense.

An ear barrier metal sound echoes.

It's an impending outfit.

Ice Spear!

Tiana fired a pile of ice at the mysterious thug.

But the man who immediately attacked me jumps back.

It's late, Tiana fucking laughed. It's a sure hit trajectory.

But the tyrant missed the pile of ice by trying to catch the tip of the sword.

"Become...!? Then..." Ice Column Dance "!

"Gu...... Dragonfly (Dumb) Sword!

Tiana flies countless ice columns.

The tyrant moved straight to the side in a motion that went unnoticed.

Not intact at all.

However, due to irregular and sharp gait, the distance is packed while minimizing damage.

"Gu..." Ice Shield "!

"The proximity is sweet!

Kizna broke in between when a thug sword tried to strike Tiana.

"Well, it was dangerous."

"You're a swordsman too!

"Either they're used by swordsmen, or they're better at using them..." Parallel "

Feeling the opponent's skill level, Kizna stopped adding and subtracting.

Three Kiznas appear exactly the same on the spot.

"Split system... not remnants... entity!?"

"Shit!" "Over here, over here!" "There are gaps!

One pays for his wrist from the side, one pounds his throat from the front and one swings it down to Tangbamboo from behind.

Kizna hunts down a man as he collaborates.

Breathtaking and perfect collaboration is the pole of harassment.

The thugs don't stop, pull back in the direction of the three Kiznas.

"Hmm, I thought it would work that way."

All of Kiznah begins to go around surrounding the thugs.

Repeat the towing attack slightly in that state and drain the thugs.

The tyrant suffers a few hand injuries and wears them out.

But the thug's breathing changed.

I breathed heavily and vomited.

"... Double Sword Dance, Butterfly Sword!

Then the two swords were waved simultaneously with such momentum that wind pressure rolled.

The right sword targets the right enemy, and the left sword targets the left enemy. Instead of one manipulating two swords, it's an independent, oddly loose motion, like butterfly wings, as if they were manipulating one sword at a time. Two of the three Kiznas are blown away. I could say it was just a trick.

But still, there is no sword aimed at the third Kizna.

"Gu... Ha... ha..."

"You're not a middleman. But not so far."

The thugs, they weren't enough.

The tip of Kizna's sword is at a distance between touching or not touching a man's throat.

The situation finally stands still.

Tiana stares seriously at the man's face.

"You... Steppin..."

"No? This guy, he's not a stepper."

Kizna denied what Tiana was about to say.

If you ask me, I can clearly see the man in Tiana's eyes.

Nor are impressions or faces blurred by the strange power of the magic guide.

I don't know the details because I wear a helmet and a cheek, but I can clearly tell that my voice is about a middle-aged man.

"Do it."

Kizna cleverly jumped her cheeks with a sword.

What was there was a face I had seen.

"Oh, uh... you sure"

"Damn, you corpse thief......! I thought I reviewed it. Ooh...!

The man is surprised by the unexpected for Tiana and the others.

Cursing corpse thieves means that the other side is a person in a position to take control of corpse thieves.

It's hard to think of a word that comes out of people like Stepping Man.

"Uh, you got a bounty hunter named Cocott?

"It's Scott!

"Sort of calm but good. You call us tomb thieves, but there's nothing like thieving them."

"Perverts messing with corpses, bastards selling to perverts, show up once in a while"

"Even so, we'd make far more money catching the bounty neck. Am I mistaken?

……

Scott shows his troubled face.

"... so is that"

"Didn't someone blow something into you?

"Heh, he said he was blown in! You can't fool me!

Scott stares at Tiana and the others as intimidating.

In the air of tension and relaxation, only the neat voice of the tomb guard sounded well: "Hey, what are you guys doing".