Ascendance of a Bookworm

Brother Eckhardt quickly ties the leather bag he receives from the clergyman to his waist belt. A slightly higher sound reached my ear, where demon stones and demon stones collide.

"If Master Ferdinand catches that Iderot, he'll make an immediate move."

Everyone snorts cocklessly at Brother Eckhardt's words, which sounded low. I grabbed the handles of the Lesser Bus tightly.

At the end of his gaze, the chief cleric takes out the stamp and points it at Iderot.

The moment he was pointed at the weapon, Iderot excitedly opened his mouth wide and spewed out the flame.

"Hih!?

"Gettylt"

The flames spewed out of Iderot's mouth were like flames spewed out by street performers, and if not so great, the range was short, but enough in the sense of intimidation.

And I lift one arm unto the position of my face to avoid the flames, and I meditate my eyes.

At the next moment, kins and hard sounds rang, "Guh!" I heard a low voice screaming like a demon.

By the time I lowered my arms and opened my eyes, Iderot had been blown away for about a few meters and was in a hurry to regain his posture.

Apparently it was meant to surprise me with flames and attack me by the body, but it was faster for the Chief Cleric to create a shield for Szeria. The chief cleric used it to turn the shield of Szczeria upside down to capture Iderot, who tried to rush in again.

It is exactly the same as when I captured Gorze on the night of Szczeria. Unlike me, however, the clergyman, who handles magic well and is accustomed to it, gradually dwindles the shield of Szeria.

"Go!"

Passing next to the chief cleric who maintains the shield of Szczeria, running through the side of Iderot, trapped in the shield and rampaging, we run out towards the fountain in the back.

"Chief Cleric, there's another one coming!

I discovered another Idelot in the back mirror. Shouting backwards returned the powerful word "no problem".

Running through a narrow passage, you go out into a slightly open area. There was a completely different sight there than the cave we had ever traveled to.

Only the fountain is blue and white and slightly glowing as the surrounding area is stained with dark oranges by eye drops. From the saturated blue water surface, the white hot air stood up with all sorts of shaking, and the sight smoked white with its hot air to make the sight look more fantastic.

Copocop, Copocop, and make a slight noise, and you can see hot water gushing out of the basement. Is it gushing out of here and there, the water was shaking all the time complicated.

A peek into the waters where I am loose reveals the contours of the eggs as loud as they can be seen or not. Nearly ten eggs seem to be solidified and placed.

"That's Leeds Falke's egg."

Brother Eckhardt pointed to the fountain and said so. I was looking at the same thing, and I snorted.

"I'm not going to mix the magic of the others, so Rosemaine has to get it. That's just like any other material. Do you understand?"

"... Yes. But are you going inside this? It looks really hot."

I don't have a thermometer, so I can tell as quickly as it is hotter than the bath I usually take, just the heat around me though I can't check it out again and again.

"There's no way I'm letting you in like this"

Brother Eckhardt says so with a bitter smile, removing his armor and putting on leather gloves to cut magic instead. Then, from the leather bag I had earlier kept from the clergyman, I removed the net that was like a wipe.

There are a lot of demonic stones stuck in the net. Is it the demonic stone that the magic that the chief cleric was saying is empty? I remember Minkan being packed in a net and sold during the Reino era.

Brother Eckhardt caught the string part of the wipes on his wrist, and when he removed one demonic stone slightly larger than his fist from the leather bag, he threw it around the area where the eggs were.

And then he goes into the fountain with his armor, with the Devil's Stone net caught on his wrist.

"Brother Eckhardt?

"The demon stone is absorbing heat, so it's time to put it in. Come, Rosemaine."

I gently put my fingertips in the fountain, as Brother Eckhardt told me. It's about the temperature of a hot bath. Demon Stone, wow.

"The only time the temperature drops is while the Demon Stone is absorbing magic. When the magic is filled, the temperature of the fountain rises again"

As I hesitate to enter the hot springs with my clothes on, Brother Eckhardt grips up and enters the hot springs. In an instant I got to a depth where my legs couldn't hold, clinging to Brother Eckhardt's arms.

... Wow, good hot water ~.

Though the temperature feels good, the fluffy, swinging clothes in the hot water are in the way to exhale satisfactorily. I want to get naked and go into the hot springs, but I'm not exactly in a position to do that, and I won't be able to stay in the hot springs long enough for the temperatures to rise once the Demon Stone fills me with magic.

Coming to a place with eggs at his feet, it was about the depth of Brother Eckhardt's shoulder.

"Rosemaine, dive in the form of a sitting at the same time, so as to take the eggs right away"

"Yes."

"Take a big breath..."

The next moment I breathed heavily, my body sank well with Doven as Brother Eckhardt crouched. Dive straight to your brother's feet.

In the hot spring, where the water was white and slightly turbid, and loose and poorly sighted, I took the egg that was nearest to me. Wouldn't it be about the size of an ostrich egg? For me it is an egg the size of which I cannot hold without both hands. It's a strange marble color, and eating it has a color that makes me hesitate for a moment.

… Collection complete.

Looking back and nodding to Brother Eckhardt, Brother Eckhardt stood up softly, putting his strength into the hand that was grabbing my side.

On the way up I saw something approaching me in the hot water. Looks like I'm following you up.

Puffa faces over the water, the little monkey puffs his face over the water, letting his eyes twirl in a nostalgic way, and comes closer as he rinses and swims.

... apes?

The next moment I thought it might be cute, just a little bit, I glanced at Kilari and looked for Leeds Falke's eggs, and I've got my forelegs out.

"Rosemaine!"

Thanks to Brother Eckhardt's gleeful attraction, the monkey's forelegs did not arrive and the eggs were safe.

"That's a warcraft called Bart Affe. Rosemaine, don't ever let them steal your eggs this time!

Not very strong, but you can't attack and kill him here, Brother Eckhardt holds me in his left arm, trying to scratch the hot spring with his right hand, and immediately starts walking with his big crotch towards the shore.

"Bart Affe is a warcraft that acts in herds. If you find one, think there are thirty!

Isn't it like one of my natural enemies of the Reino era, the black devil? Brother Eckhardt's aversion to Bart Affe grew in his words. At the same time, I recall being stolen the fruit of Rüell dyed with my magic.

... I would never give it to you. This is my hot spring egg.

And I held the eggs again, and stared at the bart affair.

Having missed the egg, Bart Affe swims after me and Brother Eckhardt as he ugly distorts his face and strips his teeth out. There are no cute or other shards in that face that intimidate me.

"Phew! Ugh!

Are you going to make it look a little stronger, different earlier, swimming to bash and tap the surface of the water, coming for the eggs.

"This is mine!

Bert Affe said, "Ugh!," he intimidates, once again stretching his forelegs. Now he has attacked me, not the eggs.

When I hold it in my chest to protect my eggs, I leave it to my anger to say, "Munch!," he pounded his magic with all his might and intimidated him.

Bert Affe opens his eyes wide, wondering if he didn't think he was going to be fought back or surprised that he was slapped on the magic.

... Ha-ha-ha, are you surprised? I do it when I do it, too.

As I watched Bart Affe with pride, Bart Affe blew bubbles from his mouth and floated in the hot spring.

... Shit. Too much!?

Looking around, I saw a lot of bart afe peeling their teeth out of the hole opposite the entrance where we came in and jumping into the fountain.

If you look closely, there are multiple shadows in the hot spring that are swimming this way.

"Brother Eckhardt! There will be lots of Bart Affe!

"Dear Eckhardt, Leeds Falke!

Almost at the same time as me, Darmuel shouted and pointed up.

A fairly large bird, shaped like a raptor, descends sharply from a hole far above. I found myself with thick, big feet for the size of my body and sharp nails, beaks and sharp eyes that curved like a gradient ball, which I found prey on.

The Leeds Falke, which is flying now, seems strongest than the Iderot, which the Chief Cleric is catching, and the Bart Affe, which is coming a lot.

Such Leeds Falke recognises me with an egg as an enemy. I couldn't help but breathe knowing that from the momentum jumping straight into this one.

"Come on!"

Brother Eckhardt grabs a nagging with his empty right hand and throws it toward Leeds Falke with all his strength.

"Bobby!

I was supposed to sink into the hot spring with recoil, which was held in my left arm, but Leeds Falke, who dodged the thrown Bart Affe, rose to see how it was once, so let's do it. It hurts so much in the back of my nose, but I forgive you.

Once up, Leeds Falke rose to the shore and floated to the surface of the water around the top of the egg, twitching "ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki

"Ho ho, ho..."

Brother Eckhardt, rising to the shore, throws me into the horseman, coughing as he drips a hot spring from his nose, throwing in the nets and leather gloves with demonic stones one after the other as well.

And while Dermuel put back on the armor he was holding, he said, "Run!," he yells, and Brother Eckhardt himself runs out.

No matter how painful the back of my nose was, I had no time to hold my nose long enough, so when I put the egg in my leather bag, I hurried to grab the handle. We chase behind Brigitte, who runs the lead, with a horseman. The seat belt is behind us because it's an emergency.

Returning through the narrow passage to the Cleric Chief, the Cleric Chief had activated a few Szeerian shields at a time to capture about five Iderots. Trapped in the same shield, Iderot recognizes each other as enemies and is attacking.

I was desperate not to escape when I was capturing Gorze, but the chief clergyman can afford to seize as many as five separately.

When the clergyman noticed we were back, he said, "Where's the tail?" When asked, Brigitte, who was running the lead, answered immediately.

"Successfully completed"

"Leeds Falke returns to the Fountain in the back. We made sure we were headed to Bart Affe for the eggs and retreated, but it's been recognized that Rosemaine stole the eggs. I don't know when they're coming this way."

Brother Eckhardt called from behind to report the current situation further. The clergyman frowned when he heard about the current state of the Fountain in the back.

"Then you'd better hurry and retreat. I suppress Iderot until critical. Run as far as you can and get as far as you can!

"Ha!"

Brother Eckhardt, who nodded at the word of the Chief Cleric, will now take the lead and go for the exit. The chief cleric who is capturing Iderot is his lord.

When I come, I walk down the road with a few small pauses, this time running straight without a break. I'm still good because I'm just on a horseback, but everyone's in trouble.

The clergyman decided and stopped his leg that he would not be coming after him anymore, as close to the entrance and exit.

Apparently, while I was wiping my nose and face, I had come to the conclusion that if I were to rest anyway, I would get out of the cave and grab lunch.

Everyone walks toward the exit as they repeatedly breathe rough.

When I went outside, it was hot but the air was crisp and dry, it didn't smell like sulphur and the air was very fresh.

All the knights send out the horseman and return to the area where they camped.

While everyone boils water or prepares portable food for a slightly late lunch, I am left alone. Seems to have caught a cold in no time, as he left the hot springs and couldn't wipe his body or change his clothes at all, making his escape a top priority.

I had my body and clothes ready with the magic of washing by the worried Brigitte, but the odd chills wouldn't stop. I feel like I have goosebumps all over my body.

"Look, Rosemaine. Eat. If you don't eat, you can't take your medicine."

The same mobile food as in the morning was offered to the clergyman. Honestly, I don't have that much appetite, so I didn't want to eat it, but I don't recover if I don't take my medication.

I had no choice but to take a bite and for some reason I felt it tasted better than in the morning. Since it feels like a lot of porridge, can it taste good now that I'm not feeling well?

"... This portable food tastes better in the morning. Wonder."

"So I told you in the morning you put too much water in it, didn't I? Didn't you put the same amount of hot water in you that didn't eat half of us? The flavor is thin and natural."

"Is that what you meant? I should have put just the same in there, but the chief cleric was wondering what he was talking about. This time it's delicious because the clergyman, who knows the right amount, made it for me. Thank you."

The clergyman sighed deeply, hah, and began to eat his own meal.

"... heh... heh, heh!

"It's within the assumption. No problem."

That's what I said. The clergyman forced me to take out a pill that was too bitter. "There will be problems even within the assumptions," he said, with no more energy to return. Tired.

When I turned the horseman up so that everyone could rest, I knocked down the driver's seat and lay down, in a state where I could clearly tell the heat was coming out of anyone's eyes. "Dear Rosemaine, wouldn't this make it a little easier?" Brigitte, worried face, puts the towel she was cooling in the ice room on her forehead.

You wouldn't think of Brother Eckhardt, who was being chased around by Uncle Bonifatius if he caught a clergyman or a cold who used to take pills and force him to get back on his feet. There's going to be tears for kindness.

"Eckhardt, where's the leather bag?

"I'm sorry, Master Ferdinand. Here it is."

The clergyman, who had cleaned up the nets of demonic stones that had been thrown out among the horsemen, and had thrown the leather gloves that remained thrown in towards Brother Eckhardt, "Clean them up," caught his eye on my leather belt, which was placed in the passenger seat.

Remove the collection bag from the belt and give it to me.

"I can't move until the medicine works. Either way, hold Leeds Falke's eggs and go to sleep. In your magical horseman, it won't take that long to dye."

From the clergyman, who also demands efficiency from the sick opponent, when I receive a collection bag for sighing, I take the eggs of Leeds Falke and hold them.

"All you have to do is fall ruel fruit"

"Oh, yeah"

"I'll definitely pick it this time"

When I frowned remembering last year's failure, the chief clergyman was frowning in the same way.

"Naturally. I'm not going to fail again. Be sure to let them pick it, so sleep quietly now. If you don't recover, we can't move from here."

"Yes."

Holding Leeds Falke's eggs, I slept with magic pouring in them, and by the time the fever dropped, the eggs were turning blue demon stones.