Getting a party together was easy.

With each other's hands together and just thinking so, a red ring was born on each other's right pinky fingers.

The red ring was like a ring, but it had no entity and could not be touched by hand.

It's kind of like AR technology, I think.

The magic that went too far is no different than science, is it? Ray SF Writer's Word...... Was that different?

"... it's time for a ring,"

Alice looked at me in the upper hand and gave me a haunted grin.

It was an innocent smile, like a flower blossomed.

I didn't think so, I swallowed the saliva.

Would they have noticed the upset?

She seemed just honestly happy, even though she wanted Alice to laugh.

Ma, look.

Either way, I had company.

This is an auspicious step.

Then the first thing to do….

"Let's get a clear picture of the current situation"

I shrugged and walked off instructing Alice to follow me.

Opposite of where the road is.

Alice rushed over.

"Um, where are you going"

"There is a cliff cut off ahead. From there, the station can see better"

Alice was decent, even when she said so.

Yeah, I guess so. Normally it would be.

But it's not normal right now.

Alice and I have to realize that.

I have to check with these eyes first.

What is happening in this mountain now?

No, I have to know what happened.

Our school, the private North Mountain School, is situated in a mountain known locally as North Mountain.

To be precise, it is the property of a school corporation, a whole mountain.

The car, from the nearest to the foot of the mountain, takes about thirty minutes on the twisted path between the fields.

From the foot of the mountain to each school building, it's still about thirty minutes.

It's a tough ride on foot.

There is a middle school building on the southwest side of the mountain and a high school building on the southeast side.

There are two paths connecting the two school buildings. The road we have been using to hunt for oak is commonly referred to as the South Road and will be far around.

The north promenade, which connects the two schools in a straight line, is enough on foot.

But according to Alice, after the earthquake, the road on that side was covered in dirt and sand and blocked.

At first, she fled to the promenade and was temporarily caught up and had no choice but to escape to this side.

Our current location is further south from the center of South Road, the path of the distant stray connecting the two school buildings.

Walking further south from there.

So if we could have gone down to the cliffs ahead, we could have seen the station and the surrounding streets.

Happened.

We stood on a cliff and looked over.

Suddenly, he looked at the vast meadow that stretched beneath his eyes.

Yes, the meadow.

It's a grassy field on one side where you can see a mountain across the horizon.

Instead of town, there wasn't even one of the houses.

It wasn't even one of the fields.

One at a time, I wasn't there.

Birds were flying over the sky.

But if we keep an eye on it, it was different from any bird we knew.

The creature we usually watch, the bird, doesn't look so good.

Instead of the birds that exist, even Pteranodon won't be able to stay that far.

The giant bird descends into the meadow.

There was an elephant.

The bird, far greater than the elephant, caught the elephant with its sharp nails.

Rise while caught an elephant...

As it was, it disappeared across the horizon.

"Well, I feel like asking a really, really stupid question right now."

Yeah, so do I.

Wow, I want to do something stupid. I can't help but want to.

"Which way is the station?"

"I don't know about that, but it must be very far away"

Right, said Alice, scratching her head behind her like it was lit.

No, you wouldn't.

I guess that's not what I want to do.

I looked down at the girl in my place. [M]

Alice looks back at me like she's in trouble. [M]

"Sorry, I don't know what to look like right now."

I think you should laugh, and I didn't want to find out about my nerd hobby, so I gave it a mouthful.

It's kind of too much already, though I'm going to be an idiot who cares about trivial things that don't matter already......

This development was anticipated.

I had a faint understanding of the situation in which we were placed.

Even in that white room, he had thrown many questions on those assumptions.

Although there was not always a clear answer, it was a good idea to connect the answers that came out.

That's why I'm here, like that confirmation.

Perhaps, during that earthquake.

At that time, we...

No, this whole mountain got caught up in some weird weirdness.

I held Alice's hand softly.

It was a warm hand. Alice gripped back so tightly.

"Alice. Level up and ask questions"

"Yes, Mr. Cuz. … level up, let's do it"

I can't be depressed here right now.

We can't just stop here.

So the two of us, we set our goals for the moment.

Let's level up.

Let's level up, go to the white room and ask for an explanation of this damned situation.

We held hands and turned back the way we came.

The crow scouts and finds the oak.

The orcs apparently come down from the top of the mountain.

As we creep down the promenade and further down the mountain, we poke at the road and split left to right.

If you go east, you go to the High School Building, and if you go west, you go to the Middle School Building.

"On the mountain, what is it?

Although I have such questions, I am not willing to go into a herd of oaks right now.

Pull over to the forest on the south side of the road one by one.

After you've drawn so far back that you can't hear the fight, I'll kill you both with Alice and me.

Alice's spear technology was a big deal.

Precisely speaking, it was a big deal after my skills.

Until earlier, Alice was hip-upset, had no one on her poke, had an inaccurate aim, and was terrible anyway.

But now that she's ranked number one in her skills, she's flirting with the oak by rolling out a spike with her hips like a veteran soldier.

Perhaps, as pure skill, it's almost as good as an oak.

But Alice has my magic.

Keane Weapon, Physical Up, Mighty Arm.

These three granting magics, which I took care of from Rank 1, have grown to Rank 2, adding more of them and supporting Alice.

Thanks to you, despite being one-on-one, a girl who is supposed to be smaller and less powerful than me is overwhelming her muscle-ridden oak.

Orcs swung their swords and thrust at them.

Alice distances herself with the sharp steps made possible by the physical ups, straightening herself into the limbs amplified with the Mighty Arm and sticking out the sharpened iron spear with Keane Weapon.

A spike severely damaged Oak's leg.

Oak falls and screams.

Alice puts a spear in there, without hesitation.

The back of the oak is swept deep. The humanoid creature with the pig's face screams with blue blood scattered.

Alice relentlessly pursues an orc that escapes like a roll.

Thanks to Physical Up, Alice's feet are faster than the oak.

Occasionally, catch up.

With temper, put in further poking. Oak screams.

Is the battle time a minute or so?

At the end of the day, an oak pierced by Alice's throat glows faintly and disappears.

We fought from the front and beat the orcs.

"I did it!

Alice was thrilled.

He says he's roughing up his breath after the fight, but he flies a spear in his hand, and he finally hugs me.

The bustling hills are crushed with my chest plate.

Even now, she's wearing my shirt and a torn uniform underneath. Depending on what I saw, it was a fantastic outfit.

Soft and elastic, I wandered off and looked down at Alice...

Back in her sanity, she dyes her cheeks to the vermilion and turns away from me.

"Oh, you know, I'm sorry"

Alice, far apart, turned sideways.

I'll take a peek at you and this one.

I don't know, this kid.

The gap between the cleverness of even being small and how innocent and defenseless you are just now….

My wariness brought me a sickle.

Is she trying to cage me?

Aren't you trying to use me appropriately?

No, that's not a bad thing.

We need each other now.

Without my grant magic, Alice would have forced an orc into a tough battle against her.

Her strength was inferior to that of an oak, even though she had the magic of the Mighty Arm.

They must have been assembled in no time, if they'd stuck together.

Physical Up agility was needed to escape such an opponent's mound.

It was my magic to remove rust from the spear and further strengthen it.

If I had to, I was going to hold her back with a crow to protect her.

After all, I'm already level two, so I have a lot of hands to hit.

So for a while now, me and her interests are in agreement.

The problem is, after that.

She was there. He said he needed one.

I should have listened to her purpose.

More quickly, you should have heard that. This is my fault.

Alice looks at me like I'm about to fall asleep and shut up.

I raise my face and ask.

"Alice, I know we can fight. Determine your future policy."

That's how I look at Alice. [M]

Peek into the back of obsidian eyes.

What do you want to do now?

Alice hesitated for a while. Even, one, she nodded softly.

"I have a favor to ask you."

That's what the girl says, looks west.

Beyond these trees, there must be a middle school building.

Speaking of which, she has fled from the other side, to this area chased by the orcs.

After one trip to the north side of the road, he said he turned back and came here, but where was he before that?

Where did you meet the Orcs?

"I want to help my friend. Mr. Cuz, will you come with me to the middle"

Friends. Help me with that.

"Out of Orc's hands, help...?

Alice nodded.

After that, I get nagging.

I tend to hesitate to puff my mouth.

After that, he decides to take his will, holds his hands in his chest, and stares sincerely at me.

And......

"I abandoned her, caught by an orc, and fled."

I confessed my sins.