Boundary Labyrinth and the Foreign Magician
671 History of the Earth and the Moon
"There's another one."
The other one seemed scattered and lost, but I let my body out of the shadows and told it that much in letters by Magic Circle.
The person who showed himself earlier showed a slightly angry trick, but he shook his neck to the side to quickly regain his mind and turned to me.
Yeah. The other one acted differently and went back to his home base to report when something happened, and he was supposed to be insured. Maybe the meeting between the two of us wasn't enough.
Or, if you've come out worried about your partner, that's good for your personality.
Well, if you've shown yourself in any case, all you have to do is invite them both to the Sirius. However, before doing so, you should check your life and magic reactions with life instruction and monoculars to make sure there are no abnormalities.
"Just in case, do you call it a physical exam, may I show you life and magic reactions, etc? I'd like to make contact with the people of the moon, but I'm also a little wary because the enemy is Istrum."
When I said that, I nodded more when I first came out. How much do they know about Istrum? Considering that you came out to listen to me like this... Advertisement I might be telling you about a situation I don't know about.
"Thank you for your understanding"
After that, I use Life Direction.
Apparently what you're wearing is definitely something similar to a space suit...... There was a normal life response inside the costume.
The magic reaction... looks like the whole costume-like thing has protective magic on it. It sounds good to think of it as a fairly advanced kind of magic prop.
"Then I will lead you to our ship. Uh, it's possible to camouflage with light magic, so don't be surprised if you show up."
With that said, when you send a signal to the Sirius, the disguise unravels and reveals itself. The two look at the large ship that suddenly shows itself and turn back unintentionally.
"I want to make the time I'm unmasking as short as possible, so please go to the deck first. Can you use the magic of levitation?
When I ask that, I nod and float in the air. Should boulders be called the people of the moon? Magic seems to be in your hands.
Take Maxwell and the others back to deck. Cadkeus also has no more reason to lurk him and put him down if the other one came out, so I ask him to go back.
First I wanted to talk about the situation on deck or introduce this face to face, but one person seems to be already hungry and has told me he wants to take off the part that hits the helmet and talk to me directly in words.
It does seem inconvenient in conveying magic circles. That's why we put it through the ship first. At that point, I just use the light magic camouflage to hide myself.
You made sure there was air on board, and the two of them all lifted their space suit helmets.
The helmet moved to fall towards the back and the two faces were exposed. One is a young woman in her late teens to her twenties. The other is a younger man than that.
She looks alike, so she could be my sister and brother. I wonder if it will mean that you are my sister when you come out first and my brother when you come out later.
"I say Estita-Greibia"
"Uh... I'm Dean-Gravia"
Estita and Dean. My last name is the same, so I guess I'm still my sister and brother.
"At all, if you come with Dean. I told you to hide!
"You can't help it. Can you let her go by herself? I said I'd be fine on my own."
And my sister and brother are having such a conversation. Hmm. I guess it feels like my sister is doing this kind of work one way or another. Worried about my sister like that, does it feel like my brother asked me about my job? Both my sisters and brothers have martial arts problems. I mean, we both have solid trunks.
... although I am concerned about my young age. Is it possibly scarce in human resources?
"Introduce yourself again. My name is Theodor-Gartner."
"I'm Maxwell. This man is Ignis, and then..."
"Ya, I knew the axe was talking..."
Dean looks at Maxwell and is stunned. Estita also had a surprised look.
"Well... you're the face of a magical creature"
Well. Where did you talk from?
"- Claudia... Shuastrus... Dear Sir? Shh, the princess of the Shuastrus family...... Shh!? That you went down to earth in antiquity, uhh!?
As we went through the bridge to serve tea, and then introduced ourselves to this one, the two of us still peeled our eyes when we introduced Claudia.
Estita floats her body from her seat, and her younger brother is swallowing thoughtfully that the tea has entered her trachea.
Claudia laughed bitterly at the reaction of the two, but looked somewhere happy. This is how the people of the moon lived.
The fact that the survival of the people of the Moon could be confirmed makes us all see how relieved we are by Claudia's reaction.
"Right. There's no mistake in that story. I was the one who broke the line when I came back to the moon."
"... yes, indeed... as much as your princess would unravel the line... But why...?
Although the word "why" seems to have many meanings.
"It's been quite a while since we talked..."
"Uh. Before I do, I'd like to make sure that it hasn't happened in the moon yet, has it? It doesn't even look like Istrum's attacking."
Asking so, Estita nodded.
"It's already been a huge commotion between us, and we're pretty wary about the junction tangle... but there hasn't been a case yet that would determine it to be an emergency. The man Istrum rebelled against the king of the moon... and later revived to destroy the moon... right?
We are. There are definitely other people out there. He also seems to have knowledge of Istrum.
Was it information from Halvaronis that he was executed? He said he was immortal... but after he was resurrected, he attacked where he was alarmed, I guess?
Estita and the others, on the other hand, issued an investigation because they were on guard, but if they knew it was Istrum, they might have changed their response again.
But still... I wonder if I can afford the time. Then you just have to talk and trust me as much as I can explain.
"Then I'll tell you as much as I can about this situation."
"Okay. I'll talk about this situation after I hear everything. If Istrum is really back, we need to get him back to base immediately... because we want the judgment material to trust you too... sorry"
Right. They say it's because it's Claudia, and I fully trust you to say yes, and I'll lead you to my people... That's not how it works. We'll both be responsible.
So we talk about the people of the moon and the demon tangle.
The story of Belliondola and the Seven Wise Men descending to earth, starting with the fact that Claudia was still imprisoned in the labyrinth by the Runaway of the Last Guardian. Talk about Halvaronis and his allies. That its allies were divided and sealed by the Seven Wise Men into the Labyrinth of Verdogal and the Bellion Dora, and that Bellion Dora was later destroyed by Gardinis and others, and that Silvatria was founded.
Then… we're talking about a series of incidents since recently. Demon man's leap at Termwilds. That the move to revive the Alliance Lord has been revealed. A showdown with the demons. And Istrum's actions after the showdown......
I intend to compile chronologically to make it easier to understand. When we talk about Istrum's remarks and his actions, and the fact that he keeps the Last Guardian under control, the severity increases on the two expressions.
"It's tough...... that's a story. While we talk about this situation, I'd like to take you to our base..."
"That helps though. Are you all right, sir? Well, there seems to be someone else."
"I've decided to trust you. We can't even waste much time because we have to inform everyone of the danger. Besides... I can feel the protection of the High Spirit from you, and the wavelength of royal magic can be sensed as close as this. Everybody... persuade me"
... right. You're being helped by the protection of the Spirit King and Claudia's magic.
Then let's get the destination specified from the topographic map and let us talk as we move.
"Before that... there's the pumice we've been on - there's a ride. I have to take that, too."
It's a moving pumice. Sounds convenient inside.
"Do you think I can put it on deck?
"It's okay, I think"
Hmm. Then we shall move to the base of the people of the Moon once we have recovered the pumice.
"- Once, in an age of extreme prosperity, they were sending magic from the ground to the moon or carrying supplies. But its prosperity also came to an end with the disaster of the magic storm. We are also told that towers for the transfer of magic that were built on the ground and ships that were down on the ground to transport supplies… were lost as a result of disasters"
Listen to Estita as she moves the Sirius toward her destination.
Stagnation in the transport of magic resources and supplies. Even if you want to rebuild the situation, is Rungard in the middle of a catastrophe?
"And to quell the disaster and rebuild the earth, he said the royal princess had traveled. This is an old heirloom, but we've been taught what happened. The moon built a city beneath the moon and moved there to endure until the rebuilding of the earth progressed and we were able to transfer magic again"
"Underground city… is it"
Forceto closes his eyes to the word. Does it also mean that Halvaronis created a city underground because of its know-how?
Indeed, the cost of maintaining the environment is likely to be lower than creating cities on the moon. It makes it easier to physically trap it even if it's in the air, so we just have to circulate it underground and purify it later.
Anyway, the people of the moon moved to the underground city. It seemed like a more inconvenient life than before, but they still managed to turn around.
Claudia's labyrinth also seems to incorporate a mechanism that makes the moon a passage when gathering magic from the stars, although quelling the disaster of the earthly magic storm is a top priority.
You think the least you could do was build a mechanism that could be maintained with it? It also seems that the life of the moon was maintained somehow.
But - on the moon, Istrum is born. He came out of a famous house on the moon, apparently one of the officials. He chanted that demonization would allow him to live free by eating emotions, even with less supplies, and flipped a flag against the king.
but... then I lose to the king of the moon. Istrum was executed, and those who were in harmony were banished to the earth.
We know what's going on around here. The problem is, then, that.
"The demon... then after all these years, I'm told he's suddenly resurrected. Destroyed all the moon ships left to rebuild their base on the ground, destroyed all the vital installations that were everywhere, killed so many people... and fought against the king of the moon at the time"
"He said the resurrected demon was much stronger than before. Battle in the Vacant Sea...... He said the king created it for the Demon Crusade, crushing the treasures of Orihalcon, which shot through a thousand miles away. And then... they hit each other and fell to the ground."
Orihalcon's, Treasure Ball...... Everyone's gaze gathers at Uroboros and me.
Right. A chunk of Orihalcon falling from the sky is...
"The demon threat has left, but we have become even more distressed. After the disaster, all the preparations we were making to get magic from the ground became water bubbles."
"The demon broke everything, so it's not where we go down to earth anymore. There are stories that say it was very difficult to maintain the status quo."
I guess what my sister and brother are talking about is the history that is being passed down to the people of the Moon. Everyone is listening with a serious look.
"And so the people of the moon did little resources, and scratched the wreckage of the ship… they modified the ships of the old moon that spared the war, and finally created a new ship"
Oh. That was buried under Bellion Dora...... Perhaps it means the ship of the last moon?
I wonder if the Seven Wise Men down on earth also doubted the survival of Istrum. He said he would take a trip to Halvaronis and commit himself to defeating the Devil.
"The plan was for the royals and the aristocrats who would come down to earth... to send the least amount of magic we could ever need to get to the moon"
"At this time, those who want to move to the earth and those who do not want to leave the moon. There was a lot going on, but the former followed them. There were times when the number of people had dropped, and for some time, the moon had been supplying supplies well by maintaining the environment and converting magic. Plans were also under way to build a new ship… the transfer of magic from the ground caused an unexplained interruption"
Is that... because the Gardinis and the others attacked Belliondora?
You guessed what I was trying to say, Dean nodding.
"Maybe it was earlier... because the demons attacked the castle, I think"
Right...... The history of the earth is linked to the history of the moon.
"We were finally cornered and made our last choice. The vast majority chose a way to minimize the amount of magic necessary for their activities by taking turns for a few people to wake up for a long sleep."
"Then we can all live just because we're collecting the magic coming from the stars, and nobody has to sacrifice... I decided to build a ship that would build a little extra magic and cross the ground again... and now it's our turn to wake up and manage it."
Oh. You mean that. I thought you might be understaffed, but that's the background. Imaginarily it feels like you're going to be outdone with Coldsleep before you build a ship and move to the ground or build a magic transfer facility......? That's tough again. It's a grand plan.
"Where are the underground cities and where everyone sleeps?
"It's another place. Instead of being an underground city, we migrated again, where we all fell asleep, in the most suitable place to gather the magic of the stars over time."
... I see. Then don't let that place mean Istrum doesn't even know it.