Boundary Labyrinth and the Foreign Magician

"So, based on the testimony we got from Berkfritz, we followed the connection of fairy arts to this point. My neighbor had information of political anxiety, and I was wondering if we could make contact with the eastern side of the nearby field more than the far west, assuming that someone appeared to abuse the scroll."

"Hmm."

Raymay didn't put a cross spear in my story, and she listened with a hammer from time to time to indulge in the content.

"Then, the other day, the pillar of light… that was when I went to the capital of Hitacanokuni to gather information -"

and how I came to know about what Ayatsuji brothers and sisters did to me. It seems that the witch's prediction also made my brothers and sisters unaware that the scroll - though - was aimed at, and so on.

I've known you in this land. When I even talked about having the plains loaned to me as a place to fight for my captivity, I heard you talking beside me.

"What Theodore says is true. At least it's consistent with what my concubine saw and heard since I came to this land."

"Me and Thunderbeast... were trapped by Ayatsuji's demon knife... but Theodore and the others... helped me"

Take your word, Satori says. Thunderbeast next door snorts and agrees.

"Acorns, too. Saved by Lord Theodore."

"Right. He was injured. He even treated me."

"Everything that happened in the capital is exactly what Lord Theodore told us."

As the sickle says, the acorns nod with their hands on their flanks. The other sickles agreed with me on the left, and Tadakuni talked to me to assure me about the credibility of my words. Ichiemon closes his eyes, too. Yeah, nodding.

Raymay shook her shoulders delightfully when she saw how everyone was doing like that.

"Well, you are. I know if you're lying or not. I believe what you're saying."

Even as everyone's air relaxed on such an answer, Raymay gave a fussy serious look.

"But the Immortal - is that his scroll? Sure, Noon has received it. I'm going over there to see that inner face, so I want you to keep it for a while. It was brought to me by the devil with the letter."

After all, Raymay seemed to be the Immortal's friend for sure. But......

"The devil's hand, is it? Not the Immortal Apprentice?

"That's what I always did when I called in sometimes. Assuming the disciple was accompanied - maybe he tried not to let Non ask questions..."

And Raymay is slightly... no, he looks pretty dissatisfied.

"If I knew what was going on, I would have stepped on it when I went to help my neighbor. Totally..."

Besides, because it's a region, it doesn't even come in to information about neighboring countries. There may have been parts calculated by the Immortal that way.

"May I ask you a number of questions in order to work out a good aftermath? You think it's about the immortal? As for the contents of the scroll... if it's something you can't tell outsiders, I won't force you to ask."

With that said, Raymay thinks a little before answering.

"... maybe we should talk a lot. I'm not thinking of going for the Divine Immortal from the edge. Then I might not be able to handle it until it's a big deal. But to be honest, I'm not sure what the scroll is about. I'm sorry if I kept you waiting."

"No. Because the scroll itself seems to be split. Assuming it was some sort of surgical description itself, I wondered if there was anything I could do."

If so, an attempt to decipher just one crack does not make sense in itself.

"For the moment... Forget about the scroll, can I ask you about your friend? In retrospect, you might think of something that could lead to a scroll."

"Sure I might have that...... Hmm. I met him when he was on a martial arts training journey, defeated by a mountain demon."

By that time Raymay was, he said, one ghost, still without a name.

He grew stronger and went back to the mountains, selling fights to martial arts artists, etc. who seemed to be monsters he didn't like touring all over the place to defeat demons.

"Was that a town by the sea? There was a sudden storm. The ship returning from this neighboring country came offshore, and there were quite a few rumors in the harbour town about whether it was okay or not. Well, you went all the way to the ocean to see it is of interest. I found out that the demon of the land was responsible for the storm, so I went to see what it was like. The magic of flying was taught by other monsters."

So - they met a person about it. The battle between the immortal Taoist and the monster aboard the ship was the preeminence of the Taoist, but the monster who saw it as inferior came from the ship and grabbed one by wave and took hostage against the Taoist.

"So the Taoist suffered a hand injury. Non didn't like the way it was done, so he broke in from the side and beat the monster. Eventually the ship sank, but the guy on board was helped by a Taoist. Or they helped me. I don't know if I'm going to wake up halfway down here."

And, Raymay shivers her shoulders. No. It's called a martial arts training journey, and it's a ruinous thing.

Anyway, that's what started dating Taoists with the hang-up.

"So, when you find out what happened to Non, you say that you want to cooperate in return. He always likes to give back to monsters."

... Maybe that's not evil, even if Raymay is belligerent. Isn't it because the Taoist thought so?

"Non can beat the demons of the mountain with any kind of witchcraft he's good at, but it was a time when he thought he couldn't fight it without getting to know his skills well... You crossed over to the neighboring country in the form of going out with him for a while. With the training of martial arts, monsters and exorcisms have come a long way."

"Raymay, is that your name too?

"Right. Non didn't mind his name at the time, but he said it was inconvenient not to. So I guess it's closer to that name than the name of this country over here. He's been twisting his head so close to our name."

Raymay closes her eyes and laughs somewhere nostalgic.

Ringtone. Said you could accomplish your purpose knowing the circumstances of the ghost. I guess that's a name with such a support connotation.

That's how Raymay got dressed in fairy arts, went back to the mountains, and decided to defeat the demons, he said.

It's highly likely that Jin used physical surgery because Raymay wore the martial arts of her neighbor.

"After a while like that, even after I got back here... you're still in training. He used to travel around and check his powers with monster opponents who were skilled in witchcraft. In that country, Raymay the Great, in that country, it was called by the name of Raymay the Boy."

Uh. The titles Big King and Boy certainly seem to reflect the cultural context in their respective countries.

It seems like it was around this time that the records of ghosts using immortality were kept in the capital. It's not hard to imagine a fairly flashy grandstand because there was still such a description of a massive outburst by a great monster opponent who led a large number of monsters.

"And I can feel myself growing up. He returned to Iwami Gayue and defeated the Mountain Demon. What happened after that? Well, you're asking the snake."

Come here. Raymay's toothpick gets worse. Maybe I don't want to go into too much detail about what happened around there because I'm going to talk about my wife.

"We're talking about a deal."

So I know this one, so I'll cloud my tea.

"Right. So, there's a lot I've been thinking about since Noon had his girdle. The path of the Divine Immortals was completely cut off. Well, I didn't find it that appealing from the beginning. None of us are old or decaying, just living and what it will be. He didn't ask for help because he knew the old days."

"The leader… the story"

Tsubaki sends a slightly worried gaze, but Raymay laughs with joy.

"It's a problem if the bad guys know, but I guess these guys don't. Especially since Theodore seems to like the little ones."

"Yeah, maybe, sure."

Jin said with his eyes closed. That's how Raymay seemed to have a little idea and chosen the words, but eventually it became a hassle, he said, blurring.

"Uh. I mean, yeah. My wife is fine. When Shiho fell from a lung morbidity... Shiho applied the ritual of immortality to divide life - life. Originally, the life expectancy of Nong et al. was too different from that of people, so maybe this was a good idea. Difficult to think about."

... I see. That's why Raymay isn't aiming for Divine Immortality, he said.

Because what immortals aspire to through their training is, in other words, to reach the truth, to become identical to nature, to the universe, and to become higher order beings. Therefore, a technique that reduces its own life expectancy is the opposite of what the training of the Divine Immortal aims to achieve.

And... the fact that the leader is old, no, it's easier to get old is not something you would want him to touch around too much outside if you tried Jin or Tsubaki - the ghosts.

I also feel like I know why I hesitated to guide outsiders because I was a guest to the leader.

"The secrets I learned here will not be divulged to anyone. It has nothing to do with scrolls."

In my words, hitachi faces like acorns, tadakuni, and ichiemon also nod with a serious look.

"Right."

Raymay said so and laughed with pleasure somewhere.