"Well, why? Mom, did I tell you to come?

While the children are embarrassing him, Criston picks up the youngest child and asks the other children.

It was answered by a tacket that looked at them with a smile.

"If I went to Criston before going to the royal palace again today, these kids would really like to see my father. Ah, of course, I gave my wife permission."

Clinton's wife cooked dinner every day for Clinton and Caron, who slept in the workshop. But it was tough for her to carry the baby to this workshop in the suburbs, so Taketo or Chante stopped by Criston's house twice a day in the morning and took her meal and brought it here.

"Ta-chan, when are you coming back?

A child asks Criston with an anxious face.

With his lower child in his arms, he gently stroked his head and said Criston.

"It's settled down a lot, so I think I'll be home by tomorrow."

"Really!? I did it!"

Pimping, the child jumped with joy.

When I look at that child, who is very similar to that of Criston when he first met Karon as a child, my old memories overlap with the scene in front of me.

(See, I told you.)

Karon looks at Criston and the children who are happy to see them for the first time in a while.

(It's a place where you can feel like you want to go back.)

I ran away barefoot from a place where human malice was simmering, and I just kept walking.

It was neither a flat road nor a short distance.

Without that first step, we wouldn't have made it here.

(I wonder where I got there)

Compared to Clinston, who is steadily fulfilling his dreams, Karon still has nothing to do, and has somehow been flushed to this day.

Even at this age, I have not been able to find answers to my childhood questions about why I am alive.

Perhaps we will never find the answer again.

But lately, I'm sure it still feels good.

Clinston and the children. Also, Taketo and Chante mixed together, and Wye talked with pleasure. Ulu lay down and looked at it.

Karon thinned his eyes at the usual sight.

(I want to live now....)

It's a daily routine that means nothing.

Get up in the Knights dorm and work with your usual friends.

Recently, I've come to think that it's a good idea to spend such a small day and a day.

Then two months later.

Taurus Mountain, where the eruption calmed down, stood in front of the offices of the Taketoes and the Magic Beast Poachers. Tonyoshi says walking is troublesome, and rides on the head of a tacket that is completely in place.

The flowing lava stream was completely cold and solidified, and that bright red lava was only visible at the bottom of the crater.

Taketoes release salamanders into the lava heap.

The weak salamander had also completely regained its full color, swimming happily in the lava buildup.

"Cheer up!

As Criston waved his hand, a salamander jumped as if to say goodbye, and the rest was no longer visible under the lava.

As I broke up with the salamanders and went down Mount Taurus, the tacket suddenly said it heard something. But even Karon, who is supposed to be twice as deaf, can't hear a voice. The voice of seabirds, the sound of the wind, and the tidal noise that hits the waves get into my ears. Chante and the others did the same.

I was a little worried about Taketo's head, but Tonyoshi said he felt something too. So Taketo took Tonyoshi and walked in the opposite direction to where he had hosted the ship, so Karon had no choice but to follow him.

"Probably around here...."

"Your husband. I want you to use the Spirit of the Earth!

"Huh? Yeah. Okay."

When Taketo put the Spirit of the Earth into the Spirit Gun, he pulled the trigger toward the ground pointed out by Tonyoshi.

With the sound of Don, the Spirit of the earth was released, and a big hole was opened in the ground. Through the ashes of lava and crushed streams flowing from this eruption, the hole has reached even deeper levels.

"Please do it again!

"Yes, sir."

Once again, the spirits of the earth were released, and the hole became even bigger and deeper.

Tongi screamed when he tried to pull the trigger the third time.

"I'm waiting!

Tonyoshi slightly stepped down from the top of his head.

"Ah, hey!

Without listening to the tacket stop, he slipped into the hole. In other words, it was completely rolling. Then, stick your head in the bottom of the hole to stop it.

"Are you okay?

As the tacket shouted from the top of the hole, Tonyoshi shook his head and jumped over the soil that had landed on his face. Then I stuck my nose in the soil and smelled the smell of dung and dirt as my face was muddy again. Looks like he's looking for something.

Tongi was walking around in the hole sniffing smell for a while, but stopped at a place and looked up at the tacket.

"Master, here it is! Please dig here!

"Okay."

As the tacket slipped down into the hole, Tonyoshi dug the place by hand. The soil around here was not very compacted, so it was easily scratched by hand. After scratching several times, something touched the tip of the toe.

"There's something here."

When he scratched the dirt with both hands, it gradually became clear what he had found.

It was like a big rock.

Karon also beasts and helps him get down into the hole and dig.

After digging for a while, the contours of what was buried became clear.

The thing buried in the soil, it was a large turtle armor.

Only the tip of it is now on the ground.

When you remove the soil that was stuck to the sides of the armor, a large neck pops out from the inside of the armor.

The face alone was bigger than the human reached for both hands.

The giant turtle's neck blinked as if dazzled and took a deep breath because it was long. Then press into your front leg and push the entire body buried under the ground onto the surface.

Now it was dirty and soiled, but the armor on the back was clumped with bitterness and a large magic stone crystal.

Reiki!

As the tacket approached with a loud voice, Reiki glanced at the tacket.

"Salamander Tachi"

A low, quiet voice that sounds directly into your brain. Reiki's mouth is not moving. But everyone on the scene knew it was Reiki's voice.

Karon finally realized that Taketo had been led here by this voice.

"I almost died, but I managed. Besides, you're safe. I'm glad."

That said, the tacket hugged Reiki's nose. Reiki rounded his eyes in surprise for a moment, but quickly narrowed to his original size. It's kind of like a grandfather who loves his grandson, I wonder what Karon thinks.

After that, when Taketo asked me what Reiki wanted, he wanted to go to the other side of the island, which was spared by the eruption, so I accompanied him there.

On the other side of the island there was no cave of the right size for him to live in, but the cave he had previously lived in seemed to have been dug by himself.

He also said to dig slowly here.

So we managed to complete Reiki's protection mission.

[End of Part 3]