Ihoujin, Dungeon ni Moguru

hot. The atmosphere is burning.

The sweat dried in an instant. Even if you replenish water a little, your lips harden.

There is no moving person in the shimmering heat.

The city was dead with heat and thirst. And I walk towards the pillar of fire, the source of death.

"Are you okay?"

"I'm OK"

A reply is heard from the barrel of the cart being pulled. Makina is vulnerable to heat. In this atmosphere, you die. So I brought them in barrels and soaked in salt water.

rear,

"Noo comfortable!"

In the wagon, there was also Nisena who came without permission. This shit heat is taken very freshly.

"You can walk on your own feet"

"I refuse. You are now weak. You've been pampered."

What do the most energetic guys say? I can't help complaining, so I'll pull the cart and go.

On the way, some firms caught goods. It's basically a shell, but some junk is left behind. I found something like that in the fourth case.

I put two gold coins and bought them.

"The decay of civilization is always interesting."

Nicena feels like a tourist. It is strange that ruin search is called sightseeing.

Buildings out of reach of humans deteriorate rapidly. The building on the main street that you can see right now was a bit aching and rotten.

"I will recover soon."

If the flame passes, people will return. It will be back as soon as it happens.

"Yes, this city has experienced such destruction many times, and again, it will be one of them. What will happen to the next ruler? I think it's more refreshing to destroy it more beautifully. "

"Don't be stupid. Even if you crawl on it with mud, it's humans who go up with their claws up."

Even I was there. Other people can do it.

"No, people are living creatures that can't live in vain. Faith, righteousness, affection, property, thought, religion, greed, fame, women, and men. No, do you call it humanitarian because you live like that? The thing that lives without it is not a human, but a beast. "

"I am a beast?"

I do not deny.

"A fool. Do you think that only beasts support you?"

“……………”

It cannot be denied.

It's an unknown power, but it's a reminder.

"The first time I fought with you, I thought it was a humid rat, but now it's different."

"What is it?"

It was as if he had fought me a long time ago.

"Know yourself. Know the meaning of the power in your body."

"I don't know even if I try to know it"

I don't have a hard time. I'm not interested in it. The only thing that matters right now is just before your eyes.

"No, you just instinctively turn away. What are you afraid of?"

"Are you afraid?"

I have no fear.

No matter what comes, I am prepared to die. And my death is near. What afraid of the Reaper being around.

"To you, it looks like you are looking away."

"Your eyes are just bad"

"A cheeky denial is a testimony that your words struck the truth."

I wonder what. Even so, I do not know what I do not understand.

Enter a narrow alley from the main street.

It is the width that the cart can barely enter. It would have been in the way of ordinary people.

"Do you end up with a damn animal or go on a human path? Why do you want to go to the king's path?

"Don't joke. Will I stand on a person with such a bloody hand, like a king?"

"The king who keeps his hands without hesitating his hands shall be robbed by those who do his hands dirty. Orosu Oulu, Lothian, Lars, Lemuria."

If you say that, I feel right.

"Especially Lemuria is terrible. The throne was made of corpses. He borrowed, stealed, and robbed him. Hundreds were not buried in the dark. Thousands or millions. If you're alive, don't call him a king, you'll call usurper, a demon king. "

"The king of adventurers is the demon king"

I'm new. Or rather, I recently realized that my ears weren't very big.

This rat is also out of business.

"And what about you?"

"So I'm ------"

"Ash won't be king"

Suddenly Makina came in.

"Hey, weird pink creature. What if you weren't the king? What do you hear? He's aiming at Kelstein's neck. The one who defeats the king is necessarily the king. In the usurper there is no end, no one retreats with power, no one built up can rule over another, the world is full of chaos, a lot of blood flows, and resentment echoes That's why usurper and Demon King are synonymous. "

I'm not aiming for that.

"A king is a king, but it's a different kind of king than you say. Conquer people with armed force and deliberation without regard for human virtues. You will be a king called [Haoo]. That's a premise. ''

"I'm the Overlord. Is it only the virtue of humans that I don't care about? Or is it my advantage?"

"It's" everything. "This person is ephemeral. Like the dust blowing in the wind, if you do what you do, it will disappear."

"If you do, will the king disappear like dust? That's it--"

"You guys"

I stop talking to make it cool.

"A word about letting the king pull the cart"

"There is nothing in particular.

"Why are you stupid in your work below? Why are you stupid?"

Do you want to lift me or drop me?

"I'm here. Get off."

I arrived if I was talking wastelessly.

You can see the ruined temple of fire religion.

A child of fire dances in the scorched air. 30 meters away is a pillar of fire that is much larger than it was before.

"I said it."

The skin burns. The heat wave is too strong and I'm sorry if I get closer.

"Makina, are you okay?"

"It's not okay because the water evaporates. I want to go home."

"Be patient. I'll do it soon."

"No, it is urgent because it's not okay after you've put up with it."

“…………… Speak quickly”

Don't say what you saw at the last minute "I want to go to the bathroom".

"Ah, I think it's bad to say that Ash, who seems to be hard to say, is bad! I'm talking about something important while I'm trying to do something. I think it's best to evaluate Makina's hard work. But!

"Ok, okay, great."

"How to praise it!"

It's hot but noisy.

"Is this pink vulnerable to heat?"

Get off the cart and say Nicena.

"It's weak. It's hot even at human body temperature."

Same as fish.

"It's just now! It's a bit more like a normal mammal!"

"I have no choice"

Gassagoso and Nissena explore the chest of the dress. I grabbed something and put my hand in the barrel.

"Uhyafi!"

Makina's strange voice.

"Good!"

"Hell? I'm not hot. Oh? Oh, Mr. Ash. I've adapted."

Makina comes out of the barrel and shakes her hips.

"It's a big action. Please turn it back later."

"what?"

What did Nisena do?

"Take a look. If you put a compress, the heat will be fine."

"A convenient compress."

Makina shows off her wet dress and reveals her chest. There was a diamond-shaped white compress on it.

"Don't say the compress! You're irreverent!"

Nesena yells suddenly,

"It's this, Konata's ... huh. I don't know! Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!"

I was sullen and returned to the cart.

Weird guy.

"Makina, change into this."

I handed the clothes I bought at the firm to Makina. Black skirt and black sleeveless. A bit more exposed, but a substitute for mourning.

"Are you hobby?"

"It's just a format. You can leave it as a wet dress if you have trouble."

"I will change clothes"

Makina becomes naked without any hesitation. I regret that I should have bought underwear. Is his body good to hide his face?

Wet skin and hair dried as soon as they were exposed to the heat waves. I notice that Makina has been replaced by a black figure.

I forgot my shoes. Makina is barefoot.

Heated cobblestones evaporate spilled water droplets.

"Ash, Onbu"

"There is no choice"

I have no choice but to carry it.

Hmm? Feel a little tapun. It's better than it looks.

"Where, what?"

"I'm visiting the grave. It's in a ridiculous place."

Approaches Makina with flames. I'm prepared for some damage, but it's finer than I expected.

"What is it?"

I feel the heat but not the pain of the heat.

The strongest feeling is the cool body temperature of Makina I carried.

"Probably thanks to Nisena's compress."

"It's a great compress."

"It's a great compress."

Would you tell me how to make it later?

I came near the fire much easier than I thought.

"Mr. Ash, breathing suddenly. I hate it here."

"Be patient, say hello"

He brought Makina in front of the tombstone.

What I made is a ragged pile of junk.

"It's your grave"

"It's wrong"

"No difference, here you died trying to protect your child."

"I feel bad"

Stand on the skewered drum.

"I was skewered with many spears."

“……………”

Makina trembles.

I keep going.

"I've regained the abducted child. I'm out of town and I'm in a safe place.

"stop it"

"But all the children except the Beastmen were killed, and they all slept in the ash. The killers took my responsibilities.

Makina got off her back.

While holding my right hand with my left hand, I uncover the piled grave.

"It's a lie, isn't there anything here? Such healthy children are like that."

A small hand pushes through the rubble. If you want to stop, you can. But I do not stop.

Soft nails break and blood splatters. Makina doesn't care, she repels the rubble.

Eventually, I found my own body.

A drum full of holes painted in ash. His old body did not burn. So buried along with the ashes of the child.

Makina has stopped.

You can see that you are crying without looking at your face.

"I was able to take care of only one person, a child called Gardland."

"... I have a lot of likes and dislikes, but I eat a lot. When I grow up, I dream of becoming an adventurer."

"Oh, I heard, but when I heard my wish, I said, 'Help my friend.' He's a strong boy who can make a wish for others until he bends his dream."

“…………… I remembered.”

Makina's trembling has stopped.

"Makina died here. The laugh is drunk at the fact that she died to protect her child. She died in repose. It's a stupid thing. I don't think of anything about the child being killed. ''

"Nothing like that"

"There is such a thing"

"So why did you come back?"

"It is a coincident"

"No. You scratched the algae to survive and revived because you wished. Revenant, the one who has returned. Everything is a play of God, but no miracle will occur unless you have your will. I wished again, to live again, to do something with new life. "

God's work is full of irony.

God performs miracles only after sacrifices. After the sacrifice. After people weep. After the blood flows. After paying off.

"Yes, God's work is always ironic."

"Sarcastic?"

"But -----"

I know this word.

I was taught by my god to forget. A wish that has permeated the blood even if it disappears from memory. At first it was a curse. But the last wishes and prayers.

"But people's thoughts sometimes even come to light."

God's residue is flowing through my body.

A piece of infinite power, as a miracle that is not ironic.

"Makina, say your wish"

"Wish"

"I have an obligation to hear it."

As the same revenant.

As a fool who even forgot his wish.

"Makina's wishes ...

Makina's hands wet with blood are overlaid on my hands.

"I want you to remember"

With red eyes, Makina sings.

With a cool voice like a bard.

"The days of adventure that began with hardship.

The night of slaughtering a false hero for a friend.

An adventure for your loved ones.

A battle with a real hero in his distant place.

A promise made with a small one.

A festival against the dragon.

A nightmare fight.

A moment of adventure.

That I bet a sword and wheat.

The last battle dedicated to everything. No… the battle is not over. The adventure continues. On the way. please remember! And let's put everything away! And then, again, Makina will go along again. ''

Makina calls.

Call my name.

"Let's dive into the dungeon, Sawyer"