＜Infinite Dendrogram＞

□[Unconfirmed Flight Fortress Laputa]

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"'That's why Jiminy sang in front of the princess. It seems to be rewarded as well."

After returning from the sale, Asma told her companions that she would help Berdorbell play.

I didn't expect you to pick up a quest while you were shopping.

"Asma and Jiminy!" Unlike Grimes! "

Grimes, who was checking Sonia's work on the tree, murmured admirably, and Sonia, who was covered in earth during the civil work, said so while rubbing against it.

"Hmm. I know you're happy, but this is a quest for Creator and me!" The reward goes to our brothers and sisters' food expenses! "

"I know, I know."

((If Asma can afford it, she may be able to lend me some money))

"Stereo!? Don't be lazy with money. You can hear human thoughts on the stereo!?"

Jiminy was angry as he read his thoughts, while Asma laughed silently and bitterly.

"So, how was the buyer?" It's for tricks. "

…………

Asma, questioned by Grimes, pulled several types of ore out of the item box.

It's not a rare ore produced in this city... it's a low-value scrap ore mined with it.

Sometimes smaller grains are less valuable, and none of them are worth a thousandth of the same weight of rare ore.

However, Grimes smiles when he sees it.

"Is this all twenty-six types?" You can shake the alphabet. Easy to understand. All right, Sonia, bury everything as instructed. ”

"My servants are rough...!"

"'I'll help you too.'" I can carry as much as this! ”

The two of them followed Grimes' instructions and buried scrap ore in a shallow hole.

"No, but Dendro is a fantasy after all." There are so many stones. I want to decorate it because it looks very fantasy. "

In the middle of her work, Sonia murmured as she looked at the ore she had grabbed.

The ore had a rainbow-colored geometric pattern, and I didn't think it would happen naturally...

"It's a bismuth ore. It's on Earth, too."

Grimes was not a product of fantasy.

"Is there!? Is this it?!" It's a rainbow!? "

"What appears to be rainbow color is the oxide film on the surface of the ore. The geometry is due to the Berg effect. It is also a raw material for pharmaceuticals such as enteral orthopaedics. By the way, that size is cheaper than you can afford with your kids' pocket money."

"Grimes's Mysterious Miscellaneous again...!"

This gambling insane man had the party choreography and tactical eyes of a man named Grimes.

"But there are really lots of ore."... hmm, if it's not an escort quest, I can dig for a while with gold. Precious ore is expensive, isn't it? "

"[Gold measures in the mine... looks like it's a long time ago.]"

Because I have this too!

She wore gloves in her hands, which were lifted up to Asma with words.

It is a material similar to hard leather, but with parts like metal tuning forks on the back of the hand.

"What a (...) privileged armor for mines!" I can make a lot of money! "

"... I don't know. I feel like having MVP with you has made it a different substitute from the operation method....."

The bonus armor came from the beads of the "tournament" won by Grimes.

After a challenge at the party, Sonia became the MVP, not the winning Grimes.

If you think about the firepower (...), there is something.

And the adjustment of the perk armor is also... in line with Sonia.

And this is why I am working in the dust.

Whichever way, we're on an escort quest. I'll think about it the next time I get the chance to come to this city. "

"I see... I need to focus on this quest now."...... if I make a fortune in this escort quest, I'll go around the magic items of the Yellow River. "

"Flag off."

Grimes poked into Sonia, who was calculating the skin of a beaver who could not be caught with a sloppy face.

"'It looks like the Yellow River and Winter Orb are in full swing. I also have to go back over there and mine it." Hmm. But the Creator. I think this city is dangerous.

"What's the matter, Jiminy?"

"Some of the people in this city... people in strong clothes thought it was a bit noisy... so..."

The three of them noticed Jiminy with a slightly uneasy expression.

"Jiminy, what's a strong outfit?"

"'It's about the city guards. I was in a light suit, but I was wearing a power suit. Oh, speaking of which... as far as [uncovering] is concerned, everyone was at level 0 (......)."

"What!? You're a guard!?"

Sonia was surprised by Asma's explanation, and Grimes opened his eyes slightly.

"Is it a Powered Suit...? Does it have" No Job "on its equipment requirements?" Or... is there a line for religious reasons? "

Grimes assumed the opposite of the kingdom's state religion.

If there is a religion that recommends jobs, the idea is that it is not strange if there is the opposite.

I think of such a possibility because I am not related to realistically born and raised land patterns and religions... but I deny it.

There are monsters with or without jobs, and there is no end to human strife in this world.

I didn't think there was a religion that played such deadly ties.

“I don't know. But the guards thought it was a noisy thing. We have to defeat the Future Vision Witch who wants to destroy the world.

Jiminy's remarks are tantamount to saying that he read the guards' minds.

But she can be close to it.

[Chorus Insect] is a designated species of Legendary Danger.

The apparent reason (......) is that it is a dangerous hypnotic organism.

The real reason is to read the mind.

A species that is considered impossible to tame due to its strong intent to kill creatures in the human spectrum.

But if shepherds are accustomed, it is possible to read and convey the mind of others.

No other Legendary conspiracy is more dangerous.

Jiminy, who hatched from Gaia, was born with love for his creator, Asma, while being a [Chorus Insect].

I didn't have the sense of repellence towards humans that I was supposed to have. Because the intent to kill animals in the human category is formed by spiritual synchrony after being born in a flock. Jiminy, who was born alone, doesn't have it either.

In other words, Jiminy is a magical butterfly that reads the mind of others, understands every language, and follows Asma.

Nevertheless, the Fairy Tale Squad accepts Jiminy as a mascot without thinking of him as dangerous. I didn't even think of abusing it.

As a result, their reaction was summarized only in her remarks.

"'The Future Vision Witch must have been the two names of Cardina's chairman.'" Yes, that's right. ”

"But what is destroying the world?" Are you trying to wage war on other countries like the Empire? "

It's like I'm already half awake.

On the other side of the north where they are now, there is a struggle against Gran Baloa in the south.

However, it seemed to Grimes that the scale of "destroying the world" was small.

"How much do you think the future will hit?" Dendro has hundreds of thousands of players, and he doesn't know the future. "

"'Not really. It is a story of expanding assets and power based on information about the future by speculating on various disasters and incidents."

"Huh. Isn't it better than the broker-managed AI?"

"'That's right.... oh, but for a while, the median rate was down.'"

Huh? Really?

"'Yeah, it often came off about four or five years ago.'"

"Four or five years ago? That guy... oh, I see."

Grimes, who was listening to the story, was convinced by seeing what had happened just then at the time of the Infinite Dendrogram. 'Then I can't help but think that it has become more prone to detachment.'

"What are you convinced by yourself?"

”No... I thought Sonia's opinions weren't out of place, either”

What? Did I say something sharp?

Grimes exhaled as he pointed to Sonia, leaning his neck.

"But the future."... your brother seems to want it. "

”Oh, oniisan's here?”

"You heard about it in a set with Yuta," "Grimes is the ex-prince of a certain country." "

"I'm not talking about Yota."

"But isn't it better to talk about Yota than to talk about 'this gambling madness is the prince'?"

"You... Damn, you can't deny it..."

I thought to myself, 'That might be it,' and Grimes scratched his hair.

"... well, if your brother had been here, you would have wanted me to be the chairman of that future vision." If we can predict anything outside of Dendro, we can succeed. If you can get them out, you'll want to get them out. "

That's right. You can predict the winning number of the lottery lottery!

”...... you're a very laid-back but peaceful fellow, aren't you?”

"Are you complimenting me? Are you selling me quarrels?"

"I'm praising you, I'm praising you. That's why you have to stop activating the crock dile. Carbine is flying away."

Grimes and Asma exclaimed Sonia, who had begun to hold her left-handed sigil, “How dare you.”

In addition, Carbine was currently escorted by Elizabeth and the others. Other members of the AETL coalition are busy accepting maids like Eileen, and the Fairy Tale Squad, which is engaged in civil engineering work, has been abandoned.

That said, it's impossible to get them out of the game.

"It's just like before." Besides, rmt laws don't allow you to exchange in-game items for cash. No matter how much we know about the future, it won't be a penny in real life. "

Before and after the announcement of the VRMMO, the rmt's antitrust laws allowed only companies that released games to trade in money and in-game items.

It is said that VRMMO, which is expected to become the foundation of life eventually due to technological advances, was the international law to avoid a dark hotbed of money laundering and fraud.

However, it took some time from the development of the law for VRMMO, which is actually worth it, to appear.

“That's right, Sonia's right about this one.”

Yeah.

This story of many derailments is over.

Jiminy 'heard' about the city and the persistence between the chairman, he concluded, would not be as relevant to them in the end.

If there is any trouble in the future, we just need to stay away from this city.

It was decided that neither the main subject nor the derailed story of Yota had anything to do with their future.

…………

But I still think Grimes.

If only this Infinite Dendrogram had had a brother of its own.

And if there is a way to know the existence of the chairman of the future vision and bring her power to the "outside".

My brother and my brother's friends (...)... will accomplish it even after all the trouble.

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When the Fairy Tale Squad was working on civil engineering work on the island part of the Laputa, the entrance part of the castle... At the entrance of the tractor beam, the AETL Union was checking the entrance to the castle.

The items lent to them from "Discovery" and "Appraisal Eyes" are being examined by the maids who work alongside Eileen on the Yellow River as a caretaker.

It is an inspection that assumes that an assassin is among the maids, or that a bomb is hidden in the luggage.

If that happens, it will be an international problem, and Gray, who is responsible for this quest, also thinks that there is no reason to make it a winter orb.

However, this does not necessarily mean that a third party does not intervene, so it is not necessary to carry out rigorous inspections.

In addition, due to insufficient manpower, the checking personnel is.

They checked the status of the maids in [Discernment], examined their belongings and luggage for Eileen in [Appraisal Eye], asked questions in [Authenticity Determination], and finally signed a [Contract] that clearly stated that [it would not harm the Azure Dragon or Elizabeth] or [it would not interfere with the escort quest].

Their checks are strict because it involves the safety of Elizabeth who worships her.

That said, we also took care of checks such as physical examinations and underwear checks by female members.

"Mr. Carbine, this is a report."

Let's hear it.

After completing a series of checks, Carbine was informed of the results.

Carbine herself did not participate in the inspection, but stood in front of a certain door that sandwiched some passageways from the entrance.

It is the door that leads to the life block of the nobles.

He had been escorting Elizabeth here ever since she returned.

"There were 16 maidservants of Lady Aileen Rogue."

"Hmm. More than the maid you brought with you. So?"

"No suspicious objects brought in. There is no problem with the question of [sabotage, intelligence gathering, or assassination] through multiple [veracity determination]."

What about Discovery ?

“There's nothing dangerous… no one is in the job,” he says.

"... this way too?"

Carbine rubs her hand against the jaw covered in full-face helm.

I was worried that the guards didn't have a job when I went down to the City of Winter Orbs.

The inhabitants of the city, not all.

The craftsmen and miners were in the right jobs for their jobs.

"The guard has that power suit, and even if the maid doesn't have a job, she can do the same thing as a real maid..."

Basically, the two main laws of Infinite Dendrogram, Job and Embrio, are both "plus".

As a base - some Tian is an exception - there is a physical body that is no different from a real human, where performance is added to jobs and Embrio.

It is not a troublesome thing to have, but rather the more it is, the better.

And while the number and types of jobs that Tian can take differ with her genius, [no job suitability at all] Tian... at least Carbine doesn't know.

Then why are Winter Orb humans not as well on the job as powerful people like the guards and the mayor's maidservant?

It was too mysterious. It's even creepy.

Have you asked any questions about that?

"'Yes, my lord.'" It seems to be a condition of employment at the mayor's house. ”

Lord... Rogue Mayor?

Instructions from the greatest power in the city.

Carbine thought the same as Grimes, whether it was some kind of religious or ideological problem.

If identity is a clear top-down structure, it is a common story in the history of the planet that top ideas are forced downwards.

Nevertheless, "not taking a job" in this "Infinite Dendrogram" is too fatal, and even though it is an idea, "why do you do it" has a lot of mysteries.

"... let's keep our eyes open for a while." Is there anything else? "

"I see. Oh, most of the maids were young people in their teens or twenties, but there was only one grandmother." You're about seventy. "

"Hmm..."

The average age of common human organisms in this Infinite Dendrogram is lower than that of the developed planet of advanced medicine. Because recovery magic and surgery don't make much sense for aging.

Therefore, if he was seventy years old, he could be said to be quite an elderly man.

For the record, the reason I separated it from the general... is because there are some long-lived species such as Elves.

And even if [Great Necromancy] were to prolong its life away from humans, this would not be included.

The concoction of the maids or the education clerk of the daughter?

"Maybe."... but if you're studying abroad, you'll be on the Yellow River for a few years, right? You're elderly, so what if you die over there...... a tomb or something? "

"If you put it in the item box for the body, it will rot." Perhaps we should take the mayor's daughter home with us. Not just that old woman. "

Ah, I see.

If we don't witness Tian's death outside the city, it's hard to see this coming.

Even Carbine remembers seeing his fellow soldiers retrieve the bodies of soldiers who died in the last war.

…………

Carbine sighs inside her armor.

The AETL coalition was launched at the start of the last war. Without being offered a reward by the country, those who gathered for their worshippers, Tian, used their strength to create the Lancer Clan and join the war.

Carbine also managed to level up with Patriot's help, and the build was complete.

However, the results were disastrous.

In the end, he can't even protect what he needs to protect on that battlefield, which makes his admiring princess sad.

(It reminds me of the impatience at that time. [Beast King] smashed my uncle. The mindlessness that caused the king to die. How many enemies have we defeated... we couldn't achieve anything.)

According to correspondence, as of the first day, the Royal Capital was in a state of devastation.

Patriot is dead, a majority of its members are down, and now Vojnić is working alone to destroy it, while supporting the remaining members.

(Will we be able to help you this time?)

Carbine gently turned around.

(Patriot... how were you?)

Looking at the door of his own protection, Carbine inquired in his heart about the comrades who had already left.

To be continued