Itai no wa Iya nanode Bōgyo-Ryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu

After eating the cake, the two of them left the store satisfied and as they looked around town, they decided to go out on the field this time.

"If it's one layer, Maple's gonna be okay without armor or something, right?

"Hehe, of course! There are four VIT digits!

Just in case Maple is equipped with a short knife that is hard to stand out, the big shield, etc., remains gone.

If you put out such a flashy big shield, you'll soon find out it's Maple.

"I'll take care of the fight. You can't beat a single monster."

"Yeah, I'll take care of it!

Though the two of them have walked to the exit of town, now I think which way to go.

"Where shall we go?

"I don't care what Maple thinks. Right..."

Sally says so and opens the map, then Maple peeks into it too.

"We went here and here when we explored further before, didn't we? And here's the underground lake, right?

"Yeah, yeah."

"I don't think interesting events and secretive places are held together in one place."

"It could indeed be!

"Well, where I haven't been...... around here I guess. Why don't we focus on this one?

"Yeah! Sooo good!

"Decisions! So long time no see, you want to ride?

"Get in!

Both the aerial levitation of syrup and [brutality] are the means of travel that symbolize maple. If you don't use it, the way you travel depends on this.

Sally rushes out making sure Maple gets on his back and puts his hand firmly on his shoulder.

"You were really late at first!

"I can sort of overcome it now!

"Now it's more about getting on Maple's back."

"Feel like giving back!

"Yes, yes, I'll avoid monsters as much as I can!

Sally's AGI is also up, so he cuts the wind and runs much faster than he did when he was even more.

"Pfft, please wait a moment to get to your destination!

"Yes!"

This is how the two of them first came to the spot where they stared. At the entrance to the woods where the sun's light is plugged in and the bird's voice is heard, Sally stops, lowers the maple, and reconfirms the map.

"I guess here. It's a pretty big forest, so there might be something."

"There's no one else at all. You're still so beautiful!

"It's pretty far from town, so even more so, aren't the monsters stronger?

"I see. [Dedicated mercy] Use it while no one is around?

Though it's unlikely that Sally will be attacked so easily, HP and VIT haven't changed from one layer to the next, so it's no different than a blow to death.

"I'm planning on walking around relaxed, and I'll ask you"

"Yes!"

When Maple activates [Dedicated Mercy], he puts Sally in that range and goes into the woods. As Sally put it, the forest is quite large, so we explore it so that we don't walk around the same place as we look at the map.

"Ah! It's a squirrel, Sally!

"You're flying!

Things like moving around in the woods are mostly monsters. A squirrel slightly larger than normal jumps from bush to maple in a quick move, but Maple takes it with his hands wide open. Fluffy hairy squirrels are adorable, except they scratch constantly.

"Catch!"

"Just be careful with the endurance value of your clothes, okay?

"Oh, right. Then...... get in here!

Maple releases his hand when he puts a squirrel on his head. Although he was busy moving around and attacking from above his head to around his neck, there seemed to be no effective hitting.

"There were a lot of insect-based monsters near town, and it's better this way for you to see"

"Yeah! I don't know if there's anything else I can jump on...... ah!

Did you realize that the squirrel you were putting on Maple's head doesn't have an effective hit, he jumps out of his head and flees into the bush?

"Well, you're running away."

"Well, it doesn't feel like a rare monster, and you're gonna jump on me again in a while, is it?

"Heh heh heh heh heh whenever!

Maple walks around the woods again when he speaks that way to a monster he has yet to see.

"Hmm, normal forest......? It's about the size of something."

"It's still fun to relax, isn't it? Feel like a walk!

"Really? Good. You want to go eat something?

That said, Sally takes a sandwich out of the inventory that she can hold with one hand and hands it to Maple.

"Thanks! Here you go!... Mmm, Sally, look, look!

"Huh? Ah, butterfly...?

Its feathers, shining blue in light in the lush woods, were visible and conspicuous.

"Is it a rare monster? Until just now, it was just a small animal type."

"I'm going to fly! Let's go!

"Whoa!

When Sally puts Maple on her back, she runs to sew the gap between the trees, chasing the blue butterfly. But that distance never shrinks.

"Oddly fast...... I can't possibly catch up with more monsters!

"Come on, Sally!

"Leave it to me, don't lose sight of it......!

That way, after a while, the light overflowing from beyond the trees becomes stronger, and the two go out to the open place.

There was a flower garden spreading with colorful flowers around a slightly larger tree, and there were many other blue butterflies that the two had been chasing.

"Ooh!

"Isn't it especially the event...?

Sally walks toward the flower garden for both of us as she lowers the maple. Maple crouches around looking fun in the center of the flower garden and now checks the flowers at his feet.

"Mmm, I can't seem to pick it and go home"

"Oh, well, do you want to get some pictures for the memorial?

"Yeah! Sally's over here, too!

Make sure the trees also enter the flower garden in the back, and the two take one picture. When Sally checked the image and sent it to Maple, Maple came back.

"Maple?"

…………

To the unresponsive maple. Sally confirms her status that something is weird. Then, Maple is hung with a sleep condition abnormality, and Sally looks around to explore the cause.

"Is that butterfly...?

If you look closely, Sally, who notices sparkling scaly powder scattered by the light of the sun, probably expects that to be the cause.

"I knew there was something troublesome inside from the top. Well, I guess Maple would be fine."

There may be some state anomaly besides sleep, but Maple's HP has no change in the status quo, and Sally would be fine if she were within [dedicated charity].

"But if you have these types of monsters, there's going to be something... a hit?

Allowing the maple to also tuck into the trunk of the tree, Sally climbs onto the tree careful of the range of [dedicated mercy] to confirm something gleaming that she saw on the tree.

"Apples... but this is..."

It is a literal blue apple with the same blue colour as a butterfly feather. It wasn't appetizing, but it had a beauty similar to a gem.

"[Fruit of Sleep]... Material? But it's going to be a good souvenir."

Sally gets off the tree when she picks two of them. Then Maple was just about to return from sleep.

"Sally, are you okay!?

"Thanks to Maple. This is a souvenir I just found."

"Wow! That's beautiful!

"I have both Maple's and mine to commemorate."

"Ooh! Then let's also add that you get souvenirs for every place you go to the goal of this adventure!

"Nice. What do we do, enjoy the flower garden a little more?

That's what Sally says. She shows Maple her sleep tolerance potion. Maple responded by accepting it.

Because the monsters themselves are somewhat troublesome, they do not appear to give Maple an effective hit as expected, and the two indulge in the flower gardens until they feel comfortable, leaving the woods behind.

"Good. I knew there were still plenty of places I hadn't been..."

"I'm moving right to the newest layer. It's fun to pioneer with that."

"What do we do next?

"Hmm, you really came out with nothing to decide. You got a view or something you want to see? Look, you want to see the ocean, you want to see the mountains."

"Mmm, then I want to go to the castle that floats in the sky!

…… I see. Fine, I promised I'd go sometime. "

"Eh heh, stop by and have a glance when you have time!

The so-called floating castle. There are more layers, and now that different dungeons and terrain have been added, it's not strange to have those things somewhere.

"Then I guess the search for a no-plan on the boulder is cut off. Let's go find out if there's any information. Maybe I'll have something I need later."

"Yeah!"

"Well, you'll be riding home, won't you?

"Yes!"

"There might be something on the way home."

"You don't have to have anything, but hey!

"... I'm glad to hear that"

Sally laughed back at Maple laughing like this was enough for the two of us, and they went back to town again.