Let's Manage The Tower

After returning to the management of the Amamiya Tower, Kaiseki talked to Wanli about the situation.

Wanri, who had heard from Kaiseki, immediately agreed to go together to find the artifact.

I've been busy running a fox lodge, but lately, leaving it to other foxes hasn't been a problem.

Even if the examiner asked me to accompany you every few months, I would have nodded immediately.

However, this time, it will take at most ten days, as I have been told by the examiner.

Wanri, who had no problems in terms of number of days in the first place, was happy to agree to the offer from the examiner.

After receiving Wanli's consent, he made preparations at the management level and returned to the forest of Seuri.

The six members who accompanied him this time were Kouchi and Mitsuki, and Silvia and Floria.

As long as they are moving through the transition gate from the management level, they will always pass through the Elf's Country once.

As a result, the villagers already knew that Kaisuke was looking for something in the forest as a rumor.

It didn't seem to be a rumor as to what we were looking for, but Shiomara was circulating some information to avoid any strange misunderstandings.

Of course, it was after obtaining an understanding of the study aid, so the study aid can also pass through the village with peace of mind.

After leaving town and going to the foot of the world tree, Kaiseki had a small meeting with Utta.

Utta and Wanri talked, not to be exact.

They say they will use the Spirits to communicate with them when they go to the cave where they think they will have the artifacts, if they escape.

Since it is done using spirits, the two of you (?), but seeing Utta's satisfactory face when the discussion ended, I understood that it was satisfactory.

So, after all the preparation, the scholars finally entered the woods for the cave.

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This time, there is Utta's guidance through the Spirit, so there is no Elf's guidance.

Instead, relay Utah's words (?) The Wanli who was doing it was very active.

However, even if it is relayed, it is not conveyed in words, but only after the Spirit receiving instructions from Utta.

Several times along the way, they encountered monster raids, but Kouchi or Mitsuki kicked them out, and on the third day they left the village and arrived in front of the cave of their destination.

The location of the cave, which is expected to have divine objects, is to the south-east from the sacred point of view.

The cave is made of nature only, so it is not built like a tower dungeon.

As far as I could see from the outside, there was no light inside, and I had to proceed with the magical light.

Kouhi, please.

"Yes, sir."

As instructed by the examiner, Kouhi magically emitted two lights.

The position of the light will be in front of and behind the party.

When the light from Kouhi entered the cave, it was only one light that jumped into the cave first.

It seems to be a very pleasant step, whether it is because the nature of the fox still remains even if it is human.

After that, Kaiseki walked out, but at about the same time, Wanri's voice echoed in the cave.

"Oniisama, wait!

"Eh...!?

It was almost at the same time that Wanli was stopped and Kaiseki stepped into the cave.

And at that moment, some discomfort ran into the body of the examiner.

"... ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

"I'm sorry, I should have said it a little earlier..."

"No, it was too late to warn you, wasn't it?

"Yes"

Well then, there's no choice.

Wanri showed a sinking expression and Kaiseki smiled to cheer her up.

Sylvia and Floria are the ones left behind.

"... what happened?

That said, Kaiseki returned a bitter smile to Florian, who leaned his neck.

"Yes, in a word, there was a trap of artifacts."

"What?"

"Well, even if it's a trap, it's the kind of thing that lets you know when a tribe of gods or a god comes in."

What Kaiseki felt on his skin was not that he was going to launch some kind of attack, but that he was going to sense someone with a divine power, as I told Floria.

If that type of trap is installed, no matter how conscious Kaiseki is to suppress the divine power, it will be wasted.

The trap placed at the entrance was of the type that was supposed to let you know when you went through it to the person who installed it.

It was Florian who showed a certain understanding after hearing the explanation of the examiner, but he still had something caught on his neck.

"I knew there was a trap, but why didn't Kouchi notice it?

It was Wanri who first entered the cave, but then Kouhi.

Of course, in order to make sure it was safe before the examiner, Floria didn't know why Kouchi didn't notice the trap.

Kouchi had an unusual and painful look on Florian's question.

"... because I thought it was part of the boundary in the forest."

In the forest of Seuri, the boundary between Utta and Kaiseki cooperation is stretched.

Since the boundary is stretched in the forest, neither Kouhi nor Mitsuki will be able to tell each other.

When you do that, you have to give a warning every time you go one meter.

Kouhi was aware of the existence of the trap, but he didn't think it was a trap and recognized it as part of the border.

Therefore, without warning as before, I was allowed to pass through the study aid.

In this case, rather than blaming Kouhi, we should praise the divine instrument that used the boundary trap.

Floria nodded as impressed by Kouhi and Kaiseki's explanation.

"... I see. You had a wonderful opponent."

"That's right. If Kouhi had warned me every time he realized how to close the border, I would have stopped him, so the results would have been the same."

Kasuke said so to comfort Kouhi, who was still depressed.

"That's right. Even if I had been there before, the results would have been the same."

Mitsuki also said words to comfort Kouhi following the examination.

Kouchi, comforted by both Kaiseki and Mitsuki, shook his neck to the left and right to shake off his mistakes.

"But now the artifact is....."

"Oh, I see. Probably got away. I had a trap like this, so it's unnatural to think that there's only one entrance to the cave."

It would be easier to assume that Kaiseki escaped as soon as he came into contact with the trap.

Otherwise, you won't know what you were trapping for.

"So, what do we do? You're not going anywhere?

"No, I want to know if there really was any artifacts. In the meantime, I'll head ahead. Besides, I don't know if I really escaped."

Now we are talking on the assumption that the artifact has escaped, but it is also possible that we set a trap just to know that Kaiseki has arrived.

After all, I don't know what the artifact thought and set a trap at the entrance if I don't go inside.

In order to do that, we must go back and check it out once.

Speaking of which, it makes no sense to turn back here after all this time.

Florian just asked for confirmation, and I was going to go to the back from the beginning.

He nodded at the words of Kaiseki and turned his gaze to the back of the cave.