Life in Another World as a Maid Mage

The floor, which left behind the water after it had been drawn, had already started to freeze thinly due to the cold. The boots are non-slip for now, but it is still dangerous to slip if you walk like this. Theoli had a slightly warm breeze and dried the floor to the corridor, creating a passage where two and one could walk.

Thank you. Thank you.

"Yeah, you're welcome."

As he walked through the dry corridor and stood at the entrance of the hall across the hall, a strange smell grabbed his nose. It smells like rotten water.

"I suppose I've been accumulating it for a long time. I'm glad this isn't summer."

In the hot season, the smell would not have been like this.

That said, Alec's gaze captured a point in the corridor. Shiori also makes an unspeakable expression.

About a dozen metels ago, you can see something big black falling on the floor in the corridor. It wasn't supposed to be yesterday, like blocking half the aisle.

"... I wonder what it is."

"... I wonder what it is."

I thought it might have been a demon beast that the Empire had defeated, but I remembered that yesterday's appearance would not have allowed me to compete with a demon beast that big. In other words, before that...

In the meantime, I'll melt it again.

"Oh, please."

Melt the thin ice floor with warm wind magic, then prepare yourself to step out.

"... this is..."

The two approached exhaled relieved to know who it was, and then looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

"... wreckage of furniture"

"I thought it was the body of a beast....."

"Absolutely. It surprises me."

Was it a shelf or a table or something? It seems to have been a big piece of furniture, and it has turned black because it has been immersed in water for a long time. Something decaying and broken and scattered, I think, has been pushed into this place.

"You came from the middle of nowhere."

"I guess. Ah, this is... I see, this is what we're dealing with."

Alec points to a translucent object caught in the wreckage. Though completely swollen with water, the umbrella head and multiple tentacles extending from it were familiar.

"Snow and sea moon (Sne Manietel)...."

False Onion (False Whisp) with Fire Attributes. For some reason, these two kinds of beasts who entered the room must have competed at the end of the battle. Then the false Oni-Fire was extinguished, leaving the magic stone, and the snow, the sea and the moon fell into the water, and remained there.

If you look closely, you can see some carcasses entangled in the wreckage.

Lori pinched the carcass. Did you really not feel like eating the carcass in this condition? There is no way to take it in just by sticking it.

Theoli casually circled behind the wreckage - finding what was underneath it - and took a short breath. Holding her mouth, she stood still.

"What's wrong? - Ugh."

Alec, who rushed over, also noticed and moaned. You can be hugged on his chest.

"This is... that magician..."

He raised his fearful face from Alec's chest and looked gently at his feet again.

--- There was a blonde Imperial man who had been seen yesterday lying on his back with half his body sandwiched in the wreckage. Pale skin, open eyes, and arms thrown to the floor like puppets. Slightly red liquid seeped under the blonde hair, which contained moisture.

"... I guess I hit my head when I was pushed away."

--Just before the current approached, I felt the magic shake and heard the shock sound. Did you magically break it without opening it and eat a proper amount of water?

Alec gently taps Siori on the back, then leans away and bends over to the man. He put his hand against the man's mouth and then touched his neck.

"... definitely. I can't breathe anymore. I'm out of business."

"Really....."

--Silence fell.

He looked down silently for a while, but eventually Alec sighed and gently lowered the man's eyelids. Then she stroked Ruli's body, who was watching her in silence beside her.

"I'm sorry, but can you help me? Let's get him out of here."

Louis trembled and then slipped under her body. Alec puts his hand on the wreckage and lifts it with force. In the slightly lifted gap, Louis moved her body around.

"Thank you, Lori."

When you work out a water polo, you swallow it gently and then shiver happily.

Alec put the man's arms around his chest. And whispering, "Clemens would have had a better drink," he lightly filled the man's mouth with the liquor he noticed coming out of the pouch at his waist. Is it like dead water?

He was an unpleasant man, but this is the least courtesy for those who travel in hiding. Offer a short silent prayer.

--A ritual of mourning for those who have died on their journey.

"... can you end up in a foreign land after a reckless journey? Even though I deserve it, it's pathetic."

"... yeah. That's right."

He was an arrogant and unpleasant man who didn't even want to sacrifice people to survive. Still, I know it seemed desperate. He had something to aspire to. At the end of the journey, without seeing your homeland again, you lose your life in an exotic landscape - it's so sad.

--A place that separated the world from Japan, a dark place where the light didn't even reach, was just dying --- The memory of that day disappeared past the corner of my head.

Theoli

I hear the caring voice of my beloved. It's okay, I took his hand while I was returning it.

"... let's clean your hands"

Ah.

Speak water magic and bring out pure water. I washed my hands gently with the water, brewed and dried them, and then gently poured warm water on Louis to clean them.

"Shall we go?"

"Yeah."

Once he glanced at the man lying on the floor, he headed for the corridor.

Without walking much, the door pops and leaves in front of the flying room. It was a place that didn't open.

"Wow... you did it so flashy."

"Looks like you left it up to me."

On both sides of the hinge, the wooden piece that used to be the door hung to the extent of apology, and its ends were badly burned and burned. The broken door either became part of the wreckage earlier, or it was pushed down and rolled into the hall.

"It's not like I didn't know that if I destroyed it without any preparation, the water would overflow at once."

"... it looks like I haven't had a decent meal or rest in a long time... so I guess I can't think straight anymore."

Still, I think the two of them were a little more calm, but I also thought it might be the difference between desperation and desperation.

"... I see."

Alec stepped carefully into the room, making an unspeakable expression.

The interior was almost the same as the other rooms, but the lower part of the room was blackened due to the effect of soaking in water for a long time. The floor is scattered with decaying pieces of wood and debris of building materials. And there was a big hole in the place where I thought there might have been a window. The stone walls have collapsed, perhaps due to years of neglect.

From the cross section of the collapsed stone wall, it seems that it has not been that long since the collapse. The expedition report submitted to the Alliance didn't mention anything, so it must have collapsed after the Tris Expedition finally visited.

"If it's just this big hole, rain and snow are all you can blow."

"There are also signs of rainwater flowing through the outer wall. It's still stained."

There must have been several heavy rainy days since the summer. In winter, it snows as it does every day. And the leaning tower. This large hole is located on the upper side of the slope. The inner door is on the lower side. We had all the conditions for water to accumulate.

Even if that man hadn't broken, the loaded door would have broken down anyway.

"Either way, it's better to tell the union (guild)... and the Knights about the collapse. I don't think tourists come and go."

"That's right. It's a place where anyone can come if they want to come in summer."

If the collapse has begun in some parts, there may be other places that will be damaged and collapsed in the future. Not only civilians but also adventurers need to be alerted.

"... ah"

Siori looked away from the big hole and casually raised her voice in a corner of the room. Lori trembles at her feet.

"That's...."

Alec seems to have noticed.

Some of the walls in the corner of the room are still collapsing. It's not that big, but it's just wide enough for one person to get through. Something was stuck there.

It looked like a wooden box with a lid when I approached it. Some are folded to block the holes. The crate, which is larger than the width of the hole, probably stayed here without being caught in the water.

When Alec stuck with the sheath of his sword, he made a heavy noise and the crate collapsed. Theoli looks at it with interest.

It's kind of like a treasure chest.

The top rounded lid is hinged to a rectangular box. It's a wooden crate designed to be used in adventure stories.

"I guess so. The box itself was originally worth it. Check it out."

As Alec pointed out, there were many marks on the surface of the decayed wooden box that he thought had been scraped and the decoration forcibly peeled off.

"The contents... are naturally gone. Or was it empty from the beginning?"

"I don't know. From what I've seen, this is a hidden room. I wouldn't leave an empty box."

Lori slipped in. Then I tremble softly. He wants to say that there is no problem.

The two of them peeked inside from where it collapsed. It is a small room about two meters in all directions. Nothing has changed apart from the scattered wooden box with the lid open.

"... all boxes are empty"

"Oh, all the decorations have been stripped off. I suppose you had a jewel or something on your pedestal."

Alec smiles bitterly.

"I wonder what you're really blind to."

"It's easy to get near the city, and it was originally a tower belonging to the Empire nobles. The Royal Army was brought out to the public shortly after the recapture operation. I don't know when we found this hidden room... 150 years have passed since it was abandoned. It's not a metaphor or anything, it's been explored from corner to corner."

That's why there are no adventurers who dare to explore if they don't come as hands-on training or experiments. Annelier seemed to have found another value in the tower itself, but that would be a special example.

Those Empires risked their lives in a place like this.

It was then that I leaned down feeling vain while doing other HR work.

Alec reacted with a twitch and put his hand on the handle of the sword. Luli also moved forward in front of Shiori. It's not a warning color, but it still makes me nervous.

--Footsteps.

The sound of slow stepping closer and closer.

When I applied Exploration Magic, there was a faint reaction between the two of them.

"... the Imperial"

"... ahh"

--Two surviving Empires.

Alec stepped forward and stood up.

Soon afterwards - the Empire Swordsman appeared at the entrance.