... live free!

"I knew you had noticed"

That's what came out of it, Mr. Zeros. Well, I knew who was there because I checked chills...

"A while ago, wasn't it? I didn't know when..."

"Still amazing enough."

And he praised me, even though I was frightened. But when I say I used magic, I'm not going to have that compliment either...

"So her proclamation, did you hear?

"Oh, 'I, Youre, will never be involved again! Something like that?

"Yes."

Good. Sounds like you heard me right. I was surprised when I turned my gaze to Youre with relief about that. Mendez has a similarly surprising look. Could it have surprised you that people suddenly came out?... Yet Mr. Zeros wonders why he was here?

"Speaking of which, Mr. Zeros, why are you here?

"Oh, there was the one who rushed back to the guild a while ago. He said he saw the oak in the woods near the city, so I was heading to the place where I witnessed the oak, and it felt like I found the ladies."

"!? Oak!!

Apparently Mendez remembered the oak by now, so he shook up the area. When I woke up, I wondered if I was distracting my fears with something different because I wasn't talking about Yua or the injury, but apparently I only had eyes for what was in front of me.

"Did you see the ladies, too?

"Well, for once"

He nodded as he turned his gaze toward Yua as he said.

"Right...... So this injury, it's all due to orcs?

I turned my gaze to Mendes as I said.

"That's right." "No, I'm not."

"Why would you say that! You don't know!

"I haven't seen it, but the only injury I've suffered by the oak is on my left arm, right? And then, did you fall off a cliff? Or a jumping injury, right?

"Huh!

Mendez said, his mouth was pounding. Apparently, it's a picture star. Well, I knew it...

"What do you mean?

Yes, Mr. Zeros asked.

"Because the footprints that were on this cliff followed the cliff."

and see the cliffs around the top of Mendes.

"... we'll find out later"

Would it be all right if Mr. Zeros looked into it? I don't care if you run around in the dark and fall off a cliff and say you've been attacked by an oak or something and you're a very tragic victim... and Yua was asking Mr. Zeros this when he thought of it.

"Mr. Zeros, since when have you been nearby?

"Certainly around the time the injured lady started calling? 'Cause I heard voices and I came over here."

When Mr. Zeros said so, Mendez had a suspicious grin.