"Fuck, Rain! What are you gonna do?
Canade's hasty voice flew in.
"Goddamn... we're getting away with this now!
"No, I won't miss it."
"Become...!?
I heard a voice from right around the corner.
The shadow rises, and that takes the shape of a person.
It's Leanne.
I guess I used the magic 'shadowseeker' that moves from shadow to shadow.
"Earthbound!"
The earth protruded and tangled in my body like a cage.
"Arios told me that you, the state anomaly doesn't work, does it? But what about this?
"Gu...... this!
I try to get out with all my might, but the next thing I know, the shackles of dirt are tangled up, and I can't escape.
"Stop it, Leanne! I didn't kill anybody! This is a mistake. So..."
"Haha, I don't care about that"
"Leanne...?
"I don't like you. It's rubbish bugs and it defies me, and it ticks me up about what happened in Pagos... I'm not kidding. You're a businessman. Who do you think I am? Leanne the Great Wizard. Take this punishment against me. Kihahahaha" "
"This guy......!
You're moving with personal emotions, not righteousness!
I can't believe he's naming a brave man like this... I'm kidding!
"Yikes!?
"Ugh!?
I heard Sora and Luna screaming.
When I rushed over to you, they were caught by Agus.
Just like Leanne, she must have magically moved to the side of the two of us.
If it's a magic battle, Sola and Luna have no enemies, but it's tough when it's a flesh-bomb battle.
I can't shake Agus' big arm off.
"Oh my...!
"Don't look sweet, it is!
Sora and Luna use magic and try to pull off Agus...
"That's it."
Mina says it off sharply.
In that hand was the figure of Tina tied with a rope of light.
"Guys, I'm sorry... I don't care. When I saw that footage, I was surprised... and I got stuck in that gap..."
"I am a cleric. It's as simple as getting rid of ghosts."
"Mina, don't!
"Then surrender quietly. I will not tolerate resistance."
Tina is capable of exerting power close to the most powerful species due to her properties as a ghost...
Clerics are natural enemies.
If I am exposed to the light of purification, it happens to disappear in the meantime.
"Hey, it's cowardly to take hostages!
"Yes! Still a brave party!?
Canade and Tania stare, but Mina is not upset with the shards either.
"We're doing the right thing. Namely, it is an act recognised by God. Your heart won't shake with those words."
"Ku......!
No, whatever you say, Mina doesn't make sense.
"Mmm..."
That's where Nina was moving.
If Nina evacuates us all to the subspace, we can escape.
I expect that...
"Yes, you should be quiet too"
"Ugh!?
"Nina!"
Soon a woman knight sneaking behind her back seized Nina.
A face I've never seen...
Seeing you act with Arios, is he a member I joined after I fell out?
"Well... Rain. Do I look like I had a fight?
Arios gave him a grin he was proud of winning a nigga.
"Knock."
Bite your lips.
I don't know what Arios and the others are doing here... but there's nothing I can do.
Me, Sola, and Luna are being held captive for movement.
There's nothing I can't get out of...
But Tina and Nina have been totally caught.
You can't act badly because you're being held hostage by a weapon.
Canade and Tania seem to understand that too, a situation where they can't move.
The Arios are not the only enemies.
We were surrounded by other adventurers so the examiners could make a circle.
Each with a weapon.
Those eyes are staring at us and treating us like complete criminals.
It would also be impossible to convince them.
What can we do to break this situation?
What can I do!?
……
I think desperately...
I couldn't find the answer.
"... ok. Surrender."
"Rain!?
Canade gave a voice of surprise.
Is Tania serious, too? He looks like that.
But there's nothing else I can do.
If I'm unscrupulous, someone will get hurt.
I absolutely don't like that.
I'm not gonna be like Arios.
I don't want to be the same guy who can easily trump my people......
As far as that footage goes, it means my solo prisoner.
Caught, brought to justice...
Even if you're guilty, I'll be the only one.
I think everyone's fine.
Of course, I'm not going to give up easily.
How to escape, how to prove your innocence... I'm going to think about it and try it.
I just have to get caught quietly now.
"It's good to know, Rayne. Has it grown a little?
"Arios, you...!
I manage to ask, enduring the urge to beat him up.
"I'll ask you one thing. This is... Arios' fault?
"I wonder what that means, what's that?
"I'm asking if it was Arios who set me up."
"Well... you have no idea what you're talking about"
Arios... laughed.
Sounds fun.
Be happy.
I stuck a joyful grin on my mouth.
I saw that laugh and was convinced.
The killer is Arios.
I don't know why, but you're trying to discredit me.
I can't get tired of just banishing me from the party, doing this...
Trying to take away my new people too...
Trying to crush my life too...
I can't help it. My anger creeps up.
It's like when they banished a party back in the day...
Similar emotions gush up at that time.
And I was sure.
Arios is... an enemy.