"Uh-huh."

On the ground floor of the inn, Canade looked depressed.

With his cheek cane on, he stares out the window in a blur.

The tail is fuzzy... fuzzy... and occasionally shaky as if I remembered.

"What's wrong, Canade?

From upstairs, Tina came down the stairs with a ton of tongues.

I notice a confused canade and move nearby.

"Hmmm...... I don't know, I will no longer"

"Did Rayne's husband even cheat on you?

"Rayne wouldn't do that!?

"Ooh."

Canade taps a table with a bang to make a big reaction.

Tina, who was just going to tease me for a second, startles me at how Canade reacts like that.

"Rayne would never do that!

"Uh, excuse me. I was just gonna tease you, and I didn't know Rayne's husband would do that."

"Ugh."

Canade swelled her cheeks, while

"Mostly, how long it took for Rayne to realize how we felt. You can't cheat on Rain like that."

"... I don't want to be told terribly. Well, there's no denying it."

It was two people who had a strange trust in Rayne.

"So... why are you looking so melancholy?

"Hmm..."

Canade spins words one by one as he rocks his tail with a pimple.

"I don't know... uncomfortable?

"Uncomfortable?"

"For example, suppose you have a fish in front of you, right?

"Homma, I like fish...... so?

"With my favorite fish in front of me, my tension culminates. All right, let's eat it raw. I was just trying to make it taste good... and I think. Is this a real fish? What?"

"What, that?

"I'm not sure either."

"We don't know more..."

Canade spills a sigh and Tina also spills her exhale so that she can follow it.

Keep it up, there's an irresistible air flow...

Second, Canade makes a serious face.

"We're... happy now, aren't we?"

"Saya."

"But you know what... I feel different"

……

Tina pierces her silence.

That's because I felt something in Canade's words...

Because I stuck with it.

"I'm happy, but I'm happy... something will happen again. It's like I'm forgetting something... and I'm worried that it's really okay to stay like this."

"Seya... Actually, we were thinking something similar."

The trigger is that I talked to Rayne.

At that time, I began to have some discomfort.

What does that look like?

I can't be specific...

Is your chest on purpose, and you can keep it like this? and the other seemed to sue me.

"" Mmm. ""

"Canade and Tina thought the same thing about Sola and the others."

"Ah, Sola."

"And Luna and Tania."

Sola, Luna and Tania showed themselves anew to the two people who think about it.

Apparently the three of them were thinking the same thing, telling each of their thoughts.

"I can't put it into words well...... I feel terribly restless. I'm being deceived by the world, but I can't recognize the reality in front of me as reality. There's been a divergence."

"I have no idea what my sister is talking about... I don't know, I feel like I'm dreaming. It's not real."

"Right, I agree. I didn't care about anything at first... strange and now I just feel uncomfortable."

What does this mean?

We all roar and think.

But the answer doesn't come up.

I feel like I'm coming one more step...

The last step, it doesn't work.

The strange discomfort doesn't disappear, like a small bone stabbing me in the throat.

Eliminate it...

After all, it was one of them.

"" I'm home ""

Nina and Rifa are back at the inn.

Look at the two of you. Are the canades gone? I think.

I don't see Nina's mother and Callus, who were supposed to have gone for a walk together.

Am I acting differently?

I think so, but look at the look on their faces and know it's different.

Nina and Rifa... looked like they were going to cry.

I just don't feel like it's hard or sad.

Touching old nostalgic memories, it's like my tear glands are loose...

That's the face.

"Nah... Nina, Rifa. What's the matter with you?

"Your mother... is not here."

"Your brother's gone, too"

"Nha? What do you mean?"

"I'm acting different... that's not what you're saying, is it? Uh... what do you mean?

To Tania's inquiry, make a few moments before Rifa answers.

"We..."

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How long is it now?

I think I climbed quite a few floors, but I still can't get to the top.

"Lady Rain, are you feeling all right?

"Oh, that's no problem."

I have the power I gained from signing a contract with Canade, so I have no problems with my health.

Illis would not be so fatigued because he also uses wings on his back to make sure he flies half way and travels.

"Just... Exactly, it's a hassle to deal with this many"

"Right...... come on, I hope it stops"

Physical fatigue is still fine.

But those with mental fatigue are pretty tough.

The battle has been going on forever, forcing me to concentrate for a long time...

I felt like I was losing my mind.

Is Mr. Alpha producing demons?

Or... have you joined hands with a third force?

I want it to be the former, but that's the one called optimistic hope, probably the latter.

"Oh, we found the metastasis gate again."

As I climbed the stairs, I found a transfer gate connecting the space to the space.

It's rocking like a mirage, and the demons are showing themselves from it.

It would have been something left behind by a third party, in a trap-like fashion.

"Go away."

When Illis waved, the transfer gate disappeared with the demon.

With the application of summoning magic, it seems possible to interfere with the metastasis gates and erase them.

"This is the fifth one... it's a pain in the ass."

"But step by step, I think we're steadily approaching"

In fact, the number of demons was decreasing.

It can't be zero, but compared to when we started going up the tower, it's less than half.

Quite a bit of fatigue...

For that matter, they must be hunting down the enemy.

"Is it time to finish?

"I hope so, but I don't think it's going to be easy."

"Oh, is that a flag?

"I don't mean to..."

"... but it looks like a new enemy has emerged because you said so, Rayne?

Tips Tips and the sound of going down the stairs.

Not for one person, but three footsteps.

Slightly, I showed up...

"Milfielle? And to Chocolat...... Chiffon!?