After dinner I was summoned to the tent of the Knights escorting the camp and briefly received a policy explanation for the future [restoration].

The contents are not special, but the formal process is just to confirm that we want the plan to proceed as planned because we are on track overall.

By the time that explanation was complete, the sky - the luminous ceiling of the underground space - had already darkened, with a slight residual light shining like a star.

Temperatures have also fallen, so the adventurers are pulling into the tent except for the defenseman.

But the residents of Greenhollow Town were not.

I enjoyed the night sky sights outdoors until I purposefully weaved a blanket to overwhelm the cold, how rare and irresistible the night sky in the underground space was.

Besides, if you look closely, Sylvia and Erica were mixed up in it, too.

"Well... I guess that's the way to enjoy it"

I think it's bad to interrupt, and I head to my tent without speaking up.

In front of the tent, a soldier on watch approached him as he ordered a halt, but soon realized it was me and de-alerted him.

"Excuse me. Come through."

"That's a big deal... do you need a lookout?

"I already need that. Lord Luke's role is ineffective."

You are certainly right if you think objectively, but since the protection of the camp itself is a cornerstone, don't you have to go so far?

"Oops. Lord Luke's tent is on the right. Because on the left is the tent assigned to the female employees of the White Wolf store. Please make no mistake."

"I know."

Make no mistake, that means don't mistake the tent, right? I only thought for a moment... but I stopped putting it in my mouth.

Well, I got all the work done for the day, but what do we do now?

Do you want to take a big bath and sweat as planned, or do you want to sleep right away to ensure longer sleep?

With that in mind, diving through the cloth at the entrance to the tent - there was already a forerunner there.

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Rigid garnet. A water bucket that holds hot water and makes the hot air stand up.

The hand holding the wet hand towel stopped perfectly on the way to wipe the dewy white upper body.

After staring at each other for a few seconds, I backed off and closed the entrance cloth without saying anything.

"Hey, come on, say something"

"... sorry, I was as alarmed as I thought"

Garnett is supposed to be an ostensible man, so it was only natural that this tent would be assigned to him or that he would not be able to use the bath.

For some reason here lately, I almost forgot about it by accident.

Great reflection. If you don't pull yourself together properly, you might get worn out in public.

- Then I waited for Garnet's hot tub to finish before getting dressed, finishing my bath in the bathroom and returning to the tent.

I'm already up late at night, so it's time for me to sleep on the boulder.

Tomorrow I plan to finish [restoring] the underground farm once and for all, so I can't let you lose focus due to lack of sleep.

No matter what the situation, lack of sleep can only be a factor in decreasing work efficiency.

"Well..."

Arrange the sheets of simple bedding provided for the tent and finish all the preparations to sleep.

The simple sleeping table is placed one at each end of the tent for two, each of which is to be used by me and Garnett.

"You need to go to bed soon too..."

"Damn!

But as I went into the futon and tried to turn off the lamp, Garnett moved the bedroom to power and let it adjacent to my bedroom.

"Oh, hey! What?"

"I need to talk to you about something. I don't want to be asked outside."

Garnett dived flat into the futon with the bed adjacent and began to talk in depression without waiting for my consent.

"You, before this. You've spoken to my brother and I. Actually, I was just interrogating you."

"... which neighborhood did you talk about?

"About your mother. As soon as I heard it, I thought it was Yabeye, but since it was about my brother, he also asked me why I became a knight anyway, didn't he?

"Oh...... right"

I didn't feel like falling for it.

At an early age, he killed his mother in retaliation for the resentment of the Mithril trafficking organization, aiming to capture the killer with his own hands.

It is an untold fact that I was told that by Garnett's brother, Captain Carmine Knights.

"Agate Lamb. That's the name of the most powerful suspect's organization."

I don't know why Garnett suddenly started talking like this.

But I didn't say anything, I listened to anything.

"To tell the truth, I was thinking about you, the bait that attracts Agate Lamb. I'm still not gonna let him grab my tail, and Agate Lamb wouldn't eat it if it were him."

"I see. He sure looks like a good bait to eat"

"... at first, right? Not now, huh?

"I know. That's what motivated you to take my escort assignment, right?

No reply. The failure of denial to return was a dark indication of the will to affirm.

"So, what do you think now?

"I don't know."

Garnett buried his face in the pillow while lying down.

"But that's how I first thought about it, and I felt like I couldn't hide it. I don't know... uh, it's me... it's not good..."

After worrying about her choice of words, Garnett turned her head away from me.

"... disillusioned?

"No way."

The response from me was simple and clear.

I can't think of any other answers at all.

"Instead, if you'd told me that from the beginning, I'd have tried to work with you to the best of my ability. Whatever you did now is good enough. Oh, no... after all this commotion over on the boulder."

"Hehe... thanks, White Wolf's"

My gaze remained pointed somewhere, but my voice was the only one who laughed happily.

Maybe Garnett stayed with this anxiety the whole time.

If that's the case, it's hard to get over. There's no way I'm denying Garnett for that reason.

I reached for the lantern placed on the pillow of the simple sleeping table, twisted the extinguishing switch and turned off the lights.

"I'm going to sleep on the boulder now. Good night."

"Oh, good night"

We exchange bedtime greetings and fall asleep in the dark tent.

It was an unfamiliar sleeping area, but tonight's sleep was going to be calm and healthy.

- But our comfortable sleep will be broken without any foretaste before dawn.

By the multiple roars echoing from the direction of Demon King's Castle and the fierce impact that rocks the atmosphere.