- Later, me and Garnett decided to follow the Spring Leaf Pavilion to the nearest dungeon, "The Day Clock Forest".

Since all the members of the head office said they were going to the "Day Clock Forest" or the Hollow Bottom Branch of the Adventurer Guild at the bottom of it, they didn't even have to think about their next destination.

Alexia didn't know the exact contents of the labyrinth exploration plan or where Sakura seemed to know it, so if she wanted to hear from Sakura, she'd have to look for it herself.

Most importantly, it is a question that can be solved by asking an adventurer I know outside of Sakura, so even if Sakura is away on request, there is no problem.

"Whoa, there he is."

On the way down the basin-shaped 'Day Clock Forest' covered in trees, Garnett accidentally raised his voice on the fourth tier ahead of the fifth tier where the branch was located.

The figure of a woman and a girl familiar with the grass off the maintained road.

Noir and Erica were there when they were working on the herb collection.

"Long time no see! How you doin '?

They both noticed us when Garnett spoke up and Erica rushed right over.

"Store manager! You were too late!

"Bad, bad. The bridge we were supposed to go through was broken, so we were supposed to go a long way."

"That was in the letter, and I don't know if I can help it... but there were some days that were so critical, right?

"Of course, I'll make it up to you."

As Sylvia said, the head office sales themselves seemed to have managed without collapse, but they were still struggling with the staff behind it.

Slightly late, Noir catches up with a cage with herbs by his side.

"... Welcome back..."

"I'm home. You bothered me."

"Me, is... nothing. Erica did her best..."

Because Noir praised her, Erica scratched her cheeks lightly.

Says Noir and Alexia are sometimes asked for their respective expertise to leave the store open, during which time Erica often partitioned the store.

"So, are the store managers going to the branch now? Then why don't we go back to bed?"

"... right..."

Looks like they both decided to interrupt the work and return to the Hollow Bottom Fortress, so the four of them decide to go down to the fifth tier together.

Behind Garnett walking around telling Erica about the King's Capital, Noir secretly - I guess he's just talking normally as far as he's concerned - called out to me.

"Luke... actually... interested, profound, I found the material..."

"Materials?"

Noir nodded sneerily.

From this attitude and the way it talks, it seems more like a mere chat rather than a serious topic.

He's extremely bad at self-assertion and interpersonal relationships, but since he's been dating for a long time, he's also starting to know quite a bit what he's thinking.

"... Village Hall, I was asleep... old, material... I lent it to you, I got it, because..."

I don't know if it's an occupational disease of a wizard or a hobby of a noir individual, but he seems to have shown much interest in a maniacal field.

"Green Hollow's... Formation... of, theories..."

- Noir said Green Hollow Town developed with the discovery of a source of hot springs in the mountains and people gathering around them.

The theory is how the source was discovered and spread among the people.

The first is that the secret water used by hunters and chisels to relieve fatigue has only become widely known.

It's extremely realistic or why I have to be convinced that it actually was.

The second is that a certain famous temple cleric was entrusted with the location of a hot spring to heal the disease in order to save a people suffering from the epidemic.

This theory even has theories on the fundamental matter of "which god clergy", and it is believed that various temples tried to spread it later to foil themselves.

And the third is...

"... Dragon, what the hell"

"Is...?

"Decades ago... one, dragon, appeared... on the ground... I crusaded it, a warrior... on my way home, I found a hot spring... and healed my wounds..."

Noir told me the third theory in a tone that was not a bundle of memories, but as clearly as possible.

"Sometimes the Warcraft comes out of the dungeon, and there are no examples of dragons appearing... but when a dragon comes out near Green Hollow, don't read it in depth"

"... right, would it...?

The fifth tier of the "Sun Clock Forest" that we are headed for leads to another dungeon, the "Demon King Castle Realm," where many dragons live.

The condition for opening a concealed passage connecting the two dungeons is to destroy the walls of the labyrinth, the Millennium Corridor of Nara, which can be considered an official route to the 'Demon King's Castle area' - although it is now freely accessible.

When a hidden passage opens, the Dragon of "Demon King Castle Area" will be able to travel to the ground.

The problem is that its walls are built by misrills and continue to self-repair by the immense magic of the earth, making it extremely difficult to destroy them.

"If the dragon didn't fly from another place, but showed up via the then undiscovered 'Sun Clock Forest'... did someone dive into the 'Millennium Corridor of Naruto' succeed in destroying the wall as of a few decades ago, or..."

Reminds me of the backdrop to the Ripper of the Night (Nightripper) case that I just got involved in in in Wang Du.

Destruction of the walls of The Millennium Corridor of Nara, which cannot be accomplished without the use of special skills on humans today and for which the Demon King's Army seemed to have made it possible.

But what if it wasn't a human or a sign of Gandalf the Demon King, and the people with the skills to surpass them?

For example, the people who sent the "Autonomous Dolls with Personality" that should be impossible for humans and Demon King's Army, who were the identity of the Rippers of the Night (Night Trippers) - if they were to lurk deeper into the realm than the "Demon King's Castle realm", which once defeated Demon King's Army.

"... I don't want to think about what they did behind The Demon King's Castle."

"Oh... the Demon King said, a true enemy..."

"I heard the adventurers are trying to explore places deeper than The Demon King's Castle Realm, but I hope they don't accidentally bowl it in."

"Or do they... don't know, or...? A true enemy..."

"No way!"

I bluntly denied what Noir had to say.

"You're determined to be trying to explore after finding out. Especially if they're up to a high rank. That's what adventurers are all about."