11
Then all twelve days went by without a thing.
Lekan and Arios took a rest day about twice, as well as going to the labyrinth every day as ever and coming back every other day. In other words, it is customary to spend the night in the labyrinth if you enter the labyrinth.
Looking at that, the three of us at Grindam thought Willard was doing a stretched quest.
That can't be done. In the case of this labyrinth, there is no danger in turning back to the stairs from halfway through the hierarchy, so purposefully exploring it while staying must be a long battle. That means we're fighting in a hierarchy we can't win without a long fight.
Even Nark stopped worrying about what hierarchy Lekan and Arios were reaching, etc. Even if you listen and answer me, I probably don't believe that answer. So I'm just asking.
The two are pleasant guests, and they don't ramble or entertain the room. He's enjoying the comfort of this inn, and he likes the delicacy of the meal. Arios compliments the taste of the meal in words, and Lecan says nothing with his mouth, but he tastes and eats it right, and has never left a single dish behind.
And he pays for the inn, and he pays for the bath and the booze, and he pays it right at the end of it.
Thanks to "Grindam" and "Willard" the five rooms are buried all the time. Many armed adventurers are unattended, but neither "Grindam" nor "Willard" will be removed.
"Grindam" sometimes returns for dinner outside without notice. I guess we have a relationship, and this is the only thing that's ever happened. In that case, she decides to have it eaten the next morning. The price is for dinner, but you pay me without complaining, so as a narc, I'm not dissatisfied, and I have nothing to lose.
As the pawn owner of the inn, it is a truly satisfactory situation.
Then my wife is in a good mood.
I can say that there is nothing on my mind.
But that night, that is, the twenty-sixth night of a month, I was listening to a conversation between "Grindam" and "Willard," and the indelible twitch wraps around Nark's heart.
The trigger was Twinger's question.
"By the way, you guys. How many levels do we explore?
"Ninety tiers."
Nark sprayed the water he was drinking behind the counter.
"Oh, really. Just like the rest of us."
"Really. What a surprise."
"Where is the highest reaching hierarchy?
"We've just reached the ninety tiers today."
"Ka. Really? Ninety tiers of large individuals are awesome."
"Right. They're moving up to the ninety-two levels. If you catch up, why don't you go for ninety-three levels together?"
"Ha. That would be nice. What do you think of Twinger?
"Wow. I hope so."
Listening to such a conversation, Nark was screaming in his heart.
(Hey!)
(Do you believe that?
(They've been diving into this labyrinth for less than twenty days, haven't they?
(Ah)
Don't they know that?
(Stay somewhere before you come to this inn)
(You think I've been exploring)
(No!
(They started exploring the labyrinth after coming to this inn!
"Lord Lecan. What do you say?
"Hmm. That's what you're telling me, so when we reach the ninety-two tiers, let's speak up"
"Oh! Do that. Caught."
(Is this what you're after?
(Was it their purpose to explore jointly with "Grindam"?
(That's why you stayed at this inn?
So what are you gonna do with Grindam?
(I mean, if we really have to reach the ninety-two tiers, we can't even jointly explore)
(So you're really reaching the ninety tiers now?
Labyrinth exploration is at your own risk. Even if the two parties do a joint exploration and something goes wrong, that's one thing to blame for all of the two parties. Naak hasn't always brokered a joint search or anything, so there's no reason to worry. That said, Nark's heart goes out of his way if he thinks there might be some misfortune in [Grindam].
(Let's still tell the guys from "Grindam" a word)
Nark decided to do so.
Eventually the dinner guests returned and the five guests also went up to the room.
It was the next morning, and the two "Willards" went out early.
After that, Bruska woke up.
Nark opened his mouth when he carried his breakfast to the table.
"Those two Willards came to this town on the 8th of this month."
"On the 8th of this month? Oh, you've been staying at this inn since then."
"So I've been diving into the Tubolt Labyrinth since the 9th of this month"
"Heh. Really?"
"I don't think so. So there's no way we're getting to the 90th level."
"Ha-ha-ha. That's not true."
"I guess so."
"So I've been here before."
It wasn't like that.
From that conversation that night, there is no doubt that Lecan and Arios have never dived into this labyrinth. But how shall I explain it?
"That recan is not a man."
"Well, I guess so."
"Arios is also quite the arm"
"Oh."
"Have you ever seen him standing still in the garden in the morning?
"Yes."
"That's amazing. I know. He's a bit of a master who's not there."
"I guess so, but there's no way we're gonna get from one tier to the 90 tier there for eighteen days or anything"
"Of course, you can't do that. That's why I've been in this town a couple of times before."
When they say that, I can't find any more overlapping words in a mouthful of narcs.
"What are you worried about, Mr. Nark? I'm fine. There are three of us, two of us over there. As soon as we find it inappropriate to explore together, we just have to stop exploring jointly. And those two aren't bad people."
"I don't think they're bad guys, either."
Anyway, I said what I had to say. All we have to do is see what happens.
Eventually, Grindam went out as well.
That day, "Willard" did not return, and the next evening, much earlier.