4.

That's all I have to ask you this time.

"Oh. No. Uhm."

"What is it? I'm not gonna cut the boil."

"You swore you wouldn't dive into the labyrinth anymore."

"Yes."

"I'd like to step through the Palsimo Labyrinth, but I guess I can't ask you to help me"

"You can't. Somewhere else."

"Right."

Lecan drank the rest of the cold tea.

Sheila inherited the words pompous.

"I have vows, and now I don't have the strength to fight through the labyrinth."

"What?"

If I recall how hard it was when I took Nike's appearance and adventured with him, I don't really think he has any physical strength, etc.

Yes, when Lekan thought about it, Sheila took out the scepter and exercised her magic on herself by casting a spell in a language that Lekan could not understand.

As of then, Sheila's appearance in the "3D Perception", which had been blurred until then, suddenly became clearer.

"What?"

Unexpectedly, Rekan raised his voice.

Sheila's appearance in 3D Perception was the old woman herself.

It wasn't like this before.

Even if the visible figure was old, the entity looked about eighteen years younger. So it was Sheila's true appearance in 3D Perception. In other words, it was the figure of a young adventurer known as "Nike the Comet Slash" who Sheila was.

But Sheila is very old now, as shown in 3D Perception.

(Right!

(Is this the price of the "purification"?)

Sheila was duly "purified" when the "Medicine Saint" Scalabel visited Voca and applied "purification" to Sheila, the master. It is an advanced (purification) that is probably at its peak in the kingdom of Zaka.

But Sheila, who was supposed to be an immortal monster, sat with a fine face even after she was bathed in [purification]. Nothing seemed to have been damaged. So Lekan was perfectly relieved, too.

It wasn't. There was no way Sheila, the immortal, was okay with being "purified". Still, Sheila received Scalabel's Purification. By doing so, I took Scalabel's sincere thoughts.

At the price of this, Sheila was severely cut off from her life force as an immortal, and she lost her youth.

Now I know what Sheila and Scalabel's dialogue meant then.

To Sheila, who said there was no need for any more purification, Scarlabel said, "Yes, Master. I understand very well." Scarabelle correctly sensed and analyzed the effects of her purification on Sheila to find out who Sheila was.

(Jesus Christ)

Lecan was stunned.

Then Sheila might have vanished. If Scarlabel continued to "purify," Sheila just couldn't stand it either. That's when Sheila prepared herself for Scalabel's Purification.

It's a foolish pretence when it comes to foolishness. But Lekan was impressed. I'm not sure myself what I was impressed with. I don't know, but I was impressed with Sheila's way of prescribing herself.

Probably the same thing happened to Scarlabel. I realized who Sheila was, and still marveled at the way she stood on her belly that made her (purge) get decent. That is nothing more than a sign of intent that you can be killed. So knowing Sheila was a monster like no other didn't change Scalabel's respect for Sheila. At the same time, I realized that I was about to perish my great-great-gracious master. So I was violently upset and stunned. If you remember and look back, a lot of things fall into place then.

"That's why. I'm not much of a stepper right now. You can't have a labyrinth."

"Ah, oh. That's good. Very well. But you can't regain your power anymore?

"That's not it. We might figure it out."

"What?"

"Thanks to you."

"My?

"Yes. And I need to talk to you about it."

"To me?

"Don't you have a demon stone comparable to, or beyond, Vrus' demon stone?

After a period of silence, Rekan answered in a low voice.

"Oh, I have"

There are a few more dragon demon stones, but among them there is only one that can be said to exceed the Vrus demon stone. It's a treasure to keep.

But Lekan thought he could give it up if it would help Sheila. Neither can a mighty dragon demon stone be more than a great magic warehouse for Lecan. The gratitude that Lekan received from Sheila for coming to this world is so great that it cannot be compared to such a demonic stone.

I'm more prepared to let go than I answered I have.

But Lecan is an adventurer. I won't just let go of the treasure I've even gotten in my misery.

With a suspicious light in his right eye eyes, Lekan uttered words.

"I have the demonic stone of a dragon from another world called Balifore. By the way, Sheila, don't you have the Original Grace?

Sheila gave an emotionally unreadable look. I shut up for a long time and didn't change that look, but eventually I said it.

"I knew you noticed that there. Oh. I have it."