Over The Infinite

Episode 11: New Year

-1 -

Labyrinth Calendar. Even now, this calendar, which is also used on bulletin boards and so on, is unique and, as the name suggests, is only used in Labyrinth Cities. More to the point, this is what has been inscribed as a zero year the year the pestle Shingo was summoned to this world.

Even though it's only been twenty-four years, the quadruple is probably based on the A.D. of the Earth or something. The same way you count months, days of the week and days. It's different environments because it's different worlds, and there's no guarantee that the number of days a year or the time of the day would be the same, but the fact is, the time of the day is 24 hours, the length of the year is the same 365 days, what a year it seems to exist until the year

I asked the person who enacted it, and he said he didn't actually look into it, but learned this information from the time system in the infinite corridor.

On second thought, unlike us reincarnators, Dammus is a complete Earthling. Anyway now, just after the summons, it can easily die if the composition of the atmosphere is just a little different. The fact that Dammus normally lives, eats rice and drinks water also means that the environment of the Earth and this world is close. I don't know if this is just a coincidence, or if such a condition is incorporated within the ritual of interworld summons, but the latter would be more likely.

"The truth is, this star may be the equivalent of the Earth in another world."

Dammus said, for example, but it doesn't seem to be a roundly unfounded joke.

Though it is the continent's shape and ecology that are different, the distance to the sun and the size of the stars are much the same, so far covered but there is the moon, and what a star equivalent to a solar system planet such as Mars, Venus or Jupiter. Seems completely separate when you leave the solar system, but the matching parts are too large for it to be done by chance.

Nevertheless, there will be no involvement of me in such grand stories, and no relevancy or mystery will be solved. If it's relevant, the fact that this star is a similar environment to Earth, the fact that the moon is progressing in the same cycle, and because of that, in labyrinth cities, the calendar can be used in a way that feels like when you were in Japan.

It is now 31 December 2004, Labyrinth Calendar. The last day of the year is about to end.

"Even with the same shrimp, eating it this way is different again. I didn't even think about it when I was eating in the country."

"Did Lardin have seafood or something? I thought we only had dried meat."

"Whatever it takes. That's too much."

Now that the New Year had been currently withheld, Berenvar and Coral were eating soba noodles in the Cranhouse living room for some reason.

I have no problem staying because I plan to join the group, but I wonder if it's time to change my age and come and get some dinner.

By the way, I'm talking about the tempura on the soba. Even then, it is a giant object that works as a single dish.

"The capital is landlocked, but that country is by the sea. My hometown is a remote island, and it's natural to have lots of seafood. I can't really feel that it's inland."

"For once, there was a decent food culture there."

"... tell me for yourself. What a spicy thing to see a dish like this was chesty and had a food culture. The only choice is to bake or boil - and the vegetables don't come of any kind - and I've never heard of that country's own dishes. In exchange for that, this city comes out like this, even on special occasions."

Yuki's handmade soba noodles seem to have left Lardin's food culture behind. I also say it's more wrong to compare.

"It was nice to be able to handle it at all because I had some pandas for you. There's no water."

Including to residence, most of our Clanhouse residents are pandas. So it's understandable that Yuki distracted them and prepared their share of soba. But I'm going to forget, they're pandas. Michael and his adventurers eat normally because of their physical function, but the others basically don't eat soba or anything. Even if some guys are like drinking beer and watching baseball games, basically all they eat is bamboo and sauce.

Now I think I can't really understand just the diet of pandas and koalas. Those guys, I wonder if I'm wrong as a living creature in nature.

Therefore, in the end, a large number of extra soba noodles were handled by other members, but there were no people only at these times. Sarjes is absent at the Night Bell event. Tilia is also absent from the collaborative planning event of the princess knight Tilia, which takes place over the years. Bogs and chimeras don't eat normal meals in the first place. Gaul will be spending time at home, and the labyrinth city birth groups in Moya, Dirk and Serafina are on their way home. Philos is on his way back to King's Capital, and for some reason Gowen followed it. I don't know about Lirica, but she's busy. That leaves me, Yuki and Ladine. That's too much.

Even now, on the couch in the living room, Ladine is rolling in a knockdown state. … as a result of drinking too much alcohol before eating soba and not knowing how to add or subtract it. Greeting was the limit even when the two of them came. Even if it is reduced for two people, the soba remains excess in large quantities, so we will have to consume it over time after having the vendor do the preservation process.

"The dining room is closed, the dining room in the dorm is only open in the morning, and I don't know the ingredients for self-cooking. I'm selling lunch boxes at a convenience store in front of the dorm, but the public is busy, but I didn't want to eat lunch with two guys in my face."

"You must be the one who invited me to dinner."

"I don't know anyone who eats in this city. The faces we fought during the mercenary years are flimsy, but they don't make a good impression."

I knew some adventurers were from mercenaries. Sure, did Phase, who had previously abducted him with a rene entanglement?

"But it's delicious. You made this yourself, didn't you? Lady, you're gonna be a good wife."

"Oh, yeah? Not exactly hand-held, though. Mr. Corgolo, you're a good man."

... Yeah, he's a good guy. And Mr. Yuki is as choosy as ever.

"I've been wondering since the party at the Lords' Palace, Yuki... Was it? Which one are you?

"Ha..."

Yuki solidified into the abrupt Berenvar words. I can see Ladine's body trembling as she lay low on the couch and remained silent.

"What's wrong with which, my lady?

"No, I don't know if it's a man or a woman. If you're a human species, you can tell, but Yuki isn't the only one who's clear."

Sure enough, the lizard old man spotted me in one shot, and maybe it's something the Fae can tell. No, maybe that was because I "nursed" it.

"Uh, um,... subtle?

"What subtlety... You can't be a man in that nari.... Yeah, you don't?

Yuki, it hasn't changed much since before it was 20%.

I pointed my gaze at this one so that Coral could ask for an explanation, but I pretend not to notice.

"Knock... Knock..."

"Ladine, don't laugh either. No!

You got into a drunken laughing bump, Yuki drinking a Ladine who finally couldn't stand laughing.

"No, sorry, sorry. Or should I tell you, Mr Sangolo is a candidate for membership. It's something that involves working as a clan first."

"That's true..."

"I don't know... you're a way of talking that feels like a lot of visibility"

Berenvar seems to have taken an interest in something else, and it feels like he's not involved anymore.

"It would be hard to say from the person, so let me explain it to you. Yuki is a boy with a female past life. I came to the labyrinth city to get back to the woman. She's only 20% now."

"... sorry. I don't know what that means."

"It's too broken."

... right. Now if I know, I'm psychic or something. I'm not sure I can understand this much either.

I'm not even in a hurry, so he seemed to understand eventually when I explained it in order from the beginning.

"Having it in a previous life is a tricky thing. So far, all I can feel is the downside."

"Well, I understand... but what's the state of my boyish ass right now?"

"I remain absolutely silent."

I'm worried about that, too, but it's your body. I can't help it.

"So what is it? So you're saying you were a little more manly until six months ago?

"Here's a picture of Yuki from six months ago"

And, I'll show my old Yuki on my status card. This is not the time to make the most of it.

Saw it. Coral alternates between the real Yuki and the photo Yuki. I guess I repeat it over and over because I can't discover the difference. Don't even piece Yuki.

"... nothing has changed, has it? My eyes are rotten?

"No, you're normal. We've been together forever, even from me... you've grown a lot of hair."

"That's six months now. I've been stretching it... don't you realize I have to compare it"

In your case, the impact of the giant asshole hair on the top of the front is too strong.

"... I don't think that lady is a man either."

"Ha, ha, the eagle is what it looks like. I'm not old enough for Mr. Sangolo to call me Lady."

Once again, Coral's gaze turned to me.... Am I a commentator or something?

"Was it Arafat?

"Oh, my thirty-ninth birthday was celebrated at the end of September. When you get here, you don't get emotions anymore."

"Are you serious about looking older than me... Well, there are all kinds of guys in the world...... yeah. From now on, I need to make sure I'm not fooled by my looks. I'm going to see painful eyes. A whorehouse or something would be fine...... no, but"

"I'm seventy-five, but it's not gonna be the same in about twenty years."

"Don't be with a race that will live for hundreds of years."

Berenvar is the oldest with a chisel. If Tilia's master is joining the group, he'll rewrite that, too, but if you think about it, maybe it's not like he cares about Ladine's age or anything.

Speaking of which, can San Goro go to a whorehouse as long as he makes his debut... you envious bastard. I'm not going to give you any advice, but there's going to be an elementary school grandmother in the whorehouse, too.

"By the way, Mr Berenvar, I think you were about to say something earlier."

"Hmm? Oh... you look like a friend. I was a little concerned."

"What is it, an old oral complaint? Hey, Watanabe, I hear you finally have a hot season for the eagle."

Is it because you're drunk? Ladine's tense is subtly high.... I don't usually put it on the table, but am I surprisingly hungry for a man? He's not human.

"No, I don't mean to..."

"No, no, I don't need to tell everyone. So, is that you? Is the acquaintance a beauty? You must be a good looking sister."

"Man."

"... Hey Watanabe you. They're selling me fights."

"Don't swing at me."

Doesn't matter at all. Berenvar wouldn't mean that at all.

"You're too drunk"

"Bad, bad. I mean, soba water splitting is bad. It was an unexpected way to drink."

I think it's a flavor and flavor that divides preferences.

"I'm sure Ladine was a scholar. My acquaintance... Roctre, he's also a scholar. Perhaps those who aspire to academia will speak to each other in a similar way."

"The reincarnation seems to ignore the timeline, and it could be the last life of the guided ladine..."

The case of Yuki and Mi Bow is only a special case. I don't think there's any other example, but if Ladine did, Dammus would have noticed.

"The eagle has been a ladine since his previous life. Ladine Grasseliena. I don't use my family name anymore, my family blew up every star, but I can't go wrong there."

You lost the Star Wars and died.... We have a lot of heavy past lives.

Twelve o'clock at night passed within doing so, and the year seemed to have dawned. It was my first New Year's greeting on TV that I had left flushing.

"Happy dawn. Nice to see you again this year."

"Oh, nice to meet you"

We were to celebrate the New Year with strange members, but the long Labyrinth Calendar ○ 024 finally ended and Labyrinth Calendar ○ 025 began.

"By the way, is this TV the same guy in the dorm lobby? Is that a channel? Looks like a lot of buttons."

Corgolo says with the remote in his hand, but if the manufacturer or model is different, it is natural that the remote is also different.

The TV in the dorm is a simple model that cannot be separately contracted for viewing, so I guess the remote control is also simple. Though I don't think it will pass on to the coral.

"Oh, the thing itself is with you. If you have a channel you want to see, you can sign up for it on a monthly basis. There's a channel dedicated to adventurers."

"Hmmm... sure you can push it here to switch it"

'Now I would like to interview Sarjes for a successful night out bell event that spans a spectacular hundred and eight shots. It was an intense event inside, but that's just great.'

'No, just stuffy. How many times have you thought about ascending... It's not going to fit in for a while. Your first dream of the year is set.'

"Mr. Sarjes was the one who planned this project..."

"Go."

Yuki changed the channel for me, although she had a good smile that she had seen before.

... What are you doing, that guy?

-2 -

I feel tainted early, but that still doesn't change the fact that we're celebrating the New Year.

After that, they went back to the dorm, and we stayed open, too, but only Ladine said she was still drinking panda and soba water after that.

It's almost noon after nightfall, but Sarjes and Tilia don't seem to be back yet.

"Morning. I'm here for the New Year's Eve.... I was completely out of my mind."

When I went to the living room, Yuki was roaring with a bunch of postcards. I forgot about that custom, too.

... You barely wrote a yearbook or anything in your previous life. It's mostly the age when I get done with emails.

Only two old fashioned dressings and cabbage were sent to me every year at the salad club, but I hardly remember returning them. As long as even Mr. Tomato has been sending me super long texts. Of course I haven't replied.

"Who are you from? I don't know how the New Year's Eve system works, but you should reply to the person you sent it to."

"It was Miguel on duty who brought this, but he said if I wrote it down and gave it to him by tomorrow, he'd deliver it on the third. It's a privilege."

You need to buy me a New Year's Eve postcard, but it won't be a problem tomorrow.

It's a really plain inside privilege, but I don't think it's much more useful than Michelle, who just eats and sleeps like David and most other pandas, earns just food and then drinks beer and watches baseball. Set aside which one looks right as a panda at this time.

"But I guess he's almost like a direct email from clans and companies, except to Sargess, who feels like he saw it. I'm here to talk to you about the sponsors at the party. Are you here personally... about Philos?

"... he's a badass too"

The only person giving a yearbook is the guy with a shallow labyrinth city history and no ties to Japan... Is it a less pervasive culture around not coming from Moyer? The yearbook you showed me is properly written in Japanese, and the letters also look better than the previous fulfillment letters. If it's about one, I can write it right away, and I'll give it to Miguel later.

And I checked my email from my status card, and this one was full of greeting emails instead of yearbooks. About one or two lines of short text, so I'll return it appropriately. They're sorted as spam. Some of them belonged to Terawaros, but you can delete this as it is.

"Oh, that's it. I've been thinking about this since the end of the year when I couldn't dive in the dungeon, but I'm free on these long vacations."

Had it become a habit to be desperate to live all this time, or had nothing to do for so long after coming to the labyrinth city? Even on dungeon attacking and unprepared days, I generally feel I was in training and courses. I'm not forced to either, so I think it's best to indulge in the hobby if you enjoy the labyrinth city, but if you haven't done something, I'm really upset. Because of this state, I can't use the dungeon or the training center. I don't know what to do now.... No way, are you a worker holic?

Even watching the TV section of the newspaper doesn't look very interesting with all the special shows that look like New Year's Eve.

... Oh, but I'm interested in the Bacchus Misdemeanor Feature of the Year, which I'll do in the middle of the night. I see that old man on the news all the time, and wonder how much trouble he's bothering the public.

"It's New Year's Eve, so why don't we do something like New Year's Eve? When I was in the kingdom, I never did anything special."

I don't know the customs of the kingdom very well either. What were you doing this time last year... you worked normally. I don't remember doing anything special or doing anything around me. In the first place, I don't even think there was a concept called New Year. The calendar is different, so it's not strange that the time of year is uneven.

"Oh, you want a rice cake? It's a ready-made product, but we also have it."

"Eat"

Because of that, and I need to eat the cake.

"I was on TV earlier, but I heard the first sunrise was pretty busy."

"Sunrise... you're surrounded by this city wall"

"You can climb on that wall. And then there's the dragon cage, the sky castle in the tourist section. Looks like they all need to be booked in advance."

Yeah, that might not be a bad idea. I missed it this year, but if I have someone to date next year, I'll definitely add them to the course. I'm sure Dammus will do it.

What else could there be when it comes to New Year's Eve? Enough with the cake... New Year's Eve. Gate pine. Winged. Kite flying. Blessed laughter. Hatsumomo. First sunrise. Old man. First dreams. Is that what Bergen and Fukubukuro are like for once? Thinking about what you want to do, it's all subtle.

"Hey, should I get you some old balls?"

"Who do you give it to? People around me, they're pretty much older."

"Well, like Dirk, Serafina, Lotte?... you're all on your own"

You're definitely making more money than me, Dirk.

Did anyone have a kid who didn't work...... Tuya is an official witch, and... oh, you had phosphorus. Let's take it with us when we say hello to Mr. Sword Blade. Later...... for once, all pandas are younger. The clones are the oldest Mikael and three years old.... Do you do old balls on pandas?

"You're young, too."

"I'm fifteen now. Temporarily, but at the same age."

"What..."

Well, I guess that happens because I was born in February, but I only feel uncomfortable that Yuki is the same age.

"I forgot me, too, and when I saw the status card display, I remembered. It's a kingdom and I don't celebrate it on my birthday."

"Do we even have a member's birthday party starting this year?

"I guess I don't have to do it. I don't know what it's like to be a whole clan. I don't know much more when I put a panda in it."

Is that true? It's a profession that obscures subjective time, so don't pin it when it comes to birthdays.

Besides, if I say congratulations to Ladine on her forty years of age or something, she's going to beat me up no matter how much I don't care.

"Happy New Year"

Kukuru came as he ate the broth and talked about Yuki and what New Year was in the first place. Greetings are from the New Year, but they are not wearing kimonos, they are a normal mode of work. I also wondered if the Labyrinth Guild sales are already in work even though it only works minimally in the New Year's Eve shrinkage system, but it seems half private and just a greeting is the main thing. It's not officially inaugurated, but as a manager with a clan, it seems normal. I also thought that if that's all, I should come along to start work.

"Not that it's a yearbook, but I got a thank-you note from the kingdom because of the example expedition tangle."

"To me personally? I can't read it."

Written on a vain, luxurious note given by Kukuru is a continental common language written in masterful letters.

With only a minimal upbringing to live, I'm almost illiterate when it comes to the common language of the continent. I can only write about my name. I remember coming here somewhat, but still to the minimum extent necessary to read it.

The text of the letter appears to have been adorned and formatted by bees by jumping over its minimum to see it. I guess it's an area I don't understand when it's a general level of reading and writing, even if they show me letters from a long time ago in Japan....... Mr. Kukuru, please read it.

"It's an over-modified, roundabout sentence, but what you're saying is simple. This sender is a Nezea Border Uncle, and it spells out a thank you to Demon."

"Mr. Demon?

... Borderline uncle. You wouldn't have to send out a thank-you note for the mysterious assassin. I've raised it to the second generation, and Uncle Borderline will never see me again.

Yuki, who doesn't know it exists, seems to think it's my nickname or something.

"And here's a thank you note from Count Grodell to Watanabe and... tickets to the theater in Wangdu."

"... you're just some great guy. They're both good names I've heard since I was at my parents' house."

"I didn't want to be near either of you..."

Especially the latter.

If you ask me what it is, it is a letter of gratitude for giving me a junior nobleman who did oita during the expedition.

The Earl himself greatly liked Okama's sentence, and he intentionally conducted various experiments with that Suzi guy who traveled from the labyrinth city. No details were given, but some of them were washed... and the regeneration was successful and the Count was to work in the store where he was patronizing. All I can say is good luck in the new world already.

"Tickets belong to... er, the porn theater in Wangdu, right? Nido, it sounds like a dancer's debut gig called, do you know him?

"No, you don't. Someone from the aristocracy I sent to the Count."

"It doesn't even have a family name."

"Didn't you mean stripped?

Never my brother.... or what makes you a porn dancer? Mr. Rebecca in the tavern will cry.

"I don't want to go, but I wonder if I could ask you to take the liberty of saying no. I'll give it to you if you're interested."

"Uh, this is a man's array, right? Just a little..."

"Yuki, are you there?

"I don't need it. Yikes!? Because I don't even want to go to Wang Du, and I don't want it in a double sense!

... right. Is this even going to Philos or Mr. Glenn?

Through Sargess, I think I'll present it to magazine editor Jose as well... no, the faggot and mazo are mixed with the shotacon anyway. Oh, should I send it to Mr. Rebecca?

"Then I wonder if you could send me to the tavern where I was taken care of in Wang Du. Briefly."

"If you are a citizen of Wangdu, isn't the Count's opponent tough?"

"I know the Count for once, so it's okay. Maybe they're sending tickets over there, but there's no problem where it's wasted."

Decorating his debut as a porn dancer in front of someone he liked would be a sarcastic mental torture, but he must be in tune, too, so it's okay.

For the record, the Earl of Grodell sent me another letter on this matter at a later date.

It's not a very praiseworthy act to give a corner invitation to another person or anything. So I just wondered if it would piss me off, but on the contrary, I was very grateful. The Count said it had become an unimaginable disgrace play.... I don't want to know what sights were played out, but why do I feel the Count's fondness is growing in vain where it was unintentional?

-3-

"Speaking of which, is there anything I need to do for the New Year as a clan? You know, greeting another clan around."

"Basically, adventurers are a lot of free and casual people, so those habits aren't strong. I don't think so, but not many people have been in the cranhouse since New Year's Day."

If you ask me, it's a minority who use the clan house as their home. There are examples of < Arc Sabre > executives and clan dormitories, but basically most use them as offices and common facilities.

"Where it was mainly, it runs from roughly four days, so shall we go around together? I'm just a little concerned about the fact that all the big clans are close."

Even when they said that, we just had a relationship.

When it comes to medium-sized and intimate, is it about…? Although the < War Arms > is an intermediate main clan, it's hard to say it's medium-sized.

"I think you should say hello to Dammus too, but it's a hurdle expensive to go to that Lordship Hall over and over again"

"Well... there's a lot of discrepancy in recognition, but only a handful of people can relate directly to the Dungeon Master or go to the Lordship Hall."

"I know. Thank you."

Speaking of which, even the great lady from the labyrinth city who was at the party at the end of the year said that she had hardly ever been in the Lordship Hall.

Thank God Dammus is not rare enough. Even though it says SSR or something, it's an image that comes out in large quantities when it turns chatter. Me, the Four Gods and their witches are more rare. Some of us haven't met yet.

"But aren't we going to the Lords' Palace soon? The dragon people are there now."

"The dragon man?

Speaking of which, you didn't explain it to Kukuru yet. I'm going to mistake Mr. Riharito for just being a dragon person.

Briefly describe the cross-world exchanges requested at the end of the year party. Then, depending on the other side, there is the possibility of joining the clan.

"... I was going to get used to weird things happening, but interacting with different worlds and all, isn't this just over acceptable? … I'm new here."

"I just heard about the Sky Dragons going into the clan."

"Because Dammus is still just coming up with something to say about that. We don't have to be officially active, nor have we asked ourselves."

Kukuru has far-eyed eyes, but I just have to get used to all this. It's not necessarily that there won't be any more unrealistic events in the future than already beyond the assumptions of Dammus.... No, it can be said that it will happen more than the only malicious causal alteration involved there.

Expect managers to handle chores that would occur in large quantities. Mostly with paperwork?

"Oh, do you want some cookies too? I still have soba noodles. … massively."

"Uh, yes. I'll take it.... That's not it"

"Now it's a tuna."

"Ha... right, now.... with two rice cakes"

"I don't want to deny I'm in the shape of an event anymore."

I've already given up getting a frightened face. From now on, we're going to flag as much as we can.

"Besides, you just better be turbulent than dungeon diving. We're adventurers. Let's Adventure."

"I'm the clerk of the guild."

"You haven't quit being an adventurer yet. I know, I still dive into the shallow layers of the infinite corridor sometimes."

"... all Alliance staff are diving."

I heard Mr. Gobtalow and the others dive, but so does Kukuru?... Didn't you give up?

Is it a reply that doesn't float because it hasn't worked? It's another story to say whether or not to start over as an adventurer, even if you can go beyond ten layers. Manager I have trouble getting quit, and it's a difficult and delicate issue.

"If you're a hippo, why don't you go to Hatsumomo?

Yuki said something about being caught in the hustle and bustle of the TV.

"I don't really recommend it today. Every shrine is really crowded on New Year's Day, so it's easier after tomorrow. Even the only shrine in the tourist section is potato washing today."

What's on TV is the Water Spirit Temple, which has a lot of opportunities to go here, but the territory is filled with people. The weapon that the adventurous possesses seems super intrusive. When you look at that crowd, you're sure you'll lose your temper to go. It's a sight where a walk can get a little butted up to stretch your legs. There's no Tilia, no Sarjes, Ladine's down with too much to drink, and you'd better invite the others tomorrow.

"I'll go around all the shrines of the Four Gods anyway, because it's all about Mr. Shui's divine music at the Lords' Hall party and the Water Spirit all the time since the end of the year. It's in the other compartment, isn't it?

"There is a fire spiritual temple in the central section, a wind spiritual hall in the commercial section and a ground spiritual hospital in the production section. Adventurers only take about the water temple in the dungeon compartment, but rarely do some people go around it all."

In the meantime, you've never been in a production area. The center doesn't have much edge either.

"Is it close to the station?

"So is the Water Temple, but traffic is not good anywhere. If it's all going to go around, it's going to be quicker to get the car out."

"A car... who drives it?"

"Uh... it's me. Later, Dr. Ladine has a license, so you can get up to two."

"Are you serious..."

"No, it's a must-have for Alliance staff in the first place."

I don't know if you're from a labyrinth city, but I can't think of Mr. Kukuru driving in front of you. Ladine is well...... seems possible. He won't be out of alcohol, so I guess tomorrow.

-4-

That's why I came to Mr. Gaul's house with an invitation tomorrow while I had a leftover hippo.

It's a little inconvenient off the center of the dungeon compartment, but it's a house with a garden. I don't know about the silver werewolf habit, but it would be big enough for the two newlyweds to spend time together. I always look at each other, but this is the second time I've come to my home, including when I moved.

"Tuna? What are you peeking into people's houses?

I was looking at the garden without even pressing the intercom because something of interest caught my eye, and Gaul rang me from behind. Apparently, he's out and just got back.

"No, I'm worried about you."

A doghouse with potpounds in a corner of the garden. There's nothing wrong with a normal family, but only in this house is it extremely unnatural.

I didn't think you were sleeping over there.

"What do you think we are?... I've had it since I rented this house. Didn't the previous contractor have a dog?

"But it says"

"Nah asshole...... that's seriously what it says. I don't know if it's our daughter-in-law's flirting or something, you just don't mean it."

It's a name like a squeal, so it's not strange if the previous contractor had a dog with that name.

"I hope so... I imagined Mr. Gaul getting pushed over there after a couple fights"

"Stop it. Yikes!? You've imagined it in real life! I don't like it. Let's turn it off later......"

Is your daughter-in-law in a strong position enough to imagine?

"So, what can I do for you? You didn't come to see the kennel."

"A walk is Terra's greeting for the New Year. And why don't you go to Hatsumomo tomorrow? I wouldn't be forced to ask you out if you had a religious problem."

"Oh, no, that's what's happening. I'm still ahead of me when I'm local...... There's nothing wrong with going to the shrine. They're definitely glue."

I know it's something else organized, but the thing about the beast god goes up to the chillaholic tale. If it's hostile or alienating, it's unnatural for Gaul to be here. I guess it's not irrelevant that Mr. Gaul's name has been fixed in Gaul. Maybe he's gaul in tune. Damn, they're terrible.

"If you're a hippo, why don't you have some tea? You haven't even spoken to us properly yet."

"Oh, no, you're right"

So much so that they barked a little when there was a problem with the rene entanglement.... That, I don't even know your name.

The house I was invited into is extremely ordinary. It may be obvious because it's a lease, but there's also something specific about the Beast Man.

Since it was a Japanese house, I took off my shoes at the front door and went straight into the living room and the tatami room was waiting for me. In the middle of it sits a torch, from which a wolf stares at this one with only his face.

"... what the hell. This is my territory."

"Ah... and Mr. Gaul?

My wife is acting like a cat. Is that okay, Wolf?

Get out of the torch because you're here.

"I don't like it. This city is cold. I don't like cold."

"You, assuming the Witch of the Frozen Beast is not a good dialogue."

Nothing. It's not cold in the house. Looks like it's air-conditioned. Or not so much outside today.

"Uh, sorry for being such a nari, but it's my wife Piara. Piara, this is Watanabe Tsunami. We met once, but you don't remember."

"Oh, my goodness. My husband told me a lot about martial arts."

Did you even talk about [during the scorch]? No way, it doesn't mean anything, does it? If I did, I'd expose Mr. Gaul's embarrassing story. Like a story about a midnight sickness in a maid's clothes.

"Well, you're gonna be fine. I didn't say anything weird. So don't be weird with me, either."

... You're a good guy. I don't even know what I'm thinking.

"What's weird?"

"You don't have to know. Well, sit down.... Piara, can you get me some tea?

"Aye, okay. Hang on."

In the meantime, enter the torch in a position where Mr. Piara's head can be seen.

... This wolf won't move. Aren't you going to make me some tea?

"Um... Mr. Piara?

"Don't rush it because I'm gonna brew it now."

"I'm fine. This guy's a mess, but he can make about tea."

But it's not working.... I didn't think you were putting it in the torch.

But even if you roll through the torch futon and look inside, there's just Gaul's leg and the wolf's torso. I was wondering if he was more human because he had a bigger head than I had seen before, but he seems to remain a wolf.

"Don't roll. It's cold."

It doesn't even seem like it's brewed in the torch.

And when I was wondering, the door opened when no one was supposed to be there. At the end of the opening, a basin with hot water swallows floats with fuyo fuyo. And the basin came straight down onto the torch table. Tea is poured for a good number of people.

... What is this about?

"It's tea grown in our village. He's got a reputation, but he's got a reputation in labyrinth cities."

When I saw Mr. Gaul in search of an explanation for an incredible phenomenon, the tea narrative began.

"No, I need an explanation about this paranormal, not what tea looks like"

"In my mind. If you're in the mood, you're not gonna make enough tea in the kitchen."

... Well, let's just think of it as something of a psychic. It's a world where magic and skill systems are incredible. It's about superpowers.

"Absolutely, it's easier to get it. He's not getting out of the torch."

"It's soggy."

It seems like a lot of things don't work, but it's enough to make tea. I don't even understand the magic of the torch, but I would like you to do it with a little more of your husband's face.

... Ah, it's quite delicious, this tea.

"What was Gaul doing last New Year? The rest of them are either gone, or they're on their way home."

"You were back in the area last year. I debuted and I was on track, so I got the report. It's a lot of times, so it's easy to simplify the process."

So there are many returnees despite different calendars? But that's not very helpful. I don't want to go to the local area or the King's Capital.

"You don't have to go home now that I'm here. I'm sorry if I can see their faces."

"Does Mr. Piara have a local hater or something?

"Here we go. It's not his clan. Until the Frozen Wolf instructed me to become an adventurer, I lived with him. That makes it so much easier here. There's a torch."

I also feel that the percentage of torches is too large.

"Seems like he hates you a lot, but what did your family do?

"There you are... guess in my name"

"At the time of his birth, he decided to be my bridesmaid of forgiveness by saying Gaul or something. If you go to his house, Gaul Gaul won't be called. I'm ashamed of my enemies for just calling my name."

"Didn't you say it was on purpose? You're gonna get a torch."

"Don't give me that."

I can't help calling you Gaul because it's his name, but I can't defend him if that's what he named intentionally. They are terrible people.

"Mr. Piara, I don't like Gaul's name."

"Of course not! With Gaul Gaul about a man's husband. From day to day, they call me in the name of my male genitals."

"Shh, sorry Piara......, it's time for my heart to be near the limit"

This daughter-in-law doesn't care.

"Right. Gaul is only a part of the body, and Gaul is Gaul."

"Bye. What are you talking about? Wouldn't that have been nice, sir?"

"Come on, you guys. Playing in people's names..."

and this topic is STOP where Gaul seems pretty.

"Then the folks in my hometown can't like other beast gods toying with my husband the same way. Whatever the Lord God, the Frozen Wolf."

"... I knew it, but I knew I was being played"

"They stopped me when I was there. That's enough."

I feel Mr. Gaul's tension dropped on the facts that have been revealed.

I tend to float a magnificent image when it comes to God's prank, but seriously, it's a prank. It's not so different from elementary school kids who are laughing at nasty words in a row.

"It's like a curse contained in shelter, so don't stay gaul until you can transcend the sub-gods. I'm gonna take care of you, but I'm gonna have to ask you for a while about your husband."

"Oh, oh."

Since it's so much about protection, I wonder if it would disappear if I exceeded it in my character as a sub-god. How far does this daughter-in-law know?

"Speaking of which, I'm going to Hatsumomo tomorrow, is Mr. Piara coming too?

"I don't like it because it's cold."

It's so clear that there's no religious reason.

"Besides, I've been feeling signs of a beast god in this city for days. I don't know who it is, but I don't even want to meet a beast god other than Frozen Wolf."

"... the beast god? I don't think I know the signs you don't."

I don't know, did the Beast God come to the first place too? I wonder if the sub-gods are close to each other.

-5-

In the end, only six of us, Yuki, Sarjes, Gaul, Ladine and Kukuru, were to participate in the first tour.

I also find it tempting to summon a guy on his way home to an event like this one that comes to mind, so I can't help but have a small number of people. I'm starting to feel a rush every time I call, and even if I leave Lirica alone, I won't be forced to take Tilia out of bed, who fell into bed on her way home from a 24-hour endurance event. Before the debut, coral that cannot be moved to another compartment, or Berenvar, whose travel restrictions are opaque, are also non-participating.

If it's six people, it's okay to have one car that's a little bigger.... Kukuru and Ladine, even if you have problems with one of your driving skills, you can take their place.

[Dungeon Zone Water Spirit Palace]

The first visit was to the Water Temple, which is within walking distance. Meet Gaul and Sarjes here, who will be rendezvous from the start. They say Kukuru will turn the car around to the basement he passed during the party at the end of the year. Ladine is on board with it.

"Not as good as I saw on TV yesterday, but you're still crowded"

Stores were lined up in the country, showing a busy festival. Visitors are still often seen as adventurers. I don't think everything is, but at least the guy with the weapon will be. And Mohican, Afro and muscle.

Unlike festivals at other times, what makes them unique is that there are many witches? Maybe it's just part-time at this time of year.

There's just no Mr. Mizuki. It seems that the Witch of the Four Gods will spend up to three days in the Four Shrines Palace, so we will not see each other even where we are going. There is no danger that Gaul will meet Fenghua, so you can rest assured of that.

"It's going to be somewhere else, but do you want to pull the Omi lottery?

"... I don't"

"Really? Then I'm gonna pull it off a little bit."

Given the problems I'm having right now, I was in the mood to avoid those edges.

Being in my goal is even a cause-and-effect manipulative monster, and I'm just beyond those carry-on gifts. The only thing that overshadows it is what must be in you. I feel like if I divine my fortune, I'll be set in the direction.

"How'd it go?

"It was Nakayoshi. You will see great strides forward in purpose. Interrupt caution."

Ask Yuki, who tied the pulled Omi lottery to the tree, and it seemed like a pretty easy result. I don't know about the interruptions, but it would be nice if the purpose were to move forward. Maybe that means it will be about 60% by the end of next year. Even 40% of this time is a preemptive right, so you can take it forward and go beyond the trials.

I'll even pay a visit. I feel a little weird because I know the god himself who is worshipped, but it must be God, even though he is a sub-god. It would also be disrespectful to come this far and do nothing. However, what I wish for, I wonder if it's not something that Elsel, the god of water, can fulfill. It may be rude, but the only malicious entanglement would obviously be out of range.... I hope the pageant I asked Dammus to do well.

And wait a little longer. I rendezvoused with a rare and thick gaul. After that, it's just Sargess.

"Excuse me, I'm sorry for the suddenness, but I met up with an acquaintance from outside the labyrinth city, and I was able to guide him through the flow..."

And I got in touch with Dotacan.

"From Sargess?

"Oh, I was supposed to show you an acquaintance from the outside."

"... I can't imagine his acquaintance."

I don't have a problem prioritizing acquaintances because it's not a big deal, but I can't imagine him and his acquaintances as Gaul put it.

His range of friendships in the Labyrinth City is full of us and some adventurers and the rest of us who don't want to be near special sexuality related people. Specifically the kind of people who get daunted by being slapped in the steeple a hundred and eight times. That's what some of you know because you've been wandering the world, but you're definitely not a legitimate person.

Sargess's cancellation went in, so we don't have to wait any longer. Head to the underground parking lot where Kukuru and Ladine wait. Unlike the end of the year, it was different from a significant number of people on the way to the basement. It's not like this is a private mouth, it seems to be used unexpectedly.

The car that I borrowed via the guild is a regular wagon car, not a luxury car one day. Until I ran out, I felt slightly anxious about the appearance of Kukuru sitting in the driver's seat, but unexpectedly normal driving.

If you think about it, Kukuru has just the strength to make his debut as an adventurer originally. I tend to be fooled by appearances, but it's not like I'm athletic tone deaf. In the first place, they sometimes ride in guild business. I can say that my worries were worrying.

[Central Zone Fire Temple]

The first thing we headed for was the heart of the labyrinth city, the central section. Unlike a dungeon compartment where you can only drive underground, you get out on the ground. The cars I've been in since I got here have been running underground, so don't remember the strange feeling when you look at the landscape you see from the driveway above the ground like this. It's not like a bus that runs on school grounds either.

The central compartment is also known as the face of the labyrinth city table. Management departments in various fields, such as the central city government building, the corporate headquarters building and the information bureau to which Dirk belongs, are gathered here. There are also department stores and other stores, but basically they have luxury brand headquarters in them as tenants. It's a residential neighborhood if it's a little off the road, but it's a luxury residential neighborhood with supermarkets. Although it is a brothel, Miruku Fun, which houses a shop here, is actually a super luxury store.

Naturally, it is not a habitable environment for the general public in labyrinth cities, nor is it suitable for commerce. If you just want convenience or profit, you can root for a dedicated compartment called a general or commercial compartment. Having a home or setting up a store in this compartment is only a sign that it is state-of-the-art. It is also called the look of the rich.

The shrine built in such a compartment still has many worshippers as well. All of them look great dressed in expensive suits and coats, some of whom are crooked. I know most people are actually great, but they're not restricted from moving from other compartments, so it's likely there's a mix of ordinary people like us.

There are retailers such as Omi Lottery, Omomori, and Destroyer Arrow, but there are no stores open. Overall, it has a calm atmosphere.

[Production Zone Spiritual Hospital]

Meanwhile, the production compartment is an extremely idyllic countryside. The roads are maintained but without large buildings, and the landscape around nature is preserved. However, there are not many buildings, and there are quite a few mysterious buildings of unknown use. I wonder if it's like an agricultural research facility or production plant.

There are also many residences for people who work in this section. Not much luxury but most of the large ones on the grounds, especially the large garden. It may actually be a good environment as a place to live because there is a lot of nature around it and transportation is not bad.

The Ground Spiritual Hospital in such a section showed a different liveliness than the shrines visited so far.

Festivals rather than worship. There are many food stalls that use ingredients that I have never seen developed before. It looks close to the presentation of the new product.

The customer base stands out to the elderly. You shouldn't trust your looks in this city, but at least your age group will be higher than the rest of the compartment. Such grandparents were buying Tuya's goods for sale at the shrine's sales office to exchange hot fan arguments. It is an energetic one.

And besides humans...... lots of cows, pigs, sheep and chickens. I don't know if it's livestock or pets, but it's full of animals.

"Mo recently told me to lose weight because Sashi has grown above acceptable levels. But I don't really want to move, Mo."

"The only way to stress and taste off is from the mess, mo I have to adjust with feed. There was definitely a new product at the end of the year to promote fat burning Mo"

"I tried it because I got a sample, but it's not good, Mo. Tough mo to eat quantity"

"Be patient, Mo."

The conversation between the cows talking away from their owners can also sound like casual diet consultation if you just listen to the content, but when you read what's behind it, it turns into something terrible as soon as you read it.

... I guess this compartment may not be suitable for the environment in which you live. If I grow up here, my ethics will be broken.

[Commercial zoning style spiritual hall]

In a flip, commercial lots are lively lots lined with office buildings and large stores. I'm familiar with shopping here, too. If it's a little minor, if it's for sale, I can buy it, but I also want to see the actual product. But if you come here, I'll have most of it. It's convenient because some things are used by adventurers, such as portable food and consumer items. But maybe Yuki knows more about this city. He's here for window shopping, even if he doesn't need it.

There are many people for reasons other than convenience, and this compartment has a so-called terminal station. There are also routes of travel between other compartments, but if you come here, you'll need roughly one. They also have a lot of bases such as buses and taxis, which is an atmosphere of transportation requirements.

Wind Spiritual Hall is apparently on the top floor of one of the most huge buildings nestled in the heart of such a commercial district. It is not the stairs but the elevators and escalators that continue to the territory.

The shrine itself is surprisingly ordinary. Because the building is huge. The grounds are wooded, and it also looks like it's in nature at first sight if you just look here...... no, it's not normal. On a good note, there were information boards for road maps and operations, model outlets and, in the back, train vehicles seated. Something oddly doesn't have many people... and what the hell is this place?

"Mm, a worshipper? I didn't know you were coming here."

A witch who was cleaning in the country looked at us and whined.

There is only one, but not the Four Shrines Fenghua, the Witch of the Wind God. She's an unmotivated witch with proper tied bossy black hair and black edge glasses. It's less sloppy than regular Ladine. But the chest is flat.

"It's not iron ota...... sure where are the other worshippers"

There are few other worshippers without stores like other shrines. I don't think it's a very New Year's Eve. I'm lonely... you're not lonely with trains everywhere... it's a sight of few people anyway.

"We have branches for each system of vehicles. Even at first sight, the Iron Others go to their faith branch. It's the chickens that come here."

"That's a hen..."

I'm not really into railroads. No, you're not. Why are you worshipping the railroad at the shrine?

"Uh, it's the Wind Spirit Hall here, isn't it? I worship the four gods of the wind."

"Oh, no doubt about it. This is a company dedicated to me."

"I?"

My boy? No, I'm not, I worship me?

"Hmm? You, I've seen you somewhere."

"Are you a weasel?... I don't think he knows anything about it."

"Uh, it's Grasseliena. I came to the Four Shrines Palace before. You weren't Iron Otta either."

Is the person's judgment based on iron or not?

"... Are you kidding me, Wind Temple himself?

"Oops, it's a spirit.... Oh, the big one over there is Watanabe Tsunami if you look good."

"Oh, oh."

You know me, too.... I don't get a real feeling at all, but it's not weird to know if this kid is seriously the wind god Tiglare. Does this mean you're transforming into a human figure like Elsel, the water god at the end of the year? You're just a sister-in-law, not intimidating or divine at all.

"That means Yuki is the white one over there. That wolf over there... you, that Gaul you were talking about Fenghua?

"... Fenghua?

Um, I don't know anything about that wolf, so please give me a break and put it up.

"Fenghua is a witch in this shrine. I'm sure you're a Gaul fan or something."

"Oh, that other witch you were talking about? I'm sure you weren't an adventurer, but you've raised my profile."

"Ugh, yeah."

Good luck and delude me, Mr. Yuki. I'll take care of it.

I don't know those glasses.

"I thought it was natural because I'm an Alliance employee. This is Kukriere, Watanabe's manager."

"Does that mean they're all related to Watanabe Tsunami? All together, first time or something. If you're an adventurer, you should go to the Water Temple instead of this nest of iron otas."

"Hippo, so I thought I'd turn it all anyway"

Though I didn't expect to encounter the Four Gods.

"You're not even a believer, but you can have a special victory. I name the god of wind, but the reality is that transportation and distribution are the main operations. It's no good for adventurers, but you should worship as much as you like."

... No, how about that too. What? You don't make worship a shrine itself, you make it a god worshipped. You worship a shrine beside the person cleaning it? It is also an arrogant structure to worship towards the person.

"Why is that wind god cleaning the shrine? You're a man of honor."

"Uh, I lost my bet. Listen to everything I have to say to see if last year's train delay will be less than last year's. You can't pull it off later as a diamond master, and even though it was actually in good shape until November, that rock..."

"... rocks?

"Well no. I need to clean up.... Hey Garden Stone! Hey, get out of the way. It's in the way of cleaning."

Tigrea kicks in toward a giant rock that soars in the corner of the country.

I don't know why there's a rock in there, but it's several times the volume of the person. There's no way you can think and move normally. But when I thought about it on the assumption that it was a pillar of the Four Gods, or maybe it would move.

... My hands and feet grew from the rock and rose.

"... it hurts. What are you doing?"

And we talked, dude. Something unexpected isn't on the level.

"Out of the way. Slightly sloppy. It'll help if you go somewhere else."

"Why don't you live a little more temperamentally? In my experience, I would be worshipped as a god if I stood still for ten years or so."

"This is my company! Are you willing to take over?!?"

"I stood still, but you must be the one who forced me to wake you up and bring you here"

"Because I sleep in the middle of the tracks!! I'm gonna lose my bet against Voldal because of you, I can make you dress like this. It's scattered"

"... Speaking of which, don't dress like an onion rarely"

"Ugh!!"

Tiglare kicks in again, but the rocks don't even freak out.

We were stunned by the sight. The same goes for the fact that the rock has moved, but I have too much idea of its existence.

"Oh, hey, Mr. Watanabe.... That's if you're not mistaken about eagles..."

"Oh, no doubt about it"

I'd be surprised if they told me it wasn't.

"Shh, sorry. You got a minute?

"Ahhh!? Is there anything yet? Yeah, you want a description of that vehicle. Fine. I was the first one to design it. I was supposed to retire a few years ago, but I still can't let go of my comrades, so to speak, an ancestral model. I'm not technically an ancestor because some of them were made by Dungeon Master, but this one is still better in the sense that it supported the general transportation network..."

What? Why does this guy suddenly start talking like a machine gun? Is this Ota-specific?

"No, it's not about the train.... the rock... the rock man? I don't know what to say, but hey, Mr. Gardel Garden?

"Ga... what? You sure you're Gard?

"Anyway, Gardel Garden is about me. Gardo's a nickname."

"Give me a hard time. You're giving me a name. You don't have to line up two similar names."

"I don't know that."

No, I don't care about the name...

"You've been missing since Stone Henge broke up. My apprentice is looking for me."

"Oh, you're an adventurer. I know what you're saying, but can you think of things a little longer... apprentice?

"You, do you have a disciple in the rock scum? You even picked up stones around there?

"I don't have a rock giant apprentice. There's only one apprentice I can call a crocodile in a long raw. Yeah, he's human. It's called Tiliatiel."

"Trouble again. That's a name. Shrink it."

"Tell the Empire. I didn't have a name until I came to this continent, but I've been sitting here for a while."

These people have a long story to tell about themselves on top of their tendency to get out of line.

"Did you meet him even before he went on an expedition?

"... Expedition?

What's that all about? Doesn't Gardo know Tilia's in a labyrinth city?

"Is he magnificent? Is that weird hobby healed?

"Does your apprentice have a weird taste, too? The witch in charge of me is probably a tough guy too, so I feel sorry for him. Even so, I don't think it's much better than that."

"I have a desire to be mauled by orcs."

"You're not Magimon's de pervert!?"

Fenghua is probably the same, but if as a human being you mean which is worse, then that would be Tilia.

"My hobby hasn't healed, but I'm fine.... hey, haven't you seen him since he became an adventurer?

…………

... Is that it? I'm not responding.

"Hiccup?

"Whoa!?"

Where there was nothing on the rock skin moved, eyes open like bright red gems. I'm freaking out.

"... adventurer? He did? That used to be a little tricky... but you don't know who he is."

"No, you're more insignificant as an organism. It's not even a golem, but don't let the rocks move."

I agree with that, but I was wondering if you'd shut up for a second. I don't want to talk.

"... maybe it was hard to come to see me because I made it silly and harsh. But he's the adventurer..."

"I was worried you might no longer live there. Prepare the cranhouse for the garden."

"What, you're taking this guy? Make sure you take it with you. Bill, you want me to get you a crane car for demolition?

"No, I can walk normally. You would have walked here, too. Well, let's just talk about it... was the card in the process of being updated? I'm sorry, can you get in touch with me?

"Oh, can I call it in here?

"I don't mind. I'll be still for a while."

"No, get out of the way. Just a little slack for now. You can't clean up there."

Even though it is a punishment game, this god is surprisingly disciplined as well. You have a bad mouth and eyes, but it doesn't seem like you have a bad personality.

"By the way, when it comes to your witch, do you mean the wind flower that lives here? Oh, he's got such a weird hobby."

"It's better than your apprentice, but he's probably the same."

"Your witches make you look like your subordinates."

"I'm kidding!! Suddenly... don't be with that guy who starts writing stuff like that!

"Oh, what? I've been deafening lately."

You, ear, where is it?

"Ugh... so... the"

"Huh? I can't hear you. Could you be clearer?

"You're not going to be with the guy who draws your cock out. No! There you go!"

"Wow, it's Ubb."

"Huh!! Ugh! Damn, smash it!!"

"It doesn't work."

Tiglare keeps kicking into rocks that are not even vicious. The figure is just a girl, and I don't think she's a sub-god who directs the operation of a labyrinth city.

... Somehow the cont has begun, but you can leave these guys alone now.

"In the meantime, Tilia, shouldn't I call you?

"Oh, I'll call you"

I may still be asleep, but you should call me even if I wake you up.

'... Huh, what is it, Mr. Leader? I'm still a little sleepless...'

"I found your master. I'm doing a cont right in front of you."

'What?..................... Yeah, yeah!? Wait a minute! Master, when are you going to be an artist?! And anyway, I'm going now'

"Oh, the place is..."

Where are you going without even asking where you are, that guy?

"Speaking of which, what happened to Yuki and the others? He's gone for a while."

"Oh, they took me while you were talking to Mr. Gard. I'm getting a train description over there."

At the tip of Ladine's finger is the train car that Tigrea just explained. Before that, there were appearances of Yuki, Gaul and Kukuru being explained to the mysterious man. The man is glad to speak, but the three eyes are dead.

... What's happening now, this shrine?