Over The Infinite

Episode 23: This is a Pen

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World of the Imperial Dragon.... I see, it's a handful indeed. There are a lot of problems just come to mind, but it seems possible.

The biggest thing is that this is an option that doesn't exist in the Ericans' world. It is a measure that could not be taken in a world with a bad end.

It will never be an orthodox method to combat the collapse of this world, but insurance, as Dammus put it... it would be ants if we were to think of it as a refuge. Whatever, it's literally a different world. On the contrary, this planet can escape even if the whole world collapses.

However, if it were to be travel between worlds, evacuable personnel would be squeezed. I don't even think I can move around the Labyrinth City facility.

"I have also installed the permission of the Imperial Dragon on this matter. We also share information about data from Erica Edenfelde"

Quick talk.... No, I don't think it's too early.

"Is this a story where only the Imperial Dragon can get it out ok? There's a dragon living over there."

"No problem. It's hard to understand how we feel, but there's no covering for the presence of the dragon in that world."

"Have you heard from him in advance? It's confusing to say you're going to build a shelter all of a sudden."

"Uh, the Imperial Dragon you met. Arr, it's like video, not body. The main unit is back in the other world, so we're talking."

"... what?

... Aren't you the main unit? Sure, I didn't see it inhibited at first, but just footage with that presence?

"That one gave me OK almost unconditionally, so I'll just go sign it out on this matter and we'll get on with the conversation. I don't think there's anything I can do to repay you. Tuna, if they ask you to sacrifice yourself, I have to offer you a smile."

"Stop."

I don't think the Imperial Dragon would say that, but give it away after a little more worrying... No, don't sacrifice it on your own in the first place.

"The environment... is as good as sitting on the couch on the moon so you can handle it"

We need to get our hands on it first because it's not an environment where we can operate as far as we can hear it.

I just don't know if it's possible to adjust the environment at a level that could be called terraforming, but in the moon there was both air and gravity. Can we at least assume that we have enough technology to build an environment that lives in space?

"It seems worse than the lunar surface, so I'm sure it won't be easy there. Not really, but it's not where real creatures live."

"Oh, he said it was terrible... did you go?

"It's still about a light peek though. There's footage, but you want to see it?

"Oh, oh..."

As always, it is a light matter of footwork, but if it is possible to come and go, would you look down?

I'm naturally interested in seeing the footage. I didn't decide whether to follow you to build a shelter, but I was originally planning to go, and I'm sure I'm wondering what kind of place the Sky Dragons were born and raised in.

The footage that was displayed throughout the room disappeared and a new landscape was displayed. Now there's the ground... this is the ground, right?

"... what is this"

"I know exactly how it reacts."

I can see there's a groundy scaffold, but I couldn't see anything else. I haven't been able to secure my vision. Or because it's stereoscopic reproduction footage, I can't even see Dammus, who's supposed to be in front of me. Maybe if I were reproducing the sound, I wouldn't even hear you.

"I wonder if it's like a typhoon... I can do this because it's video, but I can't actually keep my eyes open, and I can't even stand in the first place. If humans step in without measures, they fall apart."

"That's not a terrible level."

Even when it comes to typhoons, it's not the intensity of the weather sister's relay. If you're going to be televising on the weather forecast, you're going to be worshipping a reporter who's going to be ground beef. There's no rain. It's just strong wind...... I don't know if I can say wind anymore because it might be gas, but I guess it's a vortex that barometric differential creates anyway. I can see lightning sometimes if I stare. When you can see it in this situation, it's a hell of a thunder of an output.

"I hope the reproduction footage is faithful, but I don't know what this is."

To be honest, they said it wasn't the environment people lived in, and I imagined places like Mars with no atmosphere, no water. This is a previous problem such as the lack of air. There will be no such terrible environment for a dungeon to attack in the future.... No, right?

"Well, I guess so. I didn't check it out, but it still looks better than a typhoon on Jupiter."

"Even compared to that"

I'm not too familiar with it, but I guess a typhoon on Jupiter would have had wind speeds over or above the sound speed. Compared to that, it's the same if it means it's not a place where life forms can operate.

"Do the Imperial Dragons live here... Dragon Daddy"

"No, this is footage near the exit of the aisle we used to travel the world. Thanks to the barrier erected by the Imperial Dragon, near the entrance to the infinite corridor where they are based is pretty much better than here. Still, it's not the kind of environment people can live in."

And, when Dammus says, the video switches. Previous strong winds disappeared and my vision opened. I don't see any trees or water, it's a complete wilderness. There, I see something like the site of some building. It wouldn't be working as a building, so you could call it ruin.

I can see multiple supermassive organisms walking wide around it.... Maybe it's a dragon, but there's no uniformity in shaping. Many do not look like common dragons. Just as the body of the silver dragon was mercury, is the dragon produced by the Imperial Dragon still a different organism than the dragon in this world? Perhaps it is best to capture it in the sense of the generic term for biological weapons created by the old world's wisdom.

"The structure you see in the back is their home. Even so, the main part is underground, and the ground part is almost exclusively abandoned"

"... does a Imperial Dragon's body fit that size?

The structure at the tip of the finger is certainly huge, but it still doesn't look like that satellite-sized body will fit in. If it's a dragon you can see nearby, it seems like it would normally come in...... There are only about dragons that don't know the size in the first place. I don't know the scale well because I can't grasp the distance.

"I can't see it coming from here, but they say the main body of the Imperial Dragon is in satellite orbit. That said, even the array is pretty big. You know, it's hard to tell because you're scaling crazy, but if you include it down to the basement, that's big enough for the moon to go in sparingly. If you walk towards it, you'll never get there and you'll freak out."

"... hey, different star sizes?

"Not at all. I don't know exactly, but as long as I go up to space and shoot it, it's not ten times as good as this planet. Naturally, gravity is strong, so we need to adjust the area to improve the environment."

To try, human footage is projected in a way that fits the scale. By doing so, it was found that the scale, which was originally unintelligible, was even more incomprehensible. What I was looking at earlier thinking it was a pebble was actually a big rock, far bigger than the projected human. A dwarf is not a level. If you want to compare this, the dragons walking wide are above the building size. What a real child the Silver Dragon's body is. Again, it's a hell of an environment.

"We talked about the fact that this planet is much the same environment as Earth, but the home of the Imperial Dragon doesn't fit into it. I don't think organisms occur naturally in an environment like this. Didn't that building originally migrate from another star? Actually, it could be debris from a spaceship."

... somehow, but I'm also starting to feel like the Sky Dragons are coming to the labyrinth city. The wreckage of a civilization with nothing, instead of ruin. This is the star of death. It would be better to build a colony from scratch in space if you were to live there.

"Question is, why do the Imperial Dragons live here? I think it's amazing what's left of the structure, but I don't think it makes sense in this environment."

"I guess it's because the entrance to the infinite corridor can't be moved. It's the same here, but it's an indestructible structure even for me, including the base of a certain distance. You decide it's easier to use it as it is than to tear it apart and leave it in space."

"The entrance means the gate at the transfer facility, right? There's plenty of them, and you can increase them?

"I added that later on in the function of the infinite corridor... I hear the Imperial Dragon doesn't know that function. They don't have that idea even though they're moving through the walls of the world."

It's a super fancy story about smashing through the walls of the world. Something looks like a protagonist if only literally.

"I just don't think that feature would have been there from the beginning in this world either"

"I guess... it's managed by Dammus, isn't it?

"Not now. There must have been a former Dungeon Master in this world, and many of the features that he freed up. This city was named Labyrinth City before I got here, and it was the human-sized entrance to something that hadn't been activated. Maybe it's not based on the premise that we started with the Imperial Dragon."

Speaking of which, I've heard that this city has long been named a labyrinth city. There must be a reason it's given that name, and if you built the city around the infinite corridor, you can be convinced. … which raises new questions.

"Where did that predecessor go?

Having dungeon master authority meant that he was also a sub-god, so it's a little harsh to think he's simply dead.

Looks like Dammus has established a way to kill nameless people, but that's a recent story. In the proper way, the sub-gods don't die, so it's hard to imagine how long it'll be without them.

"... I don't know. I don't know how, but he's dead, he renounced authority, or another factor. When I became Dungeon Master... no, I'm pretty sure the admin was vacant at the time I started the entrance. The infinite corridor of this world is Japanese compliant because it was initialized according to my memory."

Oh, I knew there was a reason for that.

"It's just hard to believe that I just relinquished my authority in peace. There must have been a reason why the labyrinth city was ruined except for some functions... what, you have little information. If you think about it normally, it's other ancestors, but we've lost literature and oral records."

"Hmm."

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The conversation stopped for some reason.

"Did I say something weird?

You think Hmm was dazed unconsciously? You don't think Dammus noticed the mixed gag?

"No, nothing more bothering you?

"What are you talking about?

I do have a predecessor Dungeon Master and I'm interested in talking to him, but it won't be a reason for the conversation to stop. It's a story I don't know, so I basically have to be passive. Or is it a topic that my predecessor Dungeon Master and I have now included something important?

"... well, I hope not, but in short, it is true that in the past there have been dungeon masters who have built the foundations of labyrinth cities"

"I see that... but what was the silent intent earlier?

Obviously, it's unnatural, and I don't think it means anything. I think I need you to ask me something spontaneously from here.

"I thought you might be interested, Tuna."

"I don't know, is it that important to you and your predecessor?

"I don't know. I don't know, I'm looking."

I don't know what to do, I don't know what it means.

Dammus sighed with his body that I had no choice but to float Hatena.

"You know,... if there's a way to avoid this world collapse, I think you're the one holding the key to it"

"Is that what Erica was saying? You know, easily branched physique."

"That's not irrelevant either... As far as I've heard so far, Tuna, you're on the best path to averting a world collapse... being run"

... Running. I guess that refers to the induction of "captivity of cause and effect". If that's destiny to resist the causes of death, then world collapse is the right and ultimate crisis.

"So I thought you were unconsciously choosing to get information. I don't know what information you need."

"Really?

So, what do you mean, you were trying to test my instincts about what I needed?

I don't feel that everything I've learned about what interests me is essential information. It is possible that it has undergone some correction, but there is a great deal of extra information, and I do not think that all of them will be involved later. I don't think it's possible to have information about the backbone of these worlds.

For example, it wouldn't matter as if Miruku Prune Alice's profile. I'm memorizing it.

"To be honest, Tuna, I don't feel like you know what caused the world to collapse."

"What?"

What are you really talking about? If you know that, you won't have a hard time, and most of the problems, throw it at Dammus and he'll fix it. Isn't this how you talk and consider measures because you don't know?

"Let me get this straight, Tuna, your story earlier is unnatural. I know the results, and it sounds like I'm trying to take care of them."

"Isn't that what you mean by" captive of cause and effect "?

"I guess there's that too...... you, you said you saw the last of your previous life in The Gate of Souls, didn't you?

"... oh"

I haven't touched the root part yet, but I remember what happened superficially.

I'm not saying it's the end of the story, but I also talk to Dammus about most of the things I've learned.

"I think you can't go wrong trying to remember that to resist the" captivity of cause and effect "and hence the only malice... If the world collapses, that path will be cut off, so there will certainly be no time. But assuming the information that has come out so far, your missing memories of your previous life and this world collapse are not directly connected. Why did you force yourself to dive into the second gate?

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... Why?

"We don't even know that the person will have a narrow field of view, but from an external point of view, there is no consistency in their behavior. Death in a previous life, where I learned the truth about the Earth's collapse, doesn't tie me to a solution. Yet you're convinced it's the best way to go."

That's right. That's crazy, for sure. It's unnatural.

In the first place, I dived that gate because Erica suggested it, not because I went to explore the causes of the world's collapse.

"I don't know if personal combat will help me ahead, but I thought it would be better than not doing it"

Even for that Erica, there was only such a degree of recognition that it was better than not doing it. I'm just saying that if you go beyond the "Gate of Souls" trials, you can quickly acquire the foundations of magic, so you might be able to mount something if you need to fight ahead. It must have been to the extent that it could have been a trial in previous life.

"... while you're at it, it's certainly unnatural. I don't see any connection between this planet breaking and the only malice."

To listen to that footage or Erica's story, it doesn't match the phenomenon when the only malice appears. That's not what I'm like.

I was convinced that knowing the truth ahead was necessary to avert the collapse of the world. However, there is not enough information to be presupposed to proceed with certainty about it. The pivotal part is falling apart.

... I felt like the beast of cause and effect was looking at this one.

"If we're only going to draw conclusions first, I guess there's a connection between your previous life and this collapse, these two"

"Why does that happen?

All I have now is my own strange certainty, and I don't have enough information to tie it together. In the first place, it was Dammus who said they couldn't connect. We should have talked about that earlier, but the conclusion was flipped. Now, it also sounds like Dammus is the one who comes to a conclusion and talks.

"You've heard stories about sixth sense and intuition, not just plausibility, but experience, information, and conclusions that you unconsciously derive from elements you haven't grasped?

"... you've heard of it."

"Isn't that the same thing about you? There are grounds for linking the two in information that you have not grasped out for yourself, or hidden.... Doesn't that mean you feel there's a strong enough bond to be sure of that intuition?

Is that not too appropriate? I can't say enough from what I've been through, but it's too vague to assume.

"As I said earlier, I have no guidance beyond that, even if I can present information or options. Of course, I guess with the information I have, and I'll work out countermeasures, but your intuition is the most promising guiding principle right now.... It's a terrible story to say for yourself, this situation. Are you kidding me?"

"No, even if I tell you so."

But it is true that there are few clues, and it is only natural that measures should be taken by hand. The idea of evacuating the Imperial Dragon to the world is like an insurance policy that I was forced to twist out. Even if it is the collapse of a major premise star, it is an unruly information passively purchased from the future.

"I don't have to remind you, but think. The reason why you acted unconsciously, the causal trajectory you followed, that must mean something. Disclose anything you deem necessary on top of that, and we'll do everything we can.... What do you need to do now and what do you need to know?

Intuition. Instinct. Gather all the unconscious information I have to decide the way forward. Do it consciously.

If you are being guided, use it the other way around to explore the path. That will be the most promising road mark now.

"Even if it doesn't seem relevant at first sight, it could be connected somewhere. There's no way there's any point in adding more information without that. At least as far as I can handle it. So fill in the information gap, whatever you wonder, whatever you want to know with curiosity."

Question, curiosity... what I want to know. It's not something you should know, it's something you're interested in.

"... Is Dammus a Lolicon?

Seriously, this way. Dammus, who was peering in, fell into the couch.

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"You... more than that, why are we talking about that?"

"... because, Mr. Elsie, I was curious to see"

I just put a question in my head. I just did what I was told.

Marrying a labyrinth city lord doesn't necessarily make any sense politically, but if you want more daughter-in-laws than that, there must be some reason. Normally I guess that can be romance. If so, that's why I feel attracted to just hustling at that toddler shape opponent......

"I have three daughters-in-law, but they always fall apart in appearance. Mazel's barely the same height as me."

"What about milk?

"My back and chest, Mazel, other than that, in Elsie's order... why are we talking about this? In the first place, I don't want you to tell me about Lorikon."

"... why?

I admit I got out of line and got into a conversation like boys middle school, but I don't know why I'm called Loricon. Alice was not like that when she tried to choose Miruku Plump, and the ladies around usually have Lori and Arafat.... Is that what you think about the beautiful bow? If so, it is out-of-heart. That's not eligible in the first place.

"Me, I'm kind of a big tittie. I don't have to, but I'd rather have one."

"... right. Your own taste sounds like an omnivore. Feels good to eat anything."

It sounds like something's spooked, but that's not happening. Craftsmanship...... Don't bother with the irreparable gross-images, and I want to avoid the troublesome looks. If it's about Mr. Elsie, it's a strike zone filled with low outer corners, but the beauty bow level toddler shape is out. Naturally, complete toddlers like Mr Carrot, Mr Topopo and Mr Tuya are also out the door. Mr. Gaul won't leave.

For the rest, races that are extremely far from humans are harsh. I don't have a problem with a beast man in a labyrinth city, but mostly a beast... for example, Piara or something is out. I'm a wife in the first place.

I don't care what's in it if it's just a one-night relationship, but I'll hang out with you properly... and I'd also like to ask someone with an arrogant personality to spare me if I can even put my perspective on marriage. I don't have a problem with the way it looks, but I want to avoid the landmine rene I'm seeing, and then I want to avoid cat ears. I mean, it would be OK if it hadn't come off as good as it looks or contents, but that's not exactly what it's all about. It can be called an omnivore if it's a normal preference.

"I thought I'd be told something a little more relevant..."

"I'm pretty sure you're worried about me because I'm not gonna get to see you after all. What are the two remaining daughters-in-law like?

What kind of liquor pond meat grove is there? Exactly. It could already be dead.

"... so why don't we introduce our members, including our daughter-in-law? For once, it's the highest power in this world, and it might make sense for a moment, so knowing won't be in vain."

On the desolate earth of death, video was added. The background is alley, but it also looks like some sort of commemorative photo.

What I recognize in this is Mr. Elsie and Mr. Allein, Mr. Alteria, and then, for some reason, Dammus dressed as a river child.

"Why the river boy what?

"It was my boom at this time. I also used a pair of shots. I stopped because harassment made me serve cucumbers all over my meal."

That's a labyrinth city system. The performance of the equipment doesn't depend on appearance... but it's still an unintelligible pattern of behavior.

"A watery man and a blonde are your daughters, aren't they? What about this grandfather?

The number of people does not match. Put in Mr. Alteria that he's retired and seven. The current membership seems to be five, so this grandfather will inevitably be excluded, but I don't see the point reflected here.

"Have you never seen it? This guy is Garth. He's Alain's grandfather, and we've been attacking him together for a while. Now he's retired and he's the guild master for the Labyrinth Alliance.... I don't really work."

"Oh, Crowe's great-grandfather? You think he's some kind of grandfather porn who makes kids all over the continent?"

"You know the story over there. I've been calm lately, but I'm still more of a jerk than I am. I don't know exactly, but they have three digits just for direct children. I'm not cognizant."

Super awesome.

"The scary thing about Garth is that it's mostly a result of proper dictation. It's an area where you have to doubt the kind of brainwashing when you get here, but that's not the kind of skill you have, and you don't have magical talent in person. It's no longer a walking sexual disaster."

"Don't make me want to call you a master. I want you to teach me at least 10% of your arm."

In particular, I want you to tell me the secret to maintaining a strong spirituality that I can do as I please and take no responsibility for. Looks like life is fun.

"Stop it. Seriously, because it doesn't make sense. I've done some serious research for a time, but both me and Elsie are at the level of throwing a spoon. It's not porn, it's combat skills... especially if it's pure sword arms. Maybe it's the strongest thing in the world, so if you're going to be a disciple over there, maybe you're an ant."

"The strongest in the world...... than Dammus? This grandpa's retired, isn't he?

"If it's pure sword arms. That's not enough, so I retired. Maybe I can handle a sword blade as a child."

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I can't help but complain as I have seen Mr. Sword Blade's strength.

But even if you have the arms of a sword that you call the strongest by playing dammus, is that not enough of an area?

"Well, no matter how high the skill level of Swordsmanship is, it won't be a battle at a time when overskill is unavailable.... is bad. I can't tell you."

"Overskilled?

It's a familiar word. It is a message that remains an exact mystery activated in the Serpent Dragon Battle.

"Why do you make sense? This is a cognitive inhibitor.... Oh, Erica told me that."

"No, I activated it. When I tried to use the Running Water Knife, it became the Running Water Knife. I thought the timing was ticking and I was gonna die."

"... activated? Seriously?"

What, is something weird after all?

"There can't be anyone in the front line who's ever activated it. Because we or some of the guild staff, the rest of us, we only know about the Intelligence Agency. You don't seem to have mastered Overskill yourself, and you're still doing things that don't make sense."

"Something wrong?

"I don't know what that means, but nothing is bad. Overskilling is an alley, in short, breaking the limits. It can also be called an evolutionary system that has changed shape beyond the walls of Skill LV10. All the prerequisite skills are activated by acquiring exclusive skills called LV10, plus Overskill."

I don't know, but I think I've done something amazing.

"... but there are no activated cases, even though the prerequisites are completely unavailable. Helpless bastard."

"No, even if they salute me... I'm not dead"

"Well, that doesn't mean you're free to use it. Skill performance will be completely separate, so you just need to be careful with that."

You're having trouble activating all of a sudden and driving me crazy with timing. I literally broke the Serpent Dragon, so I know it's strong.

"I thought it was time for a front-line group... to master a sword blade or around Laurent... I didn't expect you to be ahead of me"

"Hit it, overskill exists for all skills or something?

"Maybe... some of them have been confirmed more than once. It's not just skills, it's also" ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ", and when you put it together, you don't know what the world is waiting for."

Oh, I knew there were some things you couldn't recognize.... the realm above the advanced rank sounds seriously magical.

"To be clear, I haven't figured it out either. As far as overskilling is concerned, the current situation is that the sample is too small to be well understood. Ask Dirk if you want to learn more about other cases. 'Cause I'm putting together information."

I didn't know if I used the library or the internet, but should I have asked him?

There are a lot of weird things going on with this overskill and forced activation, but the cause is probably "The Prisoner of Cause and Effect" or "The Storm Beast of Hunger". I'm sure he's forced to activate a bunch of systemic restrictions. I don't think any of that influence, or any of it, is fully capable of exercising its power. Maybe I'm not keeping up with technology or my body.

"If Dirk knows, do you want to hear it later? … so the other two are your wives"

"Oh, a blonde as tall as me, Mazel. You've met the cousin of the Nezea Border Uncle, from the Filnesea family, a division. Now every book has been erased, but she's the only woman in the history of the kingdom of Orendia."

I'm going to believe this guy is my grandson when he tells me he just looks like him. I wonder if they've had quite a few years.

"One of my daughter-in-law's relatives was told by Mr. Glenn on an expedition."

"Relatives are a tough topic. Basically serious and honest, but only weight and kinship related topics come off taga. Especially since you recognize yourself as an enemy in complete isolation from Uncle Borderline, don't take him in front of you by mistake.... If you want to erase Uncle Borderline from the world, I won't stop you."

Stop that. You're pathetic.

"... what did that guy do?

"A little about twenty years ago. Back then, the border boss was a typical faction nobleman and self-absorbed... but now he's reactionary and arrogant."

That's civil war related at times. I can imagine that it must have been payback after the hatchet.... maybe around the person in front of you. Something must have been hard to say about the entanglement.

"That's where this unhealthy water color comes from, as opposed to an active and healthy Mazel. As you know, the lord of the labyrinth city, the lineage that guarded the infinite corridor as a relic. That's our maximum firepower."

She's a beauty, but she sure doesn't look healthy. Actually, you can afford to give me a one-pan KO.

"Better than Dammus?

"If simple frontal fire means I'm fourth out of five. Anything ants can win."

When I say anything ant, I'm going to use any cowardly hand in the case of Dammus.

I mean, I can't imagine what I just heard from myself. Is it more versatile or stronger because it's already saturated with offensive power?

"Well, look at this. Do you still want to call Loricon?

"Well, that sounds different"

Instead, Mr. Elsie looks extremely young on her own, like someone else's child in this.

Or even if it's Loricon, I'm not going to blame it originally. Dammus is like the law here, and some guys are lolicon public speaking like Jail. In the first place, even outside of a labyrinth city is not a crime. I hear there are countries where faggots get caught in the fire.

"I don't know. If you're your age, you're all mature. … it's no longer a plant area if you convert it in body time"

"Is that a self-inflicted story"

"I don't care... oh, don't tell me you called a mature woman"

"Can you be scared and talk?"

I'm not willing to make an inadvertent statement to a star-breakable person.... I think I've told Dammus a lot, but he's a jokeable person, so it's okay.

"Speaking of which, what happened to my matchmaking story? Still no candidates or anything?

He said it would take a while, but I think it's about time we had a candidate.

"I have a candidate. There are a lot of them. I was going to elect one that didn't seem like a problem and get a choice from it..."

"... but?

"I was planning on, after April, right? We won't be able to afford to match the end of the world... until we get through it."

"... oh"

... what a timing. Well, I don't think I'm going to be able to take a while either, so I'm in trouble if they say it right now.

Do I have to save the world to get a girl introduced? That's a lot of hurdles.

"It doesn't mean I didn't do anything, so I can give you the roster as of now. Here."

So, it's a bunch of profile tables that Dammus took out of somewhere. It doesn't come with a large image like a matchmaking photo, but the information is in line in a resume-like format. From what I've seen, hundreds.

Oh, no way, there's nothing like choosing one of these. As for the flow, it seems likely that it will be attached to the other side from among the choices made...

"You don't have a basis for judging which child you're likely to meet?

"Tell them about you. Choose to be okay. All of a sudden marriage will be impossible, but anyone with a social premise will have no problem"

"... are you serious?"

You can choose whatever you want, it's super awesome. Maybe I can worship God about Dammus. Oh, a sub-god.

"Rather, if I choose one, I might have a problem. You can pick up about five of them."

"... why would Dammus recommend Harlem to me? I don't think so, but you don't want to take me on the road."

"No way. That's not true."

It sounds like a bar read for some reason, but I'm sure it's your fault.

If girls stay close to each other, Harlem would love to, but I don't have the fantasy of being able to make such an ideal home myself. Maybe some talented people can, but that's a porn protagonist or something like that. And I'm sure Dammus is superman. I don't believe I've ever had the experience of disillusioning the men of the world by being caught in a dreary stuffing between women or by diving through a training ground surrounded by multiple daughters-in-law. I'd just like to hear some anecdotes from around Mr. Alain when I get a chance.

"Honestly, some of the conditions are too lax and there are more candidates, so it would be more helpful if you narrowed them down a bit. It's hard to see, isn't it? It's hard for me to put it together."

"Right...... Wouldn't it be a condition for a horny child?"

"I'm not using that as a criterion for judgment. I don't know. Hopefully, I'll be able to narrow it down from my profile."

That's right. Not many kids would say I'm horny, especially to someone I'm not even close to. I also have a little trouble opening it up like Fenghua.

"You don't have to be human if you're close enough to see me and you can do something ahanwuhun."

"Don't expand your candidacy... so, like, age... you can't be older?

"Above or below. That's nothing...... I guess I want to avoid the same age if I insist. 'Cause I got all kinds of trauma planted on my cousins my age in my last life."

"... trauma planting on you, that's pretty good."

In fact, he was quite a guy. I can't deny the allergic feeling of just being Mr. Tomato's master, but the genius that always made me feel inferior when I was with him was only negative in the close relationship of being a classmate and cousin. Besides, I try to plunge people right away.

Your body naturally reacts to rejection when you try to defy it. It is the one called Fear imprinted on instinct.

"Itsuki Takabori is my father's blood..."

Isn't that Watanabe?

"My father, I hear he entered my son-in-law in a semi-excused state. So when I was a kid, I was also alienated from Takabori's house..."

... what. Something's wrong.

"What's up?

"No... what is this discomfort"

Are you uncomfortable with the presence of Izuki?... No, it's not.

The landscape I saw behind the gates of my soul revives. A body without a face. A body without a name. What was the person whose existence was taken away.

... yes, it's a name. Why do I remember his name? The other guys at the salad club... no. Except for the beautiful bow and the stupid dog, the nickname doesn't come up with a name or face even if I can remember it.

"Uh, I can't explain it well..."

In the meantime, I'll talk to Dammus, too.

"It doesn't seem directly related to this one, but if you're curious, you should remember. They took that name and your face, 'cause you don't know the clear rules, do you?

"That's right..."

I certainly don't know the rules.

In the first place, it doesn't mean you're forgetting everything you've seen about the other person in your previous life. Beautiful bows and potatoes are not the only exceptions.

Besides, like the truck driver guy I saw in the gate, it's possible he's forgotten about the existence itself.

What is unnatural is that I remembered it even though I forgot. In the first place, I don't even know what the word was taken from me, so whether there's that much limit to remembering... But why do I care so much? What does this have to do with the situation?

I don't think I can tell, but let's keep it in the corner of my mind.

... Or ask Beautiful Bow. I thought you remembered the names of the guys at the salad club.

-3-

"Is it time to get back to it? What do we do? Want to go to the world of the Imperial Dragon? Or do you want to accompany us on the Crust Passage offense? If you have any other ideas, that's fine, but these two need to be prepared in advance, so it would help if you decided sooner."

"I'm not going to join the Crust Passage... but are we going to attack?

Something about something like an irresistible bomb sleeping and irritating cannot be discarded. I know it has to be considered that it is a time-bound formula or activates due to factors other than the dams...

"It's not good to leave you alone. But all the members I can use are going to put it in, and I'm not going in deep. Reconnaissance becomes the main thing rather than an attack. And then, as a precaution, I'm going to push it forward as far as I can. It might be a little safer if it's ahead of the collapse period observed in other parallel worlds."

I don't know how it works, but it could be important if every world is collapsing in the near future.

"Yes, but for other possibilities?

"I'm aggregating the satellites and the sensors that are planting them everywhere to observe the signs... or so. And then it's being renovated so that it can be used as a shelter once in a while."

I see. He said he had already started to take action that seemed handy.

It's just impossible to live normally in this situation. I'm pretty sure I should do something...

"Then I guess I'll go to another world. The dragons and sky dragons have become quite close, and it seems easy to talk to them. Damn well, that's good for you, isn't it?

…………

Is that different? I thought it was a fluidly pushy idea. In fact, this is the only thing that seems to help.

He was also treated as a comrade by the Imperial Dragon shortly after we met, so the initial preference of the dragons over there may be high. No, even if you earn favors for nothing, fear comes first with a dragon giant opponent.

"... to be honest, as far as I'm concerned, I want to stop letting you turn to the world of the Imperial Dragon"

"I thought it was Dammus who suggested it."

"That's the way to go. You can't go wrong with having insurance against a crisis called the collapse of the world, can you? My concern is that this could also be insurance for your... No, captives of cause and effect."

"I'm sorry... I don't know what I'm trying to say"

"Suppose the path you've followed so far is the best way to escape the possibility of being cut off and shut down. Whatever, if every living foundation collapses, you'll die."

"Oh."

I don't want to see if it's actually "best," but I'm pretty sure it's changing.

"But now we've got our way with the results of following the best of it. Extreme story, if you evacuate to the world of the Imperial Dragon without doing anything like this, you will survive, won't you? The road continues. … the stage changes, but the purpose of approaching the only malice is uninterrupted"

I lost my word.

But I don't feel like I can deny it. The road will continue if we sacrifice much of what we have cultivated so far. It goes on. At least there's no interruption there. It was as a result of previous actions that created the situation. This possibility cannot be reached in the parallel world Erica was talking about.

"Well, that's not the best result, is it?

"But the road leads. Your death, the worst future for the captives of karma, can be avoided. best of the results it gets...... maybe it's the limit"

"When this star breaks, a lot of people die..."

…………

The look on Dammus's face remains the same. It's like saying what's wrong with that.

I looked into its eyes and was convinced. Dammus is not obsessed with saving this planet. Of the labyrinth city, if you do poorly, I believe that if a few of them remain, you will have no problem.

"Well, don't worry. Labyrinth cities are still what I need for me. It doesn't make sense to abandon a very small number of evacuable people at the moment."

"... other than that?

"You want to hear it?

I don't want to hear it. The answer to that is like answers.

Dammus doesn't feel worthy of this planet. Neither has the Kingdom of Orendia, nor any other country, continent, or people living there, been in the accounts from the outset.

Even labyrinth cities are not important, they're just necessary. If the scale tilts to some kind of clap, it's enough to cut it off lightly.

I almost forgot, but the look on Dammus's face is just a mask. Behind it lies a worn cold presence.

"... how many evacuable people and urban functions do you expect?

"Most of them can't travel because there are so many things that depended on infinite corridors in this world when it comes to urban functions. There are no fine figures for evacuable numbers either, but thousands would be the limit. This is a battle against time."

... less. It's not a very acceptable story. I can't think of that in the wind because I helped.

Anyway, if it happened before I knew it, I knew it.

"Let me get this straight, there's no good story about leaving this thing alone and everyone evacuating and congratulating them. The vast majority of non-labyrinth cities die, and the evacuable number of people who have made them labyrinth cities is known. Besides, many of your acquaintances depend on existence on this planet itself. They can't help you."

"Dependent on the stars for existence?

"The Spirit, the guardian created by the stars, some kind of sub-god of the beast god born naturally from it. The Four Gods and their witches, which I have created but cannot leave the Labyrinth City. There's no escape around here. You can't take refuge in the world of the Imperial Dragon any more than you are strapped to a star, and if its great yuan is gone, it will disappear"

That's about Gardo and Mr. Watermelon. It is said from Erica to the Four Gods that they have clearly confirmed their extinction. Maybe that includes Piara, Gaul's daughter-in-law.

"It may sound like a mean way of putting it, but if we can't avoid the collapse in this case, there will be casualties for those close to you.... you can't cut me off, can you? People who feel heavier about stars and strangers dying than they do about reality."

You speak like a hostage, but if that's true, it's just the difference between putting it in your mouth or not.

... Right. Dammus knows me well. I have no choice but to cut them off. That's not my "best" thing.

"If you can calculate the number of people, you've secured the evacuation route and means, right?

"Sort of. Rough business is a good place too, but I'll bust through the walls of space between the worlds and dig. If me and the Imperial Dragon interfere from each other's worlds, we'll be able to secure the passage we built once."

Does that mean you can't use the method that the Imperial Dragon or Dammus have been going and going before?

"To this end, we are building ships for excavation and mobility on a steep pitch. I diverted what I had originally used for space development."

"The ship... I don't know what kind of fantasy SF is."

"That's now. … it's not real, but there's a completion plan."

So, a stereoscopic footage floated up on the table between me and Dammus.

He said it was for space development or a ship, so I imagined it was like a spaceship that I see a lot in fiction...

"... what the hell"

The floating footage was unimaginable from such applications.

Elongated stick for analogy. It is an extremely simple shape with only a pointed tip of a long cylinder.

"Blah, blah, blah, blah."

"Don't say it's dull or anything. I left the excavation function and the residency function, and I paid for it, and it came in this shape. It's a little occlusive, but it's comfortable inside."

I'm a little shocked as a starship and all that stuff I yearned for.

Apparently, it's a space where about a fifth of the stick can get on board, otherwise a space for cargo and a control room for hull control. Apparently, the majority of them are occupied by devices to secure thrust. I'm not assuming a fight, so I'm not armed or bridged.

"It's an excavator where a part of the space is scraped away. If it's only theoretical, it's a silo thing that wipes out even the sub-gods, so if you come close to it during startup, it wipes out every concept. Be careful."

"I'm not going anywhere."

They said something terrible, but I guess that's how much it takes to cross the world. It may be the product of results studied to kill sub-gods close to immortality, including nameless ones.

"What do you call this, my name?

"I haven't decided, but the developers called me a ballpoint pen.... Kugelschreiber okay"

"... appropriate"

Isn't it synonymous with words that only sound good for now?

"You don't notice because there aren't many guys who grasp German,... maybe. I'd be in trouble if they asked me what that meant, so it would be perfect to give the developers the family names Kugel and Shriver."

All sorts of terrible stories, but is it okay because there is no real harm? Mr. Kugel and Mr. Shriver are not likely names.

"Well, whatever your name is, you're going to the world of dragons on this."

I imagined walking down a aisle like a dungeon, so it seems much easier to get around than that. In this case, even the average person who is not an adventurer can move.

"Oh, that number of round-trips is the limit of the number of evacuees. The actual time on the move needs to be minimal, but you can't come back as soon as you go, and it takes time to let it go again. As a guide, I plan to spend about a week round trip."

It feels a little long, but this still seems to be almost a theoretical value as a result of using the time operation of the dungeon up to the critical point to ensure maintenance time. They're going to need year-by-year maintenance once it's all converted in real time. It is difficult to shorten it any further if the convenience of people getting in is also considered.

By the way, just because real time doesn't pass while you're on the move, they're going to have extended physical time, just like the dungeons, and that's about two weeks. It is a good story for adventurers.

"That means you're going to be able to make some round-trips by the time limit they say you are.... In the meantime, I'll join you for the first time. Are you going to Dammus, too?

"I need to fix the aisle, so I can't go at least for the first time. Besides, I think we're going into the Crust Passage attack right after that. By the time we get back, we should be gathering a little information. I'm going to try to get in touch with you on a regular basis, even if you don't have anything, because I will make sure that The Tale passes almost in real time through the Imperial Dragon."

"Then it's up to that information what you do afterwards."

If you can just grasp something, the behavior you can take will change.

"So, it's a superficial story, but it's just going to collapse the world, so we can't publicly seek refuge."

"That's right. There's no cause, no sign, and I'm wondering if you can believe me in a situation."

Even if you believed me, panic happens.

"After the second time, as an excuse to evacuate, the first time will take the form of inspections and technical exchanges to different worlds. Building shelters is also known as embassies to do them. Actually, I'd do it on a larger scale."

Oh...... speaking of which, since there is no place for human activity in the first place, is it difficult to evacuate on a large scale, at least for the first time? Even if they throw you out in that space, you're just gonna die.

"I'll have a representative of the visiting delegation separate, but I want you to stand at the desk as much as possible, too. Sky Dragons are planning on getting them back too, so I don't think it's going to be that hard..."

"It would be nice to be a point of contact, but I don't think so."

"Nah...... I think you feel thin too, but different cultures and different values over there. That's why I accepted those three ahead of time, but if you actually go, maybe you'll lose your liver. Seriously, I think differently."

"... like someone who doesn't feel comfortable interacting with us?

Just because the top imperial dragon is favorable doesn't mean everything in the world over there is. There seems to be some disagreeable guys, some exclusive ones.

"No, we're all basically favored.... It's just that those guys have values in their arms. I mean, that's all I got. They're going to beat me up right away for trying. Or braces."

Does that mean you only have brain muscles?

Well, I know they're a fighting people, but that's the only way you're gonna think about it.... No, you're not thinking about it?

"So if they hit me, you can hit me back for now. It's tight in front of the handshake."

This one was also a brain muscle.

"As a matter of fact, when I went that way, General Pendragon... you knocked the sides of the Imperial Dragon together, didn't you? At that time, I promised to take people close to strength because it was just too different."

"What are you doing?"

"No, I'm not bad because I got blown from the other side. It's self-defense. He said there was no problem with the dragon."

You realize that makes sense over there.

"Isn't the main force over there almost a sub-god? If I were you, I'd catch you on one side."

"The inspection members keep militants in line. Take the executive class from the top of the line and you'll be a contender."

"You said you were top of the line, aren't you busy with the 100-layer offense?

This is a more serious issue, but I don't know it, so it will be your priority. Explain it from scratch and you'll see, but I can't explain it to the end or the press. In the meantime, if the executives disappear slowly, there's nothing suspicious about it.

"I can't. Because I haven't made it that easy to break through. When it comes to training places, there are people who go. In fact, it's an opponent's actual training."

"... after all, are you having difficulty navigating?

"I guess I saw about a breakthrough. I just don't think he's got enough strength, so he's in a teeth-beating situation. I think it was the English who made the early decision on that joint attack."

I guess saying yes means there's still little prospect. How high of a hurdle did you prepare?

-4-

"And then... what are we going to do with Yuki"

Yuki didn't exist in the parallel world Erica saw. I guess it was on the same grounds that Dammus had previously told Yuki to keep quiet about the "captivity of cause and effect" entanglement.

"After all, is it the neighboring world that Dammus saw? You mean he wasn't even there, right?

"There's probably a discrepancy in recognition there. Erica probably only checked the information on the labyrinth city, but Yuki herself was in the king's capital."

"Oh, really?"

"Yuki is experiencing a lot of discrepancies because of what happened, which is the same perception."

So you're just saying you're not in a labyrinth city?

But due to his circumstances, is there a possible option not to come to the labyrinth city? You think he was imprisoned by Lene?

"To be exact, there was Yukito, not Yuki"

"... it's the same, right?

"I wasn't able to confirm it clearly, but it sounds like you don't remember anything from your previous life. I didn't see the will to go back to the woman or anything like that. It looks the same, but the contents are normal boys"

"Oh......"

If you don't remember, you won't be bothered by gender differences. In other words, that's a common example of reincarnation, and it's more irregular that Yuki in this world has memories. But I see... is that just one thing that has changed the situation dramatically?

"The world of closed possibilities for me to be the Dungeon Master is something like that for some reason, but it's generally the same with regard to the other parallel worlds. Yuki...... Yukito was born in King Orendia Capital and lives there"

"By the way, do you know what I'm like?

"... you're falling apart in such a divisible shape that Erica said. I mean, you live normally wherever you do it. I live all sorts of lives with a little bit of adaptability. More details... well, don't ask."

"Why not?"

Erica didn't say anything with a distant eye, but what did I do in the other world? You care.

"If you think with Erica's information, there are two differences between this world and the neighboring world. Just Yuki and your captivity for cause and effect."

Goddamn it. Is it through about me?

"I think these are the only two fundamental things that derive from the capture of the nameless, the encounter with the Imperial Dragon, and maybe Erica as well"

"I don't think he's doing anything."

There is no such verse in retrospect.

"Nothing. I'm not thinking Yuki's up to something herself, either. However, it is possible that he is being interfered with without his knowledge. For example, because it was necessary to create this situation, I wonder if someone had dined with me."

"... once I hear it, what is it?"

"The Prisoner of Cause and Effect."

After all, is that what we're going to talk about?

The Prisoner of Cause and Effect reaches the only malice, preparing and guiding the way to destroy. If you think about it under the assumption that it's like that, it's going to do enough to manipulate the memory of every reincarnator. And that's all the interference is making the difference so far. I have to say it's efficient if you only look at the results.

"You think you should still keep your mouth shut, Dammus? Whether you want to take me to the world of the Imperial Dragon or not tell me the true circumstances, I'm likely to convince you."

The facade is cross-world interaction on previous extension lines. There would be no more room for doubt than being entrusted as a request. If I wanted to go to another world, I'd follow just out of curiosity.

"At the end of the year stage, I thought I should stay down because I'm suspicious... things are different.... I think it's Ali who tells the whole story and asks for help."

"If the Prisoner of Cause and Effect is trying to avert the collapse of the world, it means you should stay on the rail."

"That's right. It's not a shape-shifting situation. I may be annoyed at being induced, but I think that's more likely.... It's hard to judge, but it's your instinct."

If Yuki is in the fundamental part that leads here, he may roll in the right direction again this time.

I don't feel like talking and changing anything more than I was originally unconscious, and I don't feel like he could do something special, but no matter what happens, I don't need to be deluded, and I can simply ask for help. Because of this, he'll think of countermeasures by spinning his head fully.

And most importantly, I don't like the situation where I'm on guard while I'm hiding something from him. Less than a year from now, but the days I spent with him are so dense that I'm sure of what I've piled up. I really want to believe.

I don't know how he would react knowing this story, but I don't think the basic part would change.

He won't change the way he lives when he finds out how he lives in a parallel world. It has already become strange that it is 20% Yuki, not Yukito.

Or if all of Dammus' assumptions are correct, then Yuki's suffering from gender differences will also be my entanglement. Then he's more of a victim.

"... In the meantime, I want to talk to you about it all"

"Okay. I can't be present under all circumstances, but good luck explaining."

Things are just running away from Yuki, you.

That night. It's already late at night, but I visited Yuki's room to explain everything.

You may be mad at me for keeping your mouth shut, so I'm in a sitting position to see my body hurting.

"Heh."

But Yuki's reaction to hearing it was refreshing. It doesn't feel like I'm angry, but usually, it's not very different from the way I reacted to seeing the news. It's on the same level as who in the talent announced their engagement or something.

"Hey, you're unresponsive."

"No, I knew Tuna was hiding something here, but I thought it would be better if she didn't tell me."

Didn't you hear it after you noticed? You're reading the air, dude.

"And why you didn't tell me... well, you don't know, do you? I don't really feel it at all, but from what I hear, I'm too suspicious."

"I saw only Damus and Erica, so did I."

I still can't imagine the life of a labyrinth city without Yuki.

"What do you think of Mr. Yukito in the parallel world?

"Um, it doesn't really matter what happens to me in the parallel world. I guess that's what happens if you don't remember. I was originally born in a more privileged environment than the average in this world, and I think that's a good life. … Ah, if the world is going to collapse, you have no good life or anything."

"Right. It'll all come to an end all of a sudden without knowing anything."

Apart from the neighboring world, where the possibility is closed by the presence of Dammus, there is nothing we can do about the parallel world where the collapse is confirmed.

"As for the collapse of that world...... I guess the scale is a little too big for me to react. I'd like to sort out some information. I don't know what it's like to be told all of a sudden."

That's right. On second thought, the dilks reacted the same way when they declared it in my room.

I didn't see the paranormal like I did, and I didn't see the collapsed footage. Maybe this is it. You didn't just say it with your mouth, that's what's so different from an editor's story.

"I ask you once, it's not a gag or anything, is it?

"I wish I was gagging. At least I'm serious about The Prisoner of Cause and Conviction and previous life stories. I can't even joke about world collapse."

"Right.... not a little too hard mode in Tuna's life?

"I think so too."

Seriously, give me a break. It's a level. I feel like I've been cursed all my life.... Is it like I'm actually cursed?

"So if you have any good ideas, tell me. There's no straw."

"I don't really know how it feels, so it's me, but of course I'll help you if you can do something. I don't even feel like I can do anything at the moment. Should I review the offensive rotation on the 40th floor for now? You'd better accompany a few people to the other world, wouldn't you?

"Right."

The six-day bondage of a dungeon to another world is irrelevant, but if you go that way, you will inevitably leave the labyrinth city for about a week.

Dungeon Attack will skip that week, so you'll be reviewing your long-term plans.

"If you're going, you're going to need a lot of preparation, and you might as well be ready to fight a giant dragon like an asshole over there,"

"Aren't we supposed to try our arms around here? Let's get the top-class people we're going with to work hard. Except for the comrade-like tuna."

"... even though it's a mock fight, I hope you don't mind the bees"

I'd like to try my arm, too, but I don't feel welcome waiting for a comrade or something to call me a pussy fight...... Absolutely a gymnast.

"Do you have a schedule for when you're going over there or something?

"It may go back and forth to some extent, but it's supposed to be the head of March. A few days before we leave, they'll be able to visit Kugelschreiber."

"I'd love to take a tour... but I don't know if I could handle that naming"

"Tell that to Dammus"

Actually, it looks like a ballpoint pen, so it's not a big mistake.

"And then there's one thing that really bothers me. I was wondering when I would touch on that topic..."

"... what?

I should have explained the whole street for now......

If you're worried about Yuki, who flushed the story so far, it's possible you're missing something.... what?

"What's that mask?

"... this is a testament to our friendship with Python Okada"

It didn't matter.... That would bother you.

... Now, Yuki has been washed away, but does this have anything to do with luck or vice?

Actually, do I know the answer?

Look at this, I wonder what the beast of cause and effect thinks.