Chocolate Mountain.

It is one of the many relics in the world.

Everyone is famous for sniffing at the moment they hear a ridiculous name.

But the moment I saw the real thing, everyone could not help but convince me deeply.

Anyway, it looks [as is].

A pile of chocolate - it's a name that looks like heartburn anyway, but if you actually look at it, the area from below the throat to pigeon tail is very bumpy.

There is a "chocolate fountain" in the alley, but I want you to imagine that it has been enlarged and enlarged.

Of course, most of it is hardened because it is impossible to climb the mountain even if it is all melted down. But the mountains are rivers filled with chocolate-like viscous liquids and dotted with marshes and lakes, making it a natural chocolate fountain.

The full scent is also chocolate itself. It is sweet, heavy, and has a very dense aroma that, if inhaled, will stick to the inside of your lungs and stomach and become heavy.

Honestly, I don't like sweets very much, but it's strong enough to make me nauseous.

"--Ooh... uhhhhhh...!

Conversely, for my best friend Hanu, who doesn't have eyes on sweets, the story is whether it is heaven or super easy, such as the mountain of chocolate - a place that looks like it.

Even the gemstones sparkle the beautiful blue and golden heterochromia, and Hanu shook his body with excitement as he shook up his mouth with an unspeakable voice. Exactly the kid who saw the confectionery house coming out of the fairy tale.

Her large, colored eyes stared at the silk waterfall of liquid chocolate flowing through the mountain skin just near the wall.

But the moment Hanu reached out to the chocolate silk waterfall, I was in a hurry.

Ahhh!?

A small, thin index finger rubs brown mucus and tries to carry it straight into your mouth. Hanu, uh, opened his lips,

"Wait, wait, wait!?"

"Whoa!?

I jumped into Hanu in a hurry to stop it. Because they bumped into each other suddenly from the side, they both collapsed and fell down.

"Oh, oh... I don't want to cum... what is it!? What is it!? What are you doing all of a sudden, Rat!?

After a while of pain, Hanu, who had laid down my body, suddenly made his hands and feet stick and raised his voice of protest. But before I reply, I hold the wrist of the person with the chocolate on their fingertips tightly and restrict the movement of Hanu.

On top of that,

"No way, Hanu!? You can't eat this!?

"Hmm, what do you mean...?

Hanu makes his eyes twitch. With me raising my voice unexpectedly, I concentrated on my fingertips with Hanu's eyes aligned and brown mucus.

"--Or wipe it off quickly!?

Anyway, I had to hurry and wipe (plug) it, so I wrapped Hanu's finger around the bottom of my battle jacket and wiped it off.

Hanu is confused because he can't swallow the situation well while his fingers are being cleaned up. Having finally made her feel better, I decided to explain why I was late. [M]

* giggle * and exhale with relief.

"... Hanu, you know? This is a disappointing announcement to Hija-kun...."

"-? What? What the hell is going on?

"... this is [poison]. It looks like chocolate, but in fact, it's all just poisonous chocolate-like substances... in other words, [fake chocolate]..."

――

Without a voice, Hanu rounded his eyes. You'll be completely frozen because you've been forced into your ears by facts you don't want to believe.

Phew, I stroked my chest and woke up to prevent something irreversible from happening.

Hanu is still holding his elbow on the ground and lying halfway down.

…………

I was completely relieved.

"... that's why you can't eat it..."

After this, I told him to whisper, thinking about Hanu's inner heart, which would definitely be depressed.

Yes, this chocolate mountain. With this name in mind, it's not really a chocolate pile.

In fact, it is a substance that looks very similar to chocolate, but is completely different in composition.

"Was it really called Chiyoconium? I wonder if the name of the discoverer, Chiyoko Katagiri, still derives its name."

"Yeah, it's like a joke, because someone with too many names became a discoverer, or maybe there's a fate prank. Really, if the gods in heaven are mean too."

Rosé tells the name and origin of the main ingredients of the chocolate mountain, and Frim jokes with a half-laugh as he shrugs his shoulders.

Yes, a true story like a lie. It happened that the discoverer's name was "Chiyoko", so this chocolate-like substance became like chocolate to the name.

Well, at that time, there would have been a sort of fashionable or chaotic atmosphere, and there would have been a little temperament in those times.

"--Well... Bye..."

Hanu rebooted. Move around and try to stand up whispering something in your mouth.

"... everything here is not sweet...?

As he stood on the earth with two legs fluttering, he looked around and whispered.

"... how can you say that all this is a fake while filling it with the cute fragrance of [chiko]...?

An uncontrolled tone reminded me of a furious storm in Hanu.

Hanu leaned down and began shaking his body and pull.

The next moment, the embankment of patience is destroyed.

"... not much!!!!

What a cry for heaven.

Moreover, if you think of your ears as screaming, now you break your knees and collapse, crawling all over the chocolate ground.

"Not really....! It's too ruthless....! This can't be allowed to happen...!

Don't you have any patience? Hanu slaps the ground with his right fist. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. It is unusual for Hanu to cry without staring. It must have been quite a shock.

"Ah, Hanu... okay..."

I crouched near Hanu and stroked his head when I stopped being stuck in the boulder with so much sadness. [M] Then Hanu jumped right into my chest and began to cry with a hug.

"It's not unreasonable, Rat....! What a terrible thing to do...!

"No, no, I don't think it's my fault...."

Instead, you're the one who stopped the poison from getting into your mouth...? Well, I don't think that's much of a story for Hanu right now.

"By the way, how does this toxicity feel?

Frim answered the question to deceive Hanu into laughing.

"A small amount can ruin your stomach, but naturally, if you consume a large amount, you will die from a lethal dose."

Mr Rose will be here for the first time, and he will say thrash. In other words, Explorer, once I wondered about the mysterious sound of "chocolate mountain". That's why I checked it out, so I could stop Hanu from poisoning himself.

"Well, that's about it after all. If you're in a mountain of poison, you don't actually change much. I'm worried about fine dust, but it's okay if it's that much, right?

"Yes, but that's not the case if the expedition lasted a long time. First of all, the poison ingredients are registered in the data bank, so it is possible to detoxify them with a recovery technique."

Rose is right, the antidote data bank for the recovery procedure is constantly being updated. In addition, since the data is automatically synchronized by "SEAL", it can be kept up to date at any time, and all poisons registered in the data bank can be detoxified with one "antidote". Of course, we can't connect to the global network within the ruins (relics), so we can't update them once we're out and in sync.

Fortunately, data on thioconium has been available for a long time. For this reason, even if I develop symptoms of poisoning, I can detoxify it with my Antidote.

Nevertheless,

"I don't want to stay long..."

While I gently stroke Hanu's head and back with a hug, hey, I murmur.

Anyway, I didn't come here to explore.

"--Eija, I need you to explain what's going on."

"Oh? As I explained earlier, Master?

When I spoke to Ayja, or Lunatic Babel's supervisor, AI, I was in my "middle" - still unfamiliar and somehow disgusting - and the clumsy answer came back.

"... I didn't listen very well earlier, so let's do it again."

Well, if that's the case, I can't say no.

When I confessed honestly, Ayja responded frankly.

In fact, when I came here - no, I remember that Ajay lined up the excuses when I [transferred]. But I think that was a vague (ambiguous) way of saying it overall, and I don't really have any understanding of the situation.

In other words,

"― ― Where are we and why are we here?

Okay, let's explain in detail. Now, if you'll excuse me for a moment.

After returning the sign of nodding to the hawk, Ajah wandered around inside me - I felt it, but it might be an illusion.

"Yoo-hoo!"

Huh?

It feels like something is slipping through your back with a light call. Somehow, I stroked Hanu's head over my shoulder, and there was a figure of Ajah that came out with the feeling of "yoyo".

He used my back as the entrance and exit, and went out like a ghost.

"If you want to explain, I want you to ask everyone, not just Maimaster. Otherwise, you're the only one who can hear me. Or is something wrong?

* giggle *, the red-haired beauty boy - who only looks like, but is not human - laughs. Turn your lightly brewed brown eyes against the arc.

"... I don't mind..."

I realized from my expression that I was satisfied with teasing, so I returned it at the top of the Buddha. But rather, Ajah broke his face with satisfaction as if he was expecting it.

"There you go, troublemaker...."

Troublemaker?

Flim had a bitter face on Ajah, who appeared from inside me. [M] Then Rose next door leaned her head strangely.

"It's him, it's him. About Ayja. All you have to do is say it's a walking trouble seeder, right?

"No, that's not what I heard back."

"Huh?"

When Frim explained "Troublemaker," Rose denied it plainly. I was late, and I said, "What? Did you take something off? 'said Frim.

- Mr. Rose, I know exactly how you feel. The so-called "don't tell me" thing, right? But to be honest, I think Mr. Rose is similar....

Remembering the disturbances when I first met Mr. Rose, I put it in my heart.

"Well, let me tell you something important first. This is my virtual space - [not]. I especially want you to carve this into your heart."

Ajay's explanation began.

"Even I'm not rude enough to imitate (copy) the ruins (relics) elsewhere. Besides, I don't lie. Of course it wasn't a lie that I told you to transfer you to Florida, and I acted with all my heart to do so."

I don't really understand the thinking and etiquette of the management AI of the ruins, but it seems that it would be "rude" to develop a virtual space that copies it elsewhere. It's a trivia I don't want to know.

"But..."

With a gentle wave of hands, Ajah shows her surroundings. The mountains of the Chocolate Fountain, unlike the floating city of Florida.

"I'm supposed to transfer to the city, but for some reason you're here. Yes, as you can guess. This is the famous Chocolate Mountain. Well, this is the name given to us by the humans of this planet. It's one of many ruins in the world. Besides, what about the belly? This is another embarrassment."

Haha, haha and lightly laugh at Ajah.

"No, you're not laughing..."

When I stumbled in with a small voice,

"Oops, excuse me. Anyway, this is a real chocolate mountain. That's for sure. But there are you who should be shifting to Float Tries [Why are you here?] That's the biggest problem."

With an honest laugh, Ajah went straight to business.

"Unfortunately, as I mentioned earlier, it seems that the 'black bug' did something bad. It's mostly a bad bug named" Magnum. "

"Magah, oh...?

I accidentally returned a name I'm unfamiliar with.

I don't know what that sounds like. I don't know why, but when I hear that sound, my chest feels rough or irritable.

Anyway, I don't like it.

"... Chikumura... you mean the one I left with Agnir?

Hanu, completely absorbed by the urge of tears, asked Aja from my arm. [M]

……

Here I twist my neck. Agnir is the name of a real goddess girl like Hanu. It is true that "Agnir Roshdalk" - the "Far East", the birthplace of Hanu, is a desolate god in charge of the south and fire.

Hanu is reunited with a girl named Agnel when he is with me. [M] But... who was there with her at that time?

"Oh, yes, Princess Xiaolong. Agnel, the black man you're talking about, who was with Roshdalk, the god of the real world.

――

Agree to Ayja. Strange, I feel like I'm the only one left behind. The black man Agnel was with - was there such a man?

--Besides, was there another real god there...?

I can think of such a possibility, but I don't know who I would be, I just have to lean my neck.

Incidentally, for the record, the existence of the so-called "God of the Reality" is not surprisingly unusual. No, there aren't many of them - there are still more than a hundred Japanese gods in the Far East, no matter how big or small they are.

However, when it comes to the famous real-world god, it is still the next four pillars.

Four directions - that is, the "four gods" who govern the "East, West, North and South".

As mentioned earlier, "Roshdalk", the wild god in charge of the south and fire.

The wild god of the West and the wind, "Vikilil" - in other words, Hanu.

And the god of Japan, who governs the east and the water (Nikkami) "Vladrug".

Shugerb, the Japanese god who governs the north and the earth.

The above four pillars are said to have even more powerful "Four Gods" among the current gods.

For the record, Arakami is literally a "wild savage god" and, contrary to Japanese god, refers to a "gentle, grown-up god." Among the four gods, Hanu and Agnir's "Vikilyl" and "Roshdalk" are desolate gods, which we do not yet see - we do not know whether we will see them or not - but "Vladorgh" and "Shugerb" become Japanese gods.

--Besides, other real-life gods, unlike Hanu and that kid, might grow up...?

Thinking about that in associative games,

"Who is it, Agnier or Chikuma?

Frim was kind enough to ask. I usually wonder about Frim's temperament, but I'm thankful and dependable at times like this.

"Oh, speaking of which, Milliberty Rim and Rollinse Volkling, you haven't met yet. I mean, you didn't even know about the real gods in the first place."

――

Shit, I'm in a hurry like this. That's right, that's right. Flim and Rose still don't know about Hanu's traits. However, Ayja flatly and reluctantly coincided with the word "human god." In other words, it was in the "game" he sponsored.

"--Doesn 't the real god mean Princess Xiaolong?

"Heh!?

Sarasaki and Rose naturally asked back, so I made a strange voice out of my throat.

Didn't I?

Then, for some reason, Rose turned her amber gaze to the next frim.

For some reason, the frim swims with purple eyes, scratching his cheeks with his index finger.

"... uh, that's right. Wasn't it? Well, I was somehow feeling that way... it seems like I was hiding it, and I dared to pretend not to notice it..."

Arrange excuses while creating a subtle, awkward atmosphere.

"- Ah, but I was convinced just now. Really. Look, you were announcing something like that during the game, right? A real god. And I thought," I knew it. "So, look, aren't you friends with Mr. Rose? You got along, didn't you? That's why I talked to Rose-san a lot...."

"Ah...."

Speaking of which, you didn't have to think about it, and Frim came from the same family as me. Our family is originally from the east, so we are somewhat bright about the Far East.

That means that Hanu is not only a "real god", but if he succeeds, he is even a "vikyril" -

"Yes, if you are as powerful as Little Dragon Princess, you will definitely be a real god. Otherwise, I can't explain the strength."

Mr Rosé is quiet, but I assure you. After all, I've been watching Hanu's power scale for a long time - yes, I'm sure it's still "one scale" - close by. She's right, Hanu's too strong power is at a level that seems to require some kind of [reason]. Whether it is a "human god" or something else, the rest of us are not convinced otherwise.

Hu, and Frim deliberately exhaled a huge sigh.

"Nh, well, Roshdalk? And then, well, isn't it Vikyril? See, there were times when the sky filled with storms and flames during the game? It's like an associative game. I didn't really think you were in it... or maybe I didn't really want you to be in it... hey?

With a twitch, Flim is in my arm - tears have stopped but I'm still hugging - gazing at Hanu. But Hanu doesn't want to close his eyes just by staring at my chest.

"--So that Agnell? I understand that this child is the real god Roshdalk. I'm curious about that, but the first thing I want to know is who the other one is. Atashi, I'm a little more worried about calling him" Black Bug ".

As soon as I moved on to the topic of Kurama, Frim's voice narrowed slightly.

Black.

It's even considered an ominous color, but it means even more to us.

Yes, "Black Man" or "Black Man" - Siglos Schweinberg, who drove the Float Rise to the bottom of fear, and Romnick Bugley, who duels me. Both were "artifact holders (Sacred Carriers)", and each had "fusion (Union)" and "empathy (Ashmirate)" artifacts.

That's what they said with their mouths shut.

The black man gave me the artifact.

But strangely, they had lost most of their memories of the black man at heart. All that was left was just the image of "black". No matter how they dressed, how they looked, how they spoke, or how they took over the artifact they knew each other, they forgot.

We speculate that it was erased. Because the great favor of both of us giving up the artifact as much as possible - it was only a disaster for us - was not so frustrating or stupid as to completely forget about one person.

And Rose said that even Siglos' personality was distorted like other people's. The original person, Siglos Schweinberg, should have had a warmer and gentler sexual roots.

Surprisingly, Zun...! And from afar, I heard a roar. Looking at the sound, I saw a part of the chocolate mountain slightly collapsing in the distance.

I've seen it for the first time, but I know it from knowledge. That's what happens in chocolate mountains. The chocolate mountains, which are not underground caves or orbital elevators, but are just masses of ore similar to chocolate, are a natural labyrinth because of the irregular landslides and landslides that occur.

"--I would like to explain about Chikuma, but... isn't it dangerous here? I think it would be safer to talk after we move to the safety zone for the first time, but how about that?

Ajay suggested folding the story. Indeed, I hear that the collapse of the chocolate mountain will, in principle, occur randomly. I don't know when or when my scaffold will collapse here.

"Yes, but he's right. Ensure your safety first. That's the basics of exploration."

Rose praised him for his indifference and thorns against Ayja.

In principle, every ruins (relics) have an area called a 'safe zone'. At the Chocolate Mountain, these places were called "Viberk Points."

"Well, then, I need to check the location of the nearby Bieberk Point...."

I call up the map data that I previously installed in "SEAL" to see if this might happen.

As mentioned above, since the chocolate mountain itself changes shape in detail from time to time, detailed mapping is meaningless and accurate maps are not made. Of course, that's not the case if this is Lunatic Babel.

However, even though it is difficult to create a detailed map, it is possible to create a map with rough location information for the entire area. It's a really, really 'mostly' level map, but it's better than nothing.

Ayja, do you have a location?

Though it is a different ruin, I will ask if the management AI can understand that much. He was the one who transferred us here in the first place.

Apparently, Ayja - because her feet are floating off the ground - put her hands on her jaw as if they were not real.

"Hmm... unfortunately, I don't know the exact location, but maybe around here?

Ajah pointed to the map screen that I displayed as AR. A white fish finger shows the west side of the chocolate mountain, just above the midsection.

"So, you can't transfer it again with your power? I don't know why you made a mistake, but you brought us here, so why don't we just transfer again?

Frim came up with a theory in the first place.

But fu, ajah laughs,

"Unfortunately, that's impossible, Milliberty Rim. I'm the only Lunatic Babel who can do anything. Once out, my ability is severely restricted. That's what I'm talking about. Give it up."

"It's useless...."

Hanu pierced the sleigh and a spicy word into Ayja, who appealed with confidence to her powerlessness. Of course, Ayja pretends not to hear the wind blowing everywhere.

"Well, for now, here's the nearest Vibark point. It shouldn't be that far away, so I think we'll be there as soon as we have directions!

I said in a bright voice. [M] After completing the game hosted by Aja, everyone was tingling because of what happened to them before they thought they could finally breathe.

Well, it's mainly pretty frustrating for Ayja. Naturally, of course.

Nevertheless, this is a ruin. It's a battlefield that doesn't know when or where the SB pops up. It's very dangerous to be too cool and lose your cool.

Well, let's go!

I got up together while supporting Hanu's body, took the initiative and walked forward.

--What? What is it... it's so light...?

As soon as he or she moves in earnest, he or she is not surprised at his or her lightness.

Shortly before I lost consciousness, I stopped listening to my whole body and thought that I was forced to move in the "pseudo-sensory computation (nave emulation)", it was not the difference between heaven and earth. It is no longer an open feeling like coming to heaven from hell.

"--I 'm glad you're satisfied, My Master. I will continue to maintain your body, so please let me do my best."

I was lying that Ajah, a three-dimensional display, was reading my mind as she drifted behind me. At a glance, it seems that a red-haired beautiful boy - even though he doesn't have a certain gender - looks at me happily with a smile on his face.

…………

I rushed through my spine, and I dared to ignore it without answering anything, just hurrying ahead.