Riot Grasper

"I didn't think I'd ever find you like that. Was it dangerous to stay in the ruins after all?"

"Because visiting ruins everywhere will also be important to you. I came to see if I could get any clues... but I was lucky that he was staying."

"Damn, that's why I didn't want to stay long."

Shania is the one with the wide floor painting inside the ruins and her face stuck against the table.

She looks like a jerk who swallowed me, but Berga, a formidable dragon man, sits across from her like that.

"But this guy is Shania's escort, not someone else who came to capture him, is he?

"It kind of feels like you're the father who came to bring your runaway daughter back. I mean, is Shania actually a great guy? Mr. Berga tells me so."

Interestingly questioned are Len and Cecil.

They both seem to have gotten used to the strong side of Berga early, sitting next to each other drinking, naturally.

Is the liquor dish something like Berga's sad tracking play?

"Ugh, it's okay to talk about me. There are people who need to be more concerned about you right now."

Shania's words slightly cloud the faces of several who were on the spot.

My mother, who was supposedly dead, was actually alive, what a joyous reward to cry about.

In fact, Lim also hugged Mira, the deputy commander, with a lot of inspiring tears.

But what emanated from Mira was not a word that would please her reunion with her daughter.

Along with the confusion was told: 'You... who?' The voice of the question.

Even though Mira was hiding her face, for Rim, who was sure, that was a shocking response.

Even though the captain ordered Mira to take the mask, and Rim affirmed that it was definitely her mother, Mirei, the reply did not change.

The captain then explained to everyone that Mira was losing her memory.

"Uh... and wondering where those two are now,"

"I'll be in the cooking area. Mira... Mirei is here to help you cook."

To Len's question, Ray answers, who was laying his back on the stone pillar.

"Well... then it's best for the oilers to relax here."

"That sort of thing"

Did Dorfoy and Ted read the air or go take care of the field even though it's night?

"Is that it? By the way, where did the captain go? Ouilla, I just wanted to say thank you once."

Ray and Ren suffered hand injuries when they previously fought Thunderbeast Nue.

The wound was quite deep, and Sage's healing magic alone was dangerous, but he saved his life thanks to the leader of the regiment who provided him with an expensive cure.

After that, it took a few days for his health to recover, so he didn't have time to thank him properly.

"Oh, the captain says he's tired, so he's resting in his room. He told me to come to my room whenever I wanted, so I thought I'd be fine."

To Cecil's words, Ray shook his head as if he were frightened.

"Well... if you're tired, you won't be forced to go."

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Tons of tongues, and the knife sounds.

The two of them in the cooking area were silently engaged in cooking.

The ingredients are simmered in a gutsy and pan, and the sound of steam blowing out of the small pot with the lid closed fills the room.

"I'm sorry. I... can't remember anything."

Those words stop the sound of the knife that was sounding rhythmically.

"Really... you don't remember me or your father?

"Yours, Father?

You were shocked by the look of your mother, whose husband's name didn't even come out, and Rim's ears nearly shut permanently, but he still doesn't seem to be going to give up.

"Well, then, what about Mr. Dore? You used to play a lot, didn't you? To Grandpa, the pharmacist who was helping everyone in the village... yes, Mr. Mond, who was in business in the city!

Now the village of the Beast Man that has already been lost - Bestia.

Rim desperately spins the names of those who lived there. With hope that any of them may be connected to the thread of the mother's memory.

"Beth...... tier?

(You don't even remember the name of the village...? This...)

Right in front of Rim is indeed his mother, Mirei. That's for sure.

But can memories be lost like this is what I was after? It's as if... your precious memories when you lived in that village are being uprooted.

Lim, who no longer knew what to tell him next, did his gaze on Mirei's ear.

There, beautiful ear decorations shining in gold are worn. It's a gift that Lim gave to his father and mother as a child.

When Millet fell down with a high fever, the young rim went into the dangerous night forest by itself to get the raw materials for the special effects. He also annoyed his father, Arnold, who was on his way to rescue him, and he worried about Miley a lot. To apologize, he gave them the hard-won gold and silver earrings.

Rim himself wore the same ear decorations as his mother, which were, so to speak, a testament to his family.

"Um, it..."

You noticed that gaze, Miley gives a troubled look as she touches her ear.

"... I'm sorry. I'm sure this was packed with memories with you..."

Mirei also shuts her mouth when she sees the rim shut up with a subtle nod.

Slightly painful silence dominated the neighborhood.

"... Your mother used to talk to me. Hauntings come to children who do bad things in the village."

Rim, who tried to forcefully turn down such an air, once again began to talk about events that had happened in the past.

Fearing that she might be discouraged by what she didn't remember, Millet turns her bigeye eyes to the girl in front of her.

"That haunt, it seems, will take something precious away from the child who did something wrong."

Lim, who had a fight with a village child, said he was told such a haunting story after his mother scolded him so sneakily.

It produces big horns, sharp fangs in the glittery eyes, a huge body tougher than an orga, and a shimmering tail sweeps away at home and such - such a monster.

Most importantly, it's a fictional haunt that Millet has in mind.

It's common, but it would be similar anywhere, such as how to set moxibustion on a child who did evil.

"I got scared and I cried, and my mother told me she was in a hurry to lie."

Even in response to such an inquiry, Miley remained silent without being able to answer. Because I thought giving an ambiguous reply might hurt the girl.

"I was a kid. I became just a little better when they told me I was lying. I stopped fighting, and I started helping my mother. I'm going to try to take responsibility for my actions."

Rim's eyes faintly moistened.

"I didn't do anything wrong that would rob the haunted of something important."

"Yes... yes"

"I'm sure you got the haunt wrong. It's also a mistake to lose your mother's memory... as much as I'd like to complain about the haunting."

Miley gently embraces Rim, who tries to go on with her words with a trembling voice.

"I'm really, really sorry. That's all I can do right now... but don't cry."

The girl, who had been crying silently for a while borrowing Miley's chest, slowly looks up to see if she had managed to organize her mind.

There were no more crying faces until earlier.

"Yeah, thanks. I'd like to say that I'm okay now... but I'm a little tired today, so let me rest first. I already have all the food, and after I carry it, I just need you to share it with me."

Saying so, Rim left the cooking area early enough.

What a subtle look Mirei had on her face when she was left pompous.

"-Hey, my vice president is in a very bad mood."

"... Captain, how long have you been here?

Before Mirei turned her gaze, there was at some point the appearance of the "Night Ringing Howl" captain.

"Well, you can always. And yet... Mira... no, you really mean Mirei"

"Nothing, you can call the captain as you like"

The name Mira was given by the captain from a word she managed to hear when she was found dying.

"Do I look in a worse mood than that?

"Oh, you see. Best ever."

To the said captain, Miley laughs bitterly. Because that's probably the right answer.

I don't know why, but I definitely felt very angry.

"In that case, it's more refreshing to hit something with anger. Why don't you hit me with anything? You're always bothering me."

"Yeah, well, I'll just keep it sweet for today"

"Huh? Ooh, ooh. Keep coming. I'll take about a shot or two. Ah... but don't look at me, okay?

The captain standing in front of Millet, who held his fist, puts on a pitiful order at the end.

"It's a joke. Then I will bring the food. And... thank you."

"... oops"

Millet, walking with a large pot, said a small thank you to the captain without looking back.

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- A small room with many inside the ruins.

It is an individual living space, and the interior looks slightly different depending on who lives there. In addition to beds and tables, small but mirrored rooms decorated with adorable accessories and flowers belong to the rim.

But the person in question is lying down in bed nodding his body, with no sign of movement.

Hi, and the knock sounded.

"Rim, are you there? I opened it."

……

It was the brunette - Ray - who forced her into the room. Lim, who knows it's her with his voice, responded silently to the visitor.

"Hmm... you're depressed after all"

"Yeah, kind of."

"Whoa, I'm not staying very long."

"... sorry"

"Well, I was surprised you didn't have a memory, but surprisingly, you can handle it. The mother of a weasel was beheaded in front of me. That's already Sparn,"

Ray smiled bitterly as he slapped a ton of his own neck with his hand.

Then I scratch my head polypoly and exhale.

"Ah, yeah, well, I'm not here to tell you this. There's just one thing I want to tell you."

"Yeah."

"... I'm glad you're alive, Mother"

"... yeah"

"Then the eagle will return downstairs."

A girl lying in bed spoke to Ray, who had spoken so much and tried to walk away early.

"Thanks...... Ray"

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That night there was more hustle and bustle with the addition of a big man named Berga among the faces who, as usual, enjoyed cooking and drinking, but at night each seemed to fall asleep, something quiet.

Everyone jumps up feeling an unusual shake at dawn - until then.

- Suddenly, a tremor ran inside the ruins.

"Hey, what!? This shake? Ouilla, I remember swallowing until the next day..."

"Is this... is someone trying to interfere with the ruins' junction...?

Berga is calmly analyzing the current situation to the eye-rubbing Ren.

"I don't know... I feel so bad"

A tingling sensation runs on the cat ear and tail, and the rim that jumps out of bed crushes.

The ruin junction - a convenient substitute for refusing to intrude on demons that would harm the activated person. The kingdom itself is quite powerful and cannot even be approached by a concomitant demon.

Such a junction vanished with the sound of a broken palinum and vitreous.

At the same time, the large mana crystals that were the source of power to expand the boundary appear to have been smashed and scattered.

What made it happen was a disastrous alien monster.

On the big corners, sharp fangs in the glittery red eyes, huge bodies stand out muscles and body hair like tightly concentrated bodies of various beasts, and the tail that becomes so thick that it snaps the great trees in a single swing.

Exactly - the fictional haunt Mirei created to scare her daughter...... it was a vicious monster itself.

"- Come on, it's a haunted appearance that takes away what's important. I hope you appreciate my kindness for taking the time to reproduce it... let me enjoy it with you, okay?