When I heard the words from the Dungeon Champ woman, I leaned down.
"It's been a long time?"
"Hey, I'm me. I'm Aegis Grint, a steel demonic. Do you remember?
Spread your hands and be told additionally. But
... Have you ever met?
I can't remember yet even if my name is told.
Aegis was gently bowing her head, as if that was the expression.
"Hmm, you're still young, don't you remember? I see this corner. I went to your home pharmacy to fix my wound."
She shows her crimson horns decorated with rings while waving her gray hair,
...... The red horn ...
Then a few seconds to search in my head.
I came up with a memory that was slightly caught.
"Ah ... has it ever been sitting at a table in the living room with grandfather and grandmother?" "Yeah! Of course there is! A large table made of that big tree?" There is a sculpture on it. "
"Yes, that's right ... when it comes to you, I'm familiar ..."
I remembered the human being at home, a woman with gray hair and decorated red horns.
I remember the appearance of the Kogoku tribe who arrived at the table and talked to his family.
I do not always remember my face. Is
But the atmosphere is similar.
...... The steel demon is said to have a darker red color as the amount of magical power it is born with, but I have only once seen a red person so far.
There were no steel demons in the village where I was. I know my house is a pharmacy.
More specifically, I know a lot about the furniture in my parents' home.
Then maybe
"Yeah, I came to the village when I was a tiny guy, right?"
"That's right, Mr. Chrono. I went to your hometown the other day. The Arkons of your family still seemed fine."
"Oh, was that so?"
Seems to visit my hometown over and over again.
It doesn't even seem to tell a lie, and maybe you really know me.
When talking to Aegis thinking
"Cham ... I mean, Mr. Glint, you knew Chrono? It seems like you know yourself."
Liza in between asked me with a suspicious look at me.
"Yes ... maybe, but I'm so suspicious of my memory. No, I'm sorry for Aegis."
It is in a state where there is a degree to remember.
Even if I talk only this, no clear memory comes out at all.
But nevertheless, Aegis shook his head and laughed.
"Haha, it's good. I just met Chrono when I was little. I'm just grateful for me to remember something."
He has a very wide heart.
… But, Liza knows the mayors, and maybe I know somebody, so it's a city where I'm coming for the first time but there are many acquaintances.
If you are wondering if it is a land that has such a lot of meetings,
"Yes. When I went to Chrono's parents' house, I received a thing from the Alcons who said," If you seem to be fine when you met, please give it to me. " ? "
Aegis has said that.
"Eh? What kind of thing did you keep? ... I mean, I'm still fine enough now, so it's okay to give it now."
Almost no fatigue in hot springs.
If you're fine, you don't care.
Aegis smiled with a bitter smile when he told so,
"In addition to saying that I was fine, I was told a condition that I would like you to give me a bright day, if possible. I don't have it right now, so I'm tightly locked in my warehouse, so I'm hoping to come back tomorrow morning. "
"I see ... I guess these old men still like to have strange conditions ... I'm sorry for the trouble ..."
I think people who don't do much meaningless things, but there are still a few experiences that have suggested things that aren't clear from here.
The conditions that Aegis said this time are one of those things.
That's why I don't think it would be a good idea to ask customers to put such a condition on them, so apologize, but not a substitute.
"Ah, no, no, it's good. Rather, I'll let Chrono take the trouble. Well, it's like that, so I'd like to give it to me again tomorrow. I don't think it will take that much. ''
"So please, thank you so much."
"Fufu, then, from here on, tomorrow, Chrono."
After bowing to me, Aegis turned to Liza.
"-And you kept waiting, Liza the Devil. I'm glad to hear from you about the details of this incident and about dungeons. I'm part of the security forces in this city. I want information. ''
"Uh, yeah. I understand.
With that said, Liza leaves the break room with Aegis and enters a room beyond the corridor.
Looking at the back of those two people, I say ah.
"In the end, I forgot to ask what I brought .... What is the thing I want my grandfather to give me?"
There are a few things left in my hometown to get in the way of my travel luggage.
What has been sent?
I don't know, but now it's not going to get in the way of the Liza talks,
...... Well, what will we know tomorrow?
Anything that will be useful in future life.
With that in mind, I spend my time in the break room slowly.
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In one room of the inn, Liza was facing Aegis across the table.
At the top of the table are the dungeon materials and several bottles.
The staff of the inn left it with care. And
"Well, somehow, thank you for the dungeon capture.
"Oh, toast."
Liza shakes a glass of sake with Aegis.
Although their timings are different from each other, they have captured dungeons.
As a celebration, I decided to talk with me while drinking alcohol.
… I haven't seen Glint for the first time in a few years, but I do this every time I meet.
Basically, what we do is exchange information and information about powerful dungeons sunk by each other, so there is no problem with drinking.
… I don't mind the momentum of liquor, so I'd be glad if Mr. Glint, who knows Chrono, told me a lot.
Liza looked into Aegis's eyes.
Then she smiled lightly,
"First of all, I can hardly talk about his hometown, Demon King Liza."
From the very beginning, he gave me words that would break this plan.
"Ugu ... Grint really talks straight every time."
"I think you'll probably hear me, because it's bad if you don't tell me in advance that I can't talk."
It is a woman who is almost as usual.
...... I thought it was a chance to listen.
It is impossible to stop talking first.
If she said she didn't, she wouldn't.
She thinks it was a good time to learn about Chrono, she pours more liquor on the table into a cup, moisturizes her throat and opens her mouth.
"But ... well, I can only give you two or three pieces of information. I know how much of the power of Chrono is being worked on, and his power is still developing. I'll tell you where you know. ''
"Eh ... it's just shock information ... but it's developing ...?"
Although Aegis has said it normally.
We already know the anomalies of Chrono's power, but are we going to be more than that?
"Well, power has a lot to do with spirit. There is still room for Chrono to develop."
"Let's have a spirit ... Chrono is a very mental person?"
"That's natural, because everyone in his hometown trained from childhood to be able to defeat any spiritual magic. Mental strength is strong."
"That's how you trained ... you're just a kid doing mental control magic when you were a kid ...?"
When asked, Aegis nodded, right.
"... Isn't that a bit overkill? I'd cast magic that hurt my mind since I was a kid. If I make a mistake, my heart will break?"
"Well, I just listened to the progress. It was over by that time, so I can not do anything if I say that it is overdoing ... Well, when I heard that story, it was like you I stabbed my nails for a while.
Yeah, Liza cooks sake.
If you have done that since you were a child, your mental health will be stronger. However, while thinking that it doesn't mean what you can do if you become stronger.
"Well, I know Chrono's past and I've reaffirmed his strong mentality .... What does it mean to grow more mentally?"
"Isn't growing up just about growing up? Knowing and experiencing a lot of things can be called growth. Emotions are a part of growth that has nothing to do with strength. Chrono's hometown The people who grew him up, I always want to be mentally mature because I love him. "
"What kind of people do mentally exhausting magic from childhood?"
"Yes, it's extreme, but I'm assured that only people who care about Chrono are in his hometown."
"I feel like I'm being told something complicated ..."
Well, as a person who wants to cherish student freedom, it's great just to know that his hometown people value Chrono.
…… I want to know a lot, but after all, the investigating team that came out to Maou Castle couldn't find Chrono's hometown, so it wasn't.
Or rather, it couldn't be reached.
That's why it's nice to be able to get this kind of information.
However, it is a fact that it is still not enough,
"Well, I wonder if anyone who can talk about it all is not nearby."
"Well, I can't say anything there, but I think it's very good that Chrono is growing up and I feel like thanking you. Thank you, Liza the Devil."
"I'm not doing anything."
After saying so, Liza becomes a serious expression.
"But I'm trying to make it more convenient so that I can move around healthily and freely. It's not just Chrono, but all students."
To be honest, I'm second to Chrono's identity and hometown.
I know something is hidden, and some reasoning is in my head.
But in extreme cases, all of that is irrelevant.
Leza's motto is to have everyone who comes to Devil's Castle learn and grow up healthy.
"Yeah ... I guess you're the right answer to become a demon king because that's why they've deposited Chrono in Devil's Castle."
"I'm not sure, but I'll take it as a compliment."
"Take it. Well, let's leave Chrono's story."
A short break of words.
That alone changed the Aegis atmosphere.
She puts down a glass of alcohol and slowly retrieves the material on the table.
"I'm talking about Entermine in the Labyrinth City. And let's talk about this dungeon outbreak."
"Yeah, that's the main subject. Anyway, it's okay to recognize that powerful dungeons never happened together before?"
"Oh, that's good. It's been a long time since the thing went live, but there was nothing like this in the past. There were strong dungeons in one season, but ... So it was enough for me or the labyrinth city's capture team alone. "
Indeed, Liza listens while analyzing Aegis's story.
…… Entermine has the function of consolidating the entrance of the dungeon, but it may be able to temporarily store it.
With such a function, a strong person like Aegis can easily deal with it. In fact, that's what we've been able to handle. However,
"This time, it happened all at once without any shift."
"Oh, so I was told that there might be something wrong with Entermine, the 'Demon King's Legacy' ... Was there anything wrong? "
When asked, Liza sees the enter mine visible outside the window.
There is no noticeable change in the beautifully illuminated mountain with the machine.
Even if you look far away like now, remember how you saw it around at noon, or even dive into the dungeon
…… I don't have any particular memories of abnormalities.
Although he has engineering knowledge, he is studying the structure of the Demon King's heritage.
From an external perspective,
"Yeah, it sounds like it wasn't there, but if something really was wrong, it would be overloading?"
"What is overload?"
"It may not be accurate because you can't see the whole structure, but enter mine ... there's a" dungeon consolidation function "and a" temporary suppression of dungeons and staggered generation " This time, I wonder if the dungeons were so springy that we should think that only the functions that consolidate on the entertain could not keep up with the operation. "
If resources are taken for one function, the other will not be usable. It's a common thing to play with machines.
The same can be said for the Demon King's legacy,
"In other words, the reason is that the dungeons were too much for this season?"
"I don't know that much. Or maybe you've built up too much power and it didn't work out well and made two at once."
If this is irregular, it is not good to determine the cause. So it is better to have a lot of thinking directions.
"The Demon King's heritage is a product that can be used down without any maintenance. But if you put too much load on it, the condition may go wrong. If you don't know the entire structure, it will be difficult to identify it."
The heritage that appears in the dungeon of Demon Castle can be grasped by passing it through an appraiser that is also installed at Demon Castle.
Even if you can't judge with an appraisal machine, there is a huge amount of research material, so you can check it there. However,
… I ca n’t help examining the Demon King ’s heritage outside.
I can't investigate that huge mountain with the Demon Castle's appraiser.
Even if scholars and experts are sent from Demon Castle, it will take up to three days at the fastest.
…… I have contacted the Demon Castle to call on the experts as of today, as if it was going wrong.
That doesn't mean we can arrive tomorrow the day after tomorrow.
"I was explained when I became a Demon King, but basically, when the Demon King produces and leaves tools in the future, it is absolutely a rule to add a self-limiter and a self-adjustment function. I guess it would be the same if left alone, but ... I don't know too much about it right now. "
I don't know what the answer is, but I can't say anything open-minded.
Aegis agrees when he says so.
"Well, at the festival of tomorrow, there will be a dungeon competition, but before that, an exhibition will be held. At that time, I will dive into one dungeon of Enter Mine, so while checking various things I'm going to move on, so even if it's small, I can stop at that point if I find something abnormal. "
"Yeah, it's better to do that. Mr. Glint can leave the investigation with confidence."
First and foremost, the security of the people in the city is first.
After confirming and discussing, Liza nods with Aegis.
And tilt each other's glass of alcohol and breathe out again
"I guess that's what I can do for the moment .... I'm glad that after this, I will talk about the dungeon where the Demon King Liza dives and about Chrono's success while drinking with alcohol. Aside, I'm a child I know for a long time. ''
"Well, I don't know if it will be a snack of sake. I'm going to talk about dungeons today."
Until the night goes on.
Liza and Aegis' time passes.
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When I woke up in the morning, of course, Sofia and Yukino were sleeping next to this.
As usual, it ’s not too much to say now,
"What happens at a hot spring inn ..."
"Oh, oh ... thanks to Liza."
As expected, it's not as good as my dungeon bed, but it's still spacious so I'm comfortable. If I thought so, Yukino was rubbing the bed,
"Recently, I haven't had any inconvenience, so I've been feeling good."
"... No, no. Even if it seems, it's definitely not normal. Let's continue to look for it. Sophia also seems to have a hard time choosing a place to change clothes every night."
"Ah ... well, I'm a little embarrassed, but I also enjoy it every morning, including that."
Oh, the reaction is strange.
I think we're both too used to this condition.
In fact, if you look at the two people preparing to change clothes, I wonder if there are these two people than me in terms of forward stress,
"Speaking of which, what is Chrono going to do today? Everyone was talking about going to the festival. Are you going to go somewhere?"
Yukino has asked such a question. Furthermore, Sofia,
"We're basically thinking about going around the confectionery and teahouses in Chuo-gai. If we're in good shape, we're going to try the Labyrinth parfait, a specialty of the labyrinth city."
"It's a parfait with a brilliant name."
"Yeah, it's been said that something is too sweet and uncomfortable about appetite. Anyway, it's like that, but if there is no plan, how about Mr. Chrono together?"
At the invitation of Yukino and Sofia, I nod when I was um.
It is not something that eats a lot of sweets separately, but that is not the case,
"I'm grateful for the invitation, but I'm going to be a little different today."
"Ah, are you going somewhere?"
"Yeah. Last night I saw the dungeon champion Aegis and I met him. He seems to be an old acquaintance and I'm going to talk lightly."
In my words, Sofia nodded back that it had happened last night.
"It sounds like a familiar relationship ... it sounds like a special relationship again."
"Oh, I'm sorry I couldn't explain anything well, but I think so. I'm going to see you later, but I don't know when it's over, so I'm gonna go alone "
It's a mistake to go out with someone else for my own reasons.
"Oh, yeah ... then, with Sofia, I'll go to the festival ahead of Chrono and look for something delicious and something I can recommend."
"Yes, I look for not only food but also furniture and other good things."
They propose such a thing.
Though I just refused the invitation, I thought it was a grateful story,
"Well, thank you. When I'm done with Aegis, I'll be going to the festival too, but maybe afternoon."
"Okay. Well, for the time being, I'm near the meeting place of the executive committee, just after noon. If you decide on a meeting place, you can join when the timing is right."
"Oh, thank you, Yukino-san"
At such a time, we set out today for the labyrinth city that is full of festivals.