Senpensekai no Madoushoshi

Toslin sighed deeply when he finished telling them everything.

"Really, I'm sorry I bothered you"

And he looked sorry and said that to me.

"Ugh. I was worried, but... it wasn't Toslin's fault."

Tears aren't completely dry yet, but still Toslin's face is in my eyes without distortion.

"Where did you come from? What happened to Rose? And where's that loud little one?"

That's what I said as Laplice stuck to my head, looking around for a moment. I've been wondering about it for a while now, too, and I've never been able to find it.

Are you acting alone for a moment? But why? In that case, where are Mr. Rose and Carol now?

"... right. Now it's my turn to talk. I'm sorry, can I get some water?"

"Oh, yeah, fine."

The water bottle was removed from the bag and passed to Toslin. When she drank it about half at once, she said thank you and put it back in my hands.

"Phew..."

And again, breathe heavily. It's like trying to spit out something that's caught in your throat.

"In conclusion, Rose and Carol are in the deepest realm right now."

"... eh?"

Having failed to understand the meaning of Toslin's words, I stopped my hand and raised my face putting the water bottle in my bag.

"... what does that mean?"

To Saluena's inquiry, Toslin squeezes out his voice as he frowns.

"It means exactly what you say. These two are now possessed by a spirit whose head is called Carbuncle, wandering the abyss of death."

"Huh!?"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, you're serious, Carbuncle. I mean, he's possessed, isn't that right? When the hell was that?"

Toslin looks up into the night sky with the tail of a water dragon. Travelers say they know time by the position of the moon and the stars, but do they also know Toslin?

"... three days ago. No. Is it almost four days? The night we broke up with you, we left this city again, this time to focus on the investigation of the ruins"

Remembering that time, she talks about how it was then with an emotionally invisible look.

"Exploring the ruins itself wasn't that difficult. I also got a map, and Rosé showed me the way. We went down the pit without getting lost and eventually we went out into a big space, a hall"

"Was that... like an altar?"

"Oh well... now that I think about it, it was an altar. But what we saw. It was crumbling and I wasn't sure what it was. Anyway, there was a pile of rubble in the back of the square, and he showed up from there."

"You're a Calvin Cruz who took in a deep red gem."

"Yes. He was like a big rabbit with a big red jewel embedded in his forehead. After he showed up for a little while, Carol fell first."

Lightly, Toslin mouths it in retrospect of the situation then. That beautiful face still looks faceless, but there can't be anything inside of it.

"Calvincruz, with his deep red will, presides over life itself. But he, the inhabitant of the original world, turns his power to the opposite position. In other words, it's... death."

"Yeah, I heard it from him. Naturally, we tried to take him down, but he... pawned all the animals and monsters in the ruins."

"Is everything... a little so confusing, are you still inside Ujauja?"

Says Laplice pointing to the snowwolves lying on the snow.

"It's not as good as Ujauja. Something I made a lot of mistakes with me, Rose and Goltmund. But as you know, these guys aren't undead. Destroying flesh, shadow spirits crawl out in search of a new body"

"So... what happened?"

"I was fighting while protecting my fallen Carol, but Rosé was possessed by the Shadow Spirit. I got rid of him right away, but honestly, there were too many of them."

"... Is Rosa... dead?"

To Saluena's quiet inquiry, Toslin was silent for a moment.

"I don't know. Rose told me to run. And... I honestly don't know from there, but Rose exercised some kind of miracle and put something like a bond between Carol and myself. And commanded Gortmund to let me go, and then..."

Toslin fled the hall with the altar to ask Saluena and the church for help, but said he was lost in the ruins as the Shadow Spirit sent off the pursuit of the manipulated monster and had wandered so far.

"... the juncture. The clergy exercises various miracles, but there is something called 'Clean and Engraved' in it that prevents interference from evil things. Though it is given the power to protect the body and mind of what carved it..."

"How effective is that?"

"It depends on Rose's mental strength… can a person continue to pray without sleeping for four days?"

Saluena's words contained a conclusive connotation, although it was the form of the inquiry that took.

Oh no, then Mr. Rose and Carol are... already...

When my voice sank and my expression nearly darkened.

"Yu, unicorn?"

The unicorn suddenly wasn't big enough.

And on my cheek, rubbing my face.

"Oh, oh... well. That's right..."

Unicorn is here to make me and Saluena wish. It's not too late for that unicorn to lick my face to encourage me.

"Still, you're still okay, aren't you? I'm sure Mr. Rose and Carol are still... alive."

"I've been wondering about this girl... is she a real unicorn?"

Toslin reaches out to the corner that grew from the forehead of the unicorn. Then Unicorn licked Toslin's cheek this time.

"Oh, hey... hey, stop... Kusuku!!"

"What do you mean you miss unicorns? Are you a virgin?"

"Beep!? meh... all of a sudden you say it!!"

"He's like spitting at people and letting them throw at the golem, so I thought it was a sloppy idea."

Laplice rides on the head of the unicorn and looks down at Toslin. And he arms great, and flinches.

"Hmm? We're going to get in the ruins and beat the Carbuncle Bokenus bastard... what about you?"

"... you've decided to come with me"

"Well, for abandoning me so lightly, you're an outgoing companion."

"... are you fighting or selling?"

"La, lapris!? Toslin, please, don't fight now, just calm down"

It was about to be a one-touch air, and I broke between the two of them and tried to get in.

But I didn't have to.

"There you go. I'll split my feathers. Fairy feathers have the power to keep death away, so don't let go of your skin. All right?"

Laplice pulled one of his wings out a bit and offered it in front of Toslin's face.

……

Toslin stared at it with a surprised look for a little while but grabbed it softly.

"... thanks, Laplice"

"Whoa. You and that little one have a lot to say, but you're one of the Iries. Then he's mine... and he's one of us."

"Ugh, Ugh!! My people are my people! Come on in with me and get rid of Carbuncle!!"

I rejoiced and poked up a gripping bush.

But there's nobody to follow that...

"Oh, what!? Why are you shutting up and looking at me for a second?!?"

"I'm sorry, Iris. That's a little embarrassing."

I'm sorry. Me too.

You seemed like a dog monkey buddy until just now, but you two get your opinions together quickly. No, it's better than being able to start a fight, huh?

"Sa, saluena..."

She silently put me on the unicorn, even as she climbed onto Saluena for help.

"Sorry I was late for help earlier. Adorable. If anything happens to you, I'm sure I won't be able to stay sane. I'm so glad you're okay."

You have a really cool line and face. But I didn't say no to that in the words I was looking for.

"Ha, that's enough. Unicorn, you two go? Follow the rest of us from behind."

Having bent my navel, I went into the ruins with my capocapo as I crossed the unicorn.