Senpensekai no Madoushoshi

We went back to the inn and rested because we thought it might be a fight.

Carol came back in the meantime, but Saluena and Toslin remained at Mr. Lambrick's. We had no choice but to leave a note at the inn and head to the beach without the two of us.

"Kutuna and the others, but I kept talking. He wants us to come to the inn when we need a ship. This is a note with the name and location of the inn. If he's not there, he wants you to come to the Adventurers Guild."

Carol gave the folded piece of paper to your sister.

"Thank you, Mr. Carroll"

"I mean fine. So, you're going to see Ghost now? If they're real haunted, they're useless, so say hello to them."

In a city where the sun was leaning. Looking back, the shadow is stretching long on the cobblestone. At this time, seawater bathers also rise from the sea and look for shops for evening meals. But the most people passing by are the locals.

Father returning to his family's waiting home. Mother walking with a cage to buy ingredients for dinner. Children running to a house tired of playing and waiting for warm rice.

Even now, I thought there were people in this city who lived a normal life in sightseeing.

In that life, maybe the dark elves are lost. And I might be trying to threaten the lives of those people.

In that sense, I realized once again that the success or failure of our work meant a tremendously important thing.

"With Rosalis and Ushna, the priests, it's not a question of what kind of ghost will come out."

"Plus we have the Laplice Expedition!! I don't know about Ghost, but if we have to, we'll take out Gatsun."

Let's do it.

"That sounds reliable. Hey, Mr. Iris?

"Ah, yes. Right."

Mr. Ushna laughed at me, and I smiled back, too. But I'm not as optimistic as Mr. Ushna. Because I haven't had enough experience to afford that much.

"Ah! Sisters of the castle!!

"Is that him? What is he..."

Among several children running from before, there was a mix of familiar children. The girl I've been waving at was the girl who told me about the fairy.

"Bye, ladies! See you later ~!!

I guess this kid is going to be having dinner too. One of the good smell sources drifting from there should be this kid's house.

"Yeah, see you later. Go home with care."

Waving her hand back like that, the girl disappeared into the mess laughing. The shell bracelet given by Saluena reflected the sunset and sparkled.

"Wow, what is this? It's amazing, isn't it?

Coming all the way to the beach, what we saw was a sandy castle that would remain on the spot without breaking.

"Oh, that's the guy Mippo made for lunch."

Carol, who approached the castle, looks unusual.

"Oh, that's why the girl from earlier said she was your sister in the castle"

"Oh, but who built this wall-like thing? Are those the kids?

Only the castle was built by Mippo, but now the castle walls are built so as to enclose it. It's awkward compared to the castle, but it looks very sturdy.

"According to time, there will be waves coming this far. You wanted to build a wall and protect it, didn't you?

The size of Laplice's body allows him to enter the castle normally. I don't know exactly what's going on inside from the outside, but apparently it's well made.

"Well, if you're a fine castle, you think it's a waste to break it"

Glad to hear it.

Mippo stands and dances in the spire part of the castle. This kid really, always looks like he'll have fun. To the point of smiling at me watching.

"Well, it's Ushna. In that story, I told you that the" honorable thing "is here..."

The sea at dusk is so beautiful reflecting the red light. At this time, where the red light and the shade of black stand out, in this place, our gaze gathers to Mr. Ushna.

"I knew it was nothing."

At the top of the castle, Laplice says, gazing into the sunset.

"No, I do."

"What are you saying that based on?

"What Mr. Laplice was saying earlier."

"What I was saying?

I wonder what it is? And we all shake our necks. It only shows in my eyes the same beautiful sea. What is Mr. Ushna looking at here?

The sun sets little by little. Red fades from the world, and darkness spreads that we can't even see each other's faces.

"Oh, full of tide... is that it?

"Do that."

I reacted to Ritzereich's whining and had something flashing in my head.

"Oh, if you ask me... the sandy beach is wider than it was when I came for lunch?

I just read it in a book, so I don't know the details, but they say the sea changes the height of the water surface depending on time. As proof of that, the waves that had come just beside the castle during lunchtime have not arrived at all now.

"We were just looking too far right now. There's no guarantee anywhere that the old man is what he is now."

Mr. Ushna walks out towards the sea.

At lunch the seaweed, which seems to have sunk into the sea, is now lying there. As we crossed it, we followed Mr. Ushna.

"Around here."

Mr. Ushna whined like that as he looked around, but there was nothing around him after all. But I know what she's thinking right now.

"Are you saying that what we're looking for is buried beneath this?

To your sister's inquiry, Mr. Ushna nodded.

"Probably will. Mr. Mippo. I'd like you to try to get rid of the sand around here for a second, can you?

Wow, you can do it.

The confident answer came back, so we decided to ask for it quickly and we dropped back a little.

Mippo put his hands on the ground, as his sister, Mr. Rhinesflair, did when he fixed the walls of Auschnell. Then a little bit, a strip of sand shone golden as it pushed and spread the book the night it began to descend.

"Ooh..."

An exclamation leaked with no one.

When Mippo spreads his hands to the left and right, the glowing sand breaks up with Zuzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Is it about two meters? I saw something at the bottom when each person was deep enough to let it in softly.

"Oh, there's something!?

Illuminated by the glowing sand, it looked like just a rock at first glance, but it turned out to be an artifact as the whole thing became exposed.

"Is that... a temple?"

Mippo is a dirt spirit, so we can dig holes, but we can't manipulate water. The sea water stains out of the hole and the temple sinks more and more.

"Hey Mippop! Lift every base of that temple!!

Laplice's instructions fly, and soon Mippo reacts to it. When the shining sand loses its light, now the temple, which was about to sink into the sea water, shines. The ring nestled in my right middle finger also starts to shine a pale light again, sucking up magic from me.

ZUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!

"Oh, oh..."

Again with no one, this time a louder voice leaked than earlier.

"... I'm serious. This is a temple... that's fine, right?

Laplice was right, and a monastery made of rocks appeared right in front of us. Simple enough to squarely put the rocks together. That doesn't make you feel after weathering, though, because you've been sinking all the way in the ocean.

"There's something in the hall."

The temple itself is only as tall as my back. It was hollow inside, and two little crabs (or so) ran away surprised at us.

After apologizing to the crab for being sorry, I peek inside the temple about after your sister.

"This is Holy Flower (Tikka Rodecca)... right?

In a palace brightly illuminated by Laplice. There stood a crystal and a glossy tablet (hi) engraved with the tattoo of holy flowers familiar to the eyes.

"Right. Definitely a holy flower."

"So there was... a church here once?

"... maybe, but hundreds of years ago, this wasn't the sea, it was the land. There's a church here, and a lot of people might have been praying."

"Then why sink..."

Your sister stopped speaking there. And you looked up all the time, as if you thought of something.

"Quadriga...... right"

"A tyrant in the wind that attacked this city a long time ago - Quadriga. Perhaps this is one of the scars that Quadriga has inflicted on the city of Fretelli."

"I see... At least three hundred years ago a monster manipulating the wind called Quadriga broke out in this city. The demons were sealed by two clerics, but the battle affected the terrain and the church here was submerged, and destroyed. I've been sleeping in the sand ever since..."

To Ritzereich's monologue as he stroked his jaw, Ms Ushna added, 'Probably'.

(Change the terrain...?)

I can't believe this place we're standing in right now was a church. But I did something incredible, a monster named Quadriga.

"I wonder what kind of demon it is."

Potty and zero answered my question, but no one can answer it. The history of this city is all burned down once and for all three hundred years ago. So even if there were Alitesa or someone from the city in this place, they wouldn't have returned the answer.

"In the meantime, the fact that there was also a holy flower here means you can see that the legendary theory that the 'honorable' is a holy flower is correct"

"Right. And then next...... what could it have been, Iris?

"Uh, wait a minute." The light shines on those who are connected to the earth and hungry. "

When I take out the notes and read them out, they all shake their necks.

"I'm hungry."

"What do you mean, light?

"The direction in which the Holy Flower reflects the sun's light? Well, that changes the direction you point to depending on the time."

Can I eat this crab?

When we were all roaring, someone just looked up on the spot.

"Mr. Ushna? Did you come up with anything?

Watch Mr. Ushna next door as he hands Mippo a cookie.

……

But she had a more surprising look than flashed.

Follow Mr. Ushna's gaze wondering what it might be. Then there was someone, right near the temple where we were standing.

"Back off, Irie. Zuck!

When I wondered if your sister's voice had flown, my body was lifted up immediately.

"Wow!?

"Suddenly I'm sorry. Then I need you to be patient."

It was Ritzereich who held me up and let me back down.

"Oh, yeah. Thanks, but that's..."

"The ghost we were talking about, wasn't it? I can't believe you're really leaving."

Carol came late and said so in an extended, unnerving voice.

Yes, it is. At some point a ghost stood surrounded by blue and white light a short distance from the temple. No, is it weird that you're standing because you're a ghost?

Anyway, everyone realizes its existence and moves on to a state of battle.

"Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! I don't know what's going to happen, so stay alert, stay alert!! And protect me and Iris. Yikes!!

"I know. But first I told you, you can't do anything if you're a ghost."

"I don't know, I can't do it... well, why don't we just leave this place to the two clerics"

"Oh, yes, my sister..."

When I looked to the front, there was a sister there who had already pulled out her sword. But Mr. Ushna next to him. But he doesn't put his hands on the sword he lowered to his hips, he just stands on the bar.

"Hey Ushna, what's up!? What are you standing there for?

Your sister and Mr. Ushna stand in front of the temple. Ghost is about a few meters from there, just like that night, floating around doing nothing while emitting a blue and white light.

"Priestess...... Ushna?

"Oh, daijibu. You're conscious."

Ms Ushna said so in her usual tone and stepped forward.

"In the meantime, I want you to leave this ghost to me. You look like you're good at it."

Two, three steps and Mr. Ushna approaching a ghost with a robe in his eye.

"Dude, is he seriously okay? Are you sure you want me to leave it to you?

"That's what the clergyman in charge says, so what better than to leave it to you?

Contrary to us who are vigilant, Mr. Ushna packs the distance without vigilance. And then I wondered what I was going to do, so I sat back and watched...

"... you've always protected me."

Mr. Ushna shrugged so, hugging the Ghost.

"Thank you...... But I'm... I'm okay now..."

When the waves come, they pull away. Mr. Ushna's words melt into the sea at night when he regains his serenity.

"Oh, the ghost..."

Whether the words made sense or the thoughts arrived, Ghost disappears glowing.

All that remained on the spot were sparkling objects (spills) and ushna on the spot...... and.

……

The tears she shed… a drop of them.