Senpensekai no Madoushoshi

Step away from the water field and walk another hour.

The sun completely set into the sea, becoming a world lit by the stars.

The temperature drops all at once, and even from the sand that was burning hot, the heat draws. The wind, which was like a heat wave, also turned cold to it and quickly dried up the sweat.

"... kuchi-kun"

My body across Goltmund was completely chilled out and I sneezed unexpectedly.

"Iris, weave these feathers"

"Oh, thank you. But then your sister..."

What was offered was your sister's coat. At the same time you think you're grateful for your care, and you're sorry, your sister shakes her neck to the side.

"I'm fine. Because it's hot enough. That's to prevent armor from being heated in the first place, so I don't need it anymore."

I see... and I'll take it. Your sister's coat was a little big, but that's why it covers my body perfectly. Your sister's body temperature is still there, and it's very warm.

"Thank you, sister. It's so warm."

"Yeah, that's good."

(Plus, it smells good)

Fragrance like nectar of flowers, that you will always want to smell. Intense sleepers strike, coupled with vibrations due to Goltmund's slow gait.

I was tired, too, and I started scrubbing boats on the desert. But we're all together to be tired, and I can't have a blast sleep in the first place in a situation where one of us is getting easier.

I sprinkled my thighs under my jacket and tried to dissipate myself to drowsiness.

That's how it was when I was in a lonely battle. With my gaze higher than everyone else, I felt a change of scenery just a little faster than everyone else.

"Ah..."

Ahead of the Moss Frogs. Lighted by the stars, at the tip of the white, shining sand.

Something else existed in the desert that wasn't sand, as if it had dropped black ink with Po (...) (...).

"There's something ahead."

Hear my words or no, Carol ahead rushed up to the top of the dune.

"... Mm-hmm, really. But what is it? It doesn't look good in the distance."

"Wait a minute."

Now that there's no certainty that the Moss Frogs' destination is there, we can't just go over them and check it out yet. So instead, ask the Phoenix over Gortmund's head.

"I'm sorry about the hairy spot. I need to ask you a favor."

Pheniko rang small with a pitch...... and jumped up patterned. I close my eyes and temporarily borrow her sight.

"It's convenient, it"

"It's a little obvious at night."

Carol and Toslin are talking about that, eating something. The good smell also reached me and my stomach squealed.

"Oh, this... rocky mountain. That, too, is huge. I looked around glitchy, but you've got one hole."

"You mean a cave?

"Hmm? Hmm...... I'm a little unsure"

"Iris, you can keep an eye on it. Tell me what's going on."

Nodded by Saluena, I nod with my eyes closed.

"Yeah. There's a cavernous hole, but it looks like it's buried in the sand... Do you really feel a little unsure if the hole is going on?

"I see. Maybe the big rock itself is Moss Frog."

"I don't think that's in the boulder..."

To Laplice's whining, I gave it back that way with my little neck tilted. There is no new discovery any more, calling back Pheniko.

"Thank you, both of you. Yes, eat this."

Your sister gave my mouth a cookie, something that crushed it, to Phoenix.

Apparently, my stomach was just being heard. It's embarrassing, but delicious. I looked at the back of the Moss Frogs as they moved their mogomores and mouths toward Rock Mountain.

The Moss Frogs keep moving forward. Climb like a hill, then roll down. That was the last time we got to the big rock.

What will we do now? Will you eat that big rock? As they hid themselves in the sand mountains and asked how they were doing, they largely began to dive into the sand. No, I'm not...

"Sand... are you eating, those guys"

Yes, Laplice is right, and that's what it looks like in my eyes. He sticks his big head into a big rock cave and eats sand.

Stick out the pomegranate and jaw, as if digging the dirt with a shovel. Then the soil in the hole disappears more and more.

When one is full, another begins digging instead. And if one of them gets full, another one...

Zaku, Zakuri...... Zaku, Zakuri...... They have a clear purpose and proceed to dig holes. So, about thirty minutes have passed? Moss Frog went all the way into the big rock and disappeared.

"It's time to go after him"

"Right. Apparently, it's following somewhere over there. Let's go before we lose him."

With Carol in the lead, Toslin goes down the sandy slope. I follow after that with Goltmund, too.

I knew it because I had seen it beforehand, but the cave was very large. There was a lateral width in the position where Goltmund could still afford to line up beside about ten heads, and the ceiling was also high.

"This is... kinda awesome"

Toslin groans as she looks up at the ceiling. The whine spreads through the cave and echoes. I thought it was like a chapel. But what Toslin said was amazing is not about the echo of his voice or footsteps.

It's about countless pillars of stone stretched out of the ceiling.

Heavy snow falls in winter in my hometown of Sorletta and many ice columns (rough) grow from the roof. Not exactly the same as that, but the same thing grows out of the ceiling.

"The stalactites..."

I keep my mouth open Pocan, whining.

In a book, I've seen it several times. There was also a statement about this in the book your father wrote. But I never actually saw it.

"A pillar of stone grown from the ceiling…? What if this is the upside down forest?

"Well, I don't know. If that's the case, and this is where the legend says it is, it means we've come to a place where we can't go back."

"'Now, mind you. The forest is upside down. I'll never be able to go back, upside down in the woods'..."

"How many toslins are you freaking out?

"Ah? There's no way"

What we're standing on right now is about a hundred meters from the entrance to the cave into it. The only sand that was accumulating was in its entrance area, and from here on ahead there is a large large cavity. And apparently there's more to that cavity.

"Aren't you the one freaking out, Carol? My leg's stopped earlier, though?

"If Toslin's with you, I don't know if you're scared of anything"

……

I know Toslin tried to stir you back up, but Carol is unexpectedly giving you back your honest words and you're losing them.

"You lost Toslin."

"Ha... ha? It's not like we're fighting.

When I said that softly, the opposition returned with great momentum.

"Look, let's go, Toslin. I'm gonna lose you."

"Oh, I already know. Hey, don't pull."

Carol pulls my hand, and Toslin walks out. Her face, illuminated by the lights of Laplice and Phoenix, looked just a little red.

Behind the cave, there was something unexpected waiting.

What we saw after Moss Frog was the sandy beach.

"... does this mean an underground lake...?

Out in a huge domed space, we can't believe the sight that is spreading in front of us, stopping our feet and blinking again and again.

"I think it's still easier to accept than the case of Auschnell, where there was an island floating in the sky."

"When they say that, yeah"

"It's not like this place is an 'enclave' either, is it?

I approach the beach in a way sandwiched by Saluena and her sister.

"No, that's not how it feels. I guess this cave really connects to the ocean."

The Moss Frogs go into the water with Bashabasha, and disappear as they are.

"Hmm? So does that mean the upside down forest is in the ocean?

"There's a forest in the sea."

"Or isn't that it? Is that, like Iris said, a jump in the ocean or something?

"If so, do we have to swim that far? If it is, it's a little bone, isn't it?

"No, I'm concerned that it's upside down. If it's just a forest, I wouldn't say so. Would you have seen the stalactites earlier? After all, isn't that the upside down forest and the destination?

There are no more Moss Frogs, so you don't have to hide yourself. We came up with an opinion that it wasn't on the beach.

"Turn around, you need to dive in once."

"Hmm, well, yeah. Maybe there's really something ahead."

"Then dive. Saluena, me and...... and Carol. You come too."

"All right!! If it's vegan diving, I'll take care of it!!

Nominated by Toslin No, Carol undressed and naked. It's naked without exaggeration, naked.

"Oh, that Carol...... You don't even have to take your pants off?

"Uh... but aren't you in the way of swimming?

"That's why some guy gets naked. It's not a bath."

The only thing Toslin said that about took off his armor, and so did Saluena.

"Fooled..."

Carol sank her knees on the beach in dismay and weakness.

"You just ran off on your own. Here we go."

"Ugly."

Watching Carol being held aside and taken to Toslin kind of brings two letters of kidnapping to my mind.

"Hmm? No... wait a minute"

But with that word someone uttered, the Toslins stopped.

"What's the matter, Mr. Laplice?

My sister looked up at Laplice, who was rarely flying with her own feathers.

Where are you, captain?

The sister has a Mippo on her shoulder and is also necked.

"Oh, here it is. Definitely here."

Lapris overtakes the Saluenas and approaches the sea.

"Oh, hey, here. I don't know what you're looking for, so take your time..."

"Don't worry. There are no enemies."

Laplice stepped down to a wave strike where a small wave would return. And he dipped his hand into the water.

Then, at that moment......

"Wow!? Hey, what!?

The cave became as bright as midday. We unwittingly put our hands together and block the light.

From the gap between your fingers, violent light still pops into your eyes. But I tried to see the other side of the light without closing my eyes.

(No, I'm not. This...)

The eyes gradually become accustomed to the brightness, and, although blurry, the identity of the light reveals itself.

That's how what I saw......

(This is really... it's midday)

Sunlit, green forest...... it was itself.