Two hundred and sixty-four

After a few hours of going empty. The wagon carrying Mira landed in only one of the wooded areas extending northeast of Grimdart. Based on the size of the forest, the location of the lake, which extends to the cat's forehead, is the coordinates indicated in the letter.

"Well, we've arrived, but I don't know what to do"

I looked all the way around about a hundred meters from shore to shore, but I didn't see anything like this in particular, and it didn't look like someone was waiting. It's just that I've been designating this place. I don't know what it is.

I called you on purpose, so if you're here, you should come in contact one of these days. With that in mind, Mira strolled around in her spare time.

Forests that grow to surround the lake. I didn't know it because it came from the sky, but it was quite deep into it, and all the trees that could be laid there are all the great trees that are over ten meters loose.

It is also dim in the woods, albeit a day when the sun shines overhead by virtue of the vastly spread branches. Especially on the northeastern side, the light could not pass or it was engulfed in deeper darkness.

"Oh, that's fast. No, but is it possible with summoning! I'm sorry I kept you waiting!

And after waiting so long, the caller finally shows up with a happy voice. He's the one with the really hot, painful smile, the Nine Wise Men: The Strada of Odd Edges. Its face remains as Mira knew it, and it can't be wrong. But he was coming as if he were a prince.

"What do you mean by that?"

Mira frowns at that appearance, which I don't think is his hobby. Then Rustrada moaned and groaned, "I was told it's not good for educating my child..."

So after delighting in reunion, following Lastrada's lead that the detailed story is beyond, Mira enters the dark woods.

"Rumor has it that the orphanage is Artesian."

Sitting on the table of the wagon towed by the Guardian Ash, and exchanging some words, one fact came to light that concerned me.

As expected, the mysterious orphanage Mira was looking for was definitely founded by one of the Nine Wise Men, Artesia of the Sage. And now, it's on its way there.

It should be noted that his outfit was the result of such Artesian advice.

It's the Forest Guard in the past. Tell me what, Ranger. I dressed up as a rider. He said the boys wanted to imitate it.

In reality, that's the kind of case that the police would take care of. If you can't see the boulder, the alternative is to do it anyway.

Are you still more of a prince than a special photography system? Mira laughed as she thought about it and said it didn't look very good on her.

Nonetheless, Mira is delighted to find Rustrada as well as Artesia, which is a huge harvest this time. Within doing so, he had come to such a deep place that no slight light would reach him, where Fuji Rustrada stopped his leg.

Only the intangible light illuminates the surrounding pitch-black forest. A glimmer of light plugs in there.

That was an overly strange sight. Suddenly there was a hole in the overhead forest. Besides, when you clear your ears, can you hear the metal rubbing against each other?

"Oh, my God, what's going on with this?

From the open overhead, the lift was coming down. Wooden but sturdy looking and splendid lift.

"Come on, get on with this"

Naturally, Lastrada directs you to that lift. In a forest of dark, a lift descended from the top with the light. Mira, bewildered by the fact, drove the wagon forward and rode the lift as she was told.

The lift slowly begins to rise and the light hole over his head gradually approaches. Beyond that, what the hell is there? Gradually excited, Mira waited to arrive somewhere, now or now.

But the lift, it doesn't stop, and the overhead light is still ahead. The rate of ascent is slow, but already over ten meters. But from what I've seen of the light, it's only about half.

"You're going up a lot."

When Mira said what she thought, she returned answers such as "Safety as a priority result".

Rustrada says that there are occasional strays near here, though few demons come close. Therefore, to eliminate the slightest danger, it is now in its present form.

Current form. I wonder what form that is. Yes, just a little while after Mira floated the question mark, she finally arrived ahead of the lift out of the light.

Dazzling sunlight. Mila, slightly narrowed her eyes, breathed in the sight of them spreading together as her eyes grew accustomed.

"Oh, my God... this is outrageous again."

Full of sight was a view where people could feel what they were doing. Yes, the upper part of the forest was a fine village.

"Well, this way. Follow me."

Mira was impressed by the scenery. Rustrada further begins to lead the way. This is still the entrance, and he said he would be heading to a church with Artesia.

The ground of the village, which was at the top of the forest, was like a lawn. As Mira slowly advances the wagon there, the ground takes its weight firmly. Something I find ambiguous, such as the ground on the tree, but the foundation seems solid.

And was that how Mira was impressed and made even more concerned, the result of prioritizing safety was repeatedly that it was a village on this tree, and Lastrada explained to me various things.

Firstly, the lawn-like ground is made of branches of trees, etc. as struts, with special spider threads knitted together in multiple weights, and spreads, etc. tied together. They drain well and are sturdy, and they can make fields.

And the dwellings, they were all treehouses. All the trees in my eye as far as I can see say that this is the head of a big tree that goes over twenty meters. They say the dwelling was built with such large trees instead of columns.

Besides, they were all designed by Artesia and handled by Lastrada, which is even more surprising. However, I wonder if that's why it has a handmade finish.

"Oh, my God, that's brilliant."

Mira is increasingly impressed that some of them were unexpectedly talented.

The treehouses were all aligned to be the same height, so while in nature, the signs of people seemed more prominent.

But then I can even feel the impression that it integrates with wonder. I'm sure it's because I try to lean in and the branches are spread over there. A shining leaky day of wood even looked as if he was laughing.

Also, looking up at the sky, it was slightly white and cloudy, and Mira immediately noticed it. Upper part of the village, he said, was strewn with spider threads woven with illusion.

In doing so, the village disappeared brilliantly from both the earth and the sky. If this is the case, no one has to know it exists.

This is certainly a safe village.

So convinced, Mira overlooking the village.

Then for a while, the wagon carrying the Mira and the others arrived in front of the biggest big tree in the village.

Close to the centre of the village on the tree, the church was. Undressed wood, but bigger than anywhere else. There, Rustrada says, is a church as well as a school.

About the time now, the orphans say they are encouraging them to study here. And they say it's Artesia and the teachers who offered to work with her in agreement with her intentions that teach such orphans knowledge.

In addition to their basic education, they teach botany, biology and chivalry spirit, demolition and sculpture painting in the way they fight demons, and more teachers extensively.

Is it due to the charisma of Artesia? If you do poorly, it looks like you have a better educational environment than any decent school there.

"Come on, over here next!

Even as Mira is impressed, Lastrada enters the church and heads to the back. Mira looked around inside the church as she followed him like that.

Compared to the church in Haxthausen I visited yesterday, this was such an undecorated place that I really wondered if I could call it a church. Although it takes the form of a chapel, I do not feel that it is overall majestic.

However, the idol resting in the back had a slightly eye-catching atmosphere. I'm sure it's some sort of original statue.

That's how I walked through the door at the end of the chapel with a view, then a short hallway and staircase appeared.

"At this hour, that room..."

Rustrada going up the stairs in front, whining about that. I'm sure this area is part of the learning building. Mira follows with such an impressive sight, also known as an old country school.

The most penetrating room up to the third floor. During the angels, when I opened the door and went inside that said, etc., there was a woman holding a baby and showing off her freaky face that I had kept.

……

Damn, that's what Mira pushes silently without words at the look of it as the voice of the baby smiles like an angel.

No way, because I never thought I'd finally be able to welcome my reunion with a weird face.

"Oh, welcome back. Could that be your kid?

A woman who flicked from her weird face and smiled and turned around as if she were the Virgin Mary, staring softly at Mira, floated a slightly surprising color.

"Exactly!" Mira walks out to her front as Lastrada returns.

Long time no see, Artesia.

Yes, she was the Artesian herself who was searching for a simple robe and gave up the baby.

"Lara, I heard from you, but you've really become a girl. I heard you were Mira now."

Artesia, staring at Mira somewhere intriguingly, accidentally reached out and stroked Mira's head. Besides, it's somewhat of a tranced look.

Mira hastily distances herself from the act, "What the hell!?" And at the same time, I realized. Unwillingly, you are now in the effective range of Artesia, where you love your child because of its maternal significance.

"Look, I'm not a child. Don't get me wrong."

Mira says so sparklingly. "Yeah, I know," Artesia replied with a grinning smile. But his eyes remained smiled at Mira. It is such an eye, as if to keep an eye on a girl of her age.

You must have already heard about Mira from Lastrada. Still, it should be noted that the eye that sees Mira that way was rightly a symptom of her deepest illness.

If you try to make Artesia merciful to all the children, Mira is also a girl who can't escape the scope.

The three of them, rejoicing in a nostalgic reunion surrounding a small table, were exchanging words that remained generous but unreserved.

"By the way, why did you do something called Fuzzy Dice?

In the course of the conversation, as it flowed, Mira asked what bothered her her most. It's too bizarre in the reality of a trailer burglar or something. I wonder how Lastrada does that.

"That's..."

Then it was Artesian who explained in detail why.

She talked about why a presence called Fuzzy Dice was born while holding the baby. Said it all started with one kidnapping.

That was about seven years ago. When Artesia ran a small orphanage in a village that was still shallow in the woods than it is today.

Oh, my God, they say there's been a case of an orphanage child being kidnapped.

However, naturally, the thieves who bought Artesian anger and executed the kidnapping were devastated. He said that the nobles, who were also involved in the trafficking of children, were seized of all the evidence relating to them and were brought to justice by law.

What surprised Mira here is that it was the crushing of that nobleman that was the first case of Fuzzy Dice, listening to her talk.

Yes, the first offender and now, the M.O. was very different because he was different in the first place.

"I was surprised at Mr. Artesia's boldness, but looking at what happened to the city after that, this was highly regarded."

How will the first and present fuzzy dies be linked? When Mira touched there, Lastrada took over the explanation.

What Artesia did, he said, was making a scene around the city at the time as a mysterious accuser. Said that a righteous hero had laid down a righteous hammer on a virtuous nobleman.

Around that time, not so much since I came to this world, Lastrada was fighting the evil that spreads to the back society. He had come to the city where that nobleman was just, apparently, following the clues of a particularly large human trafficking organization among them, and had witnessed the disturbance.

It should be noted that the nobleman had sufficient evidence, so the disposition appeared to have been handed down within a few days. However, he said that was a harsh disposition too soon.

Moreover, it was the nobility that was also the clue that Lastrada was following.

"Maybe because of the mouth seal, the verdict was speeded up"

Yes, Rustrada, with his pompous mouth, went on to say that the clues had also been broken again.

But he didn't give up and thought that maybe the rumor accuser was grasping something, and he thoroughly searched for its existence. And I finally laughed that I was surprised at just Artesia.

As a result of reuniting in that way and exchanging information with each other. Lastrada succeeds in gaining an edge of information related to the Dark Organization, and Artesia learns that the crushed nobility was the tip of the iceberg when it came to it.

Artesia naturally couldn't have shut up when she found out about the human trafficking organization that feeds her children, and here they worked together to destroy it.

And borrowing the shadow and modus operandi of a mysterious accuser whose popular cheer was growing, it was the thief Fuzzy Dice who hid what was born with the addition of the sensibilities of the heroic favorite Rustrada.

The true purpose of Thief Fuzzy Dice. It is to gather evidence leading to a giant human trafficking organization, eat it in its throat, and convict it.

What a target everyone has ever been. Besides, he didn't bring all the evidence he submitted to churches and unions, and in fact, he had brought back the evidence leading to those organizations.

"Hum, if that means you can't go home unless it's cleaned up..."

He also seems to be dealing with a lot of big enemies. This time too, we may not end up finding them and bringing them back. Mira, who felt that way from the two stories, groans in a sigh mix.

Then I guess I remembered Mira like that and the words, "Speaking of which, why was the commander looking here?," Rustrada said.

It should be noted that Commander is the name he used to call Dumblrf. Dumblev's position as the representative of the Nine Wise Men is probably a factor because he seems to be the wisest. He's a squad hero. Solomon is also the Commander-in-Chief.

"Well, that's not..."

While he missed the way he had been called for a long time, Mira touched on the deadline for a ceasefire agreement and the current situation of the Nine Wise Men before that story.