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(... promise. Huh, what was it!?)

That's what I promised you. Would you have promised anything to Aseria?

Mira tries to remember the memory of the time. And I stared at Aceria, wondering if there were any hints because it was fine, and I just drew my gaze to the two mountains.

Mira-sama?

A slight but frozen whisper came from your spine.

Yes, Mariana.

”Hiiii!?”

Mira shouted with a small voice falling from her mouth, and when she realized that all her gaze would be read, she closed her eyes in a hurry.

Then, if it was Aceria, it would have looked like she was thinking deeply.

"Eh, don't you remember!? Look, this. Here it is, Mira-chan!"

Yes, even more desperate. On the contrary, something hard is pressing against your face.

"What the hell!?"

Inadvertently, Mira opened her eyes and noticed that Aceria was desperately appealing to her.

"Hmm...? What? This is not the bracelet of a manipulator."

Now look, now look, there's a familiar bracelet in Aceria's arm that's appealing to all of you.

It is a substitute of the same design as the terminals of the former players. A special tool that can only be rented out to advanced certified persons at rank C or above at the Adventurers' General Association. It was a manipulator's bracelet with the function of an item box.

After seeing that, Mira recalls that she was troubled that she could not advance to the C rank from the second half of the D rank when she gave advice to Aceria that the old Solomon was good.

"Ah, ahhh. By the way, you did say something. Something... hey,── what was it?"

It was before we broke up. I feel like I made an appointment if I could go up to the C rank.

It was Mira who had traced the memory to that point, but now she leaned her neck to see what kind of promise she had made.

Immediately after that, the word promise got caught. Noticing that the pressure from the next door had increased, Mira shook her spine and said, "What the hell!?" She stopped thinking about it and went into the rough business of asking directly.

Considering the other person's feelings, it is not the preferred option. However, it was a more worrying situation for Mira.

In addition to judging that it is dangerous to prolong this air, I am convinced that it is certain that it is not a promise with an impure feeling. I am also convinced that if it is impure, it cannot be forgotten.

"Oh, look!" If you were to become a C rank, I told you that Solomon would teach you how to train!? "

Acelia is always wondering why she has forgotten such an important promise, but she's always showing off the manipulator's bracelet. And most of all, now that I had accomplished it, I was looking at Mira with a gleaming eye, trying to get her to fulfill her promise.

What was hidden in his eyes was an expectation that was too fierce.

Above all, Aceria's enthusiasm for training the same as her beloved Solomon captures Mira in a storm.

I won't let you go until you tell me. It's so caloric that it's hissing.

"If that's the case, you have to keep your promise." Talk to her, Mira-sama. "

Aceria begs to burn, and Mira feels slightly withdrawn. It was Mariana who told him so well from the side of both of them.

The figure of Luna stroking her head was as mild as the Virgin Mary.

And it doesn't just cover the surface. Judging from Luna's pleasant appearance, I can see that her emotions and words are coming from the bottom of her heart.

"Um... um. Well, that's right..."

Unlike before, Mariana is gentle. Mira wondered how to grasp the change in her emotions.

Mariana, on the other hand, smiled vividly. That's because the attitude and words of Aceria showed that she was Solomon.

It was a change because it proved not to be an enemy.

That said, Mira, who had no way of knowing why, was even starting to be frightened of what was behind it.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I think I interrupted where we were together."

Aceria reacted first when Mira was in a daze. Rather, she said that she had just noticed Mariana by being called out.

I guess Solomon had a lot in his head. I was surprised by the fact that there were other people besides Mira, and I apologized.

"No, no, you don't mind." Rather, you like Master Solomon because of his appearance. "

Mariana was full of compassion, gently returning that she didn't care at all. That's why Aceria said honestly, "I love it already!” he answers straight.

“Now, let's get down to business here, so we can find somewhere to chill out and talk.”

Solomon's love overflows from Aceria. Having confirmed that, Mariana smiles and tells you that she should tell you Solomon's story as promised.

And I kept trying to secure a place for it──.

"No, I'm sure I want to ask right now, but you two are on your way to play together." That's why I'll be fine next time! "

Even though it was a fierce Solomon Freak, Acelia still seemed to know a certain amount of good sense. I tell them that it is bad for them to break in between the two people I was playing with and get in the way.

At that time, there was a bitterness on her face to the extent that she was tearing herself apart, but Aceria endured it and uttered the words.

"Hmm, I see. Well, I guess not. Well, I'll talk to you again. The current period is very noisy, so after the end of the National Festival, you can wander around."

So Mira finally stood back, and she instantly accepted that it certainly seemed to keep her most at ease.

Mariana's forgiveness came too. Nevertheless, I'm on a date with Mariana. Although there are many things, it was a time that Mira wanted to take care of. That's why Aceria's suggestion that the next time it's okay has come in honestly.

Absolutely, I promise!

"I know, I know!"

Because of the particular importance of that promise, Aceria is pressing to keep it in mind. In response to Mira, she appealed to Mariana with an attitude that she didn't care at all while facing the two large mountains that were approaching again.

However, the appeal itself is evidence that we are already concerned. A black shadow begins to shadow Mariana's gentle smile.

Well then, let's decide the day after the founding festival. The time is noon, and the place is in front of the magician's union. This is good!? "

Let's get this over with before it gets too worn out. The fastest way to do that is to calm down Aceria. Mira, who had decided to do so, immediately decided on the appointment in detail.

So, as Mira suggests, the Ashelia seems to have calmed down a bit.

Yeah, I got it!

Aceria, who seemed to be falling asleep, finally left and replied cheerfully.

Not only do you promise, but it seems important to make a firm decision about your schedule. There was hope in Aceria's face.

"Oh, by the way, there might be something amazing at this year's National Festival." Somehow, unlike usual, Master Solomon was a little irritated. I know! I'm sure there's something there! ”

After completing the exchange of promises, Aceria, who prophesied so separately, said, "See you later!" She waved her hand with a bright smile and charged at the checkout counter holding the basket.

After breaking up with Aseria, Mira and the others resumed their dates.

Mariana was in a good mood because there was nothing else that distracted Mira.

"Ah, Mira-sama, what is that?" There are a lot of unknown books. But they're all kind of thin. "

After going all the way through the school, I was just on the main street in front of the school. With Mira, Mariana had already looked around interestingly and said something like that.

"A thin book... isn't it?"

What a memorable word. However, it seems that this kind of festival has little to do with the founding of the country.

If so, what did Mariana see and say? Mira stared at Mariana's gaze.

A little further down the side road than the main street, there was a glimpse of it. At first glance, it had a modest festive feel compared to other stores, and it was a bookstore that was normally open.

However, the number of customers gathered there is no less than that of shops that deal in limited items as special sales.

(I don't think so!?── But I really don't think so...)

Mariana could see well. Mira, who could not confirm the details because it was a little far away, stared at the store using telephoto intangibles.

Well then, isn't it true that the magazine was dealing with the same people in that store?

Moreover, it was also a National Festival, and it was arranged in relation to the Alkite Kingdom.

It seems that the story of the Nine Sages is the subject of various creations, and even the guild based in the Alkite Kingdom has become a story.

(... apparently, it doesn't seem to be just visible from here)

On the front of the bookstore, and looking out the window, there seems to be a healthy collection of peer-to-peer magazines.

But Mira didn't miss it. A window on the second floor that was left closed. A slightly visible man had a pigmented cover.

"Speaking of which, I'm reading the story of the adventurer now." I wonder if there are any books in there that I haven't seen before. "

Every time she came back, Mira talked about souvenirs, and Mariana, who was inspired by them, had been fitting into her work on the theme of adventure for a while. Whether it's a novel or a comic book, it depends on what you're reading.

Therefore, when I see an unknown book, it is a recent habit to follow and search for adventure objects there.

The habit was manifested here. Mariana looked interesting and walked towards the bookstore.

Nevertheless, that's all I need. The question is whether you will notice the sole, which is presumably on the second floor of the bookstore.

"No, it looks like I don't have any of those books." Hmm. I see titles like "Black World", "Laughing Puppet", and "Possessed Cat Doll". The cover is surprising, too. It seems like there are a lot of horror systems. "

The upstairs world is still early for Mariana, who hasn't been exposed to the culture of cartoons. Mira, who had made up her mind, thought of crushing it first and foremost from the possibility of realizing it.

The result was a rhetoric that there was a horror system. It's a simple idea to hesitate if you have all the scary books.

"Oh, is that so...?"

However, that was impossible. Mariana's legs stopped under such threat from Mira.

Mira's eyes did not miss the reaction. "Um, as far as I can see from here, I can see a lot of horrible covers," he continued, appealing immediately to use telephoto magic.

In fact, the titles Mira mentioned were lined up in a bookstore.

But if you look closer, you'll see that it's not horror.

The first issue of "The Black World" was a peer magazine featuring Valentine. The following "Laughing Puppet" is Soul Howl, and the "Cat Possession Doll" is Kagura.

All of these are fanmade magazines full of passion.

"Rather than that, why don't you take a look at that?" It looks like you're on stage with the Nine Sages. Let's see how different it is from the truth! ”

Big billboards on the main street. Mira pulls Mariana's hand while pointing to various events, spectacles, and other information.

Then Mariana stared gently at the hand she was holding and grabbed it firmly back, laughing, “I feel like I'm having a little different fun.”