"Welcome home. How'd it go?

One day after completing the school festival, Sigel, who was alone in the captain's office on the Amateras, called out that way when he found a rug that had returned from a collection in the vicinity.

"I still think I've already taken the eyeballs around here. … nothing new was found"

Sigel said as she shook her head to a rug that dropped her shoulder just a little while answering that.

"We've already collected enough around here. I don't really care."

"Yes..."

While I gave Sigel's answer a relief look. Still somewhat concerned, the look on Rug's face never cleared up completely.

Almost six months have already passed since Sigel came to Arksand.

In the meantime, as a matter of course, the contract spirits were asked to collect it, so it can be said that the nearby materials were mostly taken.

Of course, Sigel isn't going to blame the covenant spirit, but he really seems to care about the rug with a strong sense of responsibility.

Sigel, who understands that, decided to say it so that the lag could be convinced from another direction.

"- And anyway, Rag himself, the spirits in the distribution are growing properly, aren't they? Because then it makes enough sense to be collecting around here."

"That's... sure, you're right"

Rag finally nodded with a convincing look as to whether Sigel's prospects had worked.

Rags, rigs and Shiloh's extraordinary spirits, unlike advanced ones, have no distinct rank, at least not present in the 'Spirit Inn'.

Because of this, it is difficult to understand the guidelines for measuring the growth of abilities, but one of the things that manifests itself in a clear form is the ability of the Spirits of the distribution.

In "The Spirit Inn" you can't even see the spiritual abilities of the distribution of the extraordinary spirits, but the Rags know their abilities properly.

In addition, it is Siegel's expectation that if the ability to distribute them will grow, so will the rugs who are able to follow those spirits.

That's only a prediction at this stage, but Sigel was pretty sure it was because he feels like it's actually happening when he looks at the rugs.

"That's why don't you worry too much about the rug. And I'm not totally wasted collecting it."

"Yes."

To Siegel's words, Rag answered briefly.

The lack of lies in Siegel's words today is well understood by Rag as well.

Sure, collecting in the same place doesn't make sense in the sense of finding something new, but it's important in the sense of collecting within a specific area.

If we do this, we will be able to reproduce it in more realistic detail in the 'Spirit Inn' as it is in a specific range of environments.

You were completely relieved by Sigel's words, and Rag nodded several times before saying it like he remembered.

"Speaking of which, is that guy back?

"That one? … Oh, Granome"

For a moment I didn't know who the person Rag was talking about. It was Sigel, but it quickly became an understandable look.

Granome, whose magic research is going well, has been out of sight before Sigel for some time now.

That period is getting the longest this time, and I'm not showing up for such a cool period that I'm a little anxious.

Nevertheless, it doesn't mean that Siegel is so deeply worried about either.

"I'm not back yet... well, aren't you okay? It's been a long time since I've been out in the world, and I think I'm going away."

"Even so, if that's the one, I think I can say something..."

Rug's concern is not that Granome has been gone for a long time, but that he didn't tell Sigel about it beforehand.

Granome has had no contact with people for a long time, but he has a human smell habit in strange places.

It is the anxiety of the lag that the granome will disappear without any word for so long.

To Rag's words, Sigel showed him how to think only a little before shaking his neck left and right.

"There's nothing I can do to worry about you over here. Anyway, I can't find out where you are. I don't know if you'll be here any time soon, but I don't think that's what I'm gonna do."

If Sigel, who is doing the naming, calls Granome, it is likely that he will come by the main unit.

Deciding it wouldn't be the kind of thing to do yet, Sigel said so.

"Sure, I guess so"

Rag, who fully understands Sigel's concerns, said so without asking any more about Granome.

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After finishing his conversation with Rag, Sigel opened the screen of "The Spirit Inn" a little later.

The corner rug came back from exploration, so I thought I'd check a lot, including the collection.

When I saw how Sigel was doing, Shilo, who was escorting me beside him, came up with his nose tip, as usual.

Sigel, who had lightened Shiro's head, saw a log showing what the rug had collected this time.

"- What is it? I think they're picking up some new stuff."

That's what Sigel said, but the new collection that was on the screen meant it was the first one found near Arksand.

While confirming that, Sigel decided to confirm the rank of the covenant spirit.

The current ranks of spirits have grown properly, except for the rugs who have become superior spirits.

In particular, Sui, Sakura and Nora are in a state of advanced A-rank and do not know if they will grow from here.

It was Siegel's expectation that it wouldn't be so easy to be a superior spirit, as it did when he stepped up to the superior spirit.

For once, we have prepared beforehand that we may need crystalline stones, as we did in the lags, but it is unclear at this time if that is enough.

Fi and Coor, who were the last contractual spirits against the three bodies that became advanced spirits, are still A-ranked intermediate spirits.

These two are the only contractual spirits in Sigel who are not senior spirits at present, and besides that, they have improved the ranks of senior spirits in good order.

I'm just delayed because it was the last time I signed with that Fi and Coor, but rather it's not an exaggeration to say that I'm ranking fastest given the length of time I signed.

Since some spirits have contracted from halfway through the ranks, I cannot say it at all, so I am thinking that this is only the feeling of Sigel.

I have rarely leaned over to Sigel, who was relaxing and manipulating the screen to check the state of the Spirit, so that Siro could sweeten.

Sigel lightened her back just a little surprised because Shilo rarely did this trick from herself.

"What's wrong?

When Sigel asked gently, Siro shook his head left and right when he said it was nothing.

In that motion, Sigel, who found out there was really nothing, decided to stroke his body as it was, perceiving what Shiro was demanding.

Siro, stroked by Sigel, looks like just a dog from anywhere.

If a third party sees what it is now, there will be no one who thinks Shilo is the Spirit.

Nevertheless, there is no way of misunderstanding that Siro will look like that, as it is only about before Sigel and Philomena.

Anyway, Sigel, who was relaxing and stroking Shilo's back, was going to have a neat time that day.