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They were the Iris who each came up with their opinions and discussed them for a while, but realistically had little choice, etc.

More than difficult to dig up the crash site, the Iris can only do it by going down the road that leads to the back.

There is also a way of waiting for rescue without moving where it is now, but only Sarasa could possibly come to help.

But that Sarasa inherently has no obligation or responsibility to rescue the Iris.

Of course, Sarasa will devote herself to the rescue of Iris, but the skin on Iris' face is not thick enough to rely on it.

Stepping into an unknown location also increases the risk of encountering new threats, but besides going on to find a way out, even if you can't find a way, the surrounding temperatures just drop, which has the advantage of dampening magic consumption.

Because of that, Iris and I began to move on...

"... don't you think the ambient temperatures are rising?

It was about half a day's walk from the crash site that Nordrad seemed to leak so painfully.

While there is a fine up-down, the cave initially extended upwards.

Eventually, however, it shifted downward, and now it seems to be coming down to a lower position than the collapse site.

That would have caused the temperature to rise, but the Kates, who haven't felt so much change thanks to their high quality heat protection gear, thought it would be possible to keep it in their mouth or say something else.

"Water, shall we replenish it?

"It helps..."

Nordrad offered Kate a water bag that was almost empty while wiping the dripping sweat.

Receiving it, Kate tilts the spring water bottle and uses her own magic to water the water bag.

"Kate, are you okay with magic?

"So far... thank the manager, is it?"

This is already the fourth time Kate has replenished Nordrad with water.

Given that the average human being can produce about 15-20 liters of water per day, and the continued use of heat-proof equipment smelters (artifacts), even Kate, who has a lot of magic, is likely to have problems with her magic residue, but Kate has yet to feel the fatigue coming from the loss of magic.

"That's good news. If I have to save water, my muscles will scream."

………

As for Iris and the others, I almost wanted to put in a scratch, like, 'It would be the body, not the muscles,' but Nordrad's statement wasn't necessarily a mistake either.

Unlike the path that led from the entrance of the cave to Salamander, the passage that Iris and the others are now taking was a truly self- (...) sinus (...) cave (...).

Over a large rock, crawl up a rock wall, bend down a passage with low ceilings, and in a place without width, lower your backpack and go sideways.

Besides not earning enough distance to imagine from the time it took, in the process he also often tortured his arms, not just his ankles, and considerable fatigue accumulated in Nordrad's arms carrying the most luggage.

"Well, you're definitely getting tired. Kate, can you get me some water, too?

"Yeah, the magic... are you okay?

"Oh, I'll do it myself.... Phew. Cold water is delicious."

Iris receives a spring water bottle offered by Kate and exhales when she pours and drinks the water produced from the spring water bottle directly into the cup.

"Right... it's room temperature"

The temperature of the water that can be put out in the spring water bottle is approximately fifteen degrees or so.

Normally, it's not as cold as it feels, but if the surroundings are in a sauna, the story is different.

Besides, the preciousness of ambient water can be solved if the water left in the water bag is affected by ambient temperatures.

"But it's harder than I expected."

"That's a lot different than the first time I went through it."

"Perhaps that road had salamanders in and out? Obviously, it was easy to walk."

"That's possible. The way over there, you didn't even have to give in.... On the contrary, you don't seem to have to worry about salamanders coming around here."

"Fortunately in misfortune, you know. That's how I struggle with it."

It is reassuring in one sense, but if you look at it in a different way, it is also unclear whether it will connect to the outside.

But no one's going to talk about it, even if they can think about it.

"Nord, are you all right with your health?

"Honestly, you're critical. Regardless of the investigation, chasing with Salamander and exploring caves without paths. Because it's been a pretty hard day."

"Yes, it is..."

"Yeah, right..."

To Nordrad's words, Iris and Kate looked at each other and nodded smugly.

It was a lot of events, but it hasn't been a day since.

Accidents by accident - no, if not even accidents intentionally, by now, when I'm on my way home.

With that in mind, Iris asks Nord as he pushes and kills the subtly black emotions that creep up.

"Do you know what time it is now? … I don't know, but I think it's time to rest."

"Oh, right. Just give me a minute. I need to observe every hour, so I have the clock."

That's what I said. Nord unloaded his stuff and took a square watch about 20 centimeters a side out of it.

"Uh... oh, the sun's already falling. It's a little faster than usual to go to bed... do you want to rest?

"That would be better. Especially Nord, you'd have consumed more health than we did, wouldn't you?

"Right, I guess it would help if you did. In a few days, it won't be easy for you to do it for long."

"I understand. Then let's have dinner and rest. Food other than portable food should be consumed sooner."

"Right. If you get hurt and can't eat, you won't be able to eat....... the ambient temperature is too high and on the contrary it may be ok though. hahahaha......"

"I can't tell you anything...... run out of potentially dangerous stuff early. It's going to be a little extravagant."

"I hope this isn't the last supper..."

………

The words of Iris, who had not been much of a joke, were silent together, and when he quietly finished Kate's somewhat lavish dinner, he went to bed early that day.

The camp, combined with floating tents and heat protection gear, was more comfortable than the Iris and others had imagined, but unfortunately the Iris awakened less comfortably because they continued to consume magic or because of the effects of the mental pressure of being trapped.

Shaking heads that feel heavy somewhere, the Iris, who woke up in the first place, finish their breakfast, which became a lot poorer than last night, and walk out into the back of the cave today.

As always, the road was bad, but fortunately, there would be no clear division.

There were gaps that people were very unlikely to get into everywhere, but even if it was connected to the outside, there was no point in not being able to get through.

It was convenient for them in that they didn't get lost and didn't need to argue.

But such luck was not until around noon that day.

"Split way."

"Right. One way or another, it feels like a split rift."

"You don't seem to be able to make decisions about which to choose without having a prediction."

Right now, in front of the three of them, there were three longitudinal gaps that seemed to allow each person to finally enter.

Any rift cuts deep into the ground in such shapes as the gap between the rock and the rock, and the lower one doesn't even have the width of a leg into it, making it difficult to walk with your foot on the ground.

In order to move forward, there will be no other way to support your body than to push your legs against the walls on both sides.

The difficulty didn't seem to vary greatly, no matter which one you chose, and as Kate put it, the difficulty of the aisle seemed to have to affect the choice.

"... I can't help thinking about it. I guess I'll just have to go in order."

Iris imagined the difficulties expected on the road ahead and sighed deeply.