The passage where the statue of the little ghost opened for me was connected to the next door as it was.
Reido carefully checks the door and then gently pushes it open.
"Another little room."
As Almark shrugged, it was a small room the size of an earlier little ghost room.
A lamp on the wall illuminates the room.
In the middle of the room, a very small fountain table was set up that pictured a dragon.
There was a water receptacle so as to surround the dragon, which seemed originally designed to come out of the dragon's mouth, but now the water had dried up.
Even if I look at the walls on all sides of the room, I still don't see any doors or passageways to move on.
"Well, I guess it's time to solve the mystery again"
That's what Almark says and looks at the fountain table.
"Reido. What do you think?
"Right..."
Reido bent over and looked closely at the fountain table from all sides before seeing Almark's face.
"I can feel some magic coming from this fountain."
"Yeah."
Almark nods.
"But there's no further clue."
Reido said so, stretching his hips, looking down at the dragon from the top.
"Let's get the water flowing"
"Right."
Almark agrees.
"It's a fountain table, and I think it's natural to run water."
"Okay."
Reido pointed the tip of the cane at the fountain table.
A moment of silence.
Concentrate.
From the cane, water blew out.
Spring water technique.
The magic of fog, first learned by Almark, generated fog by turning water into even smaller grains when turning magic into water, but the art of spring water manifests magic as water as it is.
Relatively simple magic, but instead, there's a lot of magic to drain.
With the water ejected from the cane, the water receptacle on the fountain table was just full.
But no water flows from the dragon's mouth.
"Is that it?"
Reido stops the water and peeks into the fountain table.
"That's weird. There's no water."
"The water pumping device isn't working."
To Almark's words, Reido twists his neck.
"I'm sure he's magically pumping up water."
"Really?"
Almark also approaches the fountain table.
Sure, there's a water suction port and a bump hole in the tail of the dragon.
"I wonder if the magic isn't working well"
Almark said, Reido shook his head.
"Isn't springwater enough?"
"It doesn't seem that easy."
The two were often silent and looked at the fountain table.
Next to Leido, who is troubled by his difficult face, he thought the same way, but didn't even come up with a good idea, and Almark stroked the dragon's head.
"This is the Fire Dragon."
Say it without any concern.
You know what I mean?
I saw Almark as Leido was surprised.
"Even though full-scale study of demons comes from the middle"
"There are far more demons in the north than in the south."
Almark answers with his eyes dropped on the dragon.
"I can't live without knowing about the demons"
"Really? That's a tough spot."
To Reido's words, Almark grins and nods bitterly.
"Well, I've hardly ever actually seen a dragon, either."
I heard that, Raydo.
"Most of it means you've seen it."
and round your eyes.
"The water dragon. But this isn't it."
That's what I say, slap the dragon's head on the fountain table.
"It's a fountain table, isn't it a water dragon?"
"The water dragon lives in the water, so he looks a little fishy. It's obviously not like a fire dragon or a flying dragon, so you'll soon find out there. This is a fire dragon."
To Almark's explanation, Reido once again arms up and sees the dragon on the fountain table.
"Right, Fire Dragon..."
"Because the dragon scales are stiff anyway, and neither swords nor arrows go through. If we're going to take him down, we need to aim him in the eye or in the mouth."
That's what Almark says, I think.
"Shall I crush your weak eye?"
"No, I don't think that's such a rambling thing"
Reido shakes his head.
"But you're a fire dragon. I think I can think of something."
"Right. You're reliable."
Almark observes the fountain table himself by saying so.
"A fountain table without water,"
With that said, I touch Reido's put out water with my hands.
Maybe it's not water.
Almark looked back at Reido.
"Blowing water even though it's a fire dragon is also a strange story. Fire Dragon would have to blow the fire."
"Fire."
Reido unwrapped his arm.
"So is that. Shall we try?"
"Let the fire blow."
Almark makes his eyes shine.
"Yeah. Almark, I'm sorry, but can you throw away some water from the water?"
"All right."
Almark stuck his hands in the fountain table and scratched out all the water.
"I got it out."
"Thanks"
At the end of Reido's wand to thank, the flames were already lit.
"The art of lights."
Almark says happily.
"I can use it, too. Let me do it."
"No, I'm not."
Reido shook his head and carefully pointed the tip of the cane towards the fountain table.
The flame slowly moved away from the tip of the cane.
"The art of fire."
Almark roars.
The flame disappears into the hole when it approaches the tail of the dragon when left intact.
Then a little, a fire through the dragon's body appears from the dragon's mouth.
That figure, which did protrude the flames out of his mouth, seemed worthy of being called the Fire Dragon.
"I see, the Fire Dragon has to be like this."
Almark nods.
"Yeah."
Reido nods, too, watching the fountain table looking a little worried.
"I don't know."
"I'm sure you're right."
The two waited awhile.
But it doesn't make any difference to the fountain table.
"... I wonder if it's not"
Reido drops his shoulder.
"I thought it was a good idea."
"Hmmm......"
Almark looked at the fire dragon peeking the flame out of his mouth and twisted his neck.
"Sure, if that's all you got, you might not feel like you're blowing a fire"
That's what I say, turn behind the Fire Dragon.
"Reido, I wonder if I can let the wind blow from this side. That might make you look like you're blowing a fire."
I see. That's a good idea.
Raideau smiles and nods, standing next to Almark.
I'll use the wind technique.
"Oh."
Almark nods too.
When Reido put his cane on, the wind rolled from it.
The wind that blows from behind the dragon shakes the fire that remained in the dragon's mouth.
A flame shook out of his mouth, and it looked as if a fire dragon was blowing out a flame.
"Awesome, Reido"
Almark speaks up.
"This is the Fire Dragon."
"I wonder if it looks that way"
And suddenly the dragon's mouth opened wide.
The moment I wondered, the flames broke out of it.
It is not a fire that has been shaken by the wind. It's a true breath of flame.
When I wondered if the flames had struck the wall well, some of the walls peeled off to melt and a new passage appeared.
"Correct."
The two laughed face-to-face.
In that way, the two squeezed their wisdom, using their magic, through all five small rooms.
"I guess it's time to end it"
Raideau says in front of the iron door that also showed up.
"I've heard from people in the middle office that, on the first level, if you go through more or less five rooms, it's over."
"Right. You've already crossed that line."
Almark nods too.
"Well, maybe it's the last time in this room."
"Right. I'll open it."
With that said, Reido puts his hand on the door.
At that moment, Almark's wildness reacted.
Shit.
Instinct was instantly telling of danger.
Until just now, Leido had always made sure, before opening it, that no magic could be felt in the door itself.
Now Reido didn't do it.
"Reido!"
Almark extended his arm.
"Get away!"
That's how I scream and attract Reido.
The door curved like a creature.
"Chi."
Almark slammed Leido backwards.
The door is covered in almark.
No, this is not a door.
To that evidence, the passage still continues behind it.
This is a pseudo-trap.
A strange, indeterminate mass pushes around Almark's body.
"Almark!!"
Reido made a sad scream.