An indeterminate mass surrounds Almark's body.
"Damn, I can't move"
Almark stayed down on the floor, moving only his neck to see Reido.
Reido, are you okay?
"Me, I'm fine"
When Leido answers that, he rushes over to Almark.
"Help Now"
"You can't come over here."
Almark stopped with a sharp voice.
"If this guy gets to you, it's over."
To that word, Reido stops his leg.
"It's okay, don't worry about it. This is not a demon. It's one of these cave trials."
Almark encouraged his voice.
"This guy won't even cover my face with that evidence. If you're a real demon, you're gonna try to kill me by blocking my face."
To Almark's words, Reido nods bewildered.
Sure, this chunk wraps around Almark's entire body, but it doesn't just try to touch his face.
Almark smiled and looked up at the cave ceiling.
"I just can't move my body. You've got time to think about it, Leido. Come on, help me."
"Okay."
Reido squeezes his expression and re-grips his wand.
"Let's burn it with flames"
That said, create a fire on the tip of the wand.
"Flames. Perhaps."
Almark also answers.
A flame of fire floats fluttering, approaching the indefinite mass that wraps the almark.
The lump moved to dislike the fire.
"Oh, I hate you."
Almark makes a bright voice.
"That's okay."
"Right."
As Reido brings the fire closer, the corners of the chunk burn and smell unpleasant.
"Stay."
Almark raised his voice like he was going to suffer.
"Sorry, Reido. Keep the fire away for a second."
"Oh, oh."
When Reido caught fire, Almark exhaled.
"This guy's been tightening up my body as much as he wants when he's scorched. It was a great force. I thought my whole body would break bones."
"Right. No flames, then."
Reido extinguishes the fire.
"Then, on the contrary, how about water?"
Reido strapped his cane.
Spring water technique.
Water blows out of the wand and pours down on it in an indeterminate form.
"Stay."
"Oh, can't you do this too?"
Reido lowers his cane.
"So what about cold air? It's frostbite."
"Stay."
"Can't this do either? Shall I blow it with the wind? It's the wind."
"Stay."
Reido tried all the other magic in his hand, but Almark's groan just stuck to the cave, and it didn't work.
"No."
Reido knelt down.
"Sorry, Almark. I was just so happy."
"Never mind there, Reido"
Almark said in a cheerful voice as always, even though his body had been tightened for a long time.
"I'm fine. Come on, try something more."
"Even so."
Reido gets naggy.
I can't think of anything else.
"But from what you've heard from people in the middle, the first tier can be managed with the magical application of the first. I'm sure this guy can handle it."
"Is that true too"
Reido bit his lip.
"Sorry, Almark. I'm a really bad guy. [M] I can't even get you to hang out here, get you sheltered, and help you out."
"Don't give up, Reido"
Almark strengthened his voice.
"You can't stop thinking. I can't help thinking about it."
Then continue back to your usual serene voice.
"See. You always say that. He's like my brother, or he looks like my sister. I was in the statue room earlier, and thanks to that, I got an answer."
Almark sees Leido with his neck lifted and a spicy face.
"I'm sure that's the way you do it. I have my way, you have your way. If you don't understand, go back there."
"My way..."
Reido shrugs, then shakes his head.
"That's what failed me at the martial arts tournament. That way of thinking, I missed the heat in me"
"There are situations that don't fit the way we do things."
Almark's voice is only calm.
"I thought this cave seemed to work my way. I'll try to break it right away. [M] But you were more flexible. [M] This is not a martial arts field. You don't have to deny it all because you failed once."
The meaning of Almark's words was also understood by Leido.
But more than that, Almark's attitude, which did not give him one spicy look in such a painful situation, nor did he blame himself, moved Reido's mind.
"Okay. I'm sorry for what I said. I'll think again."
To Reido's words, Almark answers with a laugh.
"Don't apologize anymore, Reido. I trust you. I'll wait."
Reido thought.
My way.
Simulate the other person to someone in your family and analogize that way of thinking.
So that helps in this situation?
The other person is not even a human, he doesn't even know if he's a creature, even though he's an indeterminate mysterious object.
No.
Reido strikes out his stray in his heart.
Does that help? It's not.
It helps.
After a while, Reido finally got up.
Take the stone that was rolling on the floor of the aisle.
As Almark watched, Leido held the wand short and hit the stone.
Close your eyes and concentrate.
Looks like he's going to use some tricky magic. Sweat on my forehead.
Almark waited silently.
Honestly, Almark had no idea how to get himself out of here.
As a last resort, I thought if this guy was something magical, like he did to his copper coin mage opponent, whether he could dissipate and blow the magic out of his whole body.
But whether that succeeds or fails, I'm pretty sure we're going to use up most of our magic and send it to the infirmary again.
So, that's really your last hand.
Almark thinks optimistically.
But I'm sure Reido will come up with a good idea.
Eventually, Reido looked up.
In Reido's hands, the stone was turning into a small mouse.
The art of change.
Reido bent his knees and gently lowered the rat down to the ground.
The rat runs out.
As the rats rushed straight towards Almark, they quickly rushed past the side of the lump wrapping the Almark.
The mass reacted.
Stretch your body out to chase a rat trying to run into the back of the aisle.
But the rat avoids it in a agile move and runs further into the back of the aisle.
A chunk left Almark.
Follow the rat, slipping when sloppy.
When mice were captured with unexpected speed, the chunks remained on the spot satisfied.
Reido put his cane against that chunk again.
Spring water technique.
As the water poured down, the chunk twisted itself unwillingly.
The stone, which returned from the rat to its original appearance, splashed in the mass without coinciding with tightening, but Reido continued to pour water, regardless.
Eventually, he raised the smoke with the cubes and the chunks grew smaller and disappeared so that they could be sucked into the stone floor.
"I did it."
After an unexpected squeal, Reido rushed over to Almark.
Almark, are you okay?
"Oh. It's okay."
Almark stood up so that he could also hit the side of the aisle.
"That's great, Reido"
"Thanks to your advice."
Reido got embarrassed.
"I thought about my family. Then I remembered."
"Yeah."
Almark nods and encourages him to continue.
"Tell me what"
"Always have a brother who won't let go with his favorite toy in his arms. How did you take the toys away from his brother?"
When I think of my family, Reido's expression is determined and gently loosened.
"Trying to take it up with force, my brother won't let go crying and grasping it back firmly. That's why I'm gonna tease you with a more interesting toy right in front of you."
"I see."
Almark laughed.
"I had no idea. It's a win your way."
At the end of the aisle, the stairs down to the basement opened their mouths.
"The first level seems to be this far."
Reido tells Almark.
"Thank you, Almark. I could have come this far."
"It's been a good experience for me too."
Almark also answers with a smile.
Then, I look back for a moment.
"I wonder how I'm going to get home"
"I wonder if I'll have to go back the way I originally came"
The two of them began to return to the passage where they had originally come.
Soon, an iron door stands in front of the two of us.
"That was him earlier."
Almark flashes his face, but Reido calms down and checks for magic.
"No, it's like a regular door"
Then, push it open carefully.
Then, instead of the flat floor in front of me until just now, every rock-skin passage was extended.
Blur and moonlight are plugging in from those ahead.
"First door."
Almark and Leido looked at each other and then ran down the aisle.
When I got out of the cave, it was already completely night outside.
"Thank you, Almark"
Once again, Reido said.
"Really Interacted"
Have you regained your confidence?
To Almark's inquiry, Reido smiled and snapped his neck.
"I don't know. Like I could get it back, like I'm not."
"You've proven your strength."
"Can I say strength..."
Reido twists his neck with an unconstrained look.
"Winning the battle is not the only strength"
said Almark.
Wendy's strength.
The strength of Morgen.
I learned that here.
"Strength and weakness are like the back of a coin."
says Almark.
"Do you want to make a table or do you want to make a back? That depends on how you feel."
"That's hard."
Reido flaunts his face.
Simply put, if you're confident, you're strong.
Almark slapped Reido on the shoulder.
Laughs like Reido lit up.
Almark was relieved to see that Reido's smile and his usual serenity back again.