Transported to a hyper-realistic RPG.

"Let me tell you, I don't know how to process rose flowers except perfume oil."

"I think it's been processed a lot, just because we don't know it, so let's go talk about it."

Yes!

"... how was Leah and Sanamari?"

Like the third victim, Sanamari wouldn't want to see me right now and asked Nil to come and see how she was doing.

"For now, Sanamari doesn't seem to be disturbed.However, I am so depressed that I am in a situation that Ms. Leah is embracing. "

"We need to find the killer and find out what he did."

Even if what you hear is a terrible truth, it should drive us forward rather than knowing what happened... I hope so.

And then the next day, we asked the house where the roses were grown to tell us the story.

When I asked how the grown roses were used, I summarized it briefly and found that there were four ways to use them all.

1. Use flowers as flowers.

2. Dry to form like a dry flower, decorate, or make something like a smell bag.

3. Perfume oil.

IV. Edible roses.

Four seems to be growing edible roses rather than processing methods, but it is completely different from the original world edible roses, and in this world it seems to be a substitute called magic roses.

The origin of the name seems to be that the rose itself has accumulated a small amount of magic, and it seems that eating it increases the amount of magic...

It is unclear whether it is really increasing just because it is said.Specialist? There seems to be a strong view that there has been no increase.

It's like a kind of hobby.

And the farmers who grow roses in this city are shipping them to all four processing plants.With the Internet, you can quickly find out the location of the factory by searching, but naturally you can't do that.

All we have to do is ask where the factory is and walk around looking for it.There are four factories in the city that you taught me about.

They are all located far from the densely populated areas of the building, and each factory is located fairly close to each other.

The reason the factory is adjacent is extremely simple, because there are dense houses where roses are grown.

Since there is a factory, it may be correct to say that the houses around it started growing roses.

Which means that all the factories are concentrated around here where we came to listen.

I'm glad it's in a place where I can easily find it.

"Whatever the killer is, he's probably around here, isn't he?"

"Sure. Let's focus on this area.Let's start with the factory. "

Yes!

We must be getting close to the killer.I'll find out.

Though it was good to feel comfortable, the investigation will be difficult for a while afterwards.

Immediately after starting the investigation, I went to talk to each factory and neighboring private house, but I didn't know anyone suspicious or acting strangely recently.

At first, it was like a sense of companionship, and I suspected that I was sheltering someone I knew, but apparently not.

A few days have passed since we started the investigation, but we have no leading-edge information, and Nil and I were discussing whether to change the direction of the investigation.

"Aren't they from around here?"

"I really wanted to find out here..."

"It's much harder than exploring this neighborhood to be the person using… rather than creating workpieces…"

"It's pretty hard just to identify who you're using..."

"Ask the Adventurer Alliance for help?"

"... no. If we investigate too much, the killer may escape.Let's just look into what we can do and then we'll ask for it. "

"Okay, where do I go first?"

"The first thing that comes to mind is perfume."

So you're a distributor?

"I don't know if I remember all the buyers… but let's just go and ask."

"Yes."

It may be a word that I am not familiar with when it is said that it is perfume oil, but it is something that I apply to my hair and body, and the word aroma oil is a word that I am more familiar with.

In this slaughtered world, people like to paint such things are rich enough, and I think they can target users to some extent, but it is a delicate question whether they can understand everything and whether the shop side can tell me that.Because if you lose credibility, you will be heavily involved in the management of the store afterwards, because you will be dealing with the aristocrats.

"Even if I show you the request form, it won't be very effective, right?"

"I guess. They're not coercive, and they're living their lives.

If you can't listen to me and listen to me, let's look into other applications first. "

So, we went to the store that handles perfume oil and asked about various things, but as expected, we didn't have a very good face, and we could hardly find out the information.

"We still didn't get much information."

"Because it's personal information..."

What are you going to do now?

"Let's listen to what we can hear, as planned."

I hardly knew the buyer of perfume oil, but worst of all, the Alliance put pressure on me and I couldn't hear the story.

However, if you do that, it will be more difficult to hear because more people don't like us.Before that happens, I want to hear everything I can.

Well then, let's start with the flower shop.

I see.

Once we gave up the perfume, we moved to another place.

In front of you is a flower shop with a variety of flowers.

Red, blue, yellow, white, black... colorful vision and cute store structure.

"Welcome!"

The clerk welcomes me with a smile that looks like flowers have bloomed.

Rangibi is a city famous for its crops, but just because it grows a lot of edible crops, there are also quite a few shops selling flowers for viewing compared to other cities.

"What can I get you today?"

"Do you have roses?"

"Yes! Raw flowers?"

"Is there anything so strong that the fragrance transfers to people?"

"Is the fragrance enough to transfer to people...?"

"I'm sorry I ordered too special.I'm looking for something like that. "

"No! Many people choose flowers for their scent, so there's nothing special about it!

Well... if it's just the scent, I think this kind of rose smell bag would be better. "

Near where the rose flowers are placed, there is a cute bag, and it picks it up and shows it to me.

"Is there nothing in the raw flower that smells like it?"

"That's right... I think it's difficult when it comes to flowers.It might be different if you carry it with you... "

"I've never seen anyone carry flowers."

A round of roses in a kiss... no one runs wild.If we weren't investigating the roses, we'd be impressed.

"Well then, it's best to carry the smell bag..."

"That's right... is it an edible rose?"

"An edible rose? What does that have to do with anything?"

"I've heard the story and I've never actually seen it, but there's a person who likes to eat edible roses, and their body smells like roses."

"Is the smell of roses coming from your body...?"

Indeed, the body of an animal releases the ingredients of what it eats even when it sweats.If you continue to consume roses, you may sweat and the scent of roses drifts... but if you don't eat only roses, you won't get there.

However, from the store clerk's story, it seems that there is actually such a person.

"I'd like you to tell me more about that..."

I'll show the request to the clerk.

After reading the contents, the clerk nods honestly after a little surprise.

"Go back, please."

It goes further inside the store.

"Um, we're following up on the requisition case, Mr. Kaidoo... aren't we?"

"Yes, but..."

"I've been friends with Sanamari for a long time..."

According to the story, the flower shop clerk often goes out together because of the relationship between Sanamari and his best friend.

But this time, you were worried about Sanamari.He visited Sanamari several times during the day when Nil and I were away and talked to him. At that time, he heard that Nil and I were following the incident.

He didn't even know what we looked like, and he didn't know we were talking until I sent him a request.

"I'll do anything I can.I'll tell you anything you want to know.So... make sure you catch the killer! "

"Oh, of course I'm going to."

After seeing Sanamari, it's only natural that the killer can't forgive him.

"... you were talking about someone with a scent of roses, right?"

"You said you heard it, but who told you?"

"I'm a clerk at another flower shop.

Because the people who grow flowers are certain, there is also a connection between the flower shops, and when I face each other during the procurement, I talk about it as it is.

There are many stories of recent sales, but in the meantime, I heard that a person who recently came to the store with the scent of roses coming from his body. "

"Did you hear more about him?"

"I don't know if I can tell you more...

She wore a long black robe with a hood and her face was hidden, so she didn't know who she was.

However, the scent of roses drifted from the inside of the body and she bought a lot of magic roses.

She was impressed, suspicious and never cheap, so she was surprised and remembered well.

Is he the killer?! "

"I still don't know. We're going to look into it.Could you introduce me to the clerk who saw him? "

"Okay, can you come here before noon tomorrow?I'll call the kid. "

"Okay, thank you."

"No! It's only natural that I'm the one who might have done something terrible to Sanamari!"

"... well then, I'll come back here before noon tomorrow."

I thought it was strange to say thank you, so I just made a promise tomorrow and left the store.

"A suspicious opponent has surfaced."

"Well, it looks like you bought flowers for the usual price, and it's less likely that you're a monster."

"Who the hell are you?"

"You'll soon know that, too.Then you can hear it out slowly. "

"That's right, let's hear it out slowly."

The next day, before noon, which is the time of the appointment.Nil and I were already in front of the florist.

Mr. Kaidoo!

"I came as promised... are you okay?"

Yes!

Once the clerk pulls into the back of the shop, he brings out a single woman.

We listened to the woman, heard the traits, followed by clues around the flower shop, asking if we saw the same person.

And today is the day I promise to meet the florist who handles Magic Rose well.Unlike a regular flower shop, it was difficult to meet because it only handled orders, but I was just getting an appointment.

When I went to the store of another flower shop clerk I was introduced to, the person was already waiting for me.

Dark, long, straight hair, red eyes with shiny eyes, shiny nose, sluggish body shape, tall for a woman.

It feels cool, but unlike Hulina, she is a woman of the human race with the image of a slightly mysterious beauty.

She had a bouquet of magic roses in her hand that she was trying to listen to and smelled of roses.They took the trouble to bring me the real thing.They are the same shape as regular roses, and the color of the flowers is blue and black.

"My name is Pilte-Gyurba."

Looking at me, Pilte bows beautifully.

Now Nil is also disguised as black hair, so I get the impression that she is the same beauty and something similar.

"Call me Pilte."

"My name is Kaidoo. Let me hear all about it today."

"Yes."

Is it a silent type? Just reply and keep quiet, Pilte.

"Pilte, Caidoo and the others want to talk right away, so go and talk to them."

"... yes, Mr. Kaidoo. This way."

That's how Pilte walks out.Looks like we're changing places.Maybe it's a trade secret.

A short walk away from the shop reveals a large building in front of you.

"Is this... a temple?"

"Yes, it's a temple that believes in Floystole.There's only one in this city. "

When it comes to shrines, it reminds me of what happened on Ouka Island, but unlike the shrines on Ouka Island, they are hardly decorated and are constructed of white stone like smooth marble.

The shape resembles Notre-Dame Cathedral in France, but it is considerably downscaled.Still, they had a majestic atmosphere and soon realized it was a shrine.

"Do you believe in the Floil Store in this city?"

That's right.

Answer briefly, Mr. Pilte. I think it would be nice if you could talk to me a little more...

"... because people come from various places, not all of them, but only Floyd Store has long believed."

Did you notice my gaze, Pilte will supplement it.

From the point of view of Ouka Island, it is a city between the demonic world and the remnants of the ancient demons...Pretty cluttered, though.

Inside the temple, there is no stained glass, but it is quite a handy interior, such as a stone statue that mimics the Floyle Store and a watermark carving with fine details.

The ceiling is high and I'm not sure how many meters it is.

Behind the center stands a large stone statue of the Floyl Store, with a number of benches lined up in front.

It is said that the temple, but the church may be closer to impression.

"Unfortunately, as you can see, very few people are coming now, and I feel pretty lonely.This is the place to bring it to talk. "

As Pilte said, there is no one in the temple and it is a space for only three of us.There's no one like the Temple Leader.

The idea of choosing such a big place just to talk is unique to locals.It's usually a place where people gather, and they shouldn't pick it first.

"There's a room in the back of your right hand, so let's go there."

Got it.

When I arrive after Mr. Pilte, there is only a room for a few people to enter.The left and right walls are concave, leaving their feet, and are shaped like chairs.

On the front is a Floil Store statue the size of a man.I don't know if it's a room of prayer or a chat room, because I'm not familiar with the temple, but it's just right for a few people to calm down and talk without being asked.

"Let's sit down and talk."

Ah.

Sit down facing the left and right protrusions and start talking.

"It was about the person with the scent of roses... right?"

"Oh, can you tell me what you know?"

………………………

In my words, Pilte closes her eyes and says nothing.

Mr. Pilte?

"... why are they chasing him?"

Pilte, with her eyelids open, looks at me with bright red eyes and asks me.

"Why..."

"Because it's a request from the Alliance...?"

"Of course I do... Has Pilte ever seen the victims?"

"No... I've never seen it in person."

"I think you'll find out once you see it.

Female victims are constantly scared of being scared of something and staying at home, scared of people.Just talking to me gave me a lot of courage.

Some men have decided to leave the city after being hurt.

And above all, the daughter of the woman we took care of was attacked.Likewise, I spend every day weeping.

You can't just leave someone who does that, can you? "

"... I see..."

When Pilte says so, she lowers her eyelids again and breathes slowly and deeply.

"I had no idea that was happening."

"Well, if we don't meet, we won't know what kind of situation the victim is in."

"... I don't mean that, I just don't want to leave a feeling of fear, so I just erased my memory..."

Huh?!

The way you put it is that Mr. Pilte talked to the killer in detail.

Me and Nil get nervous.

I wonder if you've been lured into this place.The idea goes too far.

Change the posture to one that is easy to move and create a state where you can move immediately.

Well, wait!

Pilte desperately stopped it.

"Can you... listen to me?"

…………………

From what I've seen, it doesn't seem hostile....

Instead of saying it in words, encourage Nil to be careful.If you're just listening, let's hear it.

"So... what's the story?"

"... the killer is my mother."

"Mother...?"

The victim included men, and I thought the killer was more likely to be a man, but the woman was the killer...?

"My mother is not my real mother."

"You mean stepmother?"

"Or a little different. Should I say my parent....."

"Parent?"

"Me and my mother... are so-called vampires."

"Vampires...?"

"Yes."