Vermillion

"How do you get home,"

"…… Are you crazy?

Kou looks suspicious at Kay like he chewed up a bitter bug.

'Honestly, right now, we're living a good life, but that's only our world standard. Both Iris and I have the primary goal of returning to Earth -'

So, Koo holds his mouth. Like I noticed something. Careful.

'- I was a sleeping sick man, I thought you said. Don't you want to go home? "

"If I were alone, I'd have been."

Kay glances at Eileen next door.

'Cause she was there. I was also looking into whether I could go back to the original world. In the process, I went out to the land of the north, to the land of the people of the snowfield, and met the superior presence of the case. "

"I see. So, on how to return,"

'… in conclusion,'

Though distressed, Kay said.

"... our bodies on Earth are more than likely dead."

†††

By the time I left the mansion, the sun was already tilting.

That's all it took for Kay to finish his story.

And even for Koo to chew through and understand the story.

- To take that, too.

"…… I'm shocked."

Said Eileen, kicking the pebble. Alongside Kay, the two influencers are stretching out for a long time. Fluffy, hang out. In some powerless foothold.

……

Kay nods silently. Return to Earth is hopeless - Koo, so told, showed an unimaginable wolf from his initial gentlemanly demeanor.

Regardless, I didn't immediately believe Kay's story. Detailed circumstances - After listening silently to Kay's adventure Tan, he just asked briefly, 'What evidence is worthy of believing that?'

The trouble is with Kay. They tell me to give proof, but there's nothing like it.

- It's in my chest pocket, except for the ring.

I got it as a privilege in "The Devil's Forest," "I can only call Oz once to get my wish fulfilled" magic item.

Naturally, we can't possibly use this precious force just to get Koo to believe the story. It was the Spirit that Kay used there. The spirits of this world spot lies. No other covenant spirit, the fairy 'Dalran', was asked to confirm that Kay's words were free of lies and falsehoods.

Still, just knowing that 'Kay hasn't lied' doesn't prove that 'all the information I've heard from Oz in the Devil's Forest is correct'. All Kay could do was convey the speculations he had heard from Oz - 'The Earth's flesh is probably dead', 'It takes enormous magic to cross the world' and 'The only thing that called Kays was probably the Great Spirit of Time, Kamui' - as it were.

If that doesn't convince you, there's no other way.

You can check directly with the Devil's Forest yourself. Kay is not going to accompany him, but if he is going to travel to the North, he promised the utmost assistance in terms of information, such as terrain and routes. Of course, after talking about the attacks of horse thieves that were local and even the deterioration of feelings against Asians that reminded the people of the meadows.

- Koo, he held his head for a while and didn't move.

"I know how you feel"

Arm up, sighing Kay.

"If I were in the opposite position, I wouldn't even be willing to trust you to say yes, would I? Even if players looked at each other (...) knowing (...) Ri (...), it was a pattern that killed each other passing by."

It's a pre-credit issue, and I thought it was a bitter laugh.

"But the possibility that I am lying is denied by the Spirit. If you can't trust the Spirit, that means that the world itself is doubtful anymore. The earth to the north is far, and the journey is steep, even if we go to make sure that it is true and false ourselves.... That's a blockage."

"Koo's husband is not as light on footwork as we are."

Eileen shrugs her shoulders.

Now Koo is in a difficult position.

I overheard the situation, but at first, Koo and Iris, who thought Kai was in the village of Taaf and got information about the person, were going to gear up at Satina and follow Kai to Wolvern.

but when Kou lifted the ice magic ban to raise money and stared at the larger chamber of commerce and sold it, that happened to be the line of lords, they were quickly spit on, and when they realized that the push of grace had prevented them from moving.

"I accidentally stabilized, so it's getting harder and harder to move..."

The journey involves risks. Sometimes even life is in danger - it takes a lot of courage to abandon a stable life.

And Koo was originally a stability-oriented person.

For him, [DEMONDAL] and his cynical worldview were only entertainment for stress relief purposes and were never attractive as a place to 'live'. I was running to the PK (Player Killer) act to clear up my depression while I was truly a socialite - just that. Things aren't the same as Kay, who lived in [DEMONDAL] from the beginning because of her severe bedtime, and Eileen, who was drawn to the virtual world.

No matter how much magic can be used, no matter how much life like nobility is promised.

Koo didn't want to live in a fantasy world.

- And perhaps, so is Illis.

"In her case, Chemomimi will grow to her tail. If it's in public, she'll have to wear a cat, so she won't be happy."

"Not at all. I'll pretend to be a princess."

The operation "Princess Iris", which was initially convenient on the spot, also went well because Iris grew up as a famous lady, so she kind of left it unworn and continued. I mean, now I'm more like, "Lie!" It's an atmosphere where my mouth can't be said to be torn, and I've been struggling to even come out to the pageant lately? The main target is the second and third son of a wooden nobleman or a gentleman who is very excited about Chemomimi...

"But you seem to have noticed something wrong with the boulder, too, Iris. He looked worried about Koo with little acting. He was sitting right in front of me, so I figured it out."

"Right...... right. Well, Koo was obviously in shock, and I'm guessing it was too thin."

Kay and Koo have been speaking in Japanese, so Eileen and Iris were left alone during that time. But to Kay, who seemed sorry, and Koo, who was getting pale, I would have remembered what Iris thought - at least anxiety.

By now, Kou might have explained to me and held my head with me.

My surroundings are getting busy.

Looks like he was out of the aristocracy while we were talking. Kays crossed the boulevard and stepped into the commercial district. From the kitchen of stalls and taverns, there is an appetizing scent. I enjoyed the finest tea and baked treats in the mansion, but now I feel like eating something that stops in my stomach.

The inn where Kay and the others are currently staying is not so delicious, so you can buy something and go home, while walking through the stall.

"Oh, have a cold ale on the kink."

Irene blurred with the drunkards in the tavern on her ass.

"Why don't you ask Ko, because he's an ice magician?"

"It's the mountains that I want to do that... but I can't really ask for it today."

"Well… yes………………"

Two people with sinister faces. "It's a shame you can't go back to the original world, but well cheer up!" and how easy it would be to encourage irresponsibly.

"Organizing feelings will take time………………………"

So did I, Irene. It's like I'm objectified somewhere, and then pity seeps in. Kay, who had almost nothing to do with the grid of his hand by thanking "Second Life" from the beginning, even hesitated to hammer him cheaply.

"……… I can't find the words to speak."

At the very least, if Kay and the others had seen each other as superior beings (Oz), they might have given up. The likelihood of the Koos starting out and throwing everything out and traveling to the North is unlimited near zero. Are you going to spend your days stuffy as this...

"Ah, old man. That skewered grilled meat horse. Right!

And, Eileen speaks to the stall jerk.

"Whoa, isn't that Erai Beppin! You want a taste?

"Thanks!

That way, I got half a skewered meat that looks like a big meat. Irene cheeks luxuriously calling it a taste.

"Ugh! Grandma, wrap about eight bottles for me!

"Aye!

While getting in a good mood for Eileen's extraordinary smile, Oyaji twirls the skewered grilled meat into a large leaf. He winked clumsily and seemed to put in more than one bottle. Guh, and Kay's belly makes a loud noise. I'm sure the Koos are sorry, but that was starving as such.

"Ngu, mugu, delicious here"

"Nah, he's got a nice accent like an apricot pinched in between."

"Vanilla's working, and it's taking a lot more work than I thought."

"That jerk tastes delicately, no matter what it looks like…………."

A review of the quality while eating and walking with others. It should be noted that the old man in the stall noticed Kay's presence and said, "Do you have a boyfriend...!" and so on, he seemed regrettable. When shopping in the street, Kay is half-hearted to distance herself from Eileen and pretend to be someone else. When Eileen is alone (solo), the chances of getting her to fuck up are increased. Especially if you're going to live in this city, this move won't work anymore.

That's not bad, I thought.

"Today, when I heard about the Kays, I thought..."

Irene said as she watched the sunset.

"When I was in the North, Kay felt the same way."

"... what's the meaning of this?

"Ya, I have no idea what the conversation is about, and here's the thing... you mean alienation. When I was speaking Russian to people in the snowfields, I thought Kay might miss me, too... so I was a little sorry, like... No, what are you talking about?"

It's a rare mouthpiece for Irene, who is usually rusty, and gets no guidelines at all. For a moment, decent Kay laughed unexpectedly.

"I was fine if I missed you a little bit."

With an empty hand, I hold Irene's shoulder all the way.

"Eileen seemed to enjoy it and I was happy. Besides, we could have talked about it together as much as we wanted."

I have felt itchy many times before because of the language. The language of the people of the snowfields is as if incomprehensible, the official language is limited in vocabulary, and it gets stuck in the reactions of aggressiveness. Jokes and screams are often hard to hear. If I was native, or if it was all Japanese, I might have had a more attentive rhetoric, but I didn't have to have trouble expressing myself, so I thought - and so on.

Kay, for the first time in a long time, was able to talk to Koo earlier.

Whatever you say makes sense. Whatever they say, I know. Their jokes, the nuances that make them smell slight. It was even comfortable and full conversation.

As a result, the information was passed on without misunderstanding to the other person, and the result was to give him despair, although I can only say it is ironic -.

"Me too... I might have been a little confused today"

Even if the content is just the content, it wasn't all about fun.

"Oh well..."

Irene snorted, "Huh?" she laughed.

"Kay."

"Hmm?"

"I'll give you this."

Suddenly, the skewered grilled meat is offered to the mouth.

"Oh... thank you."

After a bite, Irene starts eating after her second bite as she does.

"... I think I should study Japanese."

Suddenly, Irene said that.

"Eh? Why again?"

'Cause it's gonna be the strongest cipher in the world.'

Russian will be understood by the people of the snowfields, and the spiritual language can be heard by magicians.

But Japanese is incomprehensible except for Kai and Koo.

"I only know" Konichiwa "and" Aligato, "but I was interested in it originally."

"Then of course, it's as cheap as a lecture."

"Really? Then tell me, what do you say in Japanese..."

Face to face, Irene laughs like a prank.

"- For example, 'I love you.'"

Dyed by the sunset, its cheeks are slightly red.

"... That's right. That's a tough question."

Kay nodded seriously, responding extremely simply.

Put your hand on Eileen's cheek.

Only lips were enough to speak the word.