Chapter 249: Deepening mystery of the sprites (2/2)

“Getting involved with hyu a cycle of sleeping, dying, and reincarnating, would be a lot better than that” (Tomoe)

Sleep, die, and reincarnate? Hey hey

“Root said that he has already returned hireet him at least once” (Makoto)

Yaso-Katsui seems to be his house after all

“He is probably not the kind of dragon you iloo useless dragons” (To him

If he were eon, but that doesn’t on huh” (Makoto)

If that’s the standard of being useless, then I wonder ouldto look forward to seeing this Doood for a break! We are advancing as scheduled, so how about having a meal in this short rest?” (Mio)

Mio pokes her head on our side and proposes a break

As scheduled huh

Then it ry just in time, and just in case, I had Tomoe and Mio be alert for any attacks, while I also pay a bit of attention to the surroundings, so I aued mentally

The Forest Oni and the Arke that entered Kannaoi first should have decided on an inn already, but if ere to increase our speed to an unnatural level and hurry to Kannaoi, the only thing ill be gaining is unnecessary attention

Just as we planned at first, going at nor Iroha-chan safely to Kannaoi, and I don’t want to trouble Sairitz-san with her strange cautiousness and consideration by arriving faster than she expects

I don’t know fro the power of the Kuzunoha Coh, she wouldn’t sio to the point of calling it surveillance, it is probably safe to assu of our actions fro allowed to rateful for it

It would be a bit e spree in Mizuha though

“Okay then, let’s rest for a bit If there’s water, the horse can also take a rest after all” (Makoto)

“Yes! Then I will be preparing the bento at once-desu wa” (Mio)

“H, Iroha-chan?” (Makoto)

At the side of Mio, there’s Iroha-chan with a face as if she wanted to say so of things like Do for a bit, Iroha-chan speaks out

“Ah, yeah We were indeed talking about those topics” (Makoto)

“Is it talk about Yaso-Katsui?” (Iroha)

“Yeah” (Makoto)

“This is so that everyone of Kannaoi knows It seeon Slayer Sofia went to the deep parts of the labyrinth and slayed Doma” (Iroha)

I know

I heard it from Sofia herself after all

“It seems that’s the case I did hear about that as well” (Makoto)

“That’s why Doma shouldn’t be at the labyrinth now And I have heard that since that day, the labyrinth has been unstable” (Iroha)

“Unstable? As in dangerous?” (Makoto)

This is infors have appeared in the labyrinth, and the un to come out from them…… that’s what I think I heard the people outside ers of the labyrinth causing dae outside huh It certainly does sound unstable” (Makoto)

Doure has disappeared?

But if that’s the case, he is currently existing as an egg

Are they not si and its master?

…Ah, so that’s why Iroha-chan said that thing about land survey, it was to investigate the anomaly, maybe?

If that’s really the case, she would be like a riotous Edo feudal lord

Even though she is still so young…

“There’s also rumours that the number of Marikosans have decreased-desu I have not seen theone to the deep parts have encountered them” (Iroha)

Deep parts huh

They don’t appear in the shallow floors?

Then there’s the chance that they really are diggers…

Who knows, maybe their weapons are pickaxes

“Their numbers have decreased huh The mysteries are many with those Marikosans” (Makoto)

“Everyone knows about them, but no one knows them in detail” (Iroha)

“I see” (Makoto)

“Things like Marikosan steaoods are found anywhere, but if the real thing were to appear in the city, it would definitely beco uproar-desu That’s the kind of illusory existence those Marikosan are” (Iroha)

“…I see Thanks for telling iven-na no desu I can see that Tomoe-sama is an incredible lady of character, but just noas told by Mio-sama that she is also incredible And she said Raidou-sama is even reat ain” (Makoto)

Planting weird things inside a kid’s head

“She said that even if there’s so, I can just say: ‘It is Raidou-sas will make sense An incredible person-na no desu” (Iroha)

“U is completely correct” (Tomoe)

“Yes-desu, Tomoe-saent girl, but I also think that what you are teaching her is really ent will invite s

“Is that so?” (Iroha)

“This is what you call humbleness, Iroha Don’t worry, in this journey, you can just look at Waka and understand what you have perceived You won’t be bored, I pro forward to it-na no desu! And if possible, Tomoe-sama, please show me your sword techniques as well!” (Iroha)

“Of course-ja” (Tomoe)

‘Of course-ja’, you say?

I don’t know if it is okay to have Iroha-chan accompany you in the ti it

It can’t be helped if ere attacked on our way to Kannaoi though…

…

Ah, this is not related to attacks, but there’s Iroha-chan, so we can’t return to Asora at nights

In that case, ill be cairl with us?

If there’s a village on our way, h-class the carriage is, it is a girl that has been entrusted to us, so it would be pitiful to have her sleeping inside the carriage

We have the promissory note, so there should be no problems

“Ah, Mio, can you do this after the rest…” (Makoto)

Since Iroha-chan’s here, let’s find a randoe beforehand and stay there

We arrived at the brook, and I speak to Mio who is endeavouring in preparing the boxed lunches

I also tell the sa to To a relaxing break ti

Ah~, this kind oflike an old man