Episode 113

[CURRENT EPISODE]

X. never ending winter

– 4. Unspoilt Paradise

: It is a peaceful land.

“there.”

“yes.”

“How wide is it… … ?”

Euril asked while munching on the steaming meat.

“I do not know.”

I raise my head.

A distant wilderness.

Only the grass, which does not exceed knee height, grows densely, and the trees are hardly visible except for small shrubs.

In a quiet and peaceful meadow where no one has ever set foot. The animals graze leisurely, and sometimes run in groups.

“I don’t know either.”

Several days have already passed.

A flimsy episodic script provides no information.

but one purpose. Somewhere in this vast meadow, we must find the headwaters of the Pigtail River.

You’ll find it if you go northwest. I’m just thinking vaguely.

“You must be worried.”

“That will be fine.”

I took out a blue stone from my bosom. It was the item Auril brought from the Tower of Truth.

I brought what was under the pillow.

[ITEM]

[Dimension Fragments (2)]

: Artifacts, small fragments of Warpstone. The power has not yet been exhausted. A pair of two.

– If you inject magic into the piece of (2), the piece of (1) will sparkle.

– No distance limit

“Why, would you like to make a wish?”

Euril laughed.

Of course, now I know I lied. A stone that grants wishes, where is such a thing?

“Let’s try that too. This is a surprisingly functional item.”

“Have you been?”

“I didn’t say anything at the time.”

In fact, if I had thought of going back safely, I should have brought the piece of (1) that I had, not the piece of (2) that Auril had.

The underlying premise is that this episode must be cleared anyway.

“There is one more stone. Two are a pair, and if you put magic into them, the other stone will light up.”

“Then I told you to hold on to it then… … ?”

“It’s still shining, what can I do?”

Euril opened her eyes wide.

Even without being conscious of the magical energy and injecting it into it, Auril’s body always leaks magical energy. So even if you hold it tightly, the stone on the other side will sparkle.

“… … at that time. You didn’t come looking for treasure.”

It shines all day long, so I have no choice but to pay attention to it.

It was originally planned to visit the rooftop of the Tower of Truth while the treasure hunt was in progress.

It was also because of this that I often met Euril after that.

“I didn’t even know that.”

“Did you throw it on the floor?”

“D-Did you hear me?”

“You always had it. That’s it.”

The floor of Euril’s room was covered with thick carpets, so there was nothing to break.

“Anyway, I originally had the stone on the other side.”

“Abama’s got it.”

“yes. Once a day, when the sun goes down, if you put magic on it for about 10 seconds, you can let them know that we are all right.”

“Then I’m glad.”

Euril’s expression brightened noticeably. This part is, of course, a development that could not exist in the original work.

In search of Euril, who originally did not return for more than a month, Keljian personally went to White Jade.

With all the remaining troops of the capital and the capital, the more delayed the return, the worse the security becomes.

From there, if it exceeds two months, Keljian will also go missing, and even if he returns to Summer Terrier later, Mash will be destroyed, so he goes straight to the bad ending.

But with this little pebble.

All such possibilities are gone.

“That’s why you had such a comfortable face.”

“I was always pressed for time.”

To put it bluntly, I am still pressed for time. Anyway, I have to go back to Summer Turge before March. I can’t believe I’m lost for more than two months.

Besides, here another outstanding advantage of the theory of the imagination is revealed.

As long as the environment in which magic can be used is guaranteed, there is no need to waste time anywhere, anytime.

The theory is all in my head, so I can practice magic and achieve it without a book.

“But we have to go back as soon as possible.”

No worries.

Food was everywhere. The water is filled with magic, the necessary tools are in the backpack, the birds are chirping, the flowers are blooming, whatever.

I lit a bonfire and lay down on the grass watching the sun go down. Shall we make a new magic today?

I’ve experienced it vividly, so it’ll be fine. Water attribute to wind attribute… … .

“So fast.”

“yes?”

“I don’t think we need to go back as soon as possible… … .”

Looking at Euril, he quietly turned his head the other way. I only saw pretty hair.

“When you get back, you will go straight to Summer Turge. I won’t see you until next summer vacation. Then now is the last time… … .”

It was gibberish.

He said he wouldn’t be lonely. I thought so.

“Euril.”

“Yes?”

“Do you want to catch it?”

I hold out my hand and nod without speaking.

… … Still, a month is a bit long.

* * *

“There are fruits.”

Found a tall tree.

It was a red, tantalizing fruit with nails the size of nails attached to each other. It looks like a red stingray.

[ITEM]

[Red Poison Berry]

: Can I eat it?

You can see the script I put together.

This plant is near Areas. It seems to grow even here in the cold grassland. Euril asked brightly.

“Shall we eat?”

“There is a book called ‘Curiosity Heaven’ that I enjoyed reading in the past.”

“Are you talking about a curious person?”

“no. It means ‘curiosity = heaven’.”

“ah… … .”

Euril patted the fruit she was holding in her hand and dropped it.

“Since ancient times, this is a story with a lesson that the one who touches it goes to heaven first.”

“I see.”

The bullshit increased.

How many words can you say while sticking around for a full moon?

Even though I’m pretty good with words, I can’t help it when I run out of things to say. I was just talking nonsense now, but thankfully Euril responded quickly.

Walking, practicing magic while resting, chatting. If you are thirsty, drink water and walk again.

“But it seems like there are more trees now, right?”

There were changes even in the grasslands that seemed to never end.

First of all, the temperature has become quite warm. I realized it a little late since I was wearing Auril by my side.

In a field where there was nothing but grass, small shrubs sprang up sparsely, and after a while, there were noticeably taller trees.

Seeing that even these fruits appear, it means that the soil around here holds quite a bit of water.

“Can I eat this?”

“no.”

An hour passes.

“This?”

“Probably not.”

four hours later

“This?”

“I think you can try that.”

ten hours later

Depending on the colony, the fruits on the trees were also different, so I finally found something edible.

Euril had been putting on a grinning expression until then, but it seemed that she was tired of eating only meat.

“How do you know?”

“It’s eaten by worms.”

“Wow, I hadn’t thought of that.”

“I’m not sure. I will eat first.”

I’m judging by the script.

First of all, this is the reason the main character lived here and judged it. Inedible fruits cannot be eaten even by insects.

“it’s delicious.”

“really?”

I picked another yellow fruit and held it out to Euril.

I made up a rough name. It was a melon apple because it looked like a melon and tasted like an apple.

Since most of the preserved food in the backpack had been eaten, Euril filled the empty space with melon apples.

Another four days have passed since then.

“river!”

Euril cried out briefly.

I nodded vigorously.

Now, both of them hated protracted speech, and reached the point where communication was possible with just a few loose words.

A fairly wide river appeared. It was the Pigtail River, which flowed north without freezing.

“Maybe I can go upstairs.”

Now, all you have to do is go upstream where this river flows.

Euril said as she looked into the clear river.

“There are fish.”

“It’s too small to eat.”

“I didn’t say eat it.”

There was still a little left until the sun went down, but I decided to camp early today to commemorate encountering the river.

Even if it was a night, it was no big deal. Just spread a cloth on the floor and lie down.

Use the dark sky as your ceiling and the wide field as your bed.

“How many days has it been?”

“It’s only been 4 weeks since the day we started.”

“Four weeks… … ?”

28th.

The eighth episode lasted just 28 days. If you think it’s the same as that, it doesn’t feel real.

Except for the time when I was hit by a blizzard, I didn’t say anything about hardships, so it felt like it had passed by.

“Are you tired now? We should go back to the palace and eat something delicious.”

“Yes.”

I’m not very tired of it. Euril, who had been muttering, rummaged through her backpack.

It seems that all the melon apples are gone.

“What’s this?”

“A lantern?”

“It is very small.”

What Auril took out at that time was a lantern.

[ITEM]

[Light of Hope]

: Lanterns handed down to pilgrims seeking the path to God. It is said that only those who are qualified can see the road.

A lantern given by Rama.

It was something I was given to use when I went looking for a ‘nigger’, but it was definitely an item that doubled as a proper light.

If you can’t use fire magic because you don’t have enough magical power, wouldn’t it be something to take out and use when it gets dark? So I put it away, but that didn’t happen.

“that’s interesting.”

“It must be a similar principle to magical power lighting. There are a lot of streetlights.”

“No, not that. Look at this.”

“yes?”

Auril pointed to empty space and said, I asked back.

“Do you have anything?”

“yes? Does it look good like this? Can’t you see the white light?”

“It’s a white light… … .”

If there is a dim light, there is.

But it only seems to me Heading far northwest, presumably where ‘The Negro’ is.

What Auril was pointing at was the north in a slightly different direction. Moreover, if the light looks good.

‘no way.’

what is entitlement

It is simply the lineage of fairies.

And since Mashuhma is also a unique color, which is the only one on the continent, it is highly likely that it is of fairy lineage.

silver fairy.

“Can you see how far it leads?”

“To the big tree over there?”

“A tree?”

tree?

The tree Euril pointed to was at most 100 meters away.

“But it’s getting shorter.”

“Euril, put that in quickly… … .”

Lamar said, ‘Nigger’ didn’t like humans very much.

Fairies are unpredictable beings.

Wouldn’t it be better to just ignore it than scratch it and cause a boil?

I’m told I don’t have much life left, so I have to go find the nigger, but I can get along just fine if I leave Euril alone… … .

rustle.

“I came right in front of you.”

It was so fast that it was impossible to escape in the first place.

I could hear the rustling of the bushes, but I couldn’t see them. It was knee-deep grass. Are you taller than grass?

Eventually, jump!

“oh!”

From the bushes, something white and fluffy jumped toward Euril.

Euril was startled and fell backwards. I hurriedly tried to block it with my hand, but in an instant, a thin lump stuck to Auril’s bare face.

‘The magic… … ?’

I didn’t mean to stop it.

I cast magic, but it didn’t work. The case in Areas’s prison was different. The magic didn’t budge at all. okay.

as if frozen solid.

“That, stop it!”

little bit little bit

Something that jumped up was eagerly licking Auril’s cheek. Surprisingly, it didn’t freeze.

It didn’t look right in the meadow. Wouldn’t it be better if it was white jade?

Two white tails.

its identity.

“fox… … ?”