episode_0086
by adminSince they are monsters that reside in ice castles, they all have thick fur that allows them to survive in the ice, or their bodies themselves are made of ice.
A white-haired gorilla monster and a goblin that looked to be about 130cm tall with large ears came up to the second floor and attacked us as we entered the room.
From their perspective, it must be unfair to have their home invaded and attacked.
But what can we do?
They and we are born with a DNA that is determined to kill each other.
“There is no map in the box.”
Clearing one room was easier than I thought.
Because the team was made up of the best, the fact that only a small number of people could enter actually turned out to be an advantage.
While the team was stripping the dead monster’s body, they began searching the second floor.
Fortunately, the map fragment did not come out of the box, but rather came out of a jar in the room.
If we put the pieces of the map together one by one, it seemed like we could complete a map that would show all the paths in the castle.
“You can just search around as long as you are sure that it won’t come out of the box.”
“Once we’ve cleared everything here, we’ll go back the way we came and go up to the second floor along the path the punitive force took.”
The idea was to re-search the path they had carelessly passed by and collect pieces of the map.
Everyone was encouraged by the princess’s decision and sped up the attack on the second floor.
The team members’ expressions brightened as they remembered what they had said: “Let’s send the prince first and we’ll comfortably suck the honey from behind.”
It’s not that I don’t like fighting monsters, but isn’t it true that fighting them is much harder than searching?
No one would dislike being given an easy task.
* * *
I’d like to find a piece of the map too.
“Found it!”
When someone discovers a piece of the map while everyone else is busy searching, cheers erupt from the surroundings.
“Ohhhh!!”
“You already found it? That’s amazing!”
“Congratulations!”
“Let’s move on!”
Not all rooms contained map fragments.
However, there is a high probability that you will find a piece of the map while searching the room.
We were currently following the path that Prince Loras had taken and were excavating map fragments.
“Aren’t you the only one who’s good at finding things?”
“If you have any know-how, please let me know!”
“Haha, it’s my own know-how, but I can’t tell you.”
Everyone was having fun playing the game as if they were hunting for treasure, perhaps because they were offering a reward to whoever found the map piece.
“I guess it’s not hard for everyone. Seeing them all running around so excitedly.”
I chose to take a break and not get involved in the treasure hunt game.
I told her that she could just stay here and go and join the search, but she shook her head as if it was impossible.
Thanks to that, Melody and I were able to have a sweet time eating well and replenishing our energy.
“I think I should have built up some stamina.”
“If you feel like you need some exercise, I can teach you how.”
“When I was young, I did basic exercises at the temple. Since then, I’ve only done breathing exercises.”
After becoming a healer, it was hard, so the best thing to do after work was to study or sleep.
Because the day was limited to 24 hours and I had to devote all of those hours to become the chief healer.
And after becoming the chief healer… .
‘It was difficult at the time because of the patients, but it wasn’t to the point where I couldn’t exercise.’
Aren’t you the chief healer that you worked hard for for a long time to become?
At that time, I wanted to take a break.
If a person runs hard for 364 days, wouldn’t he be able to rest for about one day?
For me, that was a day of rest.
“It is recommended to exercise regularly.”
“I know. But I didn’t have time. I prayed at dawn, went to work, saw patients all day, and after work, I prayed in the evening and studied, so time disappeared.”
On my days off, I spend most of the day sleeping.
There were days when I would pray and go back to sleep, and other days when I would write down the knowledge I had not been able to organize because I was seeing patients and write it down in a book.
If I transfer the knowledge in my head into a book, it will be helpful to people other than myself later.
“You’ll have to keep going into the labyrinth from now on, so why not try exercising again now?”
My ears kept fluttering as I listened to Sister Melody’s softly teasing.
“I feel like something too serious would be burdensome, so I’m going to start lightly… .”
“It’s not bad to start lightly. You thought it through well.”
As I was making a promise with Sister Melody to start exercising as soon as we left the labyrinth, another piece of the map appeared.
“I think the map is pretty complete now. I’m curious. Should I go and take a look?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
I got up with Sister Melody and went to the leader.
“How complete is the map?”
“There’s still a lot left. We need more map pieces than I thought.”
It wasn’t over with 10 chapters, but the pieces had to be connected like a puzzle.
Plus, we could see that we were very lucky with the map piece we had initially obtained.
“If it’s broken up into these small pieces, someone who doesn’t know the situation won’t put much meaning into the few pieces of the map.”
“That’s right. You probably think it’s a common map. You probably won’t actively search for it like we do.”
“You’re lucky.”
“I’ve been thinking about this for a while, but don’t you think we’re lucky to have a priest on our team?”
I shook my head in surprise at what one of my teammates said.
“Yes? Me?”
“Huh? I thought that too, but I guess I’m not the only one.”
“I’ve felt this way for a long time too.”
I don’t know what I did to deserve this four-leaf clover treatment.
“There were many things that could have gone wrong, but thanks to the priest, things worked out well.”
“I haven’t done anything in particular.”
“If it weren’t for the priest, the altar to the evil spirit would have been touched and there would have been chaos.”
“Even if we successfully crossed the altar, if the priest hadn’t told us that there might be a jackpot on this path, we wouldn’t have been motivated. Maybe we would have met and changed our direction.”
“If that were the case, the prince’s expedition force would have arrived here first and the map fragments they had would have gone to the other expedition force.”
When I look at it one by one, I think I was lucky and that it was all thanks to me.
“Living in a labyrinth isn’t easy. It’s tiring. But you never miss a prayer, priest.”
“When I saw that, I thought that not just anyone could become a priest.”
“When I asked what kind of prayers he usually prayed for, he said he prayed for us to return safely without getting seriously hurt. Even though he didn’t show it at the time, I was very touched.”
“Every time the priest prayed, I felt like I was receiving some kind of protection.”
“It’s not just me who does that, all priests do that.”
It is a prayer said twice a day.
Some days you may need to do it more often than that.
Since I couldn’t pray the same prayer every time, I mostly prayed for the future of the believers who come to the shrine.
It’s not unusual to wish our team members the best for the future.
“That’s true, but somehow, I think the priest would pray without fail even if it rains, snows, a typhoon strikes, or a tornado hits. And since someone like that is praying for us, I think our prayers will work well.”
“Ah… .”
Why did my image become like this?
Is it because you seem to be too focused on prayer when you are cleaning up the altar of evil spirits?
“And why are you still so intent on finding the map? I’m doing this because I think there might be hidden treasures from heretics in that castle.”
“I did what I had to do, but I’m embarrassed because you’re gilding me so much.”
I stared at the map piece while talking to people.
It’s a map that needs to be put together like puzzle pieces, but it seems like there are a lot of confusing parts, so it seems like people are having a hard time putting it together.
He stared at the map, which was connected to places that looked roughly similar, and said:
“Can I move a little?”
“Are you talking about the map?”
“Yes.”
“Do as you wish. You’ll have to re-align them anyway.”
“Here comes a new map!”
I started the puzzle from scratch, including the new map that was added.
Thanks to my teammates’ passionate efforts in putting together map pieces, we now have quite a few things to put together.
“Like this… This is this way… .”
Luckily, there were some maps that said they were 3rd floor maps, but there were also some map pieces that didn’t say which floor they were on.
“This is here… .”
“How do you get it so right?”
“Yes?”
“I was surprised that you matched it so well, as if you knew the whole map.”
“Ah… I just have a feeling. I think I can put it here.”
“That’s amazing. If you keep doing this, you’ll be able to get almost all of them right?”
I even doubted whether I had ever solved a puzzle this well.
I felt like I was putting together a puzzle I’d already done once.
“Not everything I did was right.”
“Look here. There is no wrong place in the path the priest has set.”
It seemed to me that I was getting the correct answer right.
However, he said that it is dangerous to completely close off the possibility because you think you might suffer a disaster if you blindly believe in it.
“If you are concerned, would you like to check only the part on the second floor?”
“Why?”
“If all the maps the priest has matched turn out to be true, things will be a lot easier. So it’s worth a try.”
I couldn’t refute the leader’s words.
Actually, I was trying to match this, but I was not sure if I was doing it right, so I was glad to check.
“I don’t know if it’ll be okay because there are still a lot of empty seats. But since it’s already like this, let’s give it a try?”
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