episode_0088
by admin
“You should also consider that the priest will eventually have to climb those stairs.”
“Ah!”
My sister, who was not able to hide her embarrassment, told me why she had come forward.
You’re willing to take risks for me.
I should have said that it wasn’t necessary, but unfortunately I couldn’t say it.
From the moment I saw the stairs, I was the one who prayed to God the most fervently of all the people here.
“I plan to carry you up if possible, but that doesn’t mean it’s completely safe. You could be in danger from other people.”
That’s why he decided to step forward and make sure everyone in the group could climb the stairs safely.
“The stairs are made of ice and look dangerous. Are you sure you’re okay?”
“It’s safer if there’s no one around. The problem is going up together.”
I couldn’t help but say that I would take good care of him since he said he was confident that he could move on his own.
In fact, it was difficult because no one showed willingness to do it so she was the first to step forward.
“Here are the equipment.”
A hammer and nails to hammer into the wall.
The rope that will hold us up.
It was a shabby safety device, but it was the best we could do.
“Please take care of me.”
“Be careful.”
Sister Melody went up the stairs first.
Even if you look up, it was a situation where you couldn’t say where the end was.
As I was listening to the sound of people coming up the stairs, I heard my sister’s voice from above.
“Let’s stop here for a moment. Everyone, please hold on to the line and come up here.”
My sister hammered nails into the wall to secure the rope, and we started climbing the stairs, one by one, holding the rope in one hand, as planned.
Because the space in front and behind was too narrow, I couldn’t deal with an emergency situation, so I slowly climbed up, leaving a step between me and the person in front.
Slippery-
“Oh.”
As I staggered, the leader grabbed my back from behind.
“Be careful.”
“Thank you.”
It seems like they poured oil on the floor.
Even though I was wearing non-slip shoes, climbing the stairs was not easy.
At least I had a sense of psychological stability because I was holding on to the rope tightly.
Moreover, the leader was especially taking care of me from behind.
As I walked up the stairs step by step, I saw my sister in front of me.
And the stairs moving behind her.
“Ah… .”
The real terror of the stairs was just beginning.
It was as if a sign appeared behind the sister that said, ‘Welcome to Hell.’
* * *
Even when I met Prince Loras’s punitive force, I felt regretful that they had reduced the number of personnel too much.
But now that I’m climbing the stairs.
We were relieved that we had a small team size.
“How many people would have been dropped here in a large-scale punitive force?”
“That’s right. It’s harder than I thought.”
In a game, overcoming obstacles like this might be fun, but in real life, overcoming obstacles was excruciating torture.
Fortunately, the rope was strong enough that we all reached the top of the stairs safely without anyone falling.
“Do we have to go back down those stairs when we get down?”
“… … .”
“… … .”
Everyone was shocked by someone’s muttering.
That was something I hadn’t thought of.
“Isn’t there another way?”
“We absolutely must find another way.”
I tried to think positively and decided to take a look at where I had arrived.
“There are traces all over the place, so there’s no need to look for them. Hmm… After checking the traces, it doesn’t seem like there’s a difference of more than a few hours. It’s probably about 5 hours at most.”
Five hours may seem like a long time, but once you fight a monster, an hour will quickly pass, so the distance difference won’t be that big.
“If it’s not a few hours difference, it could be around here.”
Even though it was to the extent that it was okay to say that if you fell, your nose would touch it, Princess Rasiel’s expression became crumpled.
I guess he didn’t want to spoil the mood by running into Prince Loras here.
“Since it’s only one street, I think we have no choice but to go this way.”
“Move slowly while searching.”
“Yep!”
The important thing was to find the piece.
I had climbed the stairs with great difficulty, but I couldn’t turn back because I didn’t want to run into the prince.
Going down those stairs is much more dangerous than going up.
Everyone seemed to know about Princess Rasiel’s wishes, so they searched the fourth floor with unusually thoroughness.
And because we carefully examined and moved around, we found more map fragments than we expected.
“I already found 6 of them.”
“Priest, may I ask you a favor?”
The collected map pieces came naturally to me.
I don’t know if I can do it well, but I took it easy.
‘If you try and it doesn’t work, then it’s a waste.’
He asks me cautiously, worried that I might feel burdened, but I can’t refuse.
And although I’m not sure yet, I can’t refuse the request to help me piece together the map, since I suspect that he showed me the completed version of the map in a dream.
“Put it like this, this should be here… This should be around here. Connected.”
As I started fitting the newly added map pieces into the blank spaces on the existing map, it was completed so easily.
It’s strange to me that I’m dropping a piece of a map like an island and being 100% sure that it’s the right place.
‘If this was my past life, I would have asked if I was a shaman.’
I was surprised at how well it fit together.
“I think I got them all right.”
“Already?”
“Already?”
The leader and Princess Rasiel checked the map pieces I had put together.
“Hmm… Is this the right fit?”
Princess Rasiel also looked embarrassed and asked if she could see the piece of map lying there like a lonely island.
“Yes, that seems right.”
“… If that’s what the priest says, then it must be so. I’ll pin it here.”
The work of attaching the map pieces to the fabric using thread began.
It was an act of trust that the puzzle I had put together would fit.
I’ve already felt the same discomfort twice, so what’s the use of denying it?
‘Then why did you hit me on the forehead? Did you really hit me because you were cursing at the Prince Loras subjugation force?’
He is truly an inscrutable person.
Surely he wouldn’t punish me for nothing.
But I felt depressed because I couldn’t figure out why.
To ask other people if they have any idea… .
‘I am still a priest.’
It was probably so embarrassing and shameful that I never said it out loud.
“Thanks to you, priest, it seems like it’s become much easier to find my way. Thank you.”
The guide checked the completed map and thanked me.
The guide was the one who benefited as the map was completed without any major problems.
“The 4th floor map was large and easy to fit. Oh! Did you look at this part closely?”
I suddenly remembered something I wanted to ask the guide.
“Yes? Where are you talking about?”
The place I was pointing to was a part of the map that was as isolated as an isolated island.
“This part?”
“Yes.”
“Let’s take a look. What part bothers you?”
“This way. It ends here, but doesn’t the length seem a bit out of place?”
“Um… .”
I thought he would be able to see it much better since he was more familiar with maps than I was.
The guide glanced at the map briefly at first, but his expression gradually became more cautious.
Then suddenly he called the leader.
“Leader!”
“?”
The leader approached the guide who called him.
“Do you have it?”
A piece of map showing the secret space we first discovered.
That was something the leader was specially managing.
Anyone can look at other maps, but this one cannot be done carelessly.
“Is this what you mean?”
“Yes. Take that and come here for a moment.”
The guide brought the leader and began to fully explain his hypothesis.
“According to my knowledge and senses, this map seems to connect to this one. Okay, let’s take a look.”
The guide received a piece of the map from the leader and tried to fit it into the map that was isolated like an isolated island.
“It doesn’t work?”
“Huh? That’s weird. I just had a feeling.”
But the map pieces didn’t fit together as well as expected.
As the guide looked around the map piece in confusion, I raised my hand for a moment and said.
“Can I try it?”
“Yes? Ah! Feel free to do as you wish. This is something that the priest discovered, but I’m being criticized in front of the expert.”
“I think this map should be here.”
I placed the map piece with the secret room slightly away from the map piece of the remote island.
“Here?”
“Yes. One piece of the map is missing. I think it might be the piece that leads to the secret room.”
“It also seems important to find a way to get here.”
“There’s no need to go up to the 5th floor, just clear the 4th floor and you’ll get here, right?”
“We need to find them quickly before the people on the 3rd floor come up.”
Finally, information about the vague secret room has been revealed.
The leader and guide began to get excited.
“I must tell the princess this information.”
The leader looked at me as if to ask if I was okay, and I nodded happily.
I had come this far and had no intention of backing down like a coward.
“Your Highness, wait a minute.”
The leader immediately called the princess and told her everything that had just happened.
The problem was getting to where the map piece was pointing.
“Let’s go this far for now.”
The leader spoke as Princess Rasiel pointed to the place where the road split into three.
“If you speed up, you may encounter Prince Loras and his party.”
“There’s no answer if the piece we need to save comes out on the other side. We’ll go out and attack too.”
Fortunately, no one opposed the princess’s decision.
0 Comments