episode_0135

Sign of water!

Maybe that’s what we’re looking for.

If so, now is the perfect opportunity… .

“Ugh… .”

“Ugh.”

When I see them lying down and groaning, I find myself cringing without realizing it.

“What test is it?”

“It’s simple. Just take this from me.”

He said so in response to Lisa’s question.

It’s simple to say, but… how?

“You, you guys, are you here for that?”

“Um… .”

Viola looked up at us with difficulty and muttered.

Oh no!

You can’t make excuses after coming all this way, right?

“Oh, no.”

But on the contrary, my mouth was already naturally lying!

Great job, Asia!

Now you start lying reflexively!

“Isn’t it? Then go back.”

First of all, it is clear that we are an opponent we cannot compete with based on the skills we have just shown.

We quickly exchanged glances and decided to back off for now.

***

“, thank you… .”

Of course, I felt bad for running away, so I rescued them as well.

Viola muttered something about the knight’s shame, but she didn’t really refuse us, perhaps because she needed our help.

“What? I was lucky! If I hadn’t entered the dungeon by chance, we would have been wiped out!”

“Well, that’s certainly true. This must also be thanks to the protection of the Sun God.”

She nodded, saying that she believed in the sun god.

There were two knights behind Viola looking at me with awkward expressions, but I ignored them.

They probably know it’s embarrassing, so they can’t bring themselves to reveal the truth.

I felt a little guilty, but I ignored it.

“But it looks like there was no one inside when we came in… ?”

“Ah, anyway! Then we’ll go now!”

I quickly prepared to run away because I felt like if we talked any further the lie would be exposed.

“Wait a minute, Asia!”

Lisa grabbed me from behind as I was already trying to walk away.

“Hiyaak! Bur, it’s peeling off!”

“Ah, sorry! I have nowhere to grab hold of it… .”

The only thing I could grab onto on my back was the leash, so I grabbed the string.

Thanks to that, my armor almost came off.

“We need to find out why they’re after that.”

“Oh, right, that’s right.”

It was only after hearing Lisa’s whisper that I came to my senses.

Yeah, we can’t just go back like this!

“Then… Can I ask you something in return for saving my life?”

“Um… .”

Viola was blatantly reluctant, but we were saved!

Even if you go out a little shamelessly, there’s nothing to say.

“What was that?”

The agents shared a glance among themselves for a moment and whispered something.

I wondered if she was still struggling with how much she should say, but anyway, the result came out, and Viola soon came back to us and coughed in vain.

“Ahem, this is just a story of gratitude for saving my life… so please don’t go somewhere else and leak it.”

“My mouth is a bit tight. It doesn’t open easily!”

For some reason, I felt a strange gaze from behind me, but I ignored it.

“Umm… We are the secret knights of the Sun Church. This is also one of the secret missions we carry out.”

“Huh? The Solar Church?”

Serena asked, her eyes wide open in surprise.

Did she not know either?

It seems to be a very secret place, as even people in the church don’t know about it.

“It’s natural that you don’t know. It’s a secret that only a very few people in the church know… .”

“Oh, I see.”

Viola greeted Serena, who was from the same church, belatedly.

She nodded, accepting Viola’s greeting, although her expression was blank.

“Anyway, I can’t reveal the details, but I hope you understand that this is a very important mission to protect the world.”

“You’re saving the world?”

What a strange coincidence.

They told me to protect the world with that.

You’re not telling me to gather them by cooperating with that knight order, are you?

I guess that person is my rival or something like that.

“Yes, it’s difficult to talk about anything more than that.”

It seemed like that was all I could hear from her.

Viola went back ahead, chasing the others, and we had a brief discussion in front of the cave.

“… I guess it seems right to aim for the same thing as me, right?”

“Both have similar reasons, so why don’t we just cooperate?”

What Karin said may sound obvious at first, but I know.

The fact that they are definitely not on my side!

Anyone can see that this is a mid-boss position that will get in our way at the end.

Perhaps, even though they share the same idea of world peace, their directions are different or something like that.

And above all, I don’t really want to be a part of the Solar Church.

If you knew my true identity, I don’t know what you would do.

“Um… .”

Serena had a restless feeling ever since she found out that they were from the same religious order.

“Are you still concerned?”

“Yes, I didn’t even know that there were people like that in our church… .”

Her gaze turned beyond the wall.

It goes without saying that their goals are the same as ours, so naturally their accommodations overlap with ours.

So, after breaking up like that, we ended up having an awkward reunion in front of the inn.

It was fortunate that we could monitor their movements, but it also meant that we had to be more careful about our actions.

“So what are we going to do now?”

“Ugh… .”

Okay, what should I do?

“Let’s think about it some more and then decide.”

In the end, as always, the answer was on hold.

***

The next day, they donned their armor again, prepared themselves, and entered the cave.

I thought about what would happen if I just cleared it like this, but when I thought about how I fell down in front of the ice monster, I didn’t think it would break that easily.

“Ugh… .”

“Hoo, hoo… .”

Fortunately, they failed.

There didn’t seem to be any casualties, but judging by their drooping expressions, the outcome was obvious.

“Ah… Miss Asia.”

“Oh, hello.”

Viola, who looked tired, noticed me first and spoke to me quietly.

“I’ve shown you my ugly side again.”

“Oh, no. … Did you fail again?”

“It’s embarrassing, but yes. I never imagined there would be such a strong monster.”

No matter how I look at it, Viola seems stronger than us.

Their power will certainly surpass ours, but will we be able to overcome the trials that even they cannot overcome?

Somehow I felt like I should approach it from a different direction.

Yeah, that’s… it’s got something to do with love.

Or twisting it with your body.

“Your expression is strange. Are you okay?”

“Ah, ah, no! I didn’t think about beauty traps or anything like that!”

I was so shocked that I started rambling on and on about things I didn’t need to say, but Viola didn’t seem to think much about what I said, perhaps because she was tired.

“Hoo… Then let’s go in first. I don’t know what your purpose is, but be careful because that monster might come out at any moment.”

“Oh, yes… .”

Viola and the exhausted members trudged back to their room.

I was sitting under a parasol in front of the inn, staring blankly at the sight before turning my gaze back to the beach.

beach….

Coastal caves… .

If you soak it in seawater, won’t it slowly dissolve?

No, if it was a body that would melt like that, it would have melted away a long time ago.

As I was desperately searching for a solution with wisdom, something wriggling on the shore caught my eye.

A person with only the lower half of his body immersed in the sea and his head buried in the beach… .

person?

“Heeek!”

You’re a human!

Looking at the details, it doesn’t seem to be in very good condition!

I ran hurriedly to the beach.

“Are you okay?”

“Ugh, ugh… .”

The opponent was a woman with very long hair, and judging from the hair covering her back, she didn’t appear to be wearing anything like a swimsuit.

It must have drifted away.

It seems like he almost drowned in water.

“Oh, I, I’ll call my colleague! He’s a priest!”

“Okay, wait a minute… .”

I safely turned her over, who was somehow trying to dissuade me, and went up to the room, and we all went down to the beach.

“Is this the guy? Heal!”

Serena realized the danger at a glance and put on her heel as soon as she got close to her.

“Ugh, ugh… I, there… .”

“Ah, I guess it still hurts!”

“Heal!”

The poor woman who almost drowned was restored to health after three heels.

“Excuse me!”

“Yes?”

“, I appreciate your help, but… .”

For some reason, she slowly crawled into the sea again and looked at us.

“…Mom, can you pretend not to see it?”

“Why?”

The moment I opened my eyes wide and tilted my head, Karin and Lisa screamed at the same time.

“Why, why are you like that!”

“Da, legs!”

“Ah, ah, Asia!”

Serena also screamed late.

“What, what is it?”

“Ugh, ugh… That’s why I came up here when there were no humans… .”

She covered her ears with her hands, swiping her tail as the screams were loud.

…tail?

“I, I’m actually a mermaid… .”

Her lower body, which had been slightly raised, had a slippery fish tail growing out of it instead of human legs.

Chuuup!

One of the star-shaped pearls that had been attached to her chest fell off with a pop.

Her nipples were redder than those of other women, perhaps because they were attached in a way that the starfish could suck on them.

As if it were a frequent occurrence, she picked him up again with a calm expression and rubbed him against her chest, saying:

“Ma, you’re not going to say anything, are you?”

As I looked at that mermaid, I found myself asking myself a stupid question.

“Where is Boji?”

“Yes?”