18-28. Boy in the Labyrinth City (1)
* It is the appearance of the labyrinth city five years after the end of the story seen from the first mob.
"I'm going to the labyrinth city today"
I muttered to myself in order to psych myself up.
"This scenery is all I can look for the ti being …"
Overlooking the village in the cold mountains that he was born and raised on that hill.
It's an empty village.
Children are always hungry and so will die in winter.
There are no pharmacists, so so people die even if they get sick, and so die even if they get injured while playing in the mountains. Fortunately, the year when Thalberg-san ca was better, but it seems that Thalberg-san rarely cos to this village far from his own village, so it is ridiculous for the rchants to carry it in during other years. dicine is the only lifeline.
Then, it seems that many people died in the Genie War five years ago, but in our village, the people of Echigoya Firm gave us food and dicine, so there were fewer deaths than usual.
"Brother, are you really going?"
The mature and calm voice is my sister, who is 6 years old.
Her unusual hair is hated by the elderly, but she is smart and very reliable.
"Oh, look after mom."
"Why don't you reconsider? If you wait for nine or six years, I can leave the village. I'm worried about leaving my brother alone."
It's a phrase that doesn't suit a six years old.
"If I wait six years, I'll be 21 years old. I can't be an explorer after becoming such an old man."
"… 21 years old is not an old man."
For so reason, my sister is small, but the judgnt of "old man" and "aunt" is loose.
The other day, she even said, "40 years old is still young."
"If you are willing to rethink--"
"No"
When I answered imdiately, my sister sighed deeply.
It's as if she had given up on talking to a child who couldn't does not know better.
"I thought you would say that.
My sister offered a new dagger and a blue iron helt.
The dagger is not a cheap one to use for dismantling, but a large one that can be used for battle.
"What's wrong? Isn't it a expensie?"
"I made it. This village doesn't have scrap iron, so I spent months collecting iron sand in the river. I had a hard ti, so please use it carefully."
--Tamahagane? [TR: steel from iron sand]
No, did you make it better than that?
"No, you make it?"
"… That's right. I bought it. The beautiful stones I picked up in the river sold well to the peddler. Let's keep that in mind."
――Let's keep it.
As usual, it's hard to tell if it's true or false.
"Maybe it was a unneeded?"
My sister suddenly turned into an anxious face and asked.
"No, I'm very happy."
When I answered that, her face turned into a very happy face.
If you look like this, it looks like a year.
"I'll make a lot of money with this and entertain you and mother."
"I don't need it"
My sister said flatly.
"Onii, please continue to work steadily with the slogan" Take care of your life "until six years until I go to the labyrinth city."
"OK, I'm going to learn Kenjitsu."
My sister likes this word.
If you try to adventure, you will definitely be stopped.
Most of the ti, he's forced to make mistakes and get injured, but he's a kind guy who treats well, even though he's always complaining.
"It's true?"
"Oh, I promise. Hang this dagger!"
I said it with a serious face, but my sister doesn't believe .
but it's okay--.
"Reina, believe in "
"I understand. I believe--"
If you hold both hands firmly and say so, my sister will puff her cheeks.
"--Rom -nii"
"That is not my na"
"I made a mistake. Sharon -nee"
For so reason, my sister wants to na "Rom".
In the first place, my sister's real na is "Tona", and "Reina" is herself. 曰 rock. It seems to be the "na of the soul".
Certainly, when I heard that story, I emphasized that I wasn't sure, "I'm Reina, so my brother should be Rom."
About my na she also said, "Sharon is like a woman."
However, I rember running away because I was scared because the words "… but my brother might look good in a transvestite" that I continued after that were too serious.
The village bell rang in the distance.
"I have to go. It looks like its ti to leave."
From the village to the nearby town, we head with adults who are migrant workers during the off-season and people of the sa age who are going to new service.
During this ti, the lord's army wipes out bandits and monsters on the road, but small bandits still spring up everywhere.
Therefore, we act as a group to protect ourselves from such thieves and unscrupulous people.
I go to the village with my sister.
"If you can't make money but it's a safe way and a little dangerous way to make money, you choose the forr, because" you can still go "is" dangerous ", right?"
In the anti, my sister kept complaining more like a mother than my real mother.
"It's okay, because I have a special one."
"No. You'll run out of magic power in one go. Absolutely that ? ?Don't count on it, right? "
My sister hates to say the skill na.
Rare skills are a trump card, so it seems like you shouldn't tell anyone.
By the way, she also said about daggers. She was saying sothing about it, but I didn't understand when I listened.
Excuse , because I was full of thoughts about the labyrinth city I was about to go to.
"It's late! Sharon!"
"My bad! I'll go soon!"
Looking back to say the last farewell, my sister wasn't there.
She must have been careful not to worry that her hair color would be repelled by the villagers-but not because of that. She is that kind of person.
I t everyone and shouted to my sister who was hiding from sowhere.
"I'm going! I'll definitely be back in the village!"
I couldn't find my sister, but she should have heard my voice.
And I waved my hand once more and left the village.
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"Hey, get up Sharon"
Gon, a neighboring village who joined in the city, shook .
I broke up with the people in my village in the city, but there are many new adults aiming for a labyrinth city during the off-season after the harvest, and they are moving in large group of about 20 people, including Gon.
"Wake up Zaki, Keros, China, and Lhasa."
"Sleeping on the ground hurts my back."
"Didn't you say that the stones on the bed are gone?"
"Well, the ground of this mountain is hard everywhere."
Keros of the grumble wakes up while complaining.
This is the third son of a money lender in the city, so he complained every ti he stayed in the field.
"How far is it to the labyrinth city?"
"Soon"
"It's hard to cross the steep mountain of Marquis Elouette, but once you cross this mountain, you can see the labyrinth city."
There is no doubt if the acquaintance Zaki says.
He also said he had made several round trips to the Labyrinth City with his father, a rchant.
"Sharon, let's boil water"
"That's right. If you don't drink warm plain hot water, your body is likely to get stiff."
Invited by Sina, she prepares for plain hot water.
I slept beside the spring water, so I can get water right away. The firewood was collected by the quiet Lhasa before I knew it. The fire was separated from the bonfires of other groups by China.
Sina is from the sa village as Gon and is the only girl in the group.
There are about five people in the other groups, but it seems that they don't get along with the other girls, so a few days after leaving the city, they relied on Gon to join us.
By the ti Gon, who had been having a eting with the leaders of other groups, returned, the water was boiling, so I distributed it to everyone and nibbled the black bread while soaking in plain hot water. I had dried at until yesterday, but I ate it up.
"Hmm, my body warms up"
The warmth of plain hot water perates the body.
It's plain hot water with no taste, but it's a treat when it's cold in the mountains.
We cheated on hunger with a little breakfast and climbed the mountain following the other groups.
As Zaki said that he would cross the mountaintop today, he went to the mountain pass on the other side of the mountain, overlooking the basin in the distance.
"It's a labyrinth city!"
"Is that so?"
"Then, is the place that looks like a hill on the west side a labyrinth?"
When we heard the people walking in front say that they could see the labyrinth city and the labyrinth, we quickly headed to the edge of the pass, and the people behind us also crowded to see the labyrinth city far from the cliff. {Stare}.
--That is a labyrinth city.
"Our legend begins now!"
I held it in my mouth involuntarily, but I didn't say it.
It was said by quiet Lhasa. There is no doubt that his face is red and he is feeling embarrassed.
But I also understand Lhasa's feelings.
Just looking down on the labyrinth city, I can't stop being excited.
I can strongly feel that the days of getting out of the village that lives in the sa tomorrow as today and opening up my destiny with only my own talents will begin.
"I'll do my best. I'll leave!"
"""Oh!"""
We raised our voice to the leader's shout.
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"Wow, a great procession!"
Sina saw the north gate of the labyrinth city and shouted.
In this season, young people like us who have gone out of villages and towns all aim for a labyrinth city.
Therefore, the knowledgeable Zaki told that the gate of the labyrinth city would form a trendously long line like the scene in front of .
"Can you want to enter the labyrinth that much?"
"Ah, not everyone becos an explorer and enters the labyrinth."
So go to beco craftsn of armor and armor, while others go to do business with explorers.
"And the labyrinth is ridiculously large. It was also in the story of the royal ancestor,'The oldest labyrinth in the world, Serivilla, is vast and endless.”
"Hmm, I've never heard of that. The guy who lives in the city is amazing."
"Not so much. I always read only story books and my dad often got angry."
When Gon praised him, Zaki was shy and humbled.
Keros distorted his face and snorted, perhaps because it wasn't interesting.
"Hmm! You must have read such a book! After all, you must know the actual battle as an explorer! In that respect, I went to the second floor of the purple tower near the city and defeated the monsters. There is! "
--Unexpected.
I thought Keros was a bragging, but maybe I should change my mind.
"Hey, don't be fooled. He just went in with escort”
From behind, a giant with a bad personality ridicules Keros, and the n around him whisper.
Keros can't argue, he just bites his lips with regret.
What he did wasn't praised, but I've heard from my sister that the rich in the city would do it normally. He knew a lot of strange things.
"Well, so?"
I just didn't like the attitude of these giants, rather than defending Keros.
"What? Did Keros give you so pocket money and you beco a minion?"
"No. Keros is a companion."
It's only for a limited ti to the labyrinth city, but it's definitely a companion.
"If so, you too--"
"Hey, there! If you have a dispute, get away from the line!"
A cavalry guard ca and arbitrated our dispute.
The giant still wanted to say sothing, but when the Taishou soldiers flickered the tip of a well-polished spear, he returned to the line with a dissatisfied face and a subservient look.
In the story told by the flow bard, the Taishou soldiers were just overrun by monsters, but the soldiers we actually saw were so powerful that we couldn't win even if we were working together.
I was even looking at the soldiers with longing eyes like Gon.
"I'll equip so that you won't be looked down on! Gon, give your luggage."
"Oh, finally"
Keros wears the leather armor he received from Gon, and wears a leather helt and shield. I even wore a sword wrapped around my waist with a cloth. Despite fighting in the Purple Tower, the armor and shield are shiny.
I also wear the iron helt that my sister gave .
There is also a wooden breastplate made by carving firewood under the clothes, but it's just a relaxing item.
"Keros, which one is the promised one?"
"This dagger. It's a gem that requires gold coins to buy!"
"Wow! It's a new dagger."
"Gon, there are so many people that it's dangerous, so keep it away."
Gon pulls out the iron dagger he received from Keros and stares at the blade with a grin.
He looks like a dangerous guy, but I can't say it too strongly because I was staring at the dagger I got from my sister in the sa way.
"I know. I just took a look."
Gon put the dagger in its scabbard and was still staring at the dagger without getting tired of it.
"Oh, it's a newcor"
"Is that the season already?"
"Do your best"
"Do not die"
"Survive"
About five boys and girls of the sa age as us ca out of the north gate and ran along the outer wall as they were, encouraging us-or all those who were aiming to be explorers.
"What is that?"
"Maybe it's the explorers."
"What did you go to? You didn't even have a weapon?"
"' Laningu ? ? ? ?I think it ’s a guy. ”
" Laningu ? ? ? ??? "
--different. running ? ? ? ? ? ? ?is.
"Yeah, it's the secret technique of building physical strength that the eldest daughter of the three sisters of Kishre Shigarza," Liza of the Black Spear, "started."
"Hmm, it's amazing. Can I do it?"
"Maybe. According to my father's story, it's just runs normally."
I know it because my sister told to do it.
Since I started running, I've beco less tired even when I'm walking in the mountains or doing farm work. When my abdominal muscles hurt due to the training, my sister touched a lot and I felt uncomfortable.
"Then, should I do it too?"
"Isn't it okay? It doesn't seem to cost money."
While talking about such things, several pairs of n and won who seed to be explorers ran in the sa way.
I feel that there are many relatively small people.
"Next, you guys"
After waiting for about two bells, it was finally our turn to show the ID card given by the village mayor before departure and enter the labyrinth city.
At this ti, it seems that the story that the entrance fee is exempted if you have an ID card seems to be true, and the guy before saying that he forgot his ID card was charged a silver coin for the entrance fee and it turned blue.
"Finally in labyrinth city!"
"Which one is the Explorer Guild?"
"I don't know, but I don't think we'll get lost."
"Why?"
"Because everyone around you is heading to the Explorer Guild, right?"
People are walking along the ramparts to the west, rather than the wide, bustling boulevard that connects the north and south gates.
We also decided to follow that trend.
"Beautiful river"
Following a maze-like street with beautiful cobblestones, there was a narrow river flowing through the city. The flowing water is very clear, with small fish reflecting the sun's rays and shining.
"It's a river, or rather a waterway. According to my father, this waterway used to be dirty."
"Is that so?"
"Yeah, the dirty waterway was cleaned by His Excellency Pendragon, who killed the Demon King."
"Wow, that's amazing!"
Not only was he strong, but was he doing sothing like this?
"Other than that, he was really doing the magical dicine of Berea, which was an eye-opener, cooking als for poor people and fledgling explorers, and gathering orphans to build a orphanage."
Zaki will teach you various things.
"Look! That!"
Keros shouted.
"White, tower?"
"Yes! That's the Explorer Guild!"
I saw a building that was bigger than I had ever seen beyond it.
The castle tower I saw in the city was also tall, but it's taller, white and very beautiful.
"Hey, don't block the road. If you have to stop, stop by the edge."
When everyone was looking up at the guild building, they were scolded by people who seed to be senior explorers.
"Sorry, I'm sorry."
"You don't have to apologize. When we first saw it, we just opened our mouths and fell in love with it. I'm a Gel The Iron shield. If you have any problems, consult with us. I'll help. "
The senior explorer kindly said so and left us.
"Wow, that big shield on his back!"
You can also see Gon making a surprise voice.
For the first ti, I saw a steel shield that was as tall as Gel, who was about 50% taller than .
"It must be a famous senior explorer to walk calmly with such a big shield."
As Zaki says, a shield of that size should weigh as much as two adults.
"Are they going to the labyrinth?"
"I think it's different. The labyrinth is that direction."
According to Zaki, there seems to be an entertainnt district in the direction where Jel disappeared.
"What is an entertainnt district?"
"It's like a bar full of beautiful older sisters. There seems to be a store that His Excellency Pendragon was intimate with and a theater where he was a patron."
He taught various things that Zaki didn't hear.
I'd like to see it once, but spending money on things that aren't delicious just because sake is bitter is like a fool, and I don't think I'll go there. My sister also warned many tis, "You shouldn't approach a store full of won because you're in danger of illness."
Gon and Keros were so excited that Sina was disillusioned and impatient, saying, "That's why the man is …".
I'm not sure, but when you go to the red-light district, girls seem to hate you.
My sister said it, and I have to be careful.
"Let's go. I want to register early."
Prompted by Lhasa, we rushed to the Explorers Guild.
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