chapter 30

For now, since we all escaped above ground safely, we wanted to just take a break already, but there is 1 problem .

Everyone……particularly the rear guard, seems to have had their HP and MP drained and are tired, if the same root thing comes out again, it doesn’t feel like we will get out safely again .

So, abandoning lunch, we decided to get out of this strange plains as fast as possible .

why not just go in room?

And so Hariu, who is relatively light and has fighting strength, rode Ketorami-san and ran off .

……as for why it ended up like this, it would be because of the characteristic of [Teleport] .

just poof there

This [Teleport] seems to be a skill that let’s me go to a place I’ve seen before, but [Seen] is the key here .

Meaning, if I’ve seen it, I can go to a place I’ve never been before .

Which then means I can just [Share] vision with Hariu as he rides Ketorami-san at a full sprint to a suitable place, I can just [Teleport] there .

Of course it is dangerous for Ketorami-san and Hariu, but if something crops up, I can see the danger through Hariu’s vision and [Teleport] everyone there immediately . Or with Ketorami-san’s legs, it seems like they can run away from most monsters, so they can just run .

Isn’t this a cheat-class skill?

everything is except combat

On that note, the burden of having Ketorami-san run solo and [Sharing] vision with Ketorami-san is greater than [Sharing] with a human, so that is rejected .

And me riding Ketorami-san was also rejected .

I cannot stay on Ketorami-san when he is at a full sprint……

no seat belt?

A few dozen minutes after that, Ketorami-san seemed to have left the plains and entered a forest area, so we [Teleported] there .

Ketorami-san aside, Hariu will die if they run any further .

As expected, riding Ketorami-san at a full sprint is tiring even for a combat profession with corrections .

Iya—, good work .

rip

There’s no guarantee that nothing will come from underground even in the forest area, but it is better for our mental health than that place with the roots .

Setting up a room there, we ate a ve—ry late lunch, or early dinner .

Ah, we got the first fresh meat in a while today, so it’s not smoked meat .

White carrot or potatoes are good relish for saute . Then there’s the standard vegetable soup with salad and rice .

Furthermore, today’s fresh meat is bear meat . Just that, it was burning .

When did the brown(ヒ/hi) of brown bear(ヒグマ/higuma) become fire(火/hi)……

Well, thanks to that, Hagasaki-kun played an active role . Doesn’t ice and water have that image of being effective against fire?

Furthermore, the safety confirmation [Ballad] when they were kidnapped by the roots, that was Hagasaki-kun’s as expected .

That song was [Water Mirror Song], it seems to be something that reduces damage from fire .

……this, feels like there would be other elements too .

collect them all

And, well, we finished dinner like this, but instead of sleeping early, to spend the time meaningfully, President will be confirming our current location .

President has been using [Mapping], [Far Sight] and [Investigate] well to make a map, but since there was a clean cut in the route this time, we don’t know our current location .

But Hariu, Ketorami and I have visual information of the route in our memories .

And so it was pointed out that I can just share that and I ended up using [Share] for a while .

Actually, never mind this area, Ketorami-san has a perfect grasp on about half of this floor……east 2F, so the map-making progressed and progressed .

And my MP is drained away and away, President’s MP is also drained away and away . I don’t understand why Ketorami-san seems fine .

The others brewed MP recovery tea, messaged President’s shoulders or brushed Ketorami-san .

……how little appreciation I receive is surprising . Well, I’m a maid, can’t be helped .

nobody appreciates the maid

And like this, half of the map of the east 2F was done .

Iya—, all thanks to Ketorami .

best pick up

Checking the map, our current location is just about four fifths of the way from the north building east staircase……meaning the ruins we were at, to the south building east staircase, which also seems to be some kind of ruins again .

By the way, the distance Ketorami-san sprinted through in a few dozen minutes was one fifth .

Ketorami-san is fast .

Ketorami-san would be able to go anywhere on this floor he wants just by running for a day . Iya—, I really made a terrifying creature into my watch dog .

faster than a truck?

……but, that defeated the point, or rather, there wasn’t much meaning in making this map!

Basically! To make this map, I [Shared] all! ALL! A L L ! of Ketorami-san’s visual information of half the east 2F and passed it to President .

Which means, right now I can [Teleport] anywhere in that half of the east 2F .

……in which case, shall we go to the ruins right now? Nn? But that would really be bad in various ways, so let’s not .

Even if we know the geography, what it is like there right now is a different problem .

There could be something near the ruins, so let’s go with safety-first .

why not pop there pop back

But knowing our current location is important .

Particularly since everyone but me, President and Ketorami did not know where we are, so in that sense, making a map was a good thing .

As expected [Sharing] that much information with 7 more people makes me nauseous and my head hurt just by thinking about it……

And another significance of making a map, is being able to write things down on it .

Currently, the locations where they fought strangely strong monsters and found wild wheat are noted down .

With just Ketorami’s information, those kind of things would be left out .

And there wasn’t much information on classrooms from Ketorami’s visual information .

Ketorami has been using the area near where the chemistry lab was as his headquarters recently . Meaning he had come to the south side quite a while ago .

And at that time, Ketorami-san had not seen a single classroom .

The ruins were there, but that has probably changed too .

……someho—w, someho—w, I feel like we are a step closer to the secret of this world .

?

Now then . We are now done making the map and confirming our current location, but it is still too early to sleep

……and so, we decided to stick our heads into a problem we had shelved for a bit .

Basically, deciphering the [Alive Grimoire] .

For now, we tried opening it .

“What’s this?”

“What language?”

And it became like this . A—h, that’s good, I’m not the only one that can’t read it .

“Then how about trying to [Appraise] the contents?”

Well, that makes sense .

who even thinks of sharing first… .

“……cannot, cannot read it at all . ”

“I can’t either……Maito-san . ”

“I couldn’t even tell the title of the book no way I can read it damn it! Are you making fun of me!”

First the ones that can [Appraise] tried [Appraising] the contents of the book, but not a single person could decipher a single word . Damn .

oka fine, share

“Actually, since it’s [Alive], it’s not for reading right?”

A—h, how about trying to talk to it? Mhm, okay .

“Hello— . ”

……no change . Damn it, this book, is cheeky for a book!

“How about we just burn it!”

“Don’t do something that cannot be undone . ”

Fine .

“Then, how about trying to [Share]?”

the risky one

[Sharing] with the book .

The opinions were split among it’s definitely dangerous and it’s probably better than living things, but the decision to carry it out was made with my vote in favour .

“Do you understand? Don’t force yourself . Return immediately if it gets dangerous . We’ll interfere from outside if something seems strange okay?”

“Oka—y oka—y . Then I’m o—ff . ”

After fully recovering MP, I headbutted the book’s cover and [Share] .

I’m already used to this feeling .

using it too much

……oh, this is……super easy! Ordered information! Definitely not an enormous amount of information! And most of all, this welcoming atmosphere!

It’s a lot easier compared to Ketorami and Suzumoto, or even the snake .

It is tha—t? [Share] might not have been meant to be used with living creatures in the first place .

Okay okay, is there a table of contents or something somewhere .

Page one, page one……

Ah, it might be this .

[You]

……err, what does this mean?

Let’s go to the next page .

[You]

Eh, wait a moment? Okay, next, let’s try going to the next one .

[You]

……

Come on, just, you, come on .

That alone has no meaning .

It would be better if there was a question mark, but seriously, there’s only you .

Didn’t the idiot who wrote this book learn in school to use a subject and a predicate?

The forth page had better not be the same, when I went to the next page with that though, there were shocking contents!

more than one word?

[Who are you?]

three!

……err, could this be, responding to my complaint?

Thinking of it that way, this thing is kind of cute .

But, it’s that . A book that tries to have a conversation, its smells like nothing but a landmine .

It is an established fact that these things usually brings along trouble .

Specifically, absorbing the conversation partner’s life force, for example……

……let’s stop . Okay, let’s go back . Withdraw withdraw .

Err exit exit……

but

……I lost the exit .

no

How could I have gotten lost in a book .

As for the book, it’s still on the same [Who are you?] .

Mh—m, if it really gets back, I guess everyone outside will pull me out .

……then nothing else I can do . Guess I’ll go along with it .

“Just a humble maid . ”

I won’t say my name . I don’t want it to be used as a medium for black magics or something .

Don’t you have the image of names being used for things like that?

[What is a maid?]

“A servant . ”

This book doesn’t even know what a maid is .

When is this book from?

[What does a servant seek?]

Seek? It said seek? That would be……mhm, that .

“A gal’s panties”

……no, you see, that has to be the answer for these things, I think .

[What is a gal?]

No, hey, it was my fault too, but please infer .

“It’s a joke . What I seek, yes yes……mh—m……eh, what? Will you give me what I’m seeking?”

[Indeed]

……eh!? Eh!? Eh, seriously!? E—h, somehow this smells of nothing but trouble…… . but, okay, mhm .

“……how many, is there a limit?”

No, don’t you always ask this first?

Mhm, I believe that greed is a virtue .

[Limited to three per person]

……no need to say it like a supermarket’s special sale .

Actually, does this book really know things? Like about gal’s panties and such .

This feels suspicious .

“But, it’s expensive right?”

[The price has already been paid]

“I don’t remember paying, scammer . ”

[This conversation with you is the price]

… . cheap

……errr, meaning, meaning .

“You wanted someone to talk to?”

When I asked, the page stayed unchanging for a while, and when it finally changed,

[Conversation is an intellectual activity and it is natural for those with intelligence to seek it]

Meaning, you wanted someone to talk to?

……what, what a poor book! With how it intentionally avoids affirming it honestly, this book suddenly feels cute!

“I see I see . Eh, you’ll seriously give me anything?”

[It is limited to intelligence-based things]

“……which, means?”

[For example, knowledge]

……ah, I see . So those kind of things without form?

Ah .

“By the way, is skills also”

[Included]

……hou hou hou! And three of them! My dreams are spreading!

Like this, I can become the strongest maid!

… . neh

But, well, at these times, the promise is that .

“By the way, are contracts also”

[Included]

“I see . Then first one . Please give me the privilege to increase number of things to receive . ”

yep, wish for more wishes

……for a whi—le, the book fell silent, then when the page finally flipped, there was somewhat shaky words .

[I had not thought of that!]

……the one that made this book is an idiot!

Hecate does not have sufficient mastery of old english or at least fancy english with thou and stuff .

The book speaks(?) in an archaic tone, but I decided to not try and half-ass it, if it makes it more interesting, you can mentally translate all the book’s sentences into the thou and stuff as you read~

Thou

Thou

Thou

Who art thou?

……………… . ????