âI thought it would be quite a deal, but Slime gave me a magic stone?â⊠is it true? â\n
Itâs true. Iâve actually seen Slime produce magic stones.
Rather than producing, I think I just spit it out.
Is the slime tamed?
Yeah.
What kind of person is that?
âMy name is Ivy and Iâm traveling with my guardian, Druid.We met in Hataka Village and we solved the problem together.There is a strange fate and we are still travelling together.Ivyâs character is hard-working and cute. â
Ivy probably looks cute in general.
But youâre not only cute in appearance, youâre also cute in personality.
You donât seem to be very good at sweetening people, but itâs also cute.
Everything is adorable.
âParents? Are you still a child?â
âYeah, Iâm nine years old now.â
Whatâs that?
Ivy did say the end of July was his birthday, didnât she?
Itâs August now.
Huh?
Whatâs that?
Donât tell me Druid forgot his precious Ivyâs birthday.
Did you celebrate somewhere you didnât know?
Or was it the end of August when you misheard it?
âWhatâs the matter?â
He shakes his head to the side at Urlâs words.
âNo, Ivyâs 9 or 10 years old, itâs a bit dirtyâŠâ
âIt doesnât matter if youâre 9 or 10.â
âNot good! If youâre 10, youâre not celebrating.âItâs an important day to say, âThank you for being born.â â\n
I knew Ivyâs birthday would be at the end of July.
That means Druidâs forgotten.
Ginar, itâs okay to worry, but isnât there a derailment?
⊠I certainly donât need it right now.
Letâs find out when we meet Druid.
Um, what were you talking about?
âItâs about Ivy, isnât it?â
There was a bitter smile on Urlâs dazed expression.
Thatâs right.
âHey, Ginar. I know youâre not as vigilant as an adult because youâre a kid, but donât you trust me a bit too much?â
When I look at Ull, I realize heâs looking at me worriedly.
âIt certainly looks that way.âActually, I trust Ivy.Not just Ivy, but Druid. â
Itâs unusual for me to trust someone so far.
If youâre an investigator, you canât trust people.
âIvyâs been saved twice from brainwashing.â
Huh?
âEven in Hataka Village, Iâm brainwashed.âIvy helped me with that. â
Brainwashing was a bit radical, though.
But I canât thank you enough.
The last brainwashing in the village of Hataka is âdeathâ.
Is that so?
âThatâs right.â Moreover, he said, âI just did what I couldâ without asking for anything in return.Thatâs why I trust her.Druid has never relied on my help before. â
I know youâre an investigator, but you donât seem to care.
There is no fear, and there is no need to use it.
Itâs just like, âI see.â
âI see. But there was also a brainwashing in the village of Hataka.â I didnât know that. â \nTilts his head to Urlâs words.
I left some information upstairs, but you donât know?
Ah, because brainwashing using magic circles hurts the nucleus, itâs probably the worst kind of brainwashing.
âWas that so?â Why didnât that information come through? â
You need to be vigilant about brainwashing, so you hid it?
Somethingâs not right.
âUru. Whatâs the chance that I donât remember the village of Hataka anymore?â
âI donât think so. Yesterday, I tried to remember according to the time series as much as I could remember, but I didnât feel any particular discomfort.I checked with my colleagues, but it was the same. â
If so, are you okay?
âRegarding Hataka Village, I heard that âthe church set a trap for the top members of both guilds in an attempt to take over the village, causing serious injury and gradually increasing the number of allies while they were unable to moveââŠâŠâ
You didnât tell me all the details just roughly.
Whatâs going on up there?
I think we should contact our people and check it out later.
Would you like to confirm it?
When I nodded, Url sighed with a steep expression.
âI see, Iâll leave this to Ginar.âMaybe thereâs something wrong with me. â
Even if you say, âI donât remember,â thereâs no way to make sure itâs true.
I donât know if the memory I remembered is real.
BrainwashingâŠ? Thatâs troublesome.
I nodded to Ullâs words.
Itâs quite troublesome.
I can deal with it if I know how to do it, but I havenât grasped how to wash my brain in this village.
Itâs obviously different from Hataka Village, but whatâs different?
I hope my people get some information.
By the way, thereâs one more thing that bothers me.
\nOf course.
âI see, thatâs good. So?â
âThereâs no doubt that this village church is at the center and spreading drugs that can be taken from Callio.There are reports of a gradual increase in addiction not only in this village, but also in the next village. â
âDo you have any evidence?â
âTwo of my colleagues have been in church for several years.The documents they brought will prove it, but theyâre with the Church.Thatâs probably not enough. â
Documents?
âItâs a forgery.â
âThatâs right. Before I got here, I went to the Adventurerâs Guild to explore, but I heard rumors that they had disposed of a large number of Callios, did you know anything about that?âIt seems that the Knights of the Kingâs City are involved in everything.
âOh, thatâs a rumor.â Half true, half false. â
Huh? Half?
I smiled back at Uru looking at me with a strange expression.
âItâs true that a lot of callus flowers have been processed.However, it was a slime that Ivy was taming, not a Knight of the Royal Capital.Awesome. A field of callios, or withered in a matter of seconds. â
Slime again? How many slimes does Ivy tame?
Thereâs three of them and one of them.
Going back?
âIf Ivy allows it, sheâll show it to me.â
Url nods in confusion.
When you show it to me, Iâll definitely be there to see how it goes.
âBut Iâm glad. I was told by my church mates that all the mussels we could pick next time were for the Kingâs City.â
For the capital city?
If that amount comes out, we can expect a lot of damage.
Iâm really glad I found it.
Thanks to Shell, who led us to that place.
âUll, Iâm sure youâve noticed Ivy and Slime, but I need you to protect them.â
I knew it.
Ullâs âcognitive inhibition skillsâ should help Ivy and the others in case they do.