"Just like Shuri said, it's full of sand." (Noa)
Noa and Misa were looking at the desert that stretched out in front of them after leaving the city.
Noa squatted down and touched the sand.
"It's hot." (Noa)
At Noa's words, Misa, then Shuri, and Fina also touch the sand.
"You'll get burned, so be careful." (Yuna)
I touched the sand before, and it was pretty hot.
"The sand continues forever." (Noa)
Noa and the others looked into the distance.
"Still, it’s hot." (Noa)
"Yuna-nee-chan, don’t you have a cloak?"
"Cloak?" (Yuna)
"A cloak that keeps you cool"
"……"
Last time we came, I had prepared properly, but since I didn't feel the heat, I forgot that I needed a cloak to keep me cool.
I took out a cooling cloak from the bear box and gave it to Fina and the others.
"Touch the magic stone inside the cloak." (Yuna)
When Fina and the others put on their cloaks, they touched the magic stone inside the cloak.
"It's getting cooler."
"There's a mana wire sewn into the cloak, and the water magic stone cools it down." (Yuna)
Now we could go out of town.
"Also, don't forget to hydrate yourself if you get thirsty." (Yuna)
I gave everyone a water bottle filled with cold water.
After calming down, Noa and the others looked at the desert and asked if they were worried about something in the distance.
"It's all sand, but is that triangular building over there what Shuri was talking about?" (Noa)
There was a pyramid ahead of Noa's line of sight.
"It's big"
"What is that? Is anyone living there?"
"No one lives there." (Yuna)
"From what you said earlier, you went there with the adventurer you met earlier, right?"
"Shall we go closer?" (Yuna)
I summoned Kumayuru and Kumakyu.
Me, Fina, and Shuri rode Kumayuru, meanwhile Noa and Misa rode Kumakyu.
There might be small worms in the sand, so I used my detection skills to check for monsters around me.
There were some reactions, but it's far away. It didn't look like it's coming near.
Kumayuru and Kumakyu ran on the sand and came to the pyramid.
"I thought it would be big, but when you get close to it, it’s really big." (Misa)
"Yuna-san, what is this?" (Noa)
"I don't know the details either, but it seems like it was there before the city was built. So I don't think I know who built it." (Yuna)
"Is that so?"
"Who made it and for what purpose?"
"Um, Luimin’s grandfather was there, right?"
"It’s Mumloot-san."
"A long time ago, Mumloot-san entered this building (pyramid) and went to the deepest part, where he found a magic circle and magic tools that created a lake, and he used them to create a lake." (Yuna)
"It’s the lake that the bird we rode on."
"That was the reason there was a lake in such a sandy place."
"When the lake was created, people gathered and a town was built. The person who built that town was a fellow adventurer of Mumloot-san, and now it seems that his descendants are protecting it." (Yuna)
"So that's how the city was built."
History often passed without being known to anyone.
For ordinary people, the history of how the city was created was unnecessary. It's useless in today's life. For ordinary people, the person of the current feudal lord was more important.
"That's the entrance."
There was the entrance to the pyramid.
"Are we going to enter?" (Noa)
"I can go in. But you can't go in because there are monsters." (Yuna)
"Monster..."
"Well, the entrance is fine, so let's go." (Yuna)
Kumayuru and Kumakyu carrying us moved to the entrance of the pyramid.
"Kya" (Misa)
"Misa, what's wrong?" (Noa)
"Ah, there..." (Misa)
Where Misa pointed was a monitor lizard, Lagarut.
"It is Lagarut, where the adventurers rode. As I said earlier, there are monsters inside, so it's also a hunting ground for adventurers." (Yuna)
"In other words, did Yuna-san fight alongside the adventurers from earlier to defeat that monster?" (Noa)
"It's a little different, but I guess that's about it." (Yuna)
Uragan was with me until the entrance to the pyramid. I went inside with Jade and his party, and I fought the big Scorpion by myself.
"Then let's go back now." (Yuna)
After visiting the pyramids, we returned to the city.
I sent Kumayuru and Kumakyu back and entered the city.
"What are we going to do now?"
"Would you like to walk around town?"
"Or is there a place you recommend?"
Actually, I was thinking about going to see Karina after I finished touring the pyramids. When I was about to say this to Noa and the others,
"Yuna-san!"
A dark-skinned woman, around 20 years old, called out to me. I was surprised to see the woman.
"Lasa-san?" (Yuna)
"It was Yuna-san after all." (Lasa)
Lasa smiled happily.
Lasa-san was Karina's maid who works at the lord's house in this city.
"Yuna-san, you're here." (Lasa)
"Yeah, I come hang out with these kids." (Yuna)
I turned to Fina and the others.
"It was Fina-chan and Shuri-chan. I'm glad to see them again." (Lasa)
"Lasa-san, it’s been a while." (Fina)
"Yeah" (Shuri)
Fina and Shuri greeted each other.
"Yuna-san, who is she?" (Noa)
Noa asked while looking at Lasa-san.
"Well, I said there's a girl you know from this town. She's a maid who works at that house." (Yuna)
"My name is Lasa. Yuna-san saved the city." (Lasa)
"I'm Noir. Nice to meet you." (Noa)
"I'm Misana." (Misa)
"They're polite kids." (Lasa)
Lasa-san was surprised by Noa and Misa's polite greetings.
The two were daughters of aristocrats. Even just a greeting made a difference.
"So, why is Lasa-san at the entrance to the city?" (Yuna)
The mansion where Lasa-san works was in the center, so it's far away from here.
"While I was shopping, I met Uragan-san and he told me that Yuna-san was in town." (Lasa)
So that's it, the information came via Uragan.
"Then, I asked the direction Yuna-san had walked in, and the gatekeeper told me that Yuna-san had gone outside the city, and I was waiting for him to come back. I'm sure Karina-sama will be sad if she finds out about Yuna-san's arrival and can't meet her." (Lasa)
In other words, she came to secure me.
"Yuna-san, what are your plans after this?" (Lasa)
Lasa-san probably wanted me to come to her house.
I looked at Fina and the others.
"I'm thinking of going to see Karina for a moment, is that okay?" (Yuna)
I checked with Fina and the others.
"Yes, I don't mind." (Fina)
"I also don't mind" (Noa)
"I also want to meet Karina-chan." (Misa)
"Me too!" (Shuri)
Everyone seemed to be fine.
"Is it okay if we all go?" (Yuna)
"No problem. It's more of a problem if Yuna-san doesn't come." (Lasa)
We decided to go to Karina's mansion.
Lasa-san walked in the lead, and we walked behind her.
"Yuna-san, what kind of person is Karina-san?" (Noa)
"She's the daughter of the lord of this city. Have you ever met her?" (Yuna)
Noa and Misa were daughters of a noble family.
They might have met her in the royal capital.
"No, I've never met her." (Noa)
"What about her father, Balima-san?" (Yuna)
"My father and my mother may have, but not me." (Noa)
"Yes, me too." (Misa)
Well, Noa and Misa basically lived in their own town. So was Karina. They didn't meet unless there's something special.
Maybe Ellelaura-san met her at work.
"Karina is a kind girl who cares about her family. Also, she's the type who takes matters into her own hands." (Yuna)
She was a girl with a strong sense of responsibility who was alone with her troubles and tried to deal with them all by herself.
"Yuna-san removed the feeling of regret that Karina-sama had in her heart." (Lasa)
Lasa-san, who was listening to the story, opened her mouth to supplement my explanation.
"That’s an exaggeration." (Yuna)
"That's not true. If things continued like that, I think Karina-sama's heart would have been crushed and things would have been irreparable. Yuna-san saved Karina-sama's heart, which we couldn't do anything about." (Lasa)
Because of Karina's fault, she dropped an important crystal plate that had been passed down in her family for generations into the basement of the pyramid. She thought that was the reason why the water in the city's lake was gradually decreasing.
She couldn't easily go to the basement where he dropped the crystal plate, and she felt responsible.
"That's why we are grateful to Yuna-san." (Lasa)
"Yuna-san was helping many people even in places we didn't know about."
"It was the same with Land of Harmoni."
Noa and the others looked at me with eyes of respect.
Don't look at me like that, it just happens to be a whim.
We arrived at the lord's house in the center of town while talking about Karina.
Author's Note (Pre)
In the previous episode, I mistook Jade for a harem man Blitz.
I was re-reading it lightly to make sure Uragan was right.
It seems that the story of the fairies kept Blitz in my mind.
Sorry about that.
Thank you to everyone who taught me.
Author's Note (Post)
We'll see Karina next time.
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*Thank you to everyone who reports typos.
Please note that some kanji have been revised to match the book, so some may not have been revised.