「Shall we stop here for today?」
「Ah, yes」
The first day of our world journey has begun again. We will stop moving here for today. It seems this will be our campsite.
「Then I will set up the tent」
「Okay….May I watch?」
「Hmm? Sure」
So, together with Hezrat-kun, I observed Jisrare-san setting up the tent.
Somehow, it feels nostalgic. I remember watching her do this during the previous world journey, and thinking 『Tomorrow, I will try doing it with Hezrat-kun』.
Well, in the end, we ended up returning home the very next day…
Five months have passed since then, and I have already forgotten how to set up a tent.
It cannot be helped, so I will watch again. And this time, tomorrow for sure, I will try setting it up together with Hezrat-kun.
「——Like this」
「I see, I see. May I try doing it tomorrow? Together with Hezrat-kun」
「Sure」
「Thank you. Let’s do our best, Hezrat-kun」
「Kii」
Alright, alright. Let’s do our best. Tomorrow, I will do my best to drive the pegs in.
Well, it is not a very complicated setup, so it should be fine. Even if I do not understand something, I can just ask Jisrare-san along the way.
If anything, maybe Hezrat-kun could teach me? He is quite intelligent, so he might have already mastered it.
「Then next is dinner」
Declaring that, Jisrare-san took out an IH magic tool and a pot from her magic bag, and held her hand over it.
Then from her hand, water began to pour out in a steady stream.
In this way, Jisrare-san can use 『Water Magic』.
With skills like 『Riding』 and 『Water Magic』, she has a variety of abilities that are useful for traveling. As expected of Jisrare-san, who is known for being experienced in journeys.
Still, Jisrare-san’s 『Water Magic』…
Thinking about it again… how should I put it? It is hard to describe this feeling.
No, it is not that I think it is dirty or anything like that. It is not a negative feeling at all.
But at the same time, I am not exactly happy about it either…
Drinking Jisrare-san’s water with delight would feel a bit strange too. That would probably make her uncomfortable as well…
「Is something wrong?」
「No, it is nothing」
「I see?」
Watching Jisrare-san casually toss meat and vegetables into the boiling pot, I replied, 「It’s nothing」. There was no other answer I could give.
Hmm… I still feel a bit of resistance even with Mother’s and Nana-san’s water, so when it comes to a complete stranger’s water… well…
Or rather, Mother’s, Nana-san’s, and Jisrare-san’s water…
——Would there be differences in taste?
……No, yeah. I know. That was pretty gross. I just thought of something pretty gross. I know that myself.
But still, I am a little curious. I wonder…
Would it be different? Even slightly? Well, even if there were differences, I probably would not be able to tell. Back in my previous life, I could not even tell the difference between soft and hard water…
No, more importantly, if I could accurately tell the difference, that would also be a bit unsettling——
「Alec? It’s ready」
「Huh? Ah, yes. Thank you」
While I was busy thinking such pointless thoughts, dinner had apparently been completed.
I was handed a bowl of freshly made soup, along with some bread we had brought from the village.
「Then, let’s eat」
「Yeah」
I scooped up some soup with a spoon and brought it to my mouth.
「It’s delicious」
「That’s good to hear」
It is delicious. Knowing that Jisrare-san made it somehow makes it taste better.
Well, at this point, I am no longer even sure whether enjoying it is a good thing or a bad thing…
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In some households, the father has 『Water Magic』 and does the cooking.
If there were a teenage daughter, she might feel a bit uncomfortable about it. Something like 『Don’t wash my clothes together with Father’s』 kind of feeling.
——While I kept thinking about such pointless things, night came.
We started talking about going to sleep, and once again, Hezrat-kun read the situation and left.
Then, just as the two of us entered the tent, Jisrare-san took out the World Tree Bow from her magic bag, preparing for a possible night attack.
——She took out the World Tree Bow!
Ah, thank goodness… It seems she really did bring it this time. What a relief.
Now our world journey can properly begin. There will not be any going home after just two days.
And so, after confirming the World Tree Bow and feeling relieved, I told Jisrare-san a certain secret inside the tent.
「Dungeon…?」
「Yes, that’s right. It actually is」
It was about the dungeon. Considering the matter of D-mail, it would be more convenient if Jisrare-san also knew the circumstances related to the dungeon.
「So, um… you received a dungeon core from the World Tree-sama?」
「Well… from a god. I received it from a god」
「And that made you the dungeon master, Alec?」
「That is what happened. I became the master of that dungeon, 『World Tree-sama’s Dungeon』」
「Is Nana also a dungeon master?」
「Yes. The two of us are running it together」
「I see, I understand…」
Like that, while mixing in some slightly inaccurate details, I explained the situation to Jisrare-san.
After thinking for a moment, she said——
「Yeah. Somehow, that makes sense」
「Ah, does it?」
「I had felt for a while that that dungeon was a bit strange. Knowing that you and Nana are the dungeon masters makes sense」
「I see…」
Huh? Was that a subtle jab just now? Maybe I am imagining it.
「That lake and mountain area, did the two of you make those as well?」
「Yes, we discussed it together and created them」
「That teleportation device too?」
「Yes. We planned it together」
「And that strange toad as well?」
「…That was Nana-san. She made all of that by herself. Not me」
I do not want to be associated with the bizarre design of the color toad.
That was not me. I do not have that kind of sense.
「Then what about that? That strange golem, was that Nana too?」
「…That one I made」
Being lumped together with the bizarre color toad and the rescue golem feels a bit unfair.
The rescue golem is an important monster designed with dungeon safety in mind…
「That golem is called a rescue golem. It heals injured explorers」
「I have never seen that happen though…」
「It only activates when someone is near death…」
「I see… How does it heal them?」
「It stuffs the medicinal herbs from its head into the injured explorer’s mouth」
「That is…」
It seems like she was a bit put off.
Well, I suppose it does come across as rather rough for a rescue method…
…Why did I not think of giving the rescue golem healing magic back then?
That would have made the rescue much more refined…
Well, it is too late to change it now, so I plan to have the rescue golem continue doing its best with just medicinal herbs.
「More importantly, Jisrare-san, what I wanted to talk about is D-mail」
「D-mail… um, that is how you can contact Nana, right?」
「That is correct」
「So, it is like the 『communication magic tool』 at the church?」
「…………」
Well, in the sense that you can communicate, it is the same, but…
「That comparison is… a bit too much」
「Too much?」
「It is on a level where it is presumptuous to even compare them」
「I see…」
Unfortunately, it cannot compete with that. …That one is basically just a phone.
Compared to that communication magic tool, something like a message system where you cannot use punctuation or symbols, and where 『dungeon』 is forcibly added at the end of every sentence… it does not stand a chance.
「Can you still contact her now?」
「Ah, yes. Then let us try contacting her. 『Dungeon Menu』」
With that, I opened the dungeon menu——
「Ah, it seems there was already a message from Nana-san. It says something like 『Good luck on your world journey』」
「Oh」
「Then I will reply with something like 『The first day of the world journey seems to be ending safely』」
I tapped out the message on the menu.
…From Jisrare-san’s perspective, who cannot see the menu, this must look rather suspicious.
「Alright. I sent it」
「When will the reply come?」
「Ah, that depends on when Nana-san notices my message, but the problem is—— Huh?」
「Hmm?」
「I already got a reply」
That was fast, Nana-san. Maybe she has her dungeon menu displayed on the wall like I do?
「What did Nana say?」
「Ah, yes. Nana-san said——」
「Yeah」
「Um… 『Thank you for your hard work. Good night』」
「Oh」
Well, in reality——
『Thank you for your hard work good night I am slightly hoping that Jisrare-sama forgot her bow and will return tomorrow dungeon』
——was the message I received, but I cannot exactly tell Jisrare-san that…
More importantly, I would prefer if she did not hope for something like that…
next chapter: I will be a bit serious now, alright?
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