"Jesus Christ, what a crazy idea!　I mean, hey!　Left hand!

　Garnett checks my condition in a panic while doing the dexterous thing of raising the tension in his voice while keeping his voice low.

'You're the one who was reckless. You seriously had a cold heart, you know.

　Gripping the near breaking surface of her left arm with her right hand, she broke free of the situation held by the girl's arms and stood on her own feet on the ground.

　In front of Garnett, although I tried to keep the pain from showing on my face as much as possible, I honestly felt quite intense pain.

　Even with this, perhaps thanks to focusing the magic power of 【Restoration】 on the fracture surface, the pain has only eased considerably.

"It's not very convincing to say that with such a pale face. You've got to get to 【Restore】 quickly. ......
''As much as I'd like to do that, but it's tough to do a [restoration] on this scale without supplementation. It would be nice if we could recover the torn off arm.

　I naturally breathe hard and ooze greasy sweat.

　As Garnett said, I'd like to [Repair] my arm as soon as possible, but there are a few problems with that.

　The [Repair] skill can't change the total amount of mass.
　If I simply activated 【Restoration】 like this, nearly half of my arm's mass would be taken away from other parts of my body.

　Specifically, bones and flesh would be reduced from the entire body by the amount of the 【Restoration】 range.

　It's not even close to a high risk/high return situation.

　Even more fundamentally, I had never tried to regenerate a lost hand, so there was no guarantee that I could properly [repair] it, including its function.

''Then use my body. I'm sure your skills can take it with you.
Don't be stupid. You can't do that, can you?

　I'm not talking about whether it's possible because of the effectiveness of your skills.
　There are things in this world that we shouldn't do and things that we definitely don't want to do.

　Just as the futile argument is about to begin, Sakura appears in front of us in [shrinking land].

''Luke-dono!　Thank God you're okay!

　In his hand was my left arm that had been torn off the sleeve of my clothes.

"I've retrieved your left arm!　Can it be [restored]?
Thank goodness ......, I can manage this ......!

　Receiving the torn arm and activating 【Restoration】, the broken surfaces are joined back together.

　Compared to rebuilding the parts that have been lost, reconnecting the parts that have been removed is an easy 【Restoration】 compared to rebuilding the parts that have been lost.

　After the arms were connected, even if I tried opening and closing my fingers for a test, there was no discomfort in the movement at all.
　The [repair] seems to have succeeded without any problems.

...... That's it.
Oh, yeah. I don't need you to worry about me. Seriously, I'm so glad you're here, Sakura.

　Garnett sat back down on the spot, looking deeply relieved.
　I think he's rather more pleased than I am myself.

　I questioned Sakura about the current situation, keeping my voice volume down, wary of my surroundings.

'Sakura. What happened to that dragon man?
'I'm sorry we allowed you to escape. We were more concerned with recovering the arm and joining you than pursuing it.
Why are you apologizing there? I'm the one to blame for that.

　If you trace back to the original, it started when I was caught by Julia, who was ...... modified by the dragon man.

　If it is pointed out that I should have moved more vigilantly instead of rushing [Analysis], there is no room for refutation.

　Sakura nodded reservedly and then looked around again.

''Even so, it looks like this is the backyard of the Demon King's Castle.
I guess. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I'd get on board like this.

　Our current location was a vast garden maintained between the back of the Demon King's Castle and the city walls.

　Rather than a garden, it's more of an artificial forest.

　In the middle of the "Demon King's Castle Realm", which is a vast wilderness, this was the only place filled with greenery that reminded me of the earth.

　However, it wasn't a chaotic forest area.
　It's an artificial forest that has been maintained to give a certain artistic feel to it.

　It was well-kept to the point where it could be admirably used as a garden in a royal castle, and for a castle in the middle of the wilderness, it could be said to be the height of luxury.

''The troops are concentrated around the city walls and seem to be thin on the ground, but I suspect the enemy troops will be rushing in soon. Let's leave quickly.

　Fortunately, there were no enemy soldiers in sight in this backyard.
　The reason is probably simple, and as Sakura says, it's because the troops have been assigned to more important places.

　However, after falling with such a flourish, the soldiers must be dispatched without so much pause.

'When I say disengagement, it's going to be ...... one or two things.

　There were troops gathered around the city walls to resist the siege, so if they wanted to escape in a straightforward manner, they would have to force their way through.

　Although the risk was great, I couldn't think of any other way to escape.

　Immediately after thinking this, a boy's voice was thrown at him from the Demon King's Castle.

''Over here!　Come on!
Don't tell me that was Kirigakure!

　It was Sakura who responded immediately.
　Kirigakure Nagi -- a boy adventurer from Sakura's hometown, a relationship that involved belonging to forces that were at odds with each other.

　The source of the voice was behind a small hole in the lower part of the outer wall, with an iron grate.

　Apparently, there is a room there that is half underground, and the window near the ceiling of that room has a mouth near the ground.

　I don't have time to take my time and think about it.
　The three of us exchange glances with each other and silently communicate with each other, and run up to the hole in the iron grate where we heard voices.

　Then [Disassembly] quickly dismantled the iron grate and slipped into the horizontal hole about knee height.

''This place looks like a ...... warehouse. ......

　The hole was still a lighted window in the basement, and there was a large pile of large, empty crates in the room.

　And just as Sakura had intuited, a small oriental boy was leaning against the pile of crates, standing there with his arms crossed grumpily.

'It was Shiranui, after all. Why are you here in this place? What was that fancy crash all about?
''Kirigakure...... why are you the one in the Demon King's Castle?

　While the two of them were talking with the same swordsmanship as before, I had restored the window bars to their rusty condition [Repair].

　This should have camouflaged the escape route.

''I'll explain the situation to you. But first, let me thank you. Thanks to that, we won't be found by the Demon King's army.
'You're too quick. We'll see if we can't get away with it.

　Nagi cut off the conversation with Sakura at random and turned to me.

'For now, let's just call it a mutual exchange of information. To be honest, I'm terribly confused, too, since someone I know fell out of the sky out of nowhere. What's really going on, you guys?

　Nagi's expression as she said this was filled with such confusion that I was sorry to see it.