The next morning, Kaito's guy came in early in the morning and woke me up.

'Do you want your dinner to be frog meat that badly?　You!

'I'm sorry!　So untie me, please!　Extreme!　Because he's really, really polarized!　And don't even get me started on frog meat!

Oh, God. You're wasting your energy in the morning.

But you really do live in a house all by yourself, don't you?

'Well, this wouldn't normally happen. There's a spare room upstairs, so that's where you'll be, right?　I can pull out a futon, at least.

'Seriously?　Thank God. Honestly, I was planning on sleeping on the couch or the ground.

I can't let you do that to a stone.

"Oh, here. It's from my mom. I got this one from the convenience store, the candy and juice.

I didn't know you could do this.

'How low am I in your estimation?

Because it's Kaito. It's going to rain today and tomorrow.

When I log into the game, Arleigh appears.

When I told him about yesterday, he looked really jealous. According to Arleigh, it's a given that Jeanne is a cute character in the game. I guess it's not a given.

After exchanging opinions about Jeanne, we talked about NPCs.

'How many famous NPCs have you met in Tact?'

'Will it be Hephaistos, Regingrave, Helya, Hippocrates, Olivier, D'Artagnan and Jeanne? I've probably met Dorginus once, too.

I knew there were a lot of them.

The fact that it's the highest number in the world means that there are others that seem to have appeared.

'The ones we've seen in Reich are Laurent and Euphemos. Roland is a Knight Commander and Euphemos seems to have been in the port city.

Laurent is a famous hero in Durandal. He's supposed to be a war buddy of Olivier's, but not in this game, it seems.

Eupemos is one of the Argonauts, and I believe he was the son of Europa and Poseidon. I don't know about the anecdote.

Wanto work confirms that he was a millionaire and named Kubera.

He's the patron god of the north in Indian mythology. He's the god who protects the treasures that the gods have taken back from the Naga. No wonder he's a millionaire.

"I hear there's no record of him in Vineleaf.

'It was originally from Hephaistos,'

That's right. I've heard there are a few other NPCs here and there to join you.

I see. However, no one comes. Come to think of it, we don't have any restrictions on what we can bring with us this time, so I'll cook for them.

If anyone does come, I asked Arleigh to explain.

As I was making the food and bombs, one after another, people started to gather. We bought items from Ruin-san and everyone is checking their equipment.

It seems that Miu-san was producing until the last minute. I also got two new pairs of water-resistant snake shoes from Wafu and gave them to Wafu and Sefone.

Later, I logged out before noon and was about to eat the food Kaito's mother gave me when I saw a letter in it.

I thought it was addressed to me, but when I looked at it, apparently it wasn't. I show the letter to Kaito.

'Don't bother your friends by playing games all the time.'

Apparently, it was obvious. No, it might have been obvious if I was always playing the game.

By the way, what I got was meat and potatoes. It was delicious.

And finally, it was time, and the event began.

The place we were forced to transition to was a village. I guess this will be the village of the rainy season.

Then Arleigh and the others would appear one after another. We were about to gather information in the village when we suddenly heard a distorted laugh from behind us.

The first thing I noticed was a clown wearing a mask with three oddly curved horns. I already had a bad feeling about this. If my prediction was correct, this guy is the kind of enemy you'd see in a mid-boss before the last boss battle.

"A demon?

'Yes. My name is Lukifuge Lofokale. It's long, so please call me Lukifugus.

Lukifuge Lofokare is a demon from the Great Book of Secrets. He is the second most powerful demon after Lucifer, Belzebut and Astaroth, the ruler of hell. He is, after all, the demon of the Prime Minister and Prime Minister of Hell.

What's more, the Great Deep Throat Book describes how to summon Lukifuge Lofokare, and the summoning of Lukifuge Lofokare is said to be the essence of this magic book.

Such a demon speaks up.

''First of all, thank you for participating in the play that Demon King Bael-sama has prepared for you.

You're playing with the Demon King Bael?

What do you mean?

''Yes. The reason why you have been invited to the village is because it's the Demon King Bael. This is the time of year when Demon Lord Bael is at his most powerful, and he has decided to play with humans.

''It's light...Demon King Bael.

''This time, there are monsters and demons under Demon Lord Bael-sama's command. You will all be playing with them. If you are able to defeat them, then this village will be freed from Demon King Bael-sama's control.

Hmm? So you don't think this village is...

You don't think we're on the Dark Continent, do you?

Lukifugus laughs at my question.

''Hmph. As expected of a person that Demon King Astaroth-sama is paying attention to. As you may have guessed, this is the Dark Continent. You already know what this means, right?

So if we can free this village, we can enter the Dark Continent. That's a big one.

Yeah. "Oh, and by the way, do you not take part in this little game?

Don't worry. I won't be attending. ''I'm too busy to do it,'' is the correct answer. I'm in charge of the finances of this continent and unlike the Demon King and his friends, I don't have time to play.

You're going to go to a lot of trouble to explain that to me.

It's part of my job. I wish you all the best. Ah, yes. For those of you who aren't interested in fighting, I've prepared chests in the forest and in the village. Of course, you will be targeted when you enter the forest, so please be careful. Now, please choose which game you want to play and then enjoy it.

With that, Lukifugus was gone. It was an unexpectedly big one, but it helped if you don't want to participate anyway. And Lewin-san's reading is spot on. So the treasure hunt is an element prepared for production jobs and the like. The info is coming.

The information is coming. Choose which you want to do.

I'm going to check with Siphon and the others, but naturally I'll choose to fight. I'm not going to be able to get a good idea of what I'm talking about.

I'm sure you'll be able to find out what I'm thinking about right now, Tact-kun?

''What I've found out is that if we can free this place, we won't have to risk going across the ocean to the Dark Continent. Furthermore, the Demon King Bael will not appear this time, but is likely to appear in the next event.

If this one is called a plaything, then the next time will be considered the real deal, and that's fine.

Well, that's the way it should be. The fact that you are being spotted by Astaroth means that Astaroth is alive and well.

That's what I thought. Well...

Well, let's go back and gather some information about the village.

The three of us look at each other in surprise.

'Wait a minute. We've already got the information, shouldn't we get on with the hunt?

''That's true, but in the end, after what you said earlier, the only information we got about the village was that it was controlled by the Demon King Bael. That's what stuck with me.

That's definitely weird... what do you want to do?　Chiffon.

Well, uh... well, we'll just have to find out what we can do about it.

So we all split up to collect information.

What we found out is that the name of the village is Dorscht Village. This village is ruled by the Demon King Bael and it rains all year round. And I found an inn.

When we all get together, it's the same information. Is this a mistake in reading this? But I'm curious about something.

'Why are you covered in mud?'

"...bumped into a girl with a red flower and fell down.

"Pervert.

'I knew you'd say that!　I'm telling you, I didn't push you down!　On the contrary, they went through it completely!

You didn't even get an apology...pathetic. Anyway, that's about it for information gathering, let's go make some points for now.