Seto and the water wolf seemed to be clearly feeling something, but Ray has no idea what's going on beyond his gaze.
　However, from the appearance of Seto and the water wolf, it was clear that they were not acting like that in a joke or something, but for some reason.
　What's more, Seto and the water wolf are watching in the middle of the Trent forest.
　In the middle of it lies a vast underground space, in which is Whisp.
　Whispers who have the ability to summon inanimate beings from another world.
　Now that things have come to that, Ray seemed certain something had happened to Whisp.

(The question is, what happened to Whisp... is it Anastasia or Grimm?)

　Anastasia, who studies Whispers in the basement, probably doesn't know, but the basement is connected to the laboratory where Grimm lives.
　So there is no denying the possibility that something might have happened while Grimm was studying Whisp.
　In this case, it is difficult to judge that from the outside.
　Grimm and Anastasia
　I had to go and see for myself who did this incident.
　Even so, I'm hoping that Ray might be able to go to Earth once.
　You can't just sit here thinking something happened to where Wisp is.
　What happened?
　It was necessary to make sure of it.

"Seto!"
"Guru!"

　Seto reacts instantly to Ray's voice.
　Seto comes all the way to Ray's side.
　Ray rides on Seto's back and heads into the underground space... before speaking to the knight in charge of this scene.

"I'm going to wait and see. I think it'll be all right, but please be prepared to deal with anything.
"Okay, have a safe trip."

　Ray nods to the knight's words and tries to head with Seto to the middle of the Trent Forest...

"Woo!"

　It was a water wolf who put Ray on hold.
　Even for waterwolves, the lake where they live today is next to the forest of Trent.
　So, if anything happened in the Trent Forest, it would be natural to try to deal with it.
　Ray knew it, but he shook his head at the water wolf.

"Sorry, the water wolf, wait here. Don't take a water wolf with you unless you know what happened over there."

　We don't know what really happened over there, so we don't know what will happen to the water wolf connected to the lake.
　If that were the case, I could not bring a water wolf friendly to the people of this world.
　...if this was still an easy monster to deal with like a goblin colony, it would have been a different story.

"Please."
"...wow..."

　The water wolf reluctantly accepts Ray's words.
　Waterwolves are curious about what's going on in the middle of the Trent forest, but they didn't know what the lake would be like if they died or disappeared for any reason.

"Then, I ordered this one. First of all, at night... No, if you wait until tomorrow morning and don't come back, ask Mr. Dusker for instructions. If you say you went underground, you'd be able to tell."

　Ray understands that underground space needs to be kept secret as much as possible.
　That's why I leave a message to Dusker to ask for instructions, not to mention that I'm going to the center of the Trent Forest here.
　If you say you went underground, Dusker would naturally know that Ray was heading towards the center of the Trent Forest, and he could give instructions if something happened.

(If possible, I wanted to keep the basement a secret, but I couldn't help it.)

　the underground space and the middle of the Trent Forest.
　When asked which one to keep secret, there is no doubt that it is better to keep it a secret that the underground space exists in the middle of the forest of Trent.
　After asking for a message, Ray gives a signal to Seto and starts running.

"Run on the ground."
"Guru?"

　At Ray's words, I groaned, "Is Seto OK?"
　I knew Ray was in a hurry, and that's why I thought we'd better fly in the air.
　In fact, Seto's speed of weaving through the trees in the Trent Forest is considerably faster.
　Nevertheless, it is also a fact that flying is faster.
　However, even though I hid the fact that I was heading towards the center of the forest of Trent, I found out where I was going when I flew away.
　You probably don't know exactly which direction and how far it is, but it was only natural that you wanted to keep it as secret as much as possible when you think about Whisp.

"Oh,"

　When asked if it was OK, Ray nods immediately.
　Seeing it, Seto began to run on the ground without further questioning Ray, if he had to say so.
　However, its speed is overwhelmingly faster than that of running with Anastasia on board.
　Seto also instinctively knows that what's going on is not normal.
　So there was no need to hesitate to hurry to where something happened.
　Ray caresses Seto on the back, looking at the passing scenery.

(If something happens in the underground space where Wisp is, is it that Seto cannot enter the underground space?)

　The passageway to the underground space is rather narrow.
　Ray, Anastasia, and Fana can pass without any problems, but they can only pass in a line.
　Since two people could not pass side by side, it was difficult to get to the underground space even if Seto had resizing skills.

(In that case, do I still have to go to the underground space by myself this time? No, if you have Grimm, or can you find out the cause of the abnormality...?)

　While Ray has such glimpses of hope, Seto runs down the ground to the underground space where Whispers is.
　So that we can arrive as soon as possible.
　Ray found some goblins along the way, but he can't afford to be on the goblins under the circumstances, let alone before something goes wrong.
　Instead of attacking through and through, goblins are truly ignored.
　Setho understands the abnormality... No, exactly, as long as it was Setho who felt the abnormality with the water wolf, he could have felt more impatient than Ray.
　Therefore, Seto runs through the forest of Trent, completely indifferent to goblins.
　The goblins also have no means of attacking the fast-moving Seto.
　Even if you have any weapon, Seto will run through before you attack with it.
　Even a goblin with a bow can't make an attack because he's already away from the scene when he finds Seto.
　Even if you were lucky enough to attack, Seto was running in the forest of Trent, and it was difficult to get Seto to hit the target.
　Unfortunately, it is not the kind of attack that the goblins can do.
　So Ray and Seto had nothing to do with the goblins... only the goblins who unfortunately jumped out in front of Seto were blown away by Seto, mortally wounded, crashing their bodies against a growing tree and breaking their necks.
　While doing that, they keep going... until Ray and Seto arrive at a place with an underground passage leading to the underground space.

"This is..."

　I didn't know anything when I was in the camp, but now that I've come this close, Ray can understand what Seto and the water wolf responded to.
　Ray doesn't have the ability to feel the general magic.
　However, even with Ray like that, you can feel a strange atmosphere when you get this far.
　It's not magical, it's not murderous, it's not hostile... I can't describe it, but it's a strange feeling.

"It's my first time feeling it. ...I guess that feeling from here has something to do with Whisp. ...Seto, I'm going inside, so please search around. Especially in this situation, I don't think anyone would approach me carelessly. But there's still a chance."
"Guru-ru-ru-ru-ru-ru-ru-ru-ru-ru-ru-ru..."

　Usually, Seto listens to Ray honestly.
　However, even from the perspective of Seto, it seems very dangerous to send Ray to the underground space in this situation, and I cannot nod honestly.
　Ray pats Seto's head looking at him anxiously.

"Don't worry. I don't know what's going on in the basement, but do you think I'll do anything about it? Seto, who has been working with me for a long time, knows my strength the best.""Guru..."

　Seto's throat rasping with reluctance.
　When asked if he actually believed in Ray's ability, Seto was able to assert that no one knew Ray's ability better than Seto.

"So trust me and wait for me."
"Guru-ru- "Squealing..."

　Eventually, reluctantly... really reluctantly, Seto nods to Ray's words.
　Ray, who patted Seto's head at the end, goes straight to the underground passageway.

"Wow... what is this?"

　I don't feel any particular danger, but there is no doubt that something strange will be felt.
　Strange about it, Ray continues down the underground passageway... until he reaches the underground space where Whisp is.

「……」

　In front of the space, Ray keeps silent.
　No, it's right that I couldn't speak even when I said something exactly.
　When I came to this basement this morning, what was here was the same scene Ray had seen last night.
　There was a huge whisk, a table at a distance, on which there were many kinds of research materials, some kind of laboratory equipment, some kind of dried fruit, baked bread, dried meat, and other preserved foods.
　Also, only Ray could tell, but in the underground there was some magic item placed by Grimm.
　However, there is no such scene left in front of Ray now.
　No, there was a Whisp, but there was no table where all sorts of things were placed, not in place of it, but in the space there was a huge... a hole about 3 meters in radius.
　On the other side of the space is a vast expanse of grassland, completely different from this underground space.
　Ray was fascinated by the unexpected sight, but he immediately called the names of the two who were here.

"Anastasia! Hwana, are you not here?"

　Ray screamed, but there was no answer as a matter of course.
　With Anastasia, you can be interested in examining holes in the air as this is an unknown phenomenon.

(No, I mean... by any chance you went to the other side because you were interested in the holes in space, didn't you?)

　If we pass through a hole in space, will we be able to get to the other side safely?
　Even Ray doesn't know that, but given the smell of grass and soil that drifts from across the space, it's possible to predict that we'll be able to get to the other side of the hole.
　However, the question is whether we can go over there or not.

Ray.

　Suddenly, the voice I heard was familiar.

"Grimm?"
"Well... something unexpected seems to have happened."

　As he says so, Grimm appears. 　
　I don't know his expression because his head is a skull, but I could understand from the very beginning that he looked troubled.

"Do you know what happened?"
『No, I try not to go out here during the day as much as possible.』 Well... the fact that the two of us here are not here right now...

　Grimm's eyes without eyeballs are directed at the holes in space.
　Ray understood immediately what Grimm meant.
　Did Anastasia go by herself or get involved when there was a hole in the space?
　I didn't know about that.

"It's likely that you went over there, isn't it? Then... what should I do? I'll let Mr. Dusker know here. ...No, I can't. It's not good to have more people here. If that happens... me.

　Although Ray muttered so, there is no doubt that his curiosity is strongly stimulated by the fact that he can actually go to another world.
　There may be unknown magic items over there.
　With that kind of feeling...

"Okay, I'll be back for a second."

　That's what I was going to tell you.