The change in his expression was not missed by 《Dimension》.
　I quickly turn around and try to talk to Lord. However, before I can speak to her, she is interrupted by her shout.

''Ah, ah, my hand slipped!

　With that dumb cry, a wind full of vicious magical power rolled in.

　First of all, the location was bad. The space was open and - just in the distance of Lord's eyes, there were a few monsters wandering around with no hostile intent. To those harmless monsters, she attacked them with the wind.

　It was a messy wind that wasn't even magical, but the Lord's magical power would be enough of a weapon.
　The monsters that were hit by that gust of wind were of various types.　White spirits (elements) and birds that were floating in the sky, white snakes that were crawling on the ground and moving armor (Living Armor). All of them changed the color of their eyes to black and stared at us - and in the next moment, they attacked us with their feet together.

　Seeing that, Lord laughs.

''--Haha, I knew it!
I knew it, I knew it, you ......!
Oh, no, no, my hand slipped!　My hand slipped!

　I'm stunned by that joke of an excuse. I've been complaining about it for a long time, and I knew it would happen at some point. However, I didn't expect him to resort to such childish measures so quickly.
　Leaving me, who didn't say a second word, Nosfi first calmly formed a light spear.

''Uzumi-sama, if your hand slipped, it can't be helped. Now, prepare to intercept.''
d*mn it, I can't help--

　After being chided, I spread out the Dimension to understand the situation.
　First of all, I need information about the space. Next, I figure out the exact positions of our allies and enemies.
　The first monster that reached us first was the Piercing Pigeon that I saw on the 62nd layer as well. Its size was similar to a normal bird, but its body was lighter. Its feathers are made up of glowing magical power, and it ripples like a stream of water that travels across a mirrored surface.

[Monster] Piercing Pigeon: Rank 60.

　The piercing spear of Nosfi's light spear struck off the piercing pigeon that came flying in from above and sent it away.
　The next attacker is a white snake that has crawled on the ground--

[Monster] White Snake: rank 60

　This guy is also close to the general size I know. And just like the Piercing Pigeon, the surface of its body is glowing.
　As for the white snake that crawled over, Ryner intercepts it with his twin swords. That sharp sword flash certainly slashed away the enemy's small body. However, it didn't go as far as ripping the White Snake's body apart.

　Furthermore, new monsters were approaching from behind it.
　Realizing that I would be surrounded by a wide variety of first-time monsters at this point, I unbearably construct a dimensional magic.

''-- Magic 《Default》!　Nosfi, Reiner!　I'll tweak the nasty looking ones away from you to keep them at a distance, so take them down as fast as you can in that order!

　I used my magic power sparingly to distort the distance in space.
　Instead of simply flying all the monsters farther away, I adjusted my position so that they reach here in order of their 'display' rank, in order of low rank.

　The two of them, having figured out my idea of wanting each one to be destroyed, begin to focus on the nearest enemy.

I see. I understand, Uzurinami-sama. -- then, Ryner to observe the body of the enemy more. There's a constant flow of light magic, right?　A physical attack won't work for these kinds of moves.
So that's what this is all about. So that's what this is all about.
Excellent choice. Then I, too, am a Scythelight.

　Nosfi intercepts her own enemy while giving Ryner sound advice. Unlike Ryner, she seems to have plenty of room to spare. The next time I distort the distance, I'll send more monsters towards Nosfy.

　Then, around the time the two magic blades catch the monster, I see the other guardian (Guardian) trying to follow the fight between the two.

'Lord!　You don't move!
What?　Yeah?

　For some reason, the person who had caused this situation was about to join the front line with a bayonet in high spirits.

'Of course not!　Rather, why did you think you could join us!
I mean, you're having a hard time?
It's your fault!
Ugh. ......

　With my reprimand, Lord finally seemed to accept the seriousness of what he had done. He got a little teary-eyed and let the wind bayonet dissipate.
　It was a bit pitiful, but it couldn't be helped. It may have been a game to Lord, but to us, it's a matter of life and death. In order to avoid worsening the situation, I'll keep an eye out to make sure Lord doesn't do anything unnecessary.

　After stopping the Lord, I try to understand the situation with Dimension without drawing my sword. I figured that skipping instructions here would increase the overall strength of my party, rather than entering the fray.

　The only decent attack spell I can use right now is Distance Mute, and the others are still being practiced. The rest I'm practicing.
　I'm sure the two of them would be better off if they were assisting me rather than wasting their fuel consumption and poor hit rate on the front lines with Distance Mute.
　The experience of the battle up to today and the 'wisdom' of his status determined that it was the best solution.

　And according to that decision, I'm going to focus all of my abilities and nerves on 'grasping the battlefield' and 'commanding'--!

　-- Organize the information that can be obtained from "Dimension".
　Just now, Nosfi killed the first monster, the White Snake, just now. However, Ryner's side is having a hard time with the moving armor (Living Armor) monster, the Illugianus Knight.
　The characteristics of the Illugianus Knight are easy to understand. He seems to be a swordsman who fights with a glowing sword, leaving physical attacks to his defenses, which completely repel physical attacks. He doesn't seem to use magic, but pushes with all his 'swordsmanship'.
　The monster's rank is 59; since it is the lowest-ranked, I tried to put it on Ryner, but it doesn't seem to be able to handle it well. It's a good thing that you can't have a magical spell that exceeds the defensive power of your light magic, even if you can win the "swordsmanship" game.

　It's not because of Ryner's lack of strength. Probably, even if I were to deal with him, it would be the same result. It is abnormal for Nosfy to easily defeat the monster.

　If this is the case, the second monster on the right, which Ryner is in charge of, will reach it. If it became two against one, the probability of Ryner getting seriously injured would increase. Unavoidably, I squeeze out a large amount of magic power from the bottom of my body and begin to construct a backup magic.

　The magic I use is 《Default》.
　However, the purpose of using it this time is not to 'move' but to 'support'. I'm going to build a "default" that is specialized in assisting attacks here and now. I'm not going to be able to get rid of it.
　I'm used to both creating new magic and being forced to do so in the middle of battle when there's no time to spare--!

"Nosfi, keep it on the left side!　Reiner, I'll take care of your evasion (・・・・), so just go ahead and throw it away!　-Dimensional magic... Dimension... Defortion!
I believe in Christ!

　Ryner responded immediately.
　In order to respond to his unquestioning trust, he chanted his magic with everything he had.

''--Dimension, Curved Warfare Operation (Reference)!

　The name of the new magic is Dimension and Curvature Operations (Reference).
　It is a magic that specializes in creating errors.
　First, use Dimension Graduation to figure out the space and calculate the enemy's swordline. Then, he distorts the space where the sword will pass through with Defortion, causing the opponent's attacks and defenses to fail. It's like the dimensional winter (di winter) of the dimensional attribute.

　The difficulty of its magic is not comparable to Dimension Decisive Operation (Graduation).
　The sheer amount of information that had to be processed made me dizzy.

　However, the magic is successful even though it's the first time it's done so because I'm concentrating on the Dimension Calculator at the back.

　As I instructed, Ryner discards his defenses and begins building wind magic.
　Without missing the opening, the Illusian Knight slashed his sword diagonally with a kesa slash - but it shifted (...). The glowing sword that should have caught the liner's body is just barely out of reach. It struck empty, as if it was an amateur slash.

　This time, a large opening is created in the direction of the Illusian Knight. And Ryner has finished preparing to draw his magic sword at maximum output.

''-- Slash through it!　Magic 《Wind Flamberge》!

　The twin swords clothed in maximum magical power are swung out with the highest speed, and the Illusian Knight's armor is cut off in a batshit form.
　He does not relax his vigilance as he watches the monster turn into particles of light and disappear.

''Next!　Nosfi, watch out for the snakes back there!　Ryner, next time you attract the white spirit in front of you, retreat to near me in three seconds!
"Thanks for the advice, Mr. Uzumi.
I got it!　Christ!

　I fly instructions to each of them and share the overall information with them all.
　Then, in order to defeat the white spirit (Holy Element), which Ryner alone would not be able to defeat, I begin to construct another magic.
　The image of this magic is the Screw Iris flower.
　I can't recreate the magic Torsion released by the original Kanami, but I can at least imitate it.

The magic Writhe-Shobu (Torsion)!

　At the end of three seconds, a sufficient amount of time to build magical power, a dimensional distortion occurred in the 'Crescent Pectrazi's Straight Sword'.
　It was a distortion that didn't even look like a flower if one looked closely at it.
　Naturally, the magic flower he had improvised was far from imperfect. Its magic power was thin and so weak that it would dissipate if you let it go from your hand.

　Unlike the progenitor Kanami's, it was graded down to a magic with no physical attack power at all. However, if the opponent doesn't have a physical body, this should be enough.

''I've brought you here, Christ!
'Oh!　Now, I'm going to strike the magic!

　With my eyes on the side of the Holy Element that is focused on the liner, I draw out a sword covered with the Form Writhe-Shobu (Torsion).

　The sword slips through the body of the Holy Element. As I expected, as is the case with spirit (elemental) types, physical attacks are ineffective. However, he was able to attach the flower of the 《Form Writ Shobu (Torsion)》 to the enemy's body.

''Distort it!　--Form Twisted Shobu (Torsion)!

　The same image as when he uses the Dimensional Snow comes to mind, and he unleashes a burst of magic. It's the image of releasing the dimensional gaps contained within the Form and damaging the body of an enemy made up of magic power.
　That explosion has no physical impact. However, it would have a tremendous impact on the enemy's magical power.
　In game terms, it's a magic that attacks MP instead of HP.

　The magic power that makes up the Holy Element's body was displaced - distorted into a vortex. Although he couldn't kill it off, but there was no doubt that the enemy's shining body contracted.

''--[Zeerewind]!

　Then, without a moment's hesitation, Ryner's final magic was released and the Holy Element couldn't keep its body and dissipated.

　--Okay. That's the second one.

''We're almost there!　We're going to intercept them all at this point, Rainer, Nosfi!
Yes, Miss Uzumi.
Oh, this will work!

　On the other side, Nosfi had dealt with more than twice as many monsters as this side. Thanks to that, there was only one animal left on this side. If it's the last one, there's no need to worry about the rest of them and hurry, so we can take our time and apply our magic power.

　Thus, we spend several tens of minutes to finish eradicating the nearly ten light-attribute monsters.

　A large amount of light particles drifted down the wide corridor. After retrieving the magic stone, I check to see if there are any other monsters and then talk to the Lord.

...... Why did you do that? Explain it to me properly.

　Honestly, I want to yell at him. However, I try to speak to him as gently as possible and try to listen to what the Lord has to say. If I get emotional here, it will be the same as when I decided that Arti was the enemy.

　With my efforts, Lord shuddered as he spoke his thoughts.

I'm not going to be able to say that it's a good idea," he said. Kanamin says it's the end--...... Oh, that's right!　Why don't we just wipe out the monsters layer by layer like we're doing now?　Because then it would take more time!
"Oh, hey, Lord. ......

　Half laughing and half crying, I wish Lord would stay with me for as long as possible.
　I'm puzzled by this request, which resembles a baby, let alone a child.
　Now, Lord is expressing his emotions more than ever before. There's no mistaking the straightforwardness of his feelings.

　-- but that heartfelt emotion is too straightforward (・・・・・・・).

　The more I was warned that Lord had a backstory, the more ridiculous I looked at her, tricking her and hiding my plan to attack the labyrinth, the more back and forth in those thoughts.
　No, rather than being two-faced, this makes it look like ......--

　There is no longer a need for slumbering tactics. I've decided that and I'm going to throw my honest thoughts at Lord. --You can't do that.

I can't do that, Lord, I can't do that. I have to get back to earth as soon as possible. My sister and her friends are waiting for me. Please, please understand: ......

　I grabbed Lord's shoulder and made eye to eye contact with him.
　By never looking away, I showed that I was also sincerely appealing to him. Lord stared back at my eyes in defeat, but he immediately relaxed his body and turned his face down.

Ugh. Wow, I understand. I know that Kanamin is more important to Yotaki-chan than anything else, and the boy knows that .......

　She seemed to be teasing me, and I returned her words with a pause.
　I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make it work.


　--I'm not sure if this is the case.　
　I thought.


　It's a bit of a letdown.
　This inert girl is a king who lived for more than a thousand years?
　A king who united tens of thousands of people, led tens of thousands of soldiers, killed tens of thousands of enemies, and betrayed tens of thousands of allies?　"Mad King", "Demon King", "King who rules" are all such grandiose titles?　
　Really ......?

　It's as if the images don't overlap.
　We see the overwhelming violence that is appropriate for a king. But if you include the mental aspect, it becomes completely unbelievable.

''Well then, then, ......, in 'here', the child will be waiting for you all the time ....... So, definitely, definitely come back ......?

　Like a child who promises to play with his friends again, the Lord asks for it in a tantalizing way.

　Yes.
　It's like a child--.

That's a given. I promise you that.
If you break your promise, you're dead weight!　I'll probably cry!

　Lord puffed out his reddened cheeks with tears in his eyes.

'Ah, ah, .......'

　Isn't this unusual: ......?

　I may have been mistaken.
　I thought that Lord was deliberately talking like a child because he was an old king who had lived a thousand years. I thought he was daring to play the clown and watch me.
　That's why I've been wary of all the possibilities until today.
　But what I see before me now is really just a child.

　I don't believe it's a trap by storytelling. I've been fooled by it in my own way, and I've gained a lot of life experience in another world. Most importantly, she's now using her skills 'sensitivity' and 'fraud' to observe. You can be sure that she is speaking from the heart.

　The discrepancy between the 'ruling king (Lord)' of the legend and the Lord in front of me is so great that it makes me feel sick.
　In front of me, who is confused by this strange sensation, the Lord keeps reminding me.

''Kanamin, you have to come back, okay?　Because the child will be waiting for you forever and ever. Yes, I'll be waiting for you in 'here' for a long, long time--

　I've been forced to reevaluate all my previous impressions of Lord.
　Hence, I can't find the words to answer right away.

　And in the few moments when I was at a loss for an answer, things moved.
　Nosfi, who had been silent at the back, came forward.
　With an expression that said he couldn't watch.

'Lord, what are you foolishly saying? There is no such thing as 'forever' in this world. All things have an end.
What?

　Lord shuddered at Nosfi's sudden interruption of his harsh tone of voice.

''Honestly, I can't listen to it. I'll say this early for your sake, but that space - the life span of 'Viaisia' is short-lived. The 'forever' you speak of is practically impossible.
Longevity?　I mean, there's no such thing?　Because the child (wawa) will live there forever ......, and that's what I've decided to do.
'Lord, do you really mean it?'

　Nosfi's brow furrows and he continues to speak as if to chide a dreaming child.

'-- there is no such thing as eternity,'

　As a matter of course, he confronted the natural providence.
　But Lord refused to accept it, and countered with a trembling voice.

'Oh, there is!　Because the children have been living there for a thousand years now.　A thousand years!　So, I'm sure it's going to be fine from now on!　Of course!
No, it's over. From what I've seen, that space has about a month left of life.
"Yea, a month ......?

　It was new to me, too.
　But there was nothing strange about that story. Is it because I had seen the distortion of the sky in that world? Or is it because I am the one who created that space? I was able to accept the figure of one month easily.

'I've heard the origin of that space. My guess on that is that the lifespan of that place was probably set to a thousand years from the beginning.

　Nosfi continues to offer speculation. I miss the right moment to stop, as it was useful information for me as well.

'Eh, what do you say ......, Nosfi ......'
In the past, Master Uzumi had planned to come here in a thousand years. Therefore, he must have set a deadline (time limit) of a thousand years. Any more time than that would be a waste of space and magic, so it's only natural.
But even after a thousand years, the child(s) won't disappear at all ......?
'If Uzumi-sama's memory was normal, we could have extended it from here. However, under these circumstances, it's difficult. Uzumi-sama, can you use spatial magic?

　What comes to mind when you say spatial-based magic is 'possessions', but there's no progress in analyzing that one at all.

'When you say spatial-based magic, you probably can't use it: ....... Nosfy, wait a minute longer than that. The story is too rushed: ......

　Nosfi's harsh tone is too much for the Lord now.
　That's why I try to stop him. But Nosfi shook his head.

'Wait a moment, Uzumi-sama. This is what she needs. Lord, did you hear that?　Collapse is inevitable. It's not a good idea to say 'forever' or 'ever', you'll get caught up in the collapse. --I am ...... a friend (...) and I want to prevent that from happening.

　And then the words were spun for Lord.
　Nosfi's face was also distorted, just like Lord's. From the expression on her face, one could be sure that she also meant what she said. Just like before, it's the same certainty from using the skill.

　However, at the same time as I gain that conviction, I also feel a sense of discomfort.
　It's the same discomfort again.

　I thought that because Nosfi has a brilliant mind, she treats us with a calculating civility and friendliness. I thought there was always some kind of calculation in her kindness.
　But now I see a girl in front of me who is seriously worried about her friend. Although her words are a bit harsh, you can see that she is trying to convince you with sincere words from a compassionate heart.

''Ugh, it's a lie ......, that's not true ......''
'Maybe we don't have a month to look at the distorted sky in that space. You must make up your mind as soon as possible. Otherwise, you won't make it in time.
...... That's a lie. It's a lie, a lie, a lie, a lie, a lie!
"No one can compare to me for magical connoisseurship. And you know that I don't lie.　I can't be wrong, sir.
Ugh. ......
'The end is at hand, Lord. When that space comes to an end, you will be forced to go to earth.
"'Above ground' ......?

　The Lord is frightened when he hears the word 'on the ground', but Nosfi continues to spout the right argument without a minute's notice. He continues to say the right thing and show the right way. The figure is innocent and pure, like a nun praying, but

'Don't look at me like that. Think about it the other way around. Look at it positively. Instead, we should rejoice in the fullness of time.
'Hey, can't you do something about it ......?　If it's Nosfi, do something!
'That space is made up of magic with dimensional attributes, not light attributes. It's not possible for me to do that. And even if I could fix that space, I wouldn't cooperate.
Why?
You've had enough, haven't you?　Lord, now is the time to face your true unresolved feelings. It's useless to keep regretting the past in that place. Let's look forward. As the bearers of our fate, we must do what needs to be done. Yes, we are human beings that adapt and evolve. Let's see this as an opportunity, not a limit. This is your chance to get out of this dimness, out from underneath and onto the brighter ground. Now, all you have to do now is to be grateful for that opportunity and move on--
Ugh, shut up!

　At last, Lord couldn't hold back and threw a tantrum, violently releasing his body's magic power.
　A storm comparable to Ryner's 《Zeer Wound》 arose and nearly blew the bodies of the three people present here away.