"But ...... why am I still alive?

"You were undead, but we brought you back to life. ...... Don't ask too many questions.

I'm not sure what to say, but I'm going to say it.

I'm sure you'll be able to tell me more about this in the future.

You can still fool them by saying that a Lunametal sword is a "special sword technique" or that a space transfer is a "special contraction method," but when it comes to ...... reanimating the dead, you can't even come up with a way to make it sound like that.

Since I had no choice, I decided to simply say, "Please don't ask too many questions.
It's an unspoken rule for adventurers not to ask unnecessary questions, so if I say this, the topic won't come up anymore.


Anyway, this young man is still very upset.
"Are you an A-rank adventurer? He's probably not in a state of mind to talk about the details of how he became a zombie, let alone answer a simple question like "Are you an A-rank adventurer?

I guess I'll wait for a while until the young man calms down.
Then, I'll listen to him as much as he can answer.

With that in mind, I decided to just tell Caucasus and Belzebub that they can go and enjoy hunting at their leisure, and offer the ...... young man a hot drink.

You'll be able to use the magic of the apothecary to cast a sedative spell on the nearby grass and add it to the hot drink.

I'm going to wait until the young man finishes his drink.


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After about 10 minutes, the young man's condition visibly improved, so I decided to start a discussion.

My name is Valerius. And you are?

"I'm Plex. As I said before, I'm a rank A adventurer. ...... Are you from the Academy of Fine Arts?

No, I'm a current student.

I'm a current student.
I'm taking a voluntary leave of absence. But I'm still a student.

I'm a student. ...... You've been on this island since you were a student?　And who the hell are you to afford ...... that?

Plex looked as if he had just heard the unbelievable.

"Well, there's a lot going on .......

I said, muddying the waters.


Well, I'm a student, but I'm a reincarnated one.
More than anything, the fact that I had the materials for awakening and evolving at the age of eight was quite significant.

This is because the materials for awakening and evolving are not something that a novice tamer can obtain, so it was a tradition for the tamer of the previous life to receive one of the materials for awakening and evolving from a senior tamer when they came of age.
In other words, it was only after they came of age that they could gain full-fledged experience as a tamer.

However, when I was eight years old when I was reincarnated, I already had the materials to evolve, and I tamed and evolved a Caucasus soon after.
In other words, I am now in my fourth year of adulthood in my previous life.

So, it's no wonder that I can operate normally on the island of self-determination. ...... There's no way to explain this either.

So, let's move on to the next topic.

I'm sure you're aware of that, but I'm not.

I asked the question out of curiosity, for starters.

If you're just reanimating a corpse, it's natural that you'll only have memories of what happened before you died. ...... Plex is a former undead.
Even if you are undead, does death = unconsciousness, or did you have consciousness as a zombie?
I think this is a pretty interesting topic, don't you?

I thought so.

"Zombie ......, was I undead?

Surprisingly, the answer came back to me.
This is confirmed by the fact that I only have memories of ...... before my death.
I'd prefer this, because even if I had memories as a zombie, they'd be useless.

That's right. When I was exploring Suicide Island, I saw a zombie, so I tried ...... to revive it, and it turned out to be Mr. Plex.

"Oh, I see. ......?

Plex gave him a look as if he were talking to an alien.

If you don't mind me asking, can you tell me what happened to you before you became a zombie ......, that is, from the time you arrived on Suicide Island until you met me?

When I was done with the greetings, I decided to get to the point.

Then, the ...... plex gave me a bitter look, and began to talk to me in whispers.

I've come to explore this island as a member of the A-rank party Knuth's Arrow of Hope .......

Plex spoke slowly but firmly.
He continued.

It started out well. We had a lot of strong enemies, but we were able to defeat them as a party. But because we were able to defeat the ...... enemies, we made the mistake of going a little deeper.

The expression on Plex's face became increasingly grim.
I thought about saying, "You don't have to talk about it if it's too painful," but before ...... I could open my mouth, he started talking about it.

The next day ...... a demon of a completely different level of strength suddenly appeared. We had no choice but to flee without direction, as our instincts told us we were about to die. That's how ...... we found ourselves so far back that we didn't know how to get back.

...... I see.
I thought that Plex's party was good enough to make it to the suicide island, because this is a rather deep part of the suicide island, but ...... it is not.

And so the months went by without us knowing what to do. ...... One day we failed to escape from a powerful demon. That's all I remember.

When he finished, Plex looked relieved, as if he had accomplished something.


...... I see.
So, in a nutshell, ...... "Knuth's Arrow Hope" is one of the A-rank parties that didn't make it back from Suicide Island.

It's a good idea to have a good idea of what you're looking for.

...... Hmm, wait.
That means that ...... maybe it's easier than you think to revive Plex's friends, too, right?

The undead are basically demons that rarely change their habitat.
In other words, there's a chance that the members of Knuth's Arrow of Hope might still be wandering around the area.

If that's the case, it's easy to find them.
It only takes a single spell to gather the undead here.



"Please wait a moment at ....... There's one thing I'd like to try.

However, this is only a hypothesis.
I decided to say this without giving away any specifics so as not to raise undue expectations.

...... So, let's do a little resuscitation mission.