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　Putting my stuff down, I leaned my back against the wall of the room.

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I think I'm going to catch my breath.

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'Yes, I know. But .......

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　The space in the room we were staying in was small.

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　No, ...... to be exact, there wasn't much room to step on.

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　There is a lot of furniture lying around on the floor.

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　So I can say that the original room itself is reasonably large.

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　You can see some large furniture among the things taking up the space.

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　However, the most common items are dusty mid-sized or smaller furnishings.

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　An unused room becomes a storage room .......

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　How often does this happen?

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　The space near the bed from the door was barely empty.

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　So there was room for our stuff.

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　Even if we didn't put it away, it seemed to be fine to just sleep in bed.　

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............

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　I just need a little more space for me to sleep on the floor.

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I can't blame you for complaining about this ...... on the condition that you clean it and use it. I'll check with the witch about some of the minor decisions to be made when cleaning later, and then we'll get as much done as possible today. That's all right with you, Seras?

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　Seras often stared at the bed, gazing at it.

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　Eventually, a reply came.

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'Yes.'

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　I'm no longer used to sharing a room with Seras.

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　We have spent more than one night together.

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　We have slept together many times in the same room.

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　There is no resistance to each other.

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　...... Well, Selous may be aware of that in his own way.

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　The only reason he's aware of it is probably because of the last time that thing happened.

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　And Slay got down on the paving of the empty space.

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　The first form was space-saving, so he managed to get some space to rest.

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'Paculi - ......'

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　He is indeed tired.

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　But with this, Srey can finally take a breather.

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　I pat him on the back and say, "Get some rest.

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"Get some rest.

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Pacun.........

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　On the other hand.

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"Pigi-pigi-pi-pi-pi-pi!

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　Pigimaru leaps onto the bed.

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　He is bouncing up and down with a ponytail.

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Pinyi~

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　This one seems to have completely recovered.

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　Pygimaru and Suley will be sharing a room with me for now.

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　The witch has a lot to answer for.

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"...... night, are you interrupting me?

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　I didn't have to worry about that.

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　He seemed to think I was "in the mix" with Selas.

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　Well, I'm not surprised to see that.

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"Mister Toka. ......

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Hmm?　What's the matter with you, strangely changed?

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Um, I was wondering if you could help me with a bedtime matter--

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　I made a restraining gesture with my hand and stepped closer to Seras.

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　Close enough for our skin to touch or not.

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　I put my mouth close to her ear, my own.

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'What?　Uh, um--

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'Just for the record, when you speak at a normal volume, assume you're eavesdropping. That witch seems trustworthy, but we don't know her well yet. But if it's something you don't mind being heard, normal volume is fine.

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Uh--

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　Seras hides his voice and listens to me at a breathable distance.

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'Sir,'

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　It's too early to let your guard down.

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'So, what's the big deal?'

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'What?　Oh ...... yes, maybe.

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Then we'll talk about it later. Okay?

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Uh-huh.

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　Selous' ears are red.

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　...... too close.

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　I let go of my body and brought my voice back to volume.

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...... But, well, I'm glad the forbidden witch seems like a good person.

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　Seras elegantly aligned his knees and sat on the edge of the bed.

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''Yes, you're right. I had imagined you to be more of this kind of unapproachable, majestic person.''

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I'm sorry it wasn't more approachable and majestic.

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Huh...

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　Seras's shoulders jumped with a jerk.

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　The witch was leaning against the doorframe of the room.

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　Since she was on her back side, apparently Seras didn't notice her.

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　Incidentally, I was just about to call out to the witch who showed up.

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　An excuse or an apology?

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　Seras hurriedly opens his mouth.

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''Ah, um--''

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What Selous meant to say was that the point was to be friendly, right?

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"Hmm, is that a compliment?

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Right?

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　Seras nodded as he asked for consent.

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I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make it work. But ......

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　Seras stood up and turned to face the witch.

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　He dropped to his knees and hung his head.

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'I apologize from the bottom of my heart if I have offended you.

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Selous, you can go to ......

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　The witch loosely crosses her arms.

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"You've tended to be called 'too serious and boring' or something like that, haven't you?　Or, while being told behind the scenes, he has an internal question that he might be thinly veiled: ......

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............

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　My feet were earthbound, too.

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　Seras turned to me with only his neck.

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'Lord Toka,'

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　His sad eyes spoke.

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　"Is that still the case?"

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　And.

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　For example.

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　"It's so much fun to talk to Selous alone."

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　If you want to be told that without being caught in a lie judgment, you can go to .......

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　I'm not sure if it's a good idea, but I think it's a good idea.

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I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make it work. I'm sure I know your strengths. You'll have to bear with that for now.

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Oh, that ---- yes.

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　Seras nodded his head a little happily.

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　I look at the witch.

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"But it's just as well. I wanted to talk to you for a while.

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　He came from the other side, so I didn't have to go to him.

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So I thought I'd pay you a visit like this.

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　The witch looks across the hallway.

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　There must have been a room with Eve and Liz at the end of it.

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'Some of the stuff is hard to talk about with those two around, isn't it?

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　So you broke off the conversation once and divided the room.

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　To separate us from Eve and the others.

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The only thing you can do is to make sure that you're in the right place at the right time. And since it's ...... been a while since I've had a conversation with an outsider, I'm sure Erica is more buoyant than I thought. She's holed up in here, but it's not like she's a misanthrope.

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Can I call you Erica?

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Hello?　By the way, Erica isn't my real name, but ...... well, call me whatever you want.

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　Seras looked a bit dubious.

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　It was probably because he didn't get caught in the lie judgment when he called himself Erica.

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I'm sure you'll be able to find out more about this," he said. But you see ...... and it's long?　I didn't have a good candidate to abbreviate it, so I decided to abbreviate it to Ana Orobael, which is short for Erika. So I decided to use Ana Orobael as my family name and shorten my name to Erika. But ...... I just pulled it from the records of past heroes of the other world at random. ...... The reason I decided on this name is because I liked the sound of it. Do you have a problem with it?

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　The witch recognizes "Erica" as her "real name."

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　I see.

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　I see. It's not a lie in this case either, is it?

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The fact that you sometimes call yourself 'mistress' is a remnant of what you did before you called yourself 'Erica', by the way. It's a good idea to have a good idea of what you're looking for when you're in the marketplace. But you know ...... don't you feel that 'concubine' is a bit old-fashioned?

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Maybe that twin-tail tied with ...... ribbon was done with the same flippancy and vigor as the new name?

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　I asked and the witch - Erica touched the twin-tail with her hand.

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　Here, for the first time, she exuded a sense of unease.

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'I thought I'd look younger, but I still don't look good ......?'

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It doesn't look good on you.

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Ugh, gosh, ...... you're pretty outspoken. ......

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　He stared at me with half-lidded eyes.

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　But there was no hatred or anger in those eyes.

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　Erica's shoulders slumped and she reached for the ribbon.

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　And.

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　slurp

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　I start to undo the ribbon.

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'But, well, it's nice to hear an honest stranger's opinion.

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　Erica lowers her eyebrows and drops her breath.

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'And it's lazier to find out they're paying attention to me. ......

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　The ribbons on both sides were untied.

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　Long black hair hangs down to Erika's waist.

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　It is quite voluminous hair.

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　The untied ribbon was tied to the cord around her waist.

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The older I get, the more I feel like I should adapt my senses to my younger days. ...... It just doesn't work.

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　I mean .......

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　Calling yourself "Erica" and the twin-tailed one.

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　It's like being young, isn't it?

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From my sensibilities, though, your hair looks better that way.

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　Removing the ribbon gives a very different impression.

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　I feel that the "solemn atmosphere" as Selous calls it is somehow more apparent than before.

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How is Selous?　Is this better?

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'What?　I found both of those ...... haircuts to be great, right?

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'Erica, I hate those risk-free escape answers.'

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　Seras squirmed.

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'I'm sorry: ......'

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For every risk I take, Selous balances it out with solid words and actions.

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You're covering for your girlfriend a little too much. You're showing off!

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Well.

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　Selous was about to say something, "And Toka-do--

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　Erica cowered her shoulders, "Oh dear.

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'Well, that's hot.'

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　Anyway, Erica seems to have a pretty chatty personality.

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　Maybe he's right and he's hungry for conversation: .......

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　But for me, it's a good thing.

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It's a good thing that it's a tricky one to deal with: ......

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　Erica's eyes caught Seras.

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''When it comes to a spirit that can see through a false wind sound, perhaps--silphigusea.

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　It's the name of the wind spirit Seras uses.

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''But it's not a spirit that has been formally contracted by the Ashlein family for generations, is it?

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　Seras gave a divine look.

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'Did you know about ......?'

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　Hmm.

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　Is there a genie or something that makes a formal contract with the clan?

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'I don't know what the circumstances were, but ...... Seras Ashlein made a contract with a stray spirit. He hid himself in the Nea Holy Land because ...... he was exiled from the country because he made a contract with a stray spirit?

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　Seras was silent.

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　Erica shook her head.

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　Somewhere, as if blaming herself.

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'...... I guess I stepped in too far. Sorry, forget it. Anyway, ...... there's that silphoogezer that sees through the lies, and it's you, right?

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　Erica looked at me in annoyance.

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'We're at too much of a disadvantage to fester.

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Well, then, we'll be frank with each other.

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　As a matter of fact, I have very little information to hide from Erica.

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Erica agrees. 'You're a bit of a bad person to have a discussion with. It's just too much work.

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So, ......, what do I have to say to earn your trust?

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'First of all, ...... why we need a ban, I guess?　I won't make you look bad, so can you just be honest with me?

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　And then Erica pulled a pocket watch out of her cleavage.

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　She tossed the watch messily towards me.

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　I caught it.

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"I'm sure you guys need a break for a while and there's plenty of time to ...... talk, right?

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　He seemed to see the level of fatigue over here, too.

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　I looked at the furniture that took up most of the room.

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'I'd like to spend that time cleaning first, though.

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Not now. Worst case scenario, Erica will help you.

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　Hmph, I loosened the edges of my mouth.

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'Okay,'

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　He takes his watch and decides.

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"I'll tell you how we got here. I'm going to tell you how we got here.

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　In the middle of the conversation, Erica stopped talking.

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'I'm sorry to stop the conversation, but--what?　Wait a minute, are you kidding me?

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　Erica puts a finger to her forehead and wrinkles her brow.

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'You say you were dropped into that discarded ruin and came back alive ......?　Huh?　I mean, ...... huh?　Wait?　That's ......

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　As if to confirm, Erica repeated the question.

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'Does that mean you defeated that soul eater?

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