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　The moment the lid of the treasure chest is closed, the box emits light.

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　The treasure chest floats softly.

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　It seems as if it had never been so firmly attached to the ground.

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　The treasure chest turns black and shrinks. It changes into a shape that I have seen somewhere before.

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　Yes, it had turned into the pitch-black cube I had seen in the mausoleum before--a box.

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"Could this be the box?

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　Ary is staring at the box from a little distance. The raised eyebrows on his face show that he is a little wary of the box, which makes me smile.

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"Yes. It's Box. Thank you, Ary and Sherlur. Thanks to you two, I got the third one without a hitch."

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　I thank them both and reach for the box. As before, a translucent plate appears in front of me, and flow from the box to the plate.

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　The letters on the plate are rewritten. Just as it stops, the time-up indicator appears.

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　After leaving the underground ruins and climbing the ladder to the surface, Sailuke comes flying toward me.

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　I can feel Sailuke urging me to give him as soon as he lands on my face.

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Sailuke, calm down!　You're going to fall off the ladder!"

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　Ary and the others look up at me from the bottom of the ladder, and it hurts.

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　I manage to avoid falling off the ladder, and after pulling off Sailuke, who is still stuck to my face, I start to prepare my knife as usual, not wanting to get bitten again.

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　Meanwhile, Ahri and Sherlur climbed up the ladder after me. Sherlur watches me preparing, curious as to what is going to happen.

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　After preparing the knife and the potion, I ask Ary and the others to leave and quickly slice my left arm with the knife.

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　Sailoruk, as if he had been waiting for me, catches a drop of my blood in mid-air with his outstretched tongue as it flies from the edge of the knife.

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"Cue!"

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　Two translucent plates appear. I operate them as usual.

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　Ary stands side by side, explaining to Sherlur. Scherloul is moving his head and staring frantically into his eyes. While I am sympathizing with her as a fellow researcher, she completes the transfer of the points to Sailuke.

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　I sprinkle the potion on the scar and check on Sailuke.

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　The light of the surrounding Sailuke subsides.

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"...... and it's gone!"

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　The number of feathers on the sailoak has not increased. Instead, the size of Sailuke has increased, and not just by one size. It was so large that it seemed to be able to carry a human on its back.

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