"Lucky, I'm off to the box office for a bit."

------ Okay. It's safe in the box yard. There's no need to be in such a hurry.

　Something is wrong with Lucky.

　He is just outside, but his tail is wagging wildly.



"Lucky, is there something you're not telling me?"

----"What?　I'm not hiding anything!　Hey, Rock, trust is the key to a good friend, right?



"Yeah, I know, but I trusted him too much and he left me in the dungeon.

--Well, that's because I was with the wrong people. But do you doubt Patra and the others? ----



"No, I don't doubt them. But ...... what are you hiding!　Tell us!　Otherwise ...... this is the place, isn't it nice here!"

　I jump on Lucky at the top of the snowy mountain and stroke his neck thoroughly.

　I know I'm weak here.



--Rocky, I don't know. I don't know anything.

"Really?"



----Rock, I don't lie. Look me in the eye.

　Lucky's eyes dart from side to side.



"You're acting so weird!"

　I stroke Lucky's neck one more time with all my might. You fluff!

　Not even this!



----"Rock, rock...and your belly, too!

"You gave up."



----I haven't been alone with Rock in a while, so I'm having fun.

　Lucky is so fluffy that I've become delirious.



"That's true."

　I slowly sit down next to Lucky.



　I've been out in the yard more often than in the box yard lately, and I haven't been able to communicate with Lucky.



　Not that there is any immediate crisis here.

　Neither the dragon's seal nor the hidden passage to the land of Suiju is a priority.



----Look at this view.

　Lucky brought me to the top of the mountain, and the view was pleasantly exhilarating.

"It's a big world out there."

----"What the hell?



"If I had been here a while ago, I would have been so focused on the ranks of the Adventurer's Guild and dungeon crawling that I would have never known about such a beautiful world."



----I'm with you. No one came to play there in the first place.

"How did Lucky end up in that dungeon?"

------To get there: ......----



　I had never really taken the time to ask Lucky how he ended up in that place. When we met in the dungeon, I remember Lucky saying that there must be a lot of people like me who want to get out of the dungeon. I remember him saying, "I'm sure there are a lot of people like me who would like to get out.



　Maybe there was some special reason .......

　I was about to ask Lucky for more details when Mr. Gargoyle came out of the box.



"Mr. Locke, I'm back.

"Mr. Gargoyle, aren't you back early?



"It didn't take him long to come back. Mr. Grizz has a message for you. He said you're poking your nose into something interesting again, and he wants to hear all about it when you get back.

"I don't have anything interesting to tell you."



He also said thank you for going out looking for snow stones.

"Really. ......"



　I thought I was just coming to buy a snow stone, but I saw a dragon trapped ...... in a crystal, met a merchant from a neighboring country ...... and encountered a lot of strange happenings.



"And Patra-chan asked me to come inside the box garden for a while."

----Rock, let's go to the box garden----.



"I was hoping to hear more about Lucky than the box garden."

--I'll tell you all about it later.

"Okay. Let's go to the box garden then."



　I thought to myself, and I was instantly transported into the box garden.

　But there was no one in the box garden.



　There was only a big sled for Lucky, which I wondered when he had made.

　Is he in the shed or something?



"I wonder where they all went?"

--"They're in the shed, aren't they? ----



"Where is everyone, Mr. Gargoyle?"




I think it's in the shed.



Patrol, Shannon?　Mellow, are you okay?

　When you enter the hut, it is clean and tidy and there is a box on the table.



　Usually Ciel is outside, but if ...... Ciel is not there either, then it must be a surprise box.



　He must be hiding in the basement or in the boat.

　The box garden is much bigger now. There are many places to hide.



　I wonder if they are playing hide-and-seek, when they said they wanted to play in the snowy mountains.

　Now, where are they hiding?



　I dare not touch the box on the desk, but check the basement.

--Rock, there is something on the desk.

　Lucky calls out to me in a deliberate manner.



"Oh, I'm curious about the box too, but Patra and the others aren't here.

----"Oh, I'm curious about the box too, but since Patra and the others aren't here, why don't you try opening it?



　I see, Lucky was in on it after all.

　Let's take the plunge, shall we?



"I guess so. Let's open the box.

　I open the box, and there is .......