Who am I?

　My consciousness became clearer when I realized that I was trapped somewhere. When I woke up, I was lying on the cold ice.


''Ugh........where am I.......?''


　My head hurts. And where am I?　There is nothing but ice around. And I can see the ice bars in front of me.


Are we trapped in here?


　The question soon became clear. It was a physical time, but perhaps two hours had passed. I tried to get out of here, but there was no way to do it.


　I am helpless and cannot leave this place.

　But is it still a kidnapping of some sort?　What would be the point of kidnapping me in the first place.......and that's where the question arises again.

　Who am I?

　Her name is Aria. But I can't remember my family name. The knowledge I know is the general knowledge of this world and my name. Yes, I don't know who I am, which is the most important part. I think I was probably born in the south......... But I don't know my parents, and I don't know my siblings. I don't know my friends either.


　Who in the world am I........ And it is slowly becoming a fear. Am I just going to die coldly in an unknown place?

　 Cold ice seems to pierce through my body.

　Just then, a voice came out of nowhere.

　It was a man and a woman who came. They are a beautiful man and a very good match for each other. But it's not appropriate for them to be in this place. Why on earth are these two people in this ice world?


'Yeah, it's a trap.
It's a trap.
Shall we go?
Yeah.


　And for some reason the two of them look at me and try to walk past me, saying it's a trap.


'Wait!　Just talk to me!　Just the story alone is oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh!


　I was desperate. If they abandoned me here, I would have to die. I had to convince these two to live....and it worked.


　I introduced myself, and the woman was named Alsphira Medis, and I was to call her Fee-san. She was one of the nobles of the kingdom, and that was a name I knew. The Medis family is famous for their alchemy. But the man was even more amazing.


　Elweed Willis. There would be few people who didn't know that name. Anyone who was involved in alchemy would know this celebrity. He was the only Blue Star-level [Bluesteller] alchemist in the world. That's what they say he is.


　At first I thought it was impossible.......but seeing his alchemy skills, I was convinced. That he was the real deal. And when I heard more about it, I heard that this is the interior of the fifth labyrinth. It was also of a lower level in its own right.


　I didn't understand it. The labyrinth was a taboo subject, and I couldn't imagine myself coming to a place like this all by myself. In other words........someone brought me here.......that is a possibility. The thought of that sent a shiver down my spine again.


''Feeb!''
"Elle!


　I saw their hands stretched out and they did not reach each other. It happened in the 20th layer of the fifth labyrinth. It was that I had become separated from Fee-san. Then I realized. It was because Elle had saved me that I had become separated from Fee-san.


　When I think about it, I can only feel sorry.

　What a solid relationship of trust between the two of us. It wasn't even as a lover, but I could tell from the little time we had known each other that we were definitely close.

　But it was my fault that I was such a nobody and I had grown apart. Maybe Mr. Fee is dead.

　Who am I? Elle is doing her best to help me like this. But I can't repay her for that.

　Hey........who am I?


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What's up, Aria?
Oh no, it's not that... it's just a little cold...
''Just be patient a little longer. That said, if we continue at this pace, we'll only reach the lowest level, the fifty levels.......say within a week....
Are you ready to start?
''Unless there's something very special about it. As far as this labyrinth tends to go so far, first of all, none of the demons are that strong. Probably the main gimmick is the maze and the transference gimmick. The problem is getting around the next transition, I suppose.
Well next time....
Yeah, 30 layers.


　We kept going after we left Fee, and we finally came to the front of the thirty layers. If we open this door, it's thirty layers, but it's the transition that we need to be careful about. If we leave Aria here, she will die for sure. That's why I squeezed Aria's hand as I opened the door.


　Then, what was there was a golem that was on the tenth layer. Relieved a little bit, I activated my alchemy.



Anti-matter "Anti-Material" code: reverse "Reverse

Substance "material" = anti-material code

Matter 《Materials》: Inverse 《Reverse》 = Primary Ingredient 《Prima Materia》.


Well that's the way it works.


　I already understand all the components of a golem. This time, I drowned out everything at once, including the unique domain 《Personal Field》.


''........As usual, it's amazing. To turn that giant body into particles in an instant........
It's partly because I'm getting used to it. Besides, once you understand the components, it's easy.
Huh........totally, geniuses are really amazing, aren't they.......


　When I talk to Aria that way, a similar phenomenon occurs as before. That means the door won't open. This labyrinth is still strange. There is definitely a gimmick that I didn't know existed. My prediction was becoming more and more certain. What Leif told me about the third labyrinth, and the sixth labyrinth we had trudged through. In both cases, this could not have happened.

　In other words, is this a phenomenon unique to the Fifth Labyrinth?

　As I was thinking this, I heard a clatter and the door to the lower level opened by itself.


''........still strange.
What's that?
The door is slow to open.
Aren't they supposed to open at a specific time?
'No, at the tenth layer it was roughly ten minutes, but this time it was about five minutes. It's hard to imagine a delay due to time.
''But does it make sense to think about it?　I don't see how that's an important factor to me.
''That's true but it's a different gimmick than the labyrinths we've been working on. I want to figure this out somehow for the future.
Are you going to continue to capture the labyrinth?
Well maybe you will.


　I answered Aria's question in a nutshell. Will I be able to capture all the remaining labyrinths?　I couldn't say for sure that I could do it. Even if we tried with what I thought was the best composition, like this one, we were all falling apart in the current situation. If this happens, the probability of dying will be higher.


　After capturing the sixth labyrinth, I had let my guard down. That I could do this unconsciously. And I was overconfident in my own talent. I certainly have talent. An unusual aptitude for alchemy. But even if it's not meaningless in front of the labyrinth it's still hazy. It's inevitable due to the nature of the labyrinth, but it still takes a back seat. And I'm separated from Rafe, Marie and Fee. I'm not going to be able to help you. All three of them are already in places that are beyond my reach. They may be dead, but I have faith in them.

　All three of us can't die easily I believe.

　And we'll be able to join them. That's why I didn't stop my steps.


"Let's go, Aria, let's go.
I guess so... but it's finally the 30th layer.
I think we're halfway there.
'I wonder if we can go back?
You'll make it back. And I hope Aria's memory comes back soon, too.
'It's ... yes, it is,'


　And we're going down the stairs.