8 . I stayed up all night with intellectual inquiry



 The woman, who called herself Foldente.

 I tried to observe her, but she was naked in the bath.
 I can't stare at her intently, so I, Safate, slightly remove my gaze from her.
'Oh? I don't mind if your lordship sees me, you know?
 As she said this, she paused to emphasize her breasts as she ruffled her hair with her hands.
'So there, lascivious b*tc*! That's enough!
 It's a very good idea to be able to have a good idea of what you're looking for when you're in the marketplace.
It's not just a matter of time before you get a chance to see it. Girl.
 Foldente laughs happily at the embarrassingly dressed Eldena, who is plunging into the bathtub with her butt high in the air, and pretends to slap her ass.

 From earlier, this Foldente has been replying to my thoughts, even without me saying a word. Perhaps it can understand what you are thinking about.
''Yes...I can understand most of what you're thinking.
 As if seeing through my thoughts, Foldente smiles with a woof.

 She calls herself the keeper of the gate.

 I have a lot of questions to ask her.
I'm not gonna answer your prayers.
 But he didn't answer our questions very well.
 But the reason I came to this hot spring is because
It's been a long time since anyone has come to the ruins of the gate, so I just came along to pass the time. But we didn't expect to find a hot spring like this one, and we were lucky enough to get to bathe in it.
 With that, he soaked up to his shoulders in the hot tub and exhaled pleasantly.
 I wondered if it was possible to feel a hot spring in spite of being a contemplative body, but after being made to feel this good, I could think that it didn't matter.
 In the end, this day, after soaking in the hot water until he was satisfied, he said, "Well, I'll come back later," and disappeared just as abruptly as when he appeared.

 That night.
 I was reading the books in my room about the legend.
 As I read the descriptions in those books, I found several descriptions of the Demon Gate.

"There was a gatekeeper at each of the gates of the demon world.

 The names of the gatekeepers were not mentioned in any of the books.
 However, in one of them, there was a copy of a relief of the ruins that seems to be carved with the figure of the gatekeeper, and among the six figures carved on it, there was a woman who seems to be warming up in the bath.

 Among the six figures carved on the reliefs, there was a woman who seemed to be bathing in the hot water, and I wondered if she was Foldente?

Oh, my! That's right! This is a strawberry. How did you find me?
 The next day, I showed the copy of the painting to Foldente, who appeared again in the hot spring, and she looked at it happily, pointing at it.
 There was no mention of her name, but she said she was still in hot water, so I guess I was right.
 That's what I thought.
What are you talking about? Look, the name of the strawberry is engraved here.
 Saying that, Foldente points to what looks like a pattern carved into the side of the picture he is bathing in.
 What? Are these letters?
I thought you were so knowledgeable, but you don't know any magic symbols?
 It's a dubious look on Foldente's face, but the truth is, I've never seen any demon world characters.
 In the first place, there should have been no interaction between the demon world and the human world since hundreds of years ago when the brave men are said to have destroyed the gate leading to the demon world.
 Before that, some people are even suspicious about whether the demon world really exists in the first place.
''Hmmm........that's right.
 Foldente thinks for a moment, and then begins to chant.
 After a while, a piece of parchment appears in front of her.
''Oh, thank you for the hot spring, you can accept it. The translation and calligraphy of the demonic script

 I gulped for a moment at those words.
 Huh? Such an amazing thing... what?

It's not that great. The point is, it's just that nobody knows about it.
 With that, Foldente smiled, as usual.

 If Foldente's words were true, then it means that some people, not the public, know about this word...

 However, I have no way of confirming that now, and I didn't think about it any more than that, and I was staring at the parchment out of pure intellectual curiosity.
 Then Yome, who was looking at it with me.
There's a book in the church with a script similar to this one.
 It's locked in a vault where no one can read it.
 It was a good idea.
 I asked him to lend me a copy of the book when I visit the village next time, and he agreed.
 It's always nice to learn something new, no matter how old you are.

 The next morning, this time, Aela, the younger sister of the Dragon People (Dragon People), had molted and a lot of scales came out.
 They are slightly smaller than my sister's Aura's, but they are still all beautiful.
 Next time Black comes back, I'll ask him to sell them again somewhere else.

 We decided to go to the village at the foot of Mount Gorn to deliver the potion, even though it was a little earlier than planned.
 The main reason is that I was curious about the book that Yorme had mentioned.
'Bocchan... This time it looks especially fun...'
 My companion this time, Unja, looked into my face and smiled happily.
 Come to think of it, I've been thinking about this and that a lot lately, so maybe I haven't been smiling as much.
 When I think about it, I feel a little embarrassed that I'm excited for the first time in a long time with the parchment I got from Foldente.
 Because of my feud with my ex-father, I've lost a lot of things, but I've realized once again that I'm an intellectually inquisitive person to the core.

 As usual, we spent the night at a tree top lodging along the way, and arrived early the next morning at the village at the foot of Mount Gorn.

'I hope you'll be pleased.
 As soon as I delivered the medicines to the union, I went straight to the church and received a box that Jordaan, who was with me, had brought from the back of the warehouse.
 When I opened the box, which was quite dusty, I found five books inside.
 Despite the dust, they were all in good condition.
 The characters on the books were definitely those of the magical world.
 The letters on their spines, which I read through with my freshly remembered memory, were

Magical World, The Book of Magic

 And each of them was numbered I to V.



 The letters made me feel uncomfortable, but I put the books away in the wagon to finish my business in the village first.

'Nah? Didn't you know that the official name of the magical world is the magical world?

 Two nights later.
 When I returned home, I was relaxing in the hot spring as usual, and I was stunned by the words of Foldente, who was relaxing in the hot spring.

 The knowledge of the demon world has been almost completely lost since the brave men defeated the demon king hundreds of years ago and destroyed most of the gates that connected the human world to the demon world, so all interaction has been lost.

The demon world is a world full of magic, and the people who are skilled in handling magic live in it.
 It's also a very good idea to have a good idea of what you're looking for, because it's a good idea to have a good idea of what you're looking for. 
So, Foldente is not the people of the Demon King?
Oh, no. I'm from the magical world. We've been watching over them from the gates of the demon world to make sure they don't go to the human world.

 When I said that much, Foldente said that's it for today and started to get lost in enjoying the hot springs.

 It's a very enjoyable time for me to hear stories from the long ago like this.

 It's a good idea to have a good time to talk to your friends and family.
"You're difficult, too,
 So I had no choice but to return a bitter smile to Foldente, who laughed at me when I said that.

 When I got out of the bath, I opened the magic book I brought back from the village.
 From a cursory look at the book, I could understand that it was roughly an instructional book about magic in the magical world, but what was interesting was that its content was pretty much the same as the magic of the human world (this world) that I knew about.
 This makes me think that both spells are originally from the same lineage, but I will have to do more research on that.
 I suppressed my desire to read it quickly and slowly turned the pages, and before I knew it, the night had begun to dawn.

''.........I'm trying too hard.
 The next morning, Erdena looks at me with a fuming expression as I appear at the breakfast table with a sleepy face.
''........although, if you ask me, it's typical of Safate....
 Then he chuckled.

 On this day, Black's wagon squad of demons (Ogre People) arrived.
 Black was in a good mood as the Aura Scales that he asked to be sold last time had sold for a very high price.
 Then I asked him to sell the Aura scales again.
'What! You can't leave it to me again! All right! I'll go sell you another high one!
 Then he laughed with a ga-haha.

 Strangely enough, while Black's wagon party was staying in the village, Foldente did not come to the hot springs.
 
 As usual, after staying there for four days, Black helped us build more fields and collect firewood before he left.
 At that time, I showed him the example sorcery book and told him to combine it with a request to obtain a book written in such a script if he found one.
Hmm....I can't remember where it was written, but I think I've seen it somewhere. I'll keep an eye out for it.
 Black said that and left. 

'Thanks, I don't like demons.
 On the night that Kuro departed, Foldente, who showed up at the hot spring for the first time in a long time, stretched out his arms and legs in the hot water as if he was enjoying the hot spring for the first time in a long time.
It's a good thing that you're a good friend of mine.
 While saying that, he chuckles as usual.
'Well, you don't have to hate me so much, do you?
 Unja, who is soaking in the hot water with him, offers Foldente the glass of liquor that Black left for him.
 Partly materializing his body, Foldente slowly brings it to his mouth
Oh my God it's quite good.
 It's a good idea to have a good idea of what you're thinking about if you're bringing such a good drink.
I'm sure you'll have to change your mind a bit if you bring such a good drink.