Everyone is speechless.

　Did Arios kill this man?
　Why on earth would you do that?

　Suddenly his mind was so confused that he couldn't formulate the words properly.
　Everyone else was as well.......especially Axe, who was very upset.

''........Can you tell me more about it?''

　I asked Sora and Luna, trying my best to stay calm.
　'Anyway, I need information now.

'Even if you call it detailed it's hard to tell.
'It's been so long that I've only got a fragment of my soul left. It's not like I could look into every memory.
I don't care. Tell me everything you see.
Mm, I understand.

　Sora and Luna began to talk about the scene they had seen.

　The man was an adventurer, hired by Arios to work with him.
　You and Arios had climbed this mountain together.
　That the person who destroyed the shrine was ... Arios.
　Then something went wrong and ... Arios cut me down.

''........These are the memories of this person that Sora and the others saw.
There are no lies. It's the truth.
....

　I'm speechless.

　I don't want to do anything to make you doubt your fellow man but....
　Still, is it true?　I think.

　No matter how much, Arios slaying people....
　Would a brave man do such a thing?
　I don't know if it's a bandit or not, but it's an adventurer that I hired.

　Or.........did the adventurer cause some extraordinary problematic behavior?
　Was there a good reason for him to be cut down?

　Does the shrine have anything to do with the reason for this?
　According to Sola and Luna, the shrine was destroyed by Arios.
　I don't know why he did that, but...
　Did the adventurers blame you for that and get in trouble for it?
　So, Arios in a fit of pique, the sword........no.

　This is just an evil guess, not even a deduction.
　It's like he's confused because he's been presented with facts he didn't expect.
　Let's cool off.

'Yeah, that can't be true, can it?

　Somewhat later, Axe shouted loudly as he seemed to have regained his self.

　He doesn't want to admit that the heroes he respects were killing people.
　He shouted loudly as if he was grabbing onto Sora and Luna.

''There's some mistake!　There's no way that's possible!
'Sola and the others saw the memories of this man, right?　It's fragmentary, so we don't know the whole story... but it's true that this man was cut down by a brave man.
'Axe respected a brave man, didn't he?　An odd one. Well, that's all well and good but it's a fact, as hard as it may be to accept. We don't lie about these things.
'So that's what it's all about!　You're going to have to wait until the magic fails or something like that.
'Sola and the others are experts in magic. They can use their magic calmly, and under these circumstances, there's no way they're going to make a mistake.
Not a chance.
Shh....

　Sola and Luna denied Axe's words once and for all.
　Axe flinched at their attitude.

''That's ridiculous...''

　It seemed to be difficult to accept the words of Sora and Luna.
　Axe looked confused and was mumbling to himself.

　Cell gently tapped his partner's shoulder.

''Ax.''
"Cell....
Calm down.
Guhaha!
"!!!!

　Cell struck Axe with an expressionless, nonchalant tone.

''Nya, nyan?''
Did you just punch me in the face?
Why did you hit him...?
'It seemed like I was losing my cool. I'm trying to bring you back to your senses, you know?

　To Luna, who was asking a fearful question, Cell returned it in his usual tone and without hesitation.

''But you don't have to hit me with anything...?
That's about as good as it gets for this idiot.
Oh, I see...

　After being told once and for all, Sora didn't seem to be able to pry any further.
　I was watching the situation, but I couldn't interfere either.

'What did you do?'

　Axe, his cheeks red, protested to Cell with tears in his eyes.

'I punched him,'
"I didn't ask you to tell the truth!
Otherwise, you can't relax, can you?　What do you think?　Have you been able to cool off a bit?
'Oh....'
I apologize for the rough treatment. But you didn't have a choice.
You don't hit your beloved partner just because you have to, normally...
"I don't love you, but?

　He said it with a straight face and Axe looked hurt.

　Then......
　Sighing loudly, I let out a big sigh.

"d*mn I'm not sure I agree with you, but well, I've calmed down. Thank you.
You owe me one.
Okay.

　For what it's worth, these two seem to have a strong bond with each other.
　Just by looking at them, that fact comes across well.

''I'm sorry for being so.......distraught.
No, Sola doesn't mind.
'Hmm. Aksu must have had a thing for brave men, right?　Then it's inevitable.

　Sora and Luna accepted Axe's apology and let bygones be bygones.
　It's not something that's easy to do.
　I felt as if I had learned once again how deep Sola and Luna's pockets are.


Yes, I'm sure.
I see...
''Well I don't know the whole story, so there may have been some circumstances for that brave man as well. Maybe this person was actually a bandit or some other circumstance.
Well, I don't think there's any chance of that happening. I've only met the brave man for a short time, but I didn't like him.
Luna!
I'm just telling you the truth.

　Sola tried to follow up, but Luna crushed it and...
　It was a bit of a contrived development.

　Thanks to that........it might be strange to say, but the air in the place eased a bit.
　Axe also seems to have relaxed his shoulders just right and is scratching his head briskly.

''But.......what do you mean?　Even if you don't think about it without emotion, it doesn't make sense for a hero-sama to slay an adventurer.
I wonder if it has something to do with the shrine?
Yeah.

　I agreed with Cell's words.

'Let's get the information straight for once.

　The information gained from examining the surrounding area and the testimonies of Sola and Luna are laid out in light of what is certain.

'Some of the memories that Sola and Luna saw included Arios destroying the shrine,'
'And the shrine had been broken by what looked like a sword.
So that means the person who destroyed the shrine was a hero.

　Kanade and Tania followed suit as I followed up.
　I gave them both a nod and continued to speak.

'Yeah, I'm sure of it. The question is, why did you do it?'
Did you want to free the demons sealed in the shrine... or something?
With that brave man, isn't there a theory that he's just a distraction?
No I don't think so, indeed.

　Sora and Luna would say something like that, but I denied it.

　I know this because I was traveling with Arios and his friends for a while...
　Arios is the type of person who lusts after fame and other things and is extremely averse to having his name tarnished.
　He wouldn't try to free a demon or destroy a sacred shrine to relieve his sorrow.

''So........destroying the shrine was the purpose?　Or it could have been in the shrine, wanting something?
Or was he trying to gain demonic powers?
Well I feel like I'm getting closer to the truth, little by little.

　Axe and Cell's reasoning seemed to be quite convincing.
　Still, there was no evidence. There is no evidence.

　We're not going to get anywhere by discussing this and that here.......

Okay, I'll take it.
Meow?　What are we going to do?
I'll take the quickest, most reliable way.
'You mean ... you're going to f*ck a brave man!
It's not.

　Why is every single one of Tania's ideas so fussy...?
　Is this what all dragon people are like?

I wouldn't do that. It's still an indecisive situation and I'm just trying to be gentle.
''Hmmm. I mean...?
Basically, we talk.... sometimes forcefully. That sort of thing we question Arios directly.