In the hidden room we found, there is a golem.
　In the corner of the room, there is a robe with the emblem of the Sanctuary Church lying around.
　There is no doubt that this is a place that has a close relationship with them.

You're not going to leave the relics of the "Sanctuary Church" by the "Magic Guild", are you?
I'm pretty sure we'll be retrieving them when we find them.
''So that means... this place is an 'unexplored area' that no one has been to yet.
That's great. Nice work finding me, Dick and the others.
"'The one who gave us intelligence and sense...

　Dick and the others shouted over my shoulder.
　Totally. My bat army is good.


"Vo!　Woooooooooooo!''


　Thumping the ground, the Stone Golem approached us.
In order to find out what's left behind in the Sanctuary Church, we'll have to do something about that thing.

What are you going to do about it? Yuki.
I'll take care of the golem. I'll take care of the golem. Iris and Odette will keep them busy.
Okay. - Yes, sir.

　Iris and Odette nod.
　I activate 'Body Strengthening (Boosted)' 2.6 and start running.

''Vo!　Vuuhhhhh!''

　The golem's head looks at me. But it's too late.
　Rather than that, I'm too slow.

It was only increased by 2.6 times the amount of "body strengthening", yet its movement speed is more than three times faster.
　As expected of ancient magic. That's more than I expected.

"Guh~!　Gahaaaaah!'

　The golem is waving its arms around frantically to keep me away.
　And then...


　Thud thud thud!


　With a loud sound, countless fireballs landed.
　The position is in the opposite direction to where I am. The frightened golem turned around.


　Doga gaga gaga gaga!


　But this time it lands on his back side.
　The golem twists its body further, and next, flames rain down from above its head.

''──This is the power of the 'Body Enhancement' 1.5 that My Lord gave me!

　Shaking her silver hair, Iris was flying through the air.
She kicked the ground in the state of 'Physical Strengthening' 1.5 and went into the air. While in this state, he chants and performs the "Flame God's Blows" action and fires a flame bomb. When that's done, he activates "Body Strengthening" again.
　With this repetition, Iris is able to run around in all directions.

I will not allow you to touch My Lord. Next time, please. Odette.
I understand. Adding the attribute of fire to the Force the Earth.


　Thud.


　The rock spear that shot out from the ground pierced the chest of the kneeling Stone Golem.


''Ggaaaaaaaa!


　The rock spear that Odette called up is scorching red at the tip.
　It's the power of the 'Flame God's Random Strike (Efreet Brou)' that I gave him.
　The bright red burned out rock bites into the golem's chest and melts the rock's body.

''........too much. Both of you.

　It's funny. I didn't mean to make it this strong.
　At this rate, I think Iris and Odette could take down the golem with just Iris and Odette, right?

But I'll have to check it out before I take it down.

　I jumped on the golem's back.
　I cut the palm of my hand with the dagger and poured the overflowing Mystel Blood into the golem's joints. And then...

Activate hacking.

　I activated the "hacking" spell.


　Internal magic: Analysis begins.


　The golem stops moving.


　Structural analysis of the golem: The goal of the golem is to eliminate the intruders.
　Exception: those of the "Sanctuary Church


　The golem kneels on the ground.


　Magic pattern: analysis complete.
　Stop the golem.


　Zuunnnn!


　The golem fell to the ground.

'We've hacked it. Now this thing won't attack us anymore.
'My dear sir. My Lord.
This is the first time I've fought a golem, but I think I managed it.
I was fine on my end, but...

　Iris and Odette have become an order of magnitude stronger........
　Iris was at "Boosted" 1.5 and was bouncing around from floor to ceiling, while Odette added an element of fire to "Ancient Magic" and penetrated the golem's torso.

　Honestly, it was too much.
　I knew the two of you had a talent for magic, but I didn't expect it to go this far.

　Come to think of it, the two of us, as a princess and a nobleman, have formally studied 'Ancient Magic'.
Compared to me, who is 'somewhat useful', the difference is obvious.
　It's natural that if you have the opportunity, your talent will grow.

It's just that humans are amazing.

　As an immortal, I can't help but envy your growth rate.
　I have to learn about human society while I'm still growing up.

Is something wrong?　My Lord.
It's nothing. More importantly, this guy seems to have been a golem created by the 'Sanctuary Church' as expected.
I knew it.
It was a piece of cake for me to "hack" you. The ancient artifacts take a little longer to get through.
That's a great way to find out.
My Lord's magic hacking was amazing in his previous life.
It was a necessary skill for us to survive in human society.

　In order for me to pretend to be a human, the 'erosion (hacking)' skill was a must.
　I didn't expect it to be applicable to ancient magic, though.

''Anyway, this golem was supposed to attack anyone who didn't have the 'Sanctuary Church' emblem. For now, though, I changed it so that it won't attack against us.

　It's a lot more complicated when you're dealing with living messengers.
　This one is on the same level as traps and moving armor, so it was easy.

But what is the purpose of this room?

　Iris looks around the hidden room curiously.
　In the corner of the circular room, there is a pile of tattered robes.
　All of them have the emblem of the Church of the Sanctuary on them.
　There's another door on the opposite side of the room from where we came in, and it seems to be connected to somewhere else. It seems to be connected to somewhere else.

Do you recognize Yuki?
If you have a hunch.
'Okay. Tell me about it.
I think this is the escape route used by the remnants of the 'Sanctuary Church'.
"...What?
The Sanctuary Church was supposed to have died in this dungeon. But what's left of them is still in the world. This is the secret passage and hidden room they used to escape from the dungeon. Maybe.
It's a likely story.

　Iris nodded with a serious face.

''I heard that at the end of the 'Eight King's War', the 'Sanctuary Church' holed up in this dungeon and resisted. It can be explained if you think that they escaped by going out through a hidden door in the middle of the conflict at that time.
So that's why what's left of them is still alive today.
I'm not sure about that.

　I touched the robes stacked in the corner of the room.
　The metal emblems are still in their original form.
　But the fabric is tattered. When I touched it, it tumbled away on its own.

"Yuki. There's something underneath that robe.
Is this a stone tablet?
'A tablet!　Let me see a bit of that. My Lord, Odette!

　Iris called out.
　We pull a small slab of stone from underneath the old robe.
　It's gray from the dust it's covered in.
　But when we brush it off, it turns a transparent greenish color. It's a jade-colored stone tablet.

　On the surface, there are inscriptions on it that I do not understand.
　They are detailed and complex, and they are neither letters nor pictures.
　Beside it, a strange emblem is drawn.
　Like a spider standing on its head. Or a spider standing on its head, or trying to pull something out with its fingers.

"This is probably a stone tablet on which ... 'Ancient Magic' is inscribed.

　Iris mumbled.

I've heard about it in the guild. The Ancient Magic is made up of many different things such as stone slates, non-degrading scrolls, and stone walls. I've never seen the original, so I can't be sure, but...
'It's amazing. I can't believe you found this stuff on your first day.
'This is the original 'Ancient Magic'?
'But I think it will take quite a while to decipher them. The chanting part is quite long, and each of the originals in the Ancient Magic has its own special grammar. It will take me a long time to decipher the characters and see what effect they have on me... before I can use them.
I wonder what effect 'ancient magic' has on them.
You want to know?
I'd like to know.
Okay. Okay, I'll give it a try.

　I dipped my finger in 'Myster Blood' and drew the emblem engraved on the stone tablet.

''........That's right. My Lord didn't need to decipher the stone tablet, right?
''It's amazing that you can use 'ancient magic' without deciphering it.

　I sharpen my awareness as I listen to the two of them.
　I don't know what kind of magic this is. Let's go carefully.
　Slowly, inquiringly, I pour magic power into the emblem on my palm.

　Is this some kind of offensive magic?　This is not it.
　This is a defensive spell?　Wrong.
　What is this, transportation magic?　It's not.
　This is space.

　.... hmm?
　Something caught my attention.
　The magic power is clawing at the space in front of me...?

This is what you call "ancient magic" for storage?

　I raised my arms with my crest drawn on them.
　A door like a door was born in the air.

　When I pushed the door with my finger - it opened.
　Inside, there was an empty space. It's about the size of a shed.

It's amazing. My Lord. I didn't know there was this kind of 'ancient magic'!
But how did that stuff end up here?
Maybe it's because it's so hard to use.
Is it hard to use?
Looking at the stone tablet, it takes a lot of time to chant. On top of that, it takes a ridiculous amount of magic power to open the storage space.

　I showed them my left palm.
The emblem I drew in Myster Blood is already on the verge of disappearing.
　This is the proof that you're consuming a lot of magic power.

You can't use this kind of magic from Yuki's magical power for ordinary people.
You'd be quicker to hire a 'porter'. That's why they threw it away.

　When activated, this "Ancient Magic" creates a special storage space.
　It takes a little magic to maintain it, and a lot of magic to open and close it. That's about it.

By the way, what happens if the user dies while putting things in the space?
I think the storage space is going to disappear and the stuff inside is going to roll out.
It's a tricky one to use, isn't it?
Yes.

　Iris nodded.

'Something that doesn't need to be kept for the long term. Things you'd pay magic to keep. Things that you don't want people to see. I suppose it's the kind of thing you can keep in there.
"....things that don't need to be stored for the long term. Something you wouldn't want people to see, even if you had to pay for it with magic.

　Come to think of it I have just the thing.
　Something that you only need to carry with you while exploring a dungeon (tanseki) and you don't want people to see it too much.
　It's something worth paying magic to have in your possession.
　That's what I'm supposed to have.

It's going to be a surprise for Roderea, but let's experiment.

　I drew the emblem of the Summons on my hands.

Answer my call and come here. "Answer my call and come here, my family, the Black King, the Lord of Noir!

　A glowing magic circle appears at my feet.
　I pull my arm up with the sensation of grabbing that plane in both hands.

　Come on.

　The Black King's Horseman appears from the magic circle on the floor.
　When the summoning is finished, I rewrite the emblem on both arms to "storage" and put the storage space on top of the Black King's Rider.


　Swoop.


The Black King's Horse has disappeared.
　The storage is complete.

"Well, it's possible to use it this way.
No, no, my lord.
Why did you just call the "Lord" now?
"The lower levels of the dungeon are dangerous, so I thought I'd explore with the 'Black King (Lord of) Horsemen (Noir)'.

　I said.

''If you stow it away, you can use the 'Black King's Rider [Lord of Noir]' at any time. I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to use your magic to explore the places where there are people, and when there are no people around, I'll be the one to lead the way by wearing the Black King (Lord of) Noir. That way, Iris and Odette will be safe, right?
I'm sure.
I hadn't thought of that.
''In any case, I'll have to submit this 'Ancient Magic' to the guild. I'll take the reward but before that I want to explore beyond this hidden room.

　I pointed to the door at the back.

'Maybe there's a route that the 'Magic Guild' hasn't found yet. I'd like to look a little further. As a sorcerer.

　At my words, Iris and Odette nodded.
　Thus, we were headed to the end of the hidden room.