Then I proceeded through the labyrinth with Cynthia.



　Cynthia nodded her head as she walked away.

''Hmm. ''That's because the places you're transferred to in the 《Secret Path (Secret)》 are different each time.''

Hidden Paths
　It is a shortcut path in the labyrinth, which was originally designed to be attacked only one layer at a time.
　However, it is hard to find and cannot be used by half-heartedly powerful people.

''Is that so?''
'Yeah. So it's no surprise that it's looking different from the last time I was here.

　While having such a conversation, I discovered the 《Secret Path (Secret)》 of the layer I'm in and proceeded.

　The place we arrived at is........

''A single path?''

　The place was a tightrope walker.
　There was only one narrow, narrow path.
　Underneath it is a big hole that I don't know how far it is.
　If you fall in, you won't get a free pass.

'I suppose that means we have to keep going here.
'But how do I navigate such a narrow road...?　I'm going to fall....

　Cynthia is looking into the hole.

　This entire layer is covered with a magic nullification ward.
　It would be a mechanism to prevent me from using floating magic to clear it easily.
　But I would be able to use levitation magic by 'nullifying' the magic invalidation, but.......well, there's no need to waste magic power.

''Cynthia, get on my back.''

　Crouching down, I turned my back to her.

'What?'
I'll carry Cynthia on my back and we'll go through this. What's the problem?

　If you're saying, "I don't want to be piggybacked by you! And you're going to reject it?
　 It's hard to imagine that Cynthia would reject him now. But if you are doing something to make her angry, that would not be the case. I might have changed my mind.

　I know I said it myself, but as those anxious feelings were spinning around in my head

Yeah...!

　Easily Cynthia got on my back.
　Good............................Apparently she didn't hate me.
　Even if we come to this time in a thousand years, we still don't understand the heart of a woman.

　After giving her a piggyback ride, I put my feet on the narrow path like a thread.

'Wow ... Kurt!　How do you feel about balance?　I can't believe I can walk through such a narrow area with Cynthia on my back...
Balance ... or rather, my body (body) has been trained all over.

　This is about as common as it gets in the morning.

　Well, even if you miss a step, all you have to do is use floating magic.
　There is no such thing as danger for a long time.

It's a good thing that you're not the only one.
What?

　I don't know because I'm piggybacking on her, but I'm sure she would have twisted her neck at this point.

'Aren't you clinging to me a little too tightly?'
Yeah?

　Cynthia put her arms around my neck and squeezed.
　Because of that, I could feel the touch of her soft body.

　.........hmm. Could this part on the shoulder blade be Cynthia's chest?
　It's small compared to Lara, but it's not a bad feel.........................what am I thinking?

"Could you use a little less power?
No.

　Gulping, Cynthia made her arms even stronger.

''If you don't hold on tightly like this, you're going to fall off.
Oh, yeah?　Don't worry. If that should happen, there are plenty of ways to get you out of there, you know.
It's not.

　For some reason, I heard Cynthia gulp here.

　And then.


Cynthia, I'm scared.


　He said this in a catnip voice that didn't sound like her.

'............
..........

　Silence for both of us.

　That's true.
　Cynthia is a modest girl. I couldn't imagine her saying that........
　And when she said "scary", she was strangely barbed.
　It's not because he wasn't emotional or anything, it's simply because he's not used to saying it.

''~~~~''

　Cynthia's body temperature rose.
　I could definitely feel it.

'Kurt, forget what you said earlier,'
Oh, yeah.

　What was that?
　To me, how many times more disturbing is Cynthia's behavior right now than walking down this road?

　But we managed to make it to the other side in one piece.

''Hmm........I can feel the magic here. If you push it here....

　He pushed on a section of the wall.
　Then the wall disintegrated and a path appeared.
A secret path.

Let's keep going.
Uh, yeah...

　Cynthia hides her face with her bangs.
　I could see that her face was bright red.
　........If I was embarrassed, I shouldn't have told you.


　After that, we passed through the "Secret Path" several times, and finally managed to reach the very end.


Razebara.

　He arrived at the room where Lazebara had been last time.
　There, just like last time, there was Lazebara kneeling on a pedestal as if he was praying on a pedestal.

''........You're finally here.

　Razebara stands up quickly and easily.

　Hmm?　You look very different from the last time we met.

What's up, Lazevala? What's going on? Bagnuba...

　As I tried to get to the point of questioning

I'm sorry, but you'll have to leave.

　'I don't know,' said Lazevara.

'What do you mean, Lazevara? You were asking me for help.
'That's all right. I can't let you and Bagnuva meet anyway. I'll take care of it I'll take care of it but you have to leave now.

　Razebara's cold, icy words.
　Then I sensed the silent atmosphere.

'Get out of there for now. I think that's where Bagnuba is sealed up.
I won't stop.

　Lazevara is resolutely unmoving.

　I let out a sigh.

Well, I guess I'll just have to force you to move it.

　He took a step closer to her.

'Huh.'

　A smile comes from Lazevara.

'It's been a thousand years since I've fought you.
Yeah.

　A sword appears in Razebara's hand.
　It is not just a lazy sword.
　It's a divine sword in which the sacredness resides.

Oh well.

　I'll summon my demon sword in my hand too.

It's been a long time since you and I have mingled our blades together. I'm going to enjoy this blade-filled dance.