I asked Dr. Babylon to build a dimensional gate in the castle garden as well. This would allow me to cross the world's barriers directly from Dracliff Island in the Underworld, to this place.
　Since that island is inhabited by an overabundance of dragons, people will not approach it. To begin with, it's not possible to transfer without me.
　In the event of a two-world conference, I'll take you to Dracliff Island first, and then transfer to Brunhild.
　Well, the meeting will be like a face-to-face meeting first. If we can get to know each other better, I think the discussions that follow will go well.
　........You could even prepare a feast from various countries and entertain them.
　That's what I thought as I watched the three of them poking at a pot of deliciousness in front of me, and one of them stretched out in the grass.

''Whenever I come here, you guys always seem to be eating something...''
Really?
I love this casserole. You can enjoy all the flavors.
'Huffing and puffing the tofu is hot but it's delicious.

　In the Garden's Shiamaya, the three Frase girls, Mel, Ney and Lise, continue to eat the yosemite on Dr. Babylon's special magic stove, which looks delicious.
　They're completely fed to me.....

''Sheska-san brings me a different dish every day, so I never get tired of it.
There are many kinds of curries: chicken curry, beef curry, pork curry, seafood curry, and curry udon.
They were all good. I had a curry the other day.

　No, a different dish every day... It's all curry, after all. You're not fooling me, are you?
　I wonder if that makes a big difference to Frayes, who has never experienced eating at all.

'Hey, you don't eat?'
I'm not hungry...

　I call out to Ende, who is growing in the grass outside the Shiamaya. You're covered in scrapes and scars all over the place. The training of uncle Takeru's training must be that hard.
　But somehow, this guy's image has changed, right? And he's gotten more muscular. I used to have an image of a cat, but now it's like a tiger.

You need to eat a little bit of food or else you won't be able to endure the training.
'If you're going to vomit anyway, you might as well not eat........ And I'm not as active as Mel and the others, but I'm also a species that doesn't need to eat that much to be active.

　Well, this guy is also an otherworldly person.
　But is Uncle Wushu's training that hard?
　I was a bit curious and used my divine qi to see through Ende with my 'divine eye'. A thin, golden powder-like substance was clinging to Ende. Oops.

''.......What did you do?　For a moment, though, Winter Night's eyes turned gold?
'I looked at it with my 'divine eye' for a bit. There's divine energy all around you. It's starting to get all over the place, my goodness.
Okay, yeah, I'll be d*mned.

　With a gulp, Ende gets up. You can't help but laugh at the anxiety filled expression on his face.

''It's nothing bad, so don't worry about it. It's just that the gods are recognizing me as one of their uncle Takeru, the god of war. You can think of it as getting the blessing of the god of war. Isn't there anything that has changed compared to before?
So..... I'm getting more banged up, aren't I?

　

Well, I guess that means I'm steadily gaining strength.
'I don't really feel it though because my master beats me up every time...'

　Ende stared into the distance with eyes like a dead fish and a drawn-out smile. 'Are you sure you're okay, this guy?

'The mutant dominant species that you say hurt you... the twin?　Can you beat that guy now?
'Leto and Lutto.... I don't know. I think they still have something to hide. How have the mutants been doing since then?

　No matter what you say. They come and go in and out of the underworld and the surface world, but they're still popping up like cockroaches.
　There are reports of only a few low-grade species appearing in both worlds. They seem to have been defeated by adventurers, knights and golemsmiths.
　When they appear this often, the public can't help but believe that a mysterious monster has appeared in this world. Each country is taking steps to deal with the situation, so there is no panic.
　Of course, that's only the surface world, and the underworld isn't quite there yet.
　That's just as well. That's because most of the country's top brass still don't understand what's going on.

'What about Fraise?'
You haven't shown up at all.

　After all, have all the Frays become mutated already?

'Then I guess it's safe for Mel to go out there now, right?　And from what Ney told me, the mutants don't seem to be interested in Mel.
'Hmmm.......still, I knew you'd know where I was.......'

　The Frays emit a special sound that cannot be heard by humans so that they can tell each other their location. It reaches beyond the walls of the world, and so Mel is chased by the Frays.
　In order to cover up this, Mel has taken the step of lowering the sound to blend in with the heartbeats of other creatures in a nuclear state.
　Perhaps this ability to sense the other party could be seen as something that mutants also possess.
　It would be a disaster if we let Mel out and the mutants came to Brunhild.

''Can't you turn off that resonant sound?
'It's like a heartbeat if you're human. If you ask me to turn it off, I'll turn it off. I can make it smaller, but...

　Ende gives a troubled smile.
　Suddenly, he looks at the three members of the Frase dominant species poking at the pot and realizes something.

'Didn't Lise find out where Frase was when she was working with you?　Even she's making that resonant sound, isn't she?
"In Lise's case, I reduced her activity power until she was one step away from returning to her nuclear state, reducing her resonant sound, and then counteracted it with an item that blocked my power. But Mel's resonance sound is so loud that I can't make it go away.

　Hmm. Can't it be that convenient?

''This ward of the winter night...[Prison]?　Can't you expand this to the size of the whole country?
'[Prison] becomes less effective as you increase the range. I don't know if it can stop Mel's resonant sound if you make it that big.
'What about small wards then?　Can't you just wrap the nucleus and confine only the resonant sound?
"................ ........I can do it.

　I gently remove my gaze from Ende, who has become increasingly jittery at my words. I've stopped poking at the pot and the three Fraise girls were looking at me with emotionless expressions.

''Uh ... do you want to go outside?''
I hope.

　Mel replies with a smiling smile on the contrary.
　Well, I guess so.........





　I check the nucleus inside the three of us with the "God's Eye". There might be some dangerous things, so I apply the [Prison] strengthened with divine qi to Nei's nucleus, which she said to me first.
　Nothing but the sound emitted from the nucleus was sealed, and a small ward of solid cubes wrapped around Nei's nucleus.

''It's gone........''
Gone.
It's gone.

　Mel, Lise, and Ende mumble that to themselves. Or rather, Ende can hear it too? No, I'm like 'God's Eye' and 'God's Ear' too?　"Divine hearing"?　Maybe you can hear it if you do
　Since it seemed to be a success for now, I gave Lise and Mel the same 【Prison】 treatment.
　I was worried about Mel's resonant sound, but as expected, it seems that they were unable to break the 【Prison】 that was strengthened by the divine Qi.
　After realizing that he had succeeded, Mel's eyes sparkled and he clasped his hands together in front of his chest.

''With this, we can also descend to the ground together with Endemuon!
No, you can't do that.
Yes.....

　No, no, no, no. There are no creatures like you guys on earth.
　I take out three star-shaped pendants from 【Storage】. I made them each have an illusion of a human form on them, after having the 【mirage】 attribute to them.

'Oh!　Master Mel in human form!
'Ney would look great with a redhead, too.
Will this work?

　Mel has turned into an ice blue one, Ney into a fiery redhead, and Lise into a girl with chestnut hair. The clothes they wore were also bland and ordinary. It's not just a matter of time before you'll be able to get your hands on a new one.

''It's only an illusion, though, so there's a chance they'll find out if they touch your body.
That's all right. Master Mel will never touch you.

　Ney speaks up confidently, but no, they can tell when you're touched too.
　The dominant species can be touched because some parts of their faces and hands are like humans (although their body temperature is slightly lower), but their shoulders, backs, and legs are still hard crystalline life forms, so they are easily recognized.
　Well, Nay is right, though, it might be difficult to even touch these three guys.

'And this one.

　I take out a mass-produced phone and two manuals from [Storage] and hand them to Nay and Lise.

It's useful for getting in touch with people and so on, and you should take it with you. And it goes without saying, but just in case, don't leave the country?　We don't want to get into trouble with another country.
Okay. I promise.

　When Mel answered that, Nay and Lise nodded firmly. Are you okay, really.........
　I'll give Ende a heads up.

You're the one who has to take responsibility and lead. I'm not going to be able to do anything about it, but if it's too bad, I'll be under house arrest again, okay?
You'll be fine. Didn't I promise you that we would help you with Winter's Night?　I won't do anything to embarrass you.

　I wonder if it's true....
　There's no point in being skeptical. For now, I take the four of us and transition to the castle.
　While showing them around the castle, I introduce Ende and the others to the people in the castle I met. Just as a friend.
　I mean, where should we let these guys live? I can't leave them in the castle, and since my house arrest is over, I can't leave them in Babylon either.
　I don't think "Silver Moon" is a good idea either... It's obvious that it's going to be in trouble with the innkeepers. We can't afford to cause trouble for the manager, Mika.
　Do you want to ask Naito's old man, who undertakes the construction administration of our hotel, if there are any vacant houses? If there is not, I will get it from somewhere.
　If it's a house, we won't have much trouble. Ende and Lise have been living in this world too, so it should be fine.
　I contacted Naito's old man and he told me that there was an empty house on the east side of the farmland.
　It seems that old man Naito built this house to invite his acquaintance, but the acquaintance was going to serve in Yisheng and it became useless. Apparently there is no problem to live in the house because it seems to have a certain amount of furniture. Then we'll be grateful to use it.
　When we went down to the castle, Mel was pointing here and there with shining eyes at the busy city streets, asking Ende to explain. From behind, they look like a normal, friendly couple.

''Mel-sama, you look like you're having fun.''
Mm-hmm. You're right. I don't like the fact that it's him beside me.

　Ney glares at Ende in frustration, but he doesn't seem tactless enough to interrupt him.
　However, Mel's patience ran out when Mel took Ende's arm, and Ney approached them from behind with a large thigh.

''Mel-sama!　There's some interesting stuff over there!
'What?　Ney?

　With the same momentum, Ney pulls Mel along languidly. Oh, come on.

Ney looks like he's having fun.
Really?

　I twist my head at Lise's words. I'm not sure.
　They were looking at a stall on the street that was selling yakitori. Nei speaks to the father of the shop who is grilling yakitori in front of us.

'Hey, dude. Is this food?
'What?　Yeah, I know, but...

　As soon as the shop's father said that, Nay grabbed a few pieces of grilled chicken in front of him and put them in his mouth.

'Master Mel!　This is meat!　It's delicious!
Hey, visitor!　Money!

　Ignoring the shouting shopkeeper, Nay grabbed a few more grilled chickens and handed them to Mel as he mumbled and chewed.
　Ende hurriedly took out a few silver coins from his hip pocket and handed them to his dad, pulling them both out of the stall without taking any change.

''I can't imagine what's ahead of me...''

　A wry smile escaped my voice. Well, I'll leave all the troublesome stuff to Ende. He's a framer.
　After that, Ende and Lise were explaining the concept of money to them. Both of them are smart enough to understand it right away, but it's going to take some time for them to get used to the human world in many ways.