“Sorry, Nina-san, to have you help me out.” (Makoto)

  “No no, Goshujin-sama told me to lend as much help as possible.” (Nina)

  Right now we are not inside Laberintos, but outside of it.

  We are aiming for the ceiling of the underground lake from the outside of the dungeon.

  It is only Nina-san and I.

  The reason is because I can only use Stealth on 2 people.

  Sa-san is in the middle of practicing the Skill.

  I used Mapping on Laberintos for 3 days to search every nook and cranny, but I couldn’t find a path to the harpy’s nest.

  Harpies are flying monsters, so there’s a high chance that there’s no path that can be reached by foot.

  And so, we decided on exploring the outside of the dungeon where the area that serves as an atrium for the underground lake is located at.

  “The trees are troublesome.” (Makoto)

  The outside of the dungeon is thick in trees that block the view.

  “Takatsuki-sama, be careful. Even though we are not inside the dungeon, there’s still a chance that there’s monsters.” (Nina)

  “With my Detection Skill and your Eavesdrop Skill, I don’t think we won’t be able to notice.” (Makoto)

  A rabbitkin like Nina-san apparently has the best sense of hearing within the beastkin.

  “There’s monsters.” (Makoto)

  “Yeah, let’s circumvent them.” (Nina)

  When we pick ji the presence of monsters, we take a detour to avoid unnecessary battles.

  Because of that, we were taking time in our way.

  “…”


  “…”


  We push aside the plants while slowly advancing.

  Silence continued.

  Hmm, it is tough that I can’t say one single considerate thing.

  People like Sakurai-kun probably wouldn’t have problems making conversation.

  Is what I was thinking, when Nina-san threw a conversation at me.

  “Takatsuki-sama, you have been friends with Goshujin-sama since the time of your previous world, right?” (Nina)

  “Yeah. But well, we were only acquainted with each other for 1 year in the previous world though.” (Makoto)

  Even so, I have been helped out by Fuji-yan a whole lot.

  No amount of gratitude would be enough.

  “There’s something I want to ask Takatsuki-sama.” (Nina)

  “What is it?” (Makoto)

  Something about Fuji-yan?

  “What kind of girls does Goshujin-sama like?” (Nina)

  So it is that type of conversation, huh.

  Even if you ask a person like me whose age is equal to the amount of time without a girlfriend…


  But I have been under the care of Nina-san.

  Let’s take care of this in a gentlemanly way.

  “He basically likes beast eared girls.” (Makoto)

  This is the truth.

  No doubt about it.

  Cause you know, I have been hit with a conversation of how great beast ears are for around 100 times already when we are drinking at Beast Ear Garden.

  “I know that though…” (Nina)

  Nina-san’s long ears droop dejected.

  “Are you uneasy about something?” (Makoto)

  “No matter how much I try to make moves on him, he doesn’t follow through.” (Nina)

  “…”


  “Just before, I entered his room with quite the risque clothing, but he didn’t do anything…” (Nina)

  It was more of an adult consultation than I thought!

  It’s impossible… This conversation is too much for me.

  Why aren’t you doing anything, Fuji-yan?!

  Nina-san is cute!

  “Could it be that he doesn’t notice my feelings…?” (Nina)

  “No, I don’t think that’s the case.” (Makoto)

  He 100% notices, so it is okay!

  He can read minds after all!

  “If nothing works, I will just have to pounce him at night…” (Nina)

  “…”


  Nina-san, even though you are a rabbit, you are carnivorous!

  “It looks like the daughter of the Feudal Lord of Makkaren has an interest in Goshujin-sama…” (Nina)

  “Aah, Christiana-san, right?” (Makoto)

  “She is a dirty person! In order to secure the course of the Flying Ship of Goshujin-sama, she demanded a variety of things.” (Nina)

  Well, that’s how a person in power works.

  “I will try asking Fuji-yan next time.” (Makoto)

  “Please do!” (Nina)

  I just accepted easily there, but was that okay?

  While we were having that kind of conversation, we were closing in on the objective.

  “According to the Mapping Skill, we are close to the top of the underground lake.” (Makoto)

  “The Mapping Skill of Takatsuki-sama has quite the accuracy. To think it can cover such a vast area.” (Nina)

  Really?

  I didn’t really pay much attention to it.

  “Let’s stop here. There’s harpies.” (Makoto)

  “Yeah, lookouts. 3 of them.” (Nina)

  I only caught 2 with Detection.

  It really is good that Nina-san is here.

  After watching for a while, the lookout harpies shifted places with harpies that came out from the hole.

  Looks like there’s no doubt their nest is somewhere around there.

  “We have mostly pinpointed the location of the nest.” (Makoto)

  “The lookouts will be a problem though.” (Nina)

  “Let’s return for now.” (Makoto)

  We stealthily return to the Adventurer City in a way that the harpies don’t notice us.

  ◇◇

  “And so, it looks like there’s no doubt that the nest of the harpies is at the top of the underground lake area.” (Makoto)

  “That’s where she is…” (Aya)

  The eyes of Sa-san sharpen.

  “There’s one piece of good news-desu zo”, Fujiwara says.

  “It looks like Sakurai-dono and the Sun Knight Order have subjugated the Taboo Dragon.” (Fujiwara)

  “Ah! It is true that the Adventurer Guild was noisy today. So that’s why.” (Lucy)

  Lucy who has been gathering information in the guild and training hammered her hand in realization.

  “Hoh, as expected of Sakurai-kun. It hasn’t even been 1 week since coming to Laberintos, and yet, they have already finished the subjugation.” (Makoto)

  “About that, it looks like they aren’t done.” (Fujiwara)

  “What do you mean by that, Goshujin-sama?” (Nina)

  “There’s apparently 3 Taboo Dragons.” (Fujiwara)

  “Eh? That many?!” (Makoto)

  That sounds like bad news instead.

  “Then, that means the actions of the monsters in Laberintos will be staying weird…” (Lucy)

  Lucy is feeling down.

  She hasn’t been able to go into the dungeon lately after all.

  “So, when are we going to defeat the harpy?” (Aya)

  The voice of Sa-san is tough.

  “I think it would be safer if we do it after all the Taboo Dragons are subjugated though…” (Fujiwara)

  “When will that be?” (Aya)

  “I can’t tell that far…” (Fujiwara)

  Even if they managed to subjugate the Taboo Dragon this time around, there’s no assurance that they will be able to do so for the next ones.

  Laberintos is big, and it is not like it is sure that the Sun Knight Order will win.

  “Let’s make the subjugation of the harpies 3 days from now. At the very least, let’s strengthen my Spirit Magic enough. Also, let’s wait until Lucy’s magic is ready.” (Makoto)

  “Lucy-san, can you be ready in 3 days?” (Aya)

  “Your eyes are scary, Aya… Got it! Leave it to me.” (Lucy)

  “It is settled then.” (Nina)

  Nina-san looks at everyone.

  I take over.

  “Then, 3 days from now, let’s subjugate the Harpy Queen.” (Makoto)