a room at the back of the Maaschel estate In it Pri was looking at the jewels in her hand with a smile.
　Jewelry is displayed all over the room, and it's a scene that can be described as a gem garden.
　In order to fully enjoy the jewelry, the light is adjusted by various modifications according to Pri's own standards.

"It's so deep blue that you'll be drawn into it at any momentarily. It's more than enough to just look at it, but... today's ceremony will make you even more beautiful. Now, I wonder what color it will be like after the ceremony, though it's blue now, and show me that it's even more beautiful than it is now."

　admire jewels with a dreamy smile
　Fortunately, the sacrifices used in today's ceremonies are some famous adventurer. That being the case, the sparkle of life would have made the jewels more beautiful.
　a sweet moment to spend with one's beloved jewel It was a blissful time that I would never normally allow anyone to disturb me, but suddenly the sound of the door opening forced me to come back to myself.

"Master, Shinnu Shades".

　The words stopped Pri's hand patting the jewel.

"An intruder? Let him deal with it with the fanatics of the Holy Light."
"I'm sorry, but I'm sorry."

　The words from the doll's mouth stop her from loving the jewel again.
　It's very hard to hear the words that come out of that mouth, but it seems that Pri can hear them without any problems.

"High magical powers? Is it Mr. Elena who came here the other day?"
"Yes, that's right. Oh, my God! I'm sorry, but I'm sorry. Sochi-rani is a kingfisher, and a kingfisher is a kingfisher.'

　Once the doll has stopped speaking, it reopens its mouth.

"Soleto, Bune Flautnothus agavein shimashita"

　When the explanations come out of the doll's mouth, Pri's mouth smiles, wondering if the grumpiness of being interrupted by a blissful moment has disappeared.
　The smile, however, is not very pleasant, but rather hesitant to describe it as a smile, which even makes viewers feel unhappy.

"The Bune of the Fraut family?" ...that's... I can't believe you'll get into our hands from over there. And who has more magical powers than Mr. Elena, and who has more magical powers than that? Is this the protection of the Holy Goddess of Light, for my daily conduct is good?"

　Mumbling derisively at the God he doesn't believe in at all, Pri looks at the doll that comes into the room.

"How many of them were left in the house?"
"Twenty nymphodocato. Scotsimaeni 30 Ninjodogadekamishitanode,'
"There's an Oriqueur, too?"
"Hi."

　With the doll's words and rings on all fingers of the right hand in the light of the room, he opens his mouth with a smile.

"Then work with the other puppets to catch them." Forty or so bodies should be enough. The two of you, who have high magical powers, are sure to be the best materials. And..."

　cast an enraptured glance at the jewels in the room
　To two jewels: orange-red and light blue.

"I'll let Bune see his parents, for the sake of the occasion." You must have been only 10 years old or so, so you still miss your parents. I've always thought about living together as a parent and a child."

　The words would have made you understand what your master was thinking. The doll heads out of the room.
　After glancing at the doll faithful to herself, Pri's gaze again turns to jewelry and recalls the precious material she has entered into her hands.
　Among them, Bosque, the head of the Silva family, who ruled Egzil for a moment, passed mind for a moment.
　At first glance, he seems to be a manipulative opponent with his brain muscles, but in reality he has instinctively avoided the entanglement he has stretched out many times.

"I suppose he'll be in trouble if he comes out of the way, but I don't think he'll be able to act carelessly in the light of the Levisor family."

　I mumble that there is no problem with this is no problem.
　If we had thought more closely about the identity of the intruder, or the highly magical being in it might have been Ray, an adventurer nicknamed crimson, and Elena, who is connected to Ray, and Bosque, who is connected to them in an unusual matter.
　But Pri's mind was filled with jewels that he could get, as he was engrossed in the act of loving jewels, and was told that there was an intruder named Bune who had been following him for a long time.
　This area is probably the fault of Pri, who is paranoid about jewelry.
　Believing that she could definitely get the best jewels without worrying, Pri returned to a blissful moment of loving them.





"...there's really no one here."

　They entered the estate, but in a way, there was no one in the estate, as expected.
　Magic items of light were set up on the walls of the aisle at regular intervals, but for Viehra, who is not the three of them who are trained to have night vision as a countermeasure against traps in the dungeon, and Ray, who has night vision, the light is nothing but a hindrance to their covert actions in that it reveals themselves more than ordinary people.

"Nact, Bune, what do you think is the place where anyone is caught?"

　As soon as Ray asks, he opens his mouth with a difficult face.

"I think it would be a cellar if it were normal."
"Yes,"

　Bune murmuring in agreement with Nact's opinion and looking down the corridor.
　In fact, Ray thought it was very likely, given that adventurers had been captured in the basements of the Holy Knights.

"Why don't you destroy the room as much as you can get, and someone will come over there one day, so you can catch it and interrogate it?"

　muttered Vihela, who had nothing to do with Tevia.
　He had helped Ray because he knew him, but for Vihela, one of the three families that ruled Egzil, he always thought he had a stronger opponent than himself.
　However, when he actually sneaked in, he was in a hurry, not to mention the enemy, but the servant of the house.

"I'm sorry, but please bear with me a little more violence." After I managed to save Tivia..."

　Knowing that Vihela is called a mad animal in this exil, Nakt manages not to anger him.

"... I see. It would have been more interesting to visit the Silwa."
"If you were to act with Elena, there would be no doubt that there would be a disturbance. Anyway, if the dungeon is suspicious, you'd better look for it."

　Deciding that no more talking here will only waste his time, Ray immediately reaches the door of a nearby room.
　And when I opened the door...

"Nothing?"

　mutter involuntarily
　Yes, there is no furniture in the room, only a cleanly polished floor.
　They probably do everything in their power when it comes to cleaning. As far as the lights from the hallway and moonlight coming in from the windows are concerned, there is little dust or garbage.

"It seems too well cleaned for an unused room."

　Nakt also peeps into the room from the side of Ray and tilts his head.

"It's a little doubtful that even unused rooms are well cleaned when there are so few servants... but isn't it so strange, considering that the Maaschel family?"
"...that may be true,"
"Anyway, if there's nothing here, why don't you go over here and find another room?" If the room is as clean as it is here, all the rooms in the house will remain clean."

　Viehla's words nod, and Nact and Bune immediately scatter to examine the room.
　Ray also explores the inside for a little help, but Vihela refuses to move through the door of the room.
　Ray looks over there for a moment, but when he realizes that Vihela's consciousness is directed out of the room, he is convinced that he is on guard and explores the situation.
　Then...

"You're lying, aren't you?"

　The voice of Nacht, who was examining the walls of the room, echoes through the room.The voice draws everyone's attention, but Nact himself is playing with the wall without a trace of concern... and then he hears a click, and the next moment a part of the floor opens and the stairs downwards reveal themselves.

"...I understand why you want to tell me that it's a lie.

　Ray muttering, looking at the stairs that suddenly appeared in a corner of the room.
　a hidden staircase leading to the basement in the first room of a mansion of this size
　I can't help but feel something deliberate.

"But it was by accident that we decided to enter this room, wasn't it? We wouldn't have looked into it if we had entered the house from somewhere else." With that in mind, I think it's only a coincidence that there's a hidden staircase here. Weren't we simply lucky?"
"...huh..."

　Viehla's words make Bune bow.
　There are certainly many suspicious aspects to it, but it was only by accident that we examined this room as Vichela said. But I can't help but feel the intention. The hesitation was the reason Bune was leaning his head.

"And, if this were to be expected of anyone, do you think we would be able to build these hidden stairs after we infiltrated the house?"
"... certainly,"

　As long as you can't argue with the word, you can only assume that you've been lucky to find the stairs leading to the basement in front of you.

"Anyway, I've found the stairs, so I'll go down." If there is any trap, we can only bite it out."

　If it's no use worrying about it here, everyone else nods without any objection to Ray's change of heart.
　For Nact, there is no need to hesitate to rescue Tivia, and Vihela is likely to have a strong enemy if she heads underground. Bune doesn't like the Marcher family.
　Each person, for a different reason, decides that there is no need to hesitate here and goes down the stairs.
　From the beginning, Bune, Viehra, Ray, and Nacht.
　Nacto came to the end because he still thought there might be some action behind him as he headed underground on the hidden stairs.
　Ray was also confident in sensing signs. However, if you are to be entrusted with your regular job, you will easily hand over your last job to Nact, judging that you should leave it to him.
　I went down the stairs in that line... and in a few minutes I got to the bottom, and the door was right in front of me.

"There's only the door, again, beautifully." -- what shall we do?"

　Vihela asks, but at present there is nothing else to do but to open this door.
　When Bune and Nact look at each other and end their exchange of views as thieves in silence, Bune gently reaches for the door.
　When Ray and Vihela see it, they are prepared to respond to whatever happens.
　Fortunately, the door seemed unlocked, and the door creaked open with a metallic creaking... and the faces of Rey and others were stained with surprise when they saw what was ahead.

"This is..."

　Spread out ahead of your eyes is a large room. Ray's perception is that it would be about 40 tatami mats in size.

"A big room is fine, but there's nothing here like the room above."

　muttered Vihela as she walked through the door and looked around the room.
　In fact, there are several tables and chairs in a room with a wide view, but there is nothing else but a huge, meaningless space. ... except...

"As far as this wall is concerned, it is reasonable to see that we have found a hidden staircase."

　Ray's gaze is directed at the innumerable doors on the walls of his vast room.
　There were many doors lined up against the same wall as the doors they had entered.