The mummies are approaching me while letting out voices of resentment.
Unfortunately, conversation doesn"t seem to be possible even though he"s a King Mummy like Corpse is.
I thought of cremating them with fire magic [Fire Storm], but I should ask Sera to purify them with advanced magic.
After reporting to Ms. Blum and taking her to the Dungeon Master Room through the normal route, she believed me just like that.
She was surprised to see me using magic chantlessly, but she was convinced that I"m a reincarnated person by her own volition.
I sent her back to her companions now that she had completed her objective, and then I went away to handle the remaining business.
Now that I"ve defeated the demon lord who was the [Dungeon Master], it seems I"ve become the ruler of this labyrinth, and I can move here with Unit Arrangement.
Taking advantage of this, I eliminated the remaining lesser demons and collected the doc.u.ments written in [Devil Language] that were in their rooms.
Using Unit Arrangement, I move to Selbira"s labyrinth where Sera and the others are.
"Satou-san!"
Sera who"s noticed me gracefully steps toward me.
The princess and Lady Karina are sitting on simple chairs being exhausted from level up intoxication, while Zensan is looking after them.
"Master, we have completed the quota of this room."
"Master, hoping for supply through magic power circulation."
Liza who burned the hiding c.o.c.kroaches with magic edge cannon and Nana who smashed them with shotgun-type acceleration gun reported back.
"Thank you for your work. Let"s have a lunch."
After telling that, I take everyone back to the solitary island palace.
I canceled the permanent teleport gate.
Without telling what happened in the morning, we all enjoyed a delightful lunch.
"Arisa, Lulu, and also Sersan, can I have your time for a bit."
"This is quite rare of Master."
I show the adventurer badge to Arisa who looks curious.
"T-this is an adventurer badge! I want one too! Hey hey, where--"
Her expression froze when she saw the branded mark [Yowok Kingdom Labyrinth Bureau Adventurer Guild] behind the badge.
"So you went there. To that labyrinth..."
"Yeah, and I have something to talk about that--"
I tell her about the mummies.
"So I"d like to ask Sersan to purify them."
"Yes, please leave it to me."
Sera who guessed the mood purposefully said it in a bright tone.
"Arisa and Lulu, what do you want to do? I"ll take you along if you want to see them, but if it"s hard for you, you can just visit the graves once it"s all over."
"Un, I"m going. It"s the duty of the living to mourn the dead."
"I"m going too. I had only ever talked with the king a few times, but he"s still Arisa"s and my father."
Arisa clearly a.s.serted her wish to go with us after wiping her tears with her arm.
Lulu who comforted Arisa nodded while supporting her.
"Then, let"s go."
I take the three to the labyrinth"s underground with Unit Arrangement.
"Hey, Sersama. Could you please recite the 『Requiem』 spell once?"
"Why? I have to use a lot of magic power for 『Requiem』, so I won"t be able to use it until tomorrow if I use it even once you know?"
Sera frowned to Arisa"s sudden question.
"I"m asking you too."
"I cannot refuse if it"s Satou-san"s request."
I somehow understood what Arisa wanted to do, so I asked for her too.
Even if it doesn"t turn out as Arisa wishes, I can just supply magic power and ask Sera once again.
Sera ends her requiem-like long spell.
"--Un, I"ve memorized it."
Arisa sheepishly muttered.
"Then, let"s go."
I hold Arisa"s shoulders and go to the room where the mummies are waiting.
"It"s been a while Father. --Not like I"ve ever called you that. However, I want to call you "father", not "your majesty", in the end. Onii-chans too, forgive me for being late."
I hold back the mummies with the advanced force magic [Magic Arm].
I drain magic power of the mummies who are going to use magic sometimes, and destroy the attack magic that have been successfully invoked with Break Magic.
"It"s fine today right?"
"Yeah."
After finis.h.i.+ng her farewell, Arisa looked up at me to check.
When I consented, Arisa muttered "Thank you".
Two violet light ripples ran on Arisa"s body.
It"s probably the Unique Skills [Never Give Up] and [Over Boost].
I also choose some support magic like [Magic Boost] and [Magic Quality Up] from my Magic Column, and use them on Arisa.
"....■■ Requiem"
The room is basked in blue light once Arisa finishes the long spell.
The mummies stop moving and begin to fall apart, turning into golden sands.
I somehow see smiles on the mummy faces.
"--Arisa"
"Ah, father, mother.... Onii-chans too..."
Figures of the king, the queen and the princes that resemble Arisa can be seen overlapping the crumbling golden sands.
A kind-looking and a cheeky-looking princes wave their hands toward Arisa and then disappear.
I couldn"t hear them, but I understand that they were saying that they love Arisa.
Thet king patted Arisa"s head with his transparent hand, and then extended that hand toward Lulu.
"--Your Majesty?"
The king"s soul showed a slightly lonely expression hearing Lulu, but he gently patted Lulu"s head.
"Lulu, say Father."
"Y-yes. Father.... It feels strange somehow. Father, I and Arisa are living happily, so--"
"That"s right! We"re lovey-dovey with our beloved person everyday, so wait in heaven in peace!"
Joining Lulu, Arisa put up a bravado without even wiping her flooding tears.
The bodies of the two people are becoming more transparent while looking relieved.
Before they disappear, the king made a tapping gesture on my shoulder.
As their current guardian, I nodded to the king, and then the king and the queen disappeared while looking content.
"I wonder if they get to rest in peace?"
"Un, I"m sure that they"re in peace. Mother is also waiting over there, so they must be alright."
Lulu nodded to Arisa"s words.
Come to think of it, they told me that Lulu"s mother, Lili died protecting them when the castle was attacked.
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Arisa wanted to stop by, so we teleported to the public cemetery where Lulu"s mother is resting with [Unit Arrangement] by seeing it through the retreat.
After praying and offering a bundle of flowers on the public cemetery where Lulu"s mother is resting, we moved to one of the ruined windowed tower of Kubooku castle.
Apparently, Arisa was living in that tower during her imprisonment.
"Then I"ll go to the tower, you can stroll the town. I"ll contact you with 『Telephone』 magic once I"m done."
"Should I help you carry them?"
"You can"t. The tower is full of a maiden"s secret."
Arisa disappeared into the tower with a bravado smile.
Her teleport destination is probably the tower"s window.
I"m interested in what is left in the tower when she"s down like that, but since she doesn"t want to show me, I"ll let her do what she wants.
"Now then, why don"t we take a stroll in the town around the castle while waiting for Arisa?"
"Yes, allow me to guide."
Lulu begins to walk while leading my hand.
Sera who"s grasping my other hand asks me with a low voice.
"Satou-san, is it alright for us who should be moving in the airs.h.i.+p to show ourselves in front of people?"
"Don"t worry about it."
I casually reply and pa.s.s recognition inhibition veils to Sera and Lulu.
I"m wearing a recognition inhibition bandana as Satou myself. Sera doesn"t like to go with me when I"m Kuro.
"Master, this is baked soba."
"It looks like galette doesn"t it."
It"s a dish where soba flour is baked and then added with finely chopped pickles.
I don"t think it"s that tasty, but since Lulu is eating it while looking nostalgic, let"s not fuss over minor details.
It doesn"t seem to suit Sera"s palate, her face looks complicated, so I give her leftover to a little girl who"s looking at it enviously.
When I look closer, there"s a lot of dirty children here.
Come to think of it, this is the capital of a defeated country huh.
I ask Lulu to guide us to the nearby temple.
"Like I said! We"ll donate the pay later!"
"You can"t. All adventurers are people who s.h.i.+rk payment, so we won"t heal without an advance payment."
The badger game girl who chased me to the labyrinth is disputing with a priestess in front of the temple.
The bleeding boys who are with her looks like they don"t have the willpower to partic.i.p.ate in the dispute, they"re just limping on the ground.
Looking at the AR reading, their life doesn"t seem to be in danger.
"....Kuku, Jido, Bado."
Lulu muttered beside me.
I thought she knows them and was surprised when I saw the girl"s detailed information. Looks like she"s the little sister of Lulu"s male cousins.
Since Lulu"s face looks pale behind the veil, I judge that they don"t have a good relations.h.i.+p, so I pa.s.s through them and go to the receptionist for donation.
"Oh my, to give this much donation!"
The priestess whose cheeks are loosened grips my hands and cries tears of joy.
I feel ashamed seeing her to be that happy receiving several gold coins. I"m planning to donate to other temples and orphanages, so I only give a few in each places.
"O pious people, may the G.o.d bless you! ■■■ Bless"
The priestess gave blessing to me and Lulu while shedding tears.
Sera didn"t come with us due to religious reason.
>[Holy Magic: Garleon Belief] Skill Acquired.
I got a new skill thanks to the priestess"s bless.
I have no plan to use it, so the point a.s.signment is for later.
"Wait! The rich guy over there! Give some to us too!"
When we went out of the temple, the girl called Kuku who was disputing with the priestess in the entrance grasped Lulu"s shoulder. Her finger caught Lulu"s veil, removing it.
"--Ah"
"Eh? Lulu?"
The two look at each other.
However, that didn"t lead to a conversation.
Boom, Kuku was thrown to the ground.
Lulu whose shoulder was caught threw Kuku away with the support from her [Self-Defense] skill.
I retrieve Lulu"s veil from the fainted girl and put it on Lulu.
"U-um! Any injury? Are you injured anywhere?"
"No, this girl excels in martial art you see."
The priestess from the donation desk rushed out and asked if we are injured.
She did not take any notice to the fainted Kuku and the fallen boys below.
I bid farewell with a smile and toured the town while donating.
Along the way, we heard a thunderous roar from the direction of the castle, but I could somehow guess the reason, so we continued without minding it.
『Thank you for waiting~ I"ve done the clean-up.』
"The roaring sound earlier was really Arisa huh?"
『Ehehe~ Cleaning up my black history was too much work, so I erased them all together with the tower with [Disintegrate]』
"No one got injured right?"
『But of course. Arischan never make a blunder.』
After receiving Arisa"s report, we continued the tour with four people and then we went back to the solitary island.
"It"s home sweet home."
"Oh Arisa. We"ve only stayed here once."
Lulu retorted to Arisa"s cliched words.
They looked like their usual selves, but they somehow seemed like they were forcing themselves, so I lent my chest for the two to sleep on today.
"Aris-"
"Zzz zzz"
I catch the head of Arisa who"s trying to slip into my s.h.i.+rt.
"--I won"t sleep with you if you"re going to s.e.xually hara.s.s me."
"Non nein."
Apparently, Arisa is tougher than I thought.
After lightly whacking Arisa"s head, I strongly hug her to sleep so that she won"t hara.s.s me.
During midnight, Arisa and Lulu sleep talked while shedding tears.
I use mind magic"s [Good Night] on them and then wipe their tears with my finger.
I send [Don"t worry] hand signal to Tama and Pochi who looked really worried.
The two nodded and then sent [Understood] signal.
Judging from the futon movement, the other girls seem to be worried too.
I"ll be investigating the demon lord in the Holy Kingdom Parion tomorrow, I should get some sleep soon.
I"d like to go to Holy Kingdom Parion without any trouble.