CH 118

“This is……”

Between the two split white stone monuments. The place where the white stone monument used to be. Stairs within a hole in the ground that looked dark even under sunlight.

I got down on one knee and peered into the hole cautiously.

I couldn’t see what was going on at the back of the stairs where no sunlight shone through.

I moved my eyes back to the front and touched the first step of the stairs with my fingers.

I felt a slimy texture. I thought it might be black mold, but it’s not. It felt like a lump of tar, like the surface of burnt wood.

“…It’s the same as the stone monument before I used [Purification].”

It’s the same as when I first touched the surface of the monument, which looked like a rock.

“…”

Somehow, I had an unpleasant premonition as I glanced at the white stone monument.

I think it is unlikely that this white stone monument created black stains that reached underground. I will be quite surprised when this stone monument did something like human beings excreting substances through their skin. The opposite can be considered too.

“It’s more likely that something at the end of the stairs is generating this black dirt, and it’s invading this place.”

That’s what I’m thinking.

If the black stain was only on this white stone monument – Eraldin’s Door, it was more likely to be a simple deposit of dirt or dead leaves. But if the walls of the basement were also covered in black, that would be a different story.

If that’s the case, then at the end of this staircase…

“I don’t think there’s anything exciting waiting for me at the end of these stairs…….”

I don’t know what it is, but nothing good comes to mind.

“Hmm”

I want to see what’s ahead of me, but clearly, this place looks bad. However, when I saw this monument, I thought of Eraldin’s Door, so this monument must have something to do with me, and I was curious about that.

I thought about it for a while and then decided to ask her about it.

Her-Liselotte has some kind of special ability. Even I am aware of that. I’m not entirely sure what exactly it is, but right now I feel like I can get a clue by asking her.

“Heed my call and show me the way [Summon Fairy].”

As I chanted the spell and watched the Holy Stone in my palm disintegrate, a thought occurred to me.

Heed my call and show me the way

Hadn’t the answer been here all along?

Her ability. And the meaning of the magic [Summon Fairy]. It is to show the way.

When I thought about it that way, it made sense to me.

The magic circle cracked and disappeared, and Lise appeared.

Unlike usual, she was holding something like a glass bottle in her hand.

“Hi, Lizzy.”

“You know what! You know what! The girl here is asking for help!” (Lizzy)

As soon as she appeared, Lizzy said without any hesitation, pointing to the back of the stairs.

“Well, is there a child there? Or is there something else? Do you know what the situation is? “

Lizzy closed her eyes for a while, as if thinking about something, and then opened them.

“You know what! I can’t get out because it’s pitch black!　I’m in pain, I’m lonely, I’m begging for help! Is what they’re saying!” (Lizzy)

“So that’s it……”

Somehow, I understood the situation.

“Help them! Rook can do it!”

…I wonder if I have to go when she told me that.

However, when I saw Lizzy’s troubled face, I felt like I had no choice but to go.

Well, I feel like I was looking for a reason to move on, even though I was at a loss for a good reason.

“Yeah, I get it. We’ll just go on, right?”

“Thanks! …oh, and this, here! Take it with you!” (Lizzy)

Lizzy said that and put in my hand a transparent bottle about 5 cm wide.

“This is a thank you for the sweets last time!” (Lizzy)

Receive the bottle from Lizzy and look at it.

The bottle was made of a transparent material that I’d never seen in this world, and it contained some kind of liquid. I shook it lightly and asked,

“What is this?”

“Medicine!” (Lizzy)

Medicine? What kind…? There are many types of medicines, from ointments to pills, curing colds up to hemorrhoids, and if you misuse or take the wrong medicine, it can become poison.

“Ah! it’s already time! See you later!” (Lizzy)

“Ah, ah… wait, this medicine, what is—“

Before I could ask what kind of medicine it was, Lizzy was enveloped in light and disappeared.

“…”

It’s a good thing. It’s not a situation where you need medicine right now, and you can always ask another time.

Anyway …

“She’s a much older fairy…”