In front of me, a familiar sight was spreading.

gently flowing rivers. In front of them stands a barge, and a man whose face is invisible on a cover.

"Ho...?

The first person to come was Eco.

Eco looked around and discovered me and said, "Sehndo!" He rushed in with a smile.

Eco, do you have any money?

"I have it! Stay away from me!

"Give him six sheets, get on the boat, and he'll take you across the river. Wait over there."

"It's just a bump, okay!

Eco grabbed only six small copper coins and ran toward the barge.

When the handout receives the money, Chilean and the bell ring, and the eco-filled bow moves slowly.

"... here..."

Next up is Sylvia.

Maybe you're coming in the order you slept well.

I was tired after the game with Lynn, or I slept in a flash. Ecology has the talent to sleep anywhere, anytime. Sylvia and Razz didn't seem confident sleeping in the middle of the day and were using Razz sleeping pills. It should be working gradually, so it's time for Laz to come.

"Sylvia, when that ship returns, just give me 6CL."

Um, okay, that's 6CL.

"Definitely, definitely only 6CL. Don't give me more than that by mistake. Otherwise...."

"Otherwise....?

"... go ahead"

"Otherwise what!? Just threaten me. Don't leave me alone."

"No, it's not a big deal. I just can't come back for the rest of my life."

"Isn't it so important!!

Still a good reaction.

"Shh shh shh. My whole life was full. If someone picks you up, you can go home normally."

"Se...."

"Second Master!!

Uh-huh!

It seemed like it was too funny, and Sylvia was tingling. He raised his arms and threatened me with a giggle.

When I ran away, Sylvia turned around and walked to give it to me.

I can't help it. I'll apologize later.

"... I don't know when I'm free..."

Last time I came was Laz.

Looking over the “Three Ways River”, he murmured.

"I was surprised, too."

"I don't know. I've never seen this empty Midway River before."

Yes, this is a famous crowded spot.

To visit the Spirit Realm, you must cross this commonly known as the Mitsunami River. At that time, only for the first time, a dedicated movie was inserted, "Pay 6CL and cross the river by boat", so this riverbank (or riverbank) was always busy with players waiting for the movie to finish.

However, it seems that there are no players visiting the Spirit Realm in this world. We're renting it out.

"Ah, it's a movie...."

Raz, who boarded the return canoe, said that at the very beginning of the opening.

When I handed the 6CL to the customer, it started to move.

…………

Laz transported silently. It's kind of surreal.

Shake your hand for a try.

"Hey! Whoa! Say it... ah, it's starting to look embarrassing."

He looked back cheerfully.

He's covering his face with his hands, but while he's doing so, he seems to have arrived across the shore without any particular problems.

Now that the canoe is back, I'll get in too.

When I gave the Kasa-no-Man 6CL, Chilean and the bell sounded and started moving.

You're good at piloting the ship.

…………

I talked to her, but there was no particular reaction.

No, but because of the tendency in this world, maybe this person is also a human being. Or...

Ah, I see the other side. Sylvia and the others are waiting for us.

Sylvia, I'm sorry.

"... Nfufu! Okay, okay, no. It's funny."

I'm sorry, Sylvia.

"I got it! Sieg, stay away from me while I apologize with my face!

"Sorry."

"Nfufu, you said you understood!

When I thought of apologizing early, I got angry again with laughter.

I wonder why it's funny. It was interesting when Raz was brought in earlier, but I don't know why this is so interesting. I think it's because it's Sur.

"Thank you very much."

Say thank you to the Kasa-no-Man and get off the shore. It was quite an interesting attraction.

Well, let's go.

We'll leave when we're all here. Walk down the riverbank on gravel.

After a while, I saw the children playing with stones in the river. Heh, they're still here, just like they were in Mevion.

"... it's kind of creepy, second lord."

I don't think so.

Sylvia and Eco speak frankly.

"I wonder what happens when I win."

"No, I don't think it's a competition anyway."

Then what is it?

"Sainokawara. They pile stones to feed their parents."

That's right, it's the first time I've known.

"Raz knows everything."

"Ehehe, not so much ~"

As a rub under the nose, the rash is illuminated with a feeling that it is likely to be so much. If you make such a communal move in terms of beauty, it will make you feel a little cheerful.

"Well, wait, Raspberry Bell. Did you say" feed "? Does that mean all their parents are dead already?

"... the other way around. They're going to die."

"What...?

"I can't let you do that for the unfaithful reward you gave me earlier. When that stone tower is almost finished, the demon won't come down. They keep piling stones there all the time."

Really? That's a pretty heavy story.

"... is there no salvation?

Sylvia said so with a serious face.

I like this place. The purity of her heart, like the water of that clear river, so pure, serious and just that she might be deceived by a heinous scam.

"It seems that Jizo Bodhisattva is coming to save us... but no one knows when. Ten years, 100 years, maybe 100 million years."

"I'm not convinced that an elderly child must continue to be punished like this just because he or she is ahead of us..."

I mean, who's been punished like that in the first place?

I feel like we already know the answer.

"... wait. Spiritual world... yes, wasn't that what Second Lord said here?

Sylvia stopped walking and heard it with a bloody face.

"Yes, it is."

"Raspberry bell. You said they were already dead... right?

"Don't tell me."

…………

Sylvia's face was pale and silent.

"Are we an aunt now?

The temporarily neat ecology touches the core.

No... I wonder. Could it be?

I wonder if it's going to be temporary? I don't know what to do. "

"I don't know what to do, it's not! Spirit world is obviously a post-mortem world! I mean, we're, like, dead...."

"--No, it's not. Daiichi, Daiichi"

All of a sudden, a voice came from behind the murmur.

Looking back, there was Winfield.

I'm glad you're not dead.

There's no doubt that Winfield said that.

And I was reassured... that Sylvia wasn't.

"Oh, you don't believe me, do you? Sylvia, sir."

"... uhm. No, I want to believe it, but should I say fear is winning?"

"Yeah, I guess so... mmm, what do we do?"

Winfield is wondering what to do.

... oh?

"Yes, everybody, come here for a second..."

"Hey, who the hell are you?"

Well, it's not Winfield, is it?

"Ah, I knew it. I don't think we're win-win either. Senpai said," I'm sure it's a mistake. "

"Oh, first of all, I felt uncomfortable when I wasn't impressed by Sylvia's thoughts. In addition, Winfield is rarely troubled in public. Sometimes I pretend to be troubled by the wind, but it always makes sense. And, by the way, yes? What do you mean, you just came up with that? You're a fake anyway, so what's the point? Hey."

"...... chh......"

Inquiring, Winfield's fake ran into the jar with his tongue slapped.

Whoa, whoa, what the hell is going on?

"Yuko...?

I wonder if Eco was confused by the boulders, but my mouth is slightly open and my eyes are closed.

As he stroked his jaw and closed his mouth, he thought about the words to be applied, and Laz spoke first.

"I don't know if you're trying to drag us in."

"... that still means this is the afterlife."

Sylvia murmured as if she had given up all sorts of scary things against Laz.

Hmm. If so, it's a threat. Maximum vigilance is required.

"Ah"

Next customer by the way.

"Squeeze, squeeze"

A little girl in a red kimono is sitting on the ground crying hard.

Did it fall and scrape? There is a red scar on the knee.

"Mmm. Hey, are you okay? Did you fall?

... no, I like that kind of place, but come on, Sylvia...

Silvia, stop.

Sylvia, stop.

"Shirubia, no!

Stop all three of Sylvia's attempts to approach the girl.

"Nah, what?"

"Shirubia, molasses. It's sweet."

"Nh... uhh, mmm. I'm sorry."

Sylvia suddenly calmed down as Eco stared seriously and said that.

Well, it looks suspicious anyway. Still, that's the way it is.

…………

I decided to keep my distance for a while.

One minute has passed. The girl is still crying hard.

When I look at this painful figure, I feel like I'm actually falling and crying... I wonder. Are there any children in the spiritual world who fall and cry?

"Hmm, second lord. Isn't it true that the child fell?

I'm a little worried about Sylvia being fooled too easily.

She's the highest archer in the world, but she's a good duck in the spirit world.

"Hey, second lord. Again..."

----The next moment, a huge rock fell from the sky to where the girl was sitting.

Zun, the ground shakes and the soot rises.

No, I don't know...

"Oh, it's been a long time, Mr. Second."

And it was Normides, the great spirits of earth, who appeared. I'm Shelly's partner. Did you say your name was Terra?

"Long time no see, Terra. How's Shelly?

"Yes, that's enough. Ufufu. I've been talking a lot about Mr. Second ~"

Really?

It is still a spiritual spirit with a relaxed atmosphere.

"Did you... kill me...?

Sylvia points to the rock and asks Terra.

Thereafter, Terra pauses and speaks.

"Because there were mosquitoes ~, I crushed them ~"

It's just for the sake of the chestnuts. I know you chose to be her, but on the contrary, it sounds horrible.

Because of that, Sylvia was utterly silent.

Terra talks as if she were folding it over there.

"Besides, this is a spiritual world, so I can't kill you ~"

You can't kill me.

"Yes, because the Spirit Realm is the narrow space between his world and this world ~"

The Spirit Realm is between the world and the world. Angola certainly said the same thing.

I mean, he's not dead yet. That means you're one step closer to dying.

Well, let's go ~

"Hmm? Where are you going?

We haven't made a clear destination yet.

When asked what that meant, Terra smiled and said.

"I will protect you to the Grand King's house ~"