My sugerence of trying to make it received with a moment of silence. Raven looks at me with begging oxes before shaking my head.
«No. Igual es un poro imprudente probarlo enseguida, ¿no?».
«The only way to learn new things in the maze is by trying».
«It's true, but this is something I treasure quite a bit... I think I'll regret it if it disappears without going to much».
Since the owner of the crack stone was the one saying it, there wasn't much I could say in response. Furthermore, it would be a problem if it caused a hidden secret to be activated. We planned to continue our expedition as soon as the rainy season was over, so dragging our feet here because of this gamble would end up being a problem.
And with the time everyone's been stuck here, people are getting pretty anxious too...
With that, we postponed our plan to use the Cambormere fissure stone on the stone statue for another time.
«Then I'm leaving!»
Raven went to think of a name for the flower crown, and I was left alone in the store.
Many thoughts were running through my mind, although they did not focus on the stone statues and the crack stone.
Everything makes sense.
The flower crown effect described by Raven still resonated in my mind. So the item we obtained after defeating the archbishop-turned-priest of Karui granted the wearer immunity to mental effects.
It is obvious that this object exists to be used in that Chapter...
The red portal that I had no choice but to ignore was still present in my mind. What was beyond? With the flower crown, maybe I can check it out in person next time we challenge the crack.
Well, it wasn't like I could try again immediately.
There's no way I can try again right now.
The crack was considered clear. The fifth-floor and lower Guardian statues needed to open the crack were no longer activated even if we placed our hands on them. The only thing we could do now was take the portal to the stone room and leave.
How long will the cooling last...?
I had a feeling I would only know after we left. There was a chance he would try again as soon as we got out and came back here, but maybe we'd have to wait for the cooling to finish. Considering the mysterious nature of this underground floor, he could not ignore the possibility that this crack could not be attempted again.
As I continued to mulle over my thoughts in the empty military tent, I took out a bag from my subspace, the bag the village chief had given me before entering the crack. The village chief had said that there was a notebook in the bag and that he would answer all my questions. So as soon as I did everything I needed to do, I took it out and read it.
But what the hell...? Are you cursed for always telling me everything in such unsatisfactory ways?
The notebook was written in such cryptic language that it only confused me more and more.
If you feel a presence while on Library Island, go outside for a day before re-entering. If you do this, the books that were lying on the floor will be put back into place.
It's probably Hamsick.
If you find a tombstone from another dimension, don't be interested in it. I'll say it now, but the way out you're looking for is my town and only that.
He was probably referring to the tombstone on Giant's Island. However, the things written after these two were all very cryptic.
If a huge shadow suddenly covers the land during your giant island adventure, never look up. If you wait a moment, the shadow will disappear and you can continue on your way.
The island you call Tree Island has nothing on its summit. If you see something or suddenly hear something, sleep wearing a mask or earmuffs. If you do, you will be safe there.
If waves start to approach during the rainy season, immediately stop what you are doing and find a place to hide. There will be at least one place on any island that you can use to hide. However, don't go to the stone island you first saw when you arrived at this place. That island is the only one that has nowhere to hide.
The golden book will not be especially useful in helping you achieve your goals.
If you see a horse running through him cielo during a parrot that in the es la luvias station, in the actuously. If in the lo primerial attacks ni you get right recklessly, in the tenderness no problem.
At this point, it was not a transfer of information, but simply that he shared strange stories with me. However, it was easy for me to understand the last thing I had written inside.
At some point, if a dimensional collapse occurs and the ground itself begins to crumble, head to the island our village was on. The portal that connects to the ground will open.
We could escape from the first underground floor during a dimensional collapse. That drums allowed me to infer something more.
It seems that this is the only way the village chief knew to escape from this place.
I was simply waiting for the dimensional collapse. It was the only method available to the village chief to escape.
It also made me realize why he didn't try to escape with us, but instead used a Heretic Altar to do so. The village chief had no idea when he would be able to escape. If he had to survive and endure until the dimensional collapse occurred, and if only then could he escape, then we had no idea when that time would come.
He didn't say anything about Rainbow Island.
Even after flipping through the notebook several times and searching through the bag he had left me, he left no mention of Rainbow Island. My idea was that Rainbow Island was the key to our escape.
Didn't you write it on purpose, or didn't you know it...?
At the moment I had no way of knowing. It wasn't like he could go and shake the village chief by the neck, since he would now be awake and walking around the city.
I'll know when it arrives.
In the end, the only thing he could do was continue with the expedition. As an adventurer should do.
***
As soon as the rainy season ended, we used the portal to escape.
The stone portal stood in the middle of the ocean. We couldn't see the boats we used to get here, and in the end, there were people who unfortunately fell straight into the ocean.
What pain.
After a problematic process, we got all members of the expedition group safely onto the summoned ships and learned something new in the process. That stone door wasn't always open.
«The door sinks into the ocean!»
The moment the last member emerged from the portal, the huge stone gate closed and began to sink into the ocean.
...It looks like I won't be able to try it right away.
I felt a disappointed poco, but I was determined to repeat it on the other occasion. Cuando had finished him enfriamiento, he would resurface over the ocean. Unless a single attempt was made.
«Mr. Baron, we are ready to leave ».
After watching the stone gate disappear beneath the waves at the bow of the ship, I looked at the ships around me. Three ships floated around my ship forming a protective barrier.
«¡Izad the flag!»
At my command, the ship began to move, and a flag was raised at the top of the hood.
¡Splash!
My boat made its way through the waves and sailed ahead while three other boats followed behind. A reversal of position, perhaps, from a certain perspective, but even on our way here, our ship was always after those three and just trying to follow them as best it could.
«Bjorn, are you hungry?»
«Oh, thanks.»
As I walked while chewing on the sandwich that Chief Secretary Missha gave me, Amelia came to talk to me.
«...What is that?»
«This? It's the sandwich my chief secretary brought me».
«...How long do you plan to continue with this crazy commander role-playing game?»
Uh... If you say that, even I would get hurt.
«Are you saying this because you don't like your search captain position?» For reference, the search captain position was one in which he supervised all members related to exploration and patrols. He had prepared a fairly prestigious position for her.
However, Amelia just shook her head several times with a sigh and disappeared to do something.
Now I have nothing to do...
I patrolled the ship for a while, but there was nothing that needed my attention, so I ended up resting in my room or chatting with my allies.
«I will go to a mouse ».
After finally reaching Library Island, I got off the boat by myself and headed to the island. The books we had messed up were now on the shelves, and there was so much silence that my few steps inside echoed throughout the place.
It's quiet.
For now, he couldn't sense Hamsick's presence. Was he sleeping at home?
«(¡Hamsick!)» Bramé. Una pequeña criatura peluda se asomó cuidadosamente desde las estanterías en respuesta. «(¿Qué? ¿Por qué estás ahí? ¿Por qué no estás en tu casa?)»
«(...You're really asking me that!)»
Oh, right. We had completely destroyed it just before we left. «(...Sorry.)»
«(¡And! ¿Y qué estás haciento aquí? Tú sola.) »
«(He comes to see you a mouse. My allies are waiting upstairs, so come for a moment.) »
Maybe my visit was pretty sudden, but Hamsick seemed to be on guard as he looked left and right before walking towards me. «(Have you come here... to see me?)»
«(Sí.)»
«(Why?)»
The reason was simple. I had seen him in the crack not long ago.
«My name is not Hamsick!»
The other Hamsick I met in the cave I didn't even know was a Hamsick.
You came out of focusing on Hamsick Dos, if I had a big secret behind Hamsick. Quizá ni él mismo lo knew.
«(Don't ask that!)» I rebutted, laughing out loud to hide my thoughts as I approached him. «(Why would I need a reason to come see a friend?)».
However, Hamsick only seemed to put himself on even more guard. «(Don't lie! There's no way you're here for no reason! You definitely have a reason to come here!)»
Wow, it had changed a lot. Before it was so easy when I was more innocent and naive.
I smiled satisfied and admitted the truth of what I wanted. «(Yes, I have a reason.)»
«(¡Hmph! Lo sabía-)»
«(Hamsick, leave this place with me.)»
«(...What?)» Hamsick seemed completely unprepared, looking at me with bewildered eyes. Hah, I knew this would happen so I was going to try to make things easier for Hamsick. «(Go with you... what do you mean?)»
«(It's what it sounds like. If you stay here, all you're going to do is organize books, right? And if we are not here, there will be no books to organize either)».
Disgust crossed Hamsick's face. He seemed angry. However, to change one's life, one needs these shocks.
«(At this point you've been here a long time, so go out with me)», I cajoled him.
«(...What changes if I leave?)»
«(Many things.)»
Even when I said that, it seemed like Hamsick still didn't believe me. That's why I went into a little more detail.
«(You will be able to see what is outside with your own eyes. You've been here so long that you don't even know what's going on outside)».
«(I'm not that curious.)»
«(An extensive silver ocean, unconcientious arees... In the very curiosity for nothing of that?) »
«(I don't have.)»
That caught me off guard. I realized that I wasn't kidding myself, but that I didn't really seem interested.
«So what do you say about this? You've lost all your memories, right? So you don't even know who you are. Maybe we can find your memories if we go out a little.)»
«(...How are you so sure about that?)»
Oh, that breath takes a slower poco, so that seemed to be tempted by a poco.
When Hamsick responded half a measure late, I immediately jumped at the opportunity and said, «(And you? Can you be sure it won't be possible?)».
Hamsick if he was dumb for a mouse good. «(...Lo you are forcing) ».
Well, it wasn't bad. However, he could speak with confidence.
«(...But if you stay here forever, it won't change the fact that nothing will change.)»
It was because of the way I lived my life too.
Getting started was half the way. Zero was different from one. Although they seemed similar at first, the difference between those two would become immeasurable over time.
However, Hamsick didn't hold my hand easily.
Hah, I think it will work if I push it a little harder now...
«But answer me one thing. Why are you trying to get me out of here with you?)»
Wow, he was pretty persistent.
After letting out a sigh in my heart, I looked away from Hamsick into the empty air. «(...How could I sit and let you be? My friend is sitting alone at home without being able to do anything)».
It was another reason I was trying to take Hamsick with me. It seemed like he had grown fond of her over time.
Hamsick answered me after a long time had passed. «I will go with you. I'll follow you outside».
It seemed like what I had told him during our last visit - about how I would allow him to come back here whenever he changed his mind - had helped convince Hamsick to come with me.
«(Well thought out)», I praised.
«(...But there will be problems if I am around. The others... are terrified of me)».
«(You just have to hide, right? Stay in my cabin for now.)»
«(So nothing has changed, right?)»
(«The place you hide? You don't even have a home anymore. The cabin has a bed. A super soft one, by the way.)» Noticing the silence, I continued saying: «(Why do you doubt? You've already decided, so let's go! We have no time to waste)».
Just in case Hamsick changed his mind, I quickly grabbed him and left the island.
«Diles to everyone who enters a moment ».
After emptying the deck for a moment, I took Hamsick to my chambers without anyone seeing him.
«How is?» Asked. «(Isn't it pretty? There's a window here so you can see the ocean too)».
«(Hmph. ¿Qué tiene eso de impressionante? Yes lo he visto unas cuantas veces)».
«(Oh, it looks like there are rising soil a couple of times. Did you find that you were interested in nothing in the outside world ...? Anyway, I'll be back more late. I have to warn your guys to get them back to salt and tell them to start moving drums. »
«(...Do what you want.)»
After hiding Hamsick in my room, I went back out and returned everyone to their original positions.
«Forward!»
We resume our trip. Our current destination was the mysterious rainbow island that was a month's drive from our current location.
¡Splash!
Our four ships sailed across the ocean, cutting through the waves.
«...¿Eh?»
But not long after setting sail, a commotion occurred on the deck.
When I went out to see what was happening, I saw everyone looking at the sky in a daze.
«-A caball?»
«True? He looks like a horse no matter how you look at him».
... A cock?
When I raised my head to see what it was, I could really see what looked like a white horse galloping through the sky.
I quickly took out the notebook full of strange stories from the village chief.
If you see a horse running through him cielo during a parrot that in the sea la lluvias station, in the actuously. Yes in the lo primerial attacks ni you get it right recklessly, in the tender problems.
I didn't expect to find it so quickly.