"How the hell did that thing come about?" Lying on the thatched mat, looking at the familiar night in front of him, Weir fiddled with the bonfire again in boredom.

On the side, Ollie was pounding a bundle of wooden pillars into the ground, and in the distance beside it was a row of wooden pillars that had been beaten on the ground, gradually forming a small circular area, enclosing Wiel and the fire in the middle.

"Ollie, do you see how that thing came about?"

"Huh~? No" The small stone hammer in his hand struck twice, and Ollie nailed the wooden wall to the ground. Then he took a bundle from the ground, stacked it on a small section of the wooden wall that was exposed to the ground, and struck it twice with a hammer, and the two were joined together.

"Tsk~" Weir didn't think about it, "Ollie, there really aren't any gold nuggets there?" ”

There was still some way to go before the gold needed to get the upgrade up, but by the afternoon, Wiel had already scraped everything around the little corner.

"There's really no sir, I promise!" Ollie banged on the wooden wall and wiped the sweat from his head. "Hmm~"

"Where can there be gold?" Playing with the two delicate gears in his hand, Weir sighed and buried his head in the thatch.

The crackling of flames and the thud of Ollie came all at once.

The chilly sea breeze at night was sheltered by the wooden walls, and it was warm in the fence.

The two men lay on the ground, their shadows swaying on either side by the light of the fire.

"Ollie." Weir tilted his head slightly.

"Huh?"

"What do you think?"

"Hmm~, it's okay anymore."

“…… Not this one. Veil put his hand on his chest.

"Huh?"

There was a brief silence as Ollie reached out and touched the side of the campfire and picked up half of the leftover grilled fish.

"Ollie."

“… Well. Ollie chewed his mouth.

"Not bad?"

"Sir, do you want some fish?"

"No, I'm full."

"Whew~" took another bite.

"Have you ever thought about what to do?"

"What are you doing?"

“…… It's nothing. ”

Ollie stopped to eat the fish, blinked, and looked at the sky.

He put the grilled fish in his hand to his mouth, and said as he bit it, "That...... What does the chief want to do? ”

"I, ......" raised his right hand and put it in front of his eyes.

Stunned.

Ollie thrust the fish aside and straightened his ears.

"What the chief is thinking, Ollie probably knows."

Vere covered his eyes with the back of his hand.

"Ahh Perhaps. ”

"Sir, the fox is a vigilant creature. Who~ Its vigilance is very high, if anyone finds the little fox in its nest, it will "move" that night in case of accidents. ”

"Uh-huh—" Wille replied, closing his eyes.

"Hmm~ tree holes, dead wood, rubble piles, small mounds...... It's all gone. Ollie also closed his eyes, as if reminiscing.

"The fox doesn't care where it lives, as long as it has its children, it's its home......"

A tear slipped from the corner of Ollie's eye.

"Even so, Lord Wiel, there is something chasing them...... No matter how hard the fox tries to maintain and be vigilant, what's the use? ”

"Your home... Is it in their hands? Wiel spoke softly.

"Hmm~ yes, my home...... Ollie couldn't find it. ”

……

"Ollie...... Homesick? ”

"I want to sigh~"

“…… I also want. ”

The firewood burst on, making a crackling sound.

"But with the Chief, Ollie is not alone. Whew~"

“…… Lonely? …… Ollie, sleep. ”

The moonlight became thicker, bringing everything it enveloped into sleep.

In the dream, there may be another side of home.

Morning, sea, paddling.

"Ollie, go a little further, I'm afraid there are reefs here."

"Don't worry, sir, it'll be fine."

"What if I bump into it?"

"I won't bump into it."

Two men rowed a small boat through the craggy rocky reefs of volcanic rocks in the morning sun.

Ollie steered the boat, tossing and turning, weaving through the blade. Paddle deeper.

Wiel and Ollie discussed whether if there was gold around that corner, and if they could go deeper into the veins to find the source of the gold.

Sure enough, rounding a large circle and avoiding the erupting strips of lava feldspar at the foot of the mountain, Veir saw a speck of gold dust on the cliff that was hooked back.

Will was excited, but the sudden rush of water toward the mountain wall, and the unsupposed red color underwater, made Yassen choke back.

So, in the "welcome" of Will's trembling heart and the molten earth cracks that burst out of tumbling bubbles from time to time, he came to the steam-filled corner of the island.

If it weren't for the craggy rocks and the heating rate being too violent, it would be a natural "sea hot spring".

Looking at the red that flowed from time to time in the depths of the water, Weir was worried about his safety.

So Ban Ban sat neatly on the boat, holding the boat with both hands, pretending to be calm and saying panicked words.

"To the left, to the left, to the left, to the left! No, there is a lava flow! Yo Yo Yo! ”

"Huh?"

Wille instinctively wanted to snatch the oars and row by himself, but his mind and hands were not coordinated, and he just grabbed the boat harder.

Weel was looking down at the water, so he didn't notice that behind him was a cavern sunk deep into the cliff.

The raging water poured into it, and even changed the direction of the current, but it did not make a sound.

"Sir, can we get in? Oh. ”

"Huh? What can't you get in...... I'll go! Veil turned his head and saw a large cavern behind him, like a large mouth with his upper lip protruding forward, as if it were about to bite them.

The pillars of rock that hang down from Shibi Mountain are like its teeth, and the sea water flows towards this cave.

"Go? Good sir! Oh! ”

With all his might, the boat rushed into the dark cavern.

"Row back, row, !!!!" Nervousness, Will's neck just couldn't be wrenched.

"Falling!!" Will screamed, closing his eyes in fright, thinking he was going to fall.

Wow, the boat hit the water.

"Long... Sir? Whew~" Ollie patted Wiel weakly.

"Ahh - Huh? Oh, I didn't fall, it scared me. Wille looked around, a little dim, but it was a dark cavern, the entrance of the cave was behind him, and the water had calmed down.

"Sir, you're holding the torch, I can't see if there's a stone in the water ahead." Ollie said to Will.

Weir eased his mood, anyway, they all came here, let's see if there is a gold mine...... Suddenly, Wille was stunned.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but Wille felt a sound like laughter in his ears.

Wiel lit a torch and looked around, and he found that shallow veins of gold, on one side of the cavern, were dotted towards the depths of the cavern.

"Hmm~ Looks like we're going to have to go in and have a look."

"Whew~ I hate rowing in the dark. Especially in dark caves. Ollie slashed inside by the faint light of the fire.

The boat pushed away the gently gentleness of the water and paddled deeper into the cavern until the entrance to the cave behind it became a small point of light.

The sound of water dripping and the echo of the water at the entrance of the cave was heard all around.

Wiel looked around with torches, "Ollie, this place is bigger than you think. ”

"Yes, sir, but the torches are so dim that I can't even see the ...... in front of me!"

With a pop, the boat seemed to poke into the soft soil or sand, and the two men on the boat rushed forward at the same time.

Will took a few steps back, and wow! Suddenly, his feet were fixed on the gang, and he stabilized his body, but the torch in his hand did not tremble.

Ollie came back from his seated position, threw his ears behind him, and hurriedly looked ahead.

"I'm fine, we're on the shore. Let's get off the boat. ”

The two of them came to the rocky beach inside the cave, and the front end of the wooden boat was against the rocks.

"Fortunately, the ship is not broken."

"Well, here's where the veins are headed." If you can't see the golden glitter that is exposed, unless you don't hold a torch.

"It's going here, let's move on." As he spoke, Vere handed Ollie a torch.

The flames lit up, the light brightened, and the footsteps of the two could be heard in the stone corridor of the cave.

The figure gradually moved away from the place where it had landed, and there was a dark space in front of and behind it.

Stompe! Sook!

The sound of the two stepping on the ground alternated.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but Wiel seems to hear "Hee-hee-hee-hee!" in his ears again! Laughter.

Both stopped at the same time.

"Huh?! Ollie, do you hear me? ”

"Well, there's a strange sound."

Both swallowed a mouthful of saliva at the same time.

"Why don't we go back? Oh...... It's okay to look for it somewhere else~. ”

"Well~ It's been so far, let's go a little further, after all, the veins haven't been lost yet.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but Wei Er felt that the faint golden light shining around him seemed to have become a little dim.

"Let's go on...... Follow me. ”

Step on the tree

The footsteps of the two men could be heard again in the darkening hole.

It was as if something was swallowing the light coming from the ground.

Stepping on the Shu, stepping on the Shu, stepping on the Shu, stepping on the Shu.

"Huh? Wait a minute. Listen, Ollie! ”

Ears pricked up, in the depths of the darkness ahead, "Knock knock!" The voice came from there.

Ver drew his spear, guarded it, and paced slowly forward. After a while, Weir found himself at the end of the stone corridor.

The veins of the gold mine stretched from the side behind a stone gate that was also in the way of Wiel and Ollie.

The sound of a thump came from behind the door.

"Whew! It seems that someone is knocking behind this~" Ollie swept the torch behind him and turned to come to Veel.

Regularly, there was a knock behind the door. Tracing the record, the gold nugget veins behind the door pass through.

Is the door open or not?

Will was in a tangle.

In the darkness behind him, a thick darkness quietly diffused beside the black rock wall.