Time passed more slowly than expected, perhaps thanks to the twins' strange medical skills, and in just four or five days, except for some scabbed wounds and some itching on her body, Alice was already able to jump on the ground as before.

As for Irina's words......

"Are you looking at me, Alice? ”

Irina, who sat calmly at the table drinking tea, turned her head, and Alice couldn't take her eyes off her still bandaged stomach and shoulders.

This guy is really like a wolf, no matter how serious the scars, as long as he licks it with his tongue, he can recover quickly. After only a few days, Irina, whose wound should theoretically have been more severe, was able to move as usual. If she hadn't taken care of the feelings of the people around her, she would probably be thinking about how to find the knight to retrieve the lost book.

Winnie kept yelling at herself and Irina to stay on the bed, but ......

Sure enough, it still can't be done, like Irina, although she is pretending to have nothing to do now, she can't wait to regain the lost "dignity", even if she is more prepared than before, she will face a red death that will be more prepared.

Bring Luna? Bring twins who are just curious to keep the patient alone? No, even if you bring more people, you'll just be stopped by the knights, after all, I've seen it with my own eyes, and she's reaped the lives of countless monsters alone.

Whether you're negotiating or fighting, it's a safe bet to find a "witch" to help. However...... Anyone who traveled with them here had silently agreed not to report this embarrassment like Rosie or something else, a magical envoy of status and prestige.

In the end, you can only rely on your own strength.

"Book, is there a way to get it back?" Alice sat down next to Irina, who had been covered with herbs for several days, and at this time Irina's body was exuding a unique fragrance.

"The worst thing to do is to ask Teacher Rosie for help, but ...... You wouldn't want to, would you? ”

Yes, it was a choice of last resort. And Irina is also deliberately avoiding Rosie now, after all, the "incident" she said in person before was a tragic incident that made Rosie, who has always been kind and gentle, emotionally out of control.

"Dignity is earned by oneself. After a cold rebuke, Irina put down her teacup. The tea streaks inside have not moved at all, but they have already cooled down, and it seems that even if Irina's face does not change, the knight is worried about the loss of the book.

If she could easily retrieve it, she wouldn't have pondered to such an extent. But if she didn't have the slightest idea, Irina wouldn't sit here quietly and think.

It must have made her hesitate to know if the answer was correct, but she was too embarrassed to say it.

Call...... I'm still hiding my thoughts as silently as ever.

"Alice, those ...... How much do you know about fish-like monsters?"

However, it had changed a little, at least now she was willing to confide her hesitant thoughts. Although the object is just himself, it is surprisingly happy.

"He who swam up from the sea, that is, ...... We're playing in this part of the ocean. Alice mobilized her memories as much as she could, as Irina added whatever information she knew, "There are tails, but the limbs should be webbed, almost like they were grown for amphibious use on land and sea." They will take advantage of the song to wash up on the shore at night when there is singing, and of course that day...... Irina you must have seen it too. ”

"Whose singing?"

"Little mermaid, though I didn't believe it at first. ”

The memory that would have been easier to forget revived little by little in Alice's mind, and the scene that was imprinted in her mind in a hurry, although in a hurry, made her clench her fists.

"I saw the shadow of the little mermaid sitting on the reef in the middle of the sea...... That's definitely the tail of the fish!"

Yes, yes, and it only takes a little detour to see the whole picture of the little mermaid, but Lovely Lise has no regrets about choosing to save Irina first.

"It was she singing, and at the same time the monsters rushed to the beach and ......"

"Ran after us into the woods...... Is that so, Alice?"

"Yes...... Be...... It's not!"

Oh bad, Irina, when you're so serious, you actually make a joke that makes people chill all over your body.

Those monsters must not have come for themselves and Irina, otherwise it would not have been so smooth when they fled back with Irina, it should have been an impossible task. Therefore, instead of chasing humans, those monsters should be running towards a certain goal that has been determined and must be achieved, and the reason why it looks like they are chasing themselves and Irina is only because the direction of their own escape in a panic just overlaps with the "goal" that the monsters are running towards.

That is to say......

"Are they going for the janitor's position?"

Sure enough, the red knight was guarding something. Money, treasures...... None of this mattered, not even why the monsters ran for their lives under the guidance of the song, all that mattered now was how to retrieve the missing book from the knight's hands.

Irina had a way, because her gaze had cleared from just now.

"The mermaid's song is a signal for them to swim out of the sea...... Let's use this convenience. ”

Irina stirred the tea in the teacup, "When it's time for the little mermaids to sing, we'll follow them into the forest together, and it's a sure thing that the knights will clash with them, so find a way to do it at this time...... Search for traces of the book. Although the book is gone, I can still barely use some of the simple magic. Immediately after that, they will run away, though we will not have much time left. ”

Five minutes, ten minutes, all this was not based on the mood of the knights, but entirely on the number of monsters pouring onto the beach, because the red knight who was like the Grim Reaper could harvest the lives of the intruders one by one without even pausing.

"If the knight had gone straight to the beach to stop the monster, it would have been much easier. ”

The hand churning the tea stopped, and Irina caressed her thickly bandaged lower abdomen from an angle that was barely noticeable to Alice, "Before we wait until the night the little mermaid sings, we'll ...... Try to rest and relax as much as possible. All in order to reclaim my dignity and that of you with complete preparation. ”