(※The expedition date from the previous chapter has been corrected.)
The expedition was drawing near.
"So it's in two weeks, right?"
"Yeah."
Since the expedition I'd be joining two weeks from now was obviously going to be a brutal one, I needed to raise my Status to reduce the fatigue and hardship, so I went into the Dungeon with Aiz.
The floor Aiz and I had descended to was the 17th Floor.
We'd soon reach the safe zone.
There was no real need to go any farther, but—
"Duck."
"Yeah."
It seemed better to rest a bit and buy some potions before heading back.
"Caladbolg."
After collecting the magic stone from the monster torn apart by Caladbolg, we arrived at the peaceful 18th Floor.
"Let's stop by Revilia Village."
"Yeah."
Even if the prices were high, they weren't so bad that I couldn't afford them, so we headed to Revilia Village to buy potions.
And then—
"Aiz! What are you doing here?"
"You here to make some valis too?"
When we entered Revilia Village, the Hiryute sisters and Lefiya were wearing serious expressions.
"No, I'm here with Bellf to explore the Dungeon."
"Ah..."
"Did something happen?"
"Yeah. Well—"
From what I gathered, a murder had occurred in Revilia Village, and because of that, every adventurer in the village had been identified as a suspect.
Apparently Finn and Riveria, who had come down into the Dungeon with us, were having a pretty rough time because of it.
"...Trouble always seems to find us."
"Agreed."
Finn, who had come over nearby at some point, said, "What do you need us to do?"
"Find anyone suspicious."
"...Do you have any details on what they look like?"
"I asked Boros, and he said she was a beauty."
Boros was the manager of Revilia Village.
He seemed pretty competent at his job, but—
"..."
Who the hell uses that as a description?
We split up and searched for about twenty minutes, but found nothing.
"Haaah..."
Should I just go back?
It was obviously the work of Evilus's remnants anyway...
Was there even any organization besides Evilus that would do something like this?
"What a pain..."
As I sighed and looked around Revilia Village, a brilliant golden light caught my eye from outside the village.
"..."
The place where the light was visible from was only about five minutes away if I ran, so I sprinted as fast as I could to figure out what was going on.
When I reached the place where the light had appeared, I saw Aiz fighting a red-haired woman.
What was unusual was that the red-haired woman was holding a sword that faintly radiated a brilliant golden light.
"...Why does that look so familiar?"
I didn't know what was going on, but for now—
"Caladbolg."
I need to take a look at that sword.