Isekai Cheat Survival Meshi

Episode 66: Meet the End

"Do you want to go to the end of your journey?"

"... right"

After finishing his meal and finishing his midday break after lunch, Yoda was now gathered in front of the cave.

To the extent that I still did a light investigation, it was Yu and Siel's two signs who decided that I wouldn't have a problem getting in.

Yoda took a breath in front of a cave where she didn't know how far it was going.

But - - Clara's face was dark when she said she hadn't seen anything conclusive yet.

Because despite all that battle with the Great Weird Bird, nothing has changed on this platform.

Even though that was the kind of battle that turned the heavens and the earth upside down, even though it converged.

If anyone had, they would have done enough to come out and check at any given time. The fact that the reason for not doing so is only because you live in hiding is weak as a basis.

Okay, let's go.

With Yo at the forefront, a line steps into the cave.

... but that was it.

Soon enough, Yoda sees something decisive.

"End of story, or"

"And..."

Within minutes of walking and standing, the cave was ending.

There's a settlement ahead of us. It wasn't an atmosphere.

"Skeleton. The book you have looks familiar."

"Yeah.... of the Maol, the crest"

It was over a long time ago.

What was at the deepest of the short cave. That's a decisive disconnect that doesn't even know where it ended or where it was.

"Clara......"

Ciel speaks to Clara, who is annoyed.

But after he shook his head, Clara bent under the skeleton.

"One adult, two children. Must have been a family."

Yoda came here because she saw the Maor notebooks and her friend's family fled here.

The way it says family, I expected two adults, but the fact that you're not here...

Again, they, too, must have survived a harsh journey.

But unlike the Maori who fled into the White Desert, they could not build even a minimal culture.

That was very sad.

Clara has a calm expression and takes the notebook by the carcass.

If you turn all the way around, there's a lot of blanks, unlike the notes in the white desert.

I'm sure these people, in that short period of time...

Gu, and swallowing up something to scoop up, Clara reads out the written letters.

"Wilda."

The name was noted as soon as the notebook was opened.

Wilda, an ancient species of giant birds manipulating the wind - that's the name of the Big Bird.

The king of the sky, who uses the field of platinum ears as a whole nest at the top of a shining platform.

Those who arrived here while losing the person who hit their husbands were chased by kings who lived in castles through fields of gold, even as they laid their feet on fruitful land, and fled into this cave.

"... aha, hey, this might be tight to read"

Tears, Clara still laughs powerlessly.

─ ─ Terminally, what was written there was a curse.

I can't go get it because there is something that is going to be eaten but there is always the threat of a blinding Wilda. Water is the same again. While in fertile land, there is nothing to gain and a sense of despair, fear and hatred that withers in the cave.

The people who chased themselves to this land hated Wilda, the demon who killed her husband, and behaved like a king without giving them one. Hate, hate, hate, hate.

Clara closed the book as she lost her support to the ground.

I've climbed this far, and what I've encountered... is a homophobic hatred. That was all.

A sense of incarceration or despair? The swirling black emotions were cloudy and mixed, losing a particular name.

But - - Clara's shoulder, hands are placed.

It was Ciel's hand.

"It's okay. Take a deep breath. I don't know what it said, but I'm sure it didn't go to waste to get here."

"... ah"

As Clara has done so far, Ciel's warm hand wraps Clara's hand around the wound.

... Wasn't for nothing. The warmth that wraps Clara's hand when it gets cold is what we have here because Clara was there.

I'm sure that's not what Ciel's saying. It wasn't for nothing, though. If Ciel says so, Clara will have to snort.

Because if you deny it, you're going to deny Ciel himself.

"Right. Solved the mystery of brilliance pursued by numerous adventurers. I'd say it's worth a fortune."

"Besides, it was so cool. I don't know if I can do anything about it, but it's because I've seen a lot of things like this before."

"Wilda was delicious, too. And no! If it was an ancient species, it would have helped me and Clara... and I wouldn't have taken extra care of it, but I fought my revenge.... For now, isn't that enough?

"Yeah...... yeah...... eh"

That's not all.

I've had some time with my people so far, and I have a hard time. It was too cold to call that labor.

More importantly - this is how I have a companion who leans on me, and one more such irreplaceable being. That would be enough.

Standing up resolutely, Clara bows her head to the remains of Maor.

"Your vengeance has been fought. And while they might tell you not to be kidding me, I will definitely tell you what you think. Maol's, my people."

Yoda, who fought the culprits of their curse, may also be the object of their curse.

Or maybe even Clara is an abomination to them.

But still.

Clara didn't like the fact that one history that came to a close here would be lost in a cave.

"Well... shall we go home then? I don't know where I'm going next."

"You might want to fish for other literature. Apparently, it was a people who cared about writing something, and there might be literature nearby that just can't be read."

To do that, I'll go home first.

Even in the first inn, Yuya Clara has a place to go.

"When I get home, I'll read through this note first. I might have a clue."

"... if it's hard, don't push it."

Clara's eyes, renewed in determination, have no more despair.

Instead, Ciel said back what she had been saying for the past few days - and the two laughed face-to-face.

To bid farewell, Clara lowered her hips only once more under the carcass.

I grab an old pendant that slipped through my neck where it should have been, and I tell you.

"I'll keep this for you once. I'm sure I'll deliver it to everyone - just wait."

With a pendant of unsavory metal in his hand, Clara leaves the cave behind.

As I was chasing Yoda's back, I felt like she had been called to see why, and I looked back, and I felt something warm stroking my cheek.

... maybe it's my fault. But I hope you're happy.