I am going to the city square to meet Alyssa-san and the others…

“Hebu!”

My foot caught on something, and I fell. My face hit the ground hard!　If this is the real world, my nose will bleed for sure.

“Ouch. Sakura, what are you doing?”

Sakura’s whip was wrapped around my leg.

“What are you doing?”

“She’s making some kind of gesture and then pointing at herself.”

“What?　 Sakura, do you want to go too?”

” ――♪.”

Sakura folds her hands in front of her breasts and nods her head. When I think about it, Spirit-sama maybe like a mother to Sakura.

“Do you want to meet Spirit-sama?”

“――♪♪.”

I was right. Since she really wants to go, I’ll take Sakura with me. So Kumama will stay at home. This time, Kumama looks depressed, but she gets cheered up when Sakura pats her head. Oh, you’re acting like a big sister, aren’t you?

It’s good that my monsters are getting along so well.

“Good evening.”

“Welcome. We’ve been waiting for you.”

“So when you said more people will be coming, did you mean Ruin-san and Maple-san?”

Ruin the weapon shop owner and Maple the farming shop owner are the Sharp Ears Cat members. They were waiting for me with Alyssa-san.

“Ou, I’ll count on you.”

“I’ll be in your care.”

“Now, let’s form a party right away, OK?

“No, wait a minute. I want to see if we can get in without forming a party, so let’s go like this.”

I see so that’s where you want to start the verification.

The altar is not far. We soon reach the bridge where the entrance is located. However, to avoid being seen by other players, we wait for an opportunity. Though I feel it would be more suspicious if we standstill on the bridge.

After waiting for 20 minutes, finally, an opportunity came.

“No one will see us now.”

Alyssa-san’s scouting skill confirm that the area is clear, and we start to move.

“OK, let’s go!”

“We’re really going into the canal, aren’t we?”

“Are we going on foot?”

I see Ruin’s face is tense as he looks at the canal. Is he afraid of water?

“It’s OK. The deepest part is only up to my waist.”

“It’s OK then…”

“But just because you’re a dwarf doesn’t mean you can’t swim, right?”

Fantasy novels often say dwarves can’t swim, but LJO surely doesn’t have such a setting.

“Maybe, but I’m a hopeless swimmer in real life. I don’t even know if I can swim here.”

“Ah, I see. If you have no swimming skill and can’t swim in real life, there’s a possibility you can’t swim in LJO.”

“I can swim lightly without swimming skill, so I guess real-life skills do have some effect.”

“Maybe it’s a good thing I didn’t bring Kumama.”

He looks like a moving stuffed animal. He might absorb water and sink. No, I think he’ll be fine. Rick is fine because he is wrapped around my neck.

“This way.”

“I’m so excited.”

“Oh, there’s a door.”

After ensuring that everyone is already under the bridge, I insert the key into the hidden door. The door opened without any problem.

But to Alyssa-san and the others, the door looks like it’s still closed. It looks like I’m moving my hand on an empty space. Hmmm, I look like a fool.

“Looks like it’s impossible.”

“Then let’s form a party.”

Then the door also appears to have opened for Alyssa-san and the others. It seems that we have to form a party.

“There are stairs.”

“Is there any light?”

“Yes, but it’s dimly lit, so watch your step.”

We walk down the stairs to the altar on the right side of the stairs. Alyssa-san is looking into the left corridor curiously.

“I wonder what’s over there.”

“There are stairs that go further down. I haven’t gone any further, so I don’t know what’s there.”

“Maybe it leads to the guild.”

“But I’m curious because there might be some changes since the beta.”

“So after we get to the altar, do you want to go down those stairs?”

“Is that OK?”

“It’s not like I have any plans. Just don’t rely on my battle power.”

“We are all beta testers, you know. Leave that to us.”

I thought they were always in town, but it seems that Alyssa-san and the others are taking turns with the clan members and also are making good progress in their adventure. When I ask their base levels, as expected, their level is higher than mine.

Soon, we arrived in front of the altar room.

“This is the altar room?”

“OK. I’ll open it.”

As I expected, the door easily opened. There is an altar surrounded by the huge roots of the Great Water Guardian Tree, just as I had seen before.

“Eeto, is Spirit-sama here?”

“Yes. It’s been a while, adventurer.”

“Ah, hello. It’s been a week.”

“Oh, a spirit.”

“She’s beautiful.”

“We can see it, too.”