As though emerging from the bottom of a deep lake, her consciousness gradually surfaced.
Her senses returned. She clearly experienced her sense of touch.
In the dark, she reached out. Something crisp broke, light flooded her eyes.
She recalled that memory. She’d needed to cut off her leg. Did Lulu reattach it?
Still not entirely lucid, Ria wondered what happened to her as she got up.
(Where… is this?)
A change of clothes were left for Ria on top of the chair sitting next to the bed. There were boots left below it as well. All things she had given to Serge before the battle.
“Nee-chan, I’m not at the age where sexual desire comes out yet. Besides, I’m just not interested in the contents.”
Though her equipment felt very disheartening, Ria left the cabin.
“Wow…”
The sun was almost directly above, yet it shined with a gentle light. There were large trees spread out here and there, producing shade.
“Nee-chan~”
“That’s good, you woke up.”
Though she vigorously clapped the boy on the top of his head in an embrace, Ria worried about the other person’s survival.
He said something that she couldn’t ignore.
She didn’t understand. However, she assumed it was probably the fragments that covered the bed.
Though Serge tilted his head, Ria had no clue what it was. When she used Self Check, it appeared that Gifts were unleashed.
“Apparently, looks like it. Since it was the first time I’ve gotten that injured.”
“A week huh…”
“The lord of the labyrinth, that means this is inside of the labyrinth?”
“It’s because there’s eleven floors in the labyrinth. More accurately, it seems closer to another world though.”
“Then, what of the labyrinth’s lord?”
Though at the same time, they must be the owner of an immense power.
Serge waived his arms towards a big tree. From there, a fluffy light headed their way.
Even so, Labyrinth?
The soft light dimmed, showing the appearance of a tiny fairy wearing a green dress.
Her face was full of a powerful curiosity. Ria remembered this gaze. It was the gaze she’d felt throughout the dungeon.
“The same as you two, I am a reincarnated person.”
For the time being, after finishing her self introduction, Labyrinth spoke with a smile.
Though that was a misunderstanding, it was easily corrected. Labyrinth had a Gift called Fairy’s Mind’s Eye and could use Identify on Ria.
While casually saying momentous things, Labyrinth filled me in on information from after the Cyclops was defeated.
Labyrinth said that she was the lord of the labyrinth, teleporting the two and the egg to this area.
Before teleporting Maal to the surface and the egg to the bed, they received their rewards. After that, she had reminiscent talk of Japan and the like with Serge, watching him practice magic.
Ria’s question was reasonable, though Serge already thought that at first. Due to reincarnating into this world, twenty-first century Japanese seemed to be scattered through the ages. When she heard what year Labyrinth died in, it was just a little before Ria.
She didn’t say explorers. When Labyrinth made this labyrinth, that title was more common.
“It will be time for another Great War soon right? In preparation for that, I’m raising the mankind side’s strength.”
Though they wouldn’t lose everything when they die, since she cultivated them at such great pains, she wanted it to be more intense. Though in the last one hundred years, only one person other than Ria’s had made it to the final floor.
“Not telling. It’s personal information. Well, I believe you’ll meet them naturally in the Great War.”
Though she thought the Ogre King said the person was named Ars, confirming it didn’t matter.
She forgot about it due to the reincarnation-related talk, there was something else important.
“By all means, don’t hold back. So long as I am capable.”
“In truth, I was a man in my previous life, but…”
“This is the first time I’ve heard of having a different sex than your previous life… That aside, it is easy to become a man. It can be done with magic. Though you don’t just want to look like a man, you want to have all functions of a man as well?”
“If that’s it, it is possible. Though, since it requires your genes to be rewritten, you’ll have to start over again from a baby…”
It was the same as being unreasonably impossible. She expected it, but was still greatly disappointed.
“No, perhaps…”
“If it’s Valis, he might know. He’s lived much longer than me, and knows details concerning the Dragon’s Bloodline.”
Again, a big name appeared.
“That Azelford… I wonder if he hasn’t died yet? Or that elf, Corfus. The other Five God Dragons are sure to have abundant knowledge as well. There have been a few clues, but I don’t know which continents they’re on, don’t have any expectations. They probably changed their names and faces anyways.”
Corfus lived in the depths of the Oomori Woods at the northeast of the continent, an ancient elf clan. Though he was a legendary figure, he was reasonably favorable towards humans.
Though her name didn’t leave its mark on history, Labyrinth might also be a legendary hero.
“Due to that, the wish is impossible. Is there anything else? If you’re a warrior, are you not interested in amazing weapons?”
“In the fight against the Cyclops, I used all of my weapons, but I wonder if they could be fixed if possible?”
When Labyrinth waved her hand, all of Ria’s armor and weapons appeared in front of her. Of course, that included the exploded katana.
“Ah, the magic bag isn’t there. Since it’s a magic item that uses a bit of power, that needs a wish.”
When she asked, Serge proudly took out a thick grimoire.
Maal seemed to receive the ability to use magic. More accurately, it drew out her talent for magic. Having Fairy Eyes, Maal already had aptitude for spirit magic, so it manifested as that. For more information she’d have to ask Maal.
“In order to get stronger, this labyrinth is here. Though this is the ideal environment for strengthening, it’s impossible for it to happen instantly.”
She had a point.
But Ria was still troubled. When the wish she wanted granted the most became impossible, she couldn’t think of another one.
“How about a magic sword? Inexperienced nobles bring them in, there are a lot.”
Katanas were a comparatively minor weapon in this world. There was complexity in its manufacturing process too and almost never existed as a magic weapon.
It was the katana that the Ogre King gave her. But Labyrinth didn’t understand the merits of katanas.
Seeing Ria’s devotion to katanas, Labyrinth proposed such a thing.
“That is, with genesis magic. If it’s not a magic item, it’s pretty easy to make.”
That’s how it was. Even the katana the Ogre King gave her was incomparable to Nagasone Kotetsu. If she had Nagasone Kotetsu, that fight against the Cyclops would have been effortless.
“Of course. Not just once or twice, I’ve actually seen them temper the blade.”
“Using genesis magic, you can ultimately manifest your own imagination. If you have your ideal katana inside yourself, you can make it.”
“I could divide a part of my ability, giving you a magic called Weapon Creation. At worst, you could produce the same katanas that you’ve seen. Ah, magic weapons are still something else though.”
“Then let’s go with that.”
“The ability will flow across for a moment. Be careful not to collapse.”
Along with Labyrinth’s voice, she felt something warm flow into her.
Heating iron, the flame forged it.
It was a nostalgic thing. It was something she yearned for.
Together with the memories filling her mind, Ria was awarded a new ability.