"L-Lies! There's no way this is ore from the Spirit World!"
Roki shouted while looking away the moment she saw the ore I had taken out.
"Hmm... Is this really ore from the Spirit World? It looks ordinary to me..."
Finn, who had been observing from the side, said after taking a look at it.
The ore I had taken out looked very similar to adamantite.
But the moment you struck it with a hammer, you would understand.
That no mineral in the Lower World could ever compare to it.
[I brought it myself, and you think it's fake?]
They don't know you brought it.
[Tch. I'll show myself for a moment.]
Urrs emerged from my left arm with flames brighter than usual.
Even Riveria, who had seen him once before, and Finn, who had years of experience, both widened their eyes and stared at Urrs.
[That ore is something I brought here.]
"A real spirit..."
[Do not dismiss the truth as a lie.]
Urrs answered briefly, then settled back into my arm.
"So that's how it is."
Ignoring the stunned executives, I put the ore away and said,
"Well... any questions?"
Exactly five seconds later,
a barrage of questions came crashing down on me.
In the end, Aiz and I were allowed to live together.
Roki reluctantly accepted with a look like the sky had fallen, while Finn wore a sly expression and told us to take good care of each other.
"You don't have much luggage, huh?"
Aiz didn't have many belongings, so moving them was quick, but—
"..."
"..."
—the room was a little too spacious, leaving a lot of empty space.
"Hmm... Do you need any furniture or tools for now?"
"...I'm not sure."
"Then let's take a look around."
We'd get a rough idea once we checked the place over.
We bought decent furniture and supplies from the usual streets of Orario.
"Oh, Bellf!"
"Bell?"
While we were going around several places, we ran into Bell at the fountain.
Beside Bell was a strange figure wearing a small robe.
"And beside you is..."
"Ah, um... this is a new member who just joined our Familia! She's still shy, so she's wearing a robe!"
"Is that so?"
"...I'm Vine."
That sounded... hastily made up.
"What were you doing, Bellf?"
"I was just walking around to see what I needed to buy."
"Oh, I see?"
For some reason, Bell was sweating and avoiding my gaze.
"W-well, I should get going..."
"Yeah, take care."
Bell seemed to be in a hurry to leave for some reason, and—
"...Scales?"
—through the robe of the person who had called herself Vine, I caught a glimpse of scales similar to Buibur's.
[So the rumor was true? Let's follow them.]
Sorry, but that's impossible.
[Why?]
"...You saw another woman, didn't you?"
That's why.
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