Bear-san Explores the Frozen Town
Even after checking the Adventurer’s Guild, we found nothing to confirm the current situation.
To be exact, there might have been something, but we couldn’t confirm it.
We left the Adventurer’s Guild without being able to obtain any useful information.
“Well, the situation will be the same even if we go to other places. Of course, we may also find something useful there miraculously.” (Kagali)
But it seemed like it was unlikely to happen.
There was no way that there was paper that did not spread ink after getting submerged in water or metal such as iron with this event engraved on it.
“The rest is probably to find a place that was not affected by the ice.” (Kagali)
“A place that is not affected by the ice… outside the town?” (Yuna)
The further away one was from the city, the less affected they should be.
Just a little further away from the town, there was no ice after all.
In simple terms, it would not affect Crimonia or the Land of Wa.
Well, if it were to affect places as far as those places, the world would be over.
“Or maybe the basement.” (Kagali)
Indeed, the deeper you go, the less affected it should be.
“Well, shall we search for a basement?”
“Searching for a basement is not easy. There are several problems. One, is there really a basement somewhere in this town? Two, even if there is a basement, are there any documents that describe this event? Only lowly people keep documents in the basement. Normally, basements are used to store grains or weapons. Or, to prevent people from escaping.”
A place to lock people in.
“You mean a prison.” (Yuna)
I imagined something unpleasant when I said so.
If the basements were safe, what about food? I wondered.
In this situation, would anyone be able to bring food…
“And even if there was a basement, it might also be frozen all the way down to the basement. That just means this ice is different from normal ice.” (Kagali)
Whether the basement was frozen or not, all I could think of was a horrible scene awaiting us.
However, we were not really sure if there was really a basement in this town as Kagali-san said, and even if there was, where would it be? Even just searching for one would be difficult.
“Besides, building a basement is a pain. You don’t build one unless you have a reason.” (Kagali)
Basements were often built to hide or protect something.
If you had land to build a building on, you could just build on the land itself.
In Tokyo, which was small and densely populated, there were many reasons to build a basement, but no one built one in the vast countryside without a purpose or reason.
“So, what are we going to do?” (Kagali)
After expressing her thoughts, Kagali-san left the decision of what to do up to me.
“For now, we’ll check other places and see if we can find a basement.” (Yuna)
It was not guaranteed that there wasn’t a basement.
If this town froze recently, there might be some people still alive in the basement.
Of course, even if there were people trapped underground, I didn’t think they knew what the current situation would be on the surface.
After that, we went into buildings that we expected to give us information and checked, but we didn’t get any new information.
“It’s getting dark. I’ll ask the same question again, what are we going to do?” (Kagali)
I thought about using the Bear Transfer Gate to return to the Land of Wa.
I didn’t want to give up and return to Crimonia.
I wanted to continue to look into the situation tomorrow.
“What about Kagali-san?” (Yuna)
“I intend to accompany you. If you give up, the exploration will end. But if you continue to explore tomorrow, I’ll accompany you.” (Kagali)
“Thank you. Then, let’s stay here for tonight.” (Yuna)
“You’re staying in this town?” (Kagali)
“I can go back to the Land of Wa if you’d like, but something might happen at night.” (Yuna)
In games, there were usually events that happened only at night.
Also, the cause of the freezing might also happen again at night.
“Is that so? My body is cold, and I want to warm myself up in the hot springs.” (Kagali)
Even with the heat-preserving magic, she was feeling cold.
Or was it because of the magic ice that was draining her?