Can't

59.1

「Well then, first of all, congratulations on passing the Fire Rain Test」

「Eh, was grandpa the one who set that up? 」

「I was only a bit worried, beside, if they can't pass such a simple test, then there's no way for them to be able to help in beating the golems 」

I was intending to do so, but I feel kind of disappointed after hearing what the grandpa said. Anyway, it was really dangerous for Roel to do that. If anything did happen to her at that time, I would have never forgiven this grandpa.

Wise Man Hasuto, he was much more of a scary person than I have expected.

「I think that you've already known, but I'll introduce myself again. I am the Wise Man Hasuto. By the way, I've heard of both Roel and Ryuua from my granddaughter Tolppo」

「Granddaughter? Tolppo......」

When I look at Tolppo, all she did was look down. Yup, it's really the Tolppo that I have known.

「My cute granddaughter sure had a lot of strange acquaintances.

At first, I was concerned about her not being able to improve herself, so I sent her out on a journey to train, and it seems like that decision was the right choice. I'm happy to see that my granddaughter found friends that she could happily talk about」

「jii-chan, the task you have given me didn't really help with my training.

While being a disciple, I was not able to receive Jii-chan's teachings」

「But I'm already too old for that, you know」

「Don't run away from it」

Tolppo was the Wise Man's grandchild it seems, is Lars also a disciple.

If it's like that, Tolppo should have just told us about it, well, that's only me who was thinking about it that way though.

「Well, as I was listening to the stories of my grandchild. I didn't was really surprised for something like the Cave of Abbyss coming out of her stories」

「Jii-chan, do you know something about the Cave of Abyss?!」

「Due to my old age, I probably won't be able to recall everything. Do you still want to know? 」

「I want to know! And also, if know about a one winged demon」

「Ryua-chan, calm down for a bit......」

I who was getting a little too excited and was about to climb the table was held down by Roel-chan.

Tolppo also cleaned up the juice that was spilled from my sudden outburst. Thank you for that, but all of them was a little too quiet that it made me feel scared for a bit.

「You were able to dive inside the Cave of Abyss」

「Un, there was also someone called Vanda Lucia that I defeated」

「Hou......?

There was supposed to be a strong barrier in that place, and it was unlikely for normal people to be able to enter that place......。

But first of all, where did you learn about the Cave of Abyss, that place should have been hidden from the public for a long time now」

Cave of Abyss. That's right.

For some reason, I know about that place.

There wasn't anything written on the entrance of that place, and in the first place, I don't even know how to read or write. I wonder how I was able to know the name of that place.

「Well then, for the time being, let's talk about the things that I know about that cave.

The Cave of Abyss is a place where a certain monster was sealed when the world was at its dark ages.

There was also a time where that being has ruled over the world.

Well, during that time, the world was about to reach its end. That being was sealed by the all heroes of that era. The seal of that place have been continued to be maintained by succeeding generations in order to keep the monsters of that place from leaving it.

And also, the final boss of that cave is the sealed being Vanda Lucia」

「So that means, the dogs, giant golems and many other formidable monsters were also sealed in that place?」

「That's how it's supposed to be......」

Hasuto-san then stood up and headed towards the bookshelf to find something. Because the target book seems to be in the ceiling area, he was currently using a ladder to reach it.

「These are monsters of the old that was supposedly forgotten by most of the normal people nowadays.

Most of these were only transmitted as a fairy tale or way to soothe a child in their sleep. Look here」

What was handed to me was a thick picture book. It was a little different, but the demons drawn in it certainly resembled the ones that I have been fighting inside the cave.

Let's see, Giga Atlas, Hell Cerberus, Jormungand.

Is that dog with four head supposed to be Hell Cerberus?

The names were read by Roel-chan because the letters on the writings were really difficult for me to read.

Hell Cerberus, a creature who once burned down an entire continent on its own and was deemed as the incarnation of hell.

Giga Atlas, A huge being the crushed an entire country by stepping on it.

Jormungand is a giant serpent that could swallow everything leaving nothing behind its path.

And finally the King Vanda Lucia is someone who brought the world into fear and despair ruling over all the lands.

Most of the demons here were certainly monsters that I have defeated inside that cave. I can't really remember how I was able to defeat them. But all of those creatures were only written here as sealed by heroes.

「Now that I think about it, I was also reading this to Tolppo when she was young. I have totally forgotten about it though」

「So that's why I felt like I've heard of it somewhere......」

Tolppo seems to also be convinced bout it.

And now that I've known about it, I now understand that those demons that I have defeated were ridiculously strong creatures.

A dungeon with 100 floors underground, I only continued fighting and fighting without even recognizing how much time has passed by.

It was certainly a very formidable place, and there were many times where I barely survived death. But I was able to conquer it.

I can have confidence and pride that I was able to conquer it, but I don't really understand such things.

「Hasuto-sa...no, Hasuto-sama. We have also fought about a group of demons calling themselves as the New Demon King Army.

Those people also attacked the kingdom of Avanguard. Do you know anything about them? 」

When Roel who was listening to our conversations from before asked, Hasuto-Jii-san lifted his face to look at her.

What was showed first is an expressionless face, but it gradually turned into a face of surprise.