Illusion, Soaking Feet

Honoroy's lips twitched; some of his magic power had been depleted when this bamboo forest appeared.

Then she relayed all the information that Heiterge had given her to Rienta.

Furthermore, it was emphasized that Rienta poured tea for Heiterge several times.

"..."

The tea was finished, and Honoroy had finished speaking.

Rienta pondered for a moment, then said, "I understand. Let's proceed according to the original plan."

"As for that guy from Shen Du, please take good care of him for me."

After saying that, Rienta disappeared.

Honoroy immediately cut off the altar's magic supply.

He then plopped down on another stone bench and poured himself a cup of tea.

Savor it slowly and carefully.

"Hmph, Heiterge calls that tea?"

Let's move forward in time.

While Rienta was still pondering whether to dispel the illusion...

Frieren suddenly woke up.

He brandished his magic wand with a murderous look on his face, but he couldn't see the overwhelming horde of demons and monsters.

The teammates who fought alongside me are gone.

All I saw was a completely bewildered Rienta.

He asked, puzzled:

"Huh? It's Rienta. Where's Himmel? And all those demons and monsters?"

Rienta silently criticized Heiterge's perverse sense of humor.

They actually arranged such an illusion for Frieren.

He explained, "Lady Frieren, what you just saw was an illusion."

Frieren:(=ω=)

"Oh, I thought..."

Rienta didn't hear what Frieren said next and gave an awkward smile.

Then, noticing that both Fern and Stark were showing signs of waking up, they quickly changed the subject.

She said, "Lady Frieren, do you think Fern and Stark will wake up soon?"

A few minutes later.

Fern and Stark also woke up one after the other.

However, neither of them spoke of the illusion they had just experienced.

Rienta didn't press the matter further.

From what Frieren just said, I can roughly guess that their illusions are probably of similar types.

The atmosphere became somewhat subdued for a moment.

Rienta smiled and put her arm around Stark's shoulder.

He said, "Stark, we're almost at the secret hot springs. Don't you really want to go? Let's keep going."

After saying that, he looked at Frieren and Fern.

"Lady Frieren, Fern, it's time for us to depart."

With Rienta's witty remarks, the atmosphere quickly lifted from its previous dullness.

Frieren led the three of them toward the secret hot springs of Mount Etovis.

The four walked for a while longer.

We finally arrived at the location of the secret hot spring.

But all that could be seen was a small pool.

It was far from what they had expected from a hot spring.

Frieren had been here once before.

They were the first to arrive at the secret hot spring, and immediately took off their shoes and put their feet in.

At the same time, he didn't forget to greet Rienta and the others.

"Rienta, Fern, Stark, you guys come too!"

The three followed suit and took off their shoes to experience the secret hot spring.

After a long silence, Fern soaked in the hot spring.

He let out a long sigh of relief and said, "The scenery here is truly beautiful."

Stark gazed at the setting sun in the distance.

He murmured, "Yes, it's really nice..."

Rienta saw that the atmosphere, which had just become lively, seemed about to become dull again.

He quickly asked, "Speaking of which, why did Stark want to come here?"

Stark paused, then said softly, "I've heard my master mention this place before."

"So I want to see the scenery that Master saw before."

"The secret hot springs of Mount Etovis turned out to be just a foot bath pool, what a waste of all our time and effort."

"However, what's incredible is that any adventure I experienced with my companions, no matter how incredibly boring, remains an irreplaceable and precious memory."

"That scene, even now, is still vivid in my mind..."

Seeing that Stark was once again lost in memories, Rienta leaned back with a sense of utter despair.

Just as Rienta looked up at the sky.

A full moon suddenly appeared in the evening sky.

The cool, bright moonlight illuminated half the sky.

"Huh? The moon's up a bit early today."

Rienta gazed at the moon in the sky with surprise and murmured.

Frieren and the other two also looked up at the moon in the sky.

The rare sight captivated them, leaving them all staring intently at the scene before them.

This scene lasted for several minutes before the moon slowly disappeared.

Rienta clicked her tongue and said:

"Lady Frieren, what do you think about me researching a [Image Recall Magic]?"

"Great idea!" Frieren's eyes lit up, and she instantly understood what Rienta meant.

Fern looked at Rienta in surprise and said:

"Why is Rienta researching such practical magic this time?"

Upon hearing this, Rienta's smug expression froze, and she glared at Fern, saying fiercely:

"Fern, I think you don't want the [magic of not gaining weight no matter how much you eat] anymore."

"I'm sorry, Rienta."

Fern promptly begged for mercy.

Frieren tilted her head in confusion and looked at Rienta, saying:

"Rienta, has this magic not been successfully researched yet?"

Rienta sighed and explained, "I originally wanted to achieve this by converting the fat in my body into magic power."

"But for some reason, the range of this spell's detection is inaccurate."

"So..."

Rienta didn't finish speaking, and instead looked meaningfully at Frieren and Fern.

Frieren and Fern were taken aback at first, then said with shock:

"... What terrifying magic!!"*2.

Rienta was also helpless about this; his idea was perfect.

However, the final product was not satisfactory.

It could even be described as somewhat abstract.

At this moment, Frieren spoke up, "Rienta, I think you're overthinking things again."

"This kind of magic doesn't need to be so meticulous..."

Rienta was taken aback by what she heard, and then said:

"Lady Frieren, I understand what you mean, but this magic involves the human body itself. Can it work without being careful?"

Frieren said with a hint of helplessness:

"But you're being too meticulous; you've even brought up the magic of fat conversion."

"Let's try a more general deconstruction of the magic framework, such as..."

Stark watched the three of them chatting about topics he didn't understand with a smile on his face.

This scene will perhaps become a precious memory for me...

The image of my brother, whom I had just seen in the illusion, flashed through my mind.

He realized from the start that this suddenly appearing Stoltz was a fake.

So he took direct action; he wanted to deal with this fake Stoltz.

But after exchanging blows, he discovered that the man's moves were exactly the same as those of his older brother Stoltz, in his memory.

Even their tone of voice is exactly the same.

It was as if the older brother Stoltz, had truly come back to life.

So he stopped.

The two talked for a long time.

From meeting his master to leaving him, from the Red Mirror Dragon to Frieren's party, and all the big and small things that happened along the way.

He had many things left unsaid when the illusion ended.

'What a pity...'