In the sealed underground, there was a sealed girl.
The girl was obviously not human—though that went without saying. How could an ordinary human survive for so long without food or water?
"Save me..."
Perhaps because she had not spoken for so long, the girl's voice was halting, and even her intonation sounded strange. Normally, in a role-playing game, encountering something like this meant either finding a cheat item prepared for the protagonist or meeting a Demon King waiting for a chance to revive.
But Airi did not care which it was. The former would naturally be better, but if it was the latter, she would crush it the moment it dared to make a move—or rather, the latter might actually be better. That would save Airi the trouble of searching for some mastermind BOSS.
So Airi raised her wand and lightly tapped the girl before her.
The cube binding the girl's body immediately began to tremble. Streams of dark crimson magic power emerged from it, seemingly trying to resist Airi's actions. But before Airi's magic, that resistance was practically insignificant. In the blink of an eye, with a bang, the cube binding the girl broke apart into particles and scattered away. The golden-haired girl then fell from within and collapsed onto the ground.
"Are you all right?"
Airi walked over to the golden-haired girl and studied her curiously. In truth, she had already prepared herself for the other girl to let out a "Heh heh heh" and shout some BOSS line like "I'm finally free!" before trying to kill her with one slap. Yet the golden-haired girl merely lifted her head and looked at Airi. Though her face was expressionless, the gratitude and joy overflowing from her scarlet eyes were unmistakable.
"Th-thank you..."
"...You're welcome."
Well, it seemed she