When the Light Screen showed this part of the story, it kept switching between scenes, making it seem as though everything had been completed within a single day.
In reality, Fujimaru Tachibana and the others had already been in Uruk for a week.
Over that week, Fujimaru Tachibana and the others had not merely observed. They had also joined in Uruk's construction and various other tasks, giving them the feeling of experiencing everyday life.
It had been Merlin's suggestion, and Siduri had helped arrange some work for them. It truly felt like students getting a taste of life.
Still, Fujimaru Tachibana and Mash had both been happy.
Mash especially so. This was the first time, aside from Chaldea, that the girl had experienced ordinary daily life.
And if the scope was expanded beyond Chaldea, then this was truly her first time.
Even if it was not modern life, but a fantastical ancient era from over four thousand years ago, it was enough to fill Mash with joy.
It was on the evening of the seventh day, after a full day of work, when Fujimaru Tachibana and Mash were happily chatting and laughing on their way back to rest, that they suddenly noticed someone utterly out of place in Uruk.
He was a mysterious old man sitting in an alleyway, draped in a black cloak. He had a long beard and a gaunt body, looking much like a beggar.
Yet in this city, where everyone had been assigned work and anyone who worked received food and drink, he seemed highly unusual.
Sure enough, Mash exclaimed in shock, "How could there be an old man here... Um, he looks like he's starving? Is no one taking care of him?"
Then Fujimaru Tachibana walked over without another word, and Mash immediately followed.
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