"You wasted enough time staring at the ground on the way here that you should already know all about the local plants," commented Sophie, with a huff and the folding of her arms. The healer was utterly incompetent when it came to dealing with other people, ad also somewhat naive in general. How different could the plants and animals possibly be when they were less then a day from the guild? The sun was only beginning to set!

For that matter, the swordsman was overly cautious, at least in Sophie's opinion. They were to be exploring an underground complex, it would be dark regardless of the time of day. She wasn't exactly in the mood to sit around and waste even more time waiting for it to be morning, she hadn't brought her camping equipment anyway and didn't fancy the idea of sharing a tent with any of the workers around here.

But the other matters were curious. What was in the ruin they'd been asked to investigate that required adventurers, and why was a student in charge of such an important dig site?

"Eh-heheheh..." Kiri placed a finger to her cheek, "Er, as far as I'm aware, nothing around here is particularly unusual. As far as animals and plants go, I mean. It's only a few hours away from Venne after all."

She paused for a moment, a little uneasy after having been asked so many questions so quickly. Especially after the drider's comments.

"... Er... w-well... Ah! Miss Leynanniel, er, has it right," she said, nervously fidgeting as she spoke, "Professor Archibald, um, shortly after discovering the new ruins he suddenly declared he had other matters that needed his attention and ran off... he's doing that a lot, really..."

Before she could continue, Sophie interjected suddenly.

"I don't see why the time of day should stop us," she asserted, "It's an underground ruin. It's going to be dark and dreary during the day just as much as it will be at night, isn't it?"

The purple-haired girl really didn't want to be delayed any longer than they already had been.

"W-well, all that's up to you," commented Kiri, shifting from one foot to the other, "But, well... it's strange. Professor Archibald believed this ruin was concealed with an illusion, and... as you might know, the last ruin hidden with an illusion had undead inside of it."

That certainly explained why they'd wanted adventurers brought in.

"On top of this, we're fairly certain it's a crypt of some sort, which means the presence of undead is even more likely," the mage student added, "I wish I could say more, but there's still so much we don't know about these ruins. We still can't tell for sure if it was even elves who built them. I-I promise, I'm not hiding anything."

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