I was waiting in front of the transposition gate. The goat merchant who arranged an able person will come soon.
That person (who may not be human species) is a perfect expert with a long-lived rich knowledge. A race who has wonderful achievements in many areas of research.
"You will surely get a satisfactory results"
The goat merchant said.
"However, even so, there is such a thing.....though they might be a flaw .....I do not think that I will be caught in the investigation ...... and again .."
Oooh, my soliloquy has leaked out, It is good thing that the communication was over?
A goat merchant who murmuredly seems strange. I was relieved that he would dispatch the best person. I mean it is beyond my kind.
The console of the transposition gate tells me that a transporters will come.
"It seemed he will arrive. It was a bit early"
I adjusted my breathing. I am a little nervous. This will be the first alien to me other than the goat merchant. By the way the goat merchant is a goat for me, so I do not feel that his an alien.
Well, why did such a thing happen? It is because I found a cave and tried to explore it.
I confirmed the cave I found with the 3D hologram of the ring.
You can check the state seen from the sky, but the existence of cave on the hologram does not work well. It seems impossible to zoom in any way.
I searched the detailed information of the stars. But, the information on the cave was nothing.
"Well, obviously it is natural, if it covers a cave of about 5m, it will be useless due to too much information"
Well it can"t be helped. I could not confirm the prior information, even if there no danger. There are no signs of living things in the vicinity and if there is a guardian"s ring, most things will manage.
"Just to be sure, I will raise my defense. If I let the ring on, it will be a subst.i.tute for light."
Since it is dangerous to force the power directly to the body, I have to let the power circulate so it will cling to the body.
"Is this all right for the preparations?
Well, I think that it will probably nothing, but I will go with a small exploration mood."
I turned on the ring and illuminated the surroundings, I found that the road continued to the far side. It appears to advances with several forked roads for a while. As I go further, the road split as many times as it can.
"It also feel like a cave of a gigantic creature. Was the nest of ants like this? It is that there is not a wide place like the entrance at all.
...... Well, there is a fork road again. Is this way okay?"
I walk without worrying anything. Do not be bother at such times.
If I make a mistake, I can just go back to the entrance with the ring, and I can jump directly to the transposition gate if I want to leave.
"Well, this area ...... seems suspicious"
It felt little strange for an ordinary wall. I do not know well, but I trust my intuition in my little life experience.
If I walk straight in that gentle curve it is likely that I will return to the way where I came. I hit the wall my strengthened power without minding it as I felt it somehow.
"Bokon" and a crushing sound echoed. The thickness of the wall with few meters collapsed at once.
I illuminated the inner part with a light. It seems that there is a hollow cave beyond it. I step forward toward the cave.
"Ah, this is..."
Ancient Civilization!
A wide s.p.a.ce expands beyond the collapsed wall, there were buildings like beehives made of the same surroundings earth, a palace with a honeycomb structure, and a dazzling building.
"Yeah, it looks like an artificial building no matter how it looks, like a Maharaja palace made with a honeycomb structure. Is the wall material same as the hardened wall of the cave?"
It is the same as in the cave that is covered with something like a dry cemedine. That was probably compensating it for it"s strength.
"I marked this place for the time being. I am also running out of stamina, and I am scared of traps against intruder. Let"s just take some pictures and retreat."
I took some photos on my mobile phone and jumped to the transposition gate.
Return to Earth, drive the car and return home.
Since the mobile antenna stood up, I send an e-mail to all my colleagues.
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Subject: I found it ("∀ `) ノ
Body: I have found this.
For details, refer to the attached picture.
Accepting Reply
Use bracelet if you have something to ask.
From: Minoru
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An reply immediately arrived from Tatsuhiko.
『Subject: Beautiful Form.
Body: I saw the picture. I think that it is probably a building that has been variously calculated. Strength and gravity balance. Let me know when you learn more.』
Yeah, that"s what he"s supposed to do.
Also, the mail from Shino has arrived.
『Subject: Photo.
Body: Gross. Is it not an insect dwelling place?』
Insect...eeehhhh....Probably.
From the leader who I thought would probably make a phone call, unexpectedly only send a simple mail.
『Subject: Organizing Personal Life.
Body: Rely on Goat Merchant』
I wonder who is overwhelmingly self-organizing ...... as she sweeping up remnant .(TN: Don"t really know what he meant, maybe leader is cleaning up all her enemy)
There was no reply from Miya.
However, the policy has been decided.
"Let"s rely on a goat merchant, it is something I have to tell immediately"
Goru ru ru ... .... I got a cue that inform me of my hunger.
"I am hungry"
That reminds me, I haven"t eat for more than half a day now.
I went to the kitchen.
In the kitchen, my mother had cleaned up dinner. I went out in the morning, so it means that I skipped lunch.
"Minoru, where have you been today?"
"It"s been a while since I visited the neighborhood by car."
I lightly peeled off the plastic wrap of the dish and brought it to the microwave oven.
"Hosaku was fussing about wanting to use the car."
"It"s snowing now, so there"s no work in the field, right?"
I turn the dial and press the heating b.u.t.ton.
"Your mother doesn"t know about that. You wanted to go to the station, right? Use it peacefully with Hosaku if you want to use the car. Mother doesn"t want to see you quarrel"
(TN: She refer to herself in 3rd person, so the one speaking is Minoru mother)
"I understood, I will be careful next time"
Stubborn father, and principle of safety first mother.
I serve the rice and arrange it to the dining table with the warmed side dish.
I thought for a while while eating late dinner.
Do I stop using the car frequently from now on? Considering that I stay for one day over there, it will be bad to leave the car in the field.
It"s a bit cold. But will I use the scooter that I bought when I were a student. It will snow for another month and it may be good to buy a car before then. Will I ask leader to buy it?
Until the poison comes to the plate, I will let leader handle about financial thing for the time being.
(TN: Not sure here "毒を食らわば皿まで")
After finish eating dinner, I returned to my room and I called the goat merchant.
『.....What it is?』
The voice seems stiff, is it my imagination? I feel like I"m indeed speaking on a daily basis.
"Well, When I search the star, I found an ancient civilization like ruins? Obviously I found a man-made building.』
『Well, is that true? Once the guardian of the star has changed, it was supposed to scan the star every time...... 』
Oh, he is quite panicking.
『When I found a cave on the cliff and explored it, there was an entrance that was hidden by a wall. I happened to find it..... luckily?』
I can tell it to myself. It is unknown. Usually I do not find such thing easily.
『Is that so? Well, we must investigate it when it becomes to this. However, it will cost you. In the remains of the hidden ancient civilization, it will obviously has a hidden defect.』
It is a guy who is responsible for defect warranty on the planet.
『After all is it originally necessary to investigate it?』
『Yes. Since there are important remains and dangerous remains, Investigation enters at the stage where it is usually found. Because it is impossible to buy and sell when the ruins is not been investigated yet. In the case of a civilization that has already been destroyed, I do not know how many hundred million it is. Because it is not unusual for a civilization to occur and to be ruined unknowingly. Even in such a case, we will do a preliminary survey and it will be trading after confirming that it is safe.』
It was good that I contact the goat merchant.
『Would you mind doing it?』
『Of course. I will speak to an acquaintance researchers. Although there are many species of researcher, since I am aware of excellent species internally. I"ll get in touch with you soon. I will contact you as soon as I have spoken to them.』
Communication end with such feeling.
My stamina went out. I fell asleep as I stuffed in my futon.
The next day, I stopped using the car and headed to the field with a scooter, As soon as I arrived at the star I began practicing the control of the ring. Then, immediately after that, a call has entered from the goat merchant.
『Minoru-dono, our preparation was complete. A survey ship will be dispatched. Before that, I got a someone to head there for the preliminary survey. Can you lower the security level of the transposition gate and cancel the restrictions of [only registrant] so that anyone can use it?』
『Understood. I am at the star so I can do it quickly.』
『Since we will tell you the coordinates of the transposition gate here, I think that we will transpose immediately』
Then return to the beginning.
The console of the transposition gate blinks violently, and immediately afterwards the transposition is over.
What appeared was.......
"Turtleeeeeee"
At the center of the transposition gate, One turtle was standing still.
The second alien was a turtle.
It was truly unexpected.