My Refrigerator Turned Into A Dungeon

Chapter 415

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Dashing through the trees, where the foliage creates a dappled pattern of light and shadow.

In the midst of this lush nature. So, every time I leap to a new tree, some kind of living creature gets startled and flees. Serai-san and the others ahead seem to be doing fine too.

And then, a great leap across the ravine.

That rapid ascent takes me from the dim world below, all at once into the bright sunlight. And there, a spectacular, vast panorama. With nothing to obstruct the view, I can see for miles all around; it's an incredibly refreshing feeling.

Hmm, I've composed a verse.

[In the summer sky, the Insect Man jumps! What he carries on his back is a high school girl.]

...Or something like that.

"Whoa, this is amaaazing!"

Despite the great height we've jumped to, Shark, on my back, lets out a happy voice, showing no signs of fear. Huh, I thought she'd be scared since we jumped pretty high, but she's totally fine with it?"Aren't you scared?"

"Heheh, I've been skydiving before, you know. This is nothing!"

Well, I'll be. So Shark here has not only done scuba diving but has experienced skydiving too? What a talented fellow. By the way, you haven't had some kind of elite soldier training from your parents or anything, right??

"But keep your mouth firmly shut, okay? Even in mid-air, I might change direction suddenly."

"Got i~t! Whoa!"

As we continue the great leap and plunge towards the opposite mountain, our falling speed is too fast; it'd be a disaster.

So, I snap my retracted limbs wide open, using the mucus membrane to glide and decelerate. Riding the wind with a tsui, I change direction and land on a high tree branch not covered by leaves.

"W-whoa, you can do something like that too...?"

"Told you. That's why I said to be careful, right?"

Before starting to run through the trees again, I readjust Shark, who's about to slip off. And I also adjust the mucus rope to make sure she doesn't fall.

"How is it? Too tight?"

"Nah, it's fine."

"Alright, just a little further, so keep your mouth shut for a bit."

"Uh-huh!"

And so, once again, I run through the treetops.

Summer, huh.

Just a little while ago, I'd probably be excitedly and nervously flipping through a thick catalog, planning where and how to go for the event.

My friend... What are you doing now? As for me, I've got a high school girl tied to my back with mucus, and I'm running through the sky.

…….

Arriving at the Dungeon Remnants Hot Spring, that magnificent pillar of water that had been gushing up was gone. But it had greatly changed, now looking more like a very deep pool hot spring.

""Whoooaaaah!!""

And Shark and Yuizuki-chan, seeing the Dungeon Remnants Hot Spring for the first time, raised their voices in admiration at its beauty. Hmm, a secret hot spring nestled quietly in the ravine, steaming, with an appearance of deep indigo and green mixed together. Naturally, there's no path leading down to it either; it's truly an untouched secret hot spring.

So, standing next to Serai-san, I peer down from the mountain peak.

"It's deep and quite large, isn't it? Must be about 30 meters?"

"Yeah. Seems about that deep."

Hmmm, from up here it feels even deeper.

"Hey, let's get down there quick!"

"Hold on. Before we go down, let's call for Masaru, the one you wanted to meet, from here."

The terrain is like a largely eroded mortar bowl. But if we go down there, our voices won't even carry to the surroundings.

"Ah, Masaru, that buff kangaroo!"

"But will that Masaru come just because we call?"

"Who knows? But it'd be a pain to search all over the mountain for him, so having him come to us is our only option, right?"

After I reply, Serai-san also seems to ponder for a moment, but perhaps she also thought it'd be troublesome, so she agreed with my plan.

"That's true too. Okay then, you two, we're all going to call out for Masaru towards the mountain with big voices. Ready?"

"Yep! Leave it to us!"

"Yes."

"Alright, the call will be 'Oii, Masaru!'. If the four Dungeon ability users raise their voices together, it should reach Masaru's ears. He's an ability user too, after all."

"Right, okay, here we go! On the count of three!"

""""Oii! Masaaaru~~!!""""

At the loud volume, birds burst from a nearby mountain, taking flight, and the chirping of cicadas abruptly stops. And under the hot sunshine and clear blue sky, our voices, sent out into the ravine, echo back as a mountain echo.

Reach him, these feelings. Masaru, a high school military otaku girl is waiting for you here.