Oh, Hans!!

Took you long enough!

You're not taking this seriously at all, are you?!

Ho ho! So sorry to have kept you waiting.

Eep! L-Lord Grahdens?!

It was, of course, wrong of us to make two lovely, young ladies sit and wait for us in a place like this.

My apologies to you both.

N-No, not at all! It's, um...

Anyway, I'm sure Hans was just taking their sweet time again.

Ho ho ho, ahh yes, you never change.

So, now that we're all together, I have something to tell you...

As you can probably guess, this is about the Sealed Gods.

......

Noel and those two automatons...er, what were their names?

The noisy one, and the stocky one.

You mean Hatchy and Tull-Tull.

Hm... Are you sure those were their names?

Well, close enough I suppose...

At any rate, Noel discovered something with their help.

What did he find?

He discovered that, including the one here on Rokkzalm...

...there are a total of two Sealed Gods still running amok.

Two more?

So far, you have been able to restore three Sealed Gods to their normal state...

...but that doesn't guarantee that the remainder will go as well.

This is where you three, will really prove yourselves!

Yeah!

Hans, Seria, let's give it all we've got!

Right!

And you're coming exploring with us this time, right, Elder Grah?

Er, well...I truly wish that I could, but...

...I have some minor business to attend to on my own.

Minor business?

Oh, just a personal errand. Nothing you young kids need to worry yourselves about.

Still, you just said the Abel Faction is already here on this world.

Isn't it dangerous to go off on your own?

I suppose it might be...

...but even so, I should be all right.

Huh?

If I do happen to find myself in real danger, I fully intend to run away, you see.

Owen might like to fight, but...

...for my part, I have no intention of facing them on my own.

......

With that decided, you go ahead with your exploration and search for the Sealed God...

...and, I'll be exploring on my own.

I'll be counting on you.

There he goes...

Yeah...

Although, now that I think about it, I really shouldn't be that surprised.

Oh, right, I almost forgot to mention something.

L-Lord Grahdens!

What? Did I startle you?

N-No, not at all...

Umm...what did you almost forget to mention?

Ah, yes. I wanted to tell you Reda is already here in Rokkzalm, carrying on a survey.

I'm not entirely certain of where she is at the moment...

...but I'm sure she'd be a major help if you were to find her.

So we might get to go adventuring with Reda again!

Indeed. Her investigative skills are leagues ahead of anyone else in the Summoners' Hall.

Well, that's that then. And now, I really will be on my way.

See you later.

I feel strangely exhausted all of a sudden...

Uh, well, anyway, all that aside, let's get going!

By the way, the scenery on this world seems kind of off to me.

You feel it too, right, Hans?

It seems off?

Yeah.

I'm not sure how to put it... It's kinda like it's all part of one big...figure.

Maybe it's just your imagination? It looks like an ordinary landscape to me.

Maybe...