Comprehensive Manga: The Master is not here today.

"here it is……?"

Senxi was lying on the ground vomiting because of teleportation dizziness, while the others were observing the surrounding environment in confusion.

"Is that castle in the distance the Golden City?"

Laos' tone was a little uncertain. Hearing this, Falin tilted her head slightly and said:

"The maze we explored? It does look like it, but shouldn't it be buried underground?"

Malucier guessed:

"There is also sky and sunlight on the second underground floor. This may be a similar magic."

"——I say, what's going on with this guy?"

At this time, Chilchak's speech attracted their attention, and when they followed his gaze, they saw a familiar stranger lying next to them.

"She is one of Mr. Kikuro's followers, the Miss Mazuki who was declared a defector, right?"

Mashu was a little surprised, and then said:

"I just saw her suddenly appear and grab Miss Marlucil. Maybe that's why she was teleported here with us."

"That's how it should be."

Malucier nodded in agreement, then asked with some doubt:

"But why did she rush out at that time? We are not very familiar with each other, right?"

Everyone shook their heads. Perhaps only the other party himself could answer this question.

At this moment, the other party seemed to wake up from his coma and stood up shakily from the ground.

Everyone looked at each other warily, but after the other party looked at them, he just tilted his head in confusion, and the next moment, Lu Ran pounced on Malucier!

"babble--?!"

Malucel was startled, but Fujimaru Ritsuka soon realized that the other party's actions did not seem to be hostile, so he did not stop it immediately.

Sure enough, after Ma Zuimu pounced on Malucil, he hugged her arms tightly, as if he had grasped something important, and even rubbed his head against her subconsciously.

At the same time, the hood of the other person was accidentally lifted up because of her action, and the appearance revealed in front of everyone made them stunned.

“Animal ears…?”

The other person was a young girl with short black hair, but compared to her appearance, the animal ears gently shaking on her head were undoubtedly more noticeable.

Not only that, Malucel soon noticed that in addition to the ears, the other party also had a furry tail behind it.

"Is that a cat ear?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka was a little confused and said:

"But as I recall, there shouldn't be a category called cat-people among [humans], right?"

Malucelle tried to pull her arms out of the other person's arms, but this action made the other person hold her tighter, so she had no choice but to give up, not understanding why the other person was clinging to her like this.

However, after hearing Fujimaru Ritsuka's question, she still explained:

"I think she should be an [artificial orc]."

The only common sub-human races are orcs and kobolds. Other than these, all other types of orcs are artificial orcs created using ancient magic.

By the way, although the technology of creating artificial orcs is also regarded as black magic, many people are keen to actively transform themselves into artificial orcs, either in pursuit of greater power or out of simple interest.

Therefore, this phenomenon continues despite repeated bans in the underground world, and has even been divided into several factions, including werewolves, bearmen, tigermen, and even ratmen...

However, this is still a very dangerous magic. In addition to the popular schools mentioned above that can provide relatively stable techniques, there are also many cruel black magicians who use innocent people for experiments, trying to turn them into various kinds of artificial orcs.

"A rare type like the cat man probably belongs to the latter..."

At this point, Malucier touched the other person's hair with some heartache. At the same time, Chilchak said thoughtfully:

"If that's the case, then I might have guessed why the other party is pestering you so much."

"Hey, why?"

"She might have overheard the conversation between Laos and Kikuro and learned that you can do...ancient magic, so she wanted to find you to solve her problem or something like that?" When Laos and Kikuro were talking, she was standing outside the room separated by a wall and waiting. With a cat person's keen hearing, it should not be difficult for her to eavesdrop on the conversation.

"It's indeed possible."

Everyone nodded in agreement. Malucier said with some embarrassment:

"But I haven't studied ancient magic in this area, so I'm afraid I can't be of much help."

But speaking of it...

She couldn't help but look at Falin. Falin now might also be a very special kind of artificial orc.

On the other side, Senxi, who had almost recovered, looked at the other party and said:

"So what should we do now? She seems to be in a strange state."

Indeed, the other party's current behavior is more like a cat than an orc. He licks his hands from time to time, looks at the surrounding environment curiously, and seems unable to communicate.

"It seems that I have no choice but to take him with me first. I can't just leave him there, right?"

As Fujimaru Ritsuka spoke, he approached Marlucil with some curiosity, wanting to take a hand on the pair of cat ears that looked so playful.

However, for some reason, the other party was a little afraid of her. When he saw her approaching, he couldn't help but shrink his neck and hide in Malucel's arms.

"Eh?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka was stunned for a moment, thought for a while, and took out a small dried fish from somewhere, and waved it in front of her in a seductive tone, saying:

"How about it, do you want to eat?"

Sniff--

The other party sniffed, and finally couldn't resist the temptation of the dried fish. He approached cautiously, and then took the dried fish away in one bite.

"!"

After tasting the dried fish, the other party's eyes lit up instantly. Looking at the dried fish that appeared in Fujimaru Ritsuka's hand again, he no longer showed a vigilant expression, and followed the same method and took it and tasted it happily.

This time, Fujimaru Ritsuka tried to reach out and touch the other person's head. Not only was he not rejected, but he felt the other person rubbing him actively.

Only then did Fujimaru Ritsuka reveal a satisfied smile.

"Well, so good!"

Although there is also a Tsundere Tower Cat with the same configuration in Chaldea, as the saying goes, domestic cats are not as fragrant as wild cats, and there is an inexplicable sense of satisfaction in secretly petting the cats outside.

"so good……"

Laos was somewhat tempted, but unfortunately he had no snacks to feed the cat, so he could only look on with envy.

Seeing this, Chilchak was speechless:

"I say, we weren't teleported here just to play with cats, right?"

"what,"

After being reminded by the other party, Laos quickly realized that they were brought here by the ghosts in order to meet the grandson of King Delga.

Just at this moment, a carriage suddenly appeared in the distance and drove towards them. But when the other party got closer, Laos suddenly widened his eyes and said in disbelief:

"Wait, the one pulling the cart is a unicorn—?!"

The carriage soon arrived in front of them. The driver was a tall young man wearing a straw hat. When he saw their figures clearly, he looked a little confused.

"you……?"

But soon, he seemed to remember something and said in shock:

"Are you guys coming from outside?!"

"We came from the maze..."

"This is serious. Anyway, please follow me first!"