336 - - Extraordinary Edition 2 Clock Shop

I'm a very good person!　The master even asked me to protect everyone while he's gone because Nazuna is so strong!

That's great, Nazna. So you're stronger than Ni-chan?

I am strong, sister, but not as strong as Master. Master is more powerful than I am.

"............"

The bottom corridor of "The Abyss.

Nazna and Yume are having a slightly stupid conversation, with today's fairy maid quietly following behind them.

Nazna was saying to her younger sister Yume what Light had asked her to say before, as if she were an elementary school boy bragging to a girl.

In fact, to be precise,......, Nazuna is indeed the strongest in the lowest levels of the Abyss, but she is too strong to be taken along as an adventurer, and she is not suited to the field, which requires a flexible approach to situations, so there was no other work to assign her to in the dungeon or inside the lowest levels of the Abyss.

However, there was no way that he could assign work only to Mei and the others and not to Nazna.

Above all, Light appreciated Nazuna's innocent cheerfulness and her role as a "mood maker.

He could not do anything to dim her brightness, so he came up with this answer: "I want her to protect everyone in case something happens while I'm gone.

Nazuna took Light's words to heart and bragged about it to Yume.

Naturally, Yume is aware of Wright's intentions, and since there is no point in going to the trouble of correcting him, he reads the air and responds to Nazna with a smile.

The ability to read the atmosphere is also a skill she acquired when she was an apprentice maid in the racial kingdom.

The fairy maid standing behind her silently praises Yume's mature response.

And in fact, there is no need to bother correcting her on the finer points, since Nazuna is without a doubt the strongest in the lowest level of the "NARAKU" with the exception of Light.

Piyo-piyo. Piyo-piyo. Piyo piyo piyo."

A clock set up in one corner of the hallway tells the time.

At that time, a chick painted yellow moves back and forth from the top of the clock to the sound of the bell.

This clock also came from the "Infinite Gacha" card, a gift from Wright.

The lowest level of the "Abyss" is naturally underground.

Therefore, unlike the time above ground, time cannot be measured by the tilt of the sun.

Instead, the "clock" item from the "Infinite Gacha" card is used to solve this problem.

It is rather a happy miscalculation that he is able to recognize the time more accurately than with the "Tilt of the Sun" and is able to perform his various tasks more efficiently.

It is now one of the indispensable items in the lowest level of the "abyss.

--It's not without its problems, though.

Yume shouts as a cute yellow chick moves back and forth from the clock door.

It's a chick!　Look, look, the chick is singing. How cute, Nazuna--Nazuna?"

Yume himself had seen a chick emerge from the clock on several occasions.

No matter how many times I saw them, their movements were always adorable.

I looked back to Nazna, who saw the scene with me for the first time, to ask for her consent. ......

Nazna looked frightened and would not go near the clock.

Yume twisted her head involuntarily.

What's wrong, Nazna?　Are you sure you don't like chicks?"

I am not, my sister. I love those cute little chickens with their cute movements and cries. But, but ......"

Nazna clears her throat from nervousness.

I'm sure you've been informed that there are many rules for living in the lowest level of the "abyss" (here), right, sister?　Remember one of them is 'don't touch, tamper with, or break a watch without a care in the world'?"

Of course I remember, but ......

Even the master can't break that rule," he said. But I broke that rule by mistake once before and got into a mess. ......

A rule that even Ni-chan can't break?　And Nazna, the strongest girl here, was hurt badly?"

Yume makes a surprised face at this fact.

Nazuna speaks up with a serious expression on her face.

That was before my sister had yet to arrive. ......

Nazna recounts the past with a distant look.

The chickens were so cute that day, too," she said. So I decided to get a closer look at it in detail, and I grabbed a little bird that came out 'piyo piyo' to check it out. ......

And if I do?"

Yume asks with a tilt of her head.

Nazuna tells her with a nervous look on her face.

I was so nervous that I broke the spring that moves the 'piyo-piyo'. ....... Then he was there before I knew it, and he hit me without asking any questions.

Nazna hugs herself and shivers.

I'm a young woman, and I have to protect everyone in the lowest level of the Abyss, but ...... he's the only one I don't like."

I'm not a big fan of the idiots3 who touch and break watches, even though ...... I've reminded them not to touch them.

Geez!"

Suddenly, a voice calls out to her from behind, causing Nazna to yelp in surprise.

When she turned around, she saw the person who Nazna had mentioned that she was "not good at" standing there.

He was tall, 180 cm.

He is slender, suited up, wearing leather gloves, and holding a metal box full of tools.

The most striking feature is his face.

The face of the clock is the face of the clock.

The second hand, short hand, and long hand move in a steady and regular motion.

He is the "SSSR Watchmaker Level 10," a watch specialist who maintains, cleans, and adjusts watches in the lowest level of the "Abyss. 51".

It is unclear how he is able to speak when his face is a dial.

Nazuna hides in the shadow of Yume and threatens her because her bitter opponent has suddenly shown his face.

And there you go, watchman!

It's time for us to do some maintenance on our chick clock," he said. It's only natural that I should show my face, isn't it?

The watchmaker shrugs and is taken aback.

He had a habit of replacing dialogue words with numbers.

So he has a somewhat characteristic way of speaking.

He had other habits - or rather vices.

The watchmaker turns his face from Nazna to Yume again.

Yume-sama, like that fool over there, please do not ever touch a watch4. A watch is a precision instrument. It could get dirty and break if you touch it badly. By all means, please be careful."

The watchmaker's vice is that he does not like anyone to touch his watches except himself.

Even if the other party is a light, he hates to touch it.

Therefore, clocks in the lowest level of the "abyss" are cleaned, inspected, checked for delays, and timed by the watchmaker every day.

The clock on his face is always accurate, so he compares it with the clock on his face and sets the time exactly to the nearest 1/1000th of a second.

A watch is a precision instrument made up of small parts. The parts are made of metal, which expands and contracts with changes in temperature, causing deviations and malfunctions, and they are also affected by magnetism. Naturally, they are also susceptible to shock and vibration. Changes in humidity also affect them. It is necessary to wind the spring moderately, of course, and it is also necessary to disassemble the watch once every few months, oil it, and replace worn parts.

He is in charge of the maintenance of such precision equipment. It can be said that he plays a part in the schedule and order of everyone in this "abyss.

The work is important and requires a great deal of delicacy,......, which is why his character is so detailed. He is so nervous that he gets grumpy when he touches a watch, but when he breaks it, he gets so mad that even Nazna, the strongest person in the lowest level of "Nacchi," beats him without hesitation.

Therefore, he seems to be somewhat incompatible with Nazuna, and she has a hard time with the watchmaker.

Nazuna hides behind Yume and shouts back at her.

I'm not an idiot!　You'd be a fool if you called me a fool!　You watch fool!"

'Hmmm, watch fool. That's a compliment. As Nazna-sama nailed you before, please don't touch the clock again. Don't forget the nine.

'I know, clock fool!　If you have nothing to do with it, get the hell out of my way!"

No, no, as I said before, I have a chick watch to check.

The watchmaker dares to perform his duties without wavering at all against Nazna, whose level is overwhelmingly higher than his own.

He places the metal box in his hand on the floor, opens the lid, and begins to work with the tools in his hand.

Nazuna's lips twitch in displeasure at his fast-paced attitude, and he takes Yume's hand.

If that's the case, we'll just go. Let's go, sister!　If I stay by this guy's side, I might get hurt badly again, and if I get in his way, he'll get mad at me!"

I'm sorry," she said, "but I understand. Sorry about the watchmaker, too. See you later."

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

Yume apologizes for Nazuna's attitude, but does not resist being pulled and moved.

The watchmaker also pays no attention to her attitude and goes to work checking the watch.

There is no upset in his attitude at all.

(As in the village and the racial kingdom, there are all kinds of people and relationships here...)

Yume, with Nazuna's hand in hers, involuntarily looks back to the past, and thinks about it in her heart.

The "three come together to form a faction," as they say, and Yume realized once again that even in the lowest levels of the ...... "abyss" there are many different patterns of relationships.

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