Chapter 21

Mofumofu is the strongest.

I was prepared to sleep on a hard rock, but now I am enveloped in the warmth of the core.

The greatest happiness since coming to this world.

……

Eating the leftover meat from yesterday, there’s nothing but meat.

The taste of the meat is delicious, probably because the butchering went well.

To be honest, I’m surprised.

I was cursed, after all.

So it’s a bit reassuring to have food.

…But I want some salt. For now, I can’t afford to be picky.

Shelter, water, and food are secured for the time being.

The only issue is that the toilet is outside.

I can clean up the spot, but… emotionally, I’d like a dedicated room for the toilet.

Hmm, I’ll deal with that later.

First, I need to think about what’s necessary to improve the comfort of my shelter.

I’ll start with the immediate problems.

That would be the cursed mass underground.

I can’t feel at ease until I confirm what it is.

I’ll start by checking out the third floor of the rock formation.

This rock mysteriously emits a faint light on its own.

It’s not very bright, but it’s bright enough to see.

I didn’t notice it at all yesterday, and it scared me when I got up to use the toilet at night.

The entire room was lit up.

I was so scared… I’ll try to forget it.

The barrier seems to still be effective, with no changes since yesterday.

Does magic continue to work indefinitely?

I’ll keep an eye on this until the barrier wears off.

No issues on the third, second, or first floors.

The ceiling on the first floor was the highest.

I can’t tell the exact height by sight, but it’s about twice as high as the others.

I’m currently on the basement level.

The ceiling is inexplicably higher than on the first floor.

Was there some specific need for it?

Hmm, maybe there was a giant something down here.

The basement level is just an empty space, but there was something a bit concerning, which I’ll deal with later.

Moving on to the problematic space on the second basement level.

The lower part of the wall is covered by a black mass.

It looks like the curse is seeping out from underground.

Creepy.

“Whoa, Purify!”

The black mass split into two, and one of them attacked me.

I anticipated an attack, but I didn’t expect it to split.

I unconsciously put my hand forward to purify, but I probably failed.

I didn’t have any image in mind.

When I hurriedly looked at the mass, it was overflowing with the white light of purification.

Huh?

I thought magic required an image, as my sister told me, but maybe it’s not necessary?

But that’s not the issue right now.

The mass disappeared… and there’s nothing left?

……

Unexpected.

I didn’t think there would be nothing.

…What, this?

This tiny spider, the size of a pinky nail?

There are about twenty of them… seriously?

Is this really it?

……

From the remaining mass, one large spider the size of a 500-yen coin.

Five tiny spiders the size of a pinky nail.

The large spider has wings, something I’ve never seen on spiders on Earth.

The wings, slightly smaller than the body, are flapping.

The baby spiders gather around the large spider.

It feels like they’re all observing me.

By the way, are these guys enemies?

In Japan, spiders are considered beneficial if they’re not venomous.

Are these beneficial?

I thoroughly purify the curse that was spread on the wall.

Well, can I become friends with these spiders?