At Mirna Draco's question, I pushed the wall harder.
Who knew how long it'd been since we'd been locked up in the boss room. Still, despite the repeated tries, there was no progress in escaping this place.
Mirna then tried pulling the door upwards, but it didn't even budge a centimeter.
"This is pissing me off!"
Mirna kicked the door and said to me.
"Commoner, let's try together one last time!"
Personally, I felt like it was a waste of time. But since Mirna was adamant, I reluctantly complied, pulling the door up as hard as I could with her.
"Ugh, commoner! Pull harder!"
"I'm giving it my all!"
"Aren't you a man, where's your muscles…?!"
And just like I expected, it was just a waste of time and energy.
If Elga was here, it would be possible. But a Half-Nymph and a witch, both physically weak, had no chance.
Using magic on the door also did jack shi† nothing.
At this point, there was no other choice but to admit that Mirna and I were stuck here.
Shouldn't boss rooms open after you defeat the boss? Wasn't it like that in games? What was this then?
What did you make this room for?
Was Solomon a buffoon!?
Was that the reason for his fall?
Mirna leaned against the wall and slipped down to the floor. After looking for a way to escape for so long, she was exhausted.
Then, after a while, she approached me and grabbed me by the shoulder as if she suddenly remembered something.
"Didn't you say that you found this hidden place with your fairy senses? That means you can find a gap or a secret device to escape from here, right?"
Mirna's face was full of hope. She was like a thirsty traveler finding water in the middle of a big desert. Alas, contrary to her hopes, my conscience felt guiltier by the minute. Ȓ𝙖ＮÒBËš
Me using 'fairy senses' was a lie I made up to escape the prior situation! I didn't expect it to come back and haunt me .
"Go find it, commoner!"
"You're not planning on making me, Mirna Draco, sleep on this cold stone floor today, are you? I can't sleep unless it's my bed."
"… I'll try my best."
In a way, Mirna got locked up in this room because of me. So I ought to also get her out.
So I got up from my seat and started looking for any sort of mechanism. I tried putting my ear to the wall and tapping it, or pressing the bricks one by one.
However, I couldn't find any escape route.
Then it occurred to me. Could it be that there was some identification device which would activate with Solomon's blood?
If I, who inherited Angmar's blood, sprayed a few around, wouldn't it seep into some device and open the door?
With that thought in mind, I pulled out my dagger and cut my finger lightly.
I accidentally screamed. It hurted more than I thought it would. Mirna, who was resting on the floor, naturally heard this and was surprised.
"What's going on? What happened?"
From the door, to the walls and floor, I dropped some blood everywhere.
However, unlike my optimism, the room remained unchanged.
In the end, I took a break and exhaustedly leaned against the wall.
I felt thirsty. Probably because of the combination of fatigue and tension after facing the boss, a delayed effect so to speak. Fortunately, there was some water bottle at the rest area earlier.
After a few sips of fresh water, a coolness spreaded through my body, allowing me to regain some energy. However, Mirna was frowning at me.
"What are you doing now!?"
"You're just going to waste such a precious resource like that!? You don't know when the door will open, and you're just drinking water carelessly!"
"Uh… Does Mirna-nim want some?"