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Kamisama no Kago wo Kyohishitara?! Chapter 443

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443 Take Up Offer

 

I'm off the rope. All that's left is for me to say what needed to be said and leave.

"I've got two more letters. Both are from the missing ladies. Could you pass them to their fathers, Sir Lolengus? They'd just drive me off if I go deliver myself like what happened here."

Now that the guards are no longer here, I drop my polite speech. No need to be formal anymore. I'm done here. There's no point in fussing over my language if I'm leaving soon anyway.
I fetched their letters and handed them to the butler.

"Aye, very well. That will be done. Also, I must express my gratitude for saving my daughter."

I told the bowing Sir Lolengus.

"First of all, don't misunderstand. I only saved her by chances. It wasn't done for your sake nor Miss Linda's. It's for mine. The reason is simple. I just didn't want to look the other way and feel bad later on. So you don't need to thank me. I mean it was just a whim of mine. Nothing noble. Raise your head. There's no reason to lower it. Aren't you a bigwig? You can't readily lower your head to someone of a doubtful origin like me."

I feel like I said something similar to an imperial princess before.
But Sir Lolengus replied back in a templated way as well here.

"That does not change the fact that you have rescued my daughter. You have my sincerest gratitude. I bow my head as a father. It matters not to whom I do. Nobody else is here anyway."

Sir Lolengus raised his head to reveal a relieved look.

"Hmp. That's all from me. I'll take my leave now."
<TLN: Catch the latest updates and edits at Sousetsuka .com >
I tried to leave right away but got detained. Exactly what I'd expect.

"It would be my failure if I didn't extend hospitality to my daughter's rescuer. Do stay a night here. I cannot yet decide what reward should I confer you. But could you let us entertain you during your stay in federation at least? Are you hungry? It's lunchtime. I shall have your lunch prepared."

I just knew. Say I declined his offer here, I'd likely get into trouble outside immediately. And taking up his offer would get me in a trouble as well.
Meaning my choice is simple. I'm getting on board of this template development.

"Fine. I'll take you up on your offer."

I made the decision. I haven't looked for an inn anyway. I've also resigned myself.
I know there is absolutely no way to get off this train.

Also, I'm curious about the slightly flustered sounding intonation in Sir Lolengus's voice.
There must be something about me written in the letter. I have no idea what kind of impressions Linda had on me.
She might have told her father to persuade me into lending them my strength.  
Sir Lolengus may be all smile but I can see the skepticism in his eyes.

(He probably doesn't fully believe his daughter's word. He doesn't doubt the fact that his daughter is saved, but the stuff written about me is hard to swallow or something along that line?)

I can't say for sure, I never read the letter. So it's nothing but a guess, I believe she outlined everything all that she witnessed thus far.
Otherwise this man wouldn't have kept glancing at me trying to figure me out like this.
Sir Lolengus, aren't you way too easy to read? Is that alright? Aren't you showing too much on your face?
I'm getting worried now.

(I mean this guy is a chairman isn't he, shouldn't he hone his poker face-ness?)

If he's just acting, the man would be quite a sly fox, but he gives off the impression of a very straitlaced man.
As I was thinking that, I arrived at the room they led me to and sat down over a table.

Then as I enjoyed the meal they prepared, I racked my brain on my next plan.

 

 

 

 

 

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Request and Money Raising

 

"Good morning! What a fine weather we have today, don't you agree? The bed at this inn is so incomparably snugger than my workshop chair, what pleasure my quality sleep was hahaha!"

"Morning... Spare me this much enthusiasm so early please. Wanna join us for breakfast?"

"Absolutely! I submit my attendance! Fufufu, what's this, aren't you kind to ol' me! Have you realized how indispensable my weapons are to you?"

"Let's save weapon talk after the meal break. Stay quiet while you wait at the dining room, you hear me?"


I bumped into Julian after I left my room and greeted him.
Can't believe his mug is the first thing I saw in the morning. It's way too much.

I've resigned to speaking unreservedly with Julian cause I'll do that anyway whenever I make a retort to his antics.
After a night of pondering, I've decided to order a custom-made weapon from him, a bit reluctant but there's no harm in giving it a shot.
I mean this guy is an oddball prone to randomly yelling out loud whose ideas of weapons are outlandish, but Menu-san told me those weapons are extremely important to me, so, you know?

<<It is indeed important, but the final decision lies on Kajikawa Hikaru himself.>>

Y-yup, yer' right. It's rare for Menu-san to riposte.
...Guess even Menu-san doesn't like being used as an excuse by me.
I'll go with omelet, salad and toast for our breakfast.


After a brief post meal break with coffee, we resumed our discussion.


"First of all, forgive me for trying out your weapon without asking first yesterday. I will pay you back for the damage."

"I don't mind if you're buying that. Nevertheless, I have seen great many people failing to wield my creations, them getting thrown around instead, but never my weapon throwing in the towel. Vexing as it may, this experience is quite fresh! Hahahaha!"

"I'm not surprised people failed, that kickback would kill anyone. That weapon must've been made at the edge of insanity."

"And then there's Kajikawa-san who swung that weapon, blowing explosions everywhere without a care in the world."

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Oh shaddup.
I just got a bit carried away okay. Please stop punching that line anymore.


"I'd like a more sturdier one if you could. I wanna make it my main weapon, is it feasible?"

"Fuhaha! Leave it to me! However, that means I have to not only change the base material, but also greatly raise the explosion engine's sturdiness. Otherwise, it'd break so fast you wouldn't know it considering yesterday. I need to use either mithril or adamantite at least, or maybe material from a powerful magic beast...?"

"How much will the material and your technical expertise cost?"

"Let's suppose we use adamantite as the base, that'll be! One million en!"

"One million..."


Considering I could earn 400,000 en a day, that's three day worth of magic beast culling.
...I don't think much on the prospect of spending seven digits of money. My sense of value has gone wild~.


"However, in case we need to use an even sturdier material to endure what you did yesterday, we must adopt an even sturdier mat for the hammer head and the explosion engine! Lasting a session or two is one thing, but a material that can withstand sustained explosions will fetch for quite a sum!"

"...Say we go with your suggestion, how much will it cost?"

"Umu, changing the main part from adamantite to magic beast materials like Magma Turtle's shell will run you an additional 500,000 en... 1.5M in total. I'm aware it's weird coming from me, but you can get a pretty powerful weapon paying a skilled craftsman this much money."

"Ordinary weapons don't mesh with me no matter how powerful. That exploding hammer of yours might even go beyond four digits ATK, and most importantly, it feels good in my hands. I want you to make me one even if it's pricey."


After I told him that, Julian popped his eyes open before giggling to himself with a smile that bordered on wicked. Like I said, what.


"Very well!! Allow me to have the honor! Ah, but pay in advance please. As you are aware, I'm penniless right now. Forget buying the materials, I am unable to even sustain my life which wouldn't be ideal for weapon creations. My workshop ought to still be usable once I repaired the ceiling, however."

"Okay. I'll fork over 400,000 en in advance for now. I'd like to pay in full but our fund is currently running low cuz we ordered equipment from another craftsman. I'll get back in a few days with the full payment, get ready till then."

"Fuhaha! ...I swear I shall spare nothing in this quest for the finest creation I will ever create. My customer."


He took the money and ran off at incredible speed afterward.
...There's a chance of him running off somewhere never to go back, but I feel like I can trust that guy despite being an oddball. He's still an oddball though.
I'll repeat this as many times as it needs, guy's an oddball. Yet, he's surprisingly decent, like he knows the proper etiquette of things.
...Well if he did run off in the end, let's just say that I've no talent in people judging.


"He's so positively hectic, yet also super weird of a man, isn't he."

"Un... But he looked so happy when Hikaru told him to make a weapon. I think, I understand what he felt at that time."


Well, I don't think anybody can wield incoherent weapons like that hammer, I was probably the first person who asked him one.
Julian has Blacksmith and Magic Tool Creation Skill at Level 6 both.
He could have opened a successful weapon or magic tool store. How'd he come to that.
...Well everyone has their own circumstances, I shouldn't touch deeper. All I need him to do is make me a weapon.
Ah, forgot to ask to let me see his other creations... Well, guess I can do that when I go there to pay the rest of his payment.


We went to the Adventurer's Guild and took on magic beast culling commissions as well as checking on other commissions we could do in parallel.
If there are commissions that want specific beast materials, we'll be killing two birds with one stone.
The reward will be split among us three but it's still gonna be a lot.


"Fumu fumu, Grand Turtle shell, Grand Snake skin, Mountain Lizard silver scales... We've only got Grand Snake one."

"That's the mats from the beasts you two hunted yesterday, right... Nobody wants mats from the beasts I took down. Gununu."

"Now now, you can fight stronger beasts if you keep leveling up, focus on getting stronger for now. Oh look, there's people looking for mats from Rank D and C beasts."

"...They want 20 eyeballs of those weird birds."

"Uwah, that's nasty. What are they gonna use those eyes for...?"

<<It is likely a material for equipment enchanted with [Magic Eye] Skill. This necessitates a huge amount of Hellwing Monoeye's eyeballs as enchanting Lv1 Magic Eye Skill requires 20 eyeballs each.>>

Yeah, I think I'll pass on this eyeball collecting commission... It's grotesque.
Let's just go for the easier ones.


So now we're back at the magic beast territory to train, level up, and gather materials.
Seeing as we got one level from defeating 10 beasts yesterday, we should get lots in a month.
I hope I won't have to fight an ogre one-on-one like yesterday. I think I can manage if we work in a group though.


"And so, for today's farming goal, Alma, gather materials from five Grand Snakes, while Reina can look for six Mountain Pigs."

"What about Kajikawa-san and Hiyoko-chan?"
<TLN: It's Hiyoko not Hiyone.>

"Hiyoko should aim for any magic beast, just make sure you beat 30 of them. As for me, I'm planning to take on five five Mountain Lizard Large, five High Orcs and if possible an ogre with all of us fighting together... Hey, Hiyoko, don't give me that disagreeing look now."

『C-cluck...』

"Wasn't ogre the magic beast you defeated yesterday, Hikaru?"

"...What was its level anyway?"

"The one I beat was Lv57. Just the think the lowest would be at around 50. They're super strong so don't ever let up. Make a mistake and you're pretty much dead. Careful now."

"I-Isn't that too high a hurdle..."

"But, make absolutely sure you don't chew more than you can swallow. Run away and ask for help if things go south. A goal is a goal, you're not obliged to achieve it while sacrificing everything in the process."

"Got it."

"Yessire!"

『Cluck!』


Well, it all depends on whether we can find those beasts.
The ogre one is for the sake of training our party at working together.
We've been leveling on our own so far, it's about time to start thinking about refining our teamwork. We can't beat powerful beasts together if each of us moves independently.
...The biggest question is my ability to give the right order at the right time. Don't think I'm anywhere near at that cool uncle's level yet...

 

 

 

 

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Thank You for Your Everlasting Patronage

 

Afterward, I didn't have the courage to keep frolicking around in the middle of the street.
Onward to the fluffy bed at the inn.


"Kufufufu...! Curious, truly a curious man you are...!"

"Kajikawa-san he's sticking real close behind you..."

"...Scary."


Alma is unusually showing her fear at the muttering Julian, but I'm the most terrified here. He's been staring hole on my back all this time.
It was rash of me to test that weapon out right there and then...


"My workshop blew up, as such it's only natural for me to find an inn to stay, is it not? There is nothing weird about this at all."

"And what about the fact that you're staring dagger at me?"

"Fuhaha! Worry not, it's all due to all the oddities in your wielding of my weapon! ...I shall follow you around until you are willing to let me in on the secret, I shall have you know fufufufu..."

"You're scaring me! Go away!"

"Oho, are you sure? Aren't you interested in my artistic weapons? Sever our relationship here and you may never grip my weapons again in this life."

"...Tch."


The chill I felt slipped that tone out of me.
Dangit, this man is undoubtedly bad news but his weapons fit like gloves for me. Makes it all the more annoying.


"...Can we talk this over dinner. We just got back from a magic beast culling session. We need refreshments."

"I do not mind. Ah, I would like meat dishes for today's dinner. My body hasn't been feeling great lately, may be because I've only been consuming minimal intake. I would love a hearty meal for once."

"...Why are you acting like you'll naturally eat with us."

"Fuhaha, tell you what, my fund is running dangerously low I only have enough for an inn room. I'm pretty much penniless if you do not buy my weapons. And of course I've nothing for today's dinner either!"

"Don't sound so proud when you say that!"


This guy really marches to his own beat. I'll mix in Lightning Pepper on his share.
...Well, I don't mind adding one or two portions, won't make much a difference.


We went back to our inn, checked in and straight to the kitchen.
I feel around 30% hungrier than usual, likely due to that close call of a fight.
Even my State shows 'Hunger (Large)', I'll go for volume for today's dinner.
And no, it's not due to Julian's request, I'm going with hamburg stew today.


So yeah, it's in-mind cooking time.
I minced Rock Onion, melted butter on a frying pan and stir fried them together.
Once the onion turned brown and lost half of its volume, I put it on a plate. I took a shortcut by cooling it with a slight cold wave using mana.

I mixed half of the cooled onion with magic beast minced meat, salt, pepper, breadcrumb and eggs.
I had two types of magic beast meat prepared; cow and pig. Might be interesting to compare them.
Thanks to vinyl-like gloves made from jellyfish magic beast, I don't have to worry about hygiene.

I scooped a handful of meat, and slapped them around on my palm. Like a beanbag?
I melted butter on a frying pan again and put the finished meat patty on it, making sure both sides were nicely charred.

Once the surfaces were charred enough, I took it off the pan and put in mushroom-like ingredient on the pan.
While it was being cooked, I mixed water, wheat flour, ketchup, pre-made sauce for pork cutlet, and consomme in a bowl.
Then I put half of the fried rock onion and mushroom in the finished sauce and poured it on the cooked meat patty.

And then, I simmered them together in a lidded pan for about 20 minutes on low heat.
Unlike gas stoves, you gotta regulate the heat yourself so I have to watch over it carefully. It's easier if I just convert mana into heat energy, but I shouldn't rely too much on that.

Lastly, I re-poured the sauce I cooked together on the meat, and done.
Rather than hamburg, this feels more like American-style steak? Whatever though.

I added sunny-side eggs, fresh vegetable salad, premade cream stew and aro rice as the finisher.


"It's done. This one's Mountain Bull meat, this one's Grand Pig's, let's compare them, could be fun."

"There's so much... Wonder if I can finish them all..."

"Uhaa, that's a whole lotsa food! I'm so famished I can't wait to dig in!"

『Pipi! Pipi!』

"Hohho, this feast is not unlike what you find in a high class restaurant! ...You cannot be saying that you have been enjoying such a banquet every single day?"


It took a bit more time than usual but I wasn't really going for a feast. It's the result of prioritizing volume and hunger-staving.
I think the taste is alright though, let's see.


"Let's dig in."

"""Let's"""

『Pipi.』


He joined hands together before having meal too, I see guy's got solid manners.


"Muhwo! What an explosion of flavors! This density from the sauce twining with the juicy meat, truly a supreme delight!"


What is he, a gourmet reporter?
Watching his reaction makes me hungry. I should chow down too.


"Yup yup, the insides got cooked well too. Thankfully it didn't turn out half-baked."

"It's the same sauce yet each of these tastes different due to the meat. They're both really good."

"Om nom, nom, it's so chewy for a minced meat, the flavor bursts with every bite, nom om, nom!"

『Pipipii!』

"Ah my bad, may I have seconds of aro rice? It tastes so wonderfully excellent, my plate was empty before I could realize."


Man you sure ate a lot Julian! Have some moderation will you!
But I'm honestly happy with the praise. Thank you, you can eat as much as you want.
...I'm so easy to please.


We all cleaned our plates in around 10 minutes, thanks to the hunger from today's culling.
Alma's pace never slowed down despite her initial worry.
You're still young, you gotta eat a lot while you can. The older you are the harder it gets to eat meat.
Eh, that doesn't sound convincing from someone who wolfed down kilograms of meat during the hunting fest? ...It's safe, I'm still young. Later half of 20s is still young, I tell you!


"You may place the tableware in the sink. I shall undertake the task of washing them."

"Eh, I'll do it myself."

"Just do it! It would be my greatest shame to give back nothing after being treated to such a grand feast! Please I beg of you let me waash!"

"Okay! Okay, I get it, so pipe down!"
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People around turned their gazes here thanks to Julian making a ruckus, so embarrassing.
He's surprisingly prim and proper but guy lacks self-awareness, or rather he can't read the room...


Once we were done with our meal, we gathered in my room to assess today's performance, or rather for a chat.
Normally, we'd talk about trivial stuff like what's for breakfast tomorrow, but we've got a special odd man out guest today.


"Now that we have our fill, I have a mountain of questions just for you!"

"Why are you acting like you're part of the group again."

"Fuhaha! ...I'll be straight with you. Never in my life did I imagine anyone could wield my weapon in such manners. I've designed it so that the colorless mana stone installed within is completely used up after one explosion, chain explosions are not supposed to be possible."


His tone went from comedic to serious all of a sudden as he asked that.


"If you wish to wield my weapons, I would like to know about you first of all. I cannot create weapons for someone enshrouded in mystery... If you are unwilling to, I must ask you to give up on my creations. My weapons are two-edged blades, they may very well endanger its wielder without proper cautions."

"...I don't mind telling you if you can promise you won't tell anyone but disclosing this stuff to someone we just met is honestly too dangerous."

"I see... I had no idea direct control of mana was such a dangerous technique. Understandable as it is."


...!!
Oy oy, this guy got that far just from watching me wield that exsomethingsomething!?


"Fu, fuhahaha!! That look on your face! To think my random hypothesis was right on mark! What an exceedingly simple to read reaction hahaha!"

"Wha..."


D-dangit!! He set me up!
He put on a high energy charade to drop my guard, what a cheat!


"Be at ease, I shall not publicize anything you wish to keep secret... After all, we are in for a long haul. Divulging my client's secret would be a breach of trust, don't you agree?"

"Wha? Client? Long haul..."

"Don't you get it? I am to be your personal weapon artist."


What is this guy saying? Like really, what!


"I am a possessor of Appraisal Skill as well. I had helped myself to your Status, and indeed. You cannot obtain Skills, can you? Instead, you are able to directly manipulate mana itself. You're a ball of absurdity yourself aren't you fuhaha!"

"Oy, what do you think you're doing without permission!"

"Am I correct to presume you are incapable of perfectly wielding weapons without Skills? Are you perhaps having trouble finding a weapon that fits you?"


Wait a minute, he's leaping through so many topics, I can't follow.
What is this guy trying to say anyway?


"You cannot wield ordinary weapons. Meanwhile, no ordinary man can wield my weapons. We are both contorted pieces... But that may be precisely why we fit for one another, don't you think?"

"What's your basis on..."

"Your act of wielding my weapon earlier! I have never seen anybody looking so alive swinging my weapon around! Nay, the way you wielded it goes beyond my wildest expectations! I am fully convinced! My weapons are made to be wielded by you!"


Julian raised both his hands high up, eyes open wide. Who is this pervert.
Then he turned his neck and stared right at me. Super scary. Or rather, disgusting.


"So there you have it, I thank you for your everlasting patronage, my customer."

"Quit barreling this conversation ahead on your own!"


...What do I do. This guy is absolutely going to keep shadowing me. How'd it come to this.
I don't think he's gonna listen to persuasions either.


"...But, looking back, he really looked like he was having the time of his life."

"Yep, super into that thing."

『Pipyupi.』


...Well, um yeah, it was quite an interesting weapon for sure.
Do I really have to keep associating with this guy from now on? ...Makes me feel uneasy, on the other hand, I'm curious about other weapons he's got... What do.

 

 

 

 

 

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442 Demand Reversal

 

I tell them like it is. Whether they believe me or not, I'm prepared to accept whichever outcome including getting arrested.

"I have been tasked to deliver a letter to Sir Chairman. I hail from a rural village. I cannot help but be left in an awe witnessing such a grand mansion. Would you be so kind as to let me see Sir Chairman? My order is to ascertain the letter get personally delivered."

"Hmph! Your act of deceit won't work! If a letter is truly your goal, hand it over! We will deliver it later."

"I personally wouldn't mind that, but my order was final, so I am obliged to see to it. Please, would you let me pass?"

"Nay! We shan't allow men of doubtful origins such as you see Chairman! Keep resisting and we will arrest you on the spot!"

Thus, my demand fell on deaf ears while the reinforcements they called earlier rushed in.
Sink or swim. I'll be making demands instead.

"Then you may tie me up. Please bring me to Sir Chairman with me bound. Only then will I fetch the letter. I will leave the letter on the floor if you don't want me get close to Sir Chairman. If that's still not enough, you may tie up my legs as well."

The gatekeepers were surprised to hear my demand reversal.

"However, once Sir Chairman has finished reading the letter and found me innocent, please untie me. That's my condition."

Spears were thrust all around me while I was talking.
Meanwhile I had both my arms raised to appeal being harmless. That I'm not here to fight.

"Hoo hoo hoo! Quite a crowd we have here, isn't it? Bring the man in per his request. Let's see, the parlor should do."

A butler showed up out of nowhere.
His white hair is all swept back with a short moustache on his face, then his butler suit completes the looks.

"Oh, Raylo-dono... Understood, consider it done. Oy, men tie up this guy's arms and legs."

Thus I got shoulder carried by the mansion's guards with the butler's permission. It must look quite, now awfully surreal from the sidelines.
But I'm being serious here. Because I just know that I'm gonna get dragged into a mess anyway now.
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They took me to a room in the mansion and rolled me on the floor.

A blond mixed with gray haired middle aged man with a perfectly rectangular-shaped face asked me with a look of surprise.

"Who are you? I have been informed of your coming as well as the matter with letter. But nobody mentioned it would be in such a fashion. Who sent you?"

Apparently this man is Sir Lolengus. And it seems he didn't expect that they'd brought me in this state.
Knowing there's no use explaining the course of event here, I got straight to the point.

"This is the letter. Please have a look."

I rummaged my magic bag with my tied up hands for Linda's letter. All while the guards had their spears pointed at me, implicitly saying they'd stab me death if I made a sudden movement.
I tried my best to avoid stimulating them and slowly fetched a single letter.
Then I cast it on the floor. The butler, Raylo picked up and handed the letter over to Sir Lolengus.

"...! Fumu...! What...! I see... That explains... Mumu!? I see now, aye very well. Untie this man. You guards may leave."

The chairman's face shifted from confusion, comprehension, relief, and then shock as his eyes traced the letter.
The guards looked surprised at the word coming out of his mouth afterward, but they did as they were told, undoing the rope binding me before exiting the room.

 

 

 

 

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"Fuhahaha! You have my gratitude, I am back on my feet all thanks to you! I'm feeling better than ever in fact, perhaps it's my mind playing trick on me!"

"Ha, ha..."


Once I healed the blown Charred-kun with Life Force Control, he was so high spirited I inched back at his enthusiasm.
Not sure if this man has always been like this or he hit his head during the incident... It's probably the former.
He probably felt better because my healing also cured the damage on his spine, muscles and such that were there before.
The soot got wiped off his body to reveal a man with short silver hair, golden eyes, a handsome face and a forged body.
He's the very picture of the perfect hot guy, outwardly-wise. Inwardly-wise though.


"Gracious me, to think I have been blown this far due to miscalculating the recoil of my new weapon during its trial run! The power may be there, but this should be listed as a failure, I say! None can possibly wield the thing! Hahaha!"


What's with this natural airhead. He almost died for real if I wasn't there to cushion his fall.
Heck, what the heck kinda weapon that could blow someone this far just from the recoil alone. Is that even a weapon?


"Whoa there, look at me and my manners. My name is Julian! Weapon Artist Julian! ...Nice to meet you."

"T-the pleasure's mine."


The gap in his tension between introduction and handshake was too much. Wonder if this guy's emotionally unstable.
It's only been a few minutes since we met, but my head is already ringing the alarm bell 'This man's bad news'.


"You suffered terrible burn all over your body, what happened?"

"Ooh, will you hear me out! I've nothing to hide! Here I was in the middle of trialing my newly developed weapon and found myself unable to control it due to its sheer destructive force!"

"New weapon?"


...Oy, why did I blurt that.
This guy's obviously not a proper blacksmith or a magic tool maker, in fact he might as well be a mad scientist.
I should cut this conversation short and head back to our inn. Or I might get myself in trouble.
And yet, why is my inner ghost telling me to keep talking?


"Umu! I connect fire elemental mana stone to a colorless mana stone serving as fuel to produce an explosion and applies the resulting propulsion to spin a hammer toward even greater destructive forces, I call it [Explosion Buster]!! None can possibly come out of a direct hit alive! Well one problematic point is the fact that it's virtually unwield-able to anyone due to the sheer momentum produced..."

"...Explosion Buster..."

"What you blurted at the end sounds like a fatal flaw..."


Alma and Reina's faces are twitching as they listened to Julian-kun behind me.
Besides its awfully exaggerated name, the wielder would wind up dead long before their enemy considering Julian's state earlier.


"Ah, that's the one, the big hammer lying over there. I see it was blown away together with me, thankfully nobody was under the thing! Hahaha!"


That's dangerous! This is no laughing matter! I mean that thing is lodged deep on the ground and all, you'd die instantly if you get hit!
Heck, why's this thing so big!? This hammer is about the size of the one you use to pound mochi, but this one is made of metal and most people would be hit with the issue of lifting this thing even before the explosion part...
There's a bike muffler-like object attached on the back of the hammer head, I'm guessing it's the exhaust for the wind generated by the explosion inside. What a foolhardy concept.
I'll pull it out and give it back to the guy. Oh, the grip is weirdly soft, easy to hold. The concept is wild yet there are sensibilities poured in the design.
Hm, I can swing around this thing without powering up myself likely thanks to my current Status. Just one hand can do, even.


"Oooh! Wonderful, I could barely lift that hammer with both my arms and yet it only took you one hand to swing it around as if it was a wooden sword!"

"It feels nice on the grip, got a good balance too. I believe you can sell this as a normal weapon if you just omit the exploding part."

"Non! It cannot be a normal weapon! The height I seek is [New Weapons], that is to say weapons that go beyond the grace of Skills!"


...Something reverberated within me.
Somehow the word of this madman tucked a string in me.
There's no way, no way, but perhaps the weapons made by this man could
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"...Mind telling me how to make this thing explode?"

"Mu, mumumu? Are you perhaps interested in my weapon? Most people would send repulsed looks at my exquisitely peculiar creations. You're quite an odd man, aren't you hahaha!"


So he's aware how weird his weapons are huh.


"However, I must ask you to refrain on the explosion. I need not remind you its lack of safety feature after you saw what became of me earlier, do I. What if you get hurt? Either way, its fuel, a colorless mana stone has been used up during the kerfuffle earlier, hence it cannot be done."


My, he's surprisingly straitlaced on that point.
Colorless mana stone huh... Menu-san, so what makes that different from elemental mana stones?


<<In a simple term, elemental mana stones are capable of converting external mana into their respective elemental energy and objects. The higher the rank the lower the loss, resulting in a higher efficiency conversion.>>

<<Colorless mana stone is made from crystallized pure mana, used as fuel in magic tools and such. The higher the rank the more mana is condensed within.>>


So like, if fire elemental mana stone is a lighter then the colorless mana stone is the fuel inside the lighter.
Well, you probably still need to make a magic tool that uses fire elemental mana stone for that though.
...Huh? Didn't Livelihood Magic Ring not use a mana stone?

<<Livelihood Magic Ring utilizes an extremely fine carved magic circuit instead of mana stone, allowing it to absorb mana from living beings and convert it into energy and objects.>>

<<For your information, the magic circuit on such rings requires an extremely difficult process to carve, to the point no other magic tool adopts the idea, which points to the widespread adoption of colorless mana stone for magic tools instead.>>

Fumu fumu, in short this explosomething requires colorless mana stone so you can't generate explosions with it now. What a shame...


<<Kajikawa Hikaru who is capable of directly controlling mana is an exception as he can stream his mana into the fire elemental furnace directly to produce explosions. In fact, as he is capable of regulating the amount of input at will, it should control better than through colorless mana stones.>>


That explanation gave me a weird sensation like something just clicked.


"...Hikaru?"

"What's wrong, Kajikawa-san?"


Their puzzled voices even sounded distant to me now.
...Let's give this thing a tiny teensy bit of a shot.


I poured a little bit of my mana into the explosion engine inside the hammer head.

Then, bang! An explosion that surpassed my expectations occurred and swung the hammer around.
Oy oy, how is it so powerful for a mere 10 MP.


"Wha! W-was there still a residual inside the engine!? Oy, you! It's dangerous, let it go! You might experience a repeat of my--"


...Interesting, aren't you one wild filly.
I strengthened my STR with energy and put more mana into the engine!


BANG! BABANG! BOOOM!! The hammer gradually spun more and more into blistering speed.
By twisting the handle, I could change its directions at will while ignoring inertia, whereas maintaining one direction as I keep making more explosions raises its speed and power.
...What, what is this, it's super fun!


"Wh, wha wha hwa!? What's going on!!?"

"Hikaru! You're going overboard!"

"Kajikawa-san! Any more and the people nearby will complain, stop!"


Whoops, not good, I got too worked up.
I turned the tip around and made it explode to cancel out the momentum.


...Oh crap, this utterly deranged weapon feels so good to wield.
Its power is tremendous too, it should be even more destructive if it was made with better materials.


"...Magnificent."

"No it's not!! What are you thinking swinging that thing around all of a sudden!"

"Hikaru, you're acting childish."

"My bad..."


For now let's take a bow and beg forgiveness. Soz.
That was really unbecoming of my age, but I can assert there's no man out there who won't get excited by this mass of romance of a weapon. Eh, not really? Oh okay.
But this thing is truly splendid. I want. I want it no matter what.
Ah, but the hammer head is warped likely due to all the explosions. Guess that's the limit of steel.
Wish he'd made this thing with a better material. Wait, I gotta reimburse him first.


"I'm sorry, I wasn't thinking straight because it was such a fascinating weapon... The hammer head is all bent out of shape now, allow me to reimburse you--"

"...What!! What was that just now!"


Julian-san suddenly grabbed my shoulders and started shaking me.


"How did you make it explode without a mana stone!? But more importantly, it looked to me as if you had a full control of the explosion's scale, no no wait, how are you able to wield my weapon so well despite all those explosions!?"

"C-calm down, please stop shaking me."

"Fu, fuha, fuuhahahahahaa!! Greatto!! Excellentto!! You have piqued my intereeest!!"

"Ah hey, quit yelling so loud, you're troubling the neighborhood!"

"Says the one who made all those explosions earlier."

"Un."

『Pipi.』


Peanut gallery, shut it! Somebody stop him!


Afterward, due to a flood of complaints from the nearby craftsmen, we were all stuck apologizing. How'd it come to this.
I really should mind my age, or rather place and time before getting worked up.
...But this weapon is superb. Maybe we can have a little chat after this.
I'd like to see other weird creations he may have. Fufufu, I can't wait...!

 

 

 

 

 

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Kamisama no Kago wo Kyohishitara?! Chapter 441

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441 Checkmated

 

Now then, can I really just stroll in nonchalantly? I'm not sure. Will they lend me an ear if I tell them my circumstances?
Nope, no chance. After all this country is currently in a precarious state.
It could go up in a blaze at anytime in the middle of an uneventful daily life without any sign or omen.
It's treading on a fine line. Naturally if they saw someone that screams suspicious like me in the midst of all that tension, they'd go straight to arrest mode.
Gotta extinguish any spark at once. There's only one outcome I can see trying to deliver letters to the chairman of such a country.

"I mean magic exists in this world. As a terror prevention, not even a letter gets to the guy unchecked I'm sure. I can't give these letters to those gatekeepers, I'm not allowed to hand it over to the man directly either. The heck, isn't this just impossible?"

I need to personally see these letters get to the chairman's hands, can't just hand them to the gatekeepers and leave.
They might dump them in the trash bin out of suspicion. It's easy to imagine that.
That's akin to breaking a promise I made. I told Linda I'd deliver them.

I could have the gatekeepers check the letter's content, but with Linda missing, they'd likely arrest and interrogate me. They would do the same even if they doubt its veracity. Like, 'You're suspicious!'
If it comes to that, there's a high probability of them resorting to torture to get me spill on Linda's location.
They won't believe what I tell them even if it's the truth. Like 'Quit speaking lies!', and that's after a long arduous torture.
Though well, not like I'd let them arrest me, and I can escape anytime with this power anyway.

Trying to go see the chairman in person is a difficult proposition as well. He could be anywhere but this mansion right now, in which case going to where he is would be tough for someone who doesn't know the lay of the land here, like me.
We might also cross paths without realizing along the way.
Besides, there's no way these gatekeepers would tell a dodgy-looking youngster with unknown background where their chairman is.

(Wait, aren't I checkmated? I can't come up with a good idea.)

Sneaking into the mansion is one way to do it. I got in this country the backdoor way, a mansion would be a simple matter.
But say I succeeded and showed up in front of the chairman, would he believe me?
No, absolutely not, he would and should be skeptic. He might even suspect me as Kanedor's assassin and go all, 'Intruder abound, intruder abound!'. What is this a period drama?

Why would anyone believe a letter delivered in such manners?
They'd detain and interrogate me too in this scenario, taking up my time.
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And the most important point is how this letter is gonna light a fire. With the chairman having the honor to.
I can just imagine getting dragged into the whole thing being present there and all.

(At any rate, this 'Deliver Letter' mission has always been impossible to complete?)

Or maybe those are all just delusions of mine. But considering everything I went through so far, those delusions feel more real than ever.
I might have to resign myself here, as my thought reached that point in front of the gate, it was time over.

"You! What have you been doing over there! You're suspicious! Oy! We're arresting this guy! Background unknown! Do not let up! Call reinforcements! He must be detained!"

I made my resolve at this point.

 

 

 

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Skill? Nee yo Sonnamon! Chapter 171

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Self-Aware-less Growth

 

『Hmph! Gah! Daau!!』

"Wai! a! Uoou!?"


An intense clash unfolded mid air.
The ogre should be attacking me while using Air Step which should limit its movement, yet its masterful barrage of kicks said otherwise.
You planning to open a dojo or what!? I don't think there's many humans who can unleash such a furious barrage of attacks out there.

The only reason I could barely handle its masterful offense is thanks to Energy Control powering up my STR and no-motion Mana Pile Bunkers shot from every part of my body repelling the attacks.
The ogre's face gradually warped every time what supposed to be a clean hit got repulsed by the invisible pile bunkers.
I'm actually surprised at myself for being a good match to this ogre despite the huge gap in our Attributes. Really drives home the importance of Energy Control.
But, my energy and mana will eventually run out if this keeps up. Gotta start thinking my escape plan if I can't kill this ogre before that happens.

But, its attacks are way fast and way strong, I'm barely scraping by just to defend against them. It's got a stupidly high DEF too so half-baked attacks won't do any good.
Menu-san, I'm kinda starting to suspect that maybe just maybe, you've made a miscalculation for once.


『Urururuaaaaaaaaa!!!』


I got through its barrage of punches somehow, but things will only go downhill at this rate.
I've no choice, I'll use up all my energy and explosively raise my Attributes to max for a moment--

GRAB Ogre's hand grabbed on something.

It's not my body. The ogre gripped the invisible pile bunker made of mana.
Then it swung the pile bunker along with me toward the ground.


"Owawawa!!"


Hey watch it! I'd have crashed if I didn't immediately activate Mana Flight there.
Those magic beasts I dropped down were this scared huh. Kinda feeling guilty.


『Gwadaa!!』


Eh?

When did this ogre get so close, ah, it combined Air Step and Ground Shrink to--


THUD I felt an impact on my abdomen.
A punch made a clean hit, my HP got reduced by a ton, 20% remaining.
Crap, another hit and my HP buffer will be gone, the damage will get through me, I'd die at worst...!

The ogre went and grabbed both my arms. My real arms, not mana piles this time.
I can see the ogre's head shining. And I don't mean that it's got a bald head reflecting light or anything, it's probably a Skill Ability.

<<Martial Arts Lv3 Ability [Iron Headbutt]: consume mana and energy to double the base Attack of a headbutt strike. This specimen's ATK will reach 2360 number with the use of this ability.>>

Are you dumb?! 2360 ATK, what the hell!? Don't matter if I got HP left or not, I'd die eating that!
What do! Forget just my head, it's gonna go down low, making for a show of dirty red fireworks.

<<Apply Energy Control to momentarily raises your head and neck region's Strength.>>

Don't think it's gonna do me any good even if I use up all my remaining energy though. I'd be lucky if it got to 1700.
Too bad! My adventure ends here--


<<It is possible to counter the attack by consuming all remaining Energy and utilizing Menu Function to convert all remaining Mana into Energy, which can then be used to further increase Strength.>>


....


Never thought of that.

Ah, incoming headbutt. Now then, it's sink or swim, let's see who got the blockiest head here.


『Giii!!』

"Iiiiiiy!!"


SPLAT an unpleasant sound of a head sinking into a head echoed.








"I'm back."

"Good work out there, Hikaru."

"Welcome back!"


I finally felt at home once I joined the two at the Adventurer Guild.
I converted all of my mana into energy for the headbutt contest, so I lost ability to maintain Mana Flight and started crashing back then.
Fortunately, my level went up and my MP got restored to max so it didn't end with me meeting the ground, but I gotta be careful next time.
It ended kinda uneventfully with just one hit, I wonder just how strong was my head during that one moment in time.
Maybe it's over 3000? No way right.


"Oh my, your leader is finally back I see. Good work."

"Thank you. Can you check my Kill Log."


I asked the receptionist who called me, 'That one in the report' when we first met, Froinasha-san, aka Froina-san.
I culled mostly Lv40 beasts and even one Lv57 ogre, should make a lot.


"Oof... I had an inkling when I saw those two's Kill Log. It's tremendous."

"Well, I just dropped down those magic beasts from high up. Even strong-ish beasts posed no problem with that strategy."

"...Err, you see, it's possible to confirm how a magic beast is defeated once you reach a certain level of Appraisal Skill, so um, what is this about killing an ogre with a headbutt?"


Busted. Wish she'd drop the topic.
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"Uh well, my head is apparently pretty sturdy, physically speaking, so we both had a headbutt contest and then, splat."

"Ogre's headbutt is infamous for boasting enough power to crush mithril plates, it's an attack you absolutely must avoid... You truly are an irregular."


Her face twitched as she twirled her green hair and muttered that.
...Okay okay, I just wanna get my reward and go back.


"120,000 en for four Grand Rats, 70,000 en for two Grand Snakes, and 120,000 en for three Hellwing Monoeye, as well as 130,000 en for one Ogre. That will be 440,000 en in total."


Whoa! 440,000!? Ain't no way!?
No wait, even lower B-ranked beasts like High Cave Bear is worth 20,000 en wasn't it? That means that much is apt. A fortunate miscalculation.


"I don't believe there's a lot of people capable of soloing so many upper B-ranked magic beasts and one A-ranked one. And you're not using a weapon at that, just how..."

"Thank you. Oh that's because I can't find any weapon I can properly wield. I'm just barely getting by by making use of the tools on my disposal."

"There's no records of tool usage though..."


Don't you worry your pretty little head!
A win is a win!


...Heck, I really need one, a weapon.
I can fight just fine without Skills, but using up all my Mana and Energy every time I faced off a slightly stronger foe is a bit...
Blast it, Skill Skill Skill! Is there really no weapon I can use without one!?

Looking from another perspective, you can say weapons that need a Skill to wield are not a good match for me.
Like say, [Guns]. They don't exist in this world, hence there's no Skill that corresponds to them. That despite the existence of spells named Stone Bullets and Flame Rifle. Weird.
I have no clue about the inner working of a gun even if I  want to custom order one though. I know they've got some delicate parts like Rifle Ring and such.
I want a weapon I swing around with my hands and actually increase my firepower, but I can't even imagine what something like that is gonna be like.
...Might as well give it up and keep fighting bare handed.



We left the guild and made our way to our inn.
It's already dark out, I gotta make dinner.


"Fuffuffu, we cashed out lots and lots!"

"I suppose that makes up a big percentage of our equipment's expenses already."

"Yup... Once we've earned a bit more, I wanna ask Gen-san to make a weapon, anything, for me."


The sounds of clashing metal keep resounding even during the night.
It's not as noisy as midday, yet I guess this town is simply never asleep.
Well, it's probably about as you should expect from an industrial town, gotta bear with it--


BOOOM!! An explosive sound echoed throughout the town.
...Okay, maybe not this sound. Heck, was there an accident?
Looking in the direction of the noise, I saw a workshop with a big hole opened on its roof and billowing smoke.
Was it an explosion? Is that a workshop dabbling in dynamites or something? ...Huh, something is falling our way.


"Hogwua!?"

"Uooo!?"

"H-Hikaru!"

"Uwaa!? W-who!?"


...My body cushioned something, no, someone as they crash landed.
Did they get blown away from that explosion? I mean, get off me will you. You're heavy.


"Fu, fufufu. What a blunder, to think I misread the kickback, ah, not good, I'm going to die..."


Judging from the voice, seems to be a young man? He's groaning something on top of me.
I turned him aside. The young man is charred black with smoke coming off his whole body, lying there dying.
...For now, let's heal him with Life Force Control. We can hear him out afterward.

 

 

 

 

 

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