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“Yes, say aah~.”
“Aah~… Nn… Mm, eh! H-Hew, embawassing.”
“Don’t talk with food in your mouth.”
“……! This is, embarrassing, you know…”
“It’s one of my joys, so accept it.”
“Uu~…!”
Even after entering Rokumeiji Private Academy, the only fun things at school are chatting with Mayumi and feeding Mayumi. Classes are boring, and the group that was harassing me got found out by Mayumi and turned into a big incident resulting in expulsion; honestly, on days Mayumi is too busy with work to come to school, I just want to go home. I wish Mayumi could be here every day~. Fufu, Mayumi munching on the food I offer her is cute~… It’s like feeding a baby bird. Well, since I rely on Mayumi for everything, I’m actually the baby bird in reality. I wonder if Mayumi is treating me well with this kind of feeling too~.
“A-chan, there is a place I want to go today…!”
“We’re going somewhere?”
“Mel… Nn…! Mel…”
“Ah, I see.”
“——Haa… Good…”
Not saying Meltis Online out loud is because there are other people in the classroom right now, right? There’s a guy glancing over here and muttering something since a while ago, so she’s being cautious. Well, even if we play with Real Modules, Mayumi is flashy so I think we’ll be exposed immediately~. But for now, I’ll respect her desire to hide it.
“There is a perfect place for leveling. I also have a desire to go as far as we can…”
“Heeh~. Then let’s go there~.”
“——Angel… Haa… It’s an angel…”
Ah~ that guy glancing over here and muttering constantly since earlier is creepy and annoying. Plus, what was he saying about angels? It’s irritating; I hate angels.
“Hey, that guy is saying something about angels and it’s gross…”
“Quite so! It is gross!”
Alright, he shut up. He stopped looking this way, so problem solved—
“Oi Creepy Joji, about equipment, I saw on the forums that there’s a guild that rents stuff out.”
“Eh, for real?”
“Hey, you were called creepy by the beauty yesterday and you’re still depressed? Isn’t that too creepy? You were glancing at Mayumi-ojousama just now too; I’m telling you it’s creepy.”
“So she was such a beauty~. Though it seems I’ve been killed twice by that beauty’s doggy.”
Hmm~… Their voices are loud so I can hear them even if I don’t want to… Equipment rental? Could it be they’re talking about Meltis Online too?
“Wh-Which guild does such a…”
“A place called Kasho no Yume.”
“Heeh~. Ah, isn’t Kasho no Yume that dangerous guild! Habitual PK offenders, the place occupying the city of Loray!”
Ah, it is Meltis Online. We’re doing equipment rentals? I didn’t know about that, but we aren’t habitual PK offenders nor are we occupying it. It’s tough for the uninformed to dance to other people’s information…
“That is irritating…”
“Right! Well, if they don’t know the circumstances, maybe they just believe the side with more information.”
“Muu~…”
It seems Peru-chan is actually irritated since it’s a guild she’s been with for a long time. To prevent Mayumi from snapping and shouting, let’s keep stuffing side dishes from her bento into her mouth continuously…
“I wonder if it is safe to borrow from such a place~.”
“Well, better than nothing, right… Wo-Worst case, we just run off with it…”
“Joji, aren’t you too scummy?”
“That is the wor~st.”
“It seems it would affect Karma so I don’t want to~.”
“W-Well, just talking about the worst case here… We’ll return it, return it.”
There’s even a guy fully intending to run off with it. The guy muttering ‘angel’ at us earlier was Joji, huh. He’s the type who might run off with things if lent something, so even if by some slim chance he talks to me, I’ll ignore him…
Hm? Notification on my smartphone. What is it? Ah! It’s from the Sweets Shop News App I checked the other day; a crepe shop is opening on our route home starting next week!
“Ah, Mayumi…! Look, look, it says a crepe shop is opening on our way home next week.”
“My, crepes… I have never eaten one.”
“Eh!? R-Really? Wait though, crepes are… what were they like… umm…”
Huh? What was a crepe again? What was it like…? Since it’s from Sweets News, I’m sure it’s a sweet…
“…! Look, please check the details from the app? This strawberry crepe looks delicious!”
“……It’s true, it looks delicious. Let’s eat it next week when it opens.”
“Yes, indeed. Let us eat it. Even so, the picture on the shop poster… It is a lovely drawing, isn’t it~.”
Ah, this was a crepe! Lots of whipped cream~. It’s not synthetic food but natural food! As expected of opening a shop in a high-class residential area, it wouldn’t sell unless it was authentic. It’s true, the poster art is cute~… Should I draw something when I get home too? Ah, come to think of it, I can’t draw anymore.
“My LCD tablet broke…”
“It broke…? Did you not break it?”
“It seems the screen cracked during the move.”
“……Oh my. Is that so. Is that so. Hmmm~.”
Ah, she’s angry. Mayumi’s face and tone of voice are obviously displeased!
“I-It’s okay, you know? I can draw analog, take a photo, and import it…”
“I will arrange for the same model. I believe it will arrive tomorrow.”
“Th! That’s, it’s okay!? You always buy me things, it’s no good…”
“I was the one who arranged the moving company. It is my fault for inviting low-quality humans, is it not? This is not buying it for you, it is compensation.”
“Auuu… Guuu… Thank you very much…”
“No, thank you. I am sorry for making you endure until now, okay? Was there anything else broken?”
Mayumi is really scary when angered, so I want her to spend her days smiling without getting angry as much as possible. The group that harassed me touched Mayumi’s reverse scale and everyone got expelled… I’ve never been scolded, but when Mayumi gets angry, basically a storm brews, so I want her not to be angry.
“Nope, nothing.”
“Really? Really, truly? You are not lying?”
“Really, really.”
“……It seems to be true.”
Calling it simple compensation… even though if you look it up, that LCD tablet was incredibly expensive… I get a monthly allowance of 200,000 yen from those people and use the leftover money from that, but I wonder how much money Mayumi can use freely. No, I shouldn’t ask for the answer. I feel like it’s an outrageous, astronomical amount. I heard a rumor she’s already poured over 7 digits into Meltis Online, so it’s definitely better not to ask. There are many things in the world you are happier not knowing.
“Umm… Nn! Treat me well again today when we get home.”
“Yes, you as well.”
Haa~. I feel like I want to go home quickly and play Meltis Online, but I also want to keep chatting with Mayumi at school… What a luxurious conflict~… I’m super happy that I can see Mayumi even after going home.
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My home is an apartment located very close to the academy, a 10-minute walk on the way back. The top floor of this 8-story apartment is where I live. By the way, apparently, rooms from the 1st to 7th floors are all filled with people related to the Nanase Conglomerate. The story was that there just happened to be a vacancy, but occaaaasionally I get anxious wondering if it’s really okay for me to live in such a high-class residential area.
“I’m… ho~me.”
Even if I say “I’m home,” there’s no one to reply, but I just end up saying it. Conversely, if there was a reply, it’d be scary. First, take off shoes and put them in the shoe cleaning machine, put the uniform in the uniform cleaning machine too, and if I press the switch like this~… Hoi! I can go to school in a clean uniform tomorrow too. Underwear is~… Mayumi just told me not to let it pile up and wash it, so let’s wash it properly… Detergent is, um, automatically adjusted, right? Alright, laundry done!!
“Nn~♡ Ba~th♡”
And so, it’s bath time… A house cleaning service cleans this apartment every day, and it’s set so the bath is filled by the time I get home, so I can get in immediately. Fuaaaaaaaah…
“Huh… Aren’t I not doing a single thing for myself…?”
Is this really okay… Will I be able to function properly when I go out into society… Relying on Mayumi for everything like this is definitely bad; I think it’s bad, but…
“Fuaaaaaaaah……”
Right now the bath feels good, so difficult thoughts later… Next time, let’s reflect properly… Bath is the best~~ so wa~rm…!
“I wonder what dinner is today…”
What’s for dinner~… After eating dinner, I prepare for school tomorrow~… I didn’t prepare the food myself either. Just warming up what’s been pre-made every day and eating it. Crap, I really do nothing myself, this is absolutely bad… But if I were to do it myself, I’d have to learn cooking first… I only have experience making macarons out of curiosity. Uuuu… Uuuuu~~…!! Meltis!! Once I get out of the bath and eat dinner, I’m playing Meltis Online!!
“Since it’s come to this, escapism into the virtual world~…”
Today we’re going to the place optimal for leveling that Mayumi mentioned at school. Apparently, if you walk straight along the east coast out of Loray, there’s a cave in the shadow of the rocks, and inside there is a portal to a dungeon entrance! The monster levels seem a bit high, but with our current combat power, we should be able to hunt enough. Ah, today is beef stew! Looks delicious~ Let’s eat!!
Nn~… Real cow meat, delicious~… Synthetic meat and cultured meat have a manufactured sweetness, or rather, they try hard to reproduce it, but it feels like they fall just short of the real taste and texture~. Maybe if it becomes just like the real thing, the real thing won’t sell, so they might be intentionally suppressing quality to prioritize productivity… Thanks for the meal~! Into the dishwasher~…
After that, prep for tomorrow, brush teeth, and then finally there’s nothing to do so it’s escapism time! Get it done quickly… N-No, cavities are scary so let’s brush properly. This is the only thing I have to do myself properly… Now, summoning the great small machine that protects my dental health, Missed-Spot Checker-sama! Now, the score for my brushing is~…? 92 points today! Uu~n, I can’t beat the record of 98 points I got on the first try… The back of the front teeth is surprisingly easy to miss. Yes, I will brush… Thank you for always checking, Missed-Spot Checker-sama…
“Now, theeeen~~??”
Finally, it’s escapism time~!! It became 6:00 PM while I was doing this and that; lock check is okay, so boot up VR Dive System, plunge into the virtual world, and request immediate play of Meltis Online!
[Launching Meltis Online————Welcome back~♡ A pr-e-s-e-n-t from your beloved Babylon-chan, every day♡]
[From Babylon-chan! Daily Login Bonus Day 1 {Apprentice Weapon Selection Box}]
[Good luck~♡ You can choose a broom with that too, you know~♡]
Babylon-sama, Babylon-sama, Babylon-samaaaaa!! I got something like a present box where I can choose a broom too~~!! Uuuh, ooh…!! It’s too precious I’m gonna puke; my Babylon-sama is the best… Aah…!! I feel like I could trip just on Babylon-sama’s login voice…
“Oh, hello~. You look happy from the moment you logged in.”
“Woof! (Ah, she’s back! I’m full!)”
“Big Sis Rinne, welcome back!”
N-No good, I’m already logged in. This is the Guild House lobby; I have to greet everyone…? Only Nap Lover-san, Donta, and Aurelia are here. Is everyone else out somewhere?
“……Hah! N-Nap Lover, san… G-Good, evening… Something, good, happened… Donta~ you were doing well~. You’re full~ good for you. Aurelia too, I’m home~.”
“She can speak normally to everyone but me… Is my affection level still not enough…!”
“Y-Yes…? Did you, say, something…?”
“Nya~a! Nothing! Just thought I have to do my best too~.”
“Is… that, so.”
Alriiight, Peru-chan won’t log in until later, so let’s start from where we left off yesterday. First, Animate Fetish…? Was that it? Use that to select the broom from this login bonus present box! Apprentice Witch Broom! Lowest rarity, Common! Naturally, no empty slots for cards! A weapon at a level where it makes no difference whether equipped or not; doubtful if it can even be called a weapon! This is perfect for practicing making Cursed Objects; best of all, with this level of performance, it won’t hurt at all if I fail.
What was needed for Animate Fetish was three items: [Vessel], [Corpse], and [Cursed Item], right? The vessel is the broom… so I just need to prepare a corpse and a cursed item! I wonder if they sell cursed items at the auction…? No, I don’t even know what a cursed item looks like in the first place, so I can’t search for it! Ah, maybe Nap Lover-san knows… Should I ask?
“Um…”
“Yes yes? What is it~? Ask anything~.”
“Do you, k-know about, cursed, items…?”
“Cursed items? Ah~ we have them. Literally rotting with them~. There are Cursed Coins in the guild storage, so take as many as you like~.”
“Th-Thank you, very, much…!”
“No problem~. Is it for some quest~?”
“Y-Yes.”
Sorry, that’s a lie. I’m not using it for a quest. I can’t start saying ‘I’m making cursed equipment now,’ so please let it be a quest…
[Opened Guild Storage. Player Name, Item Name, and Time of deposits and withdrawals are recorded accurately.]
“Umm… Th-This many…!?”
When I peeked into the guild storage, there were over 200 items called Cursed Coins. I don’t know where you get them, but maybe they are quite easy to obtain? This coin seems to have a terrifying curse: ‘If you do a coin toss with this coin, you will definitely lose sight of the coin, and it will definitely hit the forehead of the person who tossed it.’ What a terrifyingly… cute curse.
“……It’s too mysterious an item.”
“Woof~? (Food?)”
“Not food. That’s right, Donta~ take me to the coast?”
“Woof!”
“Aurelia~ can you house-sit for just a bit? I’ll be back soon~.”
“Yes! Understood!”
So, since I managed to get the cursed item, Donta and I decided to go to the coast alone. This time is for making a present for Aurelia, so let’s have her house-sit. The rugged Slimes from the rocky area yesterday would probably make a rugged broom, so I thought I’d check out the monsters in the coastal area, and if there was a good one, use it as material for Animate Fetish.
“I’ve gotten used to Donta’s full sprint, so you can run vigorously.”
“Woooof!! (Ya~ay!!)”
Uo———I-I thought I was used to it, but Donta’s sudden acceleration is still too fast…! I feel gravitational acceleration on the level of suddenly hitting top speed on a roller coaster!!
“Go to the sea! The way with lots of sand!”
“Woof!!”
Yes, yes~ a big doggo is passing through the main street~! Everyone move aside~!! Wow~ amazing. A distance that would take 20 or 30 minutes if I walked is reached in an instant riding Donta. I don’t want to think about life without Donta anymore. And so, to the coastal area~… Arrival~!!
“Donta, find a monster!”
“Woof…?”
“Eh, that big bivalve is a monster? The type that hides in its shell, huh~… Donta, try punching it to see how it reacts.”
“Woof~! (Doing it~!)”
The first thing we found was a bivalve monster. Is it about the size of my face? It’s pretty big. There seem to be a few in the distance too. When moving, it uses the recoil of opening and closing its mouth pako-pako as propulsion to hop around. When found, it withdraws into its shell to take a defensive stance. Well, Donta should be able to stomp this flat, probably.
“Woooof~~!! (Ouuu—ch!!)”
[Ghost Shell closed its shell; Donta’s foreleg was pinched.]
I can tell without you reporting that in the battle log. To think he’d get pinched by a clam before punching it; he really is clumsy even after getting stronger… Ah, that’s why his name is Donta…
“Wooooof~!? (Ouuuu—ch!?)”
[Big Crab pinched Donta’s tail with its pincer. Donta is writhing in agony.]
Ooh~n… He’s eating a combination attack from monsters~… A crab with a dead-straight name; this one is about the same size as the shell… looks painful~… No, but this is actually quite interesting; systematically, the damage Donta is taking is zero. Attacks that don’t hinder life activity seem to be zero damage. Just like stubbing your pinky toe on a dresser doesn’t kill you, Donta’s vitality isn’t lost from this level of attack.
“Woof!! (I’m mad now~~!!)”
[Donta activated {Bite}, dealt 1 damage to Ghost Shell.]
“Wooooof… (Hard~~…)”
Ah, this is no good. Neither side has a finishing move; this will take a lifetime at this rate. Here, can’t be helped, I’ll take them out.
“Pierce, Curse Spear!”
[Activated {Curse Spear}, dealt 1 damage to Ghost Shell. Inflicted {Cursed} status.]
“Pierce, Curse Spear!”
[Activated {Curse Spear}, dealt 1 damage to Big Crab. Inflicted {Cursed} status.]
[Ghost Shell died from curse slip damage. Gained 3600 EXP.]
[Big Crab died from curse slip damage. Gained 3400 EXP.]
I can’t be satisfied by this amount of EXP anymore~.
“Alright. Well done, Donta.”
“Woof~… (Getting pinched hurt~…)”
“If I were pinched, my limbs would probably have been torn off.”
[Coffined {Ghost Shell (Lv. 36)} in {Morgue 3}.]
[Coffined {Big Crab (Lv. 34)} in {Morgue 4}.]
Ooh~ coffining in the Morgue is interesting. A coffin appeared from nowhere, placed the monster inside, turned into black mist, and disappeared. It’s inside my corpse-exclusive inventory! I see, I see, I’m understanding the usability! If I keep Morgue 1 and 2 open for Donta and Aurelia at all times, it means if they get taken out by chance, they’ll enter here and avoid erasure.
Then, shall I perform the main event, Animate Fetish, right away~? First, summon the coffined monster along with the morgue! Monsters naturally disappear in about 30 seconds, but with this method, they don’t seem to disappear on their own, so no worries even if I fumble around without knowing the procedure! Umm, take out the Apprentice Witch Broom I exchanged earlier, take out the Cursed Coin… is one enough? I brought 10 just in case. I’ll just take out one for now!
“Touch the vessel with left hand, activation word… umm…?”
Left hand touches the broom, and the Cursed Coin is~… place it on the corpse? Then chant the activation word “Devote” towards the corpse!
“Devote! Woah!”
The magic circle on the back of my left hand glowed! Did it activate with this!? Woah, woah… All the items are melting into pitch black mud… Is this mixing together…?
[{Apprentice Witch Broom} has been cursed!]
[{Apprentice Witch Broom} has mutated!]
[{Little Witch Broom – Silver Sea} has become a Cursed Object!]
[Acquired {Little Witch Broom – Silver Sea}.]
Is it done? Is it done!? Ooh~ until just now it looked like a shabby witch broom you could find anywhere, but now the handle has silver decorations, and small seashells and tiny starfish are stuck to it, decorating it cutely! It might be cute… It might be quite cute! This will be Aurelia’s weapon~… It can be used as a normal broom too, right? Is the durability okay? Let’s try using it a bit~…
Zaaaaa……
Eh……? Just now, when I swept the ground with the broom, I heard the quiet sound of waves? It wasn’t the sound of waves from the sea, right? Once more! This time with different timing…
Zaaaaa……
It’s definitely from this broom!! It has a super stylish function attached~~! That’s super good, cute~! Ah, it’s already appraised! I can see the stats, so let’s look~.
The wave sound effect is a curse~! If it’s such a cute curse, I want as many as possible! But the other curse is halving Fire Attribute Magic power~… Yet the increase in Water Attribute Magic power is 1.3 times? Doesn’t feel worth it… Ah! Does that number below the 1.3x increase if I do that ‘enhancement’ thing Peru-chan mentioned? Since it’s Unique, the safety range is up to +5… Once it goes above Uncommon, was it ★2 Magic Crystals that were needed? Maybe I’ll try it at the Guild House when we get back.
“Alright, let’s go back.”
“Woof~? (Not fighting more?)”
“We only came to make a present for Aurelia this time, so we’re going back.”
“Woof! (Got it! Next time we come I’ll beat ’em up~!)”
Anyway, let’s enhance this broom before giving it! Can I make a Fire Attribute strengthening broom if I defeat Fire Attribute monsters? Let’s try making one if there’s another chance! Now, ride Donta… No! The thing Peru-chan used yesterday! From the Guild Menu, select the portal to the Loray Guild House, and execute! Look, it appeared~! We can go back with this~!
“Oyo? That was fast~. Welcome back~.”
“I’m home, Nap Lover-san…”
“Woof~~”
I feel like Donta greets properly better than me… I really need to do something about my trash-tier communication skills where I can’t speak well with anyone other than Peru-chan… Anyway, let’s check the price of ★2 Magic Crystals! Umm…
“Auction? Are you looking for something~?”
“M, Magic… Crystals…”
“Which rarity do you want~?”
“★2…”
“If it’s ★2 Magic Crystals, I have a deathly amount of surplus, so you can take them~.”
“Th-Thank, you…”
“No problem~. Fufu~ good luck~.”
“Y-Yes!”
Nap Lover-san really looks after me… It feels like my growth is being watched over; I’m a little happy…! Enhancement is, um… where should I do it?
“Enhancement~?”
“Y-Yes…”
“For enhancement, see that huge oven-looking thing in the corner of the lobby? If you toss the Magic Crystals and equipment in there, you can do it~. There’s a sticky note with the safety ranges, so check while you do it~.”
“Thank you, very much…!”
“No prob, no prob~. Fufu…♪”
Umm, grateful…! This oven-looking thing is the enhancement machine. Since it’s placed next to the fireplace, I thought it was a cooking appliance or something. Do I just toss them in here? The safety range is +5, so—ah! There’s a command to insert up to the safety range all at once! Then, with this!
[Starting One-Shot Safe Enhancement… {Little Witch Broom・Silver Sea +5} is complete!]
“Ooh~… It went from 1.3 to 1.8…!”
The multiplier increased after enhancing! Does it increase by 0.1x for every +1? Ah, no! The next +6 increases by 0.2… Wow~ I see, I understand the feeling of wanting to over-enhance~… But this is the only one I have so I won’t do it! If I break the present, it defeats the purpose! Now, where is Aurelia~?
“Aurelia~ where are you~?”
“Ah, yes! I was in the library, reading books!”
Library? Heeh~ there’s even a library inside the Guild House! Aurelia is studious. Maybe I should read books too if I have free time next time? Well, present first right now!
“Here, a present for Aurelia! Witches need brooms, right?”
“Is, is this really okay? Mast—”
“Big Sis.”
“B-Big Sis! Thank you very much! Wow~… It is cute!”
Yeah, yeah, Aurelia is cuter. I’m happy she’s happy!
“Um, Big Sis. Could you please call me Lia…?”
“Ehh? Then, from today, Lia… Doesn’t feel right, is Lia-chan okay?”
“Yes! Ehehe…”
Ooh, hearing her say I can call her by a nickname makes me feel like affection points went up, so I’m hyped~. Let’s call her Lia-chan from now on.
Even so, she’s still wearing the avatar the guild ladies dressed her in yesterday; is that okay? Umm, she’s wearing [Little Witch Hat], [Little Witch One-piece], [White Socks], [Little Witch Pumps]. It’d be bad if I didn’t return them, right?
“Ah, right right~. They said Aurelia-chan can keep the avatar~. They’re a bunch who get satisfied by dressing a cute girl in cute avatars, so just accept it for them~. They’ll actually be sad if you return it~.”
“Y-Yes! I will say thank you, later!”
“That’s good~… Oh… Your chatting with me is getting smoother… Affection UP…”
We can keep it. Then next time I make a nice Cursed Object equipment, I’ll give it as a present in return! I can say thank you together then!
“Hehh~, is that broom a weapon~? I thought mages only used Staffs and Wands~.”
“It seems to be for, Apprentice Witches. It seems… useless without the Broom Control skill.”
“To equip a broom, you need the Broom Control skill~! Heeh~~~… Can you fly?”
“F-Fly…?”
“Can I fly…? I-I will try my best!”
It seems with the Broom Control skill effect, Lia-chan can keep the broom floating fluffy around her body without holding it with her hands. The idea is that applying that, if she sits on the broom, maybe she can fly? True, witches have the image of flying on brooms but…
“I, I might be able to… Ei.”
“Oh, she flew.”
“Amazing, she’s flying!”
“Woof woof~~!! (Amazing!!)”
“……!!”
Lia-chan seems to be able to fly on the broom! If she fights using magic while flying through the air like this, it would be cool~……… Umm? Aurelia-chan isn’t moving an inch?
“I-I cannot get down~~!!”
“Arara, floating was all she could manage~.”
“Lia-chan calm down, stretch your legs to the ground, slowly, extend your knees…”
“Kn-Knees, kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaa——!!”
Ah——… Lia-chan flew vertically——… Control is still difficult, huh——…
[Aurelia hit her head on the ceiling.]
“Ha-nyaa!! Hawawa…”
“Ah, she’s falling~.”
“Donta, catch!!”
“W-Woof~~!?”
She hit her head on the ceiling and fell. Good job Donta, nice catch. Since there’s no damage display, she’s probably not injured, right? Just because she has the Broom Control skill doesn’t mean she can master it perfectly; practice is needed~.
“Donta-san, thank you very much…”
“Donta-san.”
“Right, Aurelia-chan calls Don-chan ‘Donta-san’~. He is technically her senior? I guess~.”
“Woof~ (Ehem)”
“It feels super weird. Lia-chan, ‘Don-chan’ or something is fine for Donta, you know?”
“Once we become, closer friends…!”
“Then to become closer friends, let’s have Donta-san look after you. Donta, be a cushion until Lia-chan can fly well.”
“Woof!?”
“Donta-san, please! I will do my very best!”
“Wo… woof! (L-Leave it to me!)”
Anyway, until Peru-chan comes, let’s have Donta-san look after Lia-chan until she can fly the broom well. Good for you Lia-chan, you can practice with a cushion in this spacious Guild House lobby!
“Oh? Logged in and Aurelia-chan is flying! Hahaha!”
“Baldie, hello~.”
“Baldie-san. Good, evening…!”
“Woof woof~!”
“Yo!”
“Baldie-sama, good ev—kyaaaaaaaa——!!”
“W-Watch out!!”
“Look, Donta-san! Cushion, cushion!!”
“Wooof~~!?”
Distracted by Kasho no Yume’s chef, Baldie-san, logging in, this time she flew sideways. Donta-san, nice cushion.
Lia-chan is shaking while riding the broom, making her even cuter~… What is this; I feel like I’m watching a small child learn to ride a bicycle. Baldie-san is gradually getting used to this sight too, watching warmly like ‘She’s working hard~…’. Though his head is bald so it looks cold. His watchful gaze is warm…
“Wa, wa… wa…!”
“Don’t try to move the broom; isn’t it better to imagine moving by shifting your center of gravity~?”
“L-Like this, kya, wa, hyaaaaaaa——!!”
“Woof woof~!!”
“This looks like it’ll take a while! Hahaha!”
“Yes, Eris-chan has arrived from another channel after sniffing out a wonderful flying little girl~.”
“Eris, stay away. Next to me.”
“Yo!”
“Gue~~… Ah, Rinne-san good evening~. Sorry for not greeting you properly yesterday? My name is Eris Margaret. I’m a Sword Dancer.”
“Rinne. Likewise, greetings… sorry…”
“Ah, sorry for dressing Aurelia-chan in an avatar without asking too~.”
“N-No, rather, thank, you…!”
Eris-san, who has a restraining order regarding Lia-chan, has arrived. Her job is Sword Dancer; apparently derived from Thief-type jobs. Like Reiji-san, she doesn’t seem to belong to the Church. Well, she’s a Thief… Surprisingly, her performance leans towards support, and her attacks are treated as magic—a job that sounds mismatched just hearing about it. Nap Lover-san also said, ‘It’s a job with quite high difficulty~’.
“Haa~~… A young witch girl trying her best, supreme… so cute~~…”
“Yep yep, cute. It’s useless to try and get closer little by little, okay?”
“Inhaaaaaale…… Haaaaaaaah…… The Lolinium is thin from afar… I want to inhale up close…”
“That part of Eris is, you know, hmm…”
Eris-san seems to be an extreme lolicon pervert; she performs a ritual called [Little Girl Inhalation] indiscriminately whenever she senses little girl elements. But, there is a part of me that understands a little… Lia-chan is cute after all; she has a cuteness that makes you want to inhale. I won’t deny it, but doing it boldly in public is questionable…!!
“I-I feel like I’m gradually getting the hang of it!!”
“Ooh~. Not jerky movements, but flying fluffily now~.”
“Where did you get that broom~??”
“Ma… de it…”
“Haee~………….. Ha? Made it?”
“Eh? You made that?”
“Ah!? You made that!?”
“Eh, yes…”
“””Seriously!?”””
Ah, what do I do? Everyone’s interest shifted from Lia-chan to me; THIS is trouble, absolutely trouble… I’m not used to talking yet, I might hyperventilate…!!!
“Hmm~, if it becomes okay to tell us, please teach us by all means~!”
“I won’t pry excessively. That’s the rule here.”
“Heeh~. You can make weapons~… I’ll keep quiet~.”
“Y-Yes… Thank, you.”
They sensed I got nervous all at once!! Super good people!! Love them!!
“…Come to think of it, Peru-chan is waiting, right?”
“That, is right.”
Right, Peru-chan! Peru-chan isn’t coming; I wonder what happened?
“Should be soon…”
Soon? Ah, it’s almost 7:00 PM——
“OH-HOHOHOHO!!! Everyone, good evening~~! Perseus has arrived, waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa——!?”
“Kyaaaaaaaaa——!! Perseus-sama, I’m sorrryyyy!!”
——Umm, what timing… An accident occurred the instant Peru-chan logged in. The collision site of a magical girl and an Ojou-sama is here…
“Ah~~ I knew it’d be there~!!”
“It hurts…!!”
“Bwahahahahaha!! She comes out right on time!! A—hahahahaha!!”
“Woof! (Golden spinny thing, became a cushion!)”
“She always comes at exactly 7:00 PM right~. But for Aurelia-chan to pass by at that exact moment, what miraculous timing~.”
“Peru-chan, I saw it…”
“A-chan please, please forget it!!! Aurelia-chan, were you okay!? Nothing hurts!?”
“I-I am okay! I am the one who should apologize! I couldn’t stop!!”
“I am happy if there are no injuries! Speaking of witches, they fly on brooms; were you practicing flight?”
“Y-Yes!”
“Hard worker, aren’t you~.”
Wow, a sight you don’t usually see. Peru-chan, a miraculous scene…!
“Fu, fufufu…! Ah—…!! So weird, it was supposed to be elegant…!”
“Aah~~!! It is embarrassing, please forget it~~…”
Ah—really, Meltis Online is fun. It would be the best if days like this continued. Now then, let’s watch over Lia-chan’s flight training just a little longer, then go out with Peru-chan. Should I organize my inventory first? Ah! Right, I still have this!
“……Come to think of it, what should I do with this?”
The Wolf Headband, it sells high, right? What should I do with this? Put it up on the auction?
“……”
“……”
“……”
“Ah, what will you do with that? Sell it?”
H-Huh…? Somehow, Nap Lover-san, Baldie-san, and Eris-san’s eyes changed…? I feel like they did…………?
“1 million.”
“1.5.”
“I’ll pay 2.”
“2.5.”
“I’ll pay 3.”
“3.3!”
“3.8 I guess~~~.”
“4!!!!”
Eh, eh, eh, eh, what, what are those numbers? Surely not, no surely not, that’s not money, right? You don’t mean 4 million Silver, right…!?
“5 million! I’ll pay 5 million!! Baldie, you don’t need it!”
“It’d be funny if a bald guy had dog ears!!”
“Abso~~~lutely not needed Baldie, the joke character vibe is too much!”
“W-Wait a moment!? Rinne-san has not said she will sell yet!?”
“That’s right!!”
“Well!?”
“Well!?”
W-Well, I’m not the type to wear this kind of thing and…
“I want to sell, but…”
“We should hold a fair auction within the guild! If everyone finds out you bought it from Rinne-san cheaply just because you happened to be here, you will absolutely be resented!”
“A sound argument… so sound I can’t even retort…!!”
“If it comes to that, it’s dangerous. Gotta go make money for the auction…”
“Eris-chan will make money too~~!!”
It’s a Wolf Headband, you know? Everyone calm down…? Is one of these… worth that much…!?
“……Rinne-san, you do not seem to understand the value, so to use an analogy: if Gothic & Lolita Co. announced a ridiculously cute new work limited to only one piece with no plans for resale, and there was a possibility you could get it, you would want it, correct?”
“I want it.”
“It is like that.”
“I seeeee…!”
I see, I see, so it’s like that~! Then yeah, I want it.
“Putting out a guild notice~~…”
“Can I temporarily entrust this to you, Nap Lover-san…?”
“……What if she runs off with it?”
“I talk like this but I absolutely won’t do that, so no problem leaving it with me.”
“Ehehe~… Is Saturday night this week okay for holding it~?”
“That is, fine.”
Let’s leave this Wolf Headband with Nap Lover-san. It’d be bad if I dropped it or lost it somehow… Anyway, the auction is the night after next.
“Then, paste this avatar info on the guild board and… How’s this!”
[Guild Auction will be held Saturday at 9:00 PM. Those wishing to bid, please mail Nap Lover.]
“Starting to look forward to it…”
“Uwahh~~. Definitely buying, definitely buying, definitely buying…!!”
“Rinne-san, I’ll keep this safe for you~! I’m shutting myself in here starting today!”
“Starting today too, right?”
“I’m going to the Sea Cave Dungeon today to level up~.”
“Ah, true~ your level is going up~.”
“Thank you, very much.”
I didn’t think it would become such a big deal… It went up to 5 million right here, so the price looks like it’ll jump even more on the day. Scary~…
“Nn! I got the knack of it!”
“Ooh~. Amazing, flying freely swiftly~.”
“Lia-chan is amazing! Then all that’s left is actual combat!”
“Yes! I want to try actual combat! This time for sure, I will show I can be useful!”
It seems Lia-chan can ride the broom well now! Then let’s go hunting at last; to avenge the uselessness of yesterday, onward to actual combat~!
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What is the meaning of this… Just when I thought Rinne had appeared before the Eye of Darkness again, the corpse housing a powerful grudge that was recovered earlier in that forest has regained a body. That little witch seems to possess extraordinary mana contrary to her appearance. In terms of mana alone, there is no mistake that she far surpasses the current Orvis. To think she grew this fast in the short time I looked away; indeed, she was an existence not to be underestimated. My eyes did not deceive me…!
“Our King of Graves, I found it! I have discovered a person possessing mana closely resembling the mana that corpse bore!”
“Ooh, to think you still remember the corpse’s mana. Well found, Orvis!”
“Because it was extremely distinctive mana, I remembered.”
“So, from where did this Death Knight drift to the Talash woods and lose its life?”
“West of Talash, in the desert nation of Stellaverce.”
To oppose Rinne, I also need even more powerful subordinates. I must move before Rinne makes her move. Loray carries the danger of an encounter with Rinne, or in the worst case, a clash and death match. It is regrettable to leave Loray without touching it at all, but moving locations would be the wise judgment.
“Let us go, Orvis. To transform this world into our grave marker.”
“Yes. To bring silence to the world.”
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