Chapter 18 (1/2)

The Next Morning

「Well then Chief, I’m off~!」

After pa.s.sing by Taotaou Hanten, we proceed to the north gate.

「Did your parent’s say nothing about this matter?」

「Un? Ahh, after I said 『I’m going to go steal the demon lord’s sword for a bit~』 my whole family fell off of their chairs」

「Of course! You idiot!」

As expected of me, I retorted with full force!

「But, did you know that before I started working at 『Taotaou Hanten,』I was part of the famous 『House of Banditry』?So stealing a cursed sword or two is nothing~♪」

…… So, then why did all of your family members fall off of their chairs……

「A former 『Thief』 huh… Furthermore, you’re living here in the 《Furthest Town》……. Fumu…… Tao-san, don’t you have any interest in joining the hero’s party?」

Hey.

Don’t try to add to the confusion.

「A-ah, this conversation also happened in the past but……」

「? What happened?」

「Ye~ah, somehow I stole some items from the hero? And they wouldn’t let me in their party anymore?」

「I think Tao-san should stay in Kazuha’s party.」

Hey.

Rather, you didn’t make Taotao Hanten with that money right…

「Ah-! It’s been a while since I’ve been on a journey~! It’s kinda exciting~♪」

「But, we’re heading to the『Castle of the Demon lord, the Tome of Bad Luck』 you know…….」

「It can’t be helped, right? ‘Cause Tao seems to be a China Girl fully loaded with M thoughts」

「Oh? How did you know~? To tell Kazuha the truth, did you think that I wouldn’t notice how you were staring at my b.r.e.a.s.t.s yesterday~?」

「*startle*」

「Do you……/// like them big……?///」

「Please stop Tao-san…… Kazuha might go out of control again.」

When did I go out of control!?

「Che~. You’re no fun……」

After saying that, Tao draw her dagger from her waist.

「Hee…… So is that Tao’s 『Weapon of expertise』?」

It’s a dagger with a distorted figure of some sort. There are also some small holes along its length…?

「This is a 《Knuckle Dagger,》 an unusual weapon that’s commonly found in the orient.」

Tao opened up her status window and chose 《Wind》 from the 《Magic》 list .

「Hmm? You can use magic?」

「Yes. A few enchantments」

Tao picked 《Rate Enhancement》 from the 《Wind》 category and used it on her 《Knuckle Dagger》.

「……Hee. You use enchantments in an unusual way.」

Right. I thought so.

Normally, enchantments are a type of magic that is used on humans or monsters, not weapons.

So why’d you use it on your weapon?

「If I do this, then its effect time will exponentially rise. But, unlike when enchanting the body, when it’s used on weapons if I drop my weapon the effects will wear off~」