Chapter 815: Freabell Nidzveld ④ (1/2)

After the man thanked her several times and we watched him leave, Frea-san and I moved to the coffee shop as we had originally planned.

[My comrade, I'm sorry that I took up so much of your time earlier. At least allow me to have it here.]

[Ah, yes. Well then, I'll be taking up on your offer then.]

I thought about refusing her offer for a moment, but then I nodded, thinking that it would be rude to refuse, since Frea-san had the image that she values lending and borrowing, or rather, a sense of duty and humanity.

However, if it were Dr. Vier or someone like her, I think there would be some arguments as to who would pay. The reason why I was able to nod my head in agreement was probably that Frea-san had this Elder Sister-like feel around her. Well, there's also the fact that Dr. Vier is so strangely intimate with me that it's hard to believe that she's much older than me……

When I entered the restaurant, told her how many of us there were, and was shown to our seats, the waitress glanced at the kiseru pipe in Frea-san's waist holder and spoke with a smile.

[Ma'am, would you like to borrow a smoking magic tool?]

[No, I already have my own, so I don't need one.]

[Understood.]

How should I say this…… That's a rather unusual exchange…… I mean, I was curious about what a smoking magic tool was, so I decided to ask Frea-san after I finished my order.

[Ummm, Frea-san, what was that smoking magic tool the waitress mentioned earlier?]

[Unnn? Ahh, that's right, you are from another world, aren't you, comrade? If so, it's no wonder you don't know it.]

As she said this, Frea-san took out a green magic tool from her pocket. It was spherical in shape, and about the size of a ping-pong ball…… the purity of the magic crystal attached to it doesn't seem to be that high.

When Frea-san flicked the magic tool upward with her thumb, it faintly glowered and began spinning around Frea-san.

[This is a magic tool used for when you're smoking. Simply put, it's a magic tool that absorbs smoke and purifies it into normal air.]

[Ahh, I see, that means people around you won't inhale secondhand smoke if you have it.]

[That's right. Basic manners of a smoker, it's something I always carry at hand. Well, if you're good at Wind-type Alteration Magic, you can do the same thing without the use of magic tools, but I'm not good with Wind-Attribute Magic.]

Hearing Frea-san's words, Ozma-san came to my mind. Whenever he smoked in front of me, he would use magic to prevent the smoke from reaching me, so I guess you could say that this is a magic tool version of what he did.

[I see, that's very convenient.]

[Yeah, but it has its faults. Being a magic tool in itself makes it expensive. Only the wealthy would personally own one. This is why most stores that allow smoking would have this magic tool available for rent.]

[I see.]

[Also, even when it makes use of a fairly advanced technique, this magic tool could basically only be used by one person.]