Chapter 55 (1/2)
Chapter 55
Chapter 55 : The smell of the knight’s oath is an armoury
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‘Mirror of Truth’
[Type]
Cosmetic Tool
[Name]
‘That One Specific’ Compact
[Description]
‘That one specific’ transformation spell.
Can transform into humans encountered previously.
Face only.
30 minutes.
[Magic Properties]
Transformation C
[Spiritual Protection]
None
[Owner]
Jirou Ayase
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I cast ‘Mirror of Truth’ once more on the item I just purchased from the secondhand store.
“I guess this means it’s a transforming magic item after all, huh.”
A compact was a makeup item that consisted of powder or foundation and a puff, with a mirror on the back of the lid.
However the inside of this one was completely empty, and it’s only worth was in the mirror on the inside of the lid. The price was also based on the value of the mirror at 300 el (which was still pretty expensive).
While I didn’t know whether the contents were empty because they were lost over the years or simply used up, it didn’t seem to have an effect on the ‘transformation ability’ so it wasn’t a problem.
Yes, the transformation ability.
The day after I sold the velvet for six gold coins to Chubby, I decided to put the past behind me and go all-out spending! Thus, we went window-shopping.
I was appraising interesting items with the skill ‘Mirror of Truth’ before buying them when I found this compact.
The shop owner had said “It’s still useable if you put some powder inside it!”, not realising it was an item with a special ability.
It seemed like the people here were oblivious to the special effects of items, just like when I bought my magic sword and Marina’s halberd.
Though it may just be due to their low appraisal ability… but even so, this level of ability was way too low.
Even without a broken ability like ‘Mirror of Truth’, they should still have something more than this. Wasn’t there anyone with an appraisal vocation out there?
But I suppose that meant I could get magical items like this at a much cheaper price. They were hard to come by even at secondhand stores, so searching for magic items was actually quite tough, but I was actually thinking of slowly collecting them to open a high-cla.s.s magic item speciality store in the future.
Then, I could sell the cheap items with special effects I had collected and sell them for 100 gold coins…
But that aside, I decided I would test the transformation ability of the compact after returning to the mansion. Since it seemed like it could be abused easily, it might end up shelved instead.
Next stop, the armoury!
I had a few weapons already, but the only armour I had was the mythril gauntlet I purchased before. I wanted to buy more soon.
In reality, I only ever travelled between the mansion and Erishe and had never run into any danger before, but I wanted to dress Marina in a more knightly outfit. For my own self-satisfaction.
“So, can you choose an armour for Marina? One that’s cool and knightly.”
I could have asked the old man at the store, but I had professionals with me today—Rebecca-san and Hetty-san. I’m trusting you guys!
“Aren’t you going to buy any for Diana-sama?”
Hetty-san s
uddenly interjected. Well, it was true that I was showing a little favouritism towards Marina in terms of gear. Marina already had the halberd and gauntlet too. I bought Diana a plain robe so that she wouldn’t attract attention, but I hadn’t bought a weapon for her yet…
“I’ve prepared something separately for Diana, so please focus on Marina for today.”
I had already ordered something on the net, actually.
“Is that so. I apologise for my hasty a.s.sumption.”
“Oh, no no. I understand Hetty-san’s concern. It’s true that I don’t have weapons or armour for Diana.”
“Right. But wasn’t it fine that way? You’re doing business in the town, so you don’t need weapons.”
The reason why I always walked around with a sword and Marina always carried her halberd was for protection inside and outside the town.
…But that was just an excuse.
The real reason was because swords were cool! Though it was a rather chuunibyou desire of mine… But like, weren’t swords just so cool? You can’t help but admire them!
Of course, they could win against any demon beast attacks too! Or so I thought, but to put it frankly, it’s way too peaceful here.
Even if any monsters sp.a.w.ned, Sh.e.l.lo-san would just one-shot them anyway.
The town was swarming with sca~ry military officers, so the public security was good and there were very few criminals.
I was a little nervous about running into the bandits typical of a fantasy-world outside the town, but I hadn’t even seen a glimpse of such a thing.
However, even the partially developed roads were dangerous once you travelled to other cities, so many merchants would use slaves for protection. Chubby’s slaves seemed more like a troop too.
So it was completely normal for a merchant’s slaves to be armed. I just didn’t have a need for that yet.
“I tend to get careless and wind up in trouble quite often. It’d be too late if something actually happened, so I thought I’d have her protect me.”
“So that’s why you bought her…”
“W-Well, yeah, basically. Exactly that.”
I couldn’t care less about protection, I bought her because she was a dark elf. I didn’t regret a thing. …But it was too late to admit that now.
Although Rebecca-san might have noticed my less than pure motives.
“Marina will protect my liege with her life!”
Marina replied enthusiastically.
Where did she get all that energy from? I wouldn’t mind if she was a little more laid-back. While I certainly appreciated it, I also felt some guilt so I had mixed feelings about it.
In Diana’s case, it didn’t bother me as much as she wasn’t really a slave.
Though she would sometimes create her own distance.
If I had to make a comparison, Diana was a free-spirited cat while Marina was a loyal dog who charged into things head-first.
Then, one and half hours later, after combining the opinions of Rebecca-san and Hetty-san with my own personal tastes, a hybrid item of practicality and KAWAII was completed.
“Hehe, this is kind of embarra.s.sing.”
Marina came out of the fitting room fidgeting restlessly.
There was no need for her to try the armour on in the fitting room, but I wanted to see the finished form so I had her put everything on.