Chapter 37: To the Dragon Continent (2/2)
Ojousama, who at one time had walked the path of magic devices, started explaining.
[As a magician, she is a genius regarding magic devices. The [Rainbow Sword] that she made while she was schooling in the Dragon Continent University was a groundbreaking invention that overturned the conventional wisdom about magic stones.]
The Prism sword is — A sword that could change attributes by swapping over fire, water, wind, and other magic stones.
At that time, the established theory is that one can’t swap over attribute magic stones that had been implanted.
The Magic Stone Princess overturned that and made a magic sword that could swap over attribute magic stones.
Since then, she had been called the [Magic Stone Princess] by magic stone professionals.
“Recently she had been developing a [Focused Mana Charging Method] that could shorten the time to charge up magic stones from 30 days to 15 days, and raised her fame further.”
Ojousama heard Rano’s story and made an astonished expression.
As someone who had her eyes on magic devices, she would certainly understand how hard it is to shorten the charging time by half.
I pressed Rano for more
「それでその『魔石姫』の話と『ＡＫ４７』がどう繋がるんですか？」
“So what relation would this [Magic Stone Princess] have to the [AK-47]?”
“That person told merchants that she would pay any price asked for information about [Metal-flinging Magic Devices] [AK-47] and [M-10]. All the merchants got greedy and gathered news about those and objects that they think may be one of those to send to her, but mostly they got the wrong things and rather than reward, they received angry words in return.”
Somehow he seems to be troubled and caressed his head.
“I also tried collecting information, but somehow some other merchant seems to have seen a girl having something similar in the Fairy Human Continent Magic School. But no matter how much he tried to pay her she won’t let go of the [Metal-flinging Magic Device]. However, just the news of her seemed to have fetched quite a price.”
“Could it be that that Magic School Student’s name is [Snow]?”
“Yes yes. So you do know something. Would you care to tell me about her if you do? If you know something good about this Snow person we might be able to buy that thing off of her. If we could we’ll be well rewarded you know. In fact, I could transport you two to the Fairy Human Continent for free. The reward money from the Magic Stone Princess would be more than enough to cover that cost after all.”
“Know her? This “Snow person” is my fiancée..”
“F, fiancée! Is that true!?”
Rano made an astonished face at my answer.
[…. Lute-oniichan, has a fiancée?]
“Yes, she’s my childhood friend from the orphanage we grew up in.”
When she heard my answer Ojousama’s battle fever from before died out for some reason, and she tightly held her chest, with her eyes downcast.
As I tried to talk to Ojousama, I was cut off by Rano’s agitated questioning
“If what Lute said is true, then I’m a very lucky person! If I brought Lute to the Magic Stone Princess she’s going to reward me well!”
“Oh, I’m very sure she’d be willing to pay even more.”
I denied Rano’s monologue.
“After all, that [Metal-flinging Magic Device] was made by me.”
With that, it was decided where Ojousama and I would go.
To the Dragon Continent where the Magic Stone Princess lives—.