33 Episode 32 Sword and Magic Light (1/2)

So, I went deeper into the cave and found a hole in the wall and a room.

Is that the source?　What was in there?

The next morning, I was sitting at a table in the charcoal shop, reporting to Mr. Gaither about yesterday's events. It was supposed to be used for business meetings, but it seemed that all the customers at the charcoal shop were regulars.

I've never seen it in use.

My first thought was to go to the Tankokai, but upon reflection I realized that I didn't know where it was.

I had no choice but to go to the charcoal shop, where I was immediately summoned.

”A lantern, a human bone, a sword, and a report. I defeated a demon on the way, is there any problem that the loot is mine?

The room is not mine, by the way, so the contents of the room are yours as well, since you are only paying to rent the coal mine, which is common property.

Mr. Geinta thinks for a moment and then replies.

So that's it, I've got your word for it. I take everything out of the item box and place them on the table.

The wisp core is also there.

”I've never seen a sword like this before, it's rather slender but the blade is long, I feel like it would break if I swung it hard enough, is it for poking or something?

I don't know, but it seems that the sharpness improves when you pass magic power through it, so I'm going to use it from now on.

I didn't see how sharp it was before I passed it through the magic, but I'm pretty sure that passing it through the magic had some effect on it.

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Then Mr. Gainta cut off his words.

”Hmm, ...... a paper report and a nice ...... artifact?

I think so, the performance of this sword is beyond that of any other sword, and this report is also written in a different language.

He pointed at the report. As I flipped through it, the paper didn't seem to have deteriorated much. It might be like Japanese paper.

Can I have a look?

Without asking for an answer, Mr. Gaither turns the page.

”I don't know the language. ...... Wait a minute, you just said ”report”, how did you know this was a report?

”Oh, .......

That was careless. I could read it so naturally that I completely forgot that I originally couldn't even read the title.

It would have been better if I had lied about it, but I guess it's too late now. I'll give it a try.

”Well, the format of the report is similar to the one I know...

The format of the report is similar to the one I know.” ”You stuttered for a second there, and how do you know the format if you can't read?　It looks like a diary, except that it's written on paper in characters I don't know.

I dug my own grave. You're right, it's just the date, the weather, and the contents, exactly the format of a diary.

No choice but to be honest.

”Yeah, I can read this, sure, it said something about dragons, but that doesn't seem to be a concern anymore.

If it's an ancient language, and it turns out you can read it, you're going to get recruited by countries, and if you refuse, or even if you don't, you're going to get kidnapped by other countries. If you refuse, or even if you don't, there is a rather high probability that you will be kidnapped by another country.

A high probability? And I'm the one who revealed it, but you're the one who exposed it. I did try to hide it.

But wouldn't it be better for Mr. Geinta if I was kidnapped? Mainly in terms of patent fees.

Well, I'll take that as a favor. If he sells the information to the government, I'll be laughing my ass off.

”Yes, I'll do that.

I don't know about the sword, but the lantern is not that rare of an artifact, it's probably the most common artifact, but it's original and has high performance, so if you don't need the money, you can use it for your adventures.

I'm not sure what to do with it.

”By the way, how much would you get for it if you sold it?

You could build a house of some size in King's Landing, though it wouldn't be inside the inner walls.

That wasn't a mistake. The artifact was indeed of a different class.

What is this wisp core anyway?　Let's just say it's a black stone. I won't make the same mistake twice.

By the way, what is this black stone? It came from a black demon that suddenly appeared while I was exploring the room.

”Artifacts and black demons?　You're not going to tell me it's a wisp, are you?　It's not something that can be defeated by an individual, and it's most likely a demon that wandered in from somewhere else, right?　What did it look like?

”Well, ......, it was a blurry, six-legged demon that didn't work with swords or magic.

...... You're lying, right?　I don't know how many legs it had, but black and blurred outlines are famous characteristics of wisps. ...... So maybe this black stone is a wisp magic stone?　If so, you could build a castle out of it.