Chapter 108. - Usage of the reward from our travels. (1/2)

Hi there,

Just something small to point out this chapter. While “investigating” the name of the item they received for beating the boss. I ended with the name Rubrum, which is apparently the word for “Red” in Latin. (Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong)

Just a quick small bit of trivia is that most of the sources for the name in the original text linked to a monster in older Final Fantasy games called Rubrum Dragons in Japanese. However the localization for those games changed them to “Ruby Dragons”.

Well, just some random thing I felt like pointing out, enjoy the chapter.

We had become tired after this last fight, so we decided that stopping at floor twenty was a good idea.

There were stairs leading to further floors, but in everyone’s eyes it was reflected that continuing would prove to be difficult.

If a boss came out here, it was expected that it would become harder from now on.

Therefore, no one was against retreating here.

Furthermore, there were five treasure chests in front of us.

It’s the same number as the number of people here, so would it be OK for each one of us to pick one?

「Good work everyone. Well then, shall we open these treasur-」(Hind)

「Hind, I’m hungry…」(Philia)

「Ah, eh…uh, hmm?」(Hind)

Immediately after I placed a hand on a treasure chest, Philia-chan’s vigor plummeted.

Our hunger gauges haven’t decreased that much though…is it a matter of her mood?

I rummaged through my inventory and took out the last remaining pudding.

「Here you go.」(Hind)

When I handed it to her along with a wooden spoon, the little girl thanked me and immediately started eating.

Even Albert, who was always calm, started to show an embarrassed expression on his face.

「Sorry that this is happening so often, Hind…however, it seems like my daughter has taken a liking to you. It’s rare for her to show this amount of selfishness to other people.」(Albert)

「I get the feeling that she has taken a liking to the food rather than me though…」(Hind)

「…That’s not true, I was happy that you revived me first.」(Philia)

Eating while wearing a blank expression, she denied my words.

Behind Philia-chan, Selene-san was trying to keep Riizu, who was raising her eyebrows, in check by wrapping her arms around her from behind.

It’s not like…I revive people to gain likability points though…

When I told her that, as you’d expect, Philia-chan tilted her head.

「I guess it’s like that. You are recognizing me as a player. To be recognized by someone like you, makes me happy.」(Philia)

With that, as if she had gotten tired of speaking, Philia-chan shut her mouth.

Oh, that’s wrong. She only opened her mouth to eat the pudding.

Albert nodded at her daughter’s words in agreement, to be honest, I was a bit shaken by the fact that they held me in that high regard.

…Wait…ah, that’s right! The treasure, the treasure chests!

Let’s get rid of this delicate and tepid atmosphere by moving things forward, yeah. That will be fine.

「…I-In that case, shall we check the contents of these treasure chests? I doubt these ones will have any traps placed on them after all.」(Hind)

Once we simultaneously opened the chests, the contents inside all of them were the same.

They felt warm when we picked them up, they were fist sized clear red stones.

It seems like they are called 『Rubrum Stones』, they are classified as elemental stones and others…others?

While shaking on the back of the camel, I inspected the gems.

When it comes to elemental stones usage, you could place them in the grip of a weapon, and in the case of a staff, you could place them on one end of it…

「Leaving aside the fact that this stone is clearly of the fire element, I wonder what the other usage for it is?」(Hind)

「When we touched them a pop-up saying “Do you want to use it?” appeared but…it would be scary to use them here.」(Selene)

「It would be troublesome if they started blowing fire, let’s do it once we get back home. Leaving that aside-」(Hind)

Riizu was glaring at me.

Though it’s true that I was currently riding a camel with Philia-chan.

「Why are you not riding one with your father!? When we came here you did that, right!?」(Hind)

「I feel bad for the camel because dad is heavy. It looked exhausted by the time we were reaching our destination.」(Philia)

He should weigh around 150kg if you add the armor and the greatsword after all…I wonder if it’s his policy? He refuses to unequip his gear.

Philia-chan is light, but even if she removed all her gear, she should weigh between 30~40kg.

If we count that as the reason, I guess it’s not that odd that she moved over here.

By the way, the reason Philia-chan doesn’t have her own camel is because “It’s scary to ride one alone”, or so she says.

Even when they ride a horse, it seems like they usually ride one together too.