Chapter 49 - Bestowing Magicks and Skills (1/2)

”How did it go? Did you learn it?” Rio's curious voice woke up Liselotte and Aletia from their dazed states.

”Yeah, I did. But artifacts don't make much sense to me.”

”...I don't have transmutation skill. This magic is useless to me.”

Liselotte and Aletia responded with a wry smile and a dry look respectively. When Rio saw that, he was expecting it, but he couldn't stop himself from smiling wryly. However, he sunk deep in thought the next moment, piquing Liselotte's and Aletia's curiosity and worry.

'This magic is unsuitable for them because they don't have Transmutation. But, what if they have that skill?' Rio thought. He had the idea to give them some skills he had so they could expand their versatility. It was unfortunate that he couldn't grant them Perpetual Mana Generator and Skill Creation, but the other skills were a fair game.

'But, doing it really making the trial in other labyrinths useless, huh? Who cares, by the way! I'll still visit some Labyrinth because of the other gift they can offer, like that Compass of D.e.s.i.r.e, though I can create a skill with the similar effect that nullifies its use. Haaah, I'm too amazing that nothing in this world cannot be recreated by my cheat.' Rio formed a wry smile abruptly, disturbing Liselotte and Aletia who watched Rio's expression as he was deep in thought.

'Besides, venturing into labyrinths and conquering the so-called unconquered challenge is fun in and of itself.' Rio made up his mind and recovered from his thoughts. He then stared at Liselotte and Aletia intensely.

”What's it?” Liselotte asked Rio with a wary tone when she was subjected by Rio's intense stare. Aletia said nothing, but her wary eyes displayed the same sentiment to Liselotte's.

”Do you remember my Skill Creation?” Rio questioned the duo suddenly.

They stared at Rio silently and tilted their head in confusion. When he saw them like that, he resisted his urge to hug them because of how cute they look. Dismissing the useless thoughts in his mind Rio began explaining his intention to them.

Of course, what Rio spoke wasn't the truth. There was no way he would tell them that he acquired the information about the Age of the Gods from a novel based on Hajime's adventure in this world, in which Aletia was one of the easy heroines in Hajime's harem while Liselotte was an unimportant background character that probably didn't exist.

When they heard his statement, something finally clicked in their minds. Their eyes turned wide open at once and their jaw hung open in disbelief.

”Wait! Does it mean you already have the Age of the Gods magicks since the beginning?” Liselotte asked Rio.

”Yep. I create it when I read their records in Holy Church's archive. After acquiring Creation Magic from that magic circle, I discovered the Age of the Gods magicks my Skill Creation created are similar to it. I became 100% sure that the rest is also the same.”

”...Seven Labyrinths for Seven Liberators, meaning seven magicks from the Age of Gods…” Liselotte mumbled in a daze and wonder.

”...You're outrageously broken...” Aletia finished in Liselotte's place, similarly in a daze and wonder.

Rio nodded while grinning widely. He then said to them, ”So, I have an idea to give you all these seven magicks from the Age of the Gods when I experienced the magic knowledge and skill transferral of that magic circle. Furthermore, there are other skills I wanted you two to have. Do you girls want it?”

Liselotte and Aletia had their jaws hung open once again. But, they recovered quickly and exchanged a silent glance. It seemed weird when Rio once discovered the girls somehow had created the means to converse silently with their eyes. However, after thinking about it a little bit, he should have expected their synergy at least this good. After all, they had been fighting side by side since Aletia joined them. Their coordination was almost impeccable because it was refined in the deathtrap called the true Great Orcus Labyrinth.