Vol 4 Chapter 51 (1/2)
Various Worries
… Aria Lockwarde orried
She had become an adventurer and joined a party, but was her current self truly contributing…?
She had borrowed the Circryher spear, but her impatience made the head feel heavy, and it wouldn’t move as she wanted it
As her sweaty hands let the portion she clenched slip, she decided to take a break to get her breathing back together
“Hah, hah… I’ left behind”
Her party members consisted of Lyle and Novem, ere a year her junior, and the automaton Poyopoyo, who’s name had yet to be finalized The four of them(?)
At this point, if they asked Clara or Miranda, they would probably lend a hand as well
And within the on her own
She thought she was properly accouard, but for sorowing distant
Lyle had a lot of loose ends to him, but he did rack up achievements
You could understand it if you ever saw him up close
He could use multiple Skills simultaneously, and he easily mastered their use
Even when she had a red gem as well, she would never be able to use it like Lyle
Support and Vanguard Class Skills were different
But in regards to handling them, it was clear as day that Aria fell behind the boy
She could use h level of Novem’s
The times where the Lockwarde House was heralded as a Viscount House were but a distant memory
Rather than practicing et through the days
Even if she took up jobs to support herself, her father’s e always left the House baren
At the end, she was seriously giving thought to selling off her body
No matter what she did, it was pointless…
She remembered her father’s voice
He was a prideful man, and he hated adventurers
If they ever even came out in conversation, he would lash out, and he was always bringing troubles
“… Just what a?”
Regretfully, Aria knew the extent of her own ability
Whether she fought up front, or cast ic in the back, she would never match up to either Lyle, or Novem
Unlike the two of the their ap had opened up
Aria gripped the red ge at her neck
Of the Skills recorded in it, there were four in total
Her own Skill… 【Quick】 included, the number became five
While Quick allowed for swift consecutive h
It was the Skill she had obtained on her own, so it wasn’t a struggle for her to use it Compared to the other Skills she had, that is
Strengthen one’sattack, send out a shockwave
If you looked at the other Skills, they were all a lineup any vanguard adventurer would look upon with envy
In the past, an adventurer she met in Dalien had told her…
“Skill affinity, is it…”
For good or bad, all a gem did was record Skills, and as it arbitrarily recorded them, it was quite a pain
In that case, using Magic Tools bestoith Skills was the preferable option
Essential co the eneh level enemies could be taken down
I mean, it acted to raise your abilities, and lower the oppositions
That difference could become a wide one
Gems had one major defect
“But I can’t use Magic Tools, and the current me can’t afford one… in the end, I’ll have to , or else”
Looking at the red geh
She tried to wipe her sweat off of her body, but it stuck, and when she took a rest, she got the feeling she had a slight fever
This time, the clothes stuck down to her started to make her feel nauseous
The walls around the yard were high, and no one could peep in, so Aria removed her upper layer
“Even my underwear is sticky”
Her clothes had taken up enough sweat that they could be wrung out
Spear in hand, she moved to head back to the inside
When she went to the door into thea basket
“Oh,sweat, so please don’t come any closer I have my precious master’s washed laundry here”
The bad-mouthed autoiven a fixed level of treatment
Only Novem was an exception
“… You sure treat Lyle different from everyone else”
As Aria said that, Poyopoyo responded with a serious face
“What of it? I have becoize, but everyone else is just an extra? Ah, but… if master told me to serve Aria-san likeyou with such resolve However, do remember my loyalty if saved for no one but that chicken dickwad…”
As Aria felt fed up at Poyopoyo’s long speech, she looked at her with tired eyes
“Fine byaround that man one after another…”
What she remembered were the events that transpired before she came to Arumsaas
On a night with a pretty full , ‘theof the like Aria’s face turned red
And to her, Poyopoyo…
“You’re in the way, so can’t youthe time I have left to dry the laundry And wait, you reek of sweat, so why not dunk a bucket of cold water over yourself?”
Aria looked at Poyopoyo
“… I think I hate you”
Poyopoyo responded
“What a coincidence I have no interest in anyone besides that damn chicken Oh, that woman is another matter entirely!”
It wasn’t a coincidence or anything, she simply wasn’t interested Aria passed by her, and entered the mansion
While she was a strange automaton, she did all the housework to perfection
It was on a level where co about it was unreasonable
“Really, just why did you have to wake this strange girl… idiot”
While turning her eyes to the auto up in the yard, Aria muttered that…
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Having co to adventurers
I was anization of a Party
“… If we’re going to have four fighters, we’ll have to have the sareater number of support”
In order to conquer Aru Skills
The first I thought of was gathering numbers, a simple, and exemplary answer
But to do that, I would have to gather personnel I could trust as my comrades
We cain with
The very fact that we hadn’t ress on that one
“It’s fine to take time, but the problem is…”
… During that period, I won’t be able to use and Skills
It’s not like they’re necessary for me to move as I want
But as the item I had relied on to now had become unusable, I had to obtain a neer for myself
It’s natural foras a party, I needed to obtain the necessary technique
“Confir, confir safety… the Fifth and Sixth’s Skills are way too convenient”
Having lost the areas those Skills compensated for, I was immediately inconvenienced
The Second spoke
『Their Skills are extraordinary as a set While convenient individually, I’m surprised they manifested a set like that』
Different Skills manifest based on the individual
Even if you had identical twins, it’s not certain that the same Skill will come out
The individuals’ growth and desires, and other such factors influence it, or so I’ve read
Aie is exceedingly difficult
“To co it on my own is impossible”
The learning part in itself isn’t a problem
If I tried, I think I could do it, and I’m sure it’s possible, but… the time necessary to pick it up, and to learn all the other necessary skills would add on time in units of years
If possible, I don’t want to stretch it out that long
Once we fortified our party in Aru to the capital of adventurers, the free city of 【Beim】
Celes… there’s also the matter within one place for too long is likely dangerous
(For that whimsical Celes, I wonder just when her interests will beco she otten)
With her willfulness, I can’t even i next
Back whenwith me…
(Huh? What sort of girl was Celes again?)
Looking back, it’s a memory of when I was ten
I treated my sister Celes as an older brother should That’s how it should have been I have noparticular to be hated
The mansion just suddenly started to move with her at its center…
I shook hts on hold
(Is is her Skill? Or could it be so else… No, let’s put that aside)
I turned my eyes back to the book, and tried to think of another formation for the party that wouldn’t rely on my Skills
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