Translator: P411

Editor: Shizukuku

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Chapter 170 – Actually, There’s One Thing I’d Like to Ask

After they had lunch and we discussed the details of the job, I was relieved of my post.

When I got home and tried to log in with my gear this time, I took a quick look at my phone.

There was the image of Vidello-san looking at the bird with a gentle smile. I was never going to erase this. I opened the folder and locked the image, then promptly sent the image to my PC and saved it on both devices. 

I’d have to ask Sakuma-san to teach me how to do this next time.

After taking a good look at the image while grinning, I turned off the screen, put the phone on the desk, and logged in.

When I came out of the back room of my workshop, I took out a doily from my inventory and wrapped it around my wrist. It was a bit messy, as I wrapped it with my other hand and my mouth, but it was okay.

I took out a couple of liquors from my workshop inventory and put them in my inventory.

This time, I logged in from my own device, so there was no way Vil-san could see me. I checked the avatar sleeping over there and went back into the back room again.

Since I could teleport both of us back here, I was sure I could use the transfer magic circle to teleport there alone.

With that in mind, I drew the magic circle. When I finally drew [ Cursed Cave: In front of Jhal Gar ], my field of vision blurred in an instant.

When I opened my eyes, I already found myself in front of Jhal Gar-san. Okay, a success! A lot of MP had been consumed, but whether it was because my summoning magic level had gone up or because my total MP had increased a bit, it wasn’t completely empty.

Anyway, I drank a magic high potion and took out the liquor from my inventory. 

I splashed the liquor on Jhal Gar-san in the same way Crash did. 

The transformation started to take place at the locations where the liquor was splashed. His mouth moved and licked the liquor off his face and signs of life returned to his eyes. 

Just a look into his eyes could tell you that he was alive.

“Hello, Jhal Gar-san.”

When I called out to him, he narrowed his eyes, “Hey, I just saw you a moment ago. Are you alone? What’s the matter? You were just here a moment ago. Did you leave your golden bro and elf bro behind? That strange thread isn’t tangled up anymore either.”

By a strange thread, did he mean Vil-san’s camera? It seemed like he saw it as a strange thread. I was kind of curious to know what the world looked like through his eyes.

“There’s something I would like to ask, so I came alone.”

“Something you want to ask me?”

“Yes. For now, can I give you this liquor as a reward for the information? It’s the few remaining bottles of my treasured liquor.”

I took out the fire liquor from my inventory and offered it to Jhal Gar-san.

Jhal Gar-san replied, “A reward? Nah, it’s good enough with that liquor from before,” as he happily proceeded to take the fire liquor. 

“Oh! This is fire liquor, isn’t it? So there are still people making this. I really love the way it burns my throat. Are you sure I can take it? Guess I’ll have to concentrate on answering your questions.” 

Jhal Gar-san happily rubbed his cheek against the bottle and quickly opened the lid of the fire liquor.

He took a sip and moaned with satisfaction. He was murmuring words like, “This is delicious,” and happily gulping down the fire liquor.

“It’s about the path from here to my world. I swear I won’t ask about the path to the beastman’s village.”

“Oh, you have a good conscience. You have already given me such a fine drink, so I might even let some information about the beastman’s village slip out if you asked me.”

“I’m sure you won’t tell me. And I don’t think you’d ever trust me again if you did. What I want to ask you about is the path between this world and my world.”

When Vidello-san’s mother returned to my world, I was sure she didn’t use the mass transfer device. Then, even if Vil-san couldn’t complete the transfer device, maybe there could still be a way for me to come over here. So, for example, even if Vil-san had to stop the development of the transfer device for some reason, there would be a new path for my future.

“Is it possible to go from here to there?”

“You can. It’s difficult, but if the conditions are right, it’s possible. However, I don’t know what will happen to the souls from here when they move to your world. There will always be a rejection of foreign things in every world.”

“I see. …Then, how about going from my world to here…?”

The moment I asked, his eyes narrowed.

The constant stare was making me a little uncomfortable. It was easy for him to figure out the meaning behind my questions.

“…I don’t know the conditions of your world, so I have no say in that matter, but just like how she came to our world, unless there was some kind of an accident, I think it’ll be a one-way trip from there to here at the moment. It’s not the kind of place you can come and go as you please. I think the reason why you’re here is because of that fake body. That fake body is at least made from our magic.”

“…I see. I understand. Thank you very much.”

I see. I guessed I had to rely on Vil-san to try his best. I see.

Somehow, all my strength left my body and I just sat down there.

“Well, you know, what should I say? Don’t be so down, young pharmacist…”

He couldn’t stand watching me feel sad, so he was comforting me. Don’t worry. I’m not sad.

“Before, it wasn’t a matter of a different world, it was fundamentally impossible for us to be together. But now, compared to that time, the conditions are a lot better. That’s why, I’m fine.”

It was because the other person wasn’t just some AI that showed affection to the other party as long as the conditions of the affection gauge had been reached. Our love wasn’t some inputted commands on a screen. I was just glad that I could be certain of our love. And, it gave me a little bit of hope that maybe we could be together forever.

“It’s just, I wish…”

If there was a path of happiness for me, I only wished I could be with Vidello-san sharing our happiness together.

I only had a fake body right now, but if there came a time when I could come with my real body… If I could…

“For both of us to bask in happiness.”

That happiness could become our reality.

I was muttering to myself and staring down at the paving stone beneath my feet.

Jhal Gar-san drank the fire liquor in silence. When I looked up, I saw that his feet were dried and petrification was also starting.

I took out the rest of the liquor from my inventory and stood up.

With a bottle in my hand, I walked in front of Jhal Gar-san. I tilted the bottle and poured it towards his feet. 

“Thanks, young pharmacist.”

“No, thank you for answering my questions. Oh and one more thing.”

“What?”

Jhal Gar-san was sitting and I was standing, but his head was still above mine, so I still had to look up to him.

“About fixing the entangled threads, it turns out that I’ll be the one to bring the liquor and request you to do it from now on. Um, so could you do that for me?”

“Well, it’s such a simple task for me, so I’m always up for it. But why you? I thought I would get to at least threaten that fake one more time if he was going to come.”

“Vidello-san’s brother requested me to do it. He said it’s once a month, so I can come and play. If we don’t do that, we might not be able to come to this world. It pains me to say that I’m going to leave all the responsibilities to you to fix it, but Vidello-san’s brother said that he would make sure to prepare the finest liquor for you.”

“Bro, did you make a contract with that fake? So that was the blonde’s brother… Well, as long as he doesn’t do anything crazy, I’ll help him. I’m not busy either. However, you should definitely help that sage brother.”

“I’ll give it my all to help him, even if you don’t tell me to.”

When I responded back with determination, Jhal Gar-san nodded with a wry smile.

When I teleported back to my workshop, I made a cup of tea with water made from magic. After I calmed down and while my MP was recovering, I sat down on a chair and held my hands in prayer.

I closed my eyes and recited the words of [ Prayer ] which had become my daily routine. 

This skill [ Prayer ] was a perfect fit for me to let out all the various emotions that were overflowing one after another. 

I felt that the more my emotions overflowed, the deeper and more profound my prayer became.

Even when I was about to be overwhelmed by all these emotions, I felt like these uncontrollable feelings from my heart became entangled and wrapped up in the prayer, changing it from something hot to something very cozy.

It wasn’t the same as “enlightenment”, but it calmed my mind, so it was a very good feeling. 

I recited the last verse, let out a breath, and opened my eyes.

I took a mouthful of the fragrant tea, which had been completely transformed into holy water, and savored the taste. Ahh~ it spread to every fiber of my being.

When I opened the skill column, my [ Prayer ] level had increased again. Wow, the skill went up quickly if I concentrated enough. At this rate, it would reach 30 soon.

I wondered if it was time to make a high-grade holy water.

I casually appraised the tea in my hand. 

[ Holy Water (Rare): Rank B Holy water with paralysis-resistant effect. When taken, it can purify corruption and add paralysis-resistant effects (small). It can purify corrupted beings. It can be made by praying to the water produced by water magic. ]

My first rank B was holy water made from tea. And I was about to drink it up. What the hell was I doing?!

Looking down at the little amount of tea left in the cup of my first-ever high-grade holy water, my disappointment won over my happiness, and my shoulders slumped down dejectedly.