Translator: P411

Editor: Shizukuku

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Chapter 174 – Transfer Magic Circle

“…Ah, haha. That’s something I didn’t expect to see. But it sure is interesting. It’s sparkling and it truly is holy water.”

Emily-san carefully lifted the cup, tried sniffing and peering into it, and then gently sipped it.

“Delicious. Is this tea made from moonlight herbs? This really hits the spot!”

She closed her eyes and enjoyed every second of it. The moonlight herb was used for MP recovery, so it was a tea that restored just a little bit of magic. The amount of recovery was small enough that it was the same as three minutes of sit-and-wait recovery.

Out of habit I made some kind of tea and left it there while I was raising my prayer level, so there were several kinds of tea made from holy water. I once tried to boil holy water and add tea to it, but it didn’t turn out as I expected, the holy water was still holy water and it just turned into the colour of tea.

“By the way, Mac. Thanks for the matter about Nasca Village. I heard it from Crash. You used your precious fire liquor for the village, right?”

“No, don’t mention it.”

“But without it, Nicole-kun said the villagers would have been suffering from corruption for a while. He also said that you were such a huge help being there. Then you also prevented the monsters from invading the village, as well as everything you did after that. That village is very important to me, so thank you.”

The truth was, at that time, I had already made an item that could remove the corruption. But I couldn’t use it openly.

I could only use fire liquor instead.

“About that, there’s something I’d like to entrust you with.”

I took the dispel high potion and dispel potion including their recipes from my inventory and held them out in front of Emily-san. 

“I’m going to head over to the prime minister’s place and give him these. He’s going to reveal these new items that I made to the public and give a push to those reclusive pharmacists. But the news will definitely provoke not only those pharmacists but also the Church, so I wish to entrust these to you too. Soon anyone will be able to make these things easily, using ingredients we have around.”

Emily-san picked up the dispel high potion and looked closely at the light blue liquid.

“Crash told me about something amazing that you made.”

“It’s not that amazing, but it can remove curses. I can only make it up to rank B at the moment, but I’m planning to try out a lot of things to aim for a higher rank. It can remove a curse as long as it’s not a complicated one.”

“Even then, it can break most curses. I’m certain the church won’t stay silent. I understand. Entrust this to me. As soon as the prime minister approves this, I would like to place these in the guild too.”

“I want these to circulate around the market as widely as possible so that anyone can buy them. If these were kept a secret, it would be no different from what it was before. That’s why I’d really like to have your aid on that matter too.”

“Fufu,” Emily laughed and drank the tea.

I also drank it, feeling relieved. Now, I could set off. The destination was Sei and we couldn’t use a quick horse, so I might have to go there by horse with Vidello-san. I wondered how long this journey would take? But I was sure it would be a fun trip since we’d be together.

But before all that, I would have to take care of my real-world part-time job.

“Then, I’d better get going.”

“Ah, wait, wait, this isn’t the only reason I called you. I have something for you from the village head of Nasca.”

“From the village head?”

From Sara-san’s father, correct?

I tilted my head, waiting for the rest of the story, and Emily-san handed me a small bag.

“The village head is actually Sara’s father. He saw you looked so happy when you saw Sara’s belongings, so he brought out the rest of her belongings and asked me to give them to you if I met you.”

“Eh, but I’ve already got the reward.”

“It’s fine, take it.”

When I asked her if I could open it, she said, “Of course,” so I quickly opened the bag.

When I checked inside, there were several gemstone-like objects inside.

“These are jewels!”

“Those are the ones Sara made. You have those mystery materials of Sara, so maybe you can make something similar.” 

“…This, can something like this be made with alchemy…?”

“For as long as I can remember, I would watch her put all the materials into that strange cauldron, stirring them round and round while humming happily. She seemed to have a lot of fun making it. She would put all these strange things into the liquid, but all that came out at the end was a single stone, so I couldn’t help but find it quite mysterious.”

“She was doing all that while humming…”

Was this her way of giving me a kick in the butt to do more alchemy? I knew that both Emily-san and the village head had offered these to me in goodwill, but I had never made stones like these before.

I guess they meant that I should work harder.

“Um, I’ll do my best and improve my alchemy skills.”

I put all the jewels in my inventory and left Emily-san’s room.

I passed through the counter and typed, ‘I’m done talking’, in the message and sent it. Then, the bird, which was curled up asleep, woke up and opened its eyes.

“Are you done with the meeting?”

I nodded my head at the bird.

The players in the guild saw the bird on my shoulder and I heard them whispering things like, “Can we tame it?”, “Come to think of it, I’ve never seen that type of bird before,” and, “I also want one.”

I quickly left the guild before they could come to speak to me and headed towards the gate. 

At the gate stood Roy-san and another gatekeeper whose name I didn’t know. The moment they saw me, Roy-san raised his hand and the other gatekeeper rang the bell.

How should I say the co-operation between them was amazing. I felt like I could never flee from this gate without alarming the gatekeepers.

While I was impressed, Vidello-san came out armed with a sword.

The moment he saw me, he called my name and broke into a smile. He was cute today too. I love you!

“Vidello-san.”

“How far are we heading for our date today?”

He said jokingly as he approached me.

“Today’s date is in front of the stone statue. And, after that, here in the afternoon, is that okay?”

“How could I say no?”

He hugged my shoulder and with a smile, he scooped up the bird with his finger.

The bird also obediently perched on his finger. And the bird chirped.

[ Such a funny-looking face, little brother. ]

I read the message and almost burst into laughter.

Wait, wait, big brother. Could this be a petty revenge for that time he immediately had to log out because of us?

“Mac, what is this bird saying?”

“Erm, um. Good, good morning.”

“Kengo, lying is bad. Make sure to tell him exactly.”

I couldn’t. I sent this message back.

Then, I took Vidello-san’s hand and headed down the road to my workshop.

“Aren’t we going to that statue? Should I borrow a horse?”

“I’m thinking of teleporting there today. I also want to talk with you after that.”

“That means we can head over there soon.”

“Yes. That’s why I also have to tell Blossom-san.”

“I see… But is it okay to show it?”

“Yes.”

Vil-san wasn’t playing the game and he’s also Vidello-san’s big brother.

I didn’t know much about Sakuma-san, but just because I showed this magic, it wasn’t like anything could happen.

It was also a skill, so there was a chance someone other than me could use it too.

Once we were inside the workshop, I asked him to tie the doily for me, and we held our hands together. I asked the bird to come to me.

I drew the magic circle with my fingertip. The letters in the air lit up and when I drew the last letter, all of us disappeared from the workshop.

We teleported to the front of the cave, and I took a magic high potion out from my inventory and drank it all at once. Then, I started drawing the magic circle again and this time around we were finally in front of Jhal Gar-san. 

Then, the bird chirped.

“…So you can use that magic too…”

I didn’t exactly know what happened with the frequency, but I was carried by Vidello-san and poured the liquor over Jhal Gar-san’s head, who was sitting down.

His mouth opened and he licked the liquor. The light returned to his eyes and looked at us.

“That empty shell came here, so that means I just need to fix the thread?”

His gaze was fixed on the bird on my shoulder.

“Yes, please. I’ve brought 20 bottles of fire liquor as a reward, but where should I put them?”

“Don’t leave them here. Those reckless guys that come here will take them away. Anyway, I’ll drink a bottle now. Give me the rest next time. A good liquor like this deserves to be enjoyed in small amounts.”

I see. So there were people who would take them, thinking they were items. Then, I couldn’t leave them here.

When I took out another bottle and handed it to him, he broke into a happy smile.

He stood up pouring the liquor down to his feet, then he stretched his hands and moved his fingers in the air.

“Here, it’s fixed.”

After about 3 minutes of doing something in the air, he put his hands down and looked at me.

I had no idea what he was doing, but the bird chirped, telling me that the maintenance was done.

“Anyway, Kengo, it’s better not to use transfer magic too much in that room.”

I was a little confused by his words.

“Is there something there?”

“The other day, when the angel used that magic, a strange waveform appeared, but when you used it, something seemed to be shaking a little, so I think it’s better not to use it.”

Vidello-san noticed my surprised face when I looked at the message, so he asked worriedly looking at me, “What’s wrong?”

“When I used that transfer magic circle, something was shaking. That’s why Vil-san said it’s better not to use it.”

“Shaking…?”

“Ah~ That magic distorts the space to teleport. So it’s likely that this place is easily affected by that kind of distortion. But it won’t affect you that much, as you clearly know where you’re heading.” 

Jhal Gar-san, who was listening to me, told me this with a bottle of liquor in his hand.

I was reassured by his words and returned to my workshop using a transfer magic circle.

I would head back to the guard station in the afternoon, so I saw Vidello-san off on his way back and headed to the back room and logged out.

When I got up, Vil-san beckoned me to come to him. I headed there while removing my gear, and he pointed to the chair next to me. When I sat down, Vil-san pulled out some paper from the printer.

He handed the paper to me and it had some ECG-like waves drawn on it.

“Here is the wave before it was fixed, and here is the one after.”

When he pointed to them, it was clear that the waves were a little distorted before and after the fix, they became a gentle curve.  However, I noticed the two places where the waves were significantly distorted.