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For a while, I went around dungeons that I remembered with Libra.

There were quite a few dungeons within the clan, but I also took care of a few dungeons that didn’t contain any items.

My fighting ability is… … My strength has become so strong that I can cut a lower-level monster in half at once.

However, it is different for intermediate level monsters.

Since I was at an age where I couldn’t put magic power into my sword, I was able to fight somehow with only my ignorantly strong strength.

“… … What are you doing?”

While I was wrestling with one intermediate monster, Libra slaughtered more than ten.

As expected, a sword without magical power had clear limitations.

“Go. End.”

Libra wiped the dirt off her dagger with a cloth.

Behind her, the dungeon boss, the Great Spider, falls.

There are no items. However, this dungeon is close to the village’s water source, so it was a place I had planned to solve someday.

Lately, Libra has been doing everything she tells me to do, so it’s been really comfortable for me.

We quickly escaped before the dungeon where the boss was defeated collapsed.

“The Lord himself has come forward… How can I ever repay this kindness… … .”

“It’s okay.”

An old woman who keeps expressing her gratitude.

This time the ball was passed back to Libra.

She seemed expressionless as she received the thanks, but after spending a long time with her, I realized that it was an expression of embarrassment.

Looks like you’re not used to it yet.

“Stop it now.”

“… Yeah.”

Libra jumped up as if waiting for my words.

If you don’t want to hear it, you can just ignore it, but it seems like you secretly enjoyed it, even though you were embarrassed.

We got on the magic car.

“Gaju. Are items easy to get in the original dungeon?”

Libra asked me about the [Welcome Dagger] she had just obtained, while waving it around.

The Illusion Dagger, an epic-grade item, is imbued with magical powers that slash enemies, then strike them again with a formless sword strike.

It has low destructive power, but it is a pretty good weapon.

When clearing a dungeon, the items that appear are random items that match the dungeon’s level and concept.

I gave the dagger to Libra because it was too unwieldy for me to use.

That doesn’t mean it’s all that bad.

Since the additional damage is proportional to the user’s stats, it is a dagger that strong NPCs like Libra can use until the later stages.

In addition, we cleared a total of 10 dungeons, but items came out of 6 of them.

All that loot was neatly stowed away in the back of the magic car.

“It wasn’t like this originally. You should be able to get one after clearing about 30 dungeons.”

“… So you were lucky?”

“That’s what it is.”

“… … Strange.”

Libra narrowed her eyes and trailed off.

“I said I was doing a good deed that was unusual for a family… …Is the item the goal?”

Is it sharp?

Although I felt a slight pang of guilt in my conscience, I went out shamelessly.

The items were the goal, but the intention to help them was also genuine.

“Dungeons holding items are purely luck. If you can figure that out, you’re a fortune teller.”

“… Me?”

“Can you tell?”

Libra shook her head quietly.

… you already tried it.

Her unique trait is to determine superiority, but it is impossible because there is no way to target only the existence of items.

Just as lies cannot be identified as lies, it is impossible for her abilities to discern them.

“Still weird. It’s only once in 30 times, but I got it 6 times out of 10. That’s abnormal.”

“You were lucky.”

“… … Really luck?”

“Or what.”

“That’s… ….”

Libra thought deeply for a moment, then opened her eyes as if a good idea had occurred to her.

“No. It’s a little different.”

“What are you talking about?”

“This was ‘my’ luck. This was my luck as a beginner.”

Libra reached out to the piled up loot.

She made her way through the piles of loot, holding a small crystal orb in her hand.

“So the lucky beginner will take one more.”

“… … .”

I looked at the small crystal she was holding.

[Night Lighthouse] obtained by clearing the dungeon

It is a rare grade item, but its abilities only shine.

If you get it early and put it in your staff, you won’t need to carry a torch.

“Is that what you wanted?”

“… … … … … Yeah.”

“Then you can take it.”

If you wanted it, you could have just said so.

I gave up on it because it wasn’t a very useful item.

Libra played with the night lighthouse, rolling it around.

“Go. Dungeon is fun.”

“Is that so.”

I smiled faintly.

For a while it seemed more comfortable.

—

The day has dawned.

Today is a day set aside to meet Eri Astranor.

A month ago, I told her that I had a favor to ask.

We didn’t set a specific time, but that wasn’t a problem.

Most people from House Astranor, a wizarding family, are people whose temporal boundaries are ambiguous.

Once they become engrossed in the study of magic, they usually go into seclusion for a dozen days.

He locks himself in his room and becomes absorbed in his magical research, going into so-called ‘diving’.

They say that magic is similar to learning, but this was especially true for the magicians here.

This is also the case for Eri, who inherited the blood of the Astranor family.

She said that she might be engrossed in her studies, but she asked me to come and visit her without hesitation.

The dungeon work is also coming to a close, and it seems that Merhen is also planting her own people in the royal family.

I plan to ask Eri Astranor to produce the [Shape Memory Tablet] that I had been preparing for a while.

“Hmm-? You are definitely… … .”

Upon arriving at House Astranor, a thin man was guarding the front of the house.

The name was definitely… Beden.

I remember having visited the Astranor family in the past.

Even Beden seemed to recognize me.

“Long time no see.”

“Kane Calderon. Confirmed. Who’s behind him?”

“My escort.”

Beden raised his arm and blocked Libra’s path.

He looked around at her slowly, then snorted in disbelief.

“Isn’t this a commoner? This can’t go in.”

“… Put your arm away.”

“Look at this. What are you going to do if you don’t clean it up?”

“… … .”

Libra had no answer.

She reached out silently for the welcoming dagger in her arms.

… You’re not going to cut off my arm, are you?

“Stop.”

I immediately stopped them both.

Libra simply glared at Beden’s arm with cold, downcast eyes.

… … Were you really going to cut it?

“Beden. I said you were my escort. I won’t ask you to be polite. Get out of the way.”

“…Commoners cannot be admitted.”

“Is there such a law in the House of Astranor?”

“Anyone who is noble will know.”

“That means there isn’t any.”

I pressed Beden without saying a word.

He looked back and forth between me and Libra as if he was very dissatisfied, but he didn’t really stop us any longer and just stepped aside to the side of the entrance.

“… … Please take good care of it. If you take your eyes off the commoners, they will steal. ”

It was Beden who added one more word until the end.

We ignored his muttering and went to Eri’s room.

The people of House Astranor whom we met here and there passed us by as if they had no interest in us.

Although I don’t particularly dislike inspectors because I’m a wizard, I think that to them, inspectors are ultimately a bunch of people who can’t communicate.

Since they are people who think that reading books is a virtue in life, they think it can’t be helped.

They are beings who embody the wisdom of their ancestors into power.

Well, that’s what I hope for too.

Talking to wizards is like talking to the politically obsessed courtiers of the Imperial Palace, but with a different kind of pain.

Except for a few characters, wizards are ultimately just beings who talk about stories that only they know.

They babble on about things that people aren’t curious about and don’t want to know, and when you hear the conclusion, it turns out that they’re mostly just bragging about themselves.

Instead, if you pretend to be surprised after hearing the whole story, you can build up favorability quickly.

None of the people I met today were of any use later on, so I didn’t waste my time and it was actually good.

dripping-

While I was thinking about this and that, I arrived in front of Eri’s room.

I knocked on the door, but there was no response.

Since I couldn’t just turn back after coming this far, I opened the door to Eri’s room.

You may have been so absorbed in your magical research that you didn’t hear the knock on the door.

But there was no Eri inside either.

“… Go. There’s no one.”

“Just wait.”

Was it a bit much to come without even making an appointment?

But what’s already been spilled, there’s nothing we can do about it.

Even if she was studying magic, she could do it in her room and wait for Eri to come.

I entered Eri’s room.

A room lined with leather sofas and wooden furniture.

It seemed to be currently being used as an office.

Judging by the fact that the furniture looked quite used, it didn’t seem to be her original room.

This must be the place her parents used.

I too inherited the same office that Calderon used, so she too will.

As I was looking around her room, I noticed a piece of paper on the desk.

It was a piece of paper with three crumpled human figures drawn on it.

“What is this?”

[ Me: Wahahaha! This is the Great Magic: Cloud Creation! By controlling the rain clouds, I made it rain even during a drought! ]

[ Merhen : That’s really great, Eri! Thanks to your magic, the drought is gone! ]

[ Cain: You’re really amazing. I acknowledge you. ]

As the pink human figure raises his staff high into the sky, clouds gather.

A red and black human figure behind them jumps up as if startled.

A small line of dialogue was written over the picture.

Is this… … a comic?

First of all, I know for sure what the content is.

… … There was a next chapter.

I glanced at the paper.

at that time.

Squeak-

Someone opened the door and came in.

A woman with a small build and curly pink hair.

The next head of the Astraranor family, one of the five great families of the empire and a renowned magical family.

Eri, who entered her room, checked for intruders.

Then he looked at the paper in my hand and his face turned bright red.

“Hey, Kane, you, you, you, you, you, you, that!!”

Her pink curls couldn’t hide her flushed face.

Judging from your reaction, it looks like you didn’t want to show it…

Since I’ve already been caught, I can’t pretend I didn’t see it.

“… … I saw it well.”

“Ah …

Only Eri’s single scream filled the office.