episode_0203

Damon is drooping his wings with a sad and gloomy expression, as if the world has disappeared.

I tapped his head with my finger in response to his gloomy behavior.

-how… This can’t be… My plan!

“hey. Do it in moderation. Moderately. “How many hours has this been going on?”

-He’s like a day robber! fraud! You bastard!

By signing a contract with Damon, I was able to communicate with the true name of the guy I already knew.

And the first thing I heard him say was a swear word, just like now.

-Hehehehe. It’s ruined… everything is ruined. I can’t believe I was bullied by a kid like that…!

“Tsk, tsk, I’m completely out of my mind.”

I felt like I should leave him alone a little longer.

“Anyway, this is a completely fraudulent item?”

I once again looked at the necklace containing the Siren Queen’s voice and held it dear.

I had to be careful not to break it.

Even now, the old necklace looked dangerous, as if it could break at the slightest impact.

In fact, its appearance alone was enough to give us a glimpse of its fate.

‘It seems like he knows that he is destined to be destroyed.’

Since the fate that the world had given to this necklace in the first place was to be destroyed, its worn and dangerous appearance is completely understandable.

However, I had no intention of destroying this fraudulent item through poor management.

‘There is nothing more foolish than destroying something this good by mismanaging it.’

The necklace was carefully placed in the box where Damon was kept.

I’ll leave this at the general store and take it out later when I need to use it.

“hey. Stop and come up on my shoulder. “Let’s see if it can fly.”

-Ugh…!

Damon, who was very irritated but could not refuse my command, flew up and landed on my shoulder.

Damon, who had regained some of his strength through a contract with me, looked much more grown up than a chick.

‘At least it’s the size of a sparrow.’

I heard that if I gain a little more power, I can make it invisible to others, so I was planning on steadily handing over my power to him until then.

Other spirits require strength to show themselves to others, but Damon seems to be unique in that he needs strength to hide himself from others.

‘I can only make it that size, but all the elixir I took was sucked up.’

I wonder if they can only grow that much in order to absorb more power in the future… .

The elixir that Shine put in my mouth while choosing items.

The elixir wasn’t anything special, but it was absorbed by that guy before it could take effect on my body.

Of course, it was nice that I didn’t have to use my energy… .

‘Still, it’s an elixir, so it’s shocking that it only grows to the size of a sparrow.’

Damon was a spirit with the worst fuel economy.

Damon, who had been lying on the floor because of my command, flapped his wings and landed on my shoulder.

It looks quite elegant and familiar.

“Are you able to fly freely in the sky now?”

-I was able to fly from the beginning. If only I had the strength.

“Being able to fly means that the distance you can move in the future is greatly increased, so it’s not a bad thing. “What else can you do other than this?”

-Hmph, if you want them to do more work, give them more strength. What are you going to do with something this small? There is a lot to wish for!

Damon, who could only drain the power of the target I designated, kept shouting like a parrot for more power.

“You are eating well enough now. “Just tell me what you can do.”

Damon frowned and answered my words.

-You can see my vision as if it were yours.

“And again.”

Surely that’s not all you can do?

-If you wish, you can also use my power to take the life of another living being. My ability is to increase my own power by taking away the power of others. Depending on how much life force you absorb, your growth is limitless.

“Ohh. “That’s not bad?”

Damon’s power was a cheat key that could gain tremendous power if used properly in a situation like the current one full of monsters.

It was a good thing that I could also use it.

“What are the side effects?”

However, you should know that the contractors with this power did not end well.

There will definitely be side effects from using this ability.

And sure enough.

Damon clicked his tongue after hearing my question.

-Tch!

“What is this reaction?”

-The more life force you absorb, the weaker your mental power will become. The moment you exert more power than you can handle, you will go crazy.

“… hey. “Shouldn’t you have said that first?”

-You didn’t ask. Now, when I asked, he answered.

I felt like I wanted to punch Damon, but I decided to let this go.

They probably didn’t want to say anything helpful when they were forced into an unfair contract.

“Huh, okay. “There is a debuff, how do I get rid of it?”

-Use equipment that protects your mental power, increase your mental power, or develop a capacity to accept power.

“okay? Can you improve your mental strength? “Isn’t that enough to do it?”

There were more ways than I thought.

So it wasn’t an ability that couldn’t be used at all.

In the end, I could use it well according to my capabilities.

Of course, many sublease contractors who signed a contract with this guy must have thought the same thing as me.

Then I would have lost my mental power and gone crazy.

“…Why do you look like that?”

But for some reason, Damon’s child’s expression is very strange.

Smirking, it feels like I’m having to re-class.

“Tell me honestly. “You think I’ll end up the same way as your other contractors, right?”

-Kick, of course. Do you think it’s any different with your guy? The guys who sign with me are always like that. I confidently used my power, saying it would be different.

And in the end, he is unable to handle his own strength and goes crazy in various ways, causing massacres and ending up dying.

-And then they all died.

“You could have done it intentionally.”

-When you use my power for good, you say you are great, but when you have a hard time due to side effects, you blame me too. I just put the power in my hands and did nothing else. How you use that power is your choice.

See this kid?

“So does that mean you have no responsibility at all?”

-Why am I responsible? I destroyed myself by getting drunk on presumptuous power due to my foolish talent.

At first glance, what Damon says may seem correct.

But what he’s saying now is that he gave a gun to a child, but it wasn’t his fault because he was the one who used it.

How can there be nothing wrong with that?

If you give power to a child who does not know how to use it, it is natural to teach them how to use it and give them precautions.

And if you think it’s too dangerous, you need to manage it well so that you don’t abuse your power carelessly.

Unless this guy realizes that, I won’t be able to treat him well.

‘Yes, I signed the contract because I knew he was this kind of guy. There’s nothing surprising about it.’

I had no intention of going to the trouble of going to the trouble of ripping that guy’s brain out and fixing it.

Isn’t it true that we usually fix things like that because we have affection for them?

However, since I would have to spend a lot of time with that guy from now on, I thought that I needed to make some mental adjustments.

* * *

After finishing the contract with Damon and thinking about what to do with the remaining time, I thought that rather than sleeping, I should take the time to check the items I got today.

Isn’t it possible to sleep in a carriage anyway?

“At first, I thought I had taken too much, but when I put it in the encyclopedia, I realized there were only a few.”

I thought I had taken too much, but when I put it all in the item book and checked, there were a few things left.

Of course, there are a lot of items filled in the encyclopedia.

“Is this it?”

I decided to put aside the other items and check the items the warehouse manager gave me.

The items I chose were good, but the items the warehouse manager gave me were really unusual.

“The problem is that I don’t know what this is used for… .”

It is certain that it contains an unusual energy.

Since it was obvious, the warehouse keeper kept it hidden for a long time and did not sell it to anyone.

“This has never come up in the main scenario.”

I don’t remember clearly either, so it’s a bit vague.

But I think this was my first time seeing something of this type.

-Sigh!

“?”

At that time, a response came from an unexpected place.

Damon checked what I was watching and was surprised.

“What, do you know this?”

-what… Pfft! Ah, I know.

Oh my?

This bastard was unconsciously trying to lie, but failed due to the contract and reported his loss.

“How do you know this?”

-… Should I elaborate?

There is no need for detailed TMI.

“No, rather, tell me how to use this.”

-You can use it as long as you own it.

“It’s simpler than you think.”

-If you sell it, you will make a lot of money!

“All of a sudden? Sell this? “What are you using it for?”

-that… .

“Speak quickly.”

Damon looks like he doesn’t want to talk.

I felt like this item would be of great help to me.

Damon flapped his wings as if he was annoyed and eventually opened his mouth.

-It is an artifact that defends against mental attacks!

“this?”

It was shocking to see that the item I thought I needed was already in my hands.

“No, this is exactly what I need right now?”

-Damn you, you meticulous bastard! Did you know this on purpose and ask me this? To laugh at me!

“Shh! quietly.”

Damon seemed to have made a strange misunderstanding.

I shut the annoying guy’s mouth and quietly looked at the object.

An object that was the perfect counter to Damon’s ability to corrupt one’s mind the more he used it rolled into my hands.

“How can I be this lucky? “It’s a bit scary.”

Doesn’t it seem like he’s trying to show you mercy because he thinks you’ll get hurt in the future?

With great power comes great responsibility.

Maybe that’s why I was glad that things were resolved easily, but I felt uneasy about liking it all that much.

“Hey, how much can this block your ability?”

Can we stop everything?

-It won’t even flinch from most mental attacks.

Damon clicked his beak roughly as if he was angry.

Even though it was the size of a sparrow, it wasn’t a threat.

“Be more specific. “How much mental contamination can you withstand when you use your abilities?”

-Quite a long time… No, most of them can be prevented. Even if you fill up all the strength your body can withstand.

Isn’t that amazing?

I thought it would be something unusual because it looked extraordinary on the outside, but it turned out to be much more amazing than I expected.