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21.27% A Harem In A Fantasy World Dungeon. / Chapter 10: 1.7

บท 10: 1.7

Look, I know I must be looking suspicious as fuck right now, okay? I realize that and those looks of yours hurt me more than a thousand actual verbal insults would!

Painful! This is just too painful! It's like I am forced to relive the trauma of my chuunibyou years all over again! N-No, be silent, oh the forbidden power that dwelleth inside of my left hand! Even though you feel anger at those insignificant peasants making fun of your host, you mustn't unleash thine wrath upon this unworthy plain of existence if the equilibrium is to stay unharmed….. FUCK! I did it again! My dark history! The shameful past I was trying so hard to put behind me! It's all coming back to me!

「Well? How is it, Michio-sama? Can you do it?」

「I would if I could, but unfortunately it looks like my inventory space is completely filled up.」

That was obviously a lie, but at the current moment I couldn't come up with anything better, to explain what happened to my Durandal, so I just have to hope that it's going to sound believable enough for them to lay off of me. And while we're at it, where did that goddamn sword go anyway?!

「Oh, then that is truly unfortunate. Tell me, Michio-sama, have you ever been to the city of Veil?」

「Hm? No, can't say that I did.」

「Actually, I will be heading there tomorrow at dawn to do my merchant business. If it's alright with you, I could carry all of your equipment there on my wagon. The city of Veil has many shops that specialize in weapons and armor for Adventurers so it could be easily sold there without any problems.」

The merchant offers. To be honest I was expecting him to buy all that crap off of me right away, but it looks like things won't be that simple. Nevertheless, if he's so graciously offering to do this for me then I should probably take him up on his kind offer.

「Thank you very much. If you could do that for me, I would be much obliged.」

It's a good thing that you don't have to use any complicated menus to hand your possessions over to other people.

「Marvelous. With that said, here is your Intelligence Card from the Bandits.」

The merchant presented me with a notepad sized card.

「Intelligence… Card?」

I ask back at him, unsure of that that thing actually was.

「It is a proof that you have defeated all those Bandits that dropped out of the body of their leader after the fight. With a group as large as they were, some of them are surely bound to be notorious wanted criminals, so if you present it at the headquarters of the Knights of Vale Order, I'm sure you'll be eligible to a handsome reward.」

「Is that… so?」

At first that Intelligence Card term sounded like more trouble than it was worth, but now that the merchant guy explained it to me in detail, the whole matter became quite easy to understand. This is a world with a medieval setting where bandit attacks are commonplace, so it would stand to reason that some of them gathered quite a lot of infamy to their name, resulting in sending wanted posters with their faces all over the kingdom. So this little card is the proof that the deed has been done that everybody seems to be aware of, huh? And I might get some dough out of it? Well, count me in!

Of course, after being killed, the same Bandits won't come back to life again, right? Right, of course. If this is the real world, then it must be like that. Only one life per person, no redos or respawns allowed.

Even though I more or less understood the principles behind the Intelligence Cards and how they worked, it was still a hefty amount of information dumped upon me all at once, so I couldn't help it but to feel a little bit overwhelmed. I examined the Card one more time just to be sure that I didn't miss anything important and then I proceeded with the inspection of my share of the Bandit's equipment.

Most of it consisted of Copper and Bronze Swords, but my eyes were immediately drawn towards an Iron Sword. It looked to be at least one rank above the rest of the common trash, making it a rare weapon. Well shit. I actually don't want it to be rare. The rarer the item, the bigger the chance that someone is going to target me to steal it.

Looking at all the swords with Identify, there was one thing that caught me as strange.

One of the better looking Bronze Swords had an empty window. The rest of the Copper Swords didn't have any windows at all.

「Is everything all right, Michio-sama? Has something caught your attention?」

The merchant asked me as I was examining the Bronze Sword in my hand. Durandal also had windows like that, but they were filled with various skills. So could it be that this empty window is actually a skill slot?

「This seems to be a good weapon, better than the rest of similar ones.」

「Oh, so you were able to figure that out? For someone who is not a Merchant, you seem to have quite a good eye.」

However, there is a small problem. I don't know how to acquire and equip skills.

「Skill. Skill Slot. Grant Skill. Assign Skill.」

I mumbled to myself again and again nothing happened and nothing changed, as expected. Ah well, not like I hoped for it to go any different than all those other times when I tried to use spoken commands only to end up severely disappointed. For now I should just finish appraising and maybe consider another character reset to see if anything can actually be done about that.

「If you are wondering about the skill slots, then allow me to explain. They can be created by the blacksmiths when they fuse them from the corresponding Skill Crystals. Does the sword you're holding have any skills assigned to it?」

「No, I don't see anything like that. The slot is empty.」

「That is unfortunate, but nothing to fret about.」

So it looks like I'm going to need those Skill Crystals in order to add skills to the weapons and I will only be able to do so at a blacksmith, or perhaps I'll be able to do it myself if I obtain the Blacksmith Job.

「All in all, this isn't a bad sword, so I think I might do just that.」

「Michio-sama, are you able to tell if a weapon has a skill attached to it or not?」

The Village Chief inquired.

「Generally, yeah. I think you may call it, 「An Adventurer's Intuition」.

Since Identify id a Bonus Skill, very few people should possess it, so I think it would be wise of me not to mention that I have an ability like that.

「If that is the case, then can I trouble you with looking at the rest of them with your discerning eyes? It would make our lives that much easier if we could pick the best ones possible for the purpose of defending ourselves and selling the ones that we won't need.」

「I guess I can do that, but don't blame me if there'll be something that I won't be able to understand.」

「You have my eternal gratitude, Michio-sama. Well then, let's get to it right away.」

And I followed after the Village Chief to inspect the rest of the weaponry. Looking through all of them took me some time, but when I was finally done I could tell with absolute certainty that no other weapon aside from the ones that were assigned to me had any skills or skill slots on them. It was the same for all the armor and a bandana that were found among the things Bandits dropped when they died.

Huh? A bandana? Was that the one worn by the Bandit Leader? I must've missed it in the heat of battle.

… Or maybe not. Thinking about it now, it doesn't have to be a part of Bandit Leader's equipment at all!

Just now, all the finer details began coming back to me. Such a Bandana was not worn by the Bandit Leader, but by some of the common ones which were named Bandana Bandits. Just a common piece of cloth worn by the most common of small fries. It totally makes sense. If a Bandit wears a Bandana, he Becomes a Bandana Bandit, otherwise he would be a simple Bandit with no distinguishing features whatsoever. See? Completely logical… not!

This is a world of a game, so there must be some kinda hidden gimmick to it. So, my dear, Bandana, what are you, exactly?

「What is this Bandana right here?」

「I think it is the common one worn by Bandits.」

But contrary to my expectations, the merchant didn't impart any useful knowledge to me.

「Huh? What is it doing here. If memory serves me correctly, none of the Bandits wore something like that.」

The Village Chief said something truly outrageous. None of them wore it?! But… but that would mean that my own memory lied to me… or did it, really? Maybe there really weren't any Bandana Bandits in the group that attacked the village and it was just a trick of my mind which was quite high on adrenaline at the moment it all transpired? But that would mean that someone has deliberately placed it here. Or that it was simply a rare drop and I was just lucky enough to get it during the very first tutorial battle.

It's funny, isn't it?

Back when I was still living in Japan (it feels weird to phrase it like that when you consider the fact that I left it literally a few hours ago, but whatever). Throughout my old life I was mostly a loser who used to cry himself to sleep every night, I didn't like to stand out and get into fights. But this world is not modern Japan. In this world, if you underestimate even the smallest of threats, you might pay for it with your life. I am the perfect example of that. I don't know how I came here but I did, and using my cheat-like weapon I have ended the lives of many people who probably didn't expect they'd die today, thus saving the village and its inhabitants from what would probably be a morbid end (even though saving the village wasn't my intention in the slightest, but telling them that would be too much of an arrow to my own knee, so I'm just not going to do that.)

Anyway, I think I'm getting off topic too much, so let me get back to it before things get any weirder than they already are.


บท 11: 1.8

Village Chief looks intently at the Bandana and his brows frown as if he was trying to remember something with all his mental capability.

「I might be wrong… but I think that was indeed what the leader of the Bandits was wearing.」

「Oh, really now?」

The merchant's face got distorted with surprise.

「X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X?」

「X X X X X, X X X X X X X X X X!」

Judging by his innocent reaction just now, it couldn't have been the merchant. Either that, or he is a very good actor who has no trouble with masking his real emotions, which I highly doubt. Same goes for the Village Chief. He wouldn't have made that remark if he was the one who replaced the item.

「That's impossible. Allow me to check right away!」

He shouts and then quickly leaves.

I wonder what will happen now? Can the (supposedly) stolen equipment really be found that easily? Also, currently I am only a Lv2 Villager, so if at all possible, I would like to avoid being in the center of everyone's attention as much as possible. If by any chance this develops into a more serious situation involving the entire village, it might be possible for them to find out that I have actually stolen the sandals I am wearing right now and automatically connect the Bandana switching with me. If the whole village attacked me at once for that, there's no way I'd be able to win against all of them.

Maybe I shouldn't have mentioned it after all? Was I too hasty with that?

With that said, even if I did steal those sandals, the best course of action for now would be to keep quiet and see how the situation is going to develop.

At the very least, maybe I should have my Durandal ready?

As I stood there, contemplating what I should do now, a woman carrying three swords appeared. Could those belong to former adventurers?

「Want me to appraise those as well?」

I ask the merchant.

「If you would be so kind.」

「Okay, let's see what we're dealing with here.」

「X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X.」

「X X X X X.」

Urged by the merchant's unintelligible words, the woman presented me with the swords. According to the Identify window, her name was Tirihi, 31 years old. Perhaps she was a widow after some Adventurer?

She was fairly well built and had long, braided blonde hair, typical for the women hailing from the countryside of eastern Europe. From the perspective of someone like me, a high schooler who didn't even hit adulthood yet, she was old enough to be considered an auntie, in the positive meaning of the word. To be honest, the more I actually looked at her, the more certain parts of me became twitchy & itchy. Normally widows and married women are not in my strike zone, but I felt like I could make an exception just for her. After all, I am the hero who saved this village, so maybe with a little help from gentle persuasion she'd be willing to keep me company for tonight… yeah, right, as if that would happen.

Let's behave ourselves for the time being and shake off any inappropriate thoughts. I hold the sword in my hands and look at it inquisitively. The weapon I am holding now is a one handed sword called Flame Rapier. From the looks and the description of its skill, it is a thrusting weapon which deals fire damage instead of regular physical damage.

「This is a pretty good sword.」

「X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X.」

「Mrs. Tirihi says she is grateful for your humble words, Michio-sama.」

Next I grasped the sword firmly with both my hands and swung it a few times while exclaiming:

「Fire Sword!」

Nothing happened, nothing changed. The rapier's blade wasn't coated with fire or anything. It remained all the same no matter how many times I repeated my swinging motion. *Sigh* Am I actually insane? 'Cause I already know it's not going to work and yet here I am, trying the same thing again. If that isn't madness then I don't know what is.

「...…..」

「........」

Tirihi-san and the merchant are looking at me with those suspicious eyes again.

There it is, another broken death flag!

But just as I was about to fall into depression, a mysterious spell formula appeared in my head. Should I recite it? Something was telling that doing so will actually activate the skill laying dormant within the weapon, so I think it is at least worth a try. Well, here goes.

「Answer the burning will of my heart and manifest thyself! Flame Sword!」

I shouted the spell and swung the rapier from above my head. After a brief, 0.5 seconds delay a trail of fire followed the trajectory of the slash I have performed.

Oh wow. This. Is. Awesome!

「Haaa….!」

Tirihi-san also looked quite surprised at that sudden spectacle. Uh, lady, why are you so surprised? This is your late husband's sword, right? Have you never seen him doing something like that… no. If she knew the sword could do something like that, then she wouldn't bother with bringing it to me to appraise it.

Then the Village Chief appeared at the edge of my field of vision, talking to the other villagers, who probably saw me using that skill just now, because they were pointing their fingers at me and talking rather excitedly, which sends my mind into an alarmed state, so I tried to observe them without making it too obvious that I'm staring at them. What if they found out about my crime of sandal theft?! What happens to a thief once he's caught? Am I going to be made an example of and be flogged in front of the entire village? Or have my hand cut off?! Or perhaps they'll throw me into a tar-filled kettle and feather me to simultaneously punish me and make me into a laughingstock? That would certainly be a good demonstration of what happens to those who dare to break the law, haha, hahahahahaha.

No Michio, you mustn't think like that all the time! I know that my outcast mentality is probably at fault here, but can you really blame me for constantly doubting anyone and everyone around me? All my life I've been shown time and time again that others only want to hurt me, that's why I began to distance myself from them in the first place. But this strange new world is not, at least in theory, like the modern day Japan I chose to leave behind. No one knows me here, so you shouldn't assume that they'll treat you like a dirtbag as well. It might be difficult… heck, it certainly will be difficult, but maybe I should try to have a little more faith in people. Besides, even if I did steal those sandals from that barn, there's no concrete evidence pointing to me being the culprit, and they certainly weren't labeled with anybody's name, so even if I show them to the entire village I should still be in the clear.

「X X X X X X X X X X X! X X X, X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X!」

「X X X X. X X X, X X X X X X X X X.」

Next to me, Merchant and Tirihi-san also discussed something that I was still unable to understand. The only thing that I was absolutely sure of, was the fact that after using that skill my body suddenly became quite weary and heavy. Even so, the fatigue I felt right now was not a physical, but rather a mental one which made me feel extremely tired, losing the will to do anything that required any kind of effort on my part. As a result, the rapier in my hands was getting heavier and heavier with each consecutive attempt at swinging it. Going by the standards of the classical RPG games, skills must have some kinda cost to using them, like MP or something along those lines and I probably expended too much of it. But I guess that was to be expected. After all, I currently have only Lv2 at the most basic of the basic Jobs, so it would stand to reason that my ability to use skills and spells would be greatly hindered by having abysmally low stats. And while we are on the topic of stats, I used Identify on myself to check my status and sure enough, right under the red HP bar and above the green Stamina bar was a blue bar labeled MP, which was depleted by approximately 75%. Ouch. As I thought. Until I gained some more levels, no skill spamming for me I guess.

「So, what would you like to do with that weapon, Michio-sama?」

「Meaning?」

「For what price would you like to sell it?」

The merchant asks. Oh, that's right. Since I'm the one appraising it, I guess it falls to me to decide what to do with it?

To sell or not to sell, that is the question. What should I do? Decisions, decisions, decisions.


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