Chapter 223 – Joint Quests and Containment (3)

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Right after Rebecca greeted her and disappeared, I sent a message to the Holy Sword from the entrance of the mansion.

[Hey, can you hear me? ]

In response to my message, the Holy Sword poked out its head towards the front door.

“What? Why don’t you just say it…”

[Shh, be quiet. I’ll buy you a gift later. ]

“Sigh.”

The Holy Sword covered his mouth with both hands at the sound of a present.

There was a reason for using messages rather than words. Rebecca’s ears are too powerful, so I needed to be careful.

That guy, if he hears what I say to the Holy Sword, he will surely tackle something else.

There was a side of Rebecca that craved me very subtly. The method was very careful and subtle, so it was hard to notice at the moment of being attacked, but looking back, it was a clear craving.

Either by subtly turning me around or scratching my nerves by saying unnecessary things. Why are you telling me there is a substitute maid interview?!

I didn’t care too much about what he said, but the problem was the maid interview. I wouldn’t know if I didn’t know, but since I already know, I care too much.

Maid interview… I want to watch too! I want to meddle!

However, I can see the women’s attention too much to ask me to go to the guild later.

[What is it? ]

The Holy Sword sent her message. The important thing here is the role of the holy sword.

[ Oh yeah. There’s something you need to do for me. ]

[Nope? ]

[ …Two presents ]

[Gren! ]

[Listen. Did you hear that the maid is having an interview today? Since this is also related to your dignity, you should also actively appeal… And participate. I mean, who to pick? ]

[ I do not know what I mean. ]

[Uh… So. In short, when the condition I’m talking about comes up, ask Rebecca to vote. Understand? What style is it…]

“Brother. What are you doing?”

“Yes. I’ll go!”

I left the mansion while composing a message to the Holy Sword.

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The range in which the holy sword could receive messages was at most the main gate of the mansion. Beyond that, the message itself becomes inactive. So she’s had quite a frenzy, but I don’t know if he got it right. She’ll have to do it right.

“What’s the matter? Without a word from before.”

“Oh, no. Just kinda dumb Is it because you can’t sleep?”

“What are you talking about… ” “!”

Yuri grumbled, blushing slightly, and Lenny flashed her eyes.

…Yes, there’s only one reason for lack of sleep! I was the one who asked not to talk about bedtime, but instead, I appealed! I am building a karma stack on my own!

I quickly changed the subject before the atmosphere became subtle.

“Ugh. First of all, those idiots…The trio decided to meet at the guild. They said that if you send a message through the receptionist, you can come right away.”

The most uncomfortable thing in this world. That is, there are no personal cell phones or phones.

How to make an appointment to meet someone in a world without phones?

You have to write in a pre-modern way.

Make an appointment through a letter, or write a personal errand boy.

Of course, mail takes a long time. It’s like courier.

First, the process of receiving at the departure point, collecting and sorting at the logistics hub, sending it down to the delivery location, and finally leading to delivery.

Even if you send a courier from the right next door, it takes more than a day because you have to go to the hub tens of kilometers away.

You could use a personal errand boy, but there’s no one in the mansion to do that. Rebecca? The dark circles are visible through the makeup, but I can’t ask you to do that. No, I don’t think he would do that even if he was free. If she does, I’m sure she’ll try feeding her something weird again.

Anyway, that’s why I’m going to the guild.

The guild had a magic device for communication… What could be called a telephone.

The guild said they have equipment that can communicate with some major facilities. Main traders such as City Hall, Administration Office, Church, Arena, Merchant Guild and several large clans.

Those idiots belong to a large clan anyway, so contacting them through the guild is the quickest and most convenient way.

“But what if you haven’t contacted me?”

Yuri tilted her head.

“It will be fine. I said I would just wait until I contacted you from here.”

“Huh… Waiting for a call that might come at any time? Did you spray pheromones again?”

Yuri squinted her eyes and looked at me. I just happened to meet you by chance, but you say that I flirted. How the hell is this guy looking at me?!

“No, really not? Do you think I’m flirting with anyone like that? No, it’s strange to be seduced just because you were seduced in the first place.”

“…But.”

Yuri suddenly smiled and crossed my arms.

“I can’t think of it. I’m sorry?”

“…Okay.”

The mood change is surprisingly fast. But this guy is saying something that really bothers me.

“It can’t be. What do you mean?”

“There’s just something like that.”

Yuri giggled and untied his arms of her, then took my hand of her and wrapped it around his waist of her. A very natural movement. I was speechless at the unexpected skinship.

I heard a groan and looked to the side to see Lenny shooting flames from her eyes.

“Go, obscene in a public place…!”

Ms. Lenny, you normally cross your arms and still look obscene. There is really no other fire in me. But before I could say anything, Yuri tackled me first.

“Am I a lover? Aren’t lovers supposed to do obscene things like this? Ah, since you’re a legitimate wife, can’t you do obscene things like this?”

“Turn it off…!”

“…”

The never-ending courtship battle! Lenny trembled as if he couldn’t stand it, then snatched my arm. Then, as if she wouldn’t let go, she buried her arms between her arms and her breasts and sighed.

To be buried between her breasts her, the feel her is wonderful, but the atmosphere of her her is hideous.

Yuri, who saw that, was about to say something, but I quickly opened my mouth.

“Yu, Yuri. Because of that.”

“Yes?”

“Didn’t you say you went to a school last time? How did that happen? Can I not go now?”

“Ah…That.”

Yuri put on a slightly embarrassed expression.

“It’s okay. Because I learned as much as I needed. I got my money back too.”

“Refund?”

Yuri frowned.

“Some bastard kept getting cold so I kicked him and came. I didn’t get a full refund…But there’s nothing more to learn from it anyway. Why are you making such a fuss about the amount of mana you put in your arrows? A day or two is enough for something like that.”

Yuri giggled while talking.

“Come to think of it, magic detection magic? Learn that in a matter of hours. Aren’t I a genius? Magic archer? Can’t you do that? Hehe.”

“Not.”

Ariel, who had been walking silently until now, suddenly interrupted.

“It would be embarrassing to even consider what you learned as magic. For a technology that can’t be sensed unless you’re close enough, the name magic sensing is an exaggeration.”

“What?!”

“What you have learned is only a slight application of the very first of the introductory stages. Even that took quite a while. If you truly had the qualities, you would have learned it in a faster time than you. Besides, you…”

Ariel paused for a moment.

“Your mana management is quite rough. As if strength is everything.”

“What, what?!”

“I said that arrows are loaded with mana. Can you show me one more time?”

Yuri trembled at Ariel’s words and held out his hand to me.

“Brother. Bring out the arrow.”

“Yes. Here.”

Somehow, feeling like a shrimp caught between whalebacks, I passed the arrow to Yuri. Yuri gripped the arrow in his hand, let out a gasping sound, and proudly held out his hand. The arrow had a blue light hanging over it.

“Well, how are you? Even so…”

“That is inefficient.”

“What?!”

Ariel picked up her arrow and looked it around as she began her evaluation.

“Obviously, the mana is loaded, but the spirit of the touch is missing. It’s more like a blunt weapon than a blade. Have you ever used it?”

“…”

“This is not good. With this amount of mana in one arrow… Is it because of the amplification? I guess I have a bad habit.”

“It’s because of the amplification. What do you mean?”

Is there something wrong with my buff? No way. There was no special penalty for the buff. That’s why Awakeners hear that it’s a scam, but now a hidden penalty appears?

Ariel calmly explained.

“Assuming that archers have 100 total mana, they give 1 to 5 mana to their arrows. In a form optimized for anticipation. But on the other side, you put almost a hundred mana into your arrows. It’s also lumpy. It seems that he didn’t exercise restraint because the total amount of mana increased due to amplification, so that’s why he said it was a bad habit.”

Aha. I seemed to roughly understand.

So, Yuri is said to have been drunk with buff teeth and filled up with mana. I don’t even know if that’s a bad thing.

Come to think of it, before this guy, he had a history of being homeless due to overspending. Is he screaming and watching until his nose breaks?

Really… I think that’s the answer.

“…”

Yuri’s face was red. It seems he didn’t know that he’d say one wrong thing and get ripped off like this. I stabbed Yuri in the side.

-Cook.

“Hey! What, what!”

“You’re not in such a hurry, are you?”

“What…?”

I tossed rice cakes at Yuri, who was making a dumbfounded expression.

“Are you okay? So far, you’ve done well without that kind of skill. Catch goblins, ostriches, gorillas. So that means you don’t have to be so impatient with those skills. If you need to learn a skill, learn it step by step, slowly.”

“…”

At my words, Yuri blinked her eyes a few times, then muttered quickly.

“Yes, yes, yes, impatient, yes, there is no need to be impatient. “

Yuri took a bite of the rice cake called impatience that I threw. That’s right, it’s better to choose the escape from impatience than to be embarrassed by being drunk with pride.

“Ariel.”

I also talked to Ariel.

“Ariel, you are like that too. Aren’t words too harsh? What are you embarrassing about… Isn’t that worth it? There’s nothing to cut down like that, right?”

I have my doubts too. Why is this guy in such a sudden rush?

“…”

Ariel blinked his eyes a few times before opening his mouth.

“…I’m sorry. I think I was excited by the word genius. There’s something I’m sensitive about. Be careful in the future.”

“……Flaw. Hmm. Okay, well, that’s fine.”

Yuri said so, but his mouth was sticking out. Yeah, well, it must be difficult to solve it with just an apology. I stabbed myself in the side one more time.

-Cook.

“Hyak?! What else!”

– Cook, cook, cook.

“Why do you keep stabbing me! Do you want to taste the blunt weapon?!”

Yuri swung an arrow while saying that, and I ran around in a clumsy manner.

These guys, I don’t know if they’ll know that I’m sacrificing my body to lighten the mood.