Chapter 58 – Power Up (6)
First, Aria, who had changed out of her holy clothes, opened the door and called for Priest Bremer.
“Priest Bremer, will you be okay for a moment?”
“Yes, Aria.”
Priest Bremer entered the room immediately upon Aria’s call.
Aria asked as soon as Bremer came in.
“Well… I think there’s a part missing from the uniform. It’s a very… Very important part.”
“Oh, I forgot to tell you. That’s the original design of that uniform.”
“Wow, this is the original design!?”
“Yes. This design is the original and complete form. It can fully contain blessings and materials to restore and increase defense.”
“B-but you can’t hide important… Very important parts!?”
“Aria. I don’t think that can be done by buying underwear separately.”
“Uh, well, that’s true, but…”
This will definitely be resolved if Aria buys the underwear separately.
However, due to the design of the garment, most of the underwear is exposed when worn underneath, and even if the area is very small, the straps are clearly visible.
In the first place, the original sex clothes were designed so that no special underwear could be worn, so when you first wear the original sex clothes, think of the high-leg part as underwear. I gave up on my heart saying there was nothing I could do.
But now, this outfit doesn’t even have the high legs that I thought were underwear.
It was to the point where you had to think of the full body pantyhose as your own underwear.
“Oh, let me give you a piece of advice… If you wear other clothes under your holy clothes, the blessing may be less effective.”
“Yes!?”
Aria couldn’t help but widen her eyes and be surprised by the sudden shocking statement.
“Uh, why?”
“Holy clothes are truly sacred clothes. Only when these clothes are fully worn can the blessings be properly applied. Past saint candidates were also well aware of this and wore these clothes.”
“…”
After hearing that previous candidates for sainthood had also done the same, it was difficult to argue with Aria any further.
“Then I will retrieve these clothes.”
Priest Bremer held up the robe originally worn by Aria.
“Huh? Wow, why are you wearing the original uniform…”
“Aria, don’t you already have those robes? Even if you have robes with less effective blessings, they’ll just be a burden. We plan to give these robes to saint candidates or nuns who need them in the future.”
“Well, like that…”
Now I couldn’t ask for my original uniform to be returned because of its design.
Donations already abandoned by Kalt.
Aria could not ignore Kalt’s willingness to pay a large sum of money to improve her skills.
Aria eventually left her room with Priest Bremer and moved to where her colleagues were.
“Aria, why did you call Priest Bremer?”
First, Nellis asked Aria.
“Oh, that’s… It’s nothing. I was just asking because I was curious what would happen to my existing uniforms if I received these new uniforms. They said they would retrieve the existing uniforms.”
“What, that’s it. I thought there was something wrong with the uniform.”
‘The problem… There was.’
“Fool, what could be wrong with the uniform? In the first place, clothes like that are top-class equipment that has undergone careful inspection and verification.”
‘After all the inspection and verification, it’s in this form… !’
“Well, it’s still the same as the clothes I wore before, so it doesn’t feel like I’m wearing something new.”
‘I’m worried because the most important part is missing and in a way it’s too new, Nellis!’
Aria continued to mentally respond to her colleagues’ comments.
However, those were words that had to be said only from the heart.
Nellis and Scarlett, who are the same women, are fine. But now there is also Kalt in Nellis’ party.
She was the only male in Nellis’ party, but she did not want the secret of her attire to be revealed to Kalt, who was kind to the party and to her as well, and was trustworthy and well-liked.
“Priest Bremer, thank you for the new vestments.”
“There is nothing to be thankful for. This is all just an expression of our church’s expectations that are worthy of the proof that Aria has shown. I hope that Aria will be even more active with her new attire.”
Aria thought as she watched Kalt chatting with Bremer while laughing.
Let’s just walk behind Kalt for the time being.
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As she left church and was wandering down her street, Nellis asked Kalt.
“Mr. Kalt, are you taking a break today?”
“I guess that’s right, since the elder is in charge of my sword and Nellis’s sword now. Let’s take a look at the requests for tomorrow at the guild today.”
“Yes!”
“Well, that would be good.”
“Well, the guild… There must be a lot of people, right?”
“Well, it’s a guild in a commercial city that hasn’t completely lost adventurers like the last village. It must be crowded, right?”
“Rumbling…”
“Aria, what’s wrong? Is there anything wrong?”
“Oh, no! It’s not like that. It’s just… I’ve only seen quiet guilds for a while. It’s awkward to suddenly go into a crowded guild.”
“Really?”
“Hehe, because there are a lot of people in our party! To be exact, it’s mostly Kalt’s activities… But there must be a lot of people who know about our party’s activities, right?”
“Since we caught the Kobold King, the rumor must have already spread.”
“Yay! I want to become stronger as I become more famous!”
“Don’t make a fuss and walk calmly.”
“Attention, attention… People’s attention…”
Nellis is happy at the thought that more people will recognize the reputation of Nellis Party, and it will attract attention.
Meanwhile, Aria broke into a cold sweat at the thought that she would be the center of attention.
Let’s arrive at the guild.
“Wow.”
Nellis’ eyes lit up at the sight of adventurers and other warrior parties crowded around the guild.
There are many people on the streets, but there is also a large population of guilds that come and go directly, so the scale of the commercial city was even more noticeable.
“Let’s look for any requests worth doing on the request board.”
“Yes!”
Even when Nellis’ party passed by, no one was particularly conscious of them.
The existence of the new warrior party that defeated the Kobold King was known, but their detailed impressions were not revealed, and even if they were the highest level entity, they did not have much interest in the Kobold machine, so most parties were unable to recognize Nellis’ party at a glance.
‘What do we do. At a glance, I saw that it was Nellis’ party… ! What should I do if I get this reaction?’
Therefore, Nellis was secretly hoping in vain, imagining something that would never happen.
‘Please don’t look at me, please don’t look at me!’
In contrast to Nellie, Aria wants to stay out of the spotlight.
“…”
Scarlett looked at Kaltman in silence.
“Let’s do this first… This would be good to do.”
What Kalt chose was the quest to subdue the Tentacle Bore, a difficulty D monster, and the Lizardman, a difficulty C monster located in a dungeon near the commercial city.
“I, difficulty level C…”
Nellis was a little intimidated because she had only hunted monsters of difficulty level D so far.
Of course, I know that my skills have improved under Kalt’s guidance.
The memory of being blown away by the Kobold King’s blow is firmly embedded in Nellis.
Kalt, who noticed Nellis’ anxiety, placed his hand on Nellis’ shoulder and said.
“Don’t worry, Nellis. With your skills, you can even catch a Lizardman.”
“Really?”
“Of course. And don’t worry because I’m here.”
“…! Yes! Mr. Kalt! I will do my best!”
After the guild decided on an appropriate request, Nellis’ party tried to leave the guild.
At that time.
“Who is this? It’s Kalt.”
“Huh?”
‘This slightly greasy voice…’
There was someone who called the name of Kalt.
When I turned my head, there was a warrior there that Kalt also knew.
Kalt Evaluation.
A man with a personality that does not match his abilities at all.
“It’s so weird to meet you in a place like this.”
A man with the ability to use ice and a grumpy tone and personality.
It was a frozen Hero smoothie.
“It’s a smoothie. I’m surprised you were in a commercial city too.”
“This is what I’m talking about, Cal~t! My rival! Maybelle’s party is in Tridia! So where is Maybelle? Where is my rival!”
Ice Hero Smoothie was also a renowned warrior and was someone who called himself the fastest warrior’s rival.
“Maybelle is not here.”
“What? I don’t have a rival!”
‘Looks like this guy doesn’t know yet?’
“What on earth happened, Kal~t!”
“That’s because I’m not at Maybelle’s party right now.”
“What~?”
The frozen Hero Smoothie struck a pose of agony, pressing his index finger between his eyebrows.
“What happened? I don’t think you’ll leave behind my Raebel! The fastest hero, Maybelle! Ah, what a riddle this is!”
‘That tone of voice is still the same. The person is not bad.’
“As for what happened…”
Kalt briefly explained to Ice Hero Smoothie that Maybelle’s party had kicked him out and that he was now joining a new party.
“That’s how it happened. Now I am.”
Kalt placed his hand on Nellis’ shoulder.
“We will raise this indomitable hero, Nellis, who will reach great heights in the future.”
“Uh oh!? Boo, this is Nellis, the indomitable hero! Now, please take care of me!”
Nellis also knows how famous the Ice Hero is.
A hero who is active after Maybelle, the fastest Hero, and has defeated numerous monsters and demons.
Nellis said hello, nervously.
“Hmm… Ah! Nellis Patty! I’ve heard of it! It’s the warrior party that defeated the Kobold King! Indeed! Yes~ Yes!”
Smoothie looked at Nellis and said.
“That achievement… You didn’t achieve it!”
“Ugh!”
Smoothie immediately realized that it was not Nellis who dealt with the Kobold King.
“Karl! Even if you were kicked out, you never thought you would raise a young hero like this. Even if you are a good person, this is your loss!”
“Ugh…”
The fact that I am a newborn chick.
Nellis knew very well that Kalt was both a thankless and precious person to her party, so she could not say anything in response to Smoothie’s words.
“If you have an idea! Come to my party…”
“Sorry, I’ll decline.”
Cutting off Smoothie, Kalt pulled Nellis by the shoulder.
“Hey, Mr. Kalt!?”
“Thank you for the offer. I will be with them from now on. That’s my decision.”
“Hoo~.”
“So relax, Smoothie.”
Kalt said with a slightly provocative, but not hostile, toothy smile.
“Your new rival party will soon appear.”