138 - - 136. Validation of Effectiveness

"They're as close as ever!"

"Because Gilweitzer ultimately can't resist Elias."

Watching Elias lightly tease Gilweitzer in Elias's store while playing. Commentary is by Mr. Krull, the Flame King.

"Who was that who made a fuss in my store just now?"

"No, that one got me in trouble too. ......"

"Oh, no?　You seem to be talking differently?"

"Ugh, I'm a little confused by that one too!"

I wonder, is Gilweitzer's "lady" character forced by Elias to do this?　Did you lose a bet or something?

Currently, Gilweitzer is being extorted by Elias for a . A slender, white-skinned figure of unknown gender is holding a closed fan - or is it a fabric fan, since it is covered with a silky cloth?　--It is not perverse, but it is a funny exchange, but it costs a lot of T points because it is a prize released for the second place. Or rather, you need all the T-points for the second place.

"You can get the beast evolution stone, fox, for 500G at the casino.

I'll help you out by reminding you of the bet, though it may be a muddy boat.

"Look, look, Elias!　He says you can get it in production jobs!"

"Really?"

Gilweitzer turns Elias around by holding his shoulders with a smile, dripping with cold sweat.

"There were many other prizes for production workers in the casino. The workbenches and furnaces were of a higher rank than those purchased from the fast dwellers.

"Oh, I guess I have to fight enough to get permission to move around the country."

"We'll escort you out so you can get around!　I'll help you!"

Gilweitzer is desperate to shift the prize from the tournament to the casino.

"I can handle the bosses in this country while escorting them. It might take more time to travel than to fight a boss.

The Flame King says, "It looks like he's going to join the escort.

"Yes, I'll ask Daichi and Koreto to join us."

Haruna will stay at home, which is appropriate since she will need a shield and recovery.

The members of the firefighters are meeting the other three here, so we talk for a while over a cup of tea that Elias has brewed again. I was about to leave when I was stopped by the Flame King.

"Sorry, Homura. Can you sell me just the curry?"

Oh, I thought you were fidgeting when you saw me, but it's curry.

"Okay, but what kind of curry do you like?　Beef?　Pigs?　Bird?　How spicy?"

"I'm glad there's a lot of beef. A little spicy."

"Okay, I don't have anything on me right now, but I can give it to you next time I see you. Or, with your approval, I could leave it with Elias?　I'm pretty dizzy."

The materials are in the warehouse of the store next door. It's next door, but it's hard to get back there!

"Oh, Homura, you cook too?"

"Yes, mainly cooking, alchemy, and medicine, but I'm not very broad, am I?　And I took [carpentry] at the casino."

"Why are you a carpenter?"

"I've decided to have a house in the clan, so I'm just going to do it."

"Great, where did you get it?"

Gilweitzer, freed from Elias, settles down.

"I'm going to be on Fagat's island."

"The bungalows?　The island of giant trees?　The oddly shaped rocks?"

Kii-iwa is a type of house built in a rock like a spire jutting out into the sea, like Arsene Lupin's Kii-iwa Castle. can build a room anywhere as long as the entrance faces the outside!　I am planning to build my private house in the cliff that covers the island. It's exciting to think about what kind of house to build, and while the strategy is fun, it's fun too.

"It's an island of giant trees.

"Oh, no, that's nice."

"We want a house too!

"I hear Roy's place is working on a house too."

So says the Flame King. It seems that the fever for the house has spread to all the members of the fire company here. Roy and the others had six pots because they were spinning around to get the Houses. When we met them, there were only six people in the party, but Kikuhime told us that the number of producers has increased with the addition of new members to the clan. They must have been humming the wheel to get items for the members who couldn't go to the labyrinth.

"But how did you save up all that money? I don't have much because I bought all my equipment.

When he decided to participate in the tournament, he reequipped himself with all the equipment except for the party's defeat reward. He spent a considerable amount of money even after selling off the equipment he had worn until then.

"Yeah, I took it off, but the rest of us won the arena bets."

So Homura is in debt?

"No, I saved up at the sale, so it's not a problem."

"Hmm?　Can you save that much by selling drops?"

The Flame King asks with a surprised look on his face. Fagat's island is much more expensive than other countries, so much so that even the most successful production clans are a bit hesitant. Even if you are actively trying to get materials that can be sold, you will not be able to save up unless you are conscious of it, as money comes in and goes out quickly when you renew your equipment and replenish your supplies.

"I think there was a limit to the amount of money you could sell on consignment.　Consignment to a store owner?"

"Oh no, that won't save you much either, will it?　Producers who buy materials also have their own stores, or intend to have their own stores, and their purse strings are tight now. Combat workers are more willing to pay for equipment, aren't they?"

"Oh, you don't have to tell me how to make money if it's a special way, okay?　Information is valuable."

Gilweitzer adds.

"No?　We just have a regular store and sell it."

"Oh?　I wonder where. If you tell me, I'll go buy it.

Next door.

Hmm?　Where is it?"

The Flame King asks back with a puzzled look on his face. Or is it just because the vertical line between his eyebrows has disappeared?

"Next door."

"Next door is [Kenya], right?"

"Next to the one on the other side."

He points toward his store.

"That's Lengard's store, okay?"

"Yeah."

Gilweitzer and Krull ask suspiciously.

"Lengard is my producer name."

Without the mask, he changes into the white equipment he showed in the arena.

The four men freeze.

"Don't tell anyone, okay?"

Test posing with a finger to the lips.

"What a joke!"

"I wonder where I can get that design?"

"I like it. Do you have the black one?"

"What do you mean, 'what are your abilities'?"

"Well, the matching equipment is going to cause a fuss. If you don't want to tell me, I won't tell you, but where are you going to wear it?"

...... I guess I posed badly. I can't get them to believe me, but here goes.

"No, no?　It's him."

Homura.

"Hmm?"

The Flame King puts his hand on my shoulder and calls my name with a somber face.

"Sure, we're alike in height and hair color, but..."

"It hurts to be an impersonator, doesn't it?"

They don't believe me!

Either this is the effect of Asha's mask, or it was simply my bad first move!

I can produce it with the Lengard name on it.

You can wear the name, you're copying me there.

You're really hurt.

"We can also make <> and <> at ......"

I showed them the front view of the arena and other physical evidence that I was a Lenguard, but they didn't believe me. Is this the final answer to the effect of the mask?

And finally.

"Ugh, Gil did the samba!"

"Hey! Don't wear the sequined bra!

"Why me? Over here, you guys are wearing pantaloons and dancing the lambada!"

"Hey, all three of you, stop coming at me, samba rhythm, hip swaying, bit by bit!"

Looks like the samba has the upper hand.

No, no. It seems that trying to associate me with Lengard interferes with my thinking. I am confused as to why this is happening. It seems that in the Flame King and Krull, Gilweitzer is dancing the samba in his sequined B...... costume, and in Gilweitzer's mind, the Flame King and Krull are dancing the lambada together. In Elias, too, the three samba dancers are apparently pressing him. ..........

"Thank goodness I had nothing to do with that."

"No, I don't know why, but you're a party to this, aren't you?"

Just as I'm about to imagine it, I'm choked up by the Flame King, who presses his temple with one hand.

"Gil's samba is turning into belly dancing, so we've got to do something about it!

"Ugh ...... pink spot!　Krull, don't drag me into your delusions!

"Geez, I don't want to see that! Reversible reactions inverse irreversible reactions irreversible reactions inverse reversible reactions both reversible and irreversible reactions are chemical reactions!"

"So why me!"

Elias began to distract himself with rapid speech.

He's not thinking about Lengard anymore, is he?　Even if you stop thinking about it, the thought pollution(?) doesn't stop?　At any rate, the <> turned out to be quite powerful.

"Is this okay?"

Equip the mask in front of him.

"......!　Lengard!"

< has been cured, but another confusion has begun.

I told them as they asked me, but I thought it would be OK with them. I was able to verify the masks, and I saw some unusual things. Besides, I could ask Elias to produce the equipment without worrying. I feel better.

Let's just calm down for now, shall we?

"You don't say ！！！！"

"Ugh!"

The Flame King slashed at me!　

"Kyaaa!　Hey, don't go wild in my store!"

"Outside the arena! The guards will come for V! Watch out!

This is the one to get cut!

Don't use it as a shield!

Just the right size!

Using Gilweitzer as a shield, he avoids the Flame King's slashes. Gilweitzer stops the Flame King's sword by holding it between his palms. You don't have ......, do you?

"Yeah!　Gil!　Get out of my way!"

If you don't stop now, I'll get cut!

Just get out of the way!

First, the sword!

""Nun-nun-nun-nun.""

A fierce battle between the two began.

"It's hard work in such a small space!"

He slips quietly out from behind Gilweitzer and takes a breath. The two men run amok in the room without breaking any of the tasteful furnishings, especially the Flame King, who wields a bastard sword with great dexterity.

"You've got a good personality," he says.

Krull says to me in a tone of exasperation.

"I'm a very modest person.

"May I [appraise] this equipment?"

"As long as you don't say anything else."

"Of course!　I can't [appraise] ....... It's a very high rank.

Elias looks disappointed. It seems that the source of the item is so high in rank that it is difficult to see its ability unless the owner or the [appraisal] level of the item is high. I wonder if he can appraise his hands and boots.

Don't relax!

The Flame King and Gilweitzer yelled at me. You two have a high synchronization rate.