Chapter 2010: Park Date ④

Chapter 2010: Park Date 4

While relaxing in the park with Illness, I saw the large gate at the entrance open. It seemed like more visitors had arrived...... but if the gate opened, did they come by carriage?

As I wondered about it and casually turned toward the gate...... I was stunned.

[......Eh? A flying carpet!?]

[A treasuuuure. Quite a rare siiiight.]

[......Treasure? Errr, so it's not a magic tool or some kind of magic?]

What entered was not a carriage, but a flying carpet with what seemed to be a couple sitting shoulder to shoulder on top of it. Their appearance gave off a distinctly noble-like vibe, but more than anything, it was the flying carpet that took me by surprise.

Flight Magic is quite advanced, and for magic tools, even if it doesn't require something as big as those used for a Teleportation Magic Tool, you'd still need a large magic crystal. In fact, flying platforms or boards are usually quite large.

However, the flying carpet that had just entered was thin, and I couldn't imagine there being a magic crystal with the necessary magic formulas inside something of that thickness. I had assumed the people riding it were using magic to make it float, but...... I overheard the unfamiliar term "treasure."

[Yeeeees, it's quite rare, so it's understandable that Kaito-sama doesn't know about iiiiiiit. Treasures aaaaare, in simple terms, iteeeeeems with special effects that current magic tools cannot replicaaaaaaate. They're sometimes discovered in ancient ruins and have properties similar to magic crystaaaaaals, which allows for their use in ways like thaaaaaat.]

[I- I see, so they're something like ancient OOPArts in this world.]

[Heehhh...... there’s a certain sense of adventure and romance in that idea.]

[Kuhihi, indeeeeed. The thought of discovering an unexpected item does evoke a sense of adventure, doesn’t iiiiiiit?]

If the opportunity arises someday, I’d like to learn more about treasures. Perhaps the Royal Museum or some similar place might have them on display, and I might be able to see them for myself.

<Afterword>

<Treasures>

Items imbued with magic power that can't be replicated by magic tools, their original materials unknown. They are extremely rare and valuable, and there are even treasure hunters who search for them.

......In truth, these treasures are actually "special items that Shallow Vernal once created as an experiment". They were scattered across the world to test how Demons and others might use them. These items are remnants of the era when Shallow Vernal was still making trials and errors, trying out various things in the past.

Serious-senpai : [......So those things really came from her!?]

? ? ? : [Yeah, most of the mysterious and unreplicable things in the world were just Shallow Vernal-sama testing this or that...... As expected of the origin of most things.]