Book 12: Chapter 13: Gifter

Book 12: Chapter 13: Gifter

Halt-sama. What in the world are you planning to do?

I was preparing to give Akari my other present in the middle of the night when Tina suddenly called out to me.

Akari believes in Santa, so Im going there to give her a little gift.

Santa, is it?

Ah, Santa is the equivalent to this worlds Gifter. Akari believes that the Gifter exists. Shes already 16, but I thought it might be nice if she gets a present from the Gifter even just once.

...Oh, then are you going to pretend to be the Gifter, Halt-sama?

Yup! My Gifter is Tina, so Im planning to be the Gifter to Akari in turn.

Eh, me? Ah, what do you mean?

Hm? Does Tina think I hadnt realized it yet?

Oh well, I guess thats fine.

Anyway, Im going to Akaris room to sneak her present in, so you go to sleep first.

I see. I understand. However, Halt-sama What are you wearing?

I was clad in a red robe trimmed with white fur and my head was covered in a red nightcap.

I tried to create the right ambiance, so I made them myself.

And yup, I also prepared a huge gift sack.

I used mind reading to check Akaris wish and prepared it accordingly, before putting it inside the sack.

Santa looks like this in our world.

The Gifter was an existence that bestows gifts to good little children thats the only information I got about that person, so I didnt know what get-up I should wear.

And so, I decided to pattern my clothes to the global appearance of Santa Claus in my previous world.

How should I say it Uhm, Halt-sama looks absolutely suspicious.

Tinas eyes were cold.

Yup, I understood how she felt.

And so, theres no other option but for me to be Akaris Gifter.

The traps dont work on me, so I could freely roam around the mansion in the middle of the night, obviously.

Alright, lets enter Akaris room.

The problem was, Akari was a hero, so a surprise attack would definitely fail.

She would immediately wake up if somebody tried to approach her while she was sleeping. The stronger the opponent approached her, the greater the distance required to wake her up, so she would open her eyes even if the other party was still far from her.

By the way, the gauge for power would be the level.

Im Level 1, so even if I were close enough to touch her, Akari wouldnt notice.

Normal Level 1 people wouldnt be able to hurt Hero Akari, who was already Level 300.

However, she was constantly protected by a thin magical barrier, so it would be absolutely impossible for any Level 1 to touch her.

Well, its not like Im gonna attack Akari, so there was no reason for me to touch her. There shouldnt be any problem with that, then.

I just need to place the gift under her pillow without her noticing and call it a day.

Unnoticed theres another problem with that.

Tet, who took on the appearance of a black cat, was Bastet, a deity in Akari's and my former world, and she had been transmigrated into this world together with Akari.

Akari had an excellent ability to detect her enemies, but Tet was far superior to her.

Every single creature in this world has mana, to a greater or lesser extent.

Tina and Tet, having excellent mana perception, could perfectly sense a persons movements even without looking at them.

If I move, it would be a given that my mana would also move, so Tet would be able to sense that I was approaching just by that.

Thats why I didnt want Tet to discover me.

And so, I adjusted the amount of mana released within the mansion as well as the mana within me, then I blended myself into the mana spread throughout the place.

Thanks to this trick, I proved that I could even fool Tinas magic detection ability.

Ive already come this far using this trick, so Tet probably hasnt discovered me yet I wish.

Alright, I had to open the door next.