Chapter 60: Magical Stick

Chapter 60: Magical Stick

Snow started falling on the Capital. Winter has finally arrived in earnest. The use of the onsen had increased due to the cold weather, and they are becoming very crowded in the evenings.

As for me, I got more level-ups and new products have been added to the shelves. There are several additional items, but this one stands out in particular.

Product name: Stick Chocolate

Description: A stick filled with colorful chocolate pellets. When used as a magic item, it increases the power of one’s magic by 30% for one time. However, it also increases the amount of mana used for the magic, so keep this in mind. Disappears after use.

Price: 30 rims

It’s a small stick of about 12 cm in length, with a handle curved like the handle of an umbrella. The inside of the wand is filled with ordinary chocolate pellets, but the container itself is a magic item. This makes this item sell well to the magicians. Regal, whose specialty is his Fireball, sometimes buys them.

[When I’m done eating, I keep it as a good luck charm. The price is relatively cheap, and the power boost is nice.]

[Does that 1.3x damage increase really make a difference?]

[It would be the greater the power of your magic is.]

The larger the number multiplied, the greater the effect. If a magic originally deals 10 damage, a 1.3x increase would be turned into 13 damage, but if it originally deals 1000 damage, 1.3x of that would be 1300. It’s no wonder it sells so well to veteran adventurers. I was wondering why some grumpy-looking magicians were buying so many stick chocolates.

I’m now nearing completion on the map of the 2nd Underground Floor. Since he has been helping me a lot with it, I gave 5 stick chocolates to Regal.

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When I came back to my room with Michelle, the room was cold. I immediately start up the magic heater. This is a magic item that makes use of Fire Magic, and in this world, in place of home appliances, there are many tools that run on magic crystals.

[That’s strange, I should have set the heater’s timer on when I left this morning.]

[Isn’t it fine? Anyhow, come scooch over here.]

While shivering, the two of us stood side by side and held our hands near the heater. With us sticking to each other and trying to heat ourselves, I feel strangely warm. Michelle is a great magician, so if she wanted to, she should be able to heat the room right away. However, I knew she wouldn’t do that.

[It’s really cold. How about scooching over here a little more?]

I unfold my winter cloak and hug Michelle’s shoulder close, and she then lightly leans her weight on me.

[It’s so warm...... Ufufu......]

[What’s the matter?]

[I smell Yuusuke’s scent.]

Can I play it again? This time, the video continued normally. Arehh, what is Michelle doing? While I was putting on my cloak, she secretly turned off the timer on the heater. Did she expressly do that just so that we can have some intimate time earlier? Good grief, I’m not sure if I should say she’s cute or she’s troubling......

[Ughk!]

I suddenly felt pain in my chest. This is bad, is this recoil from magic overuse!?

[Yuusuke! Yuusuke!]

I can hear Michelle’s voice. This is back...... How do I get back?

[.....................]

As the video blacked out and my consciousness was cut off, my surroundings were dyed in total darkness.

Feeling my lips forcibly pried open, I felt warm liquid pour in. That sensation woke me p with a start. Thereupon, I saw Michelle’s face close to mine.

[Have you regained consciousness, Yuusuke?]

[Arehh, what was I......?]

[Don’t you remember? You collapsed from mana exhaustion. What in the world did you do?]

If I’m not mistaken, I used a stick to activate my Clairvoyance and saw images from the past...... That must have drained me all of my mana.

[Here, drink some more mana potions.]

Michelle put a teaspoon of potion in my mouth.

[How are you? Have you settled down? Can you remember what happened?]

[I saw it......]

[Saw it? Saw what?]

[I saw Michelle tamper with the timer on the heater......]

[That is......!?]

She looked flustered. As Michelle turned bright red and curled herself up, I explained to her what really happened.

<Translator’s Notes>

Stick Chocolate

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