Chapter 56: Shall we prepare little by little?

Chapter 56: Shall we prepare little by little?

Having decided to go to the royal capital, we’re making a list of the necessary items and will continue with our preparations.

「How about some new overcoats?」

I suggested brand new overcoats for everyone.

「I believe our previous overcoats are still fine though?」

「Yes, the previous overcoats look like that but its quality is still good.」

I have a reason for wanting new overcoats.

「The truth is, I got a hold of a Dark attribute magic stone from Papeck-san.」

「Dark attribute?」

I can’t use the Dark attribute, but I can draw magic circles for Dark attribute magic. I talked about how I can bestow some useful Dark attribute magic on the overcoats.

「I want to apply the 『Inhibit Perception』 enchantment on the overcoats.」

「Inhibit Perception?」

「”Inhibit perception”, is that to erase presence?」

「It’s a bit different. It’s where you’re in front of someone but it’s hard for them to notice you. There’s magic to conceal presence as well, but I’m still considering what I should do about that.」

As she is now, Sophia, a peerless beauty and rare elf, will catch everyone’s attention, and will probably leave a profound memory in those people. Inhibit Perception will prevent that.

Presence Concealment is a similar to the Stealth skill. By erasing presence itself, the being is completely imperceptible.

「Sophia, you have the Stealth skill, so I think it would be possible to supplement that by turning 『Presence Concealment[1]』 on and off as well.」

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As a bit of a battle junkie, Sophia immediately related it to fighting.

「Well, I believe it would be a way to give temporary peace of mind being safe from an enemy sensitive to presences. Also, this would prevent Sophia and Maria getting dragged into things.」

If I bring Sophia and Maria along, I’m sure we’ll be picked on.

「Kaede wants overcoat too~!」

Kaede raised both her arms and demanded so.

「You’re right Kaede, we always receive thread from Kaede, so we should have a matching one for Kaede too.」

「Ya~~ay!」

Kaede jumped at me, clinging onto me with her 8 legs and 2 hands.

Certainly, Kaede is also has an assassin type battle style so it would be just perfect.

「Master~! Kaede will take out threads so lets go workshop!」

「I got it, I got it. Sophia and Maria, please buy a larger than normal quantity of foodstuff. And seasonings as well, if possible.」

「「Understood.」」

「Hey hey master, strong fat thread riiight?」

「That’s right, it’s an overcoat so it needs to be durable.」

Kaede spun the threads directly into the loom as she produced them.

We’re already used to this operation, and there’s also the effects of the Sewing skill, so even weaving everyone’s portion of cloth didn’t take that much time to complete,

On their way home, Maria asked Sophia what was on her mind.

「............ I am a war slave. Setting me free isn’t that simple. However, it would probably be simple if it’s Takumi-sama. Still, I am Takumi-sama’s guard. Until Takumi-sama returns to Goddess Norn-sama, I intend to serve him as his retainer.」

「It would have been nice to have a contract like the one Kaede-chan has though.」

For Sophia and Maria, they feel a little bit jealous that Kaede is connected to Takumi by a path of magic power.

「Moreover, I am an elf. Living in a human country, I would probably involved in less trouble as Takumi-sama’s slave.」

Hearing that, Maria nodded.

Justifiably, it would be a crime to harm another’s slave. Conversely, there might be those that would come out and harm Takumi to obtain Sophia.

「However, Takumi-sama undervalues himself too much, doesn’t he?」

「Yep, he has pretty silver hair and well put appearance that wouldn’t lose to an elf. Furthermore, he has talents and abilities as an artisan. And above all, his disposition.」

「Yeah~ Leaving Takumi-sama is unconceivable~」

Sophia and Maria’s girl talk, which would leave Takumi blushing if he heard, continued until they were in front of the house.

「Is this it? The church of the Genesis faith.」

I arrived at the church in Volton.

The impetus for my arrival at this world might have been because of the forbidden technique of the Divine Empire of Sydnia, but I shudder at the thought of what would happened if I was not picked up by Goddess Norn-sama.

Inside the church, there are a reasonable amount of people praying. Joining those people, I went in front of Goddess Norn’s statue, genuflected, and prayed.

「(Goddess Norn-sama, thank you very much for your accommodation in many ways. I am able to have fun living because of you.)」

「Yeah, I’m relieved you’re doing well.」

「Eh?!」

Suddenly, hearing a voice, I opened my eyes and saw Norn-sama standing in front of me.

「Umm, did I die?」

Just like I had experienced when I first descended into this world, I had come to a pure white room again.

「You didn’t die. Jeez, Takumi-kun, it’s because you didn’t come to the church at all. Now that you’ve finally come, I brought your spirit to my sanctuary.」

Hearing that relieved me.

「Ah, there’s something I would like to ask you, Norn-sama. I came to Mildgard because I was dragged into the hero summoning, right? What happened to the heroes summoned by the Divine Empire of Sydnia? Maybe because I’m at the border, I haven’t heard of any rumors.」

「Ah, about that. Actually, I sent you 3 years into the past by interfering with the time axis , Takumi-kun.」

「Eh? So that means, there’s still a little over 2 years before then? 」

「Right, you catch on fast. Ah, it’s time. Visit the church again, okay? We might be able to talk if the time is right.」

Norn-sama’s voice sounded far, and before I knew it, I was back at the church.

「Two years later, huh. Well, it doesn’t concern me.」

At that time, I thought that the heroes and I were unrelated.

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Footnotes:

Raws here say Presence Concealment, but they’re talking about adding Inhibit Perception, so I’m confused. LN is same, so I kept it as is.

Sphy’s Note:

Hello, thank you for your patience and well-wishes. My family member is now sort of doing better now, though I still have to support her so updates will still be slow. I just wanted to give you guys a chapter, I haven’t forgotten you all. On another note, I was also informed that aggregator sites fixed their chapters and now has the right chapters, which kinda saddened me, but oh well. I’m really thankful to everyone who reads this here.