「Now then, Nana-san. I have a little request for you」
I invited Nana-san to my room while she was out in the garden spraying the plants with Water magic to make a rainbow, and I brought up the topic.
「Haa, what is it?」
「I want you to take this」
「Um… a resurrection potion?」
I handed Nana-san a bottle filled with resurrection potion.
「I figured I should give you about three bottles for now」
「What exactly is this for?」
「If something ever happens to me, I want you to use it to bring me back」
「You are being rather sudden… are you planning to head into a war zone?」
「It is not like that… it is more of an insurance in case something happens」
「Insurance…? I do not mind, but I believe you already gave some to Yggdrasil-sama as well?」
Just as Nana-san said, I had already given resurrection potions to Yggdrasil-san before and asked her to take care of me if anything happened.
「The reason I asked Yggdrasil-san was… well, of course I trust her, but she was also the only one I could explain the potions to」
A cheat item like this cannot have its source explained and cannot even be mentioned to anyone else.
So, there was no one else I could rely on besides Yggdrasil-san.
「But you already know everything now, Nana-san. So, I thought I should give some to you too」
「I see」
「Risk management… that is what this is, Nana-san」
「Haa」
It is not like I expect Yggdrasil-san to accidentally lose the potions or trip and break the bottles, but if I can secure insurance in two places, there is no reason not to.
「Understood. I will take care of them」
「Thanks, Nana-san」
「Now we can rest easy no matter when Master dies」
「…Please do not be at ease when Master dies」
Nana-san stared at the resurrection potion I had given her and muttered something unsettling.
She probably meant something like even if I die, she can revive me, so it is fine, but Nana-san always makes her words sound way too suggestive…
「But Master」
「What is it, Nana-san?」
「Nana-san has wondered for some time. This resurrection potion is something you apply to Master’s remains, correct?」
「My remains… yeah, that is right」
「If your remains cannot be found, resurrection is impossible, correct?」
「Well… yeah?」
That was true. The potion had to be applied to the body, so without a body there was no resurrection.
「Um… ah, are you talking about the dungeon?」
「Yes?」
「You are worried about what happens in a dungeon? Like if I die inside, my body gets absorbed by the dungeon?」
Dungeons absorb anything they judge as garbage. So… would they judge a corpse as garbage?
「No… I do not think that would happen right away. If a body is left there for months or years then the dungeon might absorb it, but for a while it should be fine」
「I see, that is good」
That was a relief. And besides, even the dungeon core would not judge her husband’s corpse as garbage…
「Well, in Master’s case it might absorb you right away」
「What!? Why, I am her husband」
「Mother’s love. She would want to become one with the husband she adores」
「Eeh…」
The dungeon core’s love is way too heavy…
「And it is not about the dungeon. I am worried about something else」
「Something else?」
「For example… if a monster eats your entire body, there would be no remains to retrieve」
「Ah, eating me whole… does that even happen? Monsters do not eat people, right?」
Monsters corrupted by miasma do not eat. They do not eat humans, animals or plants. They only consume miasma and live by absorbing it.
It is like a hermit living off mist.
「Even so, there are monsters that use biting attacks. You could be swallowed whole」
「I see…」
「If that happens, recovering Master’s remains would be impossible」
「That is true…」
I see, that was careless of me. I never imagined the resurrection potion had such a weakness…
「Ah, but you can revive someone from a single strand of hair, right?」
「Yes. The giant rat was revived from a fragment of bone, so a strand of hair should be enough」
「Haa… giving Yggdrasil-san my hair in advance was the right move. That was risk hedging」
「Haa」
I had given Yggdrasil-san a few bottles of resurrection potion and a bundle of my hair. Even if a monster swallowed me whole, she should be able to revive me from that hair.
Originally, I gave it to her because I did not want anyone to have to dig up my buried corpse later. Yet it had become an unexpected bit of insurance.
「But still… the body, huh…」
「Is something the matter?」
「If someone I know dies, depending on the state of their remains, reviving them might not be possible」
「That is correct. Without the remains, resurrection would be… difficult」
「Hmm…」
I was not planning to revive everyone I knew, but if someone close to me died, I would probably use a potion to bring them back.
Having the means yet being unable to do it… that would be sad and frustrating. I would regret it forever.
「…I guess there is only one thing to do」
「Yes?」
「I should collect the hair of the people I know」
I should gather their hair and store it so I can revive them if something happens.
「Their hair…?」
「Hair for resurrection. I should collect it now while I can」
「In other words… you are going to collect the hair of girls?」
「…Not just girls. People I know」
Nana-san always adds unnecessary meaning to her words…
「I see, gathering hair from acquaintances…」
「Yeah」
「How will you gather it?」
「Eh? How… well, normally」
「You mean you will just ask? Like『I want your hair』?」
「Uh…」
Yeah… that is not good, right? They would definitely think I am a pervert, right?
Then what do I do? Collect it secretly?
…No, that makes me an even bigger pervert. A pervert who collects girls’ hair.
What am I supposed to do…?
next chapter: Yamada’s Foolish Thinking
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