After merciful Diana-chan gave me permission to make new women, I excused myself for a moment.
Then I went to the kitchen and made Miriam Special 750.
I heard the version number a while ago, so it might have been updated even more by now, but the last time I heard, it was 750.
So I made two servings of Miriam Special 750 and went back to my room.
「Sorry to keep you waiting, Diana-chan」
「Yeah」
「Ah, sorry. Could you move that for me?」
I had accidentally left the wooden sword with Glowing Moss growing on it sitting on the table.
「Mm」
「Thanks, Diana-chan」
After Diana-chan moved the mossy wooden sword aside, I placed the Miriam Special 750 on the table.
「Here you go」
「Thanks, Alec」
…Come to think of it, maybe I should have wiped the table once with a cloth or something.
I put the Miriam Special 750 right on the table where the mossy sword had been.
Well, it is freshly grown moss, so maybe it is surprisingly clean……
「Hey, Alec」
「Hm?」
「Tell me about this, okay? This one is fine to ask about, right?」
While poking the mossy sword with her finger, Diana-chan asked about 『Glowing Moss』.
Hmm…… I cannot talk about the 『Dungeon』 skill, but 『Glowing Moss』 should be fine.
I already talked about this one anyway.
「Like I said earlier, it is a skill art that lets me freely grow Glowing Moss」
「Yeah」
「Watch this, okay? 『Glowing Moss』」
「Whoa……」
I chanted the spell and tried growing Glowing Moss on my own body.
Seeing me glowing faintly, Diana-chan looked surprised.
Actually, is it just my imagination, or does she look a little put off?
「For now, it is like this」
「I see……」
「Do you want to try growing it too, Diana-chan?」
「Huh? Ah, um………… no, I will pass」
「I see……」
She looked pretty hesitant, but in the end, Diana-chan declined.
「You can grow it, and you can erase it too. 『Glowing Moss』」
When I chanted the spell again, all the Glowing Moss that had been growing thickly all over my body disappeared instantly.
「Like this. What do you think, Diana-chan?」
「Even if you ask me what I think」
Yeah. Well, I guess it would be confusing.
I felt the same way. The first time I used this skill art, I thought, 『What is this? What am I even supposed to do with it?』
Still, it is a skill art I went out of my way to obtain. I should try experimenting with it in different ways.
Honestly, up until now, I have kept pulling good results with skill arts.
『Varnish Coating』 and 『Paralyze Arrow』 were both extremely useful skill arts. I am on a winning streak with the skill art gacha.
If that is the case, then maybe 『Glowing Moss』 is also a surprisingly good skill art.
Thinking that, I was running experiments again today.
「For now, I think it can work as a light」
「Yeah. It is glowing softly, and if you say it is pretty, maybe it is…… maybe」
While looking at the Glowing Moss growing on the wooden sword, Diana-chan agreed.
「By the way, that moss was made by pouring in as much magic power as I could」
「Oh? Even so, it does not feel like it is shining all that strongly」
「I focused more on the length, not the strength, of the light」
「Length?」
「If I just grow it normally, it does not keep glowing for that long」
When I grow it without thinking much, my Glowing Moss loses its light after a few hours.
This time, I grew it while imagining it glowing for as long as possible.
「I think it will keep glowing for about a full day」
「It stays lit all day?」
「Probably」
「Hmm. Glowing all day does sound kind of impressive」
Saying that, Diana-chan lightly plucked at the moss on the wooden sword.
…………
Why did you pluck it?
「What happens after it finishes glowing?」
「Huh? Ah, yeah. The moss itself disappears」
「I see. Well, at least it does not turn into trash」
Saying that, Diana-chan plucked at the moss again.
Why…….
Ah, now that I think about it, the first time we went into a dungeon together, she suddenly started plucking moss back then too…… this girl really likes doing that.
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「Alright, let’s go, Diana-chan」
「Yeah」
After finishing our discussion about Glowing Moss, Diana-chan and I decided to head outside.
「So, are you using the hammer today?」
「Yeah. I am finally going to try using the great hammer, Alexis Hammer No. 1, in real combat」
One month passed after I obtained the 『Hammer』 skill and bought the hammer.
Then another month of special training with the hammer.
That should be enough. It should be about time. The moment is ripe.
Now then, real combat.
「Then are we going to the dungeon? No matter what, there are definitely monsters there」
「Yeah」
「Why are you grinning like that……?」
「Ah, sorry」
I could not help but smile.
I was just happy that someone was evaluating our dungeon like this.
「Ah, but the dungeon, huh……」
「What’s wrong?」
「In the dungeon, there are people around……」
「Is that a problem?」
「Well……」
It is not really a problem, but it is a little embarrassing.
It will be my first time fighting monsters using a great hammer, so I do not know if I will fight well.
I might end up looking pretty pathetic.
Having other people see that would be……
「I might end up showing a lot of people something weird……」
「That’s normal, isn’t it?」
「…………」
What does that mean……?
「No, listen? This is my first time using a great hammer, so I might do something weird and――」
「Using a huge hammer is weird to begin with」
「…………」
Well, that is true……
「Then let’s go to the dungeon」
「Yeah」
Even if my hammer handling looks a bit awkward, most people probably do not know much about fighting with a great hammer anyway. They will just think that is how it works.
And like Diana-chan said, the dungeon makes it easy since we do not have to search for monsters.
Alright, let’s go. Let’s head to the dungeon.
「We go to the dungeon and fight――him」
「Him?」
「Him」
In moments like this, the opponent has to be him. It can only be him. That is just how it is. I will not budge on that.
It is a match against him.
next chapter: VS Giant Rat 7
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