According to Ralina-chan, I apparently showed strange reactions to the words fifteen and wild boar.
After that, aside from fifteen and wild boar, I also reacted to the words subjugation completed, Jisrare-san, forest, and go outside.
…When you put those keywords together, it feels like the answer would come out pretty easily.
At this point, it seemed like it was only a matter of time before I was found out. Or so I thought, but apparently I also reacted to words like female doctor, nun, swimsuit, and swimming.
Because those worked well as decoy keywords, I somehow managed to keep the world trip a secret from Ralina-chan.
I think I was lucky, but did I really react to those kinds of words…?
Thinking that I was twitching and reacting to words like that is honestly pretty embarrassing.
Still, for the very first day of our reunion, it was quite a tightrope walk.
With only a few months left until Ralina-chan turns fifteen, will I really be able to keep this secret all the way through?
With things like that going on, the day after my usual thrilling reunion with Ralina-chan, I reunited with Jered-kun.
And then, the day after that.
Today was church. After one month, I finally came back to the church.
「I am here, I am here. Man, it has been a while」
It really has been a while since I came to the church. I can meet Laudette-san again after a long time. I can spend some relaxed time. Slowly, lazily, spending meaningless time doing nothing.
I am also looking forward to the appraisal. After all, I did manage to defeat the wild boar.
Since I took down such a powerful enemy, it would be nice if there were some kind of change.
With those expectations in my heart, I cheerfully greeted everyone and opened the church doors.
「Hello. It is been a while, it is Alec」
◇
「Ehh? Not having to step outside even once actually sounds easy to mee?」
「No, no, it’s tough. It gets boring. Really boring.」
「Is that how it iss?」
And so, I spent some lazy, meaningless time chatting away with Laudette-san.
Ah, yeah, this really is nice. This relaxed time somehow feels precious.
To think I can buy this time with just a few coins. What a wonderful facility a church is…
「Oh, by the way, Laudette-san, have you ever been outside the forest?」
The thought suddenly occurred to me, and I got a little curious, so I asked.
I wonder? If she has, maybe she could give me some light advice.
「Outsidee? I haven’t, actually.」
「Oh, I see.」
「Basically, elves aren’t allowed to leave the forest until they turn one hundredd.」
「Ah, right, that’s true. That does seem to be the case………….Huh?」
No, wait… yeah. I know that elves under a hundred can’t leave the forest. Father told me that when we talked about world travel.
That part is fine, but if she’s saying that now, then…..
Does that mean Laudette-san is under a hundred?
Wait, really? But that’s what it implies, right?
「Um, uh」
「Yes?」
「…No, it’s nothing.」
I am curious, but asking someone their age to their face is kind of…
So I don’t know her exact age, but it seems Laudette-san hasn’t reached one hundred yet. She was younger than I expected.
…Is that young, though?
If she’s in her eighties or nineties, can you really call that young?
For an elf, maybe it is, but with my lingering sensibilities from my past life, calling someone in their nineties young feels a bit…
「Are you curious about the world outside the forest, Alec-san?」
「Huh? Ah, well, a little.」
Yeah, I am curious. I will be going there eventually, after all.
By the way, Laudette-san doesn’t know that I’ll be setting out on a world journey someday. She also doesn’t know that I defeated a wild boar. We’ve cut off that information.
If that spread throughout the village, it would naturally reach Ralina-chan’s ears too. That would be bad.
Thinking that, Father and I talked it over and decided not to let the information out. Based on an extremely advanced political judgment, we are controlling the flow of information.
……As a result of this information control, the three of us child elves are being treated as 『those kids who went outside during the Time of Miasma Demon and ended up getting confined』.
「Alec-san is still fifteen, so it will be a long time before you can go outside the forest.」
「That’s true.」
「About eighty-five more years, I guess.」
「That’s right…」
That would have been nice… I wanted to relax in my hometown for another eighty-five years.
I wanted to travel with the feeling of just taking a look after turning one hundred…
「Alright then, I think it’s about time for an appraisal.」
「Ah, yes. Go ahead.」
Okay then, it’s appraisal time.
Unfortunately, I do not have eighty-five years left before I have to travel. I only have five years remaining. It would be nice if my level had gone up quickly, or if I had gained a new skill around now.
While hoping for that, I poured my magic power into the appraisal crystal and then,
Name: Alexis
Race: Elf Age: 15 (↑1) Gender: Male
Occupation: Woodworker
Level: 22 (↑1)
Strength 16 (↑1)
Magic Power 12 (↑2)
Vitality 8
Dexterity 29
Agility 5
Skills:
Hammer Lv1 Bow Lv1 Fire Magic Lv1 Woodworking Lv2 Dungeon Lv1
Skill Arts:
Power Attack (Hammer Lv1) (New) Paralyze Arrow (Bow Lv1) Varnish Coating (Woodworking Lv1) Glowing Moss (Dungeon Lv1)
Composite Skill Arts:
Glowing Paralyze Arrow (Bow)
Titles:
Son of the Sword Saint and the Sage Dungeon Master
「Ah.」
「Ah.」
「Congratulations.」
「Thank you!」
My level went up. And I learned a new skill art.
I did it. A level and an art. That’s a pretty solid boost in combat power.
「This time, you leveled up at a surprisingly fast pace.」
「Yes, it seems so.」
Just as Laudette-san said, this level-up speed is quite fast.
It must be the result of fighting the powerful wild boar for such a long time. You can tell from the changes in my stats.
This time, the stats that increased were one point in Strength and two points in Magic Power. That must be from shooting Paralyze Arrow at the wild boar hundreds of times. Relying on those cheat recovery potions, I used magic power as much as I possibly could.
Even so, this is the first time my Magic Power stat has gone up by two at once. Come to think of it, isn’t this also the first time my Dexterity did not increase?
「You also acquired a new skill art. ‘Power Attack’, is it?」
「Yes. It seems I obtained an art like that.」
Maybe the wild boar fight had something to do with this too. I did smash it with Alexis Hammer No. 1 with all my strength, after all.
But still, Power Attack. Power Attack, huh…
「I wonder what kind of art it is. Well… I can pretty much guess from the name.」
「It’s a simple art that increases destructive power. It’s similar to ‘Power Arrow’ from the Bow skill.」
「I thought so.」
「It’s an art tied to the Hammer skill, which is rare among elves, so I’ve never actually seen it myself.」
「I see. Even so, it’s impressive that you know about it.」
As expected of Laudette-san, the explanatory character.
…Putting that aside, it really is just an art that increases raw power.
Hmm. Well. How should I put it… it feels a bit underwhelming somehow. I do not find it particularly interesting, or rather…
No, I do think it’s strong. The effect is simple, but it’s clearly a powerful and useful art.
I had already thought as much after seeing Jered-kun’s Power Arrow. It’s straightforward and undeniably strong.
…And I also thought it was plain and ordinary.
And now I’ve gone and acquired that kind of plain, ordinary skill art myself…
Well, I suppose it’s fine.
Looking at my appraisal results, I realize I did not have any high-damage arts until now.
To begin with, it’s not a bad art. It’s simply strong, and I think it will be easy to use.
Ah, right.
If possible, I would like it to fuse with Paralyze Arrow.
As a composite skill art, something like Paralyze Attack, or Power Paralyze Arrow. It would be nice if I could learn something like that.
next chapter: 『Glowing Power Attack』
Leave a Reply