After removing only
their armor and weapons, Alexis and Fransisca gather in the command center.
「Hmm. So, in the end,
there are only five items that we were able to retrieve in the last two days」
Alexis had spread them
out on the table.
An unknown sword, an
ancient coin, a wood carving, a mysterious bottle, and a crystal ball with
something like ancient writing engraved on it, but in short...
「...there is only one
thing that could be used as a weapon...」
Alexis was holding a
sword.
It feels quite light
for a sword with a broad blade.
「For now, you, the
attacker, try this first」
With these words,
Alexis handed the sword to Fransisca.
Fransisca nodded and
accepted the sword, "Yes, I understand." However, Alexis continued.
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「That being said. We
don't know how good it is yet, and your original sword is also a magic sword,
so please carry your original sword with you for the time being」
「Yes」
「Now, as for the other
four items...」
Alexis folded his arms
and looked at the remaining items.
「Is this... a coin from
an ancient civilization? It looks like something a collector would pay a lot of
money for」
He said so while moving
the ancient coins away to the edge of the table.
「And this... this is an
artifact I've never seen before. It seems to be another artifact from an
ancient civilization...」
Alexis takes a moment
to move the wood carvings to the edge as well.
「And this bottle. There's
a mysterious liquid inside... what is this?」
Alexis shakes the
bottle and it makes a burbling sound.
Fransisca then tilted
her head.
「...I guess we'll have
to find out for sure」
「Who's going to make
sure?」
「...um...」
When Fransisca fell
silent, Alexis put the bottle on the edge of the table as well.
「So, the last one...」
When Alexis reached for
the crystal ball, his fingertip hit it with a tap and it rolled away.
"Oh!" the
ball falls off the table and lands on the floor, shattering into pieces. The
next moment.
*Boom! A cloud of white
smoke rose up, and a sweet smell enveloped the room.
「Whoa?!」
「*Cough* *Cough* W-what
is it?」
All at once, their
vision went white.
After a while, when
their vision cleared up, Fransisca was the one who came to a conclusion and
said.
「I-I know what it is! It
must be an ancient magic tool. Like the pendant and the sword I'm wearing...
because in the time of ancient magical civilizations, they had the technology
to put magic inside of items」
「I see. Then, maybe
ancient people used to lock their magic in a crystal ball or something like
that. I've seen those before」
Alexis concluded so,
but the sweet smell lingered in the room.
「What's this? It's like
the smell of molasses」
「Yes. ...Was it an ancient
air freshener?」
「Maybe」
Alexis tilted his head.
「...Well, then we should
actively pick up crystal ball shaped items when we find them in the future.
There may be cases where it is a trivial magic tool like now, but it may also
contain some useful magic tool」
「Yes」
Fransisca nodded
without any particular objection.
「...Well then」
At the end of the
strategy meeting, Alexis stood up from the chair he was sitting in.
「That's it for today.
After dinner, you can come to my room after you clean yourself up」
"Here it comes," Fransisca thought.
「... well, are you still
doing that today... like yesterday?」
Fransisca asked him
fearfully. And Alex answered, "Isn't it natural? You're my slave".
「Well, that's right...」
（As I thought, a slave
is... such a thing...）
Hearing
Alexis' words, Fransisca was convinced.
