Chapter 41
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Translator: Xrecker
Chapter: 41
Chapter Title: Interior (5)
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"Welcome! Mister~!"
When I went to Shasha's office, she greeted us with a bright smile.
"Hello, Ms. Pamela!"
"Ah, hello!"
"Are the people behind you the members of the group you're creating? Huh? Oh? This person is from the Shu family...."
"Oh ho ho ho ho! It's been a while, Ms. Shasha! Yes! It's Yeon-hwa of the Shu family!"
It seemed that since the Shu family also used Cat's Commerce, the two knew each other.
Shasha, who was blinking at Yeon-hwa, gestured for me to lower my head.
As I gently lowered my head, Shasha whispered in my ear.
"What's going on, mister!? You even pulled in the young lady Shu Yeon-hwa into the same group!"
"It just happened that way."
"Are you here to get equipment this time too?"
"No, that's not the main purpose today."
As I straightened myself up, I explained to Shasha the reason for visiting Cat's Commerce today.
"Aha! So you've come to find furniture to decorate your club room! Our Cat's Commerce will introduce you to the best items! Now, now, now~ please come this way!"
Following Shasha's guidance, we headed to the furniture corner of Cat's Commerce.
"Th-this kiln looks good!"
"This curtain would be nice."
"This multi-purpose weapon display case...! Good! The design is good too!"
Looking at the items, each of them picked out things that would suit the club room.
And I saw a bed placed in one corner.
"Shasha, how good is this bed?"
"It's a brand that even the nobles love~! It's a bed that boasts good sales at Cat's Commerce too!"
"Can I lie down on it?"
"Of course!"
For reference, I was picky about beds.
Because I wasn't used to the medieval European style that was the setting of the game, but the beds made in the modern era.
To be honest, the inn beds weren't that great either. Just a level above sleeping on the bare floor.
To satisfy me, who was like that, it would have to be the best of the best in this world.
I lay down on the bed.
"Ah..."
'Ah, I'm sleepy. What is this coziness? This is much better than the beds I've slept on in this world, and even the bed I used in the modern era. The fatigue in my body is being sucked away. It's being sucked away.'
At that moment, I realized.
The bed I had used in the modern era was not a brand like Simmns, but just a cheap one I had bought from Coupng.
Because I had poured most of my money, other than living expenses, into the game.
"How is it, mister~? Good, right?"
"Can I take a nap?"
"Oh, you must really like it."
"Is it that good? I'll lie down too!"
Yeon-hwa lay down next to me with a look of interest in her eyes.
"Ooh~ it's certainly a good bed. It's similar to the one in my room at the Shu family's villa!"
"The bed in the Shu family's villa is also that bed. We received a group order~."
"That's the first I've heard of it! Ishihan!"
"What is it?"
I closed my eyes and was feeling the comfort of the bed when Yeon-hwa called out to me, and I turned to the side.
"Hehe, your choice was right. If we have such a comfortable bed in our club room, we can certainly get a good rest when we're usually tired."
Shu Yeon-hwa, who was lying on her side and smiling.
It felt as if the Shu Yeon-hwa dakimakura version that was printed in fan-made works had become a reality.
And since Shu Yeon-hwa's outfit was also quite bold, it was very pleasing to the eye.
"The fatigue accumulated in daily life cannot be ignored. I'm glad you've realized that."
I got up from the bed.
"Oh? Weren't you going to take a nap?"
"I meant that it was good enough to make me feel like it."
If I kept looking at Yeon-hwa, who was lying on her side, I would be overly nourished.
Anything in excess is not good.
After that, I bought a carpet with a magic circle drawn on it and a medicinal herb drawer and stored them in my inventory for now.
However, since a professional had to come and install additional equipment for the kiln for making medicinal herbs, a professional was scheduled to visit the academy in a few days.
As planned, Yeon-hwa paid for everything for now.
"Thank you~ and thank you again for your patronage!"
"Shasha, since we're here, I'll take a look at the equipment too."
"Yes, yes~ then I'll guide you to the warehouse!"
Following Shasha, I stepped into the warehouse for the third time.
"I never thought I'd set foot in the warehouse of Cat's Commerce like this."
"This is the Sword of the Flower Bird! And that's the Crushing Steel Mace! No, that's...!"
Yeon-hwa was purely admiring, and Arsvald's eyes were sparkling as he looked around at the weapons displayed in the warehouse.
"As I've said before, I have a contract with Cat's Commerce. So I'm supposed to receive equipment support for the members who will be in the same group. If there's any equipment you like, choose it."
"Oh my, I never thought you'd make such a contract other than a price discount, Mr. Ishihan. What kind of trick did you use?"
"I just had a conversation."
"Hehehe~ I made a contract because I felt a great potential in you, mister! Isn't it similar for you too, Young Lady Yeon-hwa?"
"Oh ho ho ho ho! You have a great eye, Ms. Shasha."
"You have to have a good eye to lead a business!"
Shasha and Yeon-hwa were laughing and chatting with each other.
"Hmm, but there's nothing I particularly need right now."
"Well, if it's you, Young Lady Yeon-hwa, you must have prepared all the equipment you want from the Shu family. But! If you find an item you want in the future, please let me know! Since you're a member of mister's group, I'll support you with equipment!"
"It's reassuring to hear that from you, Ms. Shasha, the owner of Cat's Commerce! Oh ho ho ho ho!"
"Support with the equipment you want...!"
As the conversation between the two reached his ears, Arsvald moved with a shashashak! and approached, holding several weapons.
"Hmph! If it's support, then I'll take these!"
In Arsvald's arms were various weapons such as a sword, a spear, a hammer, and a dagger.
"Arsvald."
"What! Don't act all friendly by suddenly calling me by my name!"
"Weren't you a mage? Why isn't it a staff?"
"Hmph! The staff I'm currently using is enough for me!"
"I've never seen you use a staff, though?"
"You have a bad eye, Ishihan! Look at my waist!"
As I looked at the waist area that Arsvald was emphasizing with a wriggle, I saw that a staff was fixed to his waist area.
"If you're a talented mage like me! A staff is usable as long as it's in close contact with your body!"
I never thought that Arsvald, who used a staff as a weapon but fought with his bare hands, would have such a hidden setting.
More than that, the fact that he was utilizing the performance of the staff on his waist without holding it for the sake of coolness made me feel that Arsvald's obsession with coolness was real.
"I see. I didn't know that. You're a genius at magic control."
[You have pierced through praise resistance.]
Arsvald's expression was about to brighten up, but it immediately turned stern.
"A-ahem! Yes! I am a genius! You know me well! I'll give you special permission to call me by my name!"
"Arsvald."
"Yes! What is it!"
"Put them back."
"Wh-what did you say...!"
Arsvald hugged the weapons he had brought even tighter.
"Why! I heard that I could receive the weapons I wanted!"
"That's only for weapons that you can actually use. And you're a mage, not a warrior."
"You don't know anything, Ishihan! If you buy a weapon display case, you naturally have to have weapons to put in it!"
"There's no need to display weapons that you don't use."
"Seeing the displayed weapons raises my morale...."
"Put them back."
"Tsk, you stubborn..."
"Put them back."
[You have pierced through stubbornness.]
"...a guy who doesn't even know what's cool."
Arsvald muttered and went to put the weapons back in their original places.
If I left him like this, he would probably be in a sulky mood for a while.
I felt like I could probably solve that sulkiness with the Penetration skill, but....
'I don't really want to use a skill to solve a man's sulkiness.'
In the first place, I had already spotted the equipment that would suit Arsvald when I had first come.
And it was the perfect equipment for Arsvald.
I had discovered several differences between this world and Lucadia Fantasm.
Things like being able to use skills consecutively, the newly created magic power stat, and the modified skills.
And the most easily discovered difference was... that there was equipment and accessories that did not appear in the game.
The equipment I had found were these two.
One was the Bandage of Magic Concentration.
The other was the Chain of Magic Essence.
The Bandage of Magic Concentration helped to concentrate magic power in the area where it was wrapped.
The Chain of Magic Essence was an accessory made of chains that was worn on the forearm and increased the chance of a magic attack hitting a weak spot by 30%. In other words, it was a critical hit chance increase equipment.
In Arsvald's case, when he stacked stocks, his damage would increase on its own, and his attack method was multi-hit, not single-hit.
Instead of just focusing on a critical hit damage setting and missing a lot, it was more stable and certain to deal a large amount of damage by creating a critical hit chance setting and landing critical damage several times.
More than anything, Arsvald would never refuse the equipment I had chosen.
Because.
They were a bandage and a chain.
These two pieces of equipment were in a corner of the warehouse, so they hadn't caught the eye of Arsvald, who was preoccupied with the weapons.
I walked to the corner of the warehouse, took out the Bandage of Concentration and the Chain of Magic Essence, and approached Arsvald, who had just finished putting the weapons back.
"Arsvald."
"Hmph! What is it! Are you going to nag me again... huh? What's that?"
"It's the equipment I recommend. For you, this would be more suitable than a bunch of miscellaneous weapons for display."
"A bandage and... is this an accessory made of chains?"
"Yes."
"Hmph! What's so good about something like this!"
It seemed Arsvald was not yet a chuunibyou who was interested in bandages and chains.
But if I just explained it for a moment, he would be hooked right away.
"This bandage... helps to circulate the magic power in the area it's wrapped around."
"Hoh, that looks good."
"And if you wear this accessory, you'll be able to land a critical blow on the enemy more easily."
"So it's a critical hit increase equipment."
So they use the word "critical hit" here too?
I should remember that.
"Hmph! But to think that the equipment you chose with your bad eye that rejected the weapons I chose...."
He was in a very sulky mood.
"Hold out your arm."
"What did you say?"
"You'll know if you try on the equipment yourself. So hold out your arm."
"Why should I...."
"Hold out your arm."
"...Tsk."
Arsvald held out his right forearm, his sleeve rolled up to his elbow for the sake of coolness, revealing his bare skin.
I wrapped the bandage around Arsvald's arm.
"Hmph! This is...!"
Arsvald's expression, as he looked at his arm being slowly wrapped in the bandage, changed from dissatisfaction to surprise and curiosity.
Yes, I knew he'd make that face.