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- My god that was a tedious chapter. Anyways here you go chapter 32.
- BBQ USAPIRU.
- Edited by: MythosIX
- Reward
- Firo is wearing my mantle as we head to the weapon shop.
- Old Man: "Hey lad."
- The old man waves as we approach.
- Naofumi: "Did something happen?"
- Old Man: "Yea. Wait a moment."
- The old man closes the weapon shop and guides us.
- We arrived at the magic shop where I received the magic book.
- Magic Shop SK: "Oh my."
- The aunt from the magic shop beams when she sees the old man.
- Magic Shop SK: "Why don't you guys come in?"
- Naofumi: "Right, Firo, don't change into your true form until I permit you to."
- Firo: "Okay."
- At the back of the magic shop, there was a workplace that smelled of nature.
- We were guided to the workplace.
- The ceiling was quite high, about 3m.
- In the middle of the floor was a magic square with a crystal.
- Magic Shop SK: "I'm sorry it's a little crowded because I’m working."
- Naofumi: "No it's fine. Anyway, is there any clothing for children here?"
- Old Man: "This aunty from the magic shop is an acquaintance that could help you."
- Magic Shop SK: "That's right~"
- She removed the crystal and puts an old design sewing machine on a pedestal.
- Remember the bobbin machine? That one from Sleeping Beauty.
- (Tl note: http://i.imgur.com/fsS6plV.png )
- Magic Shop SK: "Is that child really a demon?"
- Naofumi: "Yeah, let me take off the mantle first before she changes. Firo, return to your original form."
- There should be enough room in here for her original form.
- Firo: "Ok"
- When I gave the command, Firo removed the mantle and returned to her original form.
- Magic Shop SK: "Oh my, Oh dear"
- The magic shop aunty looked up at Firo who returns to her Philorial Queen form in surprise.
- Firo: "Is this all right?"
- The scene is very strange to do Firo's voice contrasting with her body.
- Even though this is a fantasy world, it's still weird...
- I looked towards Raphtalia
- Raphtalia: "What is it?"
- Naofumi: "Nothing"
- That reminds me, Raphtalia is also a Demi-human.
- Now that I think about it, in the past when I could feel something like romance, I might have been be very excited, it seems Motoyasu is the same, though that's in the past.
- Magic Shop SK: "So what clothes do you need?"
- Naofumi: "Can you make something that won't break when it transforms?"
- Magic Shop SK: "Strictly speaking, I’m not sure I can make clothes."
- Naofumi: "What!?"
- Magic Shop SK: "Hero-sama, what do you see?"
- Naofumi: "Magic shop... And a witch."
- Magic Shop SK: "That's right. I only have some knowledge on transformation."
- Though I don't really understand the common sense of this world... I know that witches can transform into animals.
- Magic Shop SK: "Oh my, it takes a great amount of magical power and a very troublesome procedure to transform yourself into an animal. Wouldn't it be bothersome to put on clothes every time you transformed?"
- Hm? So it seems it is possible for witches to transform.
- The aunty answered while working on the bobbin.
- By appearances alone it resembles a sewing machine from my world.
- Magic Shop SK: "Staying in her true form at home is fine, but if she transforms in a crowded place, it would be pretty serious."
- Naofumi: "Yeah, that's right."
- Clothes are my main concern. Walking around naked would stand out.
- Magic Shop SK: "Therefore, it would be best if the clothes could be stored safely when transformed and re-equipped when reverting"
- Naofumi: "I see."
- True, if the clothes just disappear after transforming, the problem would be solved.
- Magic Shop SK: "It’s a technique passed down by demon category of Demi-humans. A famous one is a vampire's mantle."
- Yeah, like when they transformed into bats or wolves. That is in this world too?
- Magic Shop SK: "Well, this bobbin machine makes the materials for those clothes."
- Naofumi: "Interesting... What do the clothes transform to?"
- Magic Shop SK: "Strictly speaking, what are clothes? Something visible to others, correct?"
- I tilted my neck and gave the aunty of the magic shop a puzzled look.
- What does that mean?
- Magic Shop SK: "What I mean is, this item can transform thread to magical power and magical power to threads. Therefore, the user can change a thread to magical power at any time."
- Magic Shop SK: "To put it simply, the user can change the thread to magical power and vice-versa."
- Naofumi: "Oh, I understand."
- Now I understand why the old man from the weapon shop brought us here.
- It'll certainly be weird to call these clothes. When not in human form the magical power circulates the body, and takes shape once back to human form.
- Magic Shop SK: "This is Firo-chan right? Turn the wheel on this slowly."
- Firo: "Ok"
- Firo begins to slowly turn the wheel on the bobbin machine.
- A thread comes out immediately and the aunty wraps it around a spool.
- Then, thread starts to gather on the spool.
- Naofumi?: "Hmm? It feels weaker."
- Magic Shop SK: "This changes magical power to threads. It should be tiring, but I just need a little more to make clothes."
- Naofumi: "Hmm... Interesting."
- Firo is still a child who is barely one week old.
- Firo looks tired while spinning the machine.
- Naofumi: "Endure it, I'll promise you something."
- Firo: "Food? Delicious food?"
- Naofumi: "Yeah"
- I am a man who keeps his promises. I’ll let you eat your fill of delicious food later, Firo.
- Firo: "I'll do my best!"
- Firo begins to energetically turn the bobbin machine.
- Firo: "Yay, I'll do my best!"
- The aunty seemed surprised at the speed.
- Naofumi: "Old man, I owe you a meal. Are you free after this?"
- Old Man: "I left a note at the shop explaining I’ll be closed till early afternoon. What're you going to treat me to, lad?"
- Naofumi: "How about this, can you prepare a big iron plate?
- Old Man: "What're you going to use that for?"
- Naofumi: "I'm going to cook."
- Old Man: "The lad's home cooking? I was expecting something different."
- Naofumi: "What was that?"
- I am slightly offended by the old man's disappointed expression.
- Old Man: "Oh well, what did I expect."
- Naofumi: "Raphtalia, go to the market to get meat, vegetables, and charcoal. Firo can eat enough for 5 people."
- Raphtalia: "Understood"
- I handed some silver coins to Raphtalia to go shopping.
- Firo: "Food~ Food~"
- Firo is in high spirits while spinning the bobbin machine.
- Magic Shop SK: "That's enough. You can stop spinning now."
- After awhile aunty told her to stop.
- Firo: "Will there be more food if I turn it more?"
- Naofumi: "No. you can stop."
- Firo: "Yay~"
- Firo returned to her original form.
- Firo: "Master~ food~"
- Naofumi:"Hold on a bit."
- Firo: "Eh-..."
- Firo sounded very disappointed. Raphtalia hasn't returned yet, so there is no food.
- Naofumi: "When we leave the shop, return to your humanoid form."
- Firo: "Ok"
- Do you really understand?
- Magic Shop SK: "You can use this to make your clothes."
- The magic shop aunty shows us the thread.
- Old Man?: "I'll go ask someone who knows how to weave this."
- Naofumi: "I have high hopes for that fellow. Firo, let's go."
- Magic Shop SK?: "What should I tell the young lady who went shopping?"
- Naofumi: "Tell her we'll be waiting at the gate that leaves castle town."
- Magic Shop SK?: "Understood."
- Following the old man from the weapon shop, we left the magic shop.
- Magic Shop SK: "As for the fee, I’ll be sending it to the weapon shop~"
- Naofumi: "How much would that be…?"
- I asked a little anxiously.
- Magic Shop SK: "Making the magic string? Because the crystal is expensive, I’ll charge Hero-sama 50 silver."
- Damn! Firo is expensive.
- In the future, we need to be careful with clothes, it's like wearing money.
- We head to the weaver with the thread.
- Weaver: "This is some unusual material, I could do a lot with this. Go to the dressing room and measure your size. I should be able to complete the dress tonight. You can pick it up later."
- We went straight to the dressing room.
- Although there is only a mantle, it still took a while.
- Sales Clerk: "Wow...... that's a very cute child."
- The sales clerk is a girl with glasses and a scarf.
- She seems a little plain. By that, I mean she looks like the kind of girl from my world who would write doujinshis.
- Sales Clerk: "Her wings are just like an angel. She seems similar to a Demi-human... I'll work on your order now."
- Naofumi: "Is that so?"
- The old man puts a hand on my shoulder.
- Old Man: "There are Demi-humans who have hands or feet that resemble birds. But this child only seems to have wings, so it's pretty great."
- Firo: "Hm~?"
- Firo tilted her neck while looking up at the sales clerk.
- Naofumi: "Yeah... This fellow is a demon that can transform into a humanoid. When she reverts to her true form, her clothes break."
- Sales Clerk: "Interesting...... So that's why you need clothes made from magical power."
- Her glasses gave off a dangerous light.
- As I thought, this girl reminds me of an Otaku.
- I feel a little nostalgic because I had an acquaintance selling doujinshis within a circle.
- She would often give me admission tickets for the circle and was quite friendly.
- Sigh... There's no such thing in a different world.
- Sales Clerk: "This material is perfect for a one piece dress, It will be unaffected as well since it'll just turn to magic."
- Naofumi: "Eh? Uh sure?"
- Firo is measured again after she puts on her mantle and then the clerk starts designing something.
- Sales Clerk: “I want to see her true form!"
- Firo looked at me with a troubled face. I gulp and looked around.
- Naofumi: "It seems to just barely fit here."
- Firo's changed form will just barely fit under the ceiling less than 2m.
- Sales Clerk?: "Can you sit down?"
- Sales Clerk?: "Yea, that's good."
- Firo changed back to her demon form while paying attention to the ceiling, and stared at the girl.
- Sales Clerk: "Oh-... This gap is good!"
- Not even being shaken by Firo's true form... This dressmaker can do it!
- As expected of a character who sells doujins. I'm glad this is a different world.
- Sales Clerk: "I'll bet a ribbon will suit her."
- Firo's neck size is measured by the dressmaker and she begins to design clothes again.
- Sales Clerk: "Well I’m going to wait for materials to arrive!"
- She seems excited while answering.
- Old Man?:"This fellow is a good craftsman."
- Naofumi: "I guess…"
- She is the type to be absorbed in her work and will accomplish it by all means.
- Old Man?: "Well, it will be completed tomorrow."
- Naofumi: "That's fast. How much is this going to cost in total?"
- Old Man?: "I recommended you to this place so it should be around 100 silver pieces."
- Ugh... I received a shock.
- Naofumi: "Firo, do you understand? I spent a large sum of 400 pieces of silver on you. I expect you to work diligently."
- Firo: "Okay!"
- Do you really understand? We left the shop with Firo in her human form.
- We joined up with Raphtalia, who was waiting at the gate of the castle town.
- Raphtalia: "Naofumi-sama, I bought the ingredients you asked for.”
- Naofumi: "Firo costs 400 pieces of silver. Raphtalia was cheaper."
- Raphtalia: "Please don't say it like I'm a cheap woman!"
- Sigh... Is this going to be okay?
- Naofumi: "Alright, old man, bring the iron plate. Firo, get a cart and carry it from the weapon shop."
- Firo: "Ok!"
- Old Man: "Alright…"
- Firo left with the old man for the weapon shop and came back pulling a cart.
- Why is she pulling it in her human form?
- An iron plate within the size I was imagining was within the cart.
- Naofumi: "Alright, let's leave the castle town and go to the riverbank near the grassy plains."
- We arrived at the riverbank.
- I took out the iron plate, put it on a griddle and immediately put charcoal under it.
- Naofumi: "Raphtalia and Old man, take care of the fire."
- Old Man: "Yeah yeah.”
- Raphtalia: "Okay"
- As expected of the old man of a weapon shop, it seems managing fire is his forte.
- Firo: "What about Firo?"
- Naofumi: "Stand watch so that balloons don't approach us..."
- Firo: "Okay~!"
- I told Firo to do something else because she would likely fail doing anything here.
- I cut the meat and vegetables that Raphtalia brought into appropriate sizes and put it near the grill.
- Old Man: "Lad, the charcoal is ready"
- Naofumi: "Yeah"
- Raphtalia and the old man heated the plate as per my instructions, so I put the fatty meat onto the grill for the oil.
- Then I spread out the vegetables and meat so they aren't directly on top of the fire.
- Old Man: "You sure are skilful"
- I used a stick and a knife to turn the meat and vegetables so they don't burn.
- Naofumi: "Well, this should be fine."
- Yup. Today's lunch is a barbecue by the riverbank. Firo's reward.
- Naofumi: "Firo, it’s ready."
- Firo: "Okay~"
- Firo was already drooling from the smell when she took the skewer I handed her.
- Firo: "Yaay~! This is delicious!"
- Firo starts throwing meat and vegetables that were just cooked into her mouth.
- Naofumi: "Hey don't eat everything, this is for everyone."
- Firo: "Mfkay~"
- Firo nodded while stuffing her mouth.
- Do you really understand?
- Naofumi: "Let’s eat I guess…"
- Raphtalia: "Okay"
- Old Man: "Sure"
- I distributed the meat and vegetables onto some leaves and hand it Raphtalia and the old man.
- Old Man: "Oh this is delicious. I'm surprised grilled meat tastes so good."
- Raphtalia: "For some reason, this dish that Naofumi-sama makes is strangely delicious."
- Naofumi: "I'll take that as a compliment"
- Old Man: "I'm not flattering you. Why does it taste so good?"
- The old man looked at his plate with a puzzled expression.
- Naofumi: "It's probably the result of the cooking skill from my shield."
- Old Man: "The power of the shield?"
- Naofumi: "Well, at least I think so."
- From the corner of my sight I see, Barbeque is now available. Quality: Good -> Great quality.
- To think that such a strange icon would exist.
- Old Man: "That's such a mysterious shield. I'm quite envious."
- Naofumi: "I can't take it off so it's quite inconvenient."
- Not to mention the non-existent offensive power.
- Oh right, there was the special effect from the Bee Needle Shield that I can counter attack enemies with called [Shield of the Needle].
- Although the enemy would have escaped before I beat it, unless it's slow like a balloon.
- As expected, even if the demon runs away, I’m at a disadvantage.
- Sometimes, a smart monster would ignore me and aim for Raphtalia.
- Old Man: "Haven't you become quite strong?"
- Naofumi: "I don't know... Compared to the other heroes…"
- Old Man: "Is that so, are the legendary weapons that powerful?"
- Naofumi: "That’s right, I learned from experience.”
- Old Man: "I see"
- Naofumi: "Then-"
- Because skills could be acquired in various ways, the power of a legendary weapon is way above average.
- Moreover, accumulating status improvements whenever a shield is unsealed is good.
- There are a bunch of conditions that unseal new shields, such as absorbing monsters and other materials, levelling up and the skill tree.
- Besides, any exclusive effects any shield that was released gives permanent bonuses.
- Even a weak shield could be helpful if I unseal it.
- Due to the Equipment bonuses carrying over, the more shields I unseal, the stronger the skills I use.
- I can see how many bonus stats I got. My stats in general are higher than Raphtalia's. Maybe it's because I’m a hero.
- Especially in the aspect of defence. I have 3 times more and that's not including the permanent bonuses from unsealing other shields.
- Because I originally never attack, all the gear went to Raphtalia. After all, the potential ability as a Hero of the shield is in defence. The price for that is 1/10th of ATK.
- The difference between a resident of this world and a hero would be from any effects granted by this shield.
- Otherwise, I can never beat a monster with just defence.
- After all, the only reason a hero is different from a normal person was because of the legendary weapon. It could be considered that you are only a hero because you have the legendary weapon.
- I hate it, but I am only a hero because of this shield.
- It seems there is an influence from being the companion of a hero.
- Raphtalia is superior to normal Demi-humans because of the ability from Slave trainer Shield and Firo's abilities are on par with her despite the level difference.
- I don't know how much effect Growth Correction had, but it seems to be quite large.
- The effects of Slave Trainer Shield and Demon Trainer Shield are good. I wonder what effects Friend Shield would have, if that even exists.
- It seems the existences called companions are essential for a hero.
- Friend huh...... an existence I don't have.
- Old Man: "I see... It seems heroes really are different from us commoners."
- Naofumi: "That seems to be the case."
- Travelling around the world, absorbing various demons and materials to grow stronger.
- Honestly, there’s just so much more to examine.
- I don't understand how much I can improve the shield.
- But if I don't do anything, the wave of disaster will strike.
- I don't know how many times it will come either.
- It’s been twice already. Maybe 5 times, 10 times, or even 100 times, I don't know.
- Whatever it is, I can't just sit around and do nothing.
- That reminds me...There seems to be a worrisome shield called Curse Series.
- At that time when I almost lost Raphtalia, the Curse series was released and started eroding the shield.
- I've looked for that skill tree many times.
- However, I can't find it no matter how hard I look.
- I’ll try asking for help.
- Curse Series
- I hesitated to ask.
- I only type in that sentence. Besides, I checked many times. I feel a shock and the letters change.
- Curse Series
- Armour that grants power and consumes the user. Hero! Do not use it.
- Therefore, I decided to stay away from this topic.
- When I need it, the power will appear. This shield seems to have many limitations.
- Firo: "Master~ there's no more meat"
- Naofumi: "What!"
- When I look there is no more meat. Everyone has already finished eating the stuff I prepared.
- All that's left are vegetables.
- Firo: "Is it already over? Firo still wants to eat more."
- Naofumi: "Uhmm, well... Go to the forest and catch 5 Usapiru. I’ll cook those too."
- Firo: "Okay~!"
- Firo rushed to the forest at full speed.
- Old Man: "Oh man, that was delicious. Totally worth it."
- Naofumi: "If you think that, then discount the price of clothes."
- Old Man: "Lad, there's already a heavy discount, it'll be a large loss if I discount any more."
- Oh well, we barbecued next to the riverbank till evening and then called it a day.
- By the way, Firo caught 10 Usapiru.
- I barely had time to eat. Mostly managing the barbecue and dismantling Usapiru to roast.
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