Chapter 188
The next morning, I woke up on the fifth and a halfth floor of the Forest Tree inn . I looked around dazedly to confirm that I had made it back safely . Daniela was lying next to me with her stomach showing, and so I put a blanket over her .
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The effects of the alcohol were gone, but the fatigue from the previous night still remained . I tiredly trudged down the stairs and to the bathing room .
After enjoying dinner and drinks at the Flower Lantern, Nanaya decided that we must go to a host club . It was news to me that such places even existed here, and I wasn’t too enthusiastic about going myself, but it ended up being fun enough .
It was pretty funny . I had been surrounded in hosts . Of course, this was because they wanted to hear the tales of an Adventurer with an alias . I had joked about how they were slacking off, but the drinks got the better of me . They knew how to stroke a person’s ego, and Daniela, Nanaya and Aeneus encouraged me . And so I told them, all the while gesturing and enacting like some kind of movie star . It turned out to be a lot of fun, and we partied until morning .
Then Daniela and I had stumbled our way back to the inn . As I was barely aware of anything then, I was quite relieved to see we had arrived safely now .
“Haahhhh…my throat…”
I muttered as I got out of the bathtub and dried myself . I had no one to blame but myself, but still, one liked to complain .
When I finished dressing and went out into the main room, Daniela was walking down the stairs .
“Morning . ”
“Mmmm…”
Her eyes were barely open as she rubbed them . Her voice sounded almost lifeless . But I always thought it was cute to see her so unguarded and a mess . She was wearing some oversized pajamas she had bought, and her hands looked very small as they peeked out from the sleeves .
“The water’s still hot, so you should get in . ”
“Alright…”
Daniela muttered as she went to the bathing room . I collapsed onto the sofa . The sun was already high in the sky, evidence that we had slept for much too long .
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“It’s our sixth day then…”
I was already starting to feel regret over the fact that we’d be leaving in a week . That being said, a week was enough to see the town . I tried to think of it positively, but it was me who had wasted the first five days .
Now, what to do today? I wanted to see the town, but it wasn’t exactly a place for tourists . Daniela had solved her clothing problem in Usk . So had I . And we would be buying the armor in the capital . Even if there was a place that could handle dragon materials here, one week would not be enough to finish the order . My armor had already been made, so it didn’t take any time . But it would be different if it was from scratch . Though, I wasn’t sure how long . Maybe a month?
“Ah, now that I think of it…”
Yes, yes . The Automata was still in my bag . Maybe I should check up on it .
I grabbed the hollow bag, which I had left by the bed, and took out the Automata after shoving my arm through the opening . The face still looked perfectly crafted, as did the body . It was mathematical, almost . It would be hard to find a flaw .
I was impressed all over again . The skin felt like real skin and the flesh itself was soft where it should be and hard where there would be bones . The muscles around the stomach seemed especially realistic . Yes, the ancient elves were definitely perverts .
But most impressive was the details of the parts that would make it difficult for any healthy young lad to stay uncorrupted . This thing had been missing a core for years . It was an Automata that had existed for who knows how long, and yet it gently enveloped my finger; sucking slowly . It was almost like Daniela .
“Maybe we shouldn’t sell it…”
But it was five thousand pieces of gold . We would be able to live comfortably for the rest of our lives with that much money .
“Hmm…quite the dilemma…”
“What is?”
“Getting rid of…oh . ”
“I see . So that is how you feel . I envy your ability . ”
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Daniela said with an icy smile as she looked at me and the Automata .
“Uh…it’s not…”
“You do not have to explain . It is perfectly apparent . ”
“No . Let me!”
“It is not necessary . I have eyes . ”
“Daniela…”
In the end, I spent the entire sixth day winning her back . After that, I wanted nothing more than to convert that horrible thing into gold .
It was now the seventh day . I woke up in the morning as tired as ever . On the other hand, Daniela walked indifferently to the bathing room, not bothering to cover herself in the least . It was my own fault that I was tired, but I still didn’t want it to show, and so I ran after her and we bathed together .
Then we ate breakfast and prepared to leave .
“We can look for a weapon for you today, Asagi . ”
Daniela had suggested when we were in the bathtub . I tilted my head in puzzlement as I looked at her from the other side of the tub . But then I remembered that I had been about to switch to a spear as my main weapon . But that spear had gone back to its owner, leaving me spearless again . No, there was that short spear I had from before, and another one from the ancient elven ruins, but they were too advanced for starter weapons . I didn’t want to be annihilating enemies with every twitch before I had really learned the basics . I wanted actual experience and knowledge .
Well, I did have a shortcut to it all with Jack of all Trades, Master of None . But it did not allow me to use weapons perfectly . It was like half a cheat . And I didn’t mind .
“I am ready to go now . ”
“Alrighty . ”
I said vapidly as I got up from the sofa . Daniela came down from floor 5 . 5 wearing a one piece and shorts . Clean yet sporty . Cute yet cool . Daniela could model anything .
“You look at me too much . It is embarrassing . ”
“I want to burn your image into my brain…”
“Fool . ”
Daniela looked away, but her cheeks were flushed .
We left the inn and headed for the sword-shaped building we had seen from our window . It felt like a date, since we bought food to eat on the way as we walked . The sky overhead was a clear blue . It had been raining horribly the day we first came, and so it seemed that it shifted heavily in either direction in these regions .
I thought about such things until the sword-shaped building came into view . But then again, the other buildings close by also took the shape of swords .
“Hmmm…which one?”
“In these cases, usually the oldest building has the best stuff . ”
We followed my reliably faulty intuition and looked for the oldest of the buildings . But then again, just because a place has a long history, didn’t mean they would never renovate . And so my advice was of no use, and we just entered a store that happened to have a lot of spear on display .
“Hello?”
“Yes, yes . ”
The sounds of clanging metal rang throughout the shop . This place was both a smithy and store, it seemed . Kind of like those restaurants where you could see them grilling the meat in the kitchen .
“I want to buy a spear . Have any recommendations?”
“One moment please! Master! A spear!”
The apprentice shouted . Then the sounds of clanging metal subsided .
“There’s no need to shout so loud…I can hear ya . ”
“Master . The customer says he wants a spear . ”
“I heard you the first time…”
I had assumed that the entire species of blacksmiths consisted of big boned skinheads, but the one I saw here looked like an ordinary young man .
Yes, a young man . Not old . And yet he was the master of this place . Quite impressive .
“You…you’re the one who wants the spear?”
“Yes . I want to learn to wield one . ”
“…Looking at you, I don’t see why you need to use a spear at all?”
How did he know? Could he figure out my stats by just looking at me?
“I want to be able to use a large variety of weapons . ”
“They call such people Jacks of all trades and masters of none… But, well, perhaps you’re safe there . Come then . I’ll show you a spear . ”
The young man chuckled and then indicated towards the back with his jaw . I don’t know why, but he seemed amused by all of this . His apprentice also seemed surprised, so it must have been a rare thing .
Well, if he was keen on it, then good . I looked at Daniela and she nodded . Then we followed after him .