Chapter 172
In spite of my doubts, Shia smiled gently .
“It would be very reassuring to have your help, Shia!”
“Miss Serulis . Thank you . ”
Nia also smiled .
Serulis was great with the sword .
She even wielded a sword that had been taken from a Vampire High Lord .
So no one could question her strength .
However, that wasn’t the only thing to consider .
Vampires had Charm .
Charm did not work on beastkin wolves . That was why they could hunt vampires as their main occupation .
However, Serulis was susceptible . All of her skills would mean nothing if she fell victim to Charm .
“Serulis . Wait . ”
“Mister Locke . Are you against it?”
“Vampires have Charm, after all . ”
“…”
“So I want you to wait until I get the magic tool . Then you can go . ”
“Magic tool?”
Serulis looked puzzled . She didn’t know .
“It is a kind of accessory that raises your mental resistance . ”
“I see…they sell such things?”
“It is rare, but I should be able to find one . ”
It was probably very expensive, but that could be taken care of .
The real issue was whether or not I could actually acquire one .
It would be good if I could . But if I couldn’t, then at least I would have delayed Serulis going .
Yes, it wasn’t the best way to go about doing things, but at least she wouldn’t die .
Serulis looked worried .
“But, isn’t it expensive?”
“Serulis . Let me tell something that is important for Adventurers . ”
“What is it?”
“If something can be solved with money, then it should be . ”
“…I see . ”
Serulis seemed satisfied now .
You could not be so stingy when it came to raising your chances of survival .
That was the golden rule .
“Philly . Couldn’t you just make such an item with alchemy?”
“Hmm! You ask a very difficult question, Shia!”
Philly then thought very hard .
Indeed, it did not seem like it was out of the realm of possibility for alchemy .
“I can make the materials and probably get really close… But I think it’ll be very hard without being able to do the magic…”
“So that’s how it is . ”
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“Then Master, you could do the alchemy and Mister Locke could add the magic, can’t he?”
“Oh?”
Philly heard Milka’s suggestion and then looked up .
“Groof?”
“Woof?”
“Cluck?”
Grulf, Tama, and Lord Gerberga were all looking at me .
Their eyes were full of expectation .
“I don’t have much experience with magic tools…”
“I never would have thought there was magic you weren’t good at, Mister Locke . ”
I didn’t say that . I just wasn’t sure .
I was actually confident I could make something as good as the average craftsman if I knew how .
That being said, I did not .
“Maybe I should go to the palace library and do some research . ”
There should be books from Sorcerers long ago .
As long as they were not forbidden or secret arts, anyway .
And magic tools that raised your mental defenses were not secret or forbidden .
I just needed to understand the principles . I was good at enhancing things for certain uses .
“Alright, I’m off to the palace then . I hope you won’t go out and hunt vampires without telling anyone?”
“I know . …Oh…”
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“What?”
“Mister Locke . Thank you . ”
“Don’t mention it . ”
I contacted Morris through the communication bracelet and told him that I would be late in going to the water dragon settlement today .
After that, I went down the secret passage alone .
As I was going to a library, Grulf would have to stay home .
“Maybe I should contact Eric . ”
I used the bracelet .
“Hmm? The library?”
“Yes . I want to do some research on making magic tools for mental resistance . ”
“I’m not sure there are any books about… Well, I will ask the librarian . ”
“Thank you . That will save me some time . ”
“It’s nothing . More importantly, could you bring Grulf and Lord Gerberga with you?”
“Huh? Why?”
“Uh, my wife and daughters…”
“I see . Oh, should I bring Tama as well?”
“Are you sure?”
“Well, I’ll have to ask Philly first . But I bet Philly will want to accompany me to the library anyway . That would be fine, wouldn’t it?”
“Of course . ”
It would be even better if Philly could help me .
After all, it would be her who had to make the materials .
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And so Philly and I and the animals headed for the palace .
Philly had her mask on, just in case .
Her whereabouts were supposed to be a secret .
Eric was waiting for us on the other side .
And here, we left the animals with Refi, Charlotte, and Marie .
They were very happy as they petted them .
“Groof!”
“Cluck-cluck!”
“Woof!”
Grulf and the others also looked happy, so that was good .
And then Philly and I headed for the library .
As we had special permission from the king, we would be able to read books that were usually forbidden .
“Oh, this…is very interesting . ”
Philly was drawn to completely unrelated books .
“I understand how you feel, but we came here today for a reason . ’
“I know . ”
“I’ll ask Eric if we can come back some other time . ”
“Really?”
“Yes . I don’t think Eric would mind . ”
And with that, Philly and I focused on finding related material .