parentshiftbook #436 - Tons Tons
#436 - Tons Tons
Sitting in the carriage, the royal capital of Elrod gradually receded, disappearing from view.
At this moment, Aqua suddenly muttered to herself, "Say, haven't we never really enjoyed ourselves whenever we go to tourist attractions?"
"That… Miss Aqua, we're out here on a mission this time, not to play around," Yu-Yu said awkwardly.
This idiot goddess always gets her priorities mixed up.
Every time, she complains about not having enough fun, but she doesn't do her job properly, completely oblivious to her purpose.
Sato Kazuma even scolded her.
"What are you even saying now? You, who have a high probability of causing a commotion every time, have no right to say such things. Seriously, I don't even understand if you're an ultra-high-level jinx!"
"If I had more pocket money this time, I could have had even more fun!"
"You little brat!"
Hearing Aqua say that, Sato Kazuma couldn't hold back any longer. Recalling how this woman always disturbed him when he was gambling, resulting in him not earning much money at all, he disregarded the danger of the moving carriage and angrily lunged at her, wrestling with her.
Yu-Yu screamed in fright, causing the dragon carriage to shake uncontrollably.
"Wah!"
Alice lost her balance and fell into Yunyun's arms. Her soft body was refreshing, and it was hard to imagine that such a small body could hide such powerful strength.
At the same time, they heard the crisp sound of metal colliding. Subconsciously, he lowered his head and looked at the girl's neck.
Whether it was because his gaze was too intense, the girl shyly covered her chest, her cheeks slightly flushed, making her look incredibly alluring.
"H."
"N-No, it's not like that! It's a misunderstanding, I wasn't looking!… Megumin, your eyes are so piercing, please believe me…"
"Yunyun, why are you so flustered? I didn't say anything."
Megumin just stared at him with her lifeless eyes in response to his hasty explanation.
But in the end, she let him off the hook.
After all—
"S-Sorry, I'm really too small to arouse your interest, Yunyun…"
"A-Alice…?"
The princess was incredibly disappointed, and Megumin looked at her with sympathy.
The 12-year-old girl hadn't grown up yet, so her flatness was even worse than Megumin's, reaching Chris's level.
This was truly a sad thing.
"Enough, stop joking around." Yunyun easily released Alice from his arms and said unhappily, "I was just looking at the necklace, you know?"
"Yes, I know."
"Of course."
Smiles appeared on their faces, indicating that they were just teasing him.
"But the necklace…" Megumin also looked at the necklace that Alice was holding in her hands like a treasure, her red eyes gleaming slightly, "It's really enviable…"
Sato Kazuma said, "No, no, no, it's scary, right? Because isn't that a very dangerous magical item?"
"It's very rude to say that, brother. How could a gift Yunyun gave me be dangerous?"
"Actually, it is very dangerous."
Sato Kazuma and Aqua moved slightly away.
Golden Necklace.
—Yunyun tentatively called it that.
Made from the horns of a golden dragon, three bullet-shaped golden cylinders were tied together with a rope. That was the magical item that Yunyun had created with great effort.
Each bullet was engraved with 10 magic circles, all of which served to stabilize it.
It had only one effect.
Explosion.
That's right, as long as Alice pressed the switch at the back of the bullet and then infused a trace of her own magic power, a huge explosion would occur after three seconds—
That was a magical item condensed from all of Yunyun's own magic power, comparable to the concentration of the highest-grade magic crystal. Just one shot could raze the royal city to the ground.
"This is a bomb, right?"
"Yes, it's a bomb."
Sato Kazuma and Aqua put their hands together and made a weak, pitiful, and helpless appearance, completely unable to understand why they were so afraid.
"Speaking of which, we might as well call it the Explosion Bullet Necklace."
"The name you give to a girl's accessory is too ugly."
"Does that mean it's okay to give such a magical item as an accessory!?"
Sato Kazuma said that he couldn't understand Yunyun's thought process, but in reality, there were even more dangerous magical items in the Crimson Demon Village.
"Don't talk about danger, just tell me if it's practical."
"…No, I can only think of mutual destruction. I don't see any practical meaning at all."
What's with this guy?
Sato Kazuma was always very impolite in his evaluation of Yunyun's magical items, probably because the gift he prepared wasn't as good as his. Yunyun responded to his disgust by saying—
"Ah, since Kazuma doesn't like the magical item I made, then I'll give your share to someone else when we get back."
"I'm sorry, I was wrong, please forgive me!"
Sato Kazuma apologized like that.
A man with flexible principles is truly both infuriating and amusing.
"I have something to say." Aqua came over, licking her face and saying, "Yunyun, what are you going to make for me? Armor is out of the question, I already have a goddess ribbon for accessories, and I don't really need a magic staff… Why don't you just give me the materials? I can exchange them for a lot of pocket money."
This guy—
"It's decided, I'll make you underwear, Aqua."
"Eh, why!? Yunyun… could it be…!?"
Aqua covered her lower body.
Darkness suddenly looked at him panting, as if wanting to express 'I want it too!'. Instead of choosing armor with stronger defense, she chose to be true to her desires, as expected of a perverted female knight.
Megumin didn't say anything, just stared at him intently. And Yu-Yu, who was driving the dragon carriage in front, also turned her head from time to time, looking like she wanted to say something but hesitated.
"Yes, yes, Megumin and Yu-Yu's… here."
Yunyun handed each of them a bottle of skill point potion.
The bottles still had the Yun character on them, but the color of the potion was not purple but golden, completely different from the one in the Crimson Demon Village.
"This is…?"
"Didn't the class teacher say when we left the village that skill point potions have the possibility of increasing 2 or 3 points per bottle? I finally got the blood of a mutated golden dragon this time, so I tried it."
"Then…"
"Unfortunately, it failed."
Yunyun didn't place his hopes on succeeding once, because he knew that this kind of development and strengthening of formulas required one experiment after another, and also required a lot of financial support to do it.
Spending so much blood and only making two bottles in the end gave him a headache.
"But probably because the blood of the golden dragon was used as a material, it will slightly increase the user's strength, and the effect will be significant when used for the first time. You two can use it again after nightfall tonight."
"I understand, thank you, Yunyun."
"Thank you."
Megumin and Yu-Yu thanked him one after another.
"So amazing…"
"You actually made such a potion…"
"Amazing."
Alice and the others couldn't help but praise him.
Thinking carefully about what Prince Levi said about buying Yunyun before, if that really happened, with the financial support of the Elrod Kingdom, it was estimated that he would rise up to become a regional power in a few short years, competing with the Demon King's army. But now, he chose to refuse for the sake of the Belzerg Kingdom…
Alice grabbed his hand.
"Yunyun, I will definitely not let you down!"
"O-Okay… do your best."
Looking at Alice, who inexplicably revealed a firm look, Yunyun was a little confused. But if the support funds given by the Elrod Kingdom could be used in the right place, it would indeed be considered not letting himself down.
Megumin held the golden potion, looking at the ambiguous atmosphere between Yunyun and Alice, with a complex expression.
The potion was more valuable than the necklace.
Not to mention the potion that could have additional effects. Selling it would definitely fetch a sky-high price.
But compared to something that would disappear after drinking it, Megumin wanted a commemorative accessory like Alice, such as the earrings before. Normally speaking, he should give something like a ring, but why…
Probably heartbroken, seeing Alice holding the necklace like a treasure, she became even more jealous.
Glug glug glug~
Megumin couldn't help but drink the potion in one gulp.
"…Megumin!?"
"Are you okay, Megumin!"
"Hey, cheer up a bit!"
Even Yunyun didn't expect Megumin to recklessly drink the potion, even though he told her to wait a little longer.
"Yunyun, what exactly is this…!?"
"It should be because the effect is too strong."
How strong was the golden dragon? Of course, it was strong, but it was slightly weaker compared to existences like Yunyun and Alice who were beyond the norm, otherwise it wouldn't have become a disaster that plagued the Elrod Kingdom.
Not to mention that dragons are generally energetic and physically strong characters, and the materials taken from their bodies are very fierce.
You must know that this kind of potion is generally given to occupations such as Crusader Knights and Sword Masters. A great mage like Megumin with a weak body can only use it in multiple doses.
That's why he didn't give the potion to Sato Kazuma, whose physical fitness was even worse than Megumin's.
Aqua would have no effect after using it, and Darkness would only become more perverted.
Unexpectedly—
"I don't understand why she's messing around like this."
"You really don't understand?"
"Hmm?"
"Never mind."
Sato Kazuma never had any expectations for Aqua, or rather, it was her style to continue being silly.
"What should we do?"
"…We can only stop first."
Yunyun looked at the setting sun, which was gradually sinking. It was almost night, and although it was a bit early, it was time to set up camp.
"Yu-Yu, you can drink it too, I'll watch over you."
"Okay!"
"W-Wait a minute… Why did you drink it all too?"
"Eh? Because Megumin did the same…"
When Yunyun wasn't paying attention, Yu-Yu also drank the potion in an unusually heroic manner, and then simply fainted on the spot.
…Well, let's set up camp.