AN: First, I don't own ROTSH. Second, my writing skills kinda whacks. And finally, don't judge me.
[Two Days Later, Lute Village]
It's been two days since we bought the egg. While waiting for the egg to hatch, I teach Lyn how to cast my world magic and Lena how to cast the holy hero special magic. Lyn managed to learn Thunder Claw, Lightning Dash and Thunder Dragon Armor.
Thunder Dragon Armor gives the caster magic claws, wings and tails. It can only be used by a dragon that has the capability to transform into a human. I also teach Lyn how to fight close combat with magic as her Atk and MAtak stats are pretty high.
As for Lena, the spell that the Holy Pointed Weapon wielder can use according to the guidebook is Verbessern. To simplify what Verbessern actually does, the caster can absorb any magic property near them to either enhance their weapon or do a Combination Skill.
As for the spell that I, the wielder of Holy Bladed Weapon, can use is Absorbieren. Absorbieren is a spell that lets me absorb any spells or skills attack. It also restores my MP and SP depending on the type of attack. If I use this spell against a Combination Skill, it will restore both of my MP and SP. The excess MP and SP will be retained temporarily. The only downside of this spell is that it only has 1 meter range and I can't absorb any Ceremonial Magic.
As for the other two spells, Steigen for the Holy Dual Wield Weapon and Fallen for the Holy Magic Tool. Steigen increased all the stats of the target and Fallen decreased all the stats of the target. These spells are terrifying when combined with the Magic Rank power-up method.
As for the teaching progress, I could say that Lyn passed with flying colours. Lena on the other hand is still struggling to pick up the spell. How can she imbue magic to accessory and still struggling to learn spells? I guess people with talent have their ups and downs.
Anyway, we stayed at the Lute Village, as this is the only place I know in this world that has a Filolial stable. Lena could ask the breeders some tips on how to raise a Filolial. Speaking of Filolial, the egg that we bought should hatch today. Lyn and Lena are still sleeping. Me? Just reading some books.
Wiggle…
Oh, it seems like it's going to hatch. I went to both of my friends who were still sleeping and woke them up.
"Hm… What is it?" Lena said.
"The egg is about to hatch. You ought to see the historic moment."
"Really?! The egg is about to hatch?!" Lyn, who is rubbing her eyes, said.
"Yeah. If only I had the Magic Crystal right now, I could take some pictures."
The thing about Magic Crystal here is that it's fucking expensive. The market sales are like 5 times higher than what I'm accustomed to. I have enough money to buy one but the stock isn't there yet. I heard from a merchant that this kingdom ordered a bunch of those crystals.
I assumed they wanted to use them to give the heroes some spells. But the magic from the crystal is so weak to the point that it's a dumb thing to do if you learned any spell from the crystal. I guess the heroes wanted a shortcut in their life. I haven't seen the fight capabilities of the holy heroes beside the Shield Hero.
Back to the subject, the egg is going to hatch.
Crack!
The top of the shell cracks. And what pops up from it is a little bright yellow chick.
"Cheep!"
The little chick has a reddish eye. Akame could be a suitable name for the chick.
"Oh, a little birdie!" Lyn said when she saw the chick.
"Cheep!"
The chick slowly flew to the top of Lyn's head. The chick wasn't as energetic as Lyn when she hatched.
"The little birdie flew to my head!"
I'm surprised when the chick does that. I thought Filolial and Dragon hated each other. The fact that the chick flew to her head without any hesitation means that the chick already trusted her. I thought she was gonna go to Lena first, as she's technically the chick's mother figure.
"I'm surprised that she goes to her first instead of you, Lena. I guess you need some bonding time with the chick."
"Yeah…"
Is it me or does she look nervous? I understand why. This is her first time raising an animal before.
"Chill out a little. It's just raising an animal. It's not like something worse could happen."
"You're right. But I can't shake off this feeling."
"Don't worry too much. Let's have our breakfast first, then we can level up. While we are doing that, we can think of the name of our little chick. Before that, is your status screen looking fine? Does it have a race and gender?"
"Yeah, the status does show its stats. It's indeed a Filolial. The gender is female."
Seems like Akame could be the chick name.
"Mkay. Absorb these eggshells first, then we have our breakfast."
[Few Hours Later]
After we had our breakfast, we went through the forest to level up the chick. Obviously the chick isn't participating in this as her level is still low.
" First Strike: Breeze V!"
EXP 120
Lyn 110 EXP
Lena 105 EXP
Monster A 105 EXP
" First Thrust: Breeze X!"
EXP 110
Lyn 110 EXP
Lena 135 EXP
Monster A 120 EXP
Monster A level up!
"Hiyaaa!"
EXP 125
Lyn 140 EXP
Lena 115 EXP
Monster A 115 EXP
The grinding is good so far. And the chick is growing bigger from time to time. She was only a chick before this. Now she's a round and fluffy oversized chicken. The color of her feathers also changed from bright yellow to yellow-orange. The only problem right now is our food storage is gone. I really shouldn't have underestimated the gluttony of a monster.
And as I expected, me and Lena can still gain exp when fighting near each other. Even though Lena is the Pointed Hero right now, she can still switch to her Vassal Rapier at will.
The vassal exp restriction only comes when 3 or more vassal wielders fighting near each other. Having 3 or more vassal heroes at the same time is a rare thing to happen.
I wonder if she can switch to her favourite Magna Shark Tooth Rapier in the form of Holy Pointed Weapon.
The Holy Pointed Weapon can take any form of weapons that can stab something, like spears and halberd with a tip. She says that all of her rapiers will be converted when she uses the holy weapon. Anyway, this is the result of the grinding.
Tomori: LV 50
Lyn: LV 40*
Lena: LV 46
Monster A: LV 16
Seems like Lyn is ready for her class up. But getting to the hourglass isn't easy as we normal "adventurers" can't just go there and do the ceremony. The ones that can go there are someone who has the trust of the kingdom. This country cares about someone that they could trust too much. Just let the adventurers have their class up. It's not like someone who's level is higher than 40 could become a threat to a kingdom.
There's no point of ranting at something that I can't change. I could just use the Growth Reversion method on Lyn to reset her level to 20 or something. But I need to get her class up as quickly as possible. I couldn't just reset her level every time she reached level 40. I somehow need to get this country or another country trust to use the hourglass.
"Tomori? Are you there?" Lena called me as I was in deep thought.
"I'm still here. Just thinking about how we get both of them a class up. We can just reset their levels when it's max out, but that's not going to help with their growth."
"Yeah. But still, I can't believe that this little chick has grown into this." She said while holding the chick in her hands.
"Piyo?" The chick chirped. Even the sound is different.
Crack, Crack, Crack…
This chick is still growing. Maybe she will grow even bigger than the Shield Hero Filolial.
"I think we should name her. It's irritating for me to see "Monster A" notification on my status window. Got any good name for the chick?" I asked Lena.
"Hm… I haven't got any good ones."
"How about you, Lyn?"
"Can't we just call her little birdie?"
"Little birdie is too obvious. Also, the little birdie isn't going to be little forever."
"Is that so?"
"Yeah."
"You got any good name for her, Tomo-chan?"
"It's not a good name but I think the name Akame suit her well."
"Akame?" Both of the girls tilted their heads.
"Yeah. Akame literally means red eyes. The chick had reddish eyes, so I thought the name suited her. Any objections?"
"Nah."
"I think the name suits her."
"Okay. Now that's out of the way, let's return back to the inn. The sun is closing in."
[Few Hours Later]
After we finished our dinner, we headed to the stable. I've already asked permission to use the stable. It even has some chimera meat hanging on a metal hook. There's not much meat left. I assumed the villagers had sold them to some merchant or something.
"Okay. We're going to sleep here tonight."
"What?!" The one who said that is none other than Lena. "Why are we sleeping here?!"
"I said it in the morning, you need to have a bonding time with Akame. And what better bonding time than sleeping with your pet."
"Can't we just do that in the inn room?"
"Nah. Doing this here is more effective. Besides, it's just a stable. We had to sleep in a place far worse than before."
"It doesn't mean I wanted to sleep in a stable!"
"Meh. I will tie you up if you try to make an attempt to escape. Just be sure to remember that."
"Grr…"
Even though she used to be a Royal Knights Captain, she still remembers who is the one on top of the food chain. I lay down some sheets on a thin layer of hay bales so we can lay down on it. Kazuma would be proud of me.
[Two Days Later]
It's been two days. Finally, Lena can use the Verbessern spell. I also reset Lyn level back to 20 so she can gain exp again. The round and fluffy Akame has turned into a huge owl. She used to be an ostrich first, then she suddenly puff into a huge owl. The color of her feathers also changed. Its feathers now are a vermilion color. I don't know how the colouring went from bright yellow to vermilion.
I don't know much about Filolial besides their addiction to pulling carriage and their hatred to the Dragons. The villagers also don't know what's happening. The last resort would be to ask the yes sir guy about this. That won't be happening soon.
"Yippee!"
"Guee!"
Lyn is happily riding on Akame's back. Akame Agility stat is like third fifth as me and Lena. We have few power-ups to increase our stats. The fact her Agility stats is like that before having a class up means that her growth will be the same as Lyn. I wondered what kind of monster is the Filolial? I guess that question can wait for another day.
"Don't you think this is awesome, Lena?"
"Ugh…"
Yeah, she rode Akame yesterday to test her speed. But she goes a little bit too fast for Lena to handle. After 3 hours of sprinting, Akame returned back to the stable with Lena, who has the face of someone that will ascend to heaven. Her hair is also messy. She still felt the carsick effect from yesterday.
"I guess she is a little bit faster than a Unikorn."
"Yeah…"
Filolial are indeed mysterious monsters.
"I think this is the time that she's gonna transform. Lyn! Akame! Return back to the stable."
"Mkay!"
"Guee!"
After I said that, all four of us returned back to the stable. Lyn gets off Akame's back.
"Okay, I think this is time. Akame, can you transform now?."
"Guee!"
Puff!
There was a faint glow as she transformed. As the smoke faded away, there's a straight black haired woman with vermilion wing on her back. I estimated her height around 5.4 ft tall standing there, naked. Her eyes are red. The look of her face could pierce even the strongest man in the whole world. Moreover, she looked like a sadist. And her "assets" are quite impressive, I would say. I thought all the monsters that can transform into a human would change into a loli or shota.
"Are you… Akame?" Lena asked the woman.
"Indeed, Master."
Well, that's the answer. And the way she talks is elegant.
"I also wanted to thank you for caring for my well being, Riese-sama."
"Righto."
That's just me being paranoid. I never saw Filolial grows before. So if anything happens to her body that I consider abnormal, I'll check her body thoroughly.
"And thank you for always playing with me, Onee-sama." She said to Lyn.
"No biggies, Akame!"
Yeah, this is the first time I heard her speaking to anyone without adding "chan" to their name. Also, onee-sama… Never thought that Lyn is going to be a big sis.
"So, what are we gonna do now?" Lena asked
"First, clothes. Do you have any clothes that you don't use? If you have, cut the back of it so that her wings can go through. Second, magic thread. And lastly, you have to wait."
"Okay… I have some old clothes that I don't use. Can you come with me, Akame?"
"Sure."
Both of them went to the deeper side of the stable.
[Few Minutes Later, Magic Shop]
"Ah, sir customer. It's been a while since I saw you."
"Yep. Got some business I wanted to do here."
"What is it?"
"I wanted to check my companions' magic affinity and wanted to produce some magic thread for her."
Seconds later, the three girls went inside the Magic Shop. The Witch's eyes widened when see saw Akame.
"Sir customer, is the girl right there a Filolial?"
"Indeed. As you said, I am a Filolial."
"Is that so…"
"Is there any problem?" I ask the Witch.
"There's no problem. The Shield Hero also come here a few weeks ago to acquire the magic thread for his Filolial."
"Does it transform into a human?"
"The Filolial does transform into a human. It takes the form of a little girl with blonde hair."
"I see," Seems like the rumours are correct. "Could you check the affinity of both of these girls first. Then moved on to the magic thread."
[Few Minutes Later, Weapon Shop]
The magic affinity of Lena is still the same with just a little extra. Fire and Earth element, plus with Healing. Akame is a Fire and Wind element. I expected her to have a Dark element, oh well.
Then, she continued with the magic thread. The crystal that produces the thread looked new. I asked the Witch about it. She said that the next day after I get Lyn magic thread, the Shield Hero also comes here for the thread. Sadly, the crystal broke down when they tried to produce the thread. The crystals for making the thread were rare and expensive, so she couldn't acquire them quickly.
Few days ago, the Shield Hero already found a place that has a lot of these crystals for free. So, he asked the Witch to come along to acquire the crystal. When they got there, they fought the Gengar monsters and a nue. This is the first time I heard about a nue in this world. While we're talking, Akame has already finished spinning. I paid the Witch and headed straight towards the weapon shop.
"Welcome! Is that you kid?"
"Yep. The one and only Riese in this world."
"It's been a few weeks since I last saw you. What's with the new faces here? Especially the girl with wings there…"
He's referring to Akame.
"Have you seen the Shield Hero?"
"The shield bro? Not for the past few weeks. What does it have anything to do with her–Ah! Is she a Filolial by any chance?"
"You're right on point. And remember the dragon. There she is." I pointed to Lyn.
"I see… Then the other girl is?"
"She is my partner. Not that kind of partner though. She just arrived here to help me."
"Okay… I guess you didn't come here to show off your companions, right?"
"Hahaha. That's part of it. Here's the main course." I pulled out a bunch of materials to the counter. "First, I want an order-made breastplate. I want it to be as strong as this chestplate or more. Make sure to imbue some hydra bone on it as well. I also want a pair of Magic Steel plate boots and two pairs of Magic Steel vambraces. You wanted anything else, Lena?"
"No… That is enough…" What's wrong with her?
"How about both of you?"
"I think I'm already fine!" Lyn said.
"If it doesn't burden you, may I ask for a pair of swords?" Akame said.
"Really? Why do you want a sword? And two of them?"
"After witnessing how Master, Riese-sama and Onee-sama fought, I think it is appropriate for me to learn how to fight in human form. As for the reason for me asking for two swords, I don't know."
"You don't know?"
"Well, a sword might be more effective than talons alone, if you asked me." The old dude chimed in.
"That's not the problem here." Why would she want to use a sword? Do we really influence her that much? "Anything you wanted to say about this, Lena?"
"Well… If she wants to use a sword, I can teach her how to later."
"If you say so. Two Magic Steel swords, old dude. Make sure to include the Blood Clean coating as well. For free of course."
"You really know how to wring me out, kid. You kinda remind me of the shield bro."
"Wringing people out is my speciality."
"Anyway… Anything more to add?"
"Yes. Can you arrange a carriage for me? I will charge you for that."
"Yeah, I can. What type of carriage do you want?"
"Big and sturdy. Make it a little bit heavy. It will be a good exercise for Akame. My budget… around 10 gold."
"Okay. That's all?"
"Yeah. How much for all of them?"
"Hm… You've already provided me with the materials for those order-made. Two Magic Steel swords plus a carriage… 44 gold."
That's 11 times more than the last time I came here for the chestplate. I handed the old dude the gold.
"Okay. The breastplate should be done in two days. I fetch those stuff you asked me for. Wait here for a minute."
The old dude went to the back of his shop.
"Tomori, 44 gold is a lot of money. Where do you get that much?"
"Well…"
"… Don't tell me you scavenged someone's property after that 'incident'?"
"Yeah."
"How could you do that?! Stealing is against a hero's morals!"
"First, cut off the hero's morals. Second, if all the people in your world suddenly vanished, it's not a bad thing to steal their items. What I did back then was necessary. For the most part."
"What was that?"
"Nothing. Just cut me some slack, would you? Even if I stole their money, where would I spend it? The only person there is me. And if you ask me about the food situation, all I can tell is that the wave monster's taste isn't that bad."
"What? You mean that…"
Those monsters taste stinky. But with some good spice rub, it could cover the stinky taste. For the water situation, there's a well in a small country next to the country that summoned me that has clean water.
"If you wanted to know how wave monsters taste like, we could go back to the stable and–"
"No thanks!"
That works well.
"Hey kid, this is the stuff you have asked for."
The old dude came back with the items.
"Yeah. Thanks old dude! See ya in two days!
We left the Weapon Shop.
"The blacksmith seems nice. I can felt the nostalgic feeling." Lena said.
"Yeah. Same with me. How are the swords, Akame?"
"The weight is acceptable for me, Riese-sama."
She has two swords stored in a scabbard beside her waist. I don't know if Lena can teach her about dual wielding. I can dual wield a bit, but not on a Kirito level.
"You think you can teach her about dual wielding?" I whisper to Lena.
"I'll try. Maybe you could help me with that."
Lena has a skill similar to my Second Blade called Twin Rapier. But she doesn't use that often.
"Yeah, I'll teach her some moves that I know."
"Is there any place you want to go?"
"Yeah. This is the last stop for today."
[Few Minutes Later, Tailor's Shop]
"Ah, what a beautiful lady! She even has little wings just like the little girl before." Mangaka said.
Seems like she has met with the Shield Hero Filolial before.
"Akame, what kind of clothes do you want?" Lena asks.
"I wanted something that doesn't affect me while fighting in human form."
"How about the same dress as Lyn?" Lena continued.
"Hm… If I can, I want something different from Onee-sama clothes."
Something different…
"Hey," I said to Mangaka. "Do you remember the raccoon girl who was with the Shield Hero?"
"Raccoon girl? Yes, I remember her."
"Good. If you can, make the clothes the same as what she's wearing. I'll let you pick the design. Can you do that?"
"Certainly!"
She picked up a notebook and started measuring Akame.
"Okay! All set! The clothes will be done tomorrow or so!"
Hell nah! She's gonna speedrun the clothes making for sure. She still has dark circles around her eyes.
"Can you slow down a bit? I know you are enthusiastic about this, but taking care of yourself is important."
"My policy is to make the most beautiful clothing the world has ever seen! And in order to do that, I need to make the clothes as soon as possible so that the world can see them!"
Ah, she's a lost cause. Not in a bad way.
"We're gonna pick up the clothes in two days. I hope you can take it slow for a bit. How much for the clothes?"
"45 silver."
"It's a little more than the last time."
"It's because of something extra."
"Extra?"
"You will know about it after I have already finished the clothes."
"Okay then."
I handed her the money and thread. After that, we left the shop.
"The tailor is so passionate about her job." Lena said.
"Yeah. She will make the clothes even if it kills her."
"I hope she doesn't do that."
She will definitely do that.
"Tailor-chan is a good person." Lyn said.
"Yes. It's good for someone to have something they are eager about." Akame continued.
"Well, we still have time. Lena, can you Akame grinding around Pritze? I would hope you can raise her to level 40 real quick. Then, reset her level to 20. We met up at the Lute Village inn by evening."
"I can. What are you going to do?"
"I still have a lot of spells that I can teach Lyn, so I'm going to continue her magic lesson."
"If that's the case, then let's go, Akame."
"Yes, Master."
Both of them go to the back alley and Lena uses her Gate X to go to Pritze.
"Well, let's go to our training place. Gate X!
I summoned a gate to our training place. This place has a lot of strong monsters.
"Tomo-chan!"
"What?"
"I have something that I wanted to give to you!"
"Is that so? What is it?"
"Let me see your weapon first!"
"Okay."
Maybe she wanted to give something that my weapon hasn't absorbed. I pulled out my sword and let her see it. Then, she put her right hand on the accessory that covered the gemstone. Suddenly, there's a notification on my status window.
[Thunder Demon Dragon Series Forcibly Unlocked]
"… Say what?"
Holy cow! This is the thing that she's giving me?! I swear I saw like 30 weapon names there. All of them had their ability unlocked. But I can't use them right now because I'm not level 60 yet. But there's one weapon form that I can use right now.
Thunder Demon Dragon Core Sword X (Awakened) Divine: Ability Unlocked:
Equip Bonus: Protection of the Dragons, Order of the Dragon Vein
Special Effect: Lightning Element, Lightning Bullet (Large), Lightning Absorption (Large), Mana Up, Soul Up, Ki Up, Life Recovery (Medium), Soul Recovery (Medium), Ki Gathering (Medium), All Resistances (Medium), Mana Consumption Reduction (Weak), Soul Consumption (Weak), Nullified Soul Drain, Magic Assistance, Spell Support, Growth Power
Special Equip Effect: Comet Blade (Thunder God)
Mastery Level: 100
Damn! The weapon has been applied with the Holy Bladed Weapon and Vassal Shield method. And its stats are almost the same as the Magma Shark Tooth Blade. Just applied some more methods and it surely passed the blade stats.
The weapon's appearance is almost like the Thunderbird Wing Sword. But It's length is a little bit longer and the color is a little bit darker.
"Can you give this to Lena as well?"
"No. I can only give it to you, Tomo-chan!"
"Why can't you give it to her?"
"Uh… Because Tomo-chan is Tomo-chan!"
"Huh?"
I think she meant that I'm her master, so she can't unlock the weapon for Lena.
"So why did you want to give me this?"
"It's because Tomo-chan always teaches me something fun! So I wanted to repay Tomo-chan for it!"
"Is that so…"
I just teach her magic because she has a lot of potential. Getting a free strong weapon is good enough for me.
"Also, I want to teach Tomo-chan something that I remember yesterday."
"Oh, what is it?"
"I don't remember… It goes something like 'Dragon Vein'."
"Dragon Vein…"
It's the monster version of the technique that heroes from my world use to cast Rising level spells. The magic that only higher class monsters can use. It takes the energy from the surrounding instead of MP to cast a spell. You can cast any type of magic using this if you're in the right environment. Only someone who is blessed by the Dragon Emperor can use this magic.
The Dragon Emperor that I knew from the past doesn't bless anyone. So, there's not much documentation of the magic. If I look back at the sword equip bonus, there's something called "Order of the Dragon Vein". Does it help me cast the Dragon Vein magic?
"Can you teach me the Dragon Vein, Lyn?"
"Sure! It's the same thing Tomo-chan does when casting a spell."
"You mean the Rising spells?"
"Yeah!"
"Can you help me cast the Dragon Vein spell?"
"Sure!"
She put her hands onto the bottom of my sword handle.
"You can cast any magic that has the Rising on it!"
"Okay."
I prepared myself to cast the Mjolnir spell on the group of monsters inside the forest. Normally, the strike from it would burn the forest, but the X rank made sure it wouldn't burn anything that hit it.
"I, the Demon Dragon, command the heavens, command the earth, command the weapon spirits, to defy the law of nature. Oh the power of the Lightning Core,"
I felt something emerging within me. This is different when I normally cast Rising spells.
"I, the Bladed Hero, command the heavens, command the earth, command the weapon spirits, to defy the law of nature. Lightning Core, join the power of the heroes. The source of power is me, the Bladed Hero, order you to heed my commands. Thunder God! Summon a lightning from heaven and let it pierce through my enemies!"
My body is filled with sissing electricity noise. This is normal when I'm about to cast Mjolnir.
" All Rising Mjolnir!"
Wait a sec, All Rising? There's no All Rising for Mjolnir spells. Even though the chant is different, I'm supposed to cast Rising Mjolnir X. Where does the All Rising come from?
When the spell is activated, my MP and SP are reduced more than my normal Mjolnir spell. I point my sword to the sky, and the lighting jolts from the blade. This is supposed to summon lightning from the sky. But there's something different about it.
Wait… Is that bifrost coming from the sky? I know this spell has something to do with Nordic Gods, but that's something new. But that's not the bifrost that I usually see in Marvel movies… Ah shit.
" Rising Mudwall X!"
I quickly chant to summon a wall in front of me and Lyn. When the lightning hit the ground, the shockwave from it was so strong to the point the wall in front of me slowly crumbled apart.
" Rising Aqua Shell X!"
I summon a second layer of protection. Casting Water element shield against a lightning attack is not a smart idea, but the X rank has increased the spell resistant to lightning. Few seconds later, the shockwave slowed down a little. My ear is still ringing from the shockwave. I peeked my head out to see the forest. It's still in one piece. Then, a notification pops up.
EXP 9265
Lyn EXP 6785
Lena EXP 5545
Akame EXP 5545
You have Level Up!
Lyn Level Up!
Lena Level Up!
Akame Level Up!
The exp was over 9000. Don't tell me that spell killed all of the forest inhabitants? Talk about overkill. And I didn't even use 30% of my MP. And those shockwaves probably gonna attract a lot of attention.
"Lyn, we're leaving."
"Eh?! But we just started!"
"That's why we need to leave."
Dragon Vein. Never thought it would be that strong. Maybe it's because I combined it with the weapon spirit and Lighting Core power. Either way, if I can learn this magic, I would be a powerhouse.
" Gate X!"
[Few Hours Later, Lute Village Inn]
"We're back. Tomori, care to explain what happened back then?" Lena said. Akame also scrolls behind her and lands on the bed where Lyn is lying down.
"You mean the 5k exp?"
"Yes. And I assumed the shockwave has something to do with you."
I was right. They did hear the shockwave. The forest is pretty far from Pritze. If they can hear it, then the spell is really powerful.
"You're right on money. I did some little experiments."
"What kind of experiments caused that?"
"The Dragon Vein."
"The Dragon Vein–What?! How do you cast Dragon Vein magic?"
"Do you remember that Lyn is a part of the Dragon Emperor species. She gave me the blessing back then. That's how I cast the magic."
"But the magic from Dragon Vein isn't supposed to be that strong."
"You remember that the Dragon Emperor that we knew only gave her blessing to someone that doesn't know how to utilize magic. It's different from me. I use all of the methods to increase my magic efficiency. But this is something different. If we could mass produce that kind of strength, the wave is going to be a piece of cake. Right now, I need Lyn to cast the magic with me. If I could cast it solo…"
"We will think about that later. You said that Lyn gave her blessing, right? Could she give it to us as well?"
"Well, what about it, Lyn?"
"I can give it to them, but…"
"Is there a problem?" I asked.
"No. I can give it to them. But they wouldn't be able to use them as effectively as Tomo-chan. Especially Lena-chan."
"M-Me? But why?"
"Cuz you're suck at magic." I interject. "You can use magic, but not at a wider range. You only learn 3 Rising spells. For Ki, you can sense them and use the Point Break technique. But that is it. It is clear that what you need right now is to study."
"S-Study?"
"Yes. STUDY. I don't bring any Fire element grimoire from our world. But you can learn about fire magic in this world. And if you worked hard enough, maybe you can use the Dragon Vein."
"… So when will I start?"
"In two days."
"Two days? Why not now?"
"Because I have something for you to do. I wanted you to upgrade the vambraces to have magical effects. We will start studying after we acquire Akame's clothes and the carriage."
"Okay then."
[Two Days Later, Weapon Shop]
Azure Magic Steel Vambraces
Defense Up: Water Magic Up (Medium), Lightning Magic Up (Medium), Magic Defense Processing
Lena has finished making my vambraces. She also upgraded her own vambraces. I think it gave her Fire Magic Up (Medium) and Agility Up (Medium). After we finished having breakfast, we went ahead to the Tailor's Shop for Akame clothes.
The clothes design is similar to the raccoon girl clothes but has some Lyn dress element to it. The mangaka even went out of her way to sew boots and baldric for Akame. The color of the dress is mainly maroon and black. It really suits her well. And when she transforms into her Filolial form, the baldric wraps itself on Akame sides, so both of the swords can be stored there. She should charge more for the clothes that she made.
Then we headed to the Weapon Shop to pick up the breastplate and carriage. The breastplate has a similar design to my chestplate. She went inside the changing room to put on the breastplate while both Lyn and Akame went to pick up the carriage that had been parked behind the shop.
"Hey kid," The old dude called me. "Is that the Magic Steel vambraces that I sold you the other day, right?"
"Yeah. Why do you ask?"
"May I inspect it a little bit?"
"Sure."
I took off the vambraces and handed it to the old dude. He inspected every part of the vambraces.
"Kid, this thing has been upgraded to its full potential. Did you do this?"
"Nah, she's the one who upgraded it."
I point to the changing room, telling him that Lena does it.
"Is that so? The girl there has some good hands."
"Her father is the local blacksmith in her town and her mother is a well known accessory maker. If she studied more under her father, she could become a great blacksmith."
"I see. I would like to meet with her father."
"Sorry, you're a few years late."
"Is that so…"
The old dude knows what I'm talking about. Suddenly, Lena came out from the changing room.
"Is it too tight?" The old dude asked her.
"No, it's a perfect fit."
Now she looked more like a normal adventurer than a knight.
"Tomo-chan! Lena-chan! We have arrived!" Lyn shouted.
Seems like our ride is here.
"Our business here is done. C'mon Lena. We got a lot to do after this."
"Yes!"
"Okay, old dude. If I get any good business, I'll be sure to go to you first."
"If that is the case, then I will be waiting for you!"
"Mkay!"
We left the Weapon Shop and got into the carriage. Seems like Lyn is the one who's driving today.
"Akame, could you take a turn there? I want to use Gate so we can bring the carriage over."
"Yes, Riese-sama."
She takes a turn to the back alley. Seems like no one is here.
" Gate X!"
I summoned a gate to Pritze. I made sure that the gate is big enough so that the carriage can go through.
