LGHTNOVELBOOK Volume 1 Chapter 13 - Descriptor
“I’m waiting for someone at the station closest to my house.
Of course, it’s Kaede-chan.
There’s no one else.
Kaede-chan discovered that I’m Elenora.
That’s what’s about to be discussed.
Kaede-chan tried to come to my house immediately, but I stopped her.
Simply because I wanted to tidy up my house.
The potions are all in my bag, but there are books and DVDs that need to be hidden as well.
I hurriedly returned home, put the things I shouldn’t show in my bag, and cleaned, including vacuuming.
Having finished these tasks, I’m now waiting at the rendezvous station.
As I’m waiting at the station, Kaede-chan, who has found me, is coming over with a smile on her face, waving her hand.
Of course, she changed from her guild uniform to her casual clothes.
She looks adorable today as well.
“I’ve kept you waiting.”
“Nah, I didn’t wait that long.”
I really didn’t wait.
Maybe about 5 minutes?
“Senpai… why are you in a tracksuit?”
I’m in a tracksuit and sandals.
It’s not an outfit for meeting Kaede-chan.
Especially, it’s not suitable at all to invite a girl to my house.
“I have a reason. But are you sure you want to be at my house?”
My heart is pounding.
“I think we can’t talk about it outside.”
Well, I suppose so.
“Then, come this way.”
“Yes. Excuse me.”
I leave the station with Kaede-chan and head home on foot.
After a while, I see a shabby old apartment.
“There.”
I point to my own apartment.
“It has character.”
Kaede-chan has a way with words.
“I’m considering moving.”
“I see.”
Kaede-chan and I continue to walk.
I was about to enter my room, but I saw my neighbor smoking a cigarette at the entrance of his room.
“Hello!”
I greet my neighbor.
“Oh! I see you around in the daytime lately…”
My neighbor froze when he saw Kaede-chan behind me.
“She’s my girlfriend!”
I point at Kaede-chan with high spirits.
“That’s not true.”
I’m immediately denied.
“What about the girl from before?”
From before?
“Who?”
“The one with long black hair. She was wearing your tracksuit.”
Ah, now that you mention it, I met this person before I dyed my hair.
“Please don’t mention such things in front of another girl.”
Can’t you read the room?
Kaede-chan is looking with such white eyes.
“Sorry.”
“Please be careful. Come on, Kaede-chan.”
I push Kaede-chan into the room as I open the door.
And when I enter the room, I close the door.
“Welcome!”
“…Excuse me.”
Kaede-chan’s voice is cold.
“What’s wrong?”
“Senpai, do you have a girlfriend?”
She’s really scary.
“I don’t, I don’t. This is the first time I’ve invited a girl… or anyone to this house.”
That’s sad.
“Then who was the person that guy mentioned earlier?”
“I’ll explain that and more. Come on in.”
I grab Kaede-chan’s shoulder and rush her in.
Kaede-chan silently takes off her shoes and steps into the room.
And then she enters the room through the kitchen.
“Well, it’s exactly as I imagined.”
Kaede-chan muttered as she looked around the room.
“See? I can’t bring Kaede-chan here, can I?”
“It’s a bit off-putting.”
I thought so.
“Well, have a seat. There’s no cushion though.”
Kaede-chan sat down in a ladylike manner as I told her to.
I sat down near Kaede-chan when I saw that.
“Would you like something to drink?”
“What do you have?”
“Coffee, beer, shochu highball, tap water, recovery potion!”
“I’ll have a beer, please.”
What?
Did I slip?
And she’s asking for a beer…
I went to the kitchen, took out two cans of beer, and returned to the room.
And as I handed Kaede-chan a beer, I sat down.
“Cheers!”
“Cheers.”
Kaede-chan and I opened our beers and started drinking.
“So? Please explain.”
Kaede-chan, who had taken a sip of her beer, asked for an explanation.
“Where to start and where to end…”
“All of it.”
All of it…
“Umm, well, the first time I went to the Frontier, I already had a skill.”
“I know. A level 5 swordsmanship skill, right?”
“That’s it, but… I had another one.”
“Eh? I checked many times, but there was only one?”
Kaede-chan can’t see it, after all.
“That’s the strange thing. Even though it’s definitely there, Kaede-chan can’t see it. I think the same is true for others.”
“That’s impossible… Ah, that’s why you kept asking me to check.”
I wasn’t being persistent.
“I was just curious.”
“You could have just told me.”
“I didn’t want to be seen as a weirdo.”
“It’s okay… I mean, what skill is it?”
Hey!
You’ve already labeled me as a weirdo, haven’t you!
“Alchemy.”
“Weirdo?”
“Seriously.”
“…A recovery potion… eh? You made it!?”
You’re quick to catch on!
“Yes, yes. It can be made with medicinal herbs and pure water. More to say, I can even make pure water.”
“Huh? What kind of skill is that? That’s way too awesome.”
“It’s crazy, right? And no one else can see it.”
“…Well, I guess it would be natural to think about making money from it.”
Right? Right?
I knew you, Kaede-chan, would say something like that.
“In fact, it has been profitable. Just look at this wad of cash.”
I pulled out 2 million yen from my bag and showed it off.
“Yeah, I know about that because I was the one who gave it to you.”
Oh right, I forgot.
“Yeah, you did.”
“Senpai, please show me how you make it.”
Showing is faster, I guess.
I pulled out a bottle of water and some medicinal herbs from my bag.
“First, I’ll turn this water into pure water.”
I held up the plastic bottle for her to see.
And then, I stared at it intently.
“Oh, it glowed a little!”
“See!”
“Can I see it?”
Kaede-chan took the plastic bottle from my hand and stared at it.
“Well, you can’t really tell that the water turned into pure water.”
“I can tell. This is definitely pure water.”
“Huh? You can tell? Is there a way to distinguish it?”
I don’t know how.
“I’ll tell only you, senpai. This is a secret, but I have an appraisal skill.”
Wow, that’s amazing.
“I see, that’s impressive. Then you can appraise on the spot without having to go to the back.”
You always go to the back, don’t you?
“It’s not allowed to disclose what skills others have. Especially appraisal, it’s a rare skill and strictly forbidden to tell.”
“Is it rare?”
“Yes. But the guild absolutely needs someone with an appraisal skill. That’s why the current guild master invited me.”
So, appraisal is valuable…
“I see. You could make a living with that. Why don’t you quit if it’s a black company?”
“I owe the current guild master a lot. He picked me up and he was the party leader.”
That’s a good boss.
Oh, I just remembered my old shitty boss.
I shouldn’t think about that.
“Can you tell what this is?”
I took out a round pill from my bag.
“Hmm? Is this medicine? …A sleeping pill? That’s low.”
Kaede-chan stood up a bit and distanced herself from me.
“If you drink this, you’ll fall asleep instantly. And you won’t wake up for 6 hours.”
“That’s low… Did you make this too?”
“Yes, yes. As my skill level increases, so does the number of recipes I can make. Now I have… 6 types?”
“This sleeping pill, the recovery potion, pure water… and the others are…”
Kaede-chan looked at my bag.
“This one…”
“Eh? You can tell?”
Did you know that this is an item bag!?
“Senpai, didn’t you take out 10 recovery potions from this bag earlier? They wouldn’t fit in a bag this size.”
Ah… now that you mention it, only 5 can fit.
That’s why I only sold 5 even though I made 10.
“Mistake, mistake. Well, it happens sometimes.”
Everyone makes mistakes!
“You make a lot of mistakes, don’t you?”
“Really?”
“Do you want to hear?”
“No, it’s okay.”
I bet it’s about the status card.
I also realized that it’s not good if my skill level is exactly the same.
“What are the materials for this item bag?”
“A container and rubber bands.”
“Huh? Rubber bands?”
Kaede-chan looked puzzled.
“Yes, rubber bands.”
“Then, please try it with my bag!”
Kaede-chan took off her brown pouch she was wearing on her shoulder yesterday and handed it to me.
“Okay, but what size? The size is determined by the amount of rubber bands. 1 kilo for each band.”
“…Then, make it 100 kilos.”
I took out 100 rubber bands from my bag, opened Kaede-chan’s pouch, and took out the contents.
There were a wallet, a smartphone, a small bag, and candies in the pouch.
I put 100 rubber bands into the empty pouch and stared at it.
Then, Kaede-chan’s pouch glowed a little and returned to normal.
“Here, it’s done.”
I handed the pouch back to Kaede-chan.
Kaede-chan received the pouch with both hands and kept staring at it.
“Kaede-chan?”
What’s wrong?
“It’s really turned into an item bag… with rubber bands.”
It seems she appraised it with her skill.
“See?”
When I asked, Kaede-chan slowly raised her face while twisting her mouth.
“…It’s worth 10 million yen.”
“Huh?”
What’s worth 10 million yen?
“Item bags are generally traded at about 100,000 yen per kilo. So, 100 kilos is 10 million yen.”
…………….
I picked up my white bag.
“This… it’s worth a billion yen…”
I put 1,000 rubber bands in it.
So it has a capacity of 1,000 kilos.
“…………”
“…………”
Kaede-chan and I looked at each other in silence.
“Shall we go eat some crab…?”
Kaede-chan broke the silence.
“Yeah… and maybe a trip around the world?”
“Let’s save that for our old age…”
“Do you want another?”
I pointed to the beer.
“Yes, please…”
I stood up, went to the refrigerator, took out another beer, and came back.
Then, I sat down next to Kaede-chan and handed her the canned beer.
“Let’s drink.”
“Let’s drink.”