Chapter 25: Gift of Life
Now then, what's next?
I rembered that I still have leftover potions from the wave.
Even though I had them prepared beforehand, I never used them in the end. It might be better to just sell them to a dicine shop.
"Let's go to the dicine shop and then, the blacksmith."
"Naofumi-sama, we won't be receiving any more aid so we need to be more careful with our money. We should refrain from what we've been doing up until now."
"Understood."
"Right now, we'll be fine with our current equipnt. Let's consider buying them only when we really need them."
"..."
Fumu, that is a good idea.
However, we only have cheap goods compared to the equipnt of the other Heroes.
I think it would be a good idea to get Raphtalia a better weapon when we start fighting stronger enemies.
"It has only been a few days since we got new weapons. Imagine what Oyaji would think."
"Yeah..."
The Oyaji from the weapon shop has given us various services. Although he allows us to trade in our equipnt, we won't be able to afford better gear with our current funds...
"Alright, let's save up then."
"Yes!"
Well it wasn't a bad idea to be frugal with our money.
"Then, let's go to the dicine shop."
And so, we went to the dicine shop. The owner had a friendly smile when he saw us.
"What? What's going on?"
Normally, he had a sour look on his face when he saw us, so seeing him smile sent a shiver down my spine.
"Nothing much. I just wanted to thank you if you ca."
"Huh?"
We were both confused.
"I heard that you guys saved my relatives in Riyuuto Village. They told to help you out if possible."
"Oh... I see."
When the wave ended, everyone from Riyuuto Village got together to thank us. It seems like his relatives were among them.
"So, thank you for that."
The shop owner retrieved a book from a closet and handed it to .
"What's this?"
"You've been making beginner level dicines, this book has a bunch of recipes for mid-level dicines. This will be a good ti for you try them out."
"..."
I gently opened the book of mid-level recipes. The binding was in bad shape, but the letters were printed clearly.
Yup. Can't read it.
"T-thanks. I'll try them out."
I should show him so gratitude for helping us out.
Recipes for dicines with higher sale value could probably be found in here.
"I'm happy to hear that."
I felt pressured because I might not be able to answer his goodwill.
I had already given up on reading the language of this world... but it might be a good idea to learn.
"The owner of the magic shop also told you to drop by."
"Magic shop?"
"Naofumi-sama, it's the shop that sells magic books."
"Oh, I see."
I thought it was just a bookstore... but now that I think about it, they had things like crystal balls at the back.
"Where is that?"
"The big store along the main road."
... Ahh. One of the biggest bookstores in town.
"So, how may I help you today?"
"Ah, today's--"
I sold my potions for higher than the usual amount.
I also bought new tools using that money before heading to the magic shop.
"Oh, you're the Shield Hero. You've been a great help to my grandchild."
"Uh..."
I had no idea who she was talking about, but it was probably soone from the village. The old lady at the magic shop politely greeted us.
The old lady was a bit plump and wore witch-like clothing.
"So what do you need?"
I looked around the magic shop that I thought was just a bookstore.
There were rows of stale books and lots of crystals placed behind the counter.
Along with items such as staffs, it definitely felt like a magic shop.
Anyway, how do you use magic in this world?
"Is that young lady over there your companion?"
"Hmm? Ah."
I nod at Raphtalia.
"Please wait a mont."
The old lady said and retrieved a crystal ball from behind the counter, then she began to chant so sort of spell.
"Okay, now then Shield Hero-sama. Can you take a look at the crystal ball?"
"Ah, sure."
What's going on?
Is what I thought as I gazed into the crystal ball.
... It was shining a bit but I didn't notice anything else.
"Hmm... it seems that Shield Hero-sama is suitable for support and healing magic."
"Eh?"
I'm suited for magic!?
Hurry up and teach then... well I can't really complain since I wouldn't understand.
"Next is the young lady there."
"Ah, okay."
I step to the side as Raphtalia looked into the crystal ball next.
"Hmm. As expected, the young lady of the Raccoon race is suited for light and dark magic."
"'As expected', as in that's normal?"
"Yes... her race is skilled at illusions using light distortion and darkness concealnt."
I see. So the Raccoon race is similar to Tanukis. It seems that even in Japan, Tanukis are a sort of creature that can transform into humans.
"So what now?"
"Here, just sothing from this old lady at the magic shop."
The old lady then handed us three books.
Books again! Even though I said I couldn't read, why were you also giving us books?
"I actually wanted to give you a crystal ball, but this old lady's livelihood would be endangered if I did."
"What do you an?"
"Doesn't Shield Hero-sama know that you can learn a spell by releasing compatible magic from a crystal ball?"
What!? That ans that I can use magic even though I can't read?
"The country recently made a large order... of crystal balls for the Heroes. A lot of them were delivered, does Shield Hero-sama not know?"
"I had no idea."
Because of that trash king. They were probably given to the other heroes.
Geez, they left out to die.
"Although magic books are a bother, one could learn 10 spells in a single month with dedicated studying."
So, 1 spell with the crystal ball and around 3 spells per magic book; though I still can't read it yet. No, since she said a month maybe there's sothing more to it.
"My apologies."
"No no, these magic books are more than enough."
Raphtalia answered while smiling. I nod along.
"So how much magic will we be able to use?"
"These are all beginner level. For higher level... please buy them."
"Ah- Ah."
It is a shop. So we shouldn't be ungrateful since she was hurting her own business by giving these books away.
"Thank you."
It was hard to express but we accepted the magic books from her.
"Ha..."
I let out a sigh.
I don't really like studying. What could soone with low grades like do with these?
Fine. I'll definitely decipher the recipes and spells in these books.
Is what I want to say.
I kind of wish my shield had a 'written language translation' ability.
There's a high chance that my shield has recipes for various dicines. I should be able to use them if I try.
However, I wonder which option would be better, spending the effort to search through the branches of my shield or learning the language to understand the dicine recipes from the books?
With the latter, I would have to deal with costs and other problems.
Still... just thinking about the possibility of my shield having a way to translate this world's written language made lose my willpower.
"Let's learn magic together."
Raphtalia happily said to .
"But I can't read the language of this world..."
"Eh, that's why we should learn it together."
"Well... I guess that's fine."
Well, it doesn't hurt to study while making dicine.
"Anyways, when is the next wave?"
"Hm? Ah, one mont."
I looked at the icon in the corner of my vision and check the nu for the next scheduled wave.
Next: 45 days and 14 hours.
"In 45 days."
Wasn't it every month!?
Hmm, well looking back, it has only been around 2 months since I was summoned here.
In that case, maybe the ti limit is longer this ti around.
It had only been a few days between Raphtalia becoming a slave and then eting .
A month is... a long ti then.
"Well, having a lot of ti is also good."
It's possible that there isn't much we can accomplish in that period.
"For now, have we finished all we needed to do here?"
"Hmm... we have reapplied the curse and sold the dicines. We have also received the books. I think that's it."
Raphtalia confird.
Since coming back here because we forgot sothing would be a waste of ti.
"Let's get so food then grind so levels afterwards."
"Okay."
Today's breakfast surprised . Because my sense of taste had returned.
I can now say that sothing tastes delicious.
Requirents for Mortar Shield has been unsealed. (note: mortar as in pestle & mortar)
Requirents for Beaker Shield has been unsealed. (note: beaker as in beaker & flask)
Requirents for Yagen Shield has been unsealed. (note: does this have an english na? it's pretty much the sa as pestle & mortar)
Mortar Shield
True power sealed... Equipnt bonus: Novice Mixing
Beaker Shield
True power sealed... Equipnt bonus: Liquid solutions bonus
Yagen Shield
True power sealed... Equipnt bonus: Harvesting skill 2
After eating, we left the town and headed in the direction of Riyuuto Village.
Nearby was a place with a moderate amount of monsters.
I don't know the grinding spots of the other Heroes. Because the only way to find these spots was either by asking the locals or searching for them yourself.
Finding a decent hunting spot just from looking at a map was pretty difficult; enough to be called a challenge.
Although it was not like we were competing, it was slightly frustrating to fall behind the other heroes. It was just that fighting new monsters and letting my shield evolve doesn't sound too bad.
While I've left out many details, a lot of shields have been unlocked. Although my abilities have risen, that was also a small problem on its own.
Because of my shield, my defense had increased a lot. My other stats such as agility, stamina, magic power and SP have all risen. Everything other than attack.
For that reason, during the last wave I didn't really receive any injuries.
While we were en route...
"... By the way, can I absorb any monsters from the wave?"
I completely forgot about it after returning from the invasion, but I want to see if my shield will react to them.
So near Riyuuto Village, we found the mob corpses from the wave.
Requirents for Netherworld Locust Shield has been unsealed.
Requirents for Netherworld Bee Shield has been unsealed.
Requirents for Netherworld Corpse Eater Demon Shield has been unsealed.[1]
Netherworld Locust Shield
True power sealed... Equipnt bonus: Defense 6
Netherworld Bee Shield
True power sealed... Equipnt bonus: Agility 6
Netherworld Corpse Eater Demon Shield
True power sealed... Equipnt bonus: Decay Prevention (S)
Next I checked to see if any other shields would be unlocked from these.
However, the requirents for this shield series were not fulfilled and only one of them was unsealed.
Requirents for Bee Needle Shield has been unsealed.
Bee Needle Shield
True power sealed... Equipnt bonus: Attack 1
Special Effect: Shield of Needles (S) Bee's Poison (Paralysis)
With this we continued onward. The villagers were in the middle of disposing the Chira corpse.
"Sup."
"Ah, Shield Hero-sama."
Because of our efforts the other day, the villagers warmly welcod us.
"Is that the boss of the wave?"
I grumble while looking at the Chira corpse.
I closely look at the thing called a Chira, but for so reason... it doesn't quite look like the monsters in this world.
Maybe it's the color or sothing, but I can't pinpoint why.
"What a fearso thing."
"... Yeah."
The villagers and I agree.
I wonder if the other heroes or knight brigade already harvested it. What's left of the at and fur are carved up.
"Can I take so of it as well?"
"Please go ahead, we're having trouble disposing of it anyways. Do you need us to help process and prepare the parts?"
"That doesn't sound too bad... but there doesn't seem to be much I can use."
The fur was carved up so it isn't possible to make sothing like armor. So, all that are left are... the at and bones... and the snake tail.
The heads have been removed and taken. Looking at it, it seed that it had 3 heads.
Well whatever, Raphtalia and I cut apart the corpse and let my shield absorb the pieces.
Requirents for Chira at Shield has been unsealed.
Requirents for Chira Bone Shield has been unsealed.
Requirents for Chira Leather Shield has been unsealed.
Requirents for Chira Viper Shield has been unsealed.
Chira at Shield
True power sealed... Equipnt bonus: Cooking Skill
Chira Bone Shield
True power sealed... Equipnt bonus: Darkness Resistance (M)
Chira Leather Shield
True power sealed... Equipnt bonus: Defense 10
Chira Viper Shield
True power sealed... Equipnt bonus: [Change Shield] skill, Antidote Mixing , Poison Resistance (M)
Special Effect: Poisonous Snake Fang (M), Hook
The last one seed to co with lots of useful bonuses. The defense increase was pretty high too.
However, using the shield requires a high level and unlocking more of the Chira Series.
It should be fine to do this later, but there's a big chance it could be important for the next wave.
"What about the rest?"
I ask the villagers.
"We were going to bury it anyways, so take whatever you need."
"Okay..."
Although it was a bit of a waste, all that was left were mostly just at and bones.
I guess we can hold onto the bones, but I think we can use the at for jerky.
There was no way it would be edible though.
So it was like that. I felt like it could be used for ingredients in so magic potions.
... But I'm not sure if anyone would ever buy it... Plus, it'd be bad if the remains beca rotten. It would also be scary if it sohow regenerated because of it not being preserved properly.
About the bones, I think they should be fine.
However, even then we should probably be careful.
"Then I'll take as much as possible."
"Um, but it will be quite heavy."
"Can I have the village look after the rest?"
"Eh? If Shield Hero-sama asks..."
"Just take the at and dry it, but leave a bit and see if there's anyone who would want to buy so. That should help with the reconstruction. There should be people who would buy the at of the wave monsters in order to research it."
"Yes, there should be."
The villagers seed interested in the reconstruction fund so they accept my suggestion.
I dealt with the innards and other easily decayed parts by absorbing them into my shield. The sun has set by the ti we finally reach Riyuuto Village.
The village was half-destroyed, but the survivors all stayed together in the remaining, intact houses.
We received a room in a safe inn and quietly spent the rest of the day resting.
"... Although I do want to help out with the reconstruction, we don't have the luxury to worry about others right now."
Today, we were taken care of by the people of Riyuuto Village.
They were grateful for our help with the chira parts, but for us to receive a free al and room might have been overdoing it.
"You're right. But it would be great if we could do sothing that would be mutually beneficial."
A villager who could read and write had provided us with a chart of this world's alphabet.
In other words, the Hiragana table. Or the alphabet table in English.
Afterwards, since Raphtalia could read a bit, I had her point out characters and teach the pronunciation until I slowly deciphered the table.
With this, maybe even words can be ford, but figuring it all out would be difficult.
For now I don't need to rush to learn the letters.
In between making dicine, I worked hard at morizing the characters.
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