CH 109

Back before—the night of the day I sold the Light Magic Crystal to the guild—I was lying in bed thinking about it.

The first time I got the Chaos Fire grimoire, I killed the skeleton with Holy Fire, but the second and third times I got it, I killed it with regular physical attacks.

When I was on the sixteenth to eighteenth floors, after I had first confirmed the effects of Holy Magic on skeletons, I stopped using Holy Magic for efficiency’s sake. As a result, the Chaos Fire grimoire dropped, but the Holy Fire grimoire never appeared again.

When I thought about it, when I got the Holy Fire grimoire and when I got the Light Magic Crystal, I had used [Purification] to kill all the undead.

After carefully examining and accumulating such information one by one, I arrived at this conclusion.

—When you defeat an undead monster with purification, certain drop items will change into other items.

In other words, by defeating the undead monster with purification, the Chaos Fire grimoire may have changed into the Holy Fire grimoire, and the Dark Magic Crystal may have changed into the Light Magic Crystal.

And based on that conclusion, I thought about the next step.

Light Magic Crystals are so valuable that even the lowest rank, D, can be bought for as much as 30 gold coins.

If the drop items were changed by my magic, then there is a high possibility that the dungeons of Elem do not originally produce any Light Magic Crystals let alone D-rank Light Magic Crystals.

If the dungeons in Elem really don’t produce Light Magic Crystals, how will the guild view it if you bring Light Magic Crystals to the guild along with other magic stones?

They may think that I found a way to get the Light Magic Crystals in the dungeon in Elem.

Or they may think that I just cashed in the crystals I got elsewhere.

But normally, it would be more natural to think that I just cashed in the Light Magic Crystal that I had obtained elsewhere, rather than considering the possibility of a new discovery.

Either way, there’s no way to be sure, and it’s hard to be sure.

That’s why I sold the Light Magic Crystal since it’s unlikely to cause any problems.

――that was what I was thinking before.

But here’s the situation now. The guild contacted me about the Light Magic Crystal.

So, there are two possibilities.

The guild can’t be sure, but they are trying to be sure by contacting me and seeing how I react.

The guild has some way of confirming it.

If it’s the former, no problem. If it’s the former, no problem, but if it’s the latter…

In this world, there are things called Artifacts that transcend human knowledge.

Their effects vary from one to another. There are artifacts that can foretell the future or see events from a distance, according to legend.

It’s not impossible that such artifacts could be used to grasp something I can’t even imagine.

“I don’t know why you would say that, but…”

For the time being, I neither agreed nor refused, but answered in a safe manner.

The silence lasted only a few seconds. More silence would be unnatural. But I couldn’t think straight and couldn’t come up with an answer. Anyway, I needed to buy some time for now.

Look at the receptionist who calls herself Miril again.

A woman who looks like a normal human being, with dark blue hair that was neatly trimmed around her shoulders, and she had the air of a career woman.

She was between twenty-five and thirty years old. I don’t think she was more than 30.

However, she was probably the oldest of the receptionists in this guild. It’s possible that she holds some sort of position in the guild.

“I think it’s natural for you to be confused by this sudden talk. However, for the sake of the future of adventurers, can you please tell me about it?” (Miril)

I thought about it as I listened to her argument.

In the first place, how serious is the guild?

If, as she said a while ago, the guild doesn’t blame you for withholding the information – that is, if this is really just a request, you can simply say no, you can’t talk about it.

However, if the guild wants to get the information… at all costs…

―then saying that you know but won’t tell them could be the worst thing you can do.

I glanced at the man standing against the wall.

Not only does he not identify himself, but he hasn’t said a word since the beginning.

It didn’t matter now if his attitude was bad or not – this man was strong. That’s how I felt.

And he had a dagger and I had a spear. And in a small room. The battle would be over in an instant.

Of course, for me, it would be in the worst way.

“Well… even if you say so…”

I thought about it further while trying to play it off as fitting to the situation.

I’ve been thinking about it a lot, and there are two options I can think of at this point.

The first is, to tell the truth about Sacred Magic.

Even if I tried to hide the existence of Sacred Magic, there is a high possibility that the guild would not be convinced, since Sacred Magic is directly related to the method of obtaining it. Depending on the seriousness of the guild, such a half-hearted attitude might only end up making my position worse afterward.

It’s better, to be honest about everything from the beginning.

…But I don’t need to think further about what will happen to my life after that…

And the other option is—

“Hah…”

I exhaled heavily and slumped down on the bed.

“Oh, I’m tired! I’m exhausted!”

I’ve been in the dungeon until late today, and after that, my mind and body are all exhausted.

I really like my life to be a little more relaxed, and I’m working hard to raise my level for that future, but it’s not going well.

Can’t the trouble come after I’ve leveled up enough to be called a cheat…? If that happens, my cheat skills can solve it in one shot.

“Ah… my heart is beating hard.”

With that in mind, I think about the exchange in the guild while I was rolling around in my bed.

In the end…

—I chose to act ignorant.

I got the Light Magic Crystal from a peddler at Rankfurt. I needed the money to buy equipment, so I just cashed it in here. They’ll just have to find the peddler and ask him about how to get it.

With this setting, I went through with it.

There might have been a better option, but that was all I could think of in that short time.

In the end, as long as I don’t want to talk about Sacred Magic, I can’t talk about it. Especially with the fact that I obtained the Light Magic Crystal in the dungeon using it.

No matter what reason I might come up with, saying that I can’t talk about it is like admitting that I know about it. In that case, I don’t know what kind of measures the guild will use once they get the confirmation, and I don’t have the power to defend myself against them at this moment.

However, there was a possibility that the guild would not be able to obtain proof if I persisted in my ignorance. If there was no proof, the guild would be unlikely to take any unnecessary risks and do anything rough. Besides, hopefully, they would be fooled by my lies.

Well, if the guild was somehow convinced that I had obtained the Light Magic Crystal in the dungeon, it would be a futile attempt. Depending on the seriousness of the guild, I could have been immediately detained when I didn’t bow out for 200 gold coins…

…Well, is this how it feels when you have succeeded in walking a tightrope?

In any case, it was important to get through the situation safely.

After this… I can only do something if I get around watching the situation from now on.

First things first—

“…[Magi Location]”

I activated [Magi Location] with a whisper.
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