Since the Marchioness has invited me to an afternoon tea party, I should ask her to collect information with Baronet Dyukeli's idea in mind.
After enjoying the tea and cakes and some long gossips, the talk became about the spoils from the floormaster.
"My, so even Satou-dono has something he wants."
"Yes, it is the Gift Orb. Does Retel-sama has anything you've set your eyes on?"
By the way, Retel is the Marchioness's name. After coming here so many times, I've acquired the permission to call the Marchioness's name.
"Yes, did you see that wonderful tiara? If I were to wear that to the salon during the Kingdom conference, wouldn't I become the center of attention?"
"Yes, it does really suit the Marchioness."
"How about using that egg-like big emerald in a necklace?"
The noisy wives on the surrounding flatter after the Marchioness's remark.
Baronet Dyukeli's wife stated "Panacea" in a low voice with her fleeting existence, but it doesn't seem to reach anyone's ear. I probably wouldn't have heard it if I didn't have the Straining Ear skill.
"Does the medical diet not going well?"
Since the fact that her son is sick is a secret, I obfuscate the subject.
"Yes, he doesn't like vegetables, so he didn't eat much."
"Was the recipes I gave before no good?"
"He ate the dish that Chevalier-sama's cook had made while saying that it was delicious, but he didn't eat the one made by our cooks, and said that it was bitter, or smelled of earth."
Fumu, the difference in (cooking) skill huh?
However, among the recipes that I gave there were a lot of dishes that only needed finely chopped, strained, or souped vegetables, so it shouldn't need that good of a skill...
Maybe I should make and sell vitamin supplement and vegetable juice, since there are considerable number of nobles who suffer from lack of vitamin in the labyrinth city. Let's present the trial product to Baronet Dyukeli as a thank for the talk a while ago.
The tea party became lively when the talk was about the floormaster spoils, and the Marchioness would gather information about which person want which items in the auction before I even asked her.
Although it seems that I have to bid for the tiara too now, it's fine if I think of it as the information fee. At worst, if it became too expensive, I could just make a gorgeous imitation, and she should be consent with it.
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Arisa and the others besides me are mastering their new equipments in the upper and middle layer's hunting grounds.
I've culled enemies with instant death attacks and armor-penetrating ones, so they shouldn't be in danger so often. Arisa's new equipment has an automatic deployment system for defense magic, so they should be able to run with teleport magic if they encounter an unexpected situation.
It's already evening, and I've already told Ms. Miteruna that I don't need dinner, so maybe I should go to the labyrinth and eat dinner with the girls.
Everyone seems to be fighting a chimera of scorpion and spider.
"Pochi, stop its leg!"
"Aye! Split bodies attack nanodesu!"
Pochi makes full use of Flickering Movement to attack, and destroys four legs on one side of the eight-legged chimera. Just like Pochi's said, her afterimages look like split bodies.
Tama who have climbed the stalled chimera's back crushes its compound eyes with her short sword. The chimera wags its head to throw Tama off, but she turns the other short sword into a whip sword, and endure the shaking by wrapping the sword on the chimera's feeler.
Looks like Tama is able to properly use the whip sword shaped magic blade and the drill magic blade of her short swords. Since Tama was the only one skillful enough to use two kinds of function, Pochi and Nana needed to change it by voice.
Lulu fires her new smoothbore gun's bullet to the chimera's mouth that has been wrenched open by Mia's magic.
The gun that Lulu is using is a riffle with two meter and a half long barrel, and it uses magic as the explosive instead of explosive powder, shooting substance bullets. During the shooting, the repulsive force occurs on the whole gun, and bullet doesn't touch the inside of the gun barrel. I had a very hard time making this circuit mold, so I instructed her not to use the gun as a club.
The bullet only travels at about half of the speed of sound, but since it's a big 20 millimeters caliber bullet, its destructive power is extraordinary.
In fact, Arisa who was going to give the finishing strike has no turn to come out, she stamps her feet to the ground.
"Satou."
The sharp-sighted Mia who has quickly found me embraces me accompanied with a 'Pofun' sound.
"Master nanodesu!"
"Wlcome~?"
Everyone gathers after noticing that voice.
After waiting for Liza who had crushed the chimera's legs on the opposite side of Pochi's to finish collecting the magic core, I go back to the villa, taking everyone along.
"What do you think about the new equipments?"
"The performance is magnificent"
"Nice~"
"The strongest of the strongest nanodesu! It truly feels like bossss nanodesu!"
It's quite favorable on the vanguard side. I don't know Pochi's reference, so I'll ask about it from Arisa later. I feel like it's from some anime or game, but I can't remember it.
"I'm sorry master. I still cannot skilfully use the acceleration to hit well."
"Ah, with that gun, the trajectory will change even if you shake for an instant. Do your best to master it."
"Yes, I'll do my best!"
I pat the head of Lulu who grasps both her hands tightly to motivate herself, encouraging her.
After all, it's a hard to use gun even for me who have Shooting and Sniping skills at MAX. It's quite powerful if she can handle it well, so I hope she can master it.
"Overkill. The power is much higher than before, it might be better to use the old wand for support."
"Nn, excessive."
As for the rear guard, most agree that the power is too high, or so they said such luxurious problem to me.
"Like with Mia, she miscalculated the Balloon's expansion range and power, it made Pochi flew to the ceiling twice."
"Arisa! Secret!"
While looking warmly at Mia who's lightly beating Arisa, I listen to the shield-user, Nana.
"I inform that it's safely safe. The consumption of magic power has increased, and the ability to continue fighting tends to fall. I request the supply of magic power after a long time of absent."
While there is a scene where Lulu tried with all her might to stop Nana who had began to strip her armor, I gave Nana the magic power supplement as she had wished during bathing. I feel that I can just use Magic Power Transfer, but this way seems to feel better. It's like the difference between calorie bars and proper meals huh.
After getting refreshed from the bath, I consult to Arisa about the schedule until the time we acquire Mitrhil Plate.
The X day is 10 days later.