chapter 35

Today is the day there is a chance of coming into contact with the locals .

Let’s put some effort into it .

And so, time to put some effort into preparing breakfast .

Rice with miso soup and boiled vegetables . Iya—, when making these things, I really feel grateful for being able to use miso and soy sauce .

appreciate

It seems everyone is also hyped up and woke up earlier than usual .

The first up was Kadomi-kun, rare . The time is 5:37!

……seeing as they are waking up earlier and earlier, the day when I have to start waking up even earlier feels quite close .

“Morning . ”

“Ah, morning……hey, I, just realised but……”

Kadomi-kun seems troubled by something as I whacked him with the feather duster .

“……when meeting the locals, what are you going to do about Ketorami?”

“……a—h……”

that truck

I, I didn’t think of that .

… .

And so, let’s try asking Ketorami-san .

“He—y he—y, is there a chance Ketorami has friendly relations with the locals?”

‘Of course not, more like enemies . ’

Isn’t that a big problem!? That’s not something to be saying so proudly right!?

“Ketorami will be attacked by the locals!?”

‘Probably . Well, it would be more like me one-sidedly massacring the humans though . Most magic won’t work and my fur isn’t something those dull blades can cut . ’

O, ooh . Is that so, is that so .

Certainly, at worst……no, even when not, among us, the strongest solo is not Kadomi-kun, it’s Ketorami-san .

……mhm . After all, it’s Ketorami-san .

It doesn’t stand out since he usually does not kill needlessly, but if he got serious, he could hunt down every living thing in the area .

“But then, what should we do with you? It’ll be a problem to be separated too . Like, I don’t want to cause more conflicts with the locals and encounters with stray students would be troublesome . ”

If by chance, he encountered a student, the student could be killed by Ketorami, and the reverse is also possible .

Ketorami is in a kind of troublesome position .

‘A—h……about that, I don’t really like it but, like, how to put it, I can act like your masters’ pet’

“Mhm……mhm!?”

E, eh, Ketorami-san!? Ketorami-san will do that!?……somehow unexpected .

‘Like that there’s no problem if I enter town or wait outside the gates right? It wouldn’t be strange for you to stay with me to look after me . ’

“O, oh . ”

“Then, see, that . ……that thing you’re planning to put on, the neck one . ”

“If possible I would like to stick to the plan without putting it on but, mhm, the collar . ”

‘I can put that on . I can break it easily anyway . ’

Eeeeeeeeh, Ketorami-san!? That lone wolf type, that proud type, Ketorami-san!?

“Se, seriously?”

‘You have a problem with that?’

Ketorami-san, his fur is standing on end, but even I can tell he’s hiding his embarrassment . This tsundere-san!

“No problem! ……err, then, let’s go with that . We’re counting on you . ”

‘Ouh, count on me, you really can’t be helped’

It was a morning where I discovered that the tsundere wolf’s dere ratio has increased at some point .

cute

“Next is Hanter . ”

‘Nn—? I’ll just stay around Maito’s neck so I’m fine . ’

I also like the feel on Hanter so I would like that too .

“There’s a possibility of putting other things around that neck . ”

Like a collar .

Actually, when armed, I put on that [Magic Voice] choker, so the neck region is really crowded .

‘E—h, then, I’ll just wrap around your leg . I’ll be hidden by your skirt right?’

“Unfortunately I plan to put a bunch of things at my legs……”

I will also be modifying the maid uniform for that . I plan to finish that while everyone else is exploring the ruins .

‘E—h, then I’ll just be in the pocket’

“Sorry but I can’t put things in the pocket . I plan to open a hole in there . ”

Yes, the maid uniform modification mentioned above, I’m thinking of opening a hole at the bottom of the pocket on the maid uniform’s skirt and make it possible to take out kitchen knives or feather dusters attached to my thighs . To increase my fighting strength even by a little .

There is also a pocket on the apron, but if Hanter is in there, it will be obvious there’s something inside .

……as I was thinking .

‘Maito doesn’t want to bring me along?’

With that cute sentence, Hanter stared at me with his round eyes .

Uu, cute . It’s cute, but .

“When I think about when something happens, it’s a bit scary . Hanter is still so small . ”

Regretfully, he is still a child . If anything were to happen, Ketorami aside, Hanter is slow . If he was with me and got thrown off, that would be the end of his story .

‘Even I can protect Maito!’

“No, I’m simply worried about Hanter’s own safety . ”

‘Look! [Shadou edje]!’

It seems like Hanter doesn’t like being treated as a child, as he said that, three things that were like black knives appeared in the air and flew off . Those knives stabbed deeply into a tree nearby before disappearing .

……I remember these black knife things . Hariu used this skill .

But when Hariu used it, the knives were bigger and he shot 5 at a time .

But as someone who can’t use any attack magic (The high heat of a stove can’t be called attack magic so that doesn’t count), this is very welcome .

Hanter’s size is small and if I think of him as a self-aware tool that shoots magic……there are merits to bringing him along . Mhm .

‘See? I’m useful too right?’

Right? Right? Hanter tilted his neck as he winded around my arm .

“Mhm, yea—h……mhm . Okay . I will think of a place to put Hanter . If I can’t find one, then I guess you will have to hide in Ketorami’s fur . ”

‘Mhm! Ya—y . ’

I entrusted the excited Hanter to Ketorami and they went off to get breakfast .

……mhm . Okay . While making the plan for how to remodel my maid uniform in my head, let’s have breakfast .

even Hanter is stronger

And it is finally time to go!

The destination is the ruins that should have become the 2F south building east staircase!

When they enter the ruins, I will [Share] with someone . Then when they get through the ruins and reach 1F, I will bring Ketorami and Hanter using [Teleport] and meet up with them .

Like this, Ketorami-san can go to 1F even though he can’t enter the ruins .

Travelling to the ruins was done the same way as yesterday, I [Shared] with Hariu and he rode Ketorami and I will omit the rest .

enjoy the ride

And so even when it came to ‘time to set off!’ it didn’t really feel like we set off .

I can see the outside scenery passing by as high speeds, but I’m still indoors so it doesn’t feel like I left at all .

Aside from me and Hariu, I think everyone else feels it even less .

relax

And although it felt slightly stupid, Ketorami finally stopped within sight of a ruins that, as expected, looks like the 2F north building east staircase……the ruins we used before .

Seeing that, I packed up the room and [Teleported] .

All my MP being taken away is tough, but it’s fine, we met up with Ketorami-san and Hairu in front of the ruins .

Wow, this really is fast .

And aside from Hariu, we don’t have to use up stamina .

Poor Hariu is also being brought along for the ruins exploration after this, but Ketorami-san is standing by with me . My MP is only worth so much, so this method of travel has a ridiculously good time-to-risk performance ratio .

efficient

“Then we’re off . Have you [Shared]?”

“Ah mhm, I can see myself right now……from above . ”

It’s strange being able to see the top of your own head .

“Ah, yeah, you’re short . ”

“I’m average! You bastard! I’ll hit you!”

Yes, I’m currently [Sharing] vision with Hagasaki-kun .

The reason I didn’t choose Hariu is because I don’t want to get sick .

……during the previous VS roots, it was short so it wasn’t that bad, but this time it is exporing ruins over a few hours .

If I used the vision of an assassin, I’ll get 3D-sickness!

And so, I chose to borrow the vision of someone in the rearguard .

“Bye, stay alert . ”

“Do your best exploring too— . ”

I can see myself waving, well, if I focus on it like thi—s and adjust it……okay, did it .

I can see both myself waving and them entering the ruins .

Just that the amount of information increased too much and it feels weird .

I continued reducing the vision from Hagasaki-kun until it got to a nice level, like this I can see what is going on over there while still being able to work here . It’s like watching TV while working .

And so, I immediately started working on remodeling my maid uniform .

Fufufu, I’ll also embroider it and make the perfect equipment!

level up

While watching them explore the ruins, I moved the needle and finished up the changes to my maid uniform .

First, pocket . I carefully opened holes in the pocket of the skirt and in the long underskirt, like this I can stick my hand inside my skirt from there .

Then I secured the kitchen knife with its sheath onto my thighs with bands and garters . One each on the left and right . I made it so that I can take them out by sticking my hand into the pocket .

The garters were discovered in the ruins . This is also one of the equipment that increases defense .

……how do I put this, it feels like my underwear is getting sexier and sexier unintentionally……

In addition, I set up a feather duster on my right thigh and test tubes with poison on my left thigh .

Furthermore furthermore, I also put in 4 maid-san puppets in a place where they won’t get in the way of taking out the other things .

I attatched them quite securely to the inside of the underskirt with seat belts, but these can move independently and slip out themselves, so no problem .

And for the problem of Hanter’s hiding spot, I made it the inside of my puff sleeves .

I made a slit that could be hidden by the frills on the apron’s shoulder strap for him to enter and exit .

Actually, even if he sticks his head out from there, it won’t stand out that much . Not only is he hidden by the frills on the shoulder strap, Hanter is black, so he also blends into the maid uniform’s dress .

geared up

And embroidery .

I’ve already embroidered the hem of the long underskirt with bay laurel thread, but I added on flower designs using the sky-blue lily thread and light pink dandelion threads .

Mixing dyes with [Dyeing] causes the effects to disappear, but that limitation doesn’t seem to apply to embroidery .

So far I have confirmed that the effects won’t disappear for up to 5 types of thread .

Like this the long underskirt’s effects are [Increase Maximum MP], [150% Maximum MP], [Movement-Type Magic Reduced MP Consumption] and [Manipulation-Type Magic Reduced MP Consumption] . Long .

Well, basically, it became easier to use [Teleport] and [Puppet Manipulation] . Yes .

where did the dandelions come from

In addition, I also added inconspicuous embroidery to the apron with sky-blue lily thread to add [Reduce Fall Damage] to [Increased Defense], and when I added inconspicuous embroidery to the maid uniform itself, a strange [Increased Housework-Type Skill Effects] got added on .

The long underskirt is hidden so I put in a lot of fancy embroidery, but I embroidered the others as inconspicuously as possible .

It’s best to hide as many cards as possible .

never show your hand

And as I was doing that, I suddenly remembered .

Didn’t I embroider the ribbon I tied around Ketorami-san’s nack?

……it didn’t become a skill that time either .

Looking at Ketorami-san’s ribbon, I someho—w, understand the reason .

That . It’s badly done .

My apologies to Ketorami-san, but this embroidery was done quite badly .

I see—, after Ketorami-san’s ribbon, I made a lot of things and leveled up so [Embroidery] became a skill .

……so that means this [Embroidery] is not something anyone can do . At least, it doesn’t seem to be something that can be obtained from a little sewing .

I felt a little sorry, so I remade Ketorami-san’s ribbon .

I embroidered a ribbon dyed a slightly pale green, like leaves, with the sky-blue lily thread .

The effect that was added with this was [Swift Feet] . ……hm? 1 only? Ah well .

After remaking Ketorami-san’s ribbon, Hanter also wanted one, so I tied a small ribbon onto him made from cloth dyed with black chrysanthemum and embroidered with the same thread .

The effect is [Increased Dark Attribute Magic Effects] . Please use [Shadow Edge] a lot with this .

shadou edje

Now then, while doing those things, I could see the exploration of the ruins progressing a lot through Hagasaki-kun’s vision and they finally found a strange swirl thing .

When he jumped into it, his vision warped and when it returned, he was on a beach somewhere .

O—h, beautiful .

And from Hagasaki-kun’s vision, I could see Hariu waving and mouthing (looks like that, I’m not [sharing] hearing) ‘Come ov—er’ .

So I [teleported] with Ketorami-san and Hanter .

“Ah, Maito ca—me”

“Yaho— short time no see— . ”

It really is tiring, so I cut off [Share] . Fui— . It feels like when I get home and change out of uniform into casual clothes .

“Right, since Maito also joined us, let’s go after a short break . That over there, is probably a castle . ”

From where we were on the beach, we could see a building in the middle of the ocean in the distance, like a certain monastery .

“For today, we’re going there . ”

And in the opposite direction, relatively close by, a town on top of the ocean was visible .

……the unexpected sea town!