𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟖: 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐄𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝 (𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝟏)

It’s Otto, walking alone in the town without any companions.

Honestly, this is scary.

How harsh it is to run errands alone at this age!! In another world!!

I left the mansion in a bit of a disguise.

For some reason, there were platform military boots, so I’m using them.

They’re probably for my brother’s horse riding.

My line of sight is a bit higher.

I’m wearing a gray coat with a hood that can be used as rain gear.

This hides my body and face.

I look like an adventurer or a hermit.

I sneak around the alleys of the town.

However, the main street is lively.

There are stalls and the smell of deliciously grilled meat is wafting around.

I was given ten gold coins by the old man.

He told me to buy a slave with this.

Can I buy a woman with these gold coins?

As expected of another world.

There are scary-looking thugs standing on the street corners, but they disappear when I make eye contact.

Scary.

What kind of dragon is this?

𝐓𝐋-𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚: (ドコの竜が如きだよ) 𝐍𝐨 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐚.

The public order in my territory is so bad.

It would be better to stay at home.

A suspicious old woman sitting in the back of the alley is beckoning me.

Oh no!! Is this the hellish old woman? The urban legend that chases you if you run away.

“Hey, you, the hermit.”

“Eh? Me?”

“Yes, you’re quite a person, aren’t you?”

“No, not really. (Oh no, it’s a country grandma. Where’s the helper?).”

“Hoho, don’t be so modest. I’ll sell you what you need. Don’t worry. . . I won’t rip you off.”

I remembered her words. She’s the pushy old woman from the game.

She’s a monster granny who randomly appears and sells strange rare items at high prices.

She has items that you need to buy or you’ll be stuck later.

“How about this for you?”

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𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐥: Transformation Cloak

𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭: Can transform for five minutes. However, only non-living things

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Ah, this is not useless, but it’s an item that can only cancel a boss battle once.

“Um, I don’t need this.”

“Is that so? Then how about this?”

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𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐥: Woman’s Bracelet

𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭: Makes a man look like a girl. However, it has no effect on men

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It’s an item that allows a man to transform into a girl.

It only works in places full of women because men still see him as a man.

In the game, it’s an item to collect service CG.

With this, you can collect a lot of service CG while bathing in the women’s bath.

It’s an item to use in the girls’ dormitory of the magic academy, why can I buy it here?

I’ve already collected that CG.

There’s a half-shadow girl character who sees through it.

No, wait, I’ve collected 2D, but this is 3D, should I buy it. . .

“What? You don’t like this either? Then how about this?”

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𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐥: Orc Mantle

𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭: Can transform into an orc, but has no effect on orcs

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This is an item that can clear an event by defeating a band of thieves disguised as orcs without fighting.

In the game, the band of thieves who thought it was a real orc run away.

But why are they all disguise items?

The pushy old woman is basically a gacha, so if you choose “no”, you’ll eventually get what you want.

However, you can’t choose not to buy anything.

That’s why she’s called the pushy old woman.

“What? You don’t want anything?”

“Hey, don’t you have anything more useful? Like a move pawn, or an infinite water jug, or a magic storage bag?”

“Hmm, I do have them, but I don’t think you need them?”

No, I don’t need those transformation items, I just need to break through everything head-on. (Including the women’s bath)

“No, that’s not for the shopkeeper to decide, is it?”

“The move pawn is four gold coins. I don’t have a magic storage bag in stock right now, but I do have a storage magic scroll. It’s expensive, but it’s six gold coins.”

The storage magic scroll increases the storage amount depending on the magic power and level.

At low levels, the magic storage bag has a larger capacity.

Storage magic is a cheat magic that can be taken out even during battle.

However, I now have just enough money to buy it.

“Hmm.”

“You’re a tough one. I’ll throw in a bonus.”

“Alright!! I’ll buy it.”

I was inadvertently swayed by the bonus and ended up buying it.

“Hoho, thank you for your business. The move pawn and storage magic scroll are ten gold coins. The bonus is 100 expired potions and 10 rusty iron swords.”

The pushy old woman who takes your money and closes up shop as quickly as the wind.

In both hands, she holds a pawn for moving and a paper tube of storage magic scrolls.

At her feet are a bundle of potions (degraded) in a wooden box and a bundle of rusty swords.

Hey, these are junk items, aren’t they?

The expired potions only recover 1/5 of their original effect if they’re a miss.

Even if they’re a hit, they only recover half of a regular potion.

I take one out of the box and search it.

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𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐥: Potion (degraded)

𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭: Restores 500 HP and MP.

(Due to 18% magic power, the effect is 18%)

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Damn, I got stuck with junk.

I was about to smash the 1/5 recovery potion on the ground out of frustration, but I reconsidered.

If the magic power is 18%, can’t I just refill it with magic power?

I try sending magic power into it.

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𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐥: Potion

𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭: Restores 500 HP and MP.

(Due to 120% magic power, the effect is 100%)

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Oh, it’s revived.

Is the remaining 20% for durability or expiration date?

Not bad at all.

But I have a problem. I don’t have enough hands to carry everything.

I should use the scroll to learn storage magic.

But if I do that, the scroll will disappear.

I want to take it home and experiment with it.

I could go home once with the pawn. . .

No, my family would find out.

Should I tell the old man, “I bought something I don’t need, so please give me my money back”?

I can’t clear the “First Errand” mission like this.

There’s no clear bonus, but my evaluation will go down.

Suddenly, I remember the letter of introduction written by the old man.

The paper is the same size.

Alright, I’ll copy it on the back.

I copy the horizontally written scroll vertically.

One line at a time, overlapping the paper vertically, one character at a time.

Alright, there’s no mistake.

On the back of the high-quality forgery-proof magic paper, a copy of the storage magic was made.

I read the copy aloud.

Puff!

The letter of introduction burned up and disappeared.

Something connects in my head.

“Storage.”

The scroll disappears from my hand.

The scroll is in my memory, but I change the GUI.

The display of the list of stored items appears.

“Storage magic scroll x1”

When I take it out, the scroll is in my hand. It seems to be fine.

“Alright!!”

I did it! With this method, I can copy scrolls as much as I want.

It’s a magic paradise!

Well, there must be some conditions for activation.

Like paper quality, magic power, forgery prevention, etc.

I’ll examine it carefully later.

It’s a simple job to fill the potions in the box with magic power and store them.

I’m starting to feel dizzy.

It’s just a simple magic power deficiency.

I recover my magic power in the dantian at my navel.

I store about half of it and come back to myself.

“Do I really need to do all of this now?”

I store the entire wooden box.

The GUI displays “Small wooden box x1” and “Potion x52” & “Potion (degraded) x48”.

Alright!! Next!!

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𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐥: Rusty Short Sword

𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭: Mass-produced iron sword. (In poor condition.)

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I draw the rusty sword.

It’s a worn-out mass-produced short sword.

The shape is similar to a man-gosh, a double-edged sword, but longer. About 90 cm in total length.

There are 10 of almost the same thing, with sheaths.

Let’s examine it in more detail.

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𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐥: Iron (surface with iron oxide)

𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭: Mass-produced iron (Iron: 93% Carbon: 5% Sulfur: 3% Silicon: 2% Phosphorus: 1.5% Others: 0.5%)

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I change its condition by passing magic power through it.

I should be able to do it because I succeeded in separating tea and water.

If I can do it with water, I can do it with iron.

It consumes quite a bit of magic power.

The rusty iron slowly changes color from the root.

Alright!! I did it!! (Huff, huff.)

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𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐥: Iron (surface with oxide film)

𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭: Iron (Iron: 99.9% Others: 0.0%)

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There’s something black on the surface.

It’s probably carbon and other impurities in the iron.

I wipe the blade with a rag I found lying around.

It’s kind of black.

The blade has gotten a bit thin. Is this how it’s supposed to be?

Well, it should be fine.

With this, the iron sword is complete.

I swing it to check if there’s any problem.

I put it in the sheath.

I’ll have to do something about the remaining nine.

As I pick up the next sword, an idea strikes me.

Can’t I make a steel sword with this?

It’s an experiment!!

Alright!! I did it!! I worked really hard!! (Feeling dizzy.)

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𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐥: Steel (with iron oxide on the surface)

𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭: Steel (Iron: 98.4% Carbon: 1.2% Silicon: 0.2% Manganese: 0.1% Others: 0.0%)

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I polish the surface with a whetstone.

It’s a steel sword.

The total might be off because the decimal point is either rounded off or rounded up.

I’ll experiment later.

After making the fourth one, I felt extremely dizzy.

I had no choice but to use a potion.

I’m full of energy!!

But I shouldn’t have used it.

Honestly, I’m tired of turning iron swords into steel ones.

I swing the newly made steel sword.

It breaks when it hits the stone wall.

“Eh! Why?”

I see, steel needs to be tempered and annealed.

I ruined one.

I put away the broken magic (made by magic) sword.

I’ll line up the steel swords and heat them all at once. Aim for 800 degrees!!

No, wait.

I don’t have any water for liquid cooling.

Fortunately, there’s a large overturned bottle in the alley.

It’s probably empty.

I’ll borrow it for a bit.

When I pick up the bottle, a mysterious small bug comes out of the empty space and scares me.

That’s scary!!

Filling the bottle with water is an easy job.

Water overflows from my palm.

Somehow, I don’t want to drink water produced by a person.

No, this is strictly H2O water, don’t think about it.

Now it’s time to heat it up!! The leather wrapped around the handle of the heated steel sword burns.

Damn it!! There’s nowhere to hold it!!

I lift it with the broken magic (made by magic) sword and throw it into the bottle.

The water splashes and the sound of boiling echoes in the alley.

Hehehe, once this is complete, I can make a living just by turning iron swords into steel.

Just thinking about it makes me happy.

“Fuhahahaha.”

Oh, the water has decreased, I need to add more.

Was it impossible to do three at once?

A hermit man laughing loudly in front of a large bottle in the back of a narrow alley, with smoke rising from his hand.

Yes, it’s me!!

By the way, I found out later that a punk was apparently watching me from the shadows, trembling.

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