Seeker 68

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Chapter 68. Custom-Made Goods (A Lie)

Something like an unequal treaty for me was concluded in a place I had nothing to do with.

But since it probably won't do any harm, and there are signs that I'm to blame, I decided to let the two of them do what they wanted to.

So the three of us dove into the dungeon as usual.

We rode the transfer magic circle to the relay point and descended the spiral staircase toward the 5th floor.

On the way down...

"Ehehe, senpai♪ We're going to play brothers. Hug me!"

"Ahh! Then I'll play lovers with Daichi-kun, too. Huuugg!"

"Eh?"

Yuzuki hugged my left arm, and Kazane-san hugged my right arm.

Wait, what's going on ......?

Aside from Kazane-san, isn't Yuzuki acting strange?

No, I feel like we had this kind of relationship, right?

But every time she hugs me like this, I almost remember that Yuzuki is a girl too.

Because her body is unmistakably that of a girl.

The soft, girlish skin and the sweet smell wafting through the air confuse me.

And it was a double attack, from both sides, at the same time as Kazane-san's.

The first is the one with the most breasts (Kazane-san's are much bigger), but the second is a sandwich of essentially the same quality, and my sense of value is about to collapse.

......No, calm down.

I mean, why is this happening in the first place?

"Kazane-san, isn't there something wrong with this?"

"No, it's not strange. I told you earlier, Daichi-kun. I said I gave her the right to make out with Daichi-kun, too."

"I think I heard something like that."

"What is it, Senpai? Do you hate flirting with me? If you say things like that, I'll cry. I'll cry like hell."

"No, no. When did you get on board with that premise?"

Until now, you were saying "I'm not flirting" with me. 

What up? Rebellious period?

"Well, I'm fine with it. ....... But when we're on the 5th floor, you both need to leave. I'm sure you don't need me to tell you, but this isn't the way to do it while exploring the dungeon."

""Hai!"""

A straightforward reply comes back from both of them here.

Even as we landed on the fifth layer, the two moved away from me and prepared themselves to deal with dungeon exploration and combat.

Incidentally, Kazane-san's appearance as a seeker has changed dramatically from before.

She used to wear hard leather armor called Cuir Bouilli over her dungeon clothes, but now she wears ninja-style Black Clothes.

Of course, this was from the treasure chest in the dungeon where the fairies were involved.

It is an S-class armor with 60 defense, +2 strength, +2 agility, and +2 magic power, which makes one wonder if it is a cheat.

But oyaji-san at the armory gave me some advice.

We passed through the 5th floor without difficulty and entered the 6th floor.

Then, on the 6th floor, we run into a couple of seekers, a man, and a woman, whom we had met some time ago.

"Oh, you are the group from the other day, aren't you? Thanks for saving my life that time."

"Yeah ......? Hey lady over there, looks like you've changed your armor. I've never seen that armor before. Is it custom-made?"

These were the two people we had previously handed over the antidote potion.

A male seeker with a martial artist look and a female seeker in plate armor.

The female one pointed out Kazane-san's new armor, but...

"Yes. I heard from oyaji-san at the armory that if you spend a little money on custom-made armor, you can change the armor's design as you like. I was so excited that I asked the craftsman to do it."

"Wow, so that's your hobby. I like it. I think it looks good on you.

"Hehe, thank you very much!"

Kazane-san easily and effortlessly laid out a hundred lies.

Kazane-san, you are surprisingly good at lying.

Weapons and armor for the dungeon can be 'custom-made' by a craftsman.

Craftsmen are seekers with production skills such as [Weapon Making] and [Armor Making].

They can make weapons, armor, and other dungeon items from magical stones dropped by monsters.

When these craftsmen try to make weapons and armor using the usual recipes, they produce armor of basic design.

A cuir-bouilli is a light armor made of hard leather, while Plate Armor is full-body iron armor.

Naturally, higher-ranked armors require more expensive magic stones.

The use of item production skills also consumes MP, and the higher the rank of the armor, the more MP is required.

However, by using more magic stones and MP than usual to create an item of armor, the user has the option of creating an original-looking armor with a different appearance than the original design.

There are limits, however, and it's impossible to create a spear that is unusable as a spear, for example.

In any case, the important thing is that we could redesign our dungeon armor.

In other words, there could be armor designed to look like Black Clothes but perform like a rune robe.

Therefore, just by wearing Black-robed Armor', it's not immediately obvious that the wearer wears a rare armor that's not in general circulation.

Incidentally, [Item Appraisal] can't be used unless you get close enough to contact distance, so there is no chance of being appraised from a distance.

Unless there is something wrong, oyaji-san at the armory said, the Black Clothes that Kazane-san wears wouldn't be detected as S-class armor worth more than tens of millions of yen.

We wave to the two seekers, a man, and a woman, and leave.

We eventually reached the stairs leading to the 7th floor and descended.