Act 2: Chapter 24: Ragno's Corpse

Act 2: Chapter 24: Ragno's Corpse

「At any rate, we did it, Kanata-san! This will get us a lot of money!」

Pomera spoke as she looked at the mountain of Ragno corpses.

The reward for each Ragno we subjugated was 25k gold each.

Since there were about sixty ragnos in there, we should be able to procure about 1.5 million gold.

Anyhow, nothing wrong with having more money for our alchemy experiment.

「Yup, with this we’re a step closer to being able to create 《God’s Blood; Ether》. Once I increase my stock, it should be enough for the resumption of Pomera-san’s leveling in the cursed mirror.」

Pomera’s expression stiffened when I replied so.

「... U-Uhm... are we... really going to do that again? Pomera thinks that she... doesn’t need to have... such a high level...」

... I’ve somehow realized the fact that Pomera didn’t seem to like our leveling session in the 《Distorted World of Cursed Mirror》. I actually wanted to tell her to get used to it but, it’s not like I could ignore her feelings.

「Pomera-san... you might be right, you don’t have to go that far.」

「Eh... really?」

Transferees like me had no other choice than becoming a clown, the source of entertainment for those gods or Nyarlhotep. I think that only transferees would get hit hard by atrocious adventurers, monsters, or another transferee in accordance with the whims of those gods.

That’s why I couldn’t feel at ease no matter how much I raised my level.

I thought that I could be considered as one of the most powerful people in this world, but then, a mage who could easily toy around with Philia who we met in Manarak a while ago was clearly far more powerful than me.

There was still the sky above the ceiling.

But, Pomera’s situation was different from mine. She should be able to live her life in peace at her current level as long as she doesn’t get herself involved with me.

「I feel bad about it, but... I guess I can’t force you to come with me. Well, I guess it’s the time to part ways.」

「Eh... w-why is the topic suddenly turning out into that direction!?」

「It’s because I’m afflicted with something like a curse and there’s a high probability that you might end up getting involved in trouble if you’re still with me. Someday, my curse might end up exposing you to a life-threatening danger. Well, though you have to forget about that “might be”... Pomera-san, you’ll always be involved in life threatening danger if you keep moving with me at your current level. That’s why I can’t go with you.」

I had no idea whether that Nyarlhotep was still keeping an eye on me and I also had no idea what they’re going to throw at me next, it might be even more dangerous than the previous one.

「... Kanata, Philia can’t go with you?」

Philia was looking at me like an abandoned puppy.

「U~hn....」

When I was worrying about how to answer Philia, Pomera grabbed Philia’s shoulder.

「P-Please give up on that notion! I’m serious! It’s okay, make Pomera the last victim! It’s definitely not a place to play around! Please Philia-chan, just be a good child for this once!」

... I-I see, so you actually didn’t want to experience another leveling session in 《Distorted World of Cursed Mirror》 huh, Pomera?

「Rather than that, Kanata-san, we should start gathering these eyes of Ragnos, right? 」

Pomera was looking at the mountain of Ragno corpses.

... Yup, this will take quite a while.

「Let’s gather them into a single place first... it’s going to be pain in the a** if we have to pick it up one by one from their scattered flesh after all.」

Now let’s see what’s the best magic to gather them at once? Water, earth, or wind?

It’s not like their corpses are going to affect the environment if we leave them alone since their corpses are scattered in a wide area, but still...

「Leave it to Philia!」

Philia then stepped in front of me, raising her arms.

Just when I was wondering what she was going to do, giant white arms that I’m already familiar with came out from the ground. It moved forward while pressing the lower part of its palm on the ground and gathered the scattered corpses of Ragnos in front of us like a bulldozer.

That was fast.

「Lookie lookie, Philia is so amazing right? Phila did her best, right? Praise Philia, praise Philia!」

Philia was making merry as she finished the job.

「Yeah, thanks, Philia-chan.」

T-This child... truly could do anything.