CH 203

“Can I have two regular swords, please?”

“Why?”

“Because I want to use them.”

“You need four swords?”

“Ah, I’ll be leaving these two.”

Today is already the day I’m leaving the elf village for the capital. Now I am going to get two swords from Emily. The reason why I’m doing this is because I intend to return the two borrowed swords that I’m carrying on my waist right now. The spare sword that was in the magic ring I dropped that Sophie brought me broke after our fight. I had more enchantments and more status, but if I had used it the same way I had the borrowed swords, it wouldn’t have been so quick. I want a normal sword, not a superior one, just in case.

“I’m sorry. Those are the best swords in this village…”

“Yes, that’s why I want an ordinary sword.”

There is a reason why I suddenly said this on the day of the event. The reason is that if I had said this in advance, They would have used a lot of material to make a new sword. For example, cicada material. “We made it exclusively for you, and you won’t take it?” I would have to take it and said, “I’m sorry”.

“I’m sorry, but those are the only swords in the village of elves that can be used for dual swordsmanship.”

“If that’s the case, I can use a regular sword.”

I’m only holding it for a while, so as long as I can use it at least, it’s fine.

“I’m sorry. There are no swords in the elven village.”

“That’s absurd. ……”

It’s absolutely not true.   Even though it is indeed a village of elves who specialize in magic, they would at least have swords. I saw a number of elves with swords during my stay.

“I understand…”

I said and turned to leave. Well, it’s not that I can’t fight with my bare hands. Let’s just hold out with our bare hands for a little while.

“Oh! I just remembered I have a sword!”

“Huh?”

Emily-san said that as soon as I turned my back. I thought she at least had a sword, but I didn’t expect her to suddenly admit it.

“But instead of giving you the sword, please accept one gift from me.”

“…… I understand.”

If I don’t do this, they are going to force these two swords on me. Even if I leave them behind, I have a feeling someone will bring them to me.

I would rather have one gift than this sword, which is one of the best swords in the village.

“Please be sure to accept my gift.”

“I will.”

“Then I will put the swords away.”

“Oh, yes.”

I gave her the sword on that condition. Then Emily took the sword and went to put it away.

After an hour or so, everything was ready.

“Then we’ll be on our way.”

‘ “”Yes.””

The members for this trip to the royal capital were myself, Sophie, Emily, Judy, Elira, and our escort and caretaker, another elf, for a total of 12. Tiya-san will be left at the elf village in case something happens to her. Incidentally, I heard that there was quite a struggle over who to leave behind out of the three.

And although there are 12 people, there is only one carriage. The carriage is gorgeous from the outside, but it is a normal sized carriage, but once inside, it is almost five times bigger than it looks. They say that the space is expanded with magical tools, but I don’t even want to think about how much this carriage costs, because I am afraid of the price. However, thanks to this carriage, I hardly feel any swaying, and the soft sofa makes for an elegant trip.

“Zeros, here is the present we were talking about earlier.”

“Oh, thank you.”

Emily-san said this to me about five hours into the carriage ride.  I had been told that the gift would be given in the carriage on the way to the royal capital, so I had received the two ordinary swords, but the gift had not yet been given to me.

‘Is this… a ring?”

“Yes! Try it on.”

It was a beautiful ring, shiny black with green lines. I put it on the index finger of my left hand. I thought it might be a little too tight, but the size was adjusted and it turned out to be the perfect size. It had a sizing function, but I expected such an expensive gift. I liked the way it looked and it was beautiful.

“Now the user is fixed.”

“Huh…?”

The user is fixed? What do you mean? I turned my attention to the ring and saw that it was a magic ring.

“It’s a magic ring…”

“Since the user is fixed, it can only be used by Zeros-sama. There is no way to change the user, so if anyone other than Zeros-sama uses it, it is just a ring.”

What I thought was a nice little ring turned out to be a magic ring.

“Hmm?”

I turned my attention to the magic ring and saw something inside. I looked at it.

“Hey…”

“Yes, what is it?”

“Why the hell is this in there!”

With that I took out two swords.

“Those swords are called Midori-ken (Green -sword). Please take good care of them.”

“I didn’t want to know their names!”

Inside was the sword I had borrowed from the elven village. This sword is called Midori Ken… No! This is not the time to be thinking about that! In addition to the Midori Sword, there were various other things in the package.

One high elixir, 10 elixirs, 30 HP potions, 50 MP potions, a feather of the cicada monster, some leaves and branches that seemed to be from the spirit tree….

“Ah! I’m sorry…I didn’t realize there was anything inside.”

“Then I’ll give it back!”

Then I tried to return it, but they couldn’t hold it because the magic rings and magic pouches of the elves here are filled to the brim. And they can’t seem to turn back because if they turn back, they will not arrive at the royal capital on the scheduled date.

‘We can’t leave the expensive items in the carriage, so please keep them. By the way, the real way to fix the user of that magic ring is to take out what’s inside to complete the process.”

“Damn…I’m beat…….”

If you think about it, the magic ring has to be fitted on the finger to be used. And yet, it’s odd that the user is fixed in place by fitting it to the finger, even though there’s something inside. So it’s all planned from the beginning. …… I gave up and put the regular sword into the magic ring and carried the green sword. Emily and Judy had a big smile on their faces when they saw that.