Chapter 147
A New Power
Translator : PolterGlast
「Ah, right. I should tell Lirica
and Priola at this stage. About the Gift I possess.」
「...The Gift you received from
the Creator God, correct?」
「...Right, I've been wondering about
that too. Is it really that unusual to meet that God?」
The handsome God I met is apparently called the Creator God.
Since Gods don't have names, he is generally just called the Creator God. He is
the genuine God who created this world, and even in this world where Gods
actually exist, it seems there are hardly any people who can actually meet a
God. My being able to meet him was apparently quite a miracle. Perhaps it was a
connection I grasped precisely because I was destined to become a splatter. It
pays to be a shut-in! (Positive thinking)
「Being able to meet a God means you
have received that much favor...」
「In other words, it is considered
proof that you have been bestowed with an equally powerful strength.」
Priola continued
Lirica's words. I see, that certainly might be the case. Although I chose
after they were somewhat distributed to everyone, I was able to choose a usable
Gift myself, and if anything, I managed to draw the jackpot Gift
known as Home.
Creator God, thank you very much. Thanks to you, I feel like
I can keep doing my best from here on out.
「Oops, sorry, let's get back on
topic. Regarding my Gift...」
I walked with Lirica and the other towards the point
where the door was placed and touched the doorknob. My Gift, which I
haven't told anyone about yet, except for Miku. I never really imagined
I'd end up telling my disciple, the daughter of the Demon Lord, before
my classmates.
Beyond the door that only I can touch lies my nostalgic
home. ...No, it's no longer a door that only I can touch.
「This is my Gift, Home...
A Gift that recreates my home from before I was transferred to another
world using magic.」
「The Home Gift...」
「I have lived a long time, but this
is the first time I've heard of such a Gift...」
The two looked around the entryway of my home with deep
interest. The narrow hallway, the replica of a painting I don't really
understand hanging there... Having them stare at it so intently makes me feel a
little embarrassed. I wonder why inviting friends to your house makes you feel
strangely restless.
Ideally, I'd like to welcome them properly and guide them
inside my home, but we don't have much time right now, so we just went back out
through the door. The place the door leads to is, of course, a spot close to
the Demon Territory Zwaarth's city. To avoid standing out, I
chose a spot behind a rock this time.
「Wh-Where is this...?」
「It's a rocky area in the Demon
Territory Zwaarth. It's about a ten-minute brisk walk to the city of
Ronack from here.」
「Don't tell me... long-distance
teleportation magic!? I thought that was a legendary feat only attainable at
the absolute pinnacle of Space-Time Magic...!?」
Ah, excuse me, it's nothing that grand. It's just the power
of my Home. The distance I can teleport with Jaunt has increased
compared to before, but it'll probably still take a while before I can move
back and forth as freely as I can with Home.
「My Home Gift allows me
to place a door at any arbitrary location and exit to any location of my
choosing. So I can also use it as teleportation magic like this. And actually,
my Gift leveled up a little while ago, and I became able to obtain this.」
Perhaps feeling anxious about where we were, Lirica
seemed to be on guard against our surroundings. I handed it to her. What
lay there was a single key. That's right, this is the new power I obtained—a
spare key.
「This is a key connected to the
sub-space of my Home. I'm giving this to you, Lirica. It's a
single-use item, but by using this, you'll be able to enter Home.」
The ability of the spare key is to generate one key per day
that allows someone other than me to enter Home. To think that an
ability allowing people other than me to use Home would be unlocked at
this point... If other people start living here with this power, would it even
be my 'home' anymore...? I feel like I'm going to experience semantic satiation
with the word "home".
「For now, the only place you can
enter using this spare key is from the spot where I placed the door. Can you
see this door, Lirica?」
「Y-Yes, I can see it! A door is
floating in mid-air!」
「You can only return to Home
from the point where that door is floating, so be careful.」
Lirica is in a
position where she is being targeted by a demon leader named Odd. To
make it easier for her to escape when push comes to shove, maybe I should place
a door near the city too. Previously, it was difficult to completely fix the
location even when using Door Placement, but perhaps because I've
spammed the Home Gift so much, I can now do it completely freely.
Currently, the number of demons I've defeated is roughly a
little over 300. Therefore, there should still be just under 700 demon
combatants in that city. If we include non-combatants, there are apparently
around 2,000 of them. And just as I imagined, it seems that even though it's a
territory of the Subjugation Faction, demons from the Integration
Faction and Neutral Faction are mixed in. My guess that there are
probably humans there too wasn't wrong either. Thank goodness... I'm glad I
didn't just give in to momentum and try to crush everything.
Because of that, I decided to ask Lirica to stay
behind and look after the house this time. Since we aren't going to massacre
everyone, we need to prevent her existence from being known to avoid
information leaks.
「Sorry, Lirica, looks like I'm
leaving you out.」
「N-No! Rather, I'm extremely grateful
to be allowed to use your Gift, Masaru-sama.」
While we head to Zwaarth, I decided to have her use
the training room at Home right away. Ah, by the way, I've already expanded
the training room to its limit by pouring MP into it. The space has
expanded even further, reaching a size that probably not even a ridiculously
large gym in the countryside could match. I try to use it at least once a day,
and thanks to maxing it out, there is now a machine prepared that can improve a
total of 5 stats in a single training session. By the way, I can still only use
the one that increases stats by 3. However, it seems to increase based on the
amount of usage, so I'm just taking my time with it.
「So, what I want you to do, Lirica,
is... this!」
「Th-This is...」
Sitting there with a heavy thud was a running machine
that (subjectively) looked like it was waiting for someone to run on it. The
first thing I want her to train is her agility. After accumulating a fair
amount of combat experience, I've realized that agility is still the most
important thing. Just being faster than your opponent means you can attack them
unilaterally, so as expected, agility resolves everything.
「I see, so this is... a magic tool to
develop arm strength by lifting it like this!」
「W-Wait, no! That's not it, so don't
move it too much!」
Having made a mysteriously incorrect deduction, Lirica
gripped the part of the running machine where you rest your hands and tried to
lift it, so I hurriedly stopped her. I explained to her how to use the machine,
that one set takes three hours, and the stat values it increases.
「A magic tool that raises your stats
just by training... To think such a thing existed in this world...」
「Could this be... a divine artifact
of national treasure class...」
Lirica and Priola's
eyes were sparkling as they looked at the running machine. So this is the
impression people of this world have... But it's true that an apparatus capable
of increasing stats regardless of LV is amazing, isn't it? It seems
there is no way to raise stats in this world other than leveling up.
(If that's the case, then my power is...)
There's no doubt it would be highly coveted by those whose LV
has plateaued, or those in situations where they can't easily raise their LV.
If this power gets exposed too much, Odd might frantically try to hunt me
down instead of Lirica. Come to think of it, talking with Lirica
reminded me of when I met the Creator God, and he told me to use this skill to
save the world. Indeed, this Gift—which not only allows me to raise my
own magic LV but also train others—might truly possess the potential to
change the world.
「Will you be okay with three hours of
running?」
「Yes, I used to do that much
frequently back in my hometown!」
Since demons seem to have different base physical specs, it
should be fine. After confirming that, and making sure to properly prepare a
plastic bottle for hydration, I started it up. The remaining time was
displayed, and the running machine began to move.
「Wow, amazing! It started moving!」
The belt moved, and Lirica started running to match
it. It started at a slow pace but gradually sped up, maintaining a speed that
would definitely exhaust you if you were running a marathon at that pace.
「Do your best, Lirica. If you
still have energy after the three hours are up, it's fine to do another set.」
「Huff, huff... Yes, understood!」
Watching Lirica, who seemed to be maintaining the pace with relative ease, I suddenly felt a moment of calm realization, wondering if running was really the right thing for a master to have her do first. ...W-Well, since I know from personal experience that leveling up will eventually hit a plateau anyway, there's no problem having her train first! Man, I feel like I've done something master-like for the first time. I really hope Lirica goes as far as breaking past the limit of her agility, just like I did!
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