Gather Divine Coins and Gacha! - Chapter 28

 

"What happened⁉"

Perhaps he heard the scream, but the old man who was supervising the work burst into the room.

He was using the 【Floating Orb】, so maybe he was also keeping an eye on me.

Bullseye... old man.

"Wha⁉... What is this...?"

And of course, he was shocked.

Well, yeah. You’d be surprised too if someone in the room suddenly lit up.

Before long, the glowing subsided and then disappeared.

"What... what was that just now?"

He looked at me as he asked.

Well, I’m the only new face here, so it must’ve been obvious.

I’ll just honestly apologize.

"Sorry. That was probably me."

"Hmm... Continue the work as it is. You, come with me."

"Ye~s..."

I had no choice but to obediently follow the old man.

He led me to his office in the back of the first floor.

"Sit over there."

Doing as I was told, I sat in the chair.

There was a small reception area, and aside from the swords and spears on display, it was a fairly ordinary room.

The old man sat across from me.

"That light was a Blessing, wasn’t it? You said ‘probably,’ so you haven’t mastered it yet?"

"Yeah. That was actually the first time I used it."

"Hmm... It looked like it affected you as well, but do you feel any different?"

"Umm... I don’t think anything’s really changed…?"

No change in my physical condition.

Well, kids are usually either in top shape or completely out of it.

Other than that...

"Huh?"

"What is it?"

As I was looking at my hands to see if anything had changed, I noticed the cracks on my fingertips had healed.

And my skin looked a bit better overall.

I think that was the effect of 【Prayer】, but... was it skincare?

◇

"That’s not like you to make such a blunder."

At some point, Seriana had already returned and caught me, so I ended up explaining everything to her.

Well, I’ll take that comment on the chin.

Skills and items often don’t reveal their effects until they’re actually used.

Even with close allies, you never know where leaks can happen, and it’s better to hold back if you can.

Still, thanks to that, I feel like I’ve gotten a little closer to this scary-looking old man.

He may be intimidating in appearance, but he was surprisingly friendly and even helped test 【Prayer】 with me.

But please, just let me say this.

"How was I supposed to know it would activate while I was cleaning..."

And while humming, no less.

"That’s true. I’ll let you off the hook."

"...Thanks."

"So? Even the old man got involved with it. Did you figure something out? You tried various things while we were traveling to the royal capital, but got no results, right?"

"Yeah. I tested a lot of stuff with the old man, but we figured it out. It seems to activate when I perform an action while praying. And the people affected are the ones who are acting together with me—my party members, basically. I don’t know if there’s a limit, but it affected six people including me at first, so I think it works on a pretty large group."

"...? We were together while traveling, though. What was different?"

"Alec was driving the carriage, you and Elena were reading, and I was off dancing and praying… maybe that counted as separate actions?"

I answered while recalling what happened on the road.

We were only physically in the same place.

"...Now that you mention it, maybe so. Did you figure out what the effect is?"

"Not entirely yet. I know it helps heal wounds a little and boosts strength, but I couldn’t determine how much or whether there are other effects… we couldn’t test everything here."

As for the strength boost, if we had a barbell it’d be easier to tell, and apparently the Knight Order’s training grounds have them, but unfortunately, we don’t have any here.

I tried moving chairs and desks to test it.

It’s just a feeling, but I think my strength increased by about 10%.

It might not be much for me, but Alec would likely get a decent benefit from it.

"I see. I’ve already gotten permission for you to explore the dungeon too, so test it out there. I’m just glad it doesn’t suddenly activate during combat."

True enough.

Even inside the room, it was surprising when I suddenly lit up.

"I can go into the dungeon?"

"Yes. But you can’t go alone. Two of us still have a few things to prepare, so wait until that’s done."

Hmm… well, this isn’t a game, so there’s no need to go solo on a first run.

Until then, I’ll keep experimenting!

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Sera ・【Hideout】 【Prayer】 ・【Floating Orb】 【Shadow Sword】 ・0 cards

Seriana ・【Area Detection】・【】・4 cards

Elena ・【】・【Green Fang】・0 cards

Alec ・【】・【Red Shield】・0 cards

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