Gather Divine Coins and Gacha! - Chapter 38
I looked over the boots here and there, but they were all red.
If I had to say, the sole part was a brown close to black—but probably not the right one.
They'd gone out of their way to color-code them, so that must mean something...
"What are you doing?"
I was searching for the black one, but maybe I looked suspicious.
"Yeah. There’s a red one, but I was wondering where the black one is."
"Black? ...Ah."
That was all it took for Seriana to understand. She stood up from the sofa and came over.
I can’t tell while wearing them, but maybe there’s something visible from a distance?
She came right up to me, grabbed the hem of my clothes, pulled it straight up, and started patting my leg.
"⁉"
Why does this woman have no hesitation flipping up someone else's clothes…?
"You're wearing it, aren’t you?"
Following her gaze, I saw she was looking at my right leg.
I was wearing the boots, but...
"Huh?"
Since the skirt reached below my knees, I hadn’t noticed, but at some point, I was wearing black tights that reached halfway up my right thigh.
So this is it!
"Ow—⁉"
As I bent forward to look down at my leg, Seriana, who had been patting the tights, gave me a pinch.
"That's interesting. It's fused with your skin."
Seriously⁉
I tried touching it myself and felt a cool, slick sensation.
It was more like enamel than rubber.
There was no seam between the tights and my skin.
No matter how much I scratched or pulled, it didn’t shift at all—and I could feel every bit of stimulation directly.
The black claws from the 【Shadow Sword】 just sit on top of your fingers, but this was different.
…Can I even take this off?
"Will that return to normal, I wonder?"
Just as I was starting to get worried, she said something to make it worse...
The 【Shadow Sword】 returned to normal once removed, so this one should too.
If I take off the boots, it should go back.
Despite how intricate this boot design is, there are no laces or belts though…
"Hmph!"
I pulled with all my strength like I was taking off a pair of rubber boots.
"Ah! It came off!"
Thank goodness...
The 【Scarlet Bee Needle】 reverted from the boot into a metal anklet.
What do you call this again? The thing you wear on your ankle.
An anklet?
It’s a bit bulky, but thinking of it that way, it’s not so bad?
"We’ll try using it later, but what shall we do about this, Sera? Do you have anyone you’d like to step on?"
"I don’t!"
What kind of question is that.
"For me or Elena to hold it would be politically troublesome..."
Seriana and Elena are both nobles.
If this is the same as the Medallia Church’s 【Judgment Boots】, it would definitely be problematic for the two of them to have it.
"…What about Alec?"
"Not an option. You want to see that?"
"Well… no, I don't, but still."
Is that how it is?
"Grandfather, do you have any ideas?"
"Hmm. Letting go of it is out of the question. While it's not possible given your current position, once you return to your territory, having it would be a significant asset."
The Müller house might not have the rank for it yet, but if things go smoothly and she marries the prince, I suppose it’ll be fine?
"If we go by the parable of the Scarlet Bee, it’s best to let Sera hold onto it. Whether she uses it or not is another matter, but if there’s a chance, it’d be good to let her use it in public."
"What’s the Scarlet Bee parable?"
"The crimson bee that stung the Demon King. It should be in the book you’re carrying... Haven’t you read it?"
"…Eheh."
I was reading Seriana’s collection of stories the whole trip, so…
"…I see. It’s known across the entire continent, but it’s also in the church’s sermons. They liken the Demon King to a ruler and the Scarlet Bee to the church, making themselves out to be the ones who correct those in power. If the 【Judgment Boots】 and the 【Scarlet Bee Needle】 are the same, then it must have come from that story."
Huh… so the 【Scarlet Bee Needle】 is a pretty serious artifact then.
We’re talking national treasure or divine relic level, right…?
And I’m the one who gets to carry it?
…I'm not gonna get assassinated, right?
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Sera ・【Hideout】・【Call】・【Floating Orb】【Shadow Sword】【Scarlet Bee Needle】・0 cards
Seriana ・【Range Identification】・【】・9 cards
Elena ・【】・【Green Fang】・0 cards
Alec ・【】・【Red Sword】・0 cards
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