Gather Divine Coins and Gacha! - Chapter 76

 "…Mmph⁉"

It felt like something slammed into me.

My side hurt, so I might have hit it.

Did I fall out of bed?

When did I fall asleep…?

No, wait, that can’t be right, can it?

"Muu"

Is this… a gag?

Maybe my hands and feet are tied up too?

And this feeling… am I being put inside a bag…?

W-wait… let me try to remember what happened.

I went to the party Seriana invited me to, and Alec and Elena came along too.

It was a noble’s mansion in the northern foreign residents’ district.

There’s even a church there, and I’d been told not to go near that side, so until now I’d only looked at it from far away, but when I went there for the first time, it was nothing but huge buildings.

If you think about how they keep mansions in another country’s royal capital, it makes sense that not just nobles, but even commoners are probably wealthy.

And the party that mattered was held at a mansion owned by the royal family of the Rudo Kingdom.

At the venue, I got introduced to a few groups at first, but once that was over, I spaced out in the waiting room.

Just sitting there was boring, so I was practicing switching Akame’s ability on and off that I’d learned recently…

I definitely got called over by one of the mansion’s servants.

They said Alec was calling me.

So I followed that person…

Huh?

This is… kidnapping?

It’s rattling, so is this a carriage or something?

W-what do I do⁉

Because I’m going to a foreign noble’s mansion, I’m not wearing any items at all, so is this bad⁉

"Mmph⁉"

I-it hurts.

My side throbbed with pain.

Did I break something?

In 【Hideout】 I left potions and…

Umm…

I turned Akame’s ability on after having it off, and probed the surroundings, and there were five people including the one driving the carriage, but they were all riding horses a short distance away.

No one was inside the carriage.

Well, nothing happened even though I kept going mmph mmph, so I had a feeling…

If that’s the case, then I can use 【Hideout】 without holding back.

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I activated 【Hideout】 and managed to escape inside safely.

While I was at it, I also activated 【Prayer】.

With an injury at this level it’s probably only for peace of mind, but it should be way better than doing nothing.

"Mmph～…"

For now, I have to do something about these restraints.

I’ve been giving Akame instructions for a while now, but it just isn’t going well.

Apparently they can’t touch things unless mana is flowing through them, so I guess it can’t be helped.

Mana passes through hard things easily, and soft things are difficult.

Even I can manage metal somehow, though it takes time, but since anything I take is a fatal wound anyway, I’d been skipping that plain training, and now it’s come back to bite me.

"Nng"

I put strength into my eyes and looked deeper into the room, and I could see items infused with mana.

I could even see the magic steel I’m using as a bookstand… so that has mana in it?

"Nng, nng… ngh⁉"

The shelf with the items on it was at the back of the room.

I tried to get over there somehow, crawling like a caterpillar, but… it really hit my side.

And maybe the bag is slipping, because I’m not making any progress at all.

…Should I roll?

"Nngggg…"

I rolled and rolled toward the back of the room, but this hurt.

Because my hands and feet are tied up, I can’t absorb the impact well, and I keep hitting my face…

"Mmphoo"

Something cold dripped from my nose, but I didn’t care.

I managed to reach the shelf.

Akame-kun, clamp it in your mouth and bring it here…!

I focused, thinking that since it’s an item, it should have mana in it, so it should work.

If this doesn’t work, I have to roll all the way to the kitchen and challenge a knife.

"‼"

It worked!

Akame came back to my hands with 【Shadow Sword】 in his mouth, and just like that, he tried to put it onto my finger.

You’re amazing, Akame!

After confirming it fit, I had Akame hide in the shadows since it was dangerous.

【Shadow Sword】 dove into mana and cut it.

But even without mana, it was a blade that cut like crazy.

I extended 【Shadow Sword】 and, snip! snip snip snip! cut the bag and the ropes tying me up.

"Wahahahahaha‼"

Cutting the gag was a little scary, but I’m free!

Even though it hit my side, I couldn’t help letting out a loud laugh.

"Haa… it hurts, it hurts… I see."

I looked at myself, and I was wearing underwear, but that was it.

I didn’t even have socks on, and I’d unusually been wearing them.

Were they searching me for items…?

But still… ruining maid outfits, this makes the third one since coming to the royal capital.

I don’t think it’s my fault, but even so, I’m starting to feel bad about it.

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Sera・【Hideout】【Prayer】【Mira's Blessing】・【Floating Orb】【Shadow Sword】【Scarlet Bee Needle】・7 cards

Seriana・【Range Identification】・【】・19 cards

Elena・【】・【Green Fang】・1 card

Alec・【】・【Red Shield】・2 cards