Gather Divine Coins and Gacha! - Chapter 78

 "Excuse me for intruding!"

I succeeded in getting inside through the window at the very end of the second floor using 【Floating Orb】.

It was a wooden swing door and it wasn’t locked, so maybe their guard was lax.

Maybe the fittings were bad, because it made a slight noise when I opened it, but since there was no one on the second floor, I wasn’t noticed.

"Hmph!"

I took a deep breath, put more spirit into it than usual, and probed for magic power.

There was no one on the second floor, but there were seven people on the first floor, and two guards outside.

I didn’t know how skilled they were, but if they were about the same as the guys who kidnapped me, escaping might be difficult too.

Thinking about that, running away right now was probably the correct answer…

But I finally managed to get in, and I went through some painful stuff too, so one hit, two hits… three hits, four hits, I wanted to pay them back somehow.

So, I was going to rummage through the second floor!

I quickly slipped out from the door and looked down the dim hallway.

I knew there was no one here, but it was just in case.

The hallway and three rooms on each side, and then several more rooms farther in past the stairs, huh.

There was no lighting, and even if I strengthened my eyesight with 【Prayer】, it was pretty rough.

There were holes in the floor here and there, but what was this building anyway?

There was a forest nearby, so maybe they were using it as a base for exploration?

Since I was floating, there were no footsteps, but I had to be careful about opening and closing doors.

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"Umm."

I had already gone around and checked nine rooms.

There were no gains at all.

There were things that looked like the guys downstairs’ luggage, but there was no point in stealing that kind of stuff.

All that was left was the last room.

Well, even so, it wasn’t the room at the very back.

It was the second room from the back.

Heh heh heh.

But I could have expectations for this place.

After all, it was locked.

It was a simple lock, but I had no tools and no skill, so picking it was impossible.

So, I figured I’d cut the bolt part of the lock.

I narrowed my eyes and looked at the first floor, but there was no sign of anyone coming up to the second floor.

I wanted to get out before the guys who went outside came back, and I couldn’t take too much time, but I’d do it carefully.

I pressed my forehead to the door and put my hand on the knob.

I took a deep breath, and while calming my mind, I poured magic power into it.

"Fnnnnngh……"

It seemed I didn’t really have a knack for it, so it took some time, but if it was metal, even I could run magic power through it.

Had I kept that up for about five minutes?

I felt a connection form between me and the door’s metal parts.

"Hah."

I slipped 【Shadow Sword】 through the gap, put my spirit into it and cut, and while being careful not to make noise, I opened the door and slipped inside.

"Oh… isn’t this a hit?"

When I entered the room, opened the window, and let in starlight, what came into view was a table with what looked like a map and letters spread out on it, and two shelves with drawers.

Decision made, I was going to take everything from this room in one go.

I gathered up the papers on the table and threw them all at once into 【Hideout】.

Then I moved in front of the shelves, opened the drawers from the bottom, and searched through the contents.

Knowledge I saw in manga a long time ago.

If you open drawers from the bottom, it’s efficient, or so it said.

I never thought it would come in handy in another world…

"Hm?"

There was a leather pouch in the middle drawer of the first shelf, but…

It was a sensation I always felt at my chest.

"Heh heh heh…"

I thought I could look at it later, but I was curious, so I opened the pouch and looked inside, and there were four Holy Coins in it.

This was a jackpot.

I think I can almost forgive being kidnapped now.

With things like this, I wanted to inspect everything carefully, but I held it in and went back to rummaging through the room.

"About like this, I guess?"

Rummaging complete.

Did it take about ten minutes?

If I didn’t get out soon, I might run into them.

"Unngh, unngh…"

I moved the table to in front of the door and made a barricade.

I hesitated a little, wondering if it would have the opposite effect, but once they saw inside the room, they’d know there was an intruder anyway.

Maybe this could at least slow them down a bit.

I opened the window and went outside.

The moon was out, but there were plenty of clouds, so if I gained altitude, they probably wouldn’t notice so easily.

I didn’t know where this was, but first I’d follow the route I came by.

After that, if I checked directions here and there, I’d probably make it to the royal capital!

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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