"- Ha!?

When I realized I was in the accessory store.

He was somehow brought into the store while he was being viewed as a cute recital by Cat Ear.

Take away memories of the last few seconds or so.

- Poor cat ears deciding between petticons and winky moves.

- Cat ears that succeed and thrust all over your body.

- I'm proud of my cat ears for shaking my sieved body.

- "Nor, if you're seen so much, it's not right," said Cat Ear, who pimps the tip area.

- "Nothing unusual, right?" Cat ears twirling around and vigilantly alerting around.

- Cat ears looking down at me indulging in the unusual softness I feel every time a mite pulls my arm.

- Unexpectedly concentrating all nerves on your arms will show you're pinched in something, and cute cat ears.

- Oh, shit. Mitsuki left when she realized she'd been pressing her chest... and cat ears.

Brilliantly, I don't have a single memory other than Cat Ear.

(Shit......)

It would be bad for a boulder to tell a story that was supposed to be quite important, but it was wacky to be seen by cat ears.

I wonder how Mitsuki would look next door, no matter what if she noticed that she was obsessed with cat ears.

"... what's wrong?

But she's as faceless as usual.

He even looks grumpy with his arms in front of his chest, but as far as drooling cat ears go, he doesn't seem to be angry.

At least you can't see how suspicious you are of me.

Well, it's about Mitsuki, who didn't even know his ears were moving until recently.

It wouldn't even catch me on the edge of my thoughts to see me in Mitsuki's ear.

"No, whatever. - Hey, apple?

When I'm relieved inside, there's pressure on my arm opposite Mitsuki.

The apple that was still holding onto me was squeezing my arms tight.

Not particularly painful, but a little oppressive.

Maybe it wasn't funny that it was all about Mitsuki.

I smile painfully and watch out for apples.

"Bad, bad. But I didn't forget the apple.

So stop being so violent. "

When Ringo heard it, he opened his eyes only for a moment and then lay down his face like he was hurt.

When I was worried I'd said too much, Apple nodded after seeing a chill.

".................. Cancer, Bulb"

Does that mean treating them well so they don't do too abusive things?

Well, I don't think Apple would really do anything damaging to me, either.

I decided to talk to you.

"Let's get a new ring for the apple."

I haven't forgotten that Apple worked hard on the ring thing.

When I made that appeal, the apple sparkled my eyes,

"... Mmm!

With more momentum than just now, he tightened my arms.

... so even though I'm telling you not to be abusive.

The defenses in the game need to be considered not only for simple defenses, but also for state anomalies and attribute defenses.

It's called a resistance puzzle.

In 'cat ear cat', which is sinister in its resistance to state anomalies, however well it is equipped, it is impossible, and doesn't make much sense, to 'have 100% resistance to all state anomalies'.

Maybe now that you can put ten rings on, what you should be concerned about this time is another resistance, attribute resistance, over a state anomaly.

The basic 'cat ear cat' world to do before they do it.

As you can see, my combat abilities are also biased against the offensive system.

Though the protective gear is wearing pretty good stuff, it's hard to dodge if magic is unleashed simultaneously by dozens of magicians, and you can't fool around with that damage.

I would love to wear gear that reduces and absorbs attribute damage.

The store has a variety of attribute mitigation equipment, including excavated items. In addition, Mitsuki also supplied equipment collected before the Demon King's War and after quest items, which made equipment with considerable attribute resistance.

Characters and monsters have a parameter called attribute multiplier, which increases or decreases damage to a wind that normally damages if this is 100%, halves damage if 50%, nullifies if 0%, absorbs if it goes even negative, and vice versa doubles weakness if this increases to 200%.

It is said that this number is usually spoken of as an attribute tolerance, and that the lower this number, the stronger the resistance.

However, this is the troublesome part of "cat ear cat", but there are also attribute resistance as properties that are not numerical, and if it has additive effects such as "fire attribute halving" and "fire attribute invalidation", regardless of other equipment, it is characteristic that the value of the attribute multiplier is overwritten.

Save it because it is troublesome to talk about the priority level in case of conflicting characteristics, but the point is that even if the attribute multiplier is a bad value, if you have equipment that has the added effect of attribute tolerance, you can strike it off in one shot.

Lower the attribute magnification of the fire attribute to a negative value with the ring of fire attribute defense specialization in place of defeating the weakened ice attribute with equipment with the characteristics of ice attribute attack invalidation.

Fire, water and wind are the main things the sorcerer guild people use.

Now that I've sealed two of them and tried to recover even if it leads to fire, I should be able to fight in my favor with this until my resistance is found out.

If the damage multiplier uses negative magic, absorption may cause damage, so absorption may be inferior to nullity, but you won't need to worry too much about what you're equipped with.

The rest of the gear also increased the resistance of the wind attribute by about half, and my preparation was complete.

With that flow, you can also equip apples.

Apple still seemed to have a hard time putting a ring on all his fingers, but he also expected to grow and bought enough rings.

An apple for increased attack power and my request to focus on defense collided, but I think they found a compromise well.

And on the way to taking them to the cashier,

"Chronoswatch......"

I found a pocket watch in the game that I was used to seeing.

A Chronoswatch is a "watch that keeps carving time at the same pace forever without having to wrap screws or supply magic" and is a jewelry accessory, either because of its immutable nature or because it has the effect of reducing the state anomalies of Stan and Slough.

The reduction rate is as low as 20%, so the effect as an accessory is clear and subtle.

Nevertheless, it just looks the same as a pocket watch except it has a long chain to offer from the neck, and it looks like it can also be used as a watch.

"... All right!

When I snapped in my mouth, I quickly grabbed three (...) of them with the ring and decided to take them to the register.

Attribute resistance accessories as well, and now you're ready!

And I just wanted to say, I just got out of the store,

"It's a corner, so why don't you take a peek at the other stores?

What a suggestion Mitsuki has made, so I decide to go around the weapons store and the armor store, plus the item shop.

I enjoyed looking around at the gear I should have been used to, and the three of us took the time to go around the store with the usual 50% more tension.

In particular, I was impressed that Mitsuki, who usually doesn't say much about unnecessary things, rapped only if he did it today.

However, the lineup of products does not change no matter how much.

There was unfortunately no dizzying discovery at the weapons store and the armor store, but there was a little harvest at the item store.

It's new to my memory that I bought every tool store item in stock, but there were a few items that didn't arrive at that time.

"Is this the 'Magical Pocket' gem?"

One of them was a magically sealed gem that also helped in the fight against Mitsuki.

Disposable, the magic power does not reflect the user's ability value, so it is not good in terms of attack power, but there are situations that can be used.

Magic items can be used even in enclosed situations, so treasure them for a price.

Besides, it's a common way to activate a magic name, but it can also be activated with a strong impact.

Depending on how you use it, it's possible to chant magic and throw gems and double magic.

"Shall I buy this?"

I didn't feel like wasting a little, but I still can afford the money.

I bought gems from one end of the spectacle, mainly gems that I had not seen before.

So when I went out, somehow the sun was going down, and the area was already getting dark.

"... the sun will go down"

I'm stunned by Mitsuki's words.

The Sorcerer's Guild closes at night.

In this situation where we don't know when Iaski is going to run wild, the accessory store shouldn't have had to go around to any other store anyway.

Of course, it's not time to make it yet, but how have we wasted so much time?

That's what I asked myself, and I realized.

(Maybe I didn't want to go to the Mage Guild?

If you go and fix the problem, you'll lose one more reason for me to stay in this world.

The time will come for us to leave this world, and for us to break up with the apples and the mites, to come a little closer.

And that's probably the same for both of us......

"Sorry, no"

As soon as I turned my eyes to both of them, Mitsuki bowed her head.

"Mitsu, ki...?

"That wasn't the intention, I didn't mean to.

At least I wasn't aware of it, I suppose.

But that time, I was the one who invited you to look at the other stores.

I pretend I broke you up... "

Come to think of it, sure.

It's not normal for that mitzki to recommend shopping in this pressing situation.

Maybe that's what Mitsuki thought when he didn't want me to go to the Sorcerer's Guild that he also wanted to hold me back in the depths of his heart.

"Mitsuki, that's enough"

"Shit!

But that's probably the same for me and the apple.

All three of us were wasting this time.

No one here deserves to blame for that.

"I want you two to see something."

That's why I forcibly broke the story.

It was the Chronoswatch that took it out like that instead.

Three watches I snuck up on at the accessories store.

When I arranged them on the ground so that they would stick together, I went on to take the sidebar out of the bag.

"What..."

Just silence Mitsuki's questionable voice now and wave the sidelines.

He scratched to cross the three clocks, taking care not to break it in excess of momentum.

The attempt went well in my mind.

A beautiful horizontal, one-letter line traverses the three clocks.

When I was satisfied with the performance, I put one in the middle of the wounded watch in the bag and offered the other two to the apple and the mitzvah.

"... soma?

I open my mouth to Apple's hush-hush voice, thinking this isn't a gala.

"This clock always marks the same time, no matter where or under what circumstances," he said.

I was forced to push the clock on an apple that I didn't quite understand yet.

Uh, and utter meaningless words, and then never go ahead with your intentions.

"So, yeah. No matter where it is, even if it's in a different world, only this clock always marks the same time."

I could see the apple staring haha and Mitsuki's ears pinning.

I am suddenly embarrassed by the excessive reaction and I tell you quickly.

"Besides, I scratched this watch.

Even if you have the same clock as this, these are the only three clocks connected by one wound in this way.

So, um... I want you both to have this. "

When I look at the faces of apples and mites, I'm not just saying it's faceless, but it's completely solidified.

It feels amazing what I've done.

I figured it out, it's not something I'm not used to.

"Oh, no, so what do you say, let's break up soon, that's not what I'm saying, it's just..."

I try to excuse myself in a hurry.

"- Yes, thank you."

Sooner than that, the apple took my hand.

Wordless, with all sorts of thoughts.

He accepts the watch softly, like he wraps my hand with the watch.

And Mitsuki, too,

"Thank you. This is on my treasure.

… no, lifetime, you make it a treasure "

He said something subtle and heavy and took my watch.

Plus Mitsuki, without hesitation, chained to his neck, dropped the clock into his chest.

It wasn't supposed to be that air, but I felt like I heard a ston and a clock fall in the valley of my chest, making me doggy in vain.

"Oh, soma!

Then the apple raised its voice like it was in a hurry and took my hand for every watch I had in my hand and pulled it into my body.

Gyu, hold it in your chest and crush it.

... No, so what the hell does that even mean?

Road to the Mage Guild.

Apples also eventually decided to equip their necks with chronos watches.

The truth is, the apple had another necklace on it, but the apple didn't hear me say it was going to be equipped with a chronos watch.

When I eventually break,

"... put it on,"

And for some reason I said nervously, slowly to show it to me, and put a chronos watch on my neck.

Ringo didn't say anything, but he also looks like he's asking me to comment anyway.

"Uh..."

Once again, I look at the clocked apple.

I also wondered if the luxurious apple and the large clock would fit, but the mismatch caught my attention and looked cute instead.

"Yeah. You look great, I think."

As an ex, it was a courageous comment, but unfortunately, the apples didn't seem to mind.

When the apple grips the cobweb in front of his chest,

"... cancer, bul!

With a small voice, I make a mysterious statement of determination once again.

Why can't you honestly laugh at it when you're flattered at how it looks?

Suddenly there's a big shadow over my head that distorts my face to the bitter taste of my indigestible chest.

Ha ha, looked up.

"Here, but..."

Standing right in front of you is the tallest building in the city.

Spooky in the dark, the magician's lair.

"- Demonic, tower"

End of a long detour.

We finally made it to our destination.