Nozomanu Fushi no Boukensha

Episode 572: Port City and Request

"... is that a way you don't have to breathe?

I lean my neck and ask Diego.

It's not about being undead!

I don't know what they're gonna say......

I don't need to breathe, by the way.

I can dive as much as I want to dive.

Nonetheless, I'm talking to you like you're worried, because it's unnatural if you don't behave that way.

In addition, the Labyrinth of the Daughters of the Sea God is now going to take the fainting trio of adventurers with them, so if they don't know about it, they'll have to suffocate to death.

If you think about what they tried to do to me, even if they did, you wouldn't be able to complain, but I still don't have the intention of doing that cruel thing to the boulder.

... Not yet.

Though I don't think about it in some cases.

"No way. There's nowhere like that. But if it's a way to breathe underwater, it exists... it's him."

That being said, Diego brought a small, elongated, roughly as thick glass tube from the shelf in the room.

I thought the colour was cloudy...... but it was different when they showed it nearby.

Surprisingly detailed, the surface of the tube… or there is a spell on the back.

Obviously this is......

"... a demon prop?

"You don't have to hit it, it's not far. This is a curse."

"What..."

I tried to touch it, but at the same time I can't wait to get sucked into it again.

Diego laughed at me like that.

"I'm fine. It's a curse, but it's a curse, but it's not a common curse."

"Is that true?

"If it was a lie, I wouldn't have it this easy either."

"That is indeed..."

But just because you have someone in your hand doesn't mean you'll never be cursed.

In fact, my mask was brought to me by Lina, but it's not stuck to Lina's face.

Well, it was a fine product unless you tried to put it on your face, I guess, but there's usually a curse that activates when you act like that.

I ask, though, because I know there's no point in Diego bringing that stuff now.

"He said this would allow him to breathe underwater...?

"Ah. That's his Curse. So don't put it on shore by mistake. I can't breathe."

"Oh, that type of curse..."

There are quite a few curses of that type that add something instead of getting rid of it.

For example, my vision will be extremely good instead of deaf during use, or vice versa.

The former can be used for far-sightedness, and the latter can be used for transmission or something.

Conversely, it can be used for blinding or ear loss.

I don't distribute curses first in malts, so I need to know because no one actually uses them, but there are people in other towns who use them rarely.

You should probably think it's being utilized more often in Ariana.

This is how the curse shop... says he's a grocery store... but there is.

I understand quite a bit as knowledge, but I am anxious to be able to deal with it because it has not been used in practice, but this kind of experience is.

Try it yourself and you'll know how user-friendly it is.

However, this glass tube doesn't seem to make sense to me...

"By the way, how much does this guy cost?

"Five gold coins in one."

"High...... wouldn't it be cheaper?

"This is still cheaper. It's a hassle to fight with you for a price. It's almost cost...... you should take a peek at the other curse stores later. The best price I've ever seen was selling for fifty gold coins."

"... five gold coins, I'll get four."

Remove your wallet from your pocket and hand twenty gold coins to Diego.

Diego is

"... oh, okay? without checking performance."

"I don't doubt anything about Diego. If there's a problem, I'll bring it... but then you'll replace it, won't you?

"Well, I don't normally, but you would. I don't think you've ever bothered to smash yourself into obsession."

"... some guys like that?

"Pretty good. I don't know what I could say about a curse dealer, but there's something wrong with everyone. It's not that rare to harass a competitor."

"You're not a customer, you're a colleague..."

Maybe it's just the kind of world that pulls out the eyes of a living horse.

Looks like there's usually a guy who sells five gold coins for fifty.

No, if you look at it from the other side, you're going to be a merchant enemy that sells even fifty gold coins for a tenth of the price.

"... For your information, how much do you usually sell them for?

"This the guy? Well, maybe twelve or three pieces of gold."

"... you deducted a lot of money"

Oh, thank you.

"You've decided to."

"Well, will you do me a favor, too?

Diego said that the way he said it.

I almost felt that way, but it still didn't seem like it just subtracted the value from me.

The curse store is full of crap. That's what he said.

Because Diego is also one of them.

It's just, whether you take it or not, if you just ask.

In the meantime, I say.

"... I'll just ask you. Whether you take it or not is another story."

"That's enough. It's not that hard of a story and... it's an easy favor. You're gonna dive into the Labyrinth of the Daughters of the Sea God with those guys, aren't you?

"Oh, yeah."

"You know what's so special about that labyrinth?

"... no. I'm going to look into it."

"Well, I'll tell you because it's easy to find out later, but that labyrinth, it often has a curse. Much more than any other labyrinth."

A spell is a product that is often produced in the labyrinth, just like a demon prop.

I rarely see it as a malt's labyrinth, and there are few, but not none, of the curses in Yarlan's labyrinth.

On the other hand, it's not strange that there are so many places out there.

So there's a lot of spellstores in this city?

That's what convinced me.

"Well, that's the thing. So, if there's a spell, why don't you bring it to me?

"... you just told me to give in?

"No way. I'll pay the right price if I have something I want you to give way to. Whatever you brought me for it, you can just do the appraisal."

"Is that a favor? It's a normal deal, and it's like I'm just getting..."

"Then will you take it on?

Diego's face laughing at me for saying that doesn't look like he's up to anything.

Well, there's a chance you're hiding something and talking about this... but I don't even think it's gonna hurt me in particular.

That's about it, okay? I'll tell Diego.

"... ok. Let's take it."