"Oh, I'm home"

Return safely from the basement and rendezvous with Lucia and the others who waited as I said.

Third sight I suddenly came out of the dark to a bright spot, but my sight is not dazzling because I now rely on ''.

I don't wear a lot of masks so I didn't get to use them very often, but they seem to be a pretty effective treasure tool because they are only expensive.

Lucia glances at the envelope I had and says. [M]

"Where have you been...?

"Hmm............... secret"

"Huh?"

Lucia glances. I'm sure you won't believe what I've been through underground.

There are all kinds of hobbies in this world...... Besides, apparently I'm the boss there with a rare fox surface.

I've had an interesting experience. I don't want to get involved in trouble, but I'm not attacked, and it doesn't seem like it's a hassle.

The only person who has asked me not to do anything too fancy is the Foxface Sorority, which seems like a secret society, but no one does anything as fancy as I do. I don't know what it is, but I even received the treasure. This is the first time I have received treasure from someone I have experienced so much but don't know.

If you're going to give me the treasure, I'll be the boss of the hobby. But those people are pretty eye-catching about the fox side of the drop item.

He said something like he was planning to go to the Wu Emperor Festival, so maybe he'll see you over there.

When you decide to stay, open a carefully wrapped bag in the room. When I saw what came out, Luke's crimson eyes glowed.

"Oh......! It's a sword! Klee, give me that!

"Next time."

It was a wave of sword that showed up. Strange patterns made of geometric patterns. It's in the sheath, but did you make it later, it's made of wood, and it's obviously very plain against the special pattern.

Citrie growls blinkingly.

"This is... a long time to call it a short sword when it comes to long swords"

"I'm pretty sure it's a treasure... but it's a much lighter sword"

Well, I'm a collector anyway. I don't shake it, so I don't have a problem.

I got it from a fox-face hobby, so is it a fox-friendly product? But he just gave it to me, so it shouldn't be a big deal.

Gently pull the blade out of the sheath. The blade width is only about half that of a common straight sword and seems to lack strength to use as a weapon. It is double-edged, has a copper-like shine and has a fine groove engraved throughout the sword body to create an odd pattern.

Although treasure tools are often not commensurate with appearances and abilities because they are the embodiment of past memories, at the same time they are certainly substitutes that have existed in the past, so appearance is also an effective material in analogizing abilities. Because you don't have to bother shortening the blade to build a weapon.

Of course that's a story if there's no reason, such as the gear was a dwarf - maybe this sword was a liturgical sword.

And so Lucia said with her eyebrows in the letter (c) to confirm seriously the sword.

"............... isn't that what was stolen in the city during this time?

... such an idiot.

Lucia takes the carefully folded newspaper out of her luggage and opens it for me to see, rounding my eyes to unexpected words.

"Look, there's a picture on it"

"Ho..."

The newspaper Lucia showed me seemed to have been bought just before I left the city.

The article on one side proudly notes that a thief broke into the museum and that there was no damage because he had repelled it safely, and that miraculously there were no dead people.

Black and white photographs printed in the middle of it. The treasure that was on there certainly looked just like the treasure that I have now.

No, well...

"The sheath is different."

"Right."

The treasure piece in the photograph looked just like the pattern on the blade of the sheath, but the pattern is also firmly engraved on the sheath.

It does look just like it, but it's not like the treasure I got from the hobby. For the most part, the theft failed. It also says that the majority of the executioners are held captive.

And I opened my eyes there, and I rang my fingers.

"Okay. Each sheath of treasure hidden in the museum appeared, but I'm sure the treasure the Hobbyist got didn't."

The appearance of treasure tools is mostly a set. If it was a sword, the sheath would follow, and the shoes would have strings on them. Smartphones come with boxes and instructions. Sometimes, however, only part of it is missing. And that is reflected in the price as it were.

It is not uncommon, but not impossible, for a sheath to appear if it is a sword treasure tool, and on the contrary there is a very sad pattern in which only sheaths appear.

"Yeah...... is that such a coincidence?

"There is. Definitely."

In the first place, we're not talking about the appearance of the same treasure. The general view is that the number of appearances will also increase in proportion to the amount of circulation that once existed, but there have always been examples of two or more items that appear to have existed only at one point in the past.

It is much more natural than thinking that the Fox Surface Enthusiast burned the city with the bad guys and stole items from the museum. In other words, it is the same thing as stolen, but not stolen.

To Lucia, who still has suspicious eyes, slap the newspaper with a pussy, and go on.

"In the first place, it's premature to judge that it's the same thing even if you just look at the pictures - no, wait?

"... what is it?

I looked seriously and looked at the paper like a plate. [M]

The newspaper says the name of this treasure piece is "The Key to the Earth," and it seems to be one of the national treasures.

Leaving aside whether it's the same thing or not, leaving aside also the absence of a sheath, can we call it the one big news that the second one was found?

Maybe if you take this treasure and ask for it, they'll show you the treasure of the museum up close. Maybe he'll let me touch him.

"... we'll stop by the museum on the way home"

"... are you sure you want to go home?

No, that's not all. Sell your favor to the museum and you will surely show us other valuable treasures.

I have to thank the Fox Face Hobbyist again.

And I handed the treasure to Luke, who was looking at the sword with the look of all the dogs he had just deposited.

"Yes, you can't slaughter people."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Other than people. i hope you're not a person!?

Luke loves swords. And naturally I also love sword-shaped treasures. I usually only use a wooden knife because there's nothing dangerous about letting Luke wield a sword-shaped treasure, but Luke has already tried most of the treasure I have.

Confirm the crossing of the blade and Luke will be relieved and breathtaking.

"This blade crossing, length, weight, this pattern - Klee, this sword - is very hard to use. It's like a toy."

"Yeah, yeah, right."

"Besides, no matter how much magic you charge, you won't be full at all! Different hands. I can't charge this sword!

"Yeah, yeah, right?

Luke is screaming like he's excited. Anything seems to be fine with the sword anymore.

By the way, Luke is a swordsman, but he has more magic than I do, and he can draw on most sword-shaped treasures. That Luke can't charge it, so this treasure tool, it seems, is quite fuel-efficient.

She has the look of Lucia when I asked her to charge me. [M] Luke gripped his fist, trembling and shouting.

"I mean... when I can charge this sword, I can rise to one more rank as a swordsman. That's what I'm talking about, Klee!

"Yeah, yeah... right"

"... I wish someone would also apprentice this attitude"

Luke has caused my ratings from Lucia to drop.

Simple Luke, and Liz and Citrie. Only Anthem...... I don't know because I can't take A to get into the inn, but I'm sure he's stunned. Luke hasn't really changed for a long time.

"Klee, can I have this sword?

"Fine. It looks like this sheath is not a treasure, and you should put it in your sheath."

Luke's sheath is a special piece of sword.

I just want to find out more, but I'm on a journey now. It would be much safer for Luke to have it, considering he dropped the sword he was carrying in the middle of the treasure house the other day.

Luke cheers me on the grin and just wields his sword.

The destination is a little later. You're in pretty good luck this time. Enough. We had two encounters. And so I got a reply from my sister fox and brother fox who sent me a photo of the fox-face enthusiast.

"Dusty."

"I Want"

Apparently, I don't like my sister, I like my brother.

§

And we arrived safely at the venue of the Wu Emperor's Festival, the City of Swords and Struggles, [Crete].

There was also a fragment of excitement in the city that stopped on the road, but the enthusiasm that surrounded the city of fate was not at that level. It seems as if the (seemingly) exalted and strained air that Treasure Hunters feel before the battle is contagious this far.

Mercenaries, hunters, and strong men who would have made violence their business because they saw it just by checking it lightly are overflowing. Treasure hunters can be seen everywhere in Imperial City, but not on that level.

And those who take pride in their own power in this city bump into each other and compete for victory. A man has to be excited.

No, I'm glad you're a spectator!

One of its contestants, Citrie, says Nico.

"Mr. Klee, you're supposed to be doing a contestant reception already, so you're going. If it was the same party, we could have put it out in bulk."

"Uh, come on in"

"Example ticket, can I borrow it?

Citrie's a real worker.

When I gave them platinum tickets as they told me, I looked over at the blurry warriors walking the streets, pretending to be hard boiled, and said:

"War begins..."