Transported to a hyper-realistic RPG.

I'll tell Grandma Arten how it went.

If she's this old, she's experienced, and she might come up with something.

"It's a gift, a practical gift for a merchant friend...."

"Anything come to mind?"

"I don't think that's what it feels like... but I'm pushing something that you can normally use into that corner, so why don't you look for it?You'd be more convinced to find it than I would recommend. Hihihihi. "

That's how Grandma Arten lights up the cigarette she took out.

It's my grandmother's word, and I'm older than the back of the tortoise.It would be auspicious to keep quiet and obey.

Nil and I look around at Grandma Arten's place.

Apparently, Grandma Arten is an expert in making magic tools, and all of these are magic tools that use magic stones.

There are many things that have been improved, things that I am not sure whether it is an improvement or a modification, and magic tools that I have never seen before.

When I ask Grandma Arten what she cares about in the clutter, she briefly explains what it is.I thought it was properly placed, but when asked, it explains everything, so I seem to know all the products.

She was an even more amazing woman than I expected.

"What do you think? Is there anything worth the gift?"

"I see... I have a few suggestions..."

The old lady who put out the cigarette fire asks, but there are too many things to decide.

"None of this is bad, but it doesn't match the image of the person I'm giving it to."

I don't think it suits Hülina because there are a lot of things that look delicate.

"I see. I see a lot of things you can use as a merchant."

Suggestions include bags that can carry things warm and magic tools that create simple tables that can be used as merchants.

Because of the strong image of Hulina as a woman who loves her job, she is pulled by it.

Nil had also seen shoes and clothes, but he had a personal preference and declined that it might not be a good gift.

"I see. I'm sure it's terrible, and maybe it's hard for a woman to have it... and then... how about this?"

The fountain pen that pulled out from the back of the miscellaneous pile of products was a shiny green and black spotted pattern.

Is this a magic trick too?

"Everything here is magic equipment.

This is an ink-free fountain pen.It's a bit expensive, but I'm proud of it. "

"Fountain pen without ink?"

"It's a combination of tree magic, fire magic, and water magic.

It's a system that uses wood as ink, mixes it with water, and pulls it out as ink from the tip.Unfortunately, I can't control the grayscale, but if the merchant uses it, would it be okay to write it down? "

"That's funny! Are you combining the three Magic Stones?!"

"Instead of combining, I try to activate them sequentially.

Once you make the ink, it should not run out of ink for a day. "

After all, Grandma Arten will tell us what to recommend.

Maybe you want to say that the time you were looking for before that is important.

She's a caring old lady.

"Master, I'm sure you'll be delighted!"

"That's right, Grandma Arten! I'll do it!"

"Do you have any money? It's technically quite difficult, so I'll be fine."

"It's okay!"

The price I asked Grandma Arten was certainly quite good, but there was no problem.I paid the full amount on the spot to get a fountain pen.

"Why don't you sell more of these good things?"

"I told you. It's a technically challenging item.

It's not something that can be mass produced.

They can't make it there. "

While wrapping the fountain pen for a gift, Grandma Arten answers.

"Isn't it better if Grandma Arten makes a lot of them?"

"It's like I'm making magic tricks with my hobbies.

You can make the same thing if you have one or two, but you can't make many fountain pens that take so much effort.

Unlike the traps Petro and the others will buy, I don't know if they will. "

"Sure, there's a lot of things that people need, but there's a lot of things that people don't want to see."

Grandma Arten's magic tools are specialized in something, and there are not many magic tools that can be accepted by many people.

"You're a neat kid."

"Oh, no. Sorry."

"Hihihihi, I'm not mad at you. I don't hate it.

Come on, don't drop it. "

Ah.

Petro and Promerte come in from behind when they receive the packaged item.

"I'm glad we found something good!"

"Oh, thank you both."

"Whoa, boy. Just a minute."

I was able to buy what I needed, and when I tried to get out, Grandma Arten stopped me.

"You did. We talked about helping Petro and the others, but those who can help S-ranked adventurers aren't usually there.

If you have that much strength, will you fulfill my wish? "

"Wish?"

Auntie Arten!

Promerte is strong enough to stop Grandma Arten.

"We'll definitely do it one day!"

"It's about time.You know Promerte, don't you? "

"Nh......"

Promerte tied his mouth strongly to Grandma Arten's words.

"I don't think it's calm...?"

"I'm sorry... unless you accept my request, can you just listen to me?"

"... okay, let's just ask."

Grandma Arten sits us in a chair and serves us tea.

It's a strange black tea with a sweet but citrus smell that I've never smelled before.

"Well... what I'm going to talk about is my life, so please don't tell anyone else as much as you can."

"Don't worry about that."

"Hihihihi, then I'll tell you."

After sipping a sip of tea, Grandma Arten opens her mouth.

"First, let me tell you who I am before I tell you this story."

Who are you?

"Actually, I'm a species called a witch and a member of the demonic tribe."

"Witch..."

Honestly, it's in the middle of what I saw!and I'm not really surprised.I already know the demons, and I don't have the equation of demon equals evil.

"You're not surprised, are you?"

"Just to tell you the truth, I also know the Demons.I don't get the impression that the demons are bad. "

"Hihihihi, that... makes me even more eager to ask for a favor."

Can you go ahead and talk to me about that?

"I see. Does the boy know anything about witches?"

"No, I hardly know anything."

"Well, then, let's talk about witches first.

Witches are a species that keeps researching magic, magic stones, magic tools... magic objects.Anyway, they're all researching the coming and the coming days. "

"I'm saying it's like other HR, but you're one of them, aren't you?"

"I can't deny it because I keep building magic tools like this.

But I'm not willing to do research at the expense of anything else.That's why I want to be different... from those guys. "

"Whatever else you sacrifice...?"

"You're right.

For witches, research is the very meaning of life.

So, no matter how immoral it is, if it is necessary for the research.

It's only natural to keep animals and monsters alive.On the contrary, it's a species that makes other people's lives and even their own. "

"That's... an unbelievable species..."

"Not all of us.

It's close to the instincts of a species called witches, so it's hard to suppress. "

"Such a species is likely to be disliked and eliminated by other species...?"

"Witches are a species with a lot of magic originally.Witches are pretty strong when it comes to simple magic games.That's why no other species can do it easily. "

"It's just a witch."

"That's not all.

The work of witches, immoral or otherwise, is often quite beneficial to everyone.

It's no exaggeration to say that the development of magic and magic tools is in the hands of witches. "

"In other words, it has been judged beneficial as a race."

"Hihihihi, that's what I'm talking about.

However, research that costs the lives of others or your own lives is still not acceptable.

Before the fury of other species exploded, the demon king, the demon king, banned it. "

When I heard more about Grandma Arten...

Witches seem to be as knowledgeable as their appetite for sleep and appetite.

That's how insane you are if you don't satisfy your intellectual desire.

Therefore, whatever hand you use, you try to satisfy that desire for knowledge.

It is only natural that such species should be hated, even if they are doing useful research.

When other races came to the brink of attacking the witch, they banned life-saving research and research that harmed others altogether as a measure to protect the witch.

If the restraining order is breached, severe punishment will naturally be imposed.

Still, if they can't keep the injunction as a race, they decided to exclude them from the Demon race and consider them enemies.

Even as a witch, since extinction hates boulders, it seems that the ban has been observed, and since then extreme research has disappeared.

Then, among the witches, those who could suppress their intellectual desires began to appear, and they became friendly with other races.

"Arten is one of those who can suppress her desire for knowledge..."

"Well, that's what happens.I don't intend to satisfy my intellectual desire by doing immoral things.

But not all of them.

Some of them wanted to do some radical research.

However, the Demon King's restraining order did not loosen, and if the witches tried to do radical things, they were closely watched enough to get nailed first. "

"We'll have to deal with this in order to be successful with other species."

"That's what I thought.But that turned out to be Colo ten years ago. "

"Has it changed...?"

"To put it simply, the restraining order itself is gone."

Ha?!

"That's... funny, isn't it?"

"I didn't understand why it happened suddenly.

Once the restraining order is gone, the witches who were trying to carry out radical research will begin to move here and there.

I was doing research that I couldn't say, every day. "

"What happened?"

"I don't know much about it either.

However, I can't stay in such a place, and I'm out of the magical world... "

"And then here?"

"Oh, there's no magic hand around here.

Likewise, I've heard that those who didn't want to see such a clan were scattered and left the magical world. "

"So the extremists who are still in the demonic world?"

"Not all of them.But I'm sure they're mostly like that. "

"How dare you live in the demonic world in such a state..."

"Basically, in the case of research that harms others, I wonder if you're trying to get research materials from outside the magical world.I don't suppose you've reached out to the Demons unless you need them. "

"Outside means..."

"People, beasts, elves... I don't know what kind of race they are.

I think most of them are slaves, but there may be times when I grab them... "

"Whoa... if you leave that alone, you can't help but make a bad impression on the Demons?From the outside, the witch will be seen as a demon. "

"I know."

Grandma Arten's eyes seemed to tell me not to say anything more.

"I don't think I know what happens to the species of witches, but I can't stand the fact that innocent people from the same witch tribe are used as research materials.

I was wondering if I could do something about it… I'm researching magic tools here.Unfortunately, no results have been achieved. "

……………

"Well, that's the point.

Among the magic tools I made was a doll dedicated to fighting magic.... "

"No way....."

Pickup!

[Event Occurred! … Destroy Beta, the Magic Fighter Doll.

Time limit… two weeks

Requirements… Destroy the Magic Fighter Doll, Beta.

Rewards...????

Accept?

Yes. No.]

Fighting magic dolls... only smell dangerous...

"The doll's name isn't Beta.The doll ran away in a word. "

"Did the doll escape? What do you mean?"

"I invented the ability to fight back automatically in the Magic Stone formation that I created in my research.When you try to attack or capture someone, you treat them as enemies and attack them. "

"What a horrible doll..."

"I didn't activate it by mistake... when I realized it, I ran away."

"They want us to crush them..."

As a matter of fact, the five Eagle Crowe tried to do something about the doll, but it seemed impossible, and it would be quite a tough doll.

He wants us to do something about it...

Although we are talking lightly, it means that Grandma Arten created a kind of AI-like function individually.You're such a nasty old lady...

"Should I make a doll that's better than my own?Isn't that easy to catch? "

"It took me years to make that doll.I can't make it that easy anymore.

Besides, the Magic Stone Faction of the Automatic Counterattack was born by chance.Even if they ask me to make it again, it's a delicate question of whether I can do it. Hihihihi. "

"It's not funny... it starts something terrible..."

"It's my fault!"

It was Petro who interrupted us.

"Um, uh, what happened suddenly?"

"That doll... I let him escape!"

"That's not just Petro's fault.All Eagle Crowe did was wrong. "

"I can't see the story...?"

"Actually..."

To summarize what Petro said...

It seems that Grandma Arten has been making dolls for her magical battles for years.It is made with the setting of defeating extremist witches… so naturally it has considerable strength.

A few years ago, there was a poster inside this store saying, "Don't touch it," but was it curious, wrong, or evil? When I came to the store as a member of Eagle Crow, I just touched the doll and it seemed like magic was pouring in.

It seems that they didn't feel that way, but after the doll started, they almost got caught, broke through the door, and ran away.

"Petro....."

"I'm sorry!"

I've lowered my head many times to see if I'm really reflecting.

"Well, there's no problem leaving that doll alone because it doesn't attack others from itself, and because it's pushing into a nearby crack, there's no need to worry about someone being attacked.

But it's not a dangerous substitute, and I want you to destroy it if you can. "

"Shouldn't we just leave it until the magic runs out?"

"Unfortunately, it works well with Magic Stones, so it keeps moving semi-permanently. Hihihihi.

I'm afraid of my talents. "

"That's why it's not funny, right?!"

"Not to mention jokes, but the doll doesn't actually have any embedded features that can be a little embarrassing."

"It's just a bad feeling."

"Once a certain amount of time has passed, it incorporates the ability to move to destroy witches."

"Why do you do that..."

"I heard that witches who escaped from the demonic world are killing witches who live in the demonic world to prevent information leakage.

If I had died, I would have turned my tail.

Designate the area of the demonic world where the witches live and try not to penetrate it.

But it started faster than expected, and if it stays this way, there may be casualties along the way to the magical world. "

"So, the deadline is approaching..."

"That's what I'm talking about. That said, it will be okay for about a year, but in the meantime, it is unlikely that a stronger adventurer than Petro will show up, and there is no guarantee that the five Eagle Crow will be able to defeat them, so I don't think I should ask the boys.

Even the Adventurer Guild has posted a request as a quest, but none of the Eagle Crow's five can accept a quest.I was in trouble. "

"I understand the quest, but... what kind of doll is in question?I can't imagine a doll that can't even be defeated by an S-rank adventurer... "

"A doll made of metal mixed with mythrill has unusually high magic resistance.You should think that magic hardly works. "

"Mithrills are mixed in, so they're so stiff in the first place, they don't go through a simple attack, and they're dolls, so they don't have anything to do with joints."

"I don't like it when I just ask..."