LUCKY GACHA EPISODE 5

“Jinta, I want to help you!”                                

“……Alright then. Just sit down then. Everyone’s watching us.”

Is what I told Rifua when she suddenly stood up at breakfast and made that announcement.

Everyone, I’m sorry for the disturbance to your morning meal.

“Help me with what, pray tell?”

Is it possible…. that she wants to become the first member of my harem!?

“I want to assist you with your adventuring, is that alright?”

“Oh, I guess that’s fine.”

**

Both Rifua and I drift in and out of awareness, by getting up and lying down again.

Rifua’s information is quite useful. In addition, learning it from such a pretty gal is a bonus. I’m perfectly happy to have her assistance.

“Please, give me your hand. I want to thank you!”

Rifua tightly grasped my proffered hand.

“Yes, thank you.”

Even though it’s just a handshake, because I’m holding a girl’s hand, it’s still kind of embarrassing.

When we finished our breakfast and checked out of the inn, we decided to head to the curio dealer.

“Oh, we’re selling a crystal core? When did you defeat a monster?”                                

“Oh, last night when I went out for a little bit. Remember that behemoth we saw on the way to town?”    

“There? A behemoth? Jinta by his lonesome?”                                                                

“Yes.”                                                                          

“Again with the lies. It’s impossible for you to beat something of that size.”          

“Whoops.”

I pull a tusk and a scale out of the item box.

“I’mnot lyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy yyyyyyyyying!?”

Rifua was so astonished that she fell onto her back.

That’s quite the reaction.

“Remember the sword I won at the Gatcha store yesterday? I shot the dragon with it.”                                                                

“Okay, this is the genuine article. But something that big? That’s incredible, but did you really defeat the behemoth?”

“Hey, I’m not lying here. I used one of the sword’s skills on it. Seriously”                        

“Seriously? I can understand knocking down, but burning it? That’s a little farfetched.”

It’s not a lie— In fact, I couldn’t have done it without the sword.

Even if it was me, I couldn’t have defeated a behemoth on my own. It does appear that from an outside viewpoint that I am awesome….. Am I?…… No, I can’t be.

We arrived at the same dealer as yesterday.

Inside the shop are a variety of medicines and various goods. Daily necessities are displayed on shelves around the room.

“Thank you for coming.”

I return a simple nod to the storekeeper sitting behind the counter.

She has pierced ears and shortish hair. Though it’s hard to tell, I think that this is a rather mannish-looking woman.

“Excuse me, Ma’am, but I have some things to sell. Would you care to look at them?”                                                                       

“Is that so? Then, by all means, show me.”

I take out the set of behemoth drops from the item box and set them on the counter.

“Where did you pull these from?”                 

“Eh? Oh that, it’s a sort of magic.”

“It’s a very convenient magic, then. –– Are these the scales of the rumored behemoth?”

There was a rumor?

Since we came to this world yesterday, we would not have known. I did hear the story of the group that failed to subjugate it, however.

“What rumors? The two us have only arrived in this town yesterday.”

“Oh my, is that so? ……. Where was the behemoth?”

“It was in the plain just outside of the gates of town.”

“You mean, you didn’t accept the quest? I didn’t think that the two of you were the adventuring types, but I thought you would have heard about that.”

Is that so?

“I was aware of it. Wasn’t it the quest in the higher SS tier?”                                                

……Are you serious? To have it be such a huge monster, and that it was so strong as to have a fearful atmosphere about it as well.

“Does this mean I should turn in the quest for this instead of selling it? …. even though I hadn’t technically accepted the quest in the first place?”

“Yes.”

“Don’t you think so? A quest that requires forty adventurers to undertake it.”

““…………””

40 people……?

Well there were certainly that many people fighting it when we saw the behemoth for the first time yesterday.

“Go ahead and take it to the Adventurer’s Guild for more elabouration”                               “That makes sense. Anyway, I’d like to buy some clothes.”

“Oh my. Here, take a look at this selection of high quality items.”                                            “Not too high. How about some Yu** Cloth–”

Oh wait. That brand doesn’t exist in this world. I’d forgotten where I was for a moment.

“That’s not a good choice, to choose Yu** clothes.”

Of course it is!

“Jinta, Since when are you aware of clothes in an alternate universe?”

Yes? Unive….? Wait, what?

“Recently a certain clothing guild became famous for clothing with partially omitted names.”

In this world there are uni–*?The Shopkeeper said something, and went into the back of the shop, where they collected several items.

“I wonder if it’ll be alright? She didn’t seem to be too pleased.”                                                     “No, Rifua! I think I messed up….”

Are you looking at me like that? I’m so embarrassed.

When the recommended clothing is brought to me, I went and tried them on in the changing room. The fit was just right.

There’s a jacket and a collared shirt. Below that is boot cut jeans fitting into boots. It’s informal, and comfortable on the shoulders and legs. The belt is pretty useful, as I can hang the sword on it.

I’m not sure how good I look. Originally I really didn’t have any interest in fashion. The price was 12,000 rin. Jacket, shirt, trousers, and shoes, this is rather inexpensive by my experience.

As I was purchasing the clothes, Rifua who had been wandering about the shop returned.

“Are you going to be much longer?”                    “No, I don’t think I took more than ten minutes.”

Once again I was face to face with Rifua.

Are these clothes that strange….?

“What’s the matter? Are you okay?”

“Oh what’s that, Cool! How subtle–!”

I would like a response I thought. Rifua looked down at me, and then away as she were much smaller than she actually was.

“………….., It looks good on you. Really nice……”

Though it was said in a very low voice, I still managed to hear it.

Oh please stop! I’m not used to being called cool or nice.

Is that shopkeeper smirking while watching us? Hey, stop with that warm look!

“Hey— It’s nice to be young. And since you showed us some good things, I’ll lower the price down to 10,000 rin.”

I don’t understand, but why not? It’s good because I got a discount.

“Are writing these absolutely necessary?” asked the lady as she wrote up certification for the set of Behemoth parts.

After converting the crystal core to cash, I thanked the lady, and we left the store.