Manowa - Chapter 419: Let's Put Everything in Order

◎ Tsuvara Kingdom, Royal Castle Griffonias

「Getting straight to the point, Kazane’s body at present seems to be unchanged from before.」

While putting her coat on, Kazane listened to Louise’s words.

They were in a room in Tsuvara Kingdom’s Royal Castle Griffonias. Kazane had had Louise examine her body to check if there were any abnormalities.

「It looks like there aren’t any traces of the horns or anything of the sort.」

Kazane patted her own head, but she didn’t feel anything sticking out.

Kazane herself was too focused at the time, so she didn’t notice, but when she saved Yumika and the others, it seemed she had horns and cat ears on her head.

「So then, you can’t become that figure any more?」

「It’s not that I can’t do it ever again, but I can’t do it right now.」

It was currently 3 days after the coronation ceremony. Until yesterday, there had been various special events, and since Kazane hadn’t shown any particular fatigue after her transformation, she had been participating in them.

For that reason, the postponed physical examination was finally done today, but Louise’s diagnosis was that there were no problems. She had a normal, healthy, AAA cup short body. She hadn’t gotten bigger at all. No growth was seen. There was no more growth.

(Well, my Status values didn’t change, so I already knew that)

Kazane didn’t have even a slight change like Yumika’s slightly elongated ears. Her appearance remained completely human, her internal organs were all in their normal places, and as long as her Skill wasn’t turned on, she didn’t have double breasts either. However, her Occupation had changed to『Dragon and Beast Ruling Tenma Monarch (Apprentice)』, and along with that, the Skills『Apprenticeship Cancellation』,『Nil Principle』,『Skill Hand』,『Halo』, and『Evolution Hand』had been added. Also, these Skills seemed to be Kazane-exclusive Skills that weren’t shared with Yuuko-nee.

Among them, the Skill『Apprenticeship Cancellation』was the Skill that transformed Kazane into the form that was, according to Yumika,『the strongest character a boy would think up』. The activation requirement was that it could only be used once per Level; in other words, Kazane could use it again once she reached Level 41, but since she had already transformed at her current Level, she couldn’t use it right now.

The Skill『Skill Hand』added a point when she gained a Level that could be used to raise a Skill’s level by 1. However, the number of points required increased the higher the Skill’s level was, e.g., 2 points were required to raise a Skill from level 2 to level 3. Kazane could immediately raise the level of『Boobies Plus』, but to make Stone Minotaur level 3, she would have to wait until she received an additional point at Level 41.

The『Evolution Hand』Skill increased the ability of beings that qualified as ally monsters, like Tatsuo, Yuuko-nee, and the Berserk Ogre; it seemed the effect not only applied to Skills, but Status values as well, with conditions that were roughly the same as『Skill Hand』.

The『Halo』Skill could be used to absorb and contain Light attribute attacks spells with about half  power attenuation. Also, in the『Dragon and Beast Ruling Tenma Monarch』state from Apprenticeship Cancellation, it was able to contain the Skill Golem Maker, so it seemed it had room for growth.

The final one was『Nil Principle』, which was a magic Skill like『Flame Principle』and『Healing Principle』. It allowed the use of no-attribute magic that didn’t rely on the eight elemental factors. When she made her Halo move, that was apparently no-attribute magic, so it seemed she could now use magic related to Space and Transference. However, since she had no way to learn such magic, it was currently a completely dead Skill.

(Setting aside『Nil Principle』, I wonder what I should do with『Skill Hand』and『Evolution Hand』?)

Even among the Skills that were still level 1, there were several useful ones. Moreover, using it on a Skill that was close to rising in level like『Devil King’s Intimidation』was wasteful. Being able to power up Tatsuo and the others with『Evolution Hand』was also useful, but the problem there was who to use it on and what to empower.

「What’s wrong, Kazane?」

「Eh? Ah, nothing, just thinking about something.」

When Kazane came to, Louise was looking at her with a worried expression.

「Well, there have been various things with the parties over the past three days.」

「Ao-san rudely told me not to talk, you know?」

Kazane said in a huff, and Louise could only bitterly smile in response.

Kazane wasn’t present as the White Party member Ogre Killing Princess, but as the God Dragon Empress, so she had been participating in her busty older sister form using the Shapeshifting Skill from the『Dragon Eating Ogre Army Armor』. Kazane had completely forgotten, but she used that Ogre Skill when she went to Minshiana’s Royal Capital Shubain to wake up Yuuko-nee. In the first place, since there had been no quests that involved shapeshifting and infiltrating, she’d had no opportunities to use it. The『Stealthy Hand Placement』Skill that had never been used for similar reasons was surely crying.

Ao’s opinion that her usual manner of talking was unsuited to that figure was reasonable, and since she used a slight amount of Devil King’s Intimidation to keep away unwelcome nuisances, no real problems had occurred, so she’d had no reason to complain.

In any case, the fact was that nothing happened, and there was still an ongoing festival in the city for the coronation ceremony. Kazane was also free starting today, so she could go look around. Up until now, Yumika has been going around the food carts and feeding Tatsuo, so Kazane had to do her best to regain their parent-child love. He had been saying things like,

『Mother, I ate skewers with Yumika. It seems the skewer itself isn’t edible, but the meat was delicious.』

『Mother, Yumika gave me something called cotton candy. It was very sweet.』

『Mother, Yumika…』

So today, now that the parties were over, Kazane was eager to wipe out the frustration from having to listen to that with a smiling face.

Also, Prince Sieg had already returned to his own country, and Audin was currently heading to inspect『Audin Tower』. As for Audin, partly due to strong opposition from Keiran, who as a person from Hyvern thought it was「lacking due respect」, Kazane was no longer a queen candidate, so Kazane’s cognitive Status Abnormality: Stalker had been removed.

There hadn’t been many opportunities to talk to Prince Sieg, but she had promised to meet him when she returned to Minshiana. Since Kazane’s eyes had been drawn to his muscled attendants, it was a half-hearted reply she didn’t remember at all, but it seemed she replied that way. It was a mysterious thing.

「At any rate, I’m now free, so I’ll play around today.」

「But tomorrow, you’ll have to return to the magic hot spring town. You’re quite busy, aren’t you.」

After Louise’s words, Kazane said「Ugh.」The house building for the residents hadn’t been completed yet.

「Well, that will only take a few days, and Yuuko-nee will cover everything else the hot spring town needs. When that’s over, we’ll go back to normal operation.」

Kazane and the others’ plan to capture the rank A dungeon『Gordo Golden Ruins』was a matter Yuuko-nee wanted to prioritize as well. And Yuuko-nee also thought that the power of Kazane and the others was necessary to achieve that quickly, so for that reason, she said she would no spare no effort to cooperate for Kazane Magic Hot Spring Town. Besides, Kazane Magic Hot Spring Town could operate just fine just by communicating with Makka like now; at worst, if they left Naoki behind, they would be able to manage somehow.

It was true that the feudal lord was Kazane, but the reason Kazane was the feudal lord was not only because she was the owner of the hot springs in the city, but also because she was considered to be part of Minshiana’s royal family, which hardly existed now, due to her ability to handle the White Sword. Naturally, her blood-related younger brother Naoki was also considered a member of Minshiana’s royal family, so he would be allowed to rule as her proxy.

Looking at it that way, Yumika was the only one who had no authoritative support. Well, Yumika wasn’t particularly envious about that, though.

In any case, it was Kazane’s first day off in a long time. Kazane was eager to walk around the city with Tatsuo.

Name: Yuihama Kazane

Occupation: Dragon and Beast Ruling Tenma Monarch (Apprentice)

Title: Ogre Killer, Dragon Slayer, High Beast Summoner, Rea King, Liberator, Guardian

Equipment: Staff 『White Blaze』, Draghorn Tonfa x2, Dragon Eating Ogre Army Armor (True), Indestructible Cloak, Mysterious Pouch, Crimson Saint Coffin, Heroic Spirit Summoning Ring, Circlet of Wisdom, Aim Bracelet, White Magic Accumulator (Revised) ×2, Rainbow Necklace, Rainbow Dragon Ring, Angel Bracelet

Level : 40

Health: 156+20

Magic Power: 378+520

Strength: 81+45

Agility: 83+39

Endurance: 45+20

Wisdom : 75

Dexterity : 53

Spell : 『Fly』『Torch』『Fire』『Heal』『Firestorm』『Healer Ray』『High Heal』『Golden Dusk「Dragon Exclusive」』『Mirror Shield』『Rabbit Speed』『Flare Mirage』

Skill : 『Apprenticeship Cancellation』『Nil Principle』『Skill Hand』『Halo』『Evolution Hand』『Kick Devil』『Kick Decapitation Wave』『Warrior’s Memory: Lv2』『Night Vision』『Crushing Blow』『Dog’s Sense of Smell: Lv2』『Golem Maker: Lv4』『Aegis Shield』『Fire Principle: Third Chapter』『Healing Principle: Fourth Chapter』『Air Jump: Lv2』『Killing Leg: Lv3』『Fear Voice』『Invisible』『Tiger Eye』『Wall Walking』『Intuition: Lv2』『Cheat Death』『Nimble』『Charge』『Material Shield: Lv2』『Information Link: Lv2』『Optical Camouflage』『High Dash』『Bloodsucking Blade』『Dragonization: Lv3「Dragon」』『Regenerate』『Soul Breaking Blade』『Stealthy Hand Placement』『Thunder Chariot: Lv2』『Sturdier Teeth: Lv2「Dragon」』『Crystallization: Lv2「Dragon」』『Devil King’s Intimidation』『Stone Minotaur: Lv2』『Mega Beam: Lv2』『Space Expansion』『Pseudo-Silver Creation』『Poison Claw』『Fireball「Dragon」』『Cuticle「Dragon」』『Arms Creation: Black Flame』『Ingredient Connoisseur: Lv3』『Dragon Pheromone「Dragon」』『Boost』『Monkey’s Strong Arm』『Two-sword Style』『Boobies Plus』『Living Armor』『Alarm』『Six-sword Style』『Mental Attack Complete Protection』『Spider Web』『Wire Cutter』『Flexible』『Magic Power Absorption』『Red Body Transformation』『Friendship Tag-team』

Kazane: 「Display items have been added. Skill Hand and Evolution Hand’s points have become visible.」

Yumika;「So then, what are you going to strengthen?」

Kazane: 「Hmm. I’m thinking about using Evolution Hand on Tatsuo. Ao-san is currently on his way back to the East Dragon Village, so I’ll talk with Husband about it once he gets there.」