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Volume 11 Chapter 4 Part 10

「Alright, desu.」

「Then, I’ll leave rest of the cooking to Miria.」

「Yes, desu!」

After leaving rest of the dishes to Miria and putting the luggage down, I leave for shopping.

I buy bread, eggs and vegetables.

When I return home after buying the cooking ingredients, Sherry had just woken up.

「I’m sorry. I seemed to have slept.」

「It’s alright. There’s no problem, right?」

「Yes. After sleeping for a while, I feel refreshed. I’ll help Miria with the cooking then.」

Sherry doesn’t snuggle to me like she did earlier. She goes to Miria curtly. Her dere phase seems to be over.

I have Vesta help me with the cooking. While Vesta makes the bread crumbs, I fry the lean tunas and the shrimps.

It’s going to be a tuna cutlet. Although it’s fish, it tastes like meat.

After deep frying for a bit, I boil water in a pot, then add wine, fish sauce and dragon skin. I put the tuna cutlet and the fried shrimps where I was boiling and drop a beaten egg.

It’s tuna cutlet with eggs.

Even though there’s no sauce, it’ll suffice.

「It has a tender taste.」

「It’s delicious. It’s mellow and soft outside while it has ample volume inside.」

「Wow, desu.」

「I think It’s nutritious and delicious.」

The tuna cutlet with eggs seems to be popular with the four of them.

「The idea of putting egg on it is innovative. It’s delicately made. As for whether it’s delicious, It’s hard to say as I’m not used to eating it.」

「So it’s no good?」

「No, we can tell that it’s delicious because we’re used to your cooking. Generally, however, the dishes here are crudely made.」

Sherry critiques in detail. So, is it a compliment or is it not?

One thing is certain, though, that her dere phase has ended. She has refreshed after having slept for a while. A Dwarf’s liver is strong, surely.

Actually, if it’s a Dwarf we’re talking about, every cell of theirs probably breaks the alcohol down to Acetate which is then probably consumed in the Citric Acid Cycle of Mitochondria.

Ethanol is broken down to malignant Acetaldehyde, which may be a cause of hangover, which is further broken down to Acetate.

Via this process, Acetate becomes strong Acetyl CoA. Acetyl CoA is broken down to Glucose which produces Pyruvate. When it enters the Cirtic Acid Cycle, it generates a large quantity of energy.

In short, liquor becomes fuel, literally. Terrific. However, I do understand that tuna cutlet with eggs is delicate. The eggs in it are claimed to add rather delicate flavor than a strong taste.

I distribute the dragon skin soup next.

Compared to tuna cutlet with eggs, the fish soup made by Miria and the fish saute made by Roxanne under Miria’s directions are quite simple. I can even infer the materials used from the taste.

These dishes are mainstream, but because the four of them are used to eating my dishes, they’re able to appreciate the things that I make.

That’s probably it. It’s complicated.

「Which reminds me, did you get your hands on any good herbs?」

Amidst self-analysis, I throw a topic to Roxanne at the dinner.

「I don’t know about that, but we definitely git some new ones. Right, Vesta?」

「Yes, I’m looking forward to growing them up.」

The two, Roxanne and Vesta, nod at each other. I am glad they seem to have enjoyed their day off.

「Did you find any interesting information in the reference room, Sherry?」

I try to ask Sherry next. Since she has rested, she shouldn’t be drunk anymore, so it should be alright.

「That’s right. I found information about 「Damage Increase」 Skill. It should be considerably useful to us.

「 「Damage Increase」?」

「Yes, a Skill that deals more damage with 2nd attack than 1st, 3rd attack than 2nd and so on if you attack the same monster. Even if attached to a Rod, it effectively applies to magic just as well.」

「Sounds useful.」

I think we can use that. I guess it depends on how much the damage grows though.
However, the number of attacks required to defeat monsters increases as the floors increase, so getting even small effects increasing our damage can be of use.

The damage source of our party is Durandal and magic. I have enhanced other weapons; however, it has but little significance. Durandal can’t be enhanced any further for it doesn’t have any Empty Skill Slots.

But Sherry isn’t aware of that. Therefore, I’m grateful that it increases the magic damage, too.

「To tell you the truth, I knew of the existence of the 「Damage Increase」Skill. However, I wasn’t of the impression that it would be of use. After all, it requires a person holding that Skill to continuously attack a single monster by themselves. If any of the other Party members attacks in the meantime, the counter for the strikes will go back to the beginning.」

「Oh, is that tough to do?」

If you don’t keep your Party in formation, then they might as well hinder you, is what she says. That problem can be dealt with by attacking with magic and having others focus purely on evasion though.

Miria’s Estoc of Petrification won’t be of use here either. All of a sudden, that Skills stars sounding pretty useless.

「That drawback might be circumvented of all the Party Members had weapons with that Skill, so that the damage would continue to increase no matter who would be leading the attack. It seems hard to pull of in practice though, unfortunately.」

「Hou hou?」

「The person who submitted the report had the Skill attached to an the Misangas of all six Party Members. Also, they subjugated the labyrinth. It’s incredible that they cleared the labyrinth without relying on magic. I had no idea it was such a great Skill.」

And why didn’t you inform me of such a skill till now? Also, all six Party Members would need to have it. That way, we could even defeat the Last Boss of the Labyrinth without having to use magic.

The offensive power of regular weapons would be less than that of magic though, so having our damage increased in such a way would be great.

「They conquered the Labyrinth, huh?」

「They said that the Last Boss battle was scary.」

「Because the last boss has the ability to destroy the equipment.」

There is always a risk that the accessories with 「Damage Increase」would be destroyed, and then it would be all over, so it’s like walking on a tightrope, or stepping on thin ice.

「Aside from having the entire Party use that Skill, having it means forsaking Sacrificial Misangas. That is why that Skill seems to be not that highly rated in the Empire Liberation Society. Until now, there was no one who would have these two Skills together. However…」

Sherry looks at me. Has her dere phase returned? No, I know it did not return.

A maximum number of Empty Skill Slots in a Misanga should be one, two at best. I’ve never seen a one with more than two. That’s why equipping it with these two Skills might be difficult, so it would be nice if these Skills could be placed on other types of accessories, like rings or earrings as well.

「「Damage Increase」Skill, huh? Maybe I should ask Luke about it? Then again, he might not have enough Skill Crystals for a full Party.」

「To attach the 「Damage Increase」Skill to equipment, you need a Bee Skill Crystal and a Kobold Skill Crystal. If you only use a Bee Skill Crystal, it would grant you that Skill as well. If it’s fused with a strong weapon, it will make a clear difference and vastly improve the effect.」

「Got it.」
The higher the damage of the weapon, the more dominant the effect of 「Damage Increase」will be. In order to attach the Skill, a Bee Monster Card will have to be fused simultaneously.

「Aren’t you mistaking the Bee Skill Crystal with Anaphylactic Shock though?」

「Ana what?」

When a bee stings, its poison creates antibodies. When it stings the next time, the excessive antibodies cause Immunoreaction.

That’s basically what an Anaphylactic Shock is.

When stung a second time, the damage is higher than the first time.

The Bee Skill Crystal grants a Skill that deals more damage with the 2nd attack than 1st, 3rd than 2nd and so on, it must be owing to the poison being embedded into the enemy.

「If you have noticed, the poison of a bee inflicts more damage the second time compared to the first time. During the first attack, the bee produces reserve toxin in the body. During the next attack, it triggers.」

I explain to Sherry who had gotten over her dere phase. With this, she will respect me a bit.

If I mentioned Antigen or Antibodies, she wouldn’t get it.

「Un, I haven’t heard such a thing. In the first place, there’s no explanation as to why a Bee Skill Crystal grants the 「Damage Increase」 Skill.

Nope, it was of no use. Oh well. That’s just how it is. Furthermore, there’s no guarantee that the poison of this world’s bees is the same as the ones on earth.

「Is that so? As expected of master.」

Roxanne is my only heartmate.

「Shell, desu.」

「What do you mean, Miria?」

「XXXXXXXXXXXX.」

「It’s same as the poison of a shellfish. If you eat it the first time, the symptoms aren’t apparent. However, when you eat it a second time, the symptoms are potent. It may even prove fatal. Miria says that it’s her first time hearing the reason behind it.」

Roxanne translates. Which reminds me, the shellfish in this world is poisonous. Unless it’s a Drop Item, it can’t be eaten.

Does the shellfish cause Anaphylactic Shock?

Miria directs a respectful gaze at me. It didn’t work on Sherry but it did on Miria.

「If it’s the same in case of a shellfish, then it may be true.」

Oh, I kinda pass. Sherry nods, too.

「Ana, Ana, desu.」

「It’s Anaphylaxis.」

「Anaphylaxis, desu.」

You don’t have to particularly learn it, but it’s nice that it was translated into Brahim.

Oh well. It’s Miria we’re talking about. She’ll forget it by tomorrow anyway.