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9. Departure

「Then, Master, I have a second question.」

「Yeah」

「…What about clothes?」

「I completely forgot.」

Her white skin shone dazzlingly under the sunlight and the clear blue sky. When a faint bush came into view, I quickly looked away. While wrapping a cloak around her, who was completely naked in her birthday suit, I was quite perplexed.

The healing skill [Angel’s White Wings] and [Range Enhancement] have strong synergy, and do more than just extend the distance the healing can reach. It is possible to “strengthen the range of healing” from the body to armor.

In other words, if the arm was blown off along with the armor, it would grow back with the armor when healed. If I combine their advanced-level skills, [Seraph’s Grace] and [Universal Palm], there could be an even greater synergy than that…

「One thing is that you can’t fix something that wasn’t there to begin with.」

「I don’t mind staying as is, so don’t worry.」

「Of course I’ll worry. I’ll lend you my clothes for now, so hurry up and put them on.」

From the impression of her voice, you would imagine that she has a slender body, but my clothes were a bit bulky on her. It can’t be helped at this moment. I’ll buy her a new one soon.

As I fastened the baggy parts up with strings and folded the sleeves, it finally looked good.

「Sorry, please bear with this for a while.」

「I can smell Master’s scent from my first ever clothes. I am so happy.」

「Thank you. In the human world, that’s a bit of a perverted statement, so please be careful about saying things like that around other people.」

「What?」

Koe-san’s eyes widened. Even though she said she was seeing the world through my eyes, it was probably something she had read in a book and thought that was a normal thing. Let’s start studying together slowly from now on, Koe-san.

I have decided what I’m going to do next, so I got up and got ready to leave. If we start walking now, we should be able to reach the next village by evening.

「Alright, let’s go.」

「Yes, master.」

I stretched out my body, feeling the blowing breeze. I lifted my luggage. Even though I say luggage, I carry most of it with my storage skills. I was only carrying one single thing in my bag.

「I also have to decide where to raise this guy.」

「It’s a dragon that grows into a large size. Urban areas would not be suitable.」

「Yeah. And I’m also kind of tired of relationships with city people.」

Let’s go somewhere far away. To a place where no one knows about us. With that in mind, I took a step into the grassland.

「Master.」

「What is it?」

「Which foot do I take my first step with? My right foot or left foot?」

「With your right foot.」

We have taken the first step.

[Ancient Wisdom] and [Angel’s White Wings].

Two of the unique skills that supported the S-class party “Divine Silver Sword” have been seized. There are still two left, Altora’s [Sword Saint] and Gordon’s [Obsidian].

But there’s no need to rush. Those two skills will now be deadly if used on the battlefield. It is up to Altora and the others, who are probably still in coma due to the poison, to notice this…

What was taken… will definitely be recovered.

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[Ancient Wisdom]

A wisdom skill. Knowledge of magic can be traced back to ancient times, when the human species arose. Magic is used through knowledge of mana, so knowing it means learning it.

However, learning and using are two different things. Ancient magic devised in an era when mana was more abundant than now takes a long time to construct and activate, so it requires some ingenuity when used in actual combat.

[Song of the Age of Gods] *Evolved with [625,500,001] skill points

[Ancient Wisdom]’s advanced skill. You can learn about magic going back to the age of the gods, before humans were even born. Since the gods lived for billions and trillions of years, magic from the Age of Gods was created on that scale. If a person from the present were to start composing it carelessly, it could become a dangerous skill that could end up taking the rest of one’s lifetime in vain.

Note from Koe:

Due to the exposure to the grand history of magic, the user’s eyes shine blue, giving them the appearance of intelligence. In fact, it is said that their intelligence indeed increases so that they can learn numerous magic spells. Miss Eria’s computational ability was impressive.

However, what you are able to learn is limited to magic. You will have to study the common sense of modern society on your own. I have heard that there is nothing more sad than an idiot who thinks they are smart.