“Cecil is a good child.”
“At first she may throw a fit, but…”
She lifted a hand and gently rubbed Natsuka’s head.
“Don’t you possess ‘Mystery’?”
“Development abilities, as a general rule, only have a chance of awakening after an adventurer levels up.”
“And ‘Mystery’ itself, on top of that, is a very rare option.”
“Going by Cecil’s own progress, for her to obtain it through normal means, she’d have to wait at least another two or three years.”
Saying this much, Astraea leaned down, her voice growing even softer.
“So, for a blacksmith, a ‘Mystery’ that can to some extent take the place of the ‘Forge’ function — that will be extremely important to her.”
“Natsu-chan, you have to learn how to make good use of your own advantages, okay?”
Damn it.
Isn’t this just you using your good looks to pressure people?
Natsuka, looking at the fair, pale skin she had inadvertently exposed as she leaned forward, felt his ears go hot for a moment.
He hurriedly reached up to swat away the hand on top of his head, and turned his face away to put on a tough front.
“I get it.”
“I’ll make it up to her.”
“It’s just using ‘Mystery’ to help her make weapons, right?”
“I’ll go along with it, that’s all.”
“About that matter…”
Astraea’s expression suddenly turned serious, and she even gave him a slight bow.
“There’s also something I’d like to ask of you.”
“Please, agree to it.”
“Don’t do that.”
Natsuka was startled, hastily reaching out to support her.
“As long as it’s something I can do, I’ll definitely help.”
Astraea straightened back up, softly explaining.
“There are many directions ‘Mystery’ can take.”
“The path that suits each person is different.”
“Among the known holders of [Mystery], some use it to strengthen [Heal] and to develop tempering and pharmaceuticals.” You are reading on g.com, the official source.
“Others, like Asfi, devote it specifically to the crafting of magic items and special elixirs.”
“There are also those who dig deep in the direction of curses and incantations.”
“Each one walks a different path, but in essence, [Mystery] is always connected to divine authority.”
Her tone was neither hurried nor slow, yet it carried strength.
“In other words.”
“Taken to its extreme, ‘Mystery’ itself can infinitely approach a god’s ‘Omnipotence.'”
Natsuka listened very seriously.
Inside his head, however, he couldn’t help translating it into something more down-to-earth, beyond his own control.
Got it.
It’s basically “the power of ‘I reckon so.'”
In the original work, Asfi was able to reproduce Daedalus’s [Daedalus’ Eye] in the form of a magic item.
Even something like a bloodline curse, she could pull off through sheer galaxy-brained creativity plus technique.
This thing was ridiculous to begin with.
Seeing that he had understood, Astraea continued.
“That’s why I want to ask this of you.”
“I’d like to ask you to help me forge a weapon.”
“A weapon?”
“Mm.”
“Originally, I had planned to go find the Wind Sprites and ask them to bestow a blessing on the weapon.”
“But I just couldn’t find a suitable Sprite, and the negotiations with the few I do know weren’t going smoothly either.”
“However, now that I have Natsu-chan, who possesses ‘Mystery,’ it might just work out all the same.”
Astraea lifted a finger and began to patiently explain.
“Sprites are called the children of the gods.”
“In a certain sense, they themselves also possess a nature close to divine authority.”
“Right now, with all the gods having their divine power sealed in the Lower World, if a mortal wants a weapon to possess special power, they can’t do without Sprites.”
Natsuka nodded.
That much he, of course, understood.
Most of those ancient heroes had truly stepped onto the path of legend only after forging a contract with a Sprite.
Although, after the gods descended into the Lower World, the [Falna] system had become a more mainstream growth route than Sprite-contracts.
But the inherent “talent” of the Sprites themselves was still something no one could fully replace.
For instance…
That sturdy and unbelievably practical piece of Sprite Cloth, even nicknamed the “African War God.”
It was said to be something a Sprite had thrown together as a casual little side project.
Natsuka had, for quite a while, been secretly calculating things about that ability of his called [Mystery Yearning].
“This trick of mine — relying on the target I yearn for, I can flat-out borrow a high-tier [Mystery] for a short time.
It’s practically a divine skill, like exploiting a bug in the system.”
“I still don’t know exactly how absurd the level of proficiency reached by the great sage Fels, who pushed ‘Mystery’ all the way to its peak and is still alive to this day, actually is.”
“But going by her tier, once Mystery is maxed out, you could even produce something as monstrously absurd as the [Philosopher’s Stone].”
Natsuka lowered his gaze to his current magic and skill layout, his eyes sweeping back and forth, when an utterly absurd play suddenly popped into his head.
Thinking up to that point.
“Lady Astraea.” Natsuka suddenly spoke up, dead serious.
“I’m here.” Astraea answered softly.
“Please help me — let me become a little more proficient!”
“Eh?” Astraea first lifted a hand to her cheek, then tilted her head slightly.
Her gaze even instinctively darted toward the bed.
“The ‘proficiency’ you’re talking about…
in what area exactly?”
“It’s about Mystery!” Natsuka’s ear tips instantly turned red, his face burning up.
“My skill needs a ‘target’ to perform at its best, so a goddess like you, who in herself represents one of the greatest Mysteries in the Lower World, is simply the most perfect target!”
Gritting his teeth, he forced himself to shout it out.
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