In the evening, as the new batch of life recovery potions came out of production.
After Furina filled 30 reagent bottles with them, he placed them on the wooden table nearby to cool.
After checking his herb garden, he slowly walked upstairs, passed through the corridor to the warehouse, and upon entering the storeroom, looked at the demon blade—demon blade displayed in the display case.
The hilt was wrapped in dark red bandages, and the scabbard was black, engraved with red lotus patterns.
Although he couldn’t buy it for his own use, he could still take it out to look at it by virtue of his status as the shopkeeper.
Having said that, Furina clicked the use button, the display case dissipated, and the demon blade slowly floated into Furina’s hand.
The texture of the blade was quite good, and holding it in his hand gave him the feeling of being enveloped by warm sunshine.
He slowly unsheathed the blade.
The sharp edge bore layers of blood-red patterns, with red flower petals spreading from the bottom of the blade all the way to the tip.
“Hiss~ This blade is truly beautiful…
But it’s a pity I can’t use it…
Now I’m just waiting for a special customer to come by so I can obtain the materials to forge my own exclusive weapon!”
Putting the blade back into its sheath, Furina clicked to display it in the lobby.
He had originally planned to leave, but then he had a change of thought: putting a single blade into such a large display case seemed to take up space and wasn’t very aesthetically pleasing.
He simply changed the style, turning the carrier for the blade into a weapon rack.
After walking out of the warehouse and arriving in the lobby, Furina ignored the blonde snake-girl who was fast asleep on the bar counter.
He looked at the demon blade lying quietly on the weapon rack placed in the corner.
He nodded with satisfaction.
“Once I put the life recovery potions on this shelf, this General Store will really be looking more and more like the real deal.
Hehe…”
After closing the shop, Furina woke up Cissia, who was still fast asleep.
“Let’s go, let’s go upstairs to sleep~”
“Ah~ woo…
Mmm, okay, okay.”
Sitting up, Cissia yawned, then slowly followed Furina upstairs.
The next day, while Cissia was out buying snacks, Furina took out the Sword Saint identity card.
After a golden light Swirled from the card.
The golden color was gradually replaced by water blue.
The card rotated and drilled into Furina’s body, floating side-by-side with the Magician card that was also in his special internal space.
In an instant, a large amount of memory emerged in his mind.
Furina held his forehead, sitting on the chair with some throbbing pain.
After a while, faint blue energy began to spread throughout his limbs and bones.
Furina was surprised to find that his body was full of strength.
Whoosh~!
A casual punch was actually able to whistle through the air.
“But that’s about it.
Although it enhanced a portion of my strength and sword skills, my level is still Lv1, and I need to constantly hone it to increase my level.”
“And next is this Swordsmith’s Handbook; I reckon it will take a while to read.”
Opening the handbook, a faint blue light flickered.
After the handbook completed its master-recognition, it began to float around Furina.
However, it seemed he wanted to read it slowly from the beginning, so he simply let it float back into his hands, turning it into an ordinary book.
While our Furina was reading, on the other side, at the Cunning Hares.
A warm morning, naturally, started with Billy wiggling his little butt and taking out a box of Starlight Knight limited edition engine oil.
He narcissistically struck poses in front of the mirror.
“Haha~ The next moment is quite sacred~ I will open this bottle of Starlight Knight limited edition engine oil with 100% excitement, and then savor its deliciousness drop by drop.”
Unscrewing the cap, a nose symbol appeared on Billy’s face, and he sniffed quite vividly, inhaling the scent of the engine oil into his body.
In an instant, his eyes turned into heart symbols, and his silly voice began to turn shrill.
“Ah~~~!!
The taste of the Starlight Knight is flowing continuously within my body…
Oh oh~!!!”
Bang—!
Suddenly, the door was opened, and the strong force just happened to graze the hand Billy was holding the engine oil bottle with.
Plop~
The whole bottle of engine oil flew out of his hand, flipping in mid-air, and Billy’s original expression of enjoyment instantly became twisted.
“No~~~!!!!”
Slow motion started, a melodious violin BGM played, watching that bottle of limited edition engine oil fall slowly to the ground like that, black-green liquid slowly flowed out, soaking the bedroom floor.
Billy knelt on the ground as if he had lost his soul.
“Billy!
What are you yelling about early in the morning!
Did your language module malfunction—”
Nicole looked at Billy’s haggard figure and shouted without any sympathy.
“…Sorry, sorry Boss Nicole…”
“Billy, what’s wrong with you?”
“My, my limited edition engine oil was spilled…
Damn it!!
I hadn’t even tasted it yet, I had only smelled it twice…
And it ended up being completely swallowed by my bedroom floor.”
Clenching his fists, Billy pounded the floor.
“I have never envied my bedroom floor as much as I do now…
Wuwuwu~”
Scratching her cheek, Nicole seemed to realize that it was she who had just opened the door and knocked over his engine oil.
She went up and patted his shoulder with some guilt.
“Alright!
This young lady will reluctantly advance you next month’s salary, hurry up and go buy another bottle while the promotion is still on~”
“Really!
Is it really okay, Boss Nicole~!!!”
“Hmph, of course, go with gratitude.
But not now, we have more important things to do, Anby?”
“I’m here.”
Anby, wearing a white off-shoulder T-shirt, walked over, and she waved her hand indifferently.
“I heard through the grapevine that the strongest Harbinger of HAND, Hoshimi Miyabi, is coming to our district to deal with the newly formed Hollow over there…”
The two of them looked in the direction Nicole’s finger was pointing.
Through the window, they could see the distant street wrapped by a black sphere.
If one looked closely, this sphere was still slowly expanding.
Scratching his head, Billy looked at Nicole, somewhat puzzled.
“What does this have to do with us?
Does it conflict with our commissioned task?”
Sticking out her finger and shaking it, Nicole explained patiently.
“No no no~ Of course not, we don’t have any commissions recently, but our mission target can be her, Hoshimi Miyabi~!”
In an instant, the atmosphere at the doorway of Billy’s room fell into silence.
Billy stood up, holding his head with both hands, nearly cracking his voice again.
“What!!!
We’re fighting Hoshimi Miyabi?!
Really?…Will we win?”
“Analysis: The strongest Harbinger of HAND, Hoshimi Miyabi.
In just half a year, she has solved 2 large-scale Hollows, 15 medium-scale Hollows, and countless small-scale Hollows alone…
Based on our current combat strength, the chance of winning is as high as 0.001%.”
After listening to Anby’s analysis, Nicole reached out and tapped her lightly on the head.
“It’s not really to fight her; our target is the blade in her hand…
Back when she was still a rookie, I tricked her once and stole her blade.
This time we plan to try again…
As long as we succeed, we’ll run straight to Furina’s shop.”
“Then quickly sell it to Furina and earn a sum of money!
Afterward, even if she chases after us, she will only foolishly go and spend money to buy it back.”
After hearing Nicole’s bold plan, Billy said somewhat fearfully.
“Is that really okay?
Won’t she tear us apart?
I heard that this Executive Hoshimi is a ruthless character who can tear Ethereals apart by hand…”
“Aiya~ I’m still quite familiar with her, don’t worry~”