「Damn it! I’ll go collect more lottery tickets if this keeps happening!」
The man looked frustrated and ran out of the lottery booth.
More and more…… means he’s going to collect more than a hundred tickets.
……What did he do to collect so many? How did he collect a hundred of them in the first place?
I guess I’ll ask him next time I see him.
「This is the fourth prize, a fifty percent discount shopping coupon.」
The staff brought out a golden card.
It looked just like a gold credit card, but the texture was strange, like something I’d never felt before.
「If you show this to the merchant when you are shopping at, you will get a 50% discount on everything. You can use it as many times as you want, but please note that it can only be used by the person who received it.」
「It’s almost the same as the feather. Okay.」
I put away the 50% off shopping coupon.
Eleanor drew the remaining ten times, but they were all magic balls.
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Now that I can get a 50% discount on my purchases, there’s one thing I need to try.
It’s about how much I have to spend to get a lottery ticket.
It used to be one ticket for every 300 coins.
I would like to verify if the 50% discount will be one for every 150 coins.
I’ll use 300 silver all at once, it has become relatively easy to earn that now, considering I earnt that in one day the other day.
The reason for 300 coins is that it’s better to try to see if two lottery tickets will come out with 300 coins, so that they won’t be wasted. If it didn’t work, the whole hundred and fifty slivers would be wasted.
With that in mind, I returned to the mansion from the lottery booth and tried to jump to the mountain ox meadow.
「Good morning!」
I was approached. It’s Io.
Io stood in front of me, still dressed like a magician.
「Good morning.」
「Ar, are you going somewhere today?」
「Yeah, I’m going to go hunting for mountain oxen……. Want to come with me?」
I remembered that I had promised to party with Io, so I invited her to join me.
「Yes!」
She nodded with a huge smile. Well, that’s what I’m here for.
「Then let’s go, come here.」
「Eh? Yes……」
Io looks at me strangely, but comes close to me.
I took out my warp feather and moved to the mountain ox meadow.
「……Eeeeeeeeeehhh」
She was taken by complete surprise. Just as I expected.
「Where am I? We were in the city a while ago, weren’t we?」
「This is a meadow where mountain oxen appear. We’ve flown all the way here by magic.」
It’s an item, but I told her it was magic.
「Jump…… I’ve never heard of such magic.」
「I’m the only one who can do it.」
「Awesome ……, I can’t believe you can do that kind of magic.」
「I can only warp to places I’ve been before.」
「But still, it’s amazing!」
With an impressed Io, we searched for the mountain ox.
Speaking of which, what do I have to do to set up a party?
「What kind of things can Io do?」
「I can use offensive magic. My specialty is lightning magic. It will take some time to activate it, though, so it might cause some trouble.」
「Oh, so the vanguard has to endure longer? Does that make it more powerful?」
「The power is about the same, but since it’s lightning, it can ignore an opponent’s defenses.」
「It’s electricity, huh.」
I see. Lightning magic, I’ll have her shoot it at me sometime so I can learn it…
In this world, if one gets hit by magic and survives, there’s a chance one can learn to use it.
While we were talking about this and that, we found a mountain ox.
「Okay, let’s start with a hundred.」
I pulled out Eleanor ……, but there was something wrong with the mountain ox.
As soon as he saw me, he backed away, spun around, and ran away.
「……Eh?」
I scowled. Did he run away?
I quickly regained my composure and used my warp feather to get ahead of it and finish off the mountain ox.
「What was that? That was just …….」
I look at the fallen mountain ox and murmur.
From what I’ve seen so far, these guys are animals that don’t ever run away.
It’s a ferocious, daredevil, mountain ox, and it’s a wild boar at heart.
That’s why I was surprised that it ran away.
In the meantime, Io catches up with me.
「Amazing …… I’ve never seen a mountain ox run away from someone before.」
「I’m surprised, too. Now, let’s go cash this thing in.」
Using the warp feather, I traveled to the Andreu Trading Company with the Mountain Ox and Io.
I handed the mountain ox to Andreu, who became more and more reserved towards me, and asked him for the payment.
I went out and met up with Io.
「Kakeru-sama」
When I was considering where to go next, I was called upon.
I turned around and saw Helene there.
Helene isn’t wearing a dress, she’s wearing light clothes that are easy to move around in, and her long hair is in a ponytail.
To be honest, her vibe was completely different. It’s just a little disguise.
「Helene. What’s up with that outfit?」
「I really wanted to see Kakeru, so I snuck out for a bit.」
「So that’s why. ……yup.」
I stared at Helene intently.
The princess’ usual appearance is beautiful and pretty, but her current appearance is also very nice.
She looks more beautiful because she looks more active on top of being ladylike.
……I have to admit, I was a little stunned.
「……Umm, Isn’t that strange? I’ve never dressed like this before, so I’m not sure what to expect…….」
I took Helene’s hand when she was about to turn away and gently hugged her.
「It’s not weird, it has a good vibe.」
「Thank you very much.」
Helene giggles in my arms. I’m about to gaze at her again.
「I’m going to go hunt some more, will Helene come too?」
「I’ll come with you.」
Helene responded immediately.
When I turned to Io, she was in a state of shock.
「Io? What’s wrong?」
「Ka, Kakeru-san. Isn’t that person possibly …… Helene-sama?」
「Aaaah」
「Could it be that Helene-sama……」
「Well, there you have it.」
Io was even more surprised when I answered.
Helene giggled more and more.
「With the princess …… Kakeru-san is amazing …….」
「Yes, Kakeru-sama is an amazing person. After all, even though he has the magical sword Eleanor, he is not consumed by it and is able to use it. As far as I know, he is the only one in history.」
「EEeeeeh? Eleanor? 」
Io is startled.
「Yeah, this one.」
I pulled out Eleanor.
（Don’t go saying, this one.）
Eleanor protested, but I flippantly ignored her.
「EEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh」
Io shouted loudly and was greatly surprised.
As I attracted the attention of the people around me, I rushed to cover her mouth.
「Th, that sword is really that Eleanor?!」
「Ah, yeah.」
……Was this one really that great of a sword?
「Eleanor. A legendary magic sword that has appeared many times in history, and has led legions of dead spirits to destroy many empires. Instead of gaining power, those who hold it will, without exception, have their minds destroyed.」
「She is no longer has Legions anymore, but she has a ghost.」
I summoned Tania through Eleanor.
「Hello, I’m Tania Chitiakis.」
A translucent maid ghost demurely popped up in front of us.
I’m in public, so I’ll withdraw her right away.
「He’s so strong, he’s …… in that kind of relationship with the princess, he’s …… not taken over by the magic sword, and he uses it normally, and he’s …… amazing! Kakeru-san is so amazing!」
Io blurted out those words. I feel that words like amazing are starting to lose their impact.
（I’m about to join the religion.）
Eleanor giggles in my head.
It’s starting to look like it’s really going to happen.
Well, I don’t feel bad about that.