I had ten lottery tickets in my hand as I left the Salamus Trading Company.
I told him that I would buy 3,000 silver coins worth of land around the house, leaving all the details to Salamus, and paid 1,500 using a 50% discount shopping coupon.
Then I came out with ten lottery tickets.
Even if you buy an item at a 50% discount, you still get the lottery ticket itself at the original price.
It’s the best of several patterns I could envision.
Until now, every 300 silver coins gave me one lottery ticket, but from now on, I’ll actually get one lottery ticket for every 150 silver coins.
I can draw more at this rate. I can collect and draw a lot of stuff.
Rather than waste time, let’s go draw now.
I clutched the ten lottery tickets and recalled that place.
As I took a step forward, the view in front of me changed completely to a lottery booth.
「Whoa, that’s different.」
For some reason, Eleanor, who was dressed as a little girl, said to me while she was riding on my shoulders.
Eleanor was right, there was something different about the inside of the lottery booth.
The decor and the familiar faces of the staff there.
It’s a「festive」image.
「Welcome, customer.」
「What’s going on? What is this?」
「Limited-time lottery starts today.」
「Limited-time lottery?」
「Yes, for one week from today, there will be a special lineup of lottery prizes. It’s something you can’t usually get, so please go ahead and draw lots of them.」
「Limited time, why would you do that again?」
「Do you know a place called the Mercuri Kingdom?」
「Yeah.」
I don’t know if I correct or not, but the name says it all. It’s the land of Helene and Princess Iris
「They are going to issue paper money there. This is a pretty big event, so we decided to take advantage of it and hold a limited time lottery.」
「That’s the reason? But what does that have to do with this place?」
「When a cold wind blows, the bucket maker will make a fortune.」1
「It’s like a Ramen shop having a Valentine’s Day event.」
I sort of thought so. It’s very typical of business people to hold a convoluted event even if it’s completely unrelated.
I looked at the list of prizes.
・Participation prize: Ability Loan (5 minutes, Single use)
・Third prize: Ability Loan (30 seconds)
・Second prize: Ability Loan (3 minutes)
・First prize: Ability Loan (1 hour)
It was all the same, a random lineup that made me realize that it had been hastily prepared.
「I’ll explain it to you. This is a skill that allows you to loan out your abilities to people you designate. For example, there was a customer that I was with last time. When that person uses it, they can temporarily lend their tentacles to someone else.」
「I see.」
「In your case, it’s a little different. A person with all abilities multiplied by X can specify any one ability and lend it to others. While on loan, you will be at your original capacity.」
「That means I’m loaning them the multiplier.」
「That’s what I meant!」
I see, that could be great.
For example, if I loaned Io a lightning magic multiplier, she could be entrusted with stopping Orikuto.
I mean, I’ve got「777 times all abilities」, but I don’t always use all of my abilities.
When I’m attacking with Eleanor, I’m playing with the full power of my magic.
If I can loan it to a designated person …… yeah, that’s pretty good if I can loan it to my girls.
I looked at the list of prizes one more time.
The abilities are tame, but I think the setting itself is decent.
「No matter how much I use third prize and above, it never disappears, does it?」
「Yes, but the effects will be short-lived.」
「First prize is seriously first rate. The usable time is outstanding, and won’t disappear with use.」
「By the way, if I could draw two third prizes and up, for example, I could loan out two abilities to the same person or one each to a different people.」
「I guess that means I better draw as much as I can during this period.」
First prize is of course the undisputed jackpot, but hitting about ten third prizes is also quite tantalizing and good.
Fire, ice, lightning─.
The more magic I learn, the more I’ll be able to cast different kinds of magic at the same time.
Yes, it’s great.
「What is the expiration date on the “Single use” type?」
These types of items often have a use-by date in games, so let’s just ask.
「None.」
「This just gets better and better.」
「It’s a limited-time lottery, after all.」
How can you say that when you’re cutting corners on prizes?
……No, it might not be as cut and dried as I thought.
Well, if that’s the case, I’ll have to back off.
「So, ……ten tickets for now.」
「Yes, indeed. Then draw eleven times please.」
「I got it.」
「Good.」
I lifted Eleanor off my shoulders. I’ll do it the same way I did before, in the carrying situation, at the height of the lottery machine.
「Here we go!」
Rattle, rattle, rattle…
「Yeah, do it all on one go!」
「Ahahahahahahah」
Eleanor spun it all at once, laughing hysterically.
The balls come out one after another. In the blink of an eye, eleven lottery draws worth 1,500 (3,000) silver coins had been completed.
It lasted less than ten seconds.
This is what a meltdown is all about…….
「Yes, congratulations on the ten participation prizes and ……, with one third prize.」
「You got it.」
「At least that’s a relief.」
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came to the rocky mountain with Io.
「Are we mining Orikudite today?」
「That’s just what we are doing on the side. I have a few experiments I’d like to run.」
「An experiment?」
「When the Orikuto come out, Io should try to stall them with magic.」
「Yes.」
「Try to get as many shots in as you can.」
「But with my magic…」
「Oh, there he is.」
「Eeeeeh!」
Io is startled.
「Ka, Kakeru-san」
「Just try it. You can do it.」
「Ye, yes!」
I drew a participation prize and used one of my usable loan rights. I designate Io as the target for the loan of my lightning magic.
『Loaning Lightning magic to Io Akos. Four minutes and fifty-nine seconds left.』
I hear a different type of voice than Eleanor’s.
Io used her magic. Lightning strikes Orikuto directly.
「One more time, right away!」
「Ye, yes!」
Io does as she is told and releases her magic. She was able to get in a good series of shots.
「W, why……? 」
「Right now, I’m temporarily loaning my magic to Io.」
「I got Kakeru’s? Eh, Eeeeeeehhhh? Can you do that?」
「Yes, I can do that. …… Is this unprecedented again?」
「There’s no such thing,……, but I’ve heard that there is a forbidden art of transferring power in exchange for one’s life,……, but only temporarily.」
「I see. Oh, it’s starting to move.」
「Wow! Amazing …… I can shoot a lot.」
「I mean, aren’t you a little more powerful than me?」
（It’s a multiplier. Her base is probably higher than yours.）
「I see.」
If I loaned out the ability itself, it would be exactly the same as mine, but if I loaned out the multiplier, it could be stronger than mine.
On the other hand, maybe there’s a case where it wouldn’t make sense to loan it out.
If the original is zero, then multiply it by 777 and it’s still zero.
And I have an idea.
It’s Eleanor.
It seems that not a single person in the history of this world has been able to escape from Eleanor’s control. In other words, it’s possible that all the people in this world have zero tolerance for Eleanor.
I’m going to try that tonight, so I’ll put it aside for now.
Next, I summoned Tania.
I used another one of the single-use type.
『Loaning ice magic to Tania Chitiakis. Four minutes and fifty-nine seconds left.』
「Tania, fire your magic at the Orikuto.」
「Un!」
Tania did as she was told. Nearly a hundred ice arrows came out and turned Orikuto into a beehive.
Of course, that didn’t work very well. The icy arrows melted in an instant, and Orikuto’s wounds closed up in an instant.
But I was still excited.
Io and Tania. A magician and a maid.
Two apparently beautiful girls from a harem party are fighting with the power I’ve given them.
It was very exciting.
One week of …… lottery tickets, I’ll have to die trying to collect them.