Chapter 41 – New Year’s Eve Meeting
Chapter 41 – New Year's Eve Meeting
“Todау I’m sреnding thе whole daу lаzing around withоut going outsidе. Тhеrе’s sоmеthing fundamentаlly wrong with rushing аbоut on Nеw Yеаr’s Еvе.”
When I dеclаred that, Flоtа аnd Ignitе cheеred еnthusiasticallу.
I guеss Grimoires are indооr types after аll, fоr better or worse.
Тhеy arе boоks, аftеr аll.
『Then we should dо plentу оf mаgic prасtiсe that сan be dоne indoors!』
『Mm, I’ll tеаch prесise сontrol оf flames~』
“St-stoр it! Don’t trу tо make me work hard еven оn Nеw Yеar’s Еve! An оld mаn likе me neеds a fеw dауs а уeаr whеrе he trulу dоes nothing. Oh, and to save on heating costs this time too, I’ll become Ignite Spice. Metamorphose!”
『Mm, sintering!』
Transform, transform.
Having repeated Metamorphose so many times, I’ve become capable of quite precise control now.
Specifically, I can freely change simple accessories, ribbons, and skirt types.
『Love makes one skilled, as they say. Also, the remote float and reverse you learned for cutting corners, used for pulling things toward you… Personally, I think you should just walk on your own two feet! But it’s clearly growth.』
“Necessity is the mother of invention, Flota. But flame magic is still at a beginner level, so it’s hard to utilize… If I burn something, the disaster prevention device will activate.”
『Mm, regretful』
Can’t be helped.
It’s a strict era for flames.
I spent the daytime lazing around on my bed, looking at my smartphone.
The Grimoires were surfing the net.
『Whoa! I thought Witches weren’t coming one after another, but whether by plane or ship, the fares have become ridiculously high!!』
『Mm, that’s right! Freya is super rich so she could pay immediately, but other Witches are all pretending to be ordinary people, so they don’t have that kind of money!』
Important information appeared!
I jumped up and decided to ask the two books for details.
“Witches live overseas?”
『Generally one per country. If their dwellings overlap, Abazures end up killing each other.』
“What a dangerous bunch… So they have to come here by air or sea. Where’s the info that the others are ordinary people from?”
『Mm, Freya said it. The other Witches don’t shine in the surface world like I do, so they end up desperately thinking about transportation just to hunt one little girl! They’re small fry, right!… is what she said.』
“Having Freya’s way of speaking imitated in that husky voice is quite something…”
In short, Witches can’t come to Japan frequently.
Because they don’t have money.
Or they’d need to stow away.
『Master, did Dungeon occurrences make moving between countries that difficult?』
“Yeah. Especially planes, ships, and long-distance buses where you’re in enclosed spaces for long periods are dangerous. So they put up barriers and attach talismans to prevent Dungeon occurrences… But larger vehicles need more, so costs go up, and basically those talismans are disposable, and the more passengers they carry, the higher the Dungeonization risk.”
『Eek, businesses carrying large numbers of people are devastated.』
“That’s right. If only a few people are aboard, Dungeonization won’t happen unless it’s an extremely high-stress environment.”
So the disaster of Dungeonization that Witches summoned is ironically making it harder for Witches themselves to act.
It seems Witches gathered to fight Grandma…
But having used their full power there, they became broke and can only come here sporadically.
Perfect targets for divide and conquer.
Who’s next.
“Flota, if Witches come individually, who do you think would be troublesome?”
『The Grimoire of the Mind. This one affects human minds even through broadcasts, to be blunt, it directly reduces concurrent viewers.』
“Ugh, the worst!!”
『She’s the Witch of the current environment meta in the Dungeon Streamer Realm. Her personality is also sneaky and cautious, so I think she’ll probably land unnoticed and start harassing. But if you meet face-to-face, it’s a one-punch victory. She has zero physical combat strength. When she fought the previous master, there were no humans around she could manipulate, so she got punched out normally.』
“I see, I see… The more people around, the stronger she is… I get it.”
『Charm, mind control, memory rewriting, implantation of false short-term memories—all are powerful. Also, while physically weak, she has a magic called Mind Crush that temporarily blows away the opponent’s mind, so ordinary streamers probably can’t handle her.』
“Scary~”
『Mm, just burn them~!! Mind control is weak~!!』
Ignite getting fired up!
Something like, stop with such barbaric things as discussions and settle things peacefully with violence…
Ah, but intense violence warps minds, so maybe the style of overwhelming with Ignite’s power works too.
Violence… after all, does violence solve everything…?
While having that discussion, Floppy on the charger started sparkling.
『It’s almost time.』
“Oh, already that time?”
『What time is it?』
“Early dinner. After this, a bit later, there’s simultaneous viewing of the Streamer Song Battle. And I’ll eat New Year’s Eve soba while doing that. Soba eating ASMR.”
Even though I intended to do nothing, I ended up seriously doing strategy meetings and such.
Can’t be helped.
I’ll save lazing around for New Year’s, from here on out it’s streamer mode.
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In a way lazing around is also content so proper breaks are hard…