Chapter 366 – Magic City
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I followed Mr. Chainber towards the backyard of the house.
Judging by the multiple targets, it seemed like magical experiments were usually conducted here.
“Hey! Master! Calm down! I accept everything and we’re dating!”
Tikia tried to stop Mr. Chainber, who was about to fight me.
However, Mr. Chainber, with a serious and very worried expression, said to Tikia,
“Tikia, I knew you were very weak to compliments, but I never thought you’d fall for a Casanova like him.”
“I’m not an easy woman who falls for just compliments! And Rent isn’t a Casanova… umm.”
Tikia?
I wish you’d deny that part a bit more?
“Anyway! I accept everything and I’m happy now! I’m getting along well with my other lovers too! We even planned a party and went to dungeons together, and they all helped me get promoted! We’re getting along great!”
“Is that party all Rent’s lovers, including you?”
“Yes.”
“…He not only charmed Tikia but also has a harem party! I’m jealous and want to teach him a lesson even more! I can’t forgive him!”
“Hey, old man! You were more jealous than worried about me just now!”
“Ahem.”
Mr. Chainber seemed like quite a cheerful person.
“Rent, you try to stop him!”
“Well, I don’t think he’d listen even if I tried.”
He seemed a bit cheerful now, but he was very serious when he told me to follow him.
Plus, the anger of a man whose precious daughter has been touched.
Just feeling that, I was happy to know that Mr. Chainber cherished Tikia, even though he made her do a lot of chores.
Mr. Chainber looked at me and said,
“Rent.”
“Yes.”
“I was genuinely angry just now, but… seeing Tikia’s attitude before we came out, it seems like you’re treating our Tikia well.”
“It’s only natural to be kind to the person you love.”
“I’d be satisfied if that was only for our Tikia. But to think there are seven more women… Honestly, judging by your appearance, you seem sincere and gentle for your size… but it seems your lower half is not at all,”
That was a very stinging remark.
“I won’t be as serious as I could be for Tikia’s sake. But you said you’re 20 years old, right? You haven’t been an adventurer for long, and yet you’ve made eight women just by being faithful to your lower half… Honestly, as for me, I can’t accept leaving Tikia with someone like that.
I also love going to brothels. It would be even better if I could have fun and exciting nights with women every night! But I’d rather our Tikia go to a sincere man than someone who likes that.”
“I understand that feeling.”
“Then will you break up with your other lovers and only date our Tikia?”
“That’s impossible. I love them all. And I have the confidence and determination to take responsibility for all of them.”
At my words, Mr. Chainber stroked his beard and smiled.
“Hahaha, you’re coming on strong. But you’ve only been an adventurer for about two months, so at best, you’d only be E-rank. Where does that confidence come from… is that what youth is?”
I’m S-rank.
It’s easy to say that.
But even if I said it now, I don’t think he’d believe me.
“I used to be an adventurer in the Platoon. Dungeons are very interesting, mysterious, and also scary places. The deeper you go, the more money you earn and spend exponentially.
If you become a capable adventurer, you’ll be able to handle having many women. I don’t like it, but Tikia says you have a good relationship with your other lovers…”
Mr. Chainber gathered magic power in both hands.
“As someone who is like Tikia’s parent, isn’t it natural for me to test how much potential and possibility you have?”
“I think it’s natural. Then I’ll prove it to you with my skills.”
“That’s bold.”
As Mr. Chainber and I took our stances, Tikia shouted,
“Hey, Master, stop it! Rent, don’t try to spar with Master either! It’s just a waste of time!”
“Hahaha, don’t worry, Tikia. I won’t take his life. I was going to teach him a lesson, but now I’m just going to see how much talent he has to grow.”
“It’s okay, Tikia. I’m not going to fight seriously either. I’m just showing him how skilled I am.”
“Oh? Does that mean you’re going easy on me? Are you looking down on me because I’m old? Even though I’m a high-ranking mage. I’ve even been A-rank in the Platoon.”
That’s the same rank as Jen, Craig, Amanda, and Jason.
“That’s amazing.”
“You seem quite relaxed for someone who thinks that. Well, whatever. My skills are…”
Mr. Chainber stretched out both hands towards me.
At that moment, five magic circles appeared around Mr. Chainber’s hands.
“Experience it firsthand. Mana Missile.”
Tatata-tang!
From each of the five magic circles, bullets of mana were fired.
With this speed and power, I could use Zone and punch them away in an instant.
But this is a magic city.
And Mr. Chainber is a mage.
Let’s mainly use skills using magic here.
I swung my arm and created a blue, translucent barrier in front of me with Mana Weapon.
The strength is quite strong.
All the magic missiles that Mr. Chainber shot were blocked in front of my barrier.
“Hmm? You, that’s…”
“I made it with a skill.”
Mr. Chainber tilted his head.
“…You’re a mage with that build?”
“No, I’m a martial artist by profession.”
“But you can use magic… interesting. High-ranking adventurers can use one or two magic skills, but for you, who has only been an adventurer for two months, to use magic.”
Mr. Chainber’s lips curled up into a smirk.
“Hmm, so you’re a martial artist and got a close-range shield. Then… how about this! Mana Burst!”
A magical cannon, similar to Tikia’s Twinkle Buster, was fired at me.
But.
Puh-uh-uh-uh-ung!
“What… the?”
That magic also couldn’t break through the barrier I made.
“I put quite a bit of magic power into it this time… and it didn’t even budge.”
Mr. Chainber’s eyes showed a stronger sense of caution.
Is a stronger attack coming?
Just as I was about to put more magic power into the barrier, Tikia walked towards me.
“Rent.”
“Ah, Tikia, I’m still sparring with Mr. Chainber, so please stay back a bit…”
“How long are you going to keep doing that? Are you going to wait until Master uses all the magic he can? Rent just needs to get Master’s approval and show him that you’re strong enough to take responsibility for me.”
“Well, that’s true. But there’s an order to things…”
Tikia puffed out her cheeks and said,
“Today is my first date with Rent. I think today is very important. We have to go to the dungeon tomorrow too.
But I don’t like wasting such precious time when the result is already obvious.”
Then Tikia looked at Mr. Chainber and said,
“Master! To be honest, there’s absolutely no chance that Master can beat Rent! This isn’t just because I’m blinded by love, it’s a fact.”
“Hmm? Is Rent that amazing?”
“Yes, I’ll show you now. Rent, just show him any skill that uses a lot of magic.”
“Uh… is that okay?”
“…Don’t shoot it at Master, just show it. Even without Mana Search, you can easily feel a large amount of magic with your eyes.”
“Okay.”
Actually, I was going to exchange magic with Mr. Chainber a bit more and build friendship while acknowledging each other.
But Tikia is urging me, which means she wants to enjoy our lovey-dovey time a little more.
Of course, I want to grant such a lovely Tikia’s request.
“Mr. Chainber, then I’ll show you one skill. Would you mind watching?”
Mr. Chainber made a somewhat deflated expression, crossed his arms, and said,
“Okay, if Tikia, who is sensitive to magic, says so, you must have tremendous skills. Show me.”
“Understood.”
I removed the barrier and stretched my right hand high into the sky.
“Huuup!”
First, I released a certain amount of magic power and created a sphere with a radius of about 5 meters.
“What!?”
I compressed it to a radius of about 10 cm, and then created another sphere of magic power with a radius of about 5 meters on the outside and compressed it, fusing it with the magic power compressed to a radius of 10 cm.
I repeated that process about six times.
I lowered my arm and looked at the multi-compressed fusion magic sphere I had created.
Wooooooong!
Looking inside, I could feel the magic power fluctuating as if it were about to explode at any moment.
But because it was surrounded by a wall of magic power that far exceeded the fluctuating magic power, the magic power wouldn’t leak out.
Tikia looked at me with a resigned expression and said,
“…It’s still ridiculously powerful magic.”
“Mr. Chainber, this is part of my power.”
At my words, Mr. Chainber made an expression as if he had heard an unbelievable fact.
“What!? Part? Not your full power, but part?”
“Yes.”
“Th-this can’t be… Do you know how much ridiculous magic power is in your hand right now? If you were to detonate that here… not only this area but half of the magic city would be blown away!”
Hmm, so this much is enough to blow away half of the magic city…
Let’s make a note of the amount and power of magic in my head.
“Does this prove my skills?”
“Y-yes! I acknowledge it! I acknowledge it, so get rid of that dangerous magic right now! No, more importantly, can you even get rid of it?”
“Yes.”
I immediately released the magic power.
The compressed and fluctuating magic power disappeared as if nothing had happened.
No, rather than disappearing, it felt more like it had melted into the surroundings.
“…What exactly are you? Did a dragon polymorph into a human?”
“I’m human.”
“But even so…”
Then Tikia walked in front of Mr. Chainber and said,
“Master. You said you felt like you’ve heard Rent’s name somewhere, right?”
“Huh? Yes, I said I felt like I’ve heard it somewhere. But what does that have to do with anything?”
“It does. Rent is… a Dungeon Crasher. A Dungeon Crasher who can easily break the dungeon floor. And he’s S-rank now, by the way.”
“What… the? A Dungeon Crasher? Are you talking about that Dungeon Crasher?”
“Yes. Right, Rent?”
“Yes, I’m a Dungeon Crasher, Mr. Chainber. Oh, and here’s my S-rank identification tag.”
I walked up to Mr. Chainber and took out my S-rank adventurer identification tag from my inventory and showed it to him.
Mr. Chainber looked closely at the identification tag.
“Th-this… unnecessarily luxurious and sturdy-looking identification tag… It’s the first time I’ve seen one, but it’s definitely the same as the S-rank identification tag I’ve heard about. But… why didn’t you say you were an S-rank adventurer… a Dungeon Crasher from the beginning?”
“Ah, well… I thought that if I said it from the beginning, you’d think it was nonsense because you were angry, Mr. Chainber. Honestly, I didn’t think you’d believe me if I suddenly said I was an S-rank adventurer or a Dungeon Crasher.”
“Hmm, that’s true… that’s true. But… hahaha, to think that the man Tikia is dating is a Dungeon Crasher… well, if he’s an S-rank adventurer, he can have many women…”
“Does this prove that I have the ability to take responsibility for Tikia?”
Mr. Chainber nodded.
“Yes, if you’re an S-rank adventurer, you can definitely take responsibility for and protect Tikia.”
It seemed like Mr. Chainber had fully acknowledged my skills.
But this was just acknowledging my skills.
He hadn’t acknowledged my ability to make Tikia happy financially.
And Tikia wants to have lovey-dovey time with me as soon as possible.
So, let’s deal with this before Mr. Chainber brings it up.
“Mr. Chainber.”
“Hmm? What is it? Go spend time with Tikia. Actually, I want to talk calmly about why you have such strong power, but we’ll do that next time.”
“No, it’s not that…”
I took out a pouch containing 100 gold from my inventory.
Unlike our village, there would be many things to spend gold on in the magic city, so I didn’t take out the pouch containing silver.
“Mr. Chainber, you’re Tikia’s parent… which means you’re like my father, so I’d like to give you this as a way of saying please take care of me and that I can take responsibility for Tikia financially.”
“Hmm? What is this… huh!?”
Mr. Chainber’s eyes and mouth widened as he looked inside the pouch.
“Th-this is…”
“It’s 100 gold.”
“……”
Mr. Chainber gently placed the money pouch on the ground, then grabbed my hands tightly with both of his and smiled brightly.
“Oh my! I was rude for not recognizing our good son-in-law! Please take good care of our Tikia, son-in-law! Come visit the magic city often!”
“Yes, Mr. Chainber.”
“Hahahahaha! Call me Father, call me Father!”
“Yes, Father.”
I have a second father now.
