During business hours that day, I decided to take a break from working on the noir to ask about the dwarven treasure sword I received from Newlers.

　Of course, I consulted with Noir to make sure he had enough time to spare.

　A famous sword that has been passed down through the Newlers' family for generations.
　A mysterious luminescence phenomenon that occurs in response to skills.
　A structure that seems to be a three-dimensional magical crest planted inside the sword's body.

　When I showed him the actual sword after telling him these things, Noir, after examining the sword barrel for a bit, immediately came up with a concrete hypothesis.

'...... maybe offensive, augmenting ...... skills ...... maybe ......'

　According to Noir, the reason why he couldn't find much meaning in it while the sword glowed in response to 【Restoration】 and 【Weight Reduction】 was probably because the original target was a combat skill.

　Rather than a mechanism that works on every skill, a mechanism that reacts to a specific field of skill would be more efficient and improve its effectiveness.

　And if it's a function granted to the sword, it's still likely to be limited to combat orientation.

　The fact that it reacted minimally to other skills was probably due to the function of identifying the type of skill or something else that worked.

'I see. I certainly didn't have anyone with a skill that could be used for direct attacks back then, so there was no way to check that possibility.
'But ...... a little, strange ...... maybe. A dwarf's, sword, yet ...... reacts ...... to ...... skills, does ...... or ...... do.
'......?　What does that mean?

　The words Noir casually overflowed were somehow curious, and I asked her back as if she were chatting.

　Then, at the same time, another woman's voice burst in from outside the open door.

You have an interesting story to tell. May I be allowed to join you?
'Hild?　What's going on, it's rare.

　It was Hild of the Order of the rainbow rainbow scales that was there.

　He wore his hood deeply as usual, hiding the long, pointed ears that are characteristic of elves, but underneath, his eyes seemed to shine with curiosity.

　This was possibly the first time that Hild had ever come to the White Wolf Store.

　And not in the storefront, but even in the work space behind it.

''I received permission from Sir Garnett in the shop to bother you. Actually, I have a report related to the White Wolf Knights' official business. It's not an urgent matter, so may I bite a piece on the topic I mentioned earlier?

　Noir gives up his place, using me as a wall, and Hild walks into the space vacated by him.

　Hild, who belongs to the Order of the Rainbow Scales, is not a martial artist, although he is a knight, but rather someone who can be classified as a scholar or researcher skin.

　When I advised him to talk about the expert's story as it was interesting, Hild gave one light cough and then began to explain in detail.

It's not just a matter of time before you get to the point where you'll be able to get your hands on a new one. It's thought to be a good idea.

　I was more than a little surprised when I heard that, but Noir's was calm without any signs of surprise.

　For example, medicinal herbs - plants that can be ground up and applied to wounds or extracted and made into a recovery potion - have the power to heal their own damage using magical power.

　This power allows them to regenerate quickly even if they are partially eaten by other animals, allowing them to survive strongly and produce offspring.

　Both the ointment and the potion are based on the principle that the herb's self-renewal ability can be applied to the human body, and the herb that has been processed will not be restored, but the human body will recover.

　And this power was supposed to be similar to the skills that humans possessed.

　Of course, it's not a general knowledge that everyone should know, and there are many people who don't know like Garnett did when they first met him - but apparently even that was a convenient and inaccurate knowledge among the experts.

'The 'results' to be realized and the 'process' of realization are the same. For example, both magic-based skills and elven magic would be sealed with the same counter-magic seal. The biggest difference would still be the 'means of learning'.
The 'Means of Mastery' ...... Maybe it's faith?

　When I asked him that, Hild nodded his head in agreement with me.

The skills of humans manifest themselves through faith in the gods, but non-humans do not. But non-humans don't, they are acquired as an innate bodily function.
'There's no way I'm going to have faith in ...... medicinal herbs. If you ask me, I certainly don't. But so do elves and dwarves?　Demons have their own beliefs, don't they?

　The dwarves of the Demon King's Castle Realm, including Newlers, worship Alfazul as the god of dungeon creation.

　Does that have anything to do with their abilities?

''The demon race also has faith, but it's not as widespread as humans. So there has been no awareness of the relationship between abilities and religious beliefs.
'Well, ...... that's what happens. If the object of faith is varied, I know empirically that 'different faiths mean different skills,' but if it's the other way around, I wouldn't be surprised if you don't know.
''Yes. However, as a result of our Rainbow Rainbow Scales Order's research, it has been found that the abilities of the demonic race are different from human skills and can be acquired regardless of religious beliefs.

　The Order of the Rainbow Scales is a knightly group that manages and guards the temple, but they are also a group that studies the relationship between faith and skill.

　Besides, there are noirs who don't know what's going on, so I haven't brought it up, but Hild is an elf, not a human.

　He probably knows more about the differences between humans and elves than any other human.

"...... Hey, Hild. By any chance, when the spirit is ripped away from the body by magic or something like that, humans need to regain their connection to the body to use their skills, but elves and other demons don't. ......
It's still in the research phase, but it may not be irrelevant.

　In the past, a trap set by the High Elf Ail had dragged me, Garnet, and Hild into the mental world space inside the Right Eye of Wisdom.

　While Garnet and I were unable to regain our connection with our bodies and use our skills, Hild was in a state where 'as long as you can secure your magic power, you can use it, but because of Eil's interference, you can't draw the magic power from your body'.

　At that time, we secured the magic power by a bit of forceful means, and by having Hild wield the power, we were able to recover the connection (link) and somehow get out of our predicament.

　Looking back, that may have been the moment when the differences between humans and elves came to the surface.

'The fact that it's strange that a dwarf's sword responds to a 'skill' is, in essence, how can a dwarf's power be ...... when it's not a skill?
Yeah, that's the kind of ...... thing I'm talking about.
Of course, they are similar in nature, so they may just react in an indistinguishable way. As a researcher, it's a very interesting alternative.

　Neither Noir nor Hild seems to see this as a serious question, but rather as somehow mysterious and intriguing.

　Hild talks at length and relaxes with satisfaction.

　Over his head, Garnett throws a dumbfounded voice at him from the still open entrance.

I just thought it was taking you so long. Are you done with the subject?
'Ah!　Soooo ...... sorry!　I got carried away!

　Noir and I looked at each other in front of the flustered Hild, and we both burst out laughing.