After getting enough equipment and funds from the workshop, we left the Epic Seeker guild.

It's time to go. Take care, Titi.

　Mr. Teyri, who was beginning to have a suspicion that he liked no good girls, looked away from Titi. Behind her, Volzak-san silently waved me off as well.

'Mm. Off you go!

　Titi, who has a large sword down behind her waist and a dark green cloak, waves back as well.
　I also wave my hand with my new gloves and then blend in with the streets of Lauravia. With our new gear, we prepare ourselves for the start of a new adventure.

　After Epic Seeker, our next stop was a general store. There was a place nearby that we used to use during our time as guildmasters, so we soon finished buying our preserves.
　Following the instructions in the liner memo, I will finish my preparations so that I will never starve again in the future. While I was at it, I also stopped at the redemption shop and exchanged the unnecessary magic stones I had on hand into money for further war funds. Probably, if I went to the mainland, I wouldn't have the time to forge like I did today. If that's the case, it would be a loss just to have a rare magic stone. The cost of travel would be more important than that.
　By selling off the magic stones that we obtained around the sixty layers, which we would rarely see in this confederation, without hesitation, they were replaced with zero full money that would make our eyes pop out again.

　Preparations were smoothly being made in Lauravia. Along the way, Titty was very excited about her new clothes and sword.

''Fuhaha, the child's new equipment, it's so cool!　I'm not going to let anyone beat me again!
Hey, don't skid!　I feel sorry for the people who are going to have to deal with you!　Walk with caution!

　He stops Titi as she walks, twirling around as if dancing. Apparently, she wants to show off her new equipment to people on the street. She is as restless as a child.

'Mm, walk with caution!　And the liner notes say not to get too proud here!　As usual, you always anticipate the thoughts of the child!　Alright, now, according to my notes at ......, the next step is magic.　If you ask me, they sell magic stones in the modern world that you can learn by drinking!　Alright, let's do some hoarding!

　Having finished buying enough groceries, you decide to go for the next item of magical enhancement.

'Buying up ......?　No, it's certainly the best thing to do.

　I thought buying up was an exaggeration, but I soon found out that it was possible from the contents of my own wallet. There's no point in having too much money, so it might be just as well to buy up all of it without regret.

　I immediately headed to the shop that sells the biggest magic in Lauravia - the magic shop - to fulfill Titi's wish.

'Okay, I'm here. Here, on top of Teyri-san's mouthpiece, the letter of introduction that Sera-san entrusted to me will be effective.
It's something you didn't see in your day, so I'm looking forward to it.

　The magic shop I arrived at was more like a great library than a shop.
　It had the appearance of a castle and an interior that looked like a ballroom for the nobility. It was about the size of a baseball dome, with books lining the walls and only a few obviously well-bred people walking around. It's not your average store system when it's this big. I'm stopped at the entrance and asked for my identity.

　Fortunately, I'm the master of Epic Seeker, and I have a letter of introduction from the current god of Hoosier's.
　When I told that to the attendant, he rolled his eyes and then immediately gave me VIP treatment and showed me to another room.

　We entered a room that was as luxurious as the rooms in the Fouzeyards Cathedral and were seated on a soft sofa, facing the attendant. But we're running out of time, so we decide to tell her our business frankly and without preamble.

''--well, it's hard to say, but I'd like all kinds of magic stones that are just here, please.
We must have two of each!

　Naturally, the woman sitting on the couch across from me rolls her eyes even more.

'Huh?'
They're all two pieces each. Please.

　I'm getting used to being surprised by now, and I decide to wait until she accepts the situation. In the meantime, I leave the woman alone and skip the question to the titty next to me.

'I mean, do you drink too?'
Of course!　Reiner recommended it, too!
Well, you'll be fine.

　Originally, it would be strange to strengthen a guardian (guardian) who is the boss, but since the other party is Titi, I agree. As long as there is a possibility of fighting Ayd and Yotaki in the future, her strengthening is not strange.

　The attendant was still dumbfounded while me and Titi were chatting in a light tone.

''Eh, um, all of it, is it ......?''
Don't worry, sir. I have the money. So, if possible, I'd like you to bring me all kinds as soon as possible.
'Yes, sir!　Sure, now!　However, since we have a bit of a larger business meeting to discuss, I'm going to replace you with our chief executive officer!
Please. I'll be waiting for you to get your payment ready so I can pay you in advance.

　I smiled at him and tried to hurry him up a bit.
　Then the attendant walked out of the room with a blue face and a low profile.
　Titi saw the scene and looked at him with a rare look in her eyes.

'Nuh-uh?　Somehow, Kanamin. Little by little, I'm beginning to make good use of my power and position. It's boring because you can't make a comeback like this.
They're going to find out anyway. Then it's better to make the most of it and do the least amount of damage. That's what the Epic Seeker incident has brought me to.
But be careful. But be careful--
'Of course, I'll try not to let the force get the better of me. That's what Titi taught me.

　In the remembrance of the underground, we are learning that with our lives.
　I tell him by staring back into his eyes with a powerful intent that he won't just end up like Titi. Titi accepts it with a smile on her face.

''Fufu. I'm glad that my lessons have been passed on to you, Kanamin.

　She seems genuinely happy that her strength and will remain with Ryner and me.
　For one day alone, her mood is improving everywhere she goes. Then she restlessly starts playing with the furniture in her room. I'm a little worried that she'll get too carried away and break something.

　A few minutes later, the door to the VIP room is thrown open and an older man walks in, along with the attendant from earlier.

''I'll be the manager of this restaurant. Please come in, Mr. 'Aika Wakanami Christ Eurasian Waldhusiers von Walker'. That's all we can offer you now.

　He could tell that we were in a hurry, and he cut to the chase with few greetings.
　Little by little, I'm getting used to the name 'Aika Wakanami Christ Eurasian Waldhusiers von Walker', so I bow my head to welcome him without changing my expression.
　I also 'gaze' at the magic stones held by the attendants who came in afterwards.

[Water's Magic Stone]
　A magical stone that contains the magic of water magic
[Flame Charms]
　A magical stone that contains the magic of fire magic, the Flame
[Majestic stones of shock]
　A magic stone with no magic in it
[Blood's Magickal Stone]
　A magical stone that contains the Blood spell
[Shift's Magical Stone]
　A magical stone with the magic of dimensional magic, Shift
[Dark Magickal Stone]
　A magical stone that bears the magic of dark magic.

　All the magic stones spread out on the table are grasped and counted in the Dimension.

''It can't all be two, can it? I knew it.
'Yes. I'm sorry, its .......

　I guess there's also the issue of dealing with other customers and inventory and such.
　Dismissing it as a matter of necessity, I quickly finish my calculations and offer a commensurate amount of money.

No, it's enough. I think you can pay the amount with what you have on hand. I'll give it to you now.
Right now?
'Yes, please. Please count. That should be just fine.

　I'm not going to hide my 'possessions' anymore. Although she pretends to take them out of the bag at her waist, she dexterously piles the gold and sacred gold coins that clearly don't fit in the bag onto the table.
　Hurriedly, as one of the attendants begins to count them, Titty tries to grab the magic stones with the glee of a pre-dinner child.

''Well, let's have it!
Wait. Let me analyze this magic stone first.

　That's the main goal here.
　In the past, when I came to this magic shop, I used to drink the magic stone foolishly, but now I would be able to try something else. Knowing that the labyrinth was created by Kanami, the founder, and the magic was created by his apprentice, Tiara, I might be able to completely solve the magic stone itself.

''Mm. Analysis, huh?
'I've been wondering for a long time. How does the magic stone that learns this magic work? Now I might be able to figure out something different than I did before.
It's true that I'm a little curious about the reality of these magical stones that can learn magic: ......
'Right?　This is all the material we have to work with. It won't take long, just you wait. --It's just a matter of time before I finish.

　Since there are a lot of things, we spend quite a bit of magic power to go analyze the magic stones.
　On the way there, as if fearful, the manager hands us the documents and quill that he had prepared and a quill pen.

''Um, 'Aikawakanami Christ Eurasian Waldhusiers von Walker'. The contract for the transaction can be found at .......
'Yes, I'll write you in a minute. It's a big purchase, of course.

　Since I'm using 《Dimension and Decisive Operations (Gradiate)》, this level of parallel work is easy to do. I check all of the document's requirements in an instant, and while writing my signature, I confirm the magic formula and mechanism inside the magic stone. In the past, my dimensional magic power is a far cry from when I came to buy the magic stone with Maria. Above all, the experience of fighting a strong enemy made it easier to understand the true nature of the magic stone.

''--I'm starting to understand most of it. It's basically a combination of fresh blood magic and 《Distance Mute》, but there's also something close to sacred magic mixed in. This object called the magical stone definitely has the power of the Ancestors and Saints involved. And the people of this world seem to have added new magic attributes to it by hand, improving it into a magical stone that can learn magic. ...... Hmmm. I guess it's too complicated for me to fully understand. I guess I haven't reached my former founders and saints yet.　

　It was just one step short of fully understanding the magic stone. If possible, I wanted to understand the magic in the magic stone without drinking it, but that seems impossible.
　The magic formula written on the magic stone can be accurately read with the 《Dimension Decisive Operation (Gradiate)》. However, just reading it was like being handed a formula in a hurry. It doesn't mean I'll be able to solve the problem right away.

Hmm. I'm sure this magical stone is made of blood. I knew it would be like this.

　After reporting the results of the analysis, Titi took a single magic stone and stared at it intently.

''There's no point in looking at it anymore. May I have a drink?''
Yeah, I'll do one.

　For now, I picked up the dimensional attribute magic stone 'Shift'. The attendant immediately prepared water for me, so it was easy to drink it.
　I swallowed the magic stone with a gulp.

''Fufu. I wonder if this is going to work. --Magic 《Shift》

　As soon as the magic name was uttered, the magic power of the dimensional attribute caused a shift in the nearby space.
　It was easily done.
　Apparently, drinking it would force me to understand the formula and allow me to use it in practice. I guess this is what they call being engraved in the blood. If possible, I'd like to drink more to confirm the sensation of being engraved in my blood, but--

I see. This is what you call learning magic with magic stones. I'm not going to be able to do anything about it.
But isn't there such a thing as a blood limit if you drink too much: ......?
'Marginal ......?　I suppose there are no limits to what "stealing logic" can do?　Besides, even if there was a limit to what you could do, if you reached it, you wouldn't have to rely on magic stones to learn it, right?　I think the right thing to do here is to drink the magic stones left behind by our predecessors to save time. ......
'Yes, ....... If you ask me, you're right.

　To begin with, I didn't need to rely on blood to develop a new magic, such as the Dimension Graduate "Prequel (Recall)", and I can also use the application of the Dimension Decisive Operation (Graduation). That's not blood, that's engraved in my brain. Or perhaps I should say it's in my magic stone.
　The common belief in this world that 'if you drink the magic stone to the limit of your blood, you won't be able to remember magic anymore' doesn't apply to those of us who can develop magic.
　If that's the case, it would be ideal to engrave the wisdom of our predecessors into our blood and only think of new magic on our own.

So, drink up!
'Oh ......!　Go on and on, or go to ......!

　I was convinced, and I did what Titi said and started drinking the magic stone at random.
　But no matter how easy it is to drink, a stone is a stone.
　It's a painful thing to take it all at once. Soon, I suppress my stomach and moan.

''--Has a nausea ...... or rather, a stomach cramp ......!　The stomach wall that I've been trying to fix is getting rough: ......!
Oh, I give up on the child. Take it little by little. There's no way he'll swallow a stone, for real.
You're giving up too soon.

　Titi frowned at the first one and stopped at the second one.
　I had no choice but to put Titi down and I alone frantically swallowed the magic stones one by one. As I did so, the magic stone trading transaction was over. The store manager and the others, who finished checking the written contract and the number of gold coins, tell me with an expression that is half joy and half fear.

''Ko, we've finished checking on this side. Indeed, we have received the payment just in time.
'Yes. Well then, we have to go to the other shops, so we'll have to go now. We'll take all the magic stones here.
Are you leaving already ......?
I'm in a hurry.

　Leaving the stunned shopkeepers behind, I quickly packed the magic stones into my 'belongings' and left the room. Since we didn't have all the magic stones in this shop, we had to head to a new magic shop.
　Then, the manager and his staff bent neatly at the front of the store, and we blended into the streets of Lauravia again.

'Thank you very much!　We look forward to seeing you again!　We'll make sure we have it ready for your next visit, so please come again!

　As if to escape the loud voice of the store manager coming from my back, we head to our next destination, Gliard. We figured out the shortest distance with 《Dimension》 and the two of us walked through the city. However, there's a lot of magic stones in our hands. We move around while swallowing the magic stones, as if we were picking up a bit of candy.

''Hmm?　The Wind Demon Stone is kind of sweet and delicious.
''I've never even bothered to taste it. For me, ...... a little dimensional magic stone is delicious ......?

　Titi tasted the magic stone like candy, so I imitated it as well.
　It's an interesting phenomenon that the chemistry with the body comes out in the taste. I'm a little curious if it was the Primordial Kanami, Saint Tiara, or someone else who set this up. However, it's hard to tell even if I think about it now, so I forget about the taste and speed up my steps.

''Well, let's move on. You will find it easy to cross the country because we are near the labyrinth. We also have the 《Connection》.
Mm, the next one!　Can't we just fly out of trouble now?
'What ......?　No. I don't think so. I've never seen anyone fly in this confederacy, and I've never seen anyone fly in this confederacy: ......

　Maybe there are laws in place against flying, or maybe there simply aren't any winged beastmen who are bloodthirsty enough to fly. Either way, I dismiss it because it would be too conspicuous if Titi could fly.

Then run for a bit!
Oh, hey. Wait.

　I follow Titi's back as she starts to run as if she were skipping. Nevertheless, it's a sensible speed. If we were to run seriously here, a gust of wind might blow people away.
　Then, without much time, we crossed the border and arrived at the country's best magic shop, which was our destination.

'--Arrivaled!　Excuse me, please give me two of everything!

　With a bang, the door of Gliard's magic shop is opened, and at the opening, Titi flies in with her order.
　Naturally, the customers around her are buzzing.
　It can't be helped that the order is blown up when a conspicuous green-haired beauty appears. And there is an aura about that beauty that seems to make that order come true. I can understand why you want to stop and pay attention.

''Excuse me. She's right there, can you show me all kinds of things first?

　I take Titty at her word and add my order to a nearby attendant.
　I'm going to get used to standing out by now. Or rather, I've given up on avoiding attention while Titi is around. This guy is amused - no, he's having too much fun on the ground to be restrained. And as long as I know it's the end of a thousand years of repression, I can't stop it. There's no way I can.

'Well, that customer. Everything, is it ......?
Okay. Here's a letter of introduction. By the way, I'm the guildmaster of Lauravia's direct guild, Epic Seeker, 'Aikawakanami Christ Eurasian Waldhusiers von Walker'--

　I finally told him the name of the example from my own mouth.
　I had no choice but to end the conversation quickly, but I feel like I've lost something important.
　And, of course, the same reaction as the magician in Lauravia happens here.

'All of them, is it ......?　Please wait a moment. ......!

　After that, the process was exactly the same. They would go into the VIP room to get away from the buzzing customers, and there they would put their money where their mouths were and make purchases.
　We did it here at Gouliard - and we'll do it at Wald - and then we'll repeat it at the big stores in each country. By doing so, we obtained most of the magical stones that were being sold in the stores.