"Anyway... "Wouldn't it be quicker to summon them here than for me to tell you about the Kirin?

"What about ......?　Valius, what are you talking about, ......?

"Well. You'll see.

As Artemis was puzzled, I cast my spell.

"Let the Qilin appear before me and ...... make a mutually beneficial bargain.

Then, ...... as usual, the Qilin appeared.

"What is it you want, a material for awakening and evolving or a flavor enhancer?

The Qilin asked me in the same tone as usual.
Well, the reason why I summoned you is neither of them.

No, that's not why I asked you to come this time. It seems that this girl wants to know more about Qilin. If you want, you can talk to her.

I said, pointing at Artemis.

Then, ...... for some reason, the Qilin's expression became a bit grim.

"So ...... you've summoned me without a proper purpose. That's what this is about, isn't it?

The tone of the Kirin's telepathic speech conveyed a blatant grumpiness.
I'm not sure if I've ...... done something wrong.

If you're not sure what you're looking for, you can always try to find out more.

I tried to make it up as I went along.

Fortunately, I have a good amount of blue phoenix material right now.
I hope this will restore the Kirin's good mood.

"I see. Then so be it...

The Qilin was about to say something, but stopped at ...... that point.
His gaze was fixed on Artemis.

"...... Are you referring to Artemis as the one I'm talking to?

The Qilin asked.
The sullenness was completely gone from the tone of his telepathic speech.

"Yes, it was.

'Oh my God!　So it was. ....... If you knew that the person you were talking to was a divinity, you would not have been angry in the first place. ......

After saying that, the Qilin headed towards Artemis.

I am a Qilin. I am the Kirin.

I'm Artemis. I'm Artemis. I'm sorry you had to come all this way.

I'm Artemis. I'm sorry you had to come all this way.

...... Looks like we're good to go.
In the meantime, I'll start storing the Lunar Metal Ore for processing on my own.

Artemis, I want you two to enjoy yourselves for a while. Artemis, you two enjoy yourselves for a while. While I'm doing that, I'll gather up the Lunar Metal for the raw materials for Hyruna Metal.

"Yeah, okay.

After Artemis's confirmation, I approached one of the craters with my muscular dungeon and activated my storage magic.




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I'm done.

I told Artemis that I had stored about 200 times as much Lunar Metal Ore as I had the last time I had been on the moon.

If we're only talking about the capacity of the storage spell, there's still more room.
If you bring back too much, you will not be able to keep up with the conversion of the hylnametal.

I'm not going to spend the rest of my life producing heirloom metal for Artemis, either.
I thought it would be better to limit the amount to this one time and come back periodically.

"You're finally done. I've been keeping an eye on Valius from time to time, but ...... he's still not human enough to store that much in one go. ......

Artemis said with some dismay.


Next, I decided to ask the Qilin for a favor.

And Kirin. I'm sure you'll be pleased to know that I'm not the only one.

'I see. Then give me your tribute.

I'm not sure if you've seen this before, but I'm sure you've.

I'm sure you'll be able to figure out how to get the best out of it. ...... You'll need it for the base golem anyway.
It's a good idea to exchange them here rather than calling them back later.

I'm sure you'll agree.

I said after throwing in most of the demon corpses.

"Your tribute is well received. At ......, I'll bring out what you want.

The Qilin made two bottles appear out of thin air.
Normally, the Qilin would disappear at this point, but ...... the reason they are still here is because they haven't talked to Artemis enough.
I'm glad to hear that you're getting along.

As I picked up the bottle and put it in my storage spell, ...... Artemis said to me, "Yes, Valius.

"Yes, Valerius. I have good news for you.

"What is it?

I've been talking to the Kirin, and I've learned that ...... if the quality of my divine power changes to a certain degree, I might be able to give Valius a reward.

"...... Reward?

"Yeah.

...... I didn't know we were talking about that.


That'll be fun.

If that's the case, you might want to bring back some more Lunar Metal Ore, depending on what happens.
In order to make that decision, I asked this question.

...... How much heirloom metal do you need to collect for that?

Well, ...... at least, I think it'll be enough if everything Valius is trying to bring back now turns into Heiluna Metal.

...... Apparently, there was no need to bring back any more.

All right. So, for now, I'll just bring back what I just stored. ...... So, can you give me another ride to the end of the pole?

The stay was short this time, so the ruyi-bar was not far away.
I thought it was still within the range of Artemis's divine power, so I asked her.

"Yeah. Take care.

When Artemis said this,......, we were enveloped in light as a myotome cloud.
And just like last time, the next thing you know, we're at the end of the ruyi bar.