I beat the Leasers.
　I should have found out who told me to kill me before I put the tome on him. I'd forgotten. It's too late to regret it, though.

'Te, Tetsuya........did you beat him.......?

　Mek muttered dumbly.

'I'm sorry to worry you,'
''No, no, just when I thought the enemy got stronger, you suddenly got stronger too... what's the matter with you... that right arm of yours...''

　Mek looks at his right arm and sees what he's found. I check my right arm too. An intricate black pattern was engraved across my right arm. It must be like this because the effect of the engraving was enhanced.
　It looks like a stylish young man getting it, like a tattoo, and I don't feel very good about it.

''Did the power of the engraving make it stronger...? Lord, are you all right?
I'm okay for now. I'll tell you what happened later. In the meantime, how's Raina?
The damage is done and he looks faint, but he'll be okay. Let's get you home and get you fixed up.
Yeah.

　Before leaving, I absorbed the corpse of Leathers.

　HP increased by 155, MP increased by 123, Attack power increased by 43, Defense power increased by 33, Speed increased by 32, Skill points gained by 22.
　Skill 【Release (Release) Lv 1】 acquired.
　Skill 【Dark Blast (Dark Blast) Lv 3】 acquired.

　Two skills were acquired. I didn't get the blindness skill. I guess I can't get them all?
　If possible, I wanted the blindness guy more than [Release (Release) Lv 1]. To be honest, I don't really understand the use for it.

　Also, the status increase is pretty awesome.
　But even with this one, it's not as high as the first dragon I met.
　How strong was that guy?

　After absorbing the corpse, he returned to town.


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　First, I had Raina recovered by the healer in town.
　Apparently recovery can only be done with skills, not magic. Heal skill stones are also quite rare. So the healers are quite popular, and it took some time and a lot of money.
　Maybe I ran out of money to get to the Free City. Well, if that happens, I'll just have to earn it again.

　Thanks to that, Lenya got better. Her body felt fine, but she was a little depressed, perhaps because she was disappointed that she was beaten.

　After recovering Lenya, I went to deliver the mushrooms to the Adventurer's Guild.

''That was an easy request for you guys.

　The receptionist said.

No, it was a tough one, with a very strong enemy.
'Oh? What does that mean?

　The guy at the reception desk asked me. I have an uncomfortable feeling.
　He explained to me that the records of the battles are kept in the system.
　How could the guild not know that we had fought the Leathers?

　So I told them, and the guy at the front desk.

Give me a minute. I'll check it out.

　And then I go to the back. They make me wait a few minutes.

That's funny. There's no record of that.
What? Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Surely I fought a powerful demon.
''Hmmm........If it's a demon, it might be using skills to cheat the observation of magic tools, but if you come across an originally irregular and powerful enemy, you're supposed to pay compensation, but there's no proof. I'm sorry. I'm sorry, but you'll just have to take the reward we've agreed upon before.

　I was told something unconvincing and was originally given only the reward for my mushroom collection.

　I tried to bite back, but in the end I gave up.

　What bad luck.

　Come to think of it, that fortune teller seemed like an untrustworthy guy. What's my luck? It's the worst, and today's fortune is the worst. Let's not believe in fortune telling even in another world.

　Then I sold the extra mushrooms I picked at the market. They sold for quite a bit of money. They came to almost the same price as the cost of Lenya's treatment. That way we wouldn't run out of money.
　Afterwards, we went to the inn to relax.

That's a bad day, though, isn't it? I guess that fortune teller was not to be trusted.
Yeah. I don't believe in fortune telling anymore.
Yes, there's a few good ones.

　Mek says so, but I don't think he'll believe it.

''Nya........I've caused trouble for Master and Tetsuya today.......''

　Raina is still depressed.

'Don't be depressed, Lenya. It was the wrong person this time.
Meow....
If you're ashamed of what was done to you, you must be stronger. Being down in the dumps doesn't make you strong.


　Raina exclaims as if she's made up her mind about something.

Trained! I'm going to go for a little run outside first!

　I said, and went to run out of the inn alone.
　I got worried.

Hey, you okay?
It's okay to run outside. You worry too much.

　He said in a dumbfounded voice. 'I'm a little worried about leaving Lenya alone, but am I being too overprotective?

'So?' Why did you become so strong then?
It's...

　I told Meku what happened.