The costume you're going to wear in the show - even I know what that means.
　You said she was going to play the lead role. The costume lying here and now was well done, and I could tell that it was beautiful, as you can see.

　...as long as it hadn't been damaged by someone else's hands.
　Even if you look at the cut marks, you can see that it wasn't an act of a demon.
　It must have been cut by something sharp.

''........Did someone do this to you?
''I don't know........''

　Ristina was not in good spirits.
　Instead of her, I walked up to the costume and picked up a piece of it.

'Miss Ristina, you still have a play to do, right?
'....Yes, I do. I'm going to be in town for the rest of the week.
You can't even put on a play like this. And what happens then?
We talked about it this morning and we're going to change the role.
A role?
'....I was the main heroine of the story...and the costumes were gorgeous. So, Kurutta-san, who is still wearing the relatively gorgeous costumes that are currently left, will be playing the role of the main heroine.
Can't Ristina wear a different costume or something?
I have a costume but Miss Kurutta insisted. She said that the costumes in other stores are not as glamorous as the ones she has in storage. In fact, Kurutta-san was right, too........

　The more I hear, the more suspicious Mr. Kurutta is.
　But Ms. Ristina doesn't say those words.

Is that why Ms. Kurutta did this?
I don't know who did it.

　Ristina-san clenched her fists in frustration.
　.........Kurutta-san had a strong attitude towards Ristina-san.
　Looking at that, I couldn't help but suspect her.

''Didn't anyone see the culprit?　As expected, there is no way that no one has seen him, is there?'

　'Especially if you're a member of a theatre company, you'll have to come and go.
　But Ristina shook her head.

Kurutta-san has been working with the company for a long time and has more allies than me. No one, even if you ask, will know........''

　How do you know who did it?
　If that's the case, what I need to do now is not to find the killer.

　If the killer's goal is to destroy the costume, I wanted to at least overturn that intention.
　It's a good thing that Lissina-san is grieving.

　We work together, and she's senior to me. If there's anything I can do, I want to help her.
　And even if they find out about your abilities, Ristina-san is someone you can trust.

　Well, fine. With that feeling, I squeezed up my costume.

''........Ristina-san. If I had a costume like this one, would the play go on as normal?
What... what do you mean?　What does that mean?
Just what it means. As long as we have one and the same thing, it's not a problem, right?
Yes, sir. And if that's the case, I'm sure the Commander will agree with me.

　I'm not going to show off my powers to anyone.
　It's just that Mr. Ristina doesn't have a lot of time on his hands. Even the people who prepare for the play would have to.

　...For example, if I took it home tonight, 'I sewed it,' and brought it in tomorrow morning, maybe we'd do it with a new cast of characters in that day's play.

　That was unacceptable to me.
　Someone was going to benefit from an act of obvious malice.
　I exhaled one breath and then took out a divine instrument from my body.

　Ristina-san tilted her head dubiously at the Create Hammer, which was just enough to handle with one hand.

''........Lelius-senpai?''
''I'll need to borrow your costume for a bit.
Yes.....

　The costume I have on hand can be fabricated.
　And I'm going to swing a hammer down on it.
　If you don't have enough levels, you'll need materials to create them, but the costumes you destroy seem to be able to be created using only magic power.

'Ah, that?　Senpai, where did the costume go!
''Thanks to my profession as a blacksmith, I have a certain amount of freedom in creating things.
Making things...?　Oh, but I think I've heard that blacksmiths only make weapons...
Well, I have something special in mind. Anything I destroy with this hammer is automatically collected in the item box--

　To Ristina-san's relief, I quickly produced and took out the costume I had just created.
　Ristina-san's eyes widened at the new costume that appeared.

''This, this is........!

　She handed it to Ristina-san and spread it wide open.
　Both of her eyes widened.

''It probably fits Ristina-san's size, but if there's a problem, please let me know.

　

'It's probably the exact same size as the previous one so I don't think it's a problem.
I'm glad you're right.

　Relieved, I patted my chest and then approached Ms. Ristina.

Ms. Ristina, and I need to ask you a favor.
"...what?　What, what is it!
I just want you to keep quiet about that power you just gave me. Isn't this power pretty amazing?
Not just pretty, but I think it's pretty amazing. I mean, if my boss knows about it, he'd love to hear about it!　It's so great that I'm going to ask my seniors to join me.
'Yes. I can make things from scratch, so I can't let too many people know about it. Some people might think bad things about it.
...I see.
So, please. Could you please keep quiet?

　I said, and Ristina nodded.

Yes, of course. I don't want to do anything to hurt Lelius-senpai.
''.......I see. I'm glad.

　Relieved, I patted my chest.
　
　When I was relieved, Ristina-san scratched my cheek.

''Well, that Lelius-senpai, can I ask you something?
What is it?
Why did you use the power that you want to hide from me, why did you use it for me?

　Why does he ask such a question?
　The reason is simple.

"I didn't want to see Ms. Ristina sad.
.....

　When I told her that, Ristina-san's face became vaguely red.
　.........is that something to be ashamed of?
　I'm more worried about her play.

Anyway, since we have the stuff, shouldn't we go and persuade her immediately?
Well, yeah, I guess so!　Well then, I'm off!
'Yes. Good luck with that.

　She leaves the tent with Ristina.
　She runs with her costume in her arms in the direction of where she thinks the troupe leader is.
　After seeing her back off, I walked off to go back.

'Oh, I knew it was Lelius!

　I turned around as my name was called, and there was Fira, the daughter of the owner of the mansion.