382. Gold stick to the demon




That's a big deal if it's true. I'm going to have to give it a try.
We need help from someone who can work water magic.
'Yes, it's dangerous to deal with monsters out of the blue. But water magic or .......

 I was wondering if I knew anyone: .......

'I'll take care of that!'

 Alice, who had been working as an interpreter until then, suddenly came forward.

'Leave it to me, what do you mean? Alice can't do that kind of magic, can she?
Well, I'm not, but my gow-gow is.
Gawgaw?

 One of the fellow monsters on Alice's shoulder, Gau Gau.
 Only one of them exists at a time in the lowest level of the Bismuth dungeon, an existence that is as close to rare as possible for a normal monster.

 That Gau Gau grew in response to Alice's instructions.

 A huge dragon - but its form remains adorable.

 It's back to looking like an insanely large stuffed dragon, something like that.

'Can I do it?'
Yes, sir.

 Emily did so, and moved into a position relative to Gaugau, so as not to involve the other humans.

 Immediately after, Gaugau opens his mouth.
 A magic circle formed just in front of his mouth, and several fluid water arrows flew towards Emily.

 Emily did not defend or evade.
 The water arrows hit Emily - and burst away.

 The arrows didn't penetrate and Emily's body didn't even get wet at all.

'More gusto, gawgaw,'

 Gaugau gave a small nod, and this time he created two magic circles in front of his body.
 The magic that was unleashed at the same time created a column of water at the same time from under Emily's feet and above her head, crushing her up and down.

 The water column, an image of giant teeth biting down, hit and popped in the same way.

 In the midst of all this, Emily was still undamaged and not even wet.

'Oh, great.'
Yes, sir. ......

 Emily herself is surprised.

'Okay, then, it's the back of the line. Go on, Gow Gow.'

 Immediately after Alice gave the order, a huge magic circle appeared at Gau Gau's feet.
 Even just a huge Gau Gau, even bigger than its huge body, a huge magic circle that covered the entire entrance hall.

 Immediately after, a tsunami appeared out of nowhere and struck Emily.

 In the midst of the overwhelming amount of water and pressure, Emily stood at her original position with a look of surprise on her face.

 After the water receded, I approached Emily with Alice, taking the clinging Eli with me.

'Wow, you're completely disabled. Your body isn't even wet at all.
Yes, sir. You're not wet at all.
Full deactivation would come in handy in many ways.
Yeah.

 Emily is originally a power single spear in combat, for better or worse.
 That's her greatest strength, but of course it's also a weakness.

 There are naturally few dungeons that an adventurer with only power can go to, and Emily is mainly active in Arsenic right now.

 However, if there is a skill that completely nullifies the water attribute, then the range of activities should expand.

 That Emily, for some reason, is pondering with her head in her hands.

'What's the matter Emily, is there something on your mind?'
'Yes, sir. ...... Eli.'

 Emily crouched down on the spot and locked eye level with Eli.

'Why can't you just use another ability instead of this one?
What?

 It was me, no one else, who raised my voice.
 I'm honestly ...... surprised.

 I didn't know Emily was going to say these things.
 It's quite surprising that she would make an order for something she received.

 Eri is troubled as well as me, or is she going to cry slightly?
 The feeling is palpable.

 I was so impressed with the Emily space that I gave her abilities from my own hand, but Emily insisted on a change in it.
 With Eli's mental age right now, I can understand why he wants to cry.

'What kind of thing do you want?'

 I asked that first, trying to be as horned up as possible.

'I would like some water from Eri-chan.'
Water?
Yes. It's the water that comes out of Eri-chan's dungeon.
......?

 Eli was puzzled and held out his hand, palm upward.
 There, water appeared.
 It was fluid water, but it was clumped together like a single individual in the air.

'Wait a moment.'

 Emily took it.
 Some mysterious force is at work, and the water doesn't crumble away from Eli's hand, and Emily takes it away.

 We watch Emily as she flutters away.

'What's going on Emily?'
Now, what do you do with that water?

 A few moments later, Emily came back.
 She's pushing a wagon, and there's a pot of steam rising above it.
 She puts the contents of the pot into a bowl that she brought with her as well, then offers it to us.

'This is ...... sprout soup,'
Yes, sir, I'll just have a drink.

 I don't know what your intentions are, but Emily's soup is delicious, so let's try it.
 I took a sip of it thinking that - and my eyes widened instantly.

Yum!
Yes, sir.
'The best I've ever had! We'll know for sure.
'Right! It's soooo good!
...... (nationally!)

 Alice and, by golly, Eri were both as surprised as I was to see their eyes widen.

'What do you mean?'
When I asked Eri-chan to let me drink your water earlier, I thought, it's a normal water to drink as it is, but it goes great with food.
You mean to tell me you're more powerful when you're cooking?
Yes, sir!
'I'm surprised: ...... I know there are things like that, but it's not like this.'

 I sipped the bean sprout soup again, admiring it.
 Yes, I knew it was different.

 My surprise was diminished because it was my second bite, but it was still extremely delicious.

'If it's Eri-chan's strength, I'd like to be able to use this water whenever I want.
Yeah! I'm asking you to do the same--or rather, Mera Mera!

 Alice gave Melamela a cup of soup as well, then thrust it in front of Eli.

'Persuasion Go!'

 Mela Mela's body's flame momentum increased and decreased at a tremendous rate.
 Boh! Boom! Boom!
 It's as if he's making a powerful statement about something.

 It's amazing, the deliciousness that can be passed on to the spirits - or is Eri herself surprised by the difference in taste in the first place?

 Hone Honehone and Puru Puru, who didn't participate in the persuasion, crowded into the pot at once.

''Please!''

 When Emily asked for more, Eli nodded in amazement as she asked for more, but she nodded in persistence.
 He held up his hand and, as he had done when he had given her the ability to disable it, he made some water and offered it to Emily.

 Emily drank it down.

''Thank you!''

 He hugged Eli.

 Eli was puzzled, but did not avoid it.

 Thus, with an unexpected turn of events, the grade of our family's food went up a notch.
 That made everyone take an even greater leap forward, and the yearly earnings went up another notch.