に転移した俺は、すぐに妖精達に案内をお願いした。
「あるれ、あれれ。タロちゃん、こんにちは?」
「こんにちは、ミソラさん」
空の賢者ミソラさんはいつもと変わらず、どこか浮世離れした様子で俺を迎え入れてくれた。
青髪蒼目の美少女はやはりNPCとは思えない程、仕草や喋り方に個性があるなと内心で思う。
「んんん? なんだろう、なにかな?」
手早く事情を説明し、空にまつわる鉱石や宝石の類はないか聞いてみる。
もちろん手に入れるのに、必要な対価や代償なども念頭において質問していると明言しておくのも忘れない。
ミソラさんにはお世話になった事が何度もあるので、少し心苦しい半面......頼りやすくもあるので気楽でもあった。
「ふっふーん。なるほど、なるほどね」
とんがりぼうしをこねくり回し、ミソラさんは何かを思案している。この様子だと確実に俺の要望と合致する物の存在を知っている気がする。
ただ、タダでは教えない、という空気がまざまざと彼女から出ていた。
「あるよ、あるね。だけど、条件があるよ、あるね」
予想通りだったか。
「何が必要ですか?」
「タロちゃん。キミだよ」
「え、と......はい?」
「キミが私の助手になる。どうかな? 以前は弟子にと誘って断られてしまったからね。今回は私の魔法薬を作る際、素材の調達や調合を手伝う助手になるっていうのはどうかな? いいよね?」
それは願ってもない条件だ。
魔法薬とか......錬金術に近い分野じゃないか!
十分に学んだ事を活かし、転用できる余地がある。
しかし、一つだけ懸念事項もあった。
「お誘いは嬉しいのですが俺は魔力も貧弱で、MPも多くはありません」
「あるれ? あれれ。素質ならその銀糸から流れる魔力の奔流、粒子が証明しているのだけど......私の目論見ハズレだったか、だったのかな?」
ミソラさんは俺の称号『老練たる少女』の効果で生まれた、髪の毛に付随する光の粒子の事を指摘しているのだろうけど、残念ながら俺の魔力ステータスは1ケタだ。
やはり賢者と言われるだけあって、魔法薬の生成には魔力重視の作業となるのだろう。
「でも、でもね? 魔力なんてなくてもいいんだよ、いいの。タロちゃんの錬金術師としての腕を買って助手になって欲しいと誘ってるんだ、誘ってるの」
「そ、それなら。よろしくお願いします」
「ふむほむ。じゃあ、この指輪が契約の証ね?」
そう言って彼女は、青空を体現したかのような透明な蒼宝石が埋め込まれた指輪を渡してきた。
:『青き賢者の恩寵』【指輪】を手に入れました:
『青き賢者の恩寵』【指輪】
【空猛き賢人が自身との繋がりを証明するために創った指輪。装備者の様子が指輪にはめこまれた宝石を通して賢人へと映し出される】
【ステータス:MP+50】
【特殊効果:使用するとNPCである賢者ミソラと会話ができる。魔法に関する知識を頼るのに重宝できる】
【装備条件:賢者ミソラと助手契約を交わした
また高性能なアクセサリ枠の装備品をいただいてしまった。
というかコレを通じて、ミソラさんが望む素材採集などの効率を上げればいいのだろうか? どこに目的の植物が自生しているのか、などなど聞きやすくなるのは助かる。なにせ
「なっ!?」
さらに称号まで手に入れてしまったとは......。
称号『空猛き賢人の助手』
【ステータス魔力・MPを1.2倍に引き上げる。また、魔法のこもった素材や製品を製作する際の成功率と品質が20%アップする】
驚愕の効能に腰を抜かしそうになる。
この称号は......おそらく生産職にとって
』を手に入れました:
『駆動の蒼玉』【
【創世の錬金術師ノア・ワールドが、賢者ミソラの大空魔法と掛け合わせて気まぐれに創った産物。創ったという事を忘れ、賢者ミソラの元へ置いていった代物でもある。強力な浮力を内包した宝玉は、どんな鈍重なものでも空へと羽ばたかせる事を容易とする】
ノア・ワールドと知り合いみたいな発言は聞いていたけれど......まさかミソラさんが『天滅の十氏』、熾天種の錬金術師と共同作業を行っていたとは......驚きを通り越して言葉が出ない。
とんでもない物を、にこにこ笑顔で譲渡してきたミソラさん。
強大すぎる力をその笑みで覆い隠す
リッチー師匠に続き、俺はとんでもないNPCの助手になってしまったのかもしれない。
「ふふふ。これでいつでもタロちゃんを観察できるよ、できるね? ボクの、私の助手なのだからいつも一緒なのは当然さ? 当然だよね」
「うーん......ちょっと勝つのは無理があるんじゃないかな」
「早い話、兵力の差がありすぎるだろ」
王都イグニストラに戻れば、完全に敵軍の包囲は完成していた。
イグニトール姫は既に防衛指揮を取るために、一番高い城壁に移動しており、俺は彼女に会うために急いで晃夜たちと城壁の上を移動していく。
「万の軍を従える殿方NPCとは、一体どれほどの傑物という設定なのか気になりますわ」
ミナとリリィさんも親友達と同じく、眼前に広がる敵軍の布陣を目にして圧倒されていた。張りつめた糸が今にも切れ出しそうな緊張感が防衛側のみなにのしかかり、辺りは異様なまでに静かだった。
1万の軍勢が見事に隊列を組み、こちらをジッと睨みつけてくる。その万の圧力に恐怖をひた隠すように、誰かの生唾をゴクリと飲み込む音がやけに大きく響いた。
これ程までのNPCが勢ぞろいで、俺達を覆い潰そうとしている。獲物を前にした獣の如き獰猛な牙を使うのが待ち遠しい、獲物を噛み砕くのは今か今かと待ちわびるように、敵兵にも不自然な静寂に包まれている。
躍動の前の沈静。
おそらく、こちらの5倍以上の敵兵が一挙に城へと攻め込み始めるのも時間の問題だろう。
「姫王家側、終わったな......」
「イグニトール姫の美貌に釣られてこっち側についたけど、グランゼ側についときゃよかったな」
そんな中、やけに緊張感の薄い声が聞こえてくる。
「今更おせー。この状況を少しでも楽しもうぜ」
「たしかにこの臨場感は他のゲームじゃ味わえねーよな。すごいぜ、あの数」
「このザワザワした感じ、たまらねー」
どうやらイグニトール勢に味方した数十人の
』ではない。だからと言って、ここで負けて元々などと甘い考えで戦いに臨んで欲しくはない。そう感じた俺は、とっさに不敵な笑みを顔に張り付ける。
この身を包むリッチー師匠より譲り受けた『探求者見習いのローブ』を優雅にはためかせる。厚手の漆黒布地、金刺繍が精緻に施された割と上品に見えるデザインのパフォーマンスを最高度で引き出すように。
フードは被らず、自らの銀髪と同様に後ろに流し、不抜けた味方
を一瞥する。
「我が陣営が敗北するだと?」
険のある声音を意図的に作り、次いで挑発的な笑みを浮かべる。
「稀代の錬金術師である俺が来たんだぞ? 黄金比が絶対であるように、我が勝利の不文律は、何者でも
「なんだよあの子......痛いな」
「でも、めっちゃ可愛い」
「あの見た目、もしかして白銀の天使じゃないか?」
「おいおい、錬金術とか言ってるぞ」
「何かの冗談か?」
ほう。
お前らも錬金術を馬鹿にするか。
「万物の在り方を変容させる錬金術の前では、万の軍勢など下らない」
自信をもって告げよう。
お前らの常識は間違っていると。
「俺に続け。勝利は約束されている」
「「「サァーイェッサー!」」」
「「「天使閣下! 万歳!」」」
言い切った直後、背後で待機していた
燃え上がるような羞恥に耐えつつ、一番伝えたかった事をどうにか口にする。
「と、とにかくですね。そ、その、俺を......俺達の勝ちを信じて、最後まで全力で挑んで欲しい」
う、うまく笑えてるだろうか。ごまかせただろうか......。
「へっ? あ......はぃ......」
「わ、わかりました」
「ぐっ。痛い中二なのに、かわいい......」
銀の軍人たちの異様な圧力と眼光による賜物なのか、彼らは酷く動揺しながら何度もコクコクと頷いていた。
俺は早々とその場を立ち去り、イグニトール姫が座する高所へ急いだ。
』によって動き出した『鋼鉄の玉座』の姿は圧巻の一言に尽きる。
小山の如く巨大な黒き船が空を飛んだかと思えば、敵の軍勢へと突進していく。その重量と堅固さ、巨体の前では、万の敵兵も蟻の子を散らすように無残にすり潰されていく。
船首にいたイグニトール姫の号令に合わせ、乗船している騎士たちが一斉に雷撃魔法と炎槍魔法を次々と放ってゆくのだ。
もちろん敵も漫然と『鋼鉄の玉座』に蹂躙されるのに手をこまねているはずもなく、必死の抵抗で弓を射かけるが鋼の船には傷一つない。敵
乗船している騎士たちの被害が大きくなれば、浮遊という強みがあるため堂々と城へと帰還し負傷兵の傷を癒す。しばらくの間は、城壁での防衛戦に徹するものの、しばらくすれば再び『鋼鉄の玉座』が猛攻を仕掛け、城攻め途中の敵兵たちを横っ腹から叩き、大損害を与えていく。
ちなみに大船の
車を運転するのってこんな感覚なのかなー、なんて楽しみながら敵兵を潰していったのはここだけの秘密だ。
そんな事を三度も繰り返せば敵の戦意は落ち、次第に攻め手の勢いは衰えていった。それを好機と見たイグニトール姫は、敵本陣と思しき箇所を徹底的に爆撃ならぬ雷撃と炎撃の雨を降らせた。
しばらく後にグランゼ侯爵の戦死が伝わり、敵軍は降伏を申し出てきた。
「我が盟友、タロよ」
を取る俺の方へと華麗に跳び戻った彼女は、宙に浮く船からの眺めに目を細める。地平の彼方に沈む夕日の煌めきと同等以上の輝きを伴って、俺に笑いかけてくる。
俺もそれに応え、笑顔を向ける。
「なんでしょうか、陛下」
「銀髪蒼眼の聖少女タロ。そなたのおかげでイグニトール家は勝利をこの手に収める事ができた。そなたの存在はイグニトール家に未来永劫に伝わってゆくだろう」
大袈裟な文言に多少の照れはあったけど、スキル保持者が大量に増えるという事態をなんとか防ぐ事ができた達成感もあり、快く頷く。
「あぁ、私が男であれば、願わくばそなたを妻に
そう言って彼女は王にあるまじき行いをする。
膝を突き、俺に感謝の意を表したのだ。船上にいた騎士たちから一瞬どよめきが走ったが、君主の後にすぐさま続き、その場で跪いた。
「グランゼ侯爵亡き今、正式に私が女王となる。ここに継承戦争は終焉を迎え、改めて宣言する!」
イグニトール女王は凛々しく剣を天へと掲げ、沈みゆく夕陽に向けて堂々と言い放つ。
「我、イグニミア・トールン・フィア・イグニスがここに! 第十六代イグニトール女王となる事を宣誓す! ならびに聖少女タロを未来永劫、イグニトール王国の盟友として遇する事を、朽ち果てぬ世界樹より永きに渡る時の友好と義をここに誓う!」
そう言って、女王は頭を下げた。
「正式に女王として即位し、初めにする事がそなたに
Transferred to a gem-bearing forest (Chris Theary), I immediately asked the fairies to guide me.
"There is, that. Hello, Taro?
"Hello, Mr. Missora"
The wise man in the sky, Mr. Mithola, was the same as usual, welcoming me in some way in the form of a floating away.
I honestly think that a beautiful girl with blue hair and pale eyes still has such personality in her tricks and talking style that she doesn't think of it as NPC.
"Hmm? What is it, what is it?
Explain the situation quickly and ask if there are any ore or gemstone types around the sky.
Of course, I will not forget to state explicitly that I am also asking the necessary considerations and costs in mind to get them.
I have taken care of Mr. Misora many times, so it was a little uncomfortable half-side... it was also easy because it was easy to rely on.
"Hmm. I see, I see."
Twisting around the blubber, Mr. Mithola is devising something. I feel like I know the existence of something that will definitely match my requirements.
There was just a lot of air coming out of her that I wouldn't teach for free.
"I do, I do. But there are terms."
Was it as expected?
"What do you need?
"Talo. It's you."
"Uh... yes?
"You will be my assistant. What do you say? Because my apprentice asked me to say no before. When I make my magic medicine this time, how about I be an assistant in sourcing and formulating materials? Isn't that nice?
That's a condition I wouldn't even wish for.
You know, magic pills... it's a field close to alchemy!
There is room to capitalize on and convert from what we have learned.
But there was only one concern.
"I'm happy to invite you, but I'm poor in magic and I don't have a lot of MP"
"Is there? That. If it's qualitative, the magic runoff flowing from that silver thread, the particles prove it... was my prospective hassle, or was it?
I'm sure Mr. Mithola is pointing out the particles of light that come with my hair, born with the effect of my title, The Skilled Girl, but unfortunately my magic status is one queer.
After all, I guess they just say sage, and it will be a magical-focused task to generate magic drugs.
"But, you know what? You don't have to have magic, okay? I'm asking you to buy Taro's arm as an alchemist and be my assistant, I'm asking you out."
"Well, then. Best regards,"
"Hmmm. So this ring is a testament to the contract?
That being said, she has given me a ring embedded with clear Ethereal Gems as if they embodied the Blue Sky.
: I got 'The Grace of the Blue Sage' [Ring]:
"Grace of the Blue Sage" [Ring]
[A ring created by an empty fierce sage to prove his connection to himself. The appearance of the equipper is shown to the sage through a jewel wrapped around the ring]
[Status: MP + 50]
[SPECIAL EFFECT: When used, you can have a conversation with Mithola the Sage, an NPC. I can treasure relying on my knowledge of magic]
[Equipment Condition: Mercenary (Player) with Sage Mithola and Assistant Contract]
I also received high performance accessory frame equipment.
Or through this, should I increase the efficiency of collecting the material that Mr. Misora wants? It helps to make it easier to ask where the intended plants are native, etc. Anyway, there is a bond that you can only come to a gem-producing forest (Chris Theary) once a day.
"Become!?
I didn't know you even got the title yet......
Titled "Assistant to the Sky Raging Sage"
[Increase the status Magic MP by 1.2 times. It also increases the success rate and quality of producing magical materials and products by 20%]
I'm about to lose my hips to stunning efficacy.
This title... must probably be the one you want enough for the production profession to be coveted. In the first place, it's a magical material, a product? Production jobs that handle magic may come out in the future, or it seems likely enough for alchemy objects.
: I got 'Driven Egg':
"Driven Ethereal Ball" [Magic Stone (Doll Core)]
[A product created at random by Genesis alchemist Noah World, multiplied with the great sky magic of the wise Mithola. It is also a substitute for forgetting that it was created and leaving it to the wise man Mithola. The treasure balls enclosed with powerful buoyancy make it easy for any blunt heavy thing to be feathered into the sky]
Though I had heard statements like I knew Noah World...... I didn't know Mr. Mithola was working with "Ten of Heavenly Extinction," the Alchemist of Heavenly Species...... no words through surprise.
Mr. Missora, who has handed over tremendous things with a smile on his face.
I caught a glimpse of the power that was too powerful to cover it up with that grin and felt something black.
Following Master Richie, I may have become a hell of an NPC assistant.
"Hehe. Now you can always observe Taro, can you? You're my assistant, so why are you always with me? Naturally."
"Hmmm...... I guess it's impossible to win a little"
"Quick story, there's too much difference in force."
If we returned to Ignistra, the king's capital, the siege of the enemy forces was completely complete.
Princess Ignitore has already moved to the highest walls to take defensive command, and I hurry to meet her and move over the walls with the swinging nights.
"I wonder how many masterpieces NPC is set up to follow the 10,000 armies."
Mina and Lily, like their best friends, were overwhelmed by the sight of a formation of enemy troops spreading in front of them. The tension that the tensile thread was about to break out now hit everyone on the defensive side, and the area was quiet to an unusual extent.
10,000 troops lined up beautifully, staring at this one. The sound of someone gobbling and swallowing their saliva sounded slightly louder, as it hid fear in its 10,000 pressures.
The NPCs are all over the place, trying to overwhelm us. I can't wait to use the fierce fangs of the beast that preceded my prey, and I'm surrounded by unnatural silence by enemy soldiers, as I can wait to see if it's now or now to chew up my prey.
Sedation before the leap.
Perhaps it's only a matter of time before more than five times as many enemy soldiers as this one start attacking the castle in one go.
"Princess, you're done..."
"Princess Ignitol's beauty caught me on this side, but I'm glad you're on the Granze side."
In the meantime, I hear a slightly nervous voice.
"Let's go now. Let's enjoy this situation a little bit."
"You can't really taste this intensity in any other game. Wow, those numbers."
"It feels like this mess, I don't like it"
Apparently, dozens of mercenaries (players) on Ignitol's side were also in this showdown.
They are not my 'flag bearers'. That's why I don't want you to come to the fight with the sweet idea of losing here and originally etc. That's what I felt, and I stuck an invincible grin on my face.
Gracefully flaunt The Seeker Apprentice's Robe, conceded by Master Richie, who wears it. Thick lacquered black fabric, gold embroidery so as to maximize the performance of the design that looks refined and elegant.
The hood is not worn, flushes behind it just like its own silver hair, glancing at an unmistakable allied mercenary (player).
Just a word.
"My faction will be defeated?
intentionally make a risky voice, then a provocative grin.
"I'm here, a rare alchemist, aren't I? Just as the golden ratio is absolute, the insanity of our victory is impossible for anyone to override."
"Oh my God, that girl... that hurts"
"But it's so cute"
"That look, maybe an angel of silver?
"Come on, I'm talking alchemy or something."
"Is this some kind of joke?
Hmm.
Do you guys make fun of alchemy too?
"In front of the alchemy that transforms the way of all things, there is no lowering of the armies of all things"
Let me tell you with confidence.
That your common sense is wrong.
"Continue with me. Victory is promised."
"" "Saar Yesser!
"" "My Lord Angel! Hooray!" "
Shortly after I ran out of words, the silver soldiers (Silverlay) waiting behind me shouted and chanted in praise of me. For that too embarrassing act...... my face got hot at once when I realized that I was too embarrassed to say and do things.
While enduring the shame of burning, I somehow say what I wanted to tell you the most.
"And anyway, right? Well, I... I want you to believe in our victory and try everything you can until the end."
Ugh, is it laughing well? Would you have deceived......
"Heh? Ah... no..."
"Wow, I get it"
"Gu. Even though it hurts, it's cute..."
Whether it was a gift from the different pressures and glances of the silver soldiers, they were groaning over and over again with terrible agitation.
I left the place early and hurried to the height where Princess Ignitol would sit.
The appearance of the "Iron Throne", set in motion by the "Drive (Grape) Ethereal Ball", is exhaustive.
If you wonder if a black ship as huge as Oyama has flown through the sky, you will advance to the enemy army. In its weight and firmness, before the giant, ten thousand enemy soldiers are also crushed unbroken to scatter the sons of the ants.
In keeping with Princess Ignitol's decree on the bow, the knights aboard unleash lightning strike magic and flaming spear magic one after the other.
Of course, the enemy can't be caricaturally ravaged by the "Iron Throne," shooting a bow with desperate resistance, but not a scratch on the steel ship. Some of the magic of the enemy mercenaries (players) flew in, but it didn't do much damage.
If the damage of the knights on board increases, they will return to the castle with dignity because of their strengths in floating and heal the wounded soldiers. For a while, though we will be thoroughly defending ourselves on the walls of the castle, after a while the 'Iron Throne' will once again wage a fierce assault, slamming the enemy soldiers on their way to the castle from the flank, causing great damage.
By the way, the steer holding the rudder of the ship was me.
I wonder if it feels like this to drive a car - what a secret it is here that crushed enemy soldiers while enjoying themselves.
If you repeat that three times, the enemy's will will will fall, and gradually the aggressor's momentum faded. Seeing it as an opportunity, Princess Ignithol struck a thunderstorm and flaming rain that would not thoroughly bomb the enemy formation and thoughts.
Some time later, the battle death of the Marquis of Granze was passed on, and enemy forces have offered to surrender.
"My ally, Taro."
Bouncing back to me, taking the rudder from the bow, she narrowed her eyes to the view from the ship floating in the universe. He laughs at me with more than the same brilliance as the sunset brilliance across the horizon.
I respond to that, too, and smile.
"What is it, Your Majesty"
"Silver-haired, pale-eyed Saint Girl Tallo. Thanks to that, the Ignitores were able to hold the victory in their hands. The Ignitores will be passed on to the Ignitores."
There was some light in the wording, but there was also a sense of accomplishment that managed to prevent a massive increase in the number of skill holders, and I nodded pleasantly.
"Oh, if I were a man, I'd marry my wife if I wanted to. My clan will never forget the bounty and help it brought. Thank you."
That said, she does the serious deeds that are in the king.
He poked his knee and thanked me. A moment ran from the knights who were aboard, but quickly followed the monarch, kneeling on the spot.
"Now that Marquis Granze is dead, I will officially be queen. Here the war of inheritance comes to an end and I declare it again!
Queen Ignithol raises her sword to heaven in a vicious manner, and speaks majestically for the setting sunset.
"I, Ignimia Torn Fir Ignis, am here! I swear I will be the sixteenth Queen Ignitol! And I hereby swear the friendship and righteousness of the future perpetual robbery of the Holy Girl Taro and his treatment as an ally of the kingdom of Ignitore, when he crosses eternally over the decaying tree of the world!
That said, the queen bowed her head.
"It's not bad to officially reign as queen and let your head drip even though what you did first"
I Became a Beautiful Girl, but I’m still an MMO Junkie
美少女になったけど、ネトゲ廃人やってます。
https://www.novelupdates.com/series/i-became-a-beautiful-girl-but-im-still-an-mmo-junkie/
Adventure Comedy Fantasy Gender Bender Mystery Psychological Shoujo Ai
Accelerated Growth Adapted to Manga Age Regression Alchemy Appearance Changes Appearance Different from Actual Age Beautiful Female Lead Chuunibyou Curious Protagonist Cute Protagonist Demi-Humans Disabilities Doting Older Siblings Fairies Famous Protagonist Fast Learner Friendship Loli Male to Female Misunderstandings MMORPG Multiple POV Mysterious Illness Older Love Interests Overprotective Siblings Past Plays a Big Role Past Trauma Pill Concocting Popular Love Interests Race Change Sword And Magic Virtual Reality Weak to Strong
https://ncode.syosetu.com/n0170db/
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