I Was a Crazy, Berserker-Type Dungeon Streamer, but When I Helped a Beautiful Dungeon Streamer and Treated Her Politely, It Was Revealed That I Was Actually a Normal Person - 40

Chapter 40: Magic Tools

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“First, do you know what this place is?”

“It’s the shopping street, right?”

“That’s right. This is the only shopping street in the pixie village. Pixies basically buy everything they need here. You could say this is the most important place for the villagers.”

Gyle said while glancing around. 

“I see. What can you buy here?”

“We have a grocery, a church, a weapons shop, an armor shop… Oh, we also have a magic tool shop.”

“Magic tool?”

I had never heard of that before. Based on the name, I guess it must be a type of tool that used magic stones as an energy source? If so, then I knew that already. 

“They’re tools infused with magic power or ones that operate using magic stones. Well, it’d be easier to understand if you saw them yourself. Want to check it out?”

“Yes, please.”

“Alright, follow me.”

After walking for about thirty seconds, we finally arrived at the magic tool shop, which was located in a prime spot in the shopping district. It seemed this store was pretty popular too.

“Oi, Grandpa Hale! You got a moment?”

“What is it… Oh?”

A pixie with a white beard and small round glasses emerged from the back of the shop. This must be ‘Grandpa Hale.’ He looked similar to Master, but Grandpa Hale looked a lot more crusty. Noticing my existence, he began studying both me and Gyle with a curious expression. His gaze was going back and forth between us. 

“Well, well… I never thought the friendless Gyle would be getting along with the infamous human… Is the sky going to rain spears today?”

Huh? Don’t tell me… Gyle-kun doesn’t have any friends?! Ah… Somehow, I suddenly feel a sense of kinship with Gyle-kun. 

“O-Oi… Grandpa Hale, could you not say that, please…?”

“Oops, pardon me. It seems my tongue has gotten looser with age.”

“Haaah… Anyway, I brought him here today to teach him what magic tools are. Would you mind showing him some, Grandpa Hale?”

“Hmm…”

Grandpa Hale stroked his chin, pondering for a moment before he finally…

“No.”

He rejected the request without any hesitation.

Huh…?

“I mean, this human already has a magic tool with him though?”

“Wha-What?! You! Did you trick me?!”

Gyle-kun immediately stepped back, glaring at me like he was ready to pounce me at any moment. 

“Wait, wait, wait, wait! I don’t have any magic tools with me though?!”

“Hmm… Is that so? Then place your hand on your chest and think carefully. By hand I mean your left hand.”

Left hand… Oh. That. 

“You mean this ring?”

I held my hand up, showing the ring on my finger to Grandpa Hale. 

“That’s right. That’s the one. What’s this? You have such a rare magic tool and you don’t even know about it?”

“Well, Master… I mean, Grandpa Zero gave it to me.”

“Ohh, that magic otaku… I see. Yeah, that ring once belonged to the Hero…”

Grandpa Hale muttered something under his breath before nodding as if he finally understood what was happening now.

“Alright then. You wanted to know what magic tools are, didn’t you?”

“Yeah.”

“Magic tools are special items crafted using smithing magic or alchemy magic. The main key difference between magic tools and ordinary tools is that they possess unique abilities.”

“…What do you mean?”

Wait, what are smithing magic and alchemy magic?

“Hmm… For example, take this.”

Grandpa Hale took a leather water pouch from the shelf. 

“This is an Auto Water Pouch. If you pour magic power into this tool, it will automatically produce drinking water… Like this.”

Grandpa Hale explained while infusing the leather pouch with magic. The pouch glowed faintly and swelled up, full of water. Right. I remembered there were similar items found in dungeon treasure chests. So pixies could actually create these stuff themselves?

“Well, to put it simply, magic tools are something that requires magic power to be activated.”

Gyle-kun explained. 

“Well, in that case… What about my ring?”

“At least, most magic tools work like that. However, things like your ring are an exception. There are magic tools that can function without needing magic power or magic stones.”

“Really? Damn, that’s amazing.”

“…By the way, pixies can’t make magic tools that can work without magic power. Those things are called ‘artifacts’… In other words, they’re super rare.”

“Huh…?”

Artifact… Yeah. We used the same term on the surface too. Artifacts were items that could only be obtained  in the deepest layers of dungeons and if I remembered correctly, the cheapest ones could fetch you at least hundreds of millions. 

….Come on, Master. You can’t just give away something this rare so casually like that.

“Well, since that magic otaku gave you something, it’s only right that I give you something as well. Ah, right. You can have this water pouch.”

“Huh? Are you sure?!”

“Yeah. It’s so much inferior compared to your ring though.”

“Thank you very much!!”

I was really happy with this gift. Water was even more important than food and during long expeditions, I always had to pack a ton of it. My bag always weighed a lot because of water. Having a lighter bag would allow me to fight easier… For an explorer, this auto water pouch was priceless.

I bet I can sell this thing for a fortune…

“…”

While I was thinking about that, I suddenly noticed that Grandpa Hale was gazing at me in silence. He looked somewhat sad. 

“O-Of course I’m not going to sell it! I will make good use of it!”

“I see. If you’re going to use it, then this magic tool will be pleased as well. I’m expecting great things from you, Hero of the Fairy Tribe.”

“Haha…”

Grandpa Hale’s words felt unbearably heavy for someone like me. I could only give him a wry smile before leaving his shop. 

I will do it. I will conquer this dungeon… I will do something that even S-rank explorers couldn’t achieve. If it’s the current me…. I’m sure I can do it…!

I clenched my fist tightly. 

“Color me impressed. Even Grandpa Hale acknowledged you.”

As the door of the magic tool shop closed with a dull ‘thud’ sound, Gyle-kun muttered quietly to himself. 

“What do you mean by that?”

“Well, as you can see, Grandpa Hale is a very difficult person to say the least. He owns a magic tool shop, but he won’t sell his goods to anyone. There are people that he refuses to sell his goods to. So the fact that you actually got something from him for free is pretty incredible.”

“Is that so? I think he only has some sort of sense of rivalry between Master though?”

“Still.”

Gyle-kun had a complicated look on his face at that. 

…Is that jealousy?

“Sorry if I made things awkward. Where do you want to go next?”

“Do you have any recommendations?”

“Let’s see…. How about the church?”

Gyle-kun pointed to the building across from the magic tool shop. The blue stained glass, the red flag displayed at the entrance and the pure white walls that seemed to exude a sacred vibe… Yeah. That place was definitely a church.

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