After putting an end to this fierce battle, I’m about to take an emotional deep breath, when I remember I’m still wearing the mask. I should take it off, because I’m not used to it and it makes it kind of hard to breathe.
I take a deep breath, and Ayane celebrates, clearing away this air of fatigue around me.
“W-wow! I jumped eight levels!!”
Ayane went up to level fifty-five after the Golden Worm, and now she went all the way to sixty-three? But I went from thirty-seven to seventy-one.
Sorry Ayane, but low level compensation is really grand.
Ayane is so happy that after expressing it with her whole body, she runs over to me. I’m already used to her movement patterns, so I hold her when she jumps at me with joy.
And she remembered to take the camera off this time. Good girl.
“Good job Ayane. That one was strong.”
“Yes, stronger and more troublesome than anything I have faced… Darling, was my magic helpful?”
“Yes, of course.”
“Great!”
I pat her head, and she reacts like a puppy. But when Aira comes back after collecting the items, she suddenly kneels and bows.
“I apologize, master!!”
“Hneh!?”
I don’t know what she means, but she continues her apology.
“My number one priority is to protect you, but I let myself be entranced by the enemy’s technique… This failure on my part makes me a failure as a maid. I am ready to accept any punishment…”
“No, no no no. None of us could’ve predicted that. And even though I was lucky and managed to break through it, you’re the one who knew right away what caused it and how to stop it. It was that quick thinking that led to us fighting until the end. Don’t worry, you did enough. Ah, here’s the mask.”
“…Master, it was not by luck or coincidence that we escaped its snare. It was because you snapped us out of it.”
“Eh?”
“Don’t you remember? You unconsciously used Regal Pressure III. It blew away that effect not just from you, but us as well, and stopped the monster. It did not fall because Wind Magic was still active, but its wings did stop.”
“Really…”
I do remember mustering up my strength and yelling while in a daze.
Is that why everyone woke up? Then that must have effects other than stunning opponents. I need to investigate…
“It’s useful, but I’m not good at yelling.”
“I see… It was quite the fresh sight seeing you yell.”
“It wasn’t weird?”
“No, you looked cool! Ah, I got it on camera too, so let’s watch it later with Aki and Maki.”
“Eh? That’s emba…”
“I’m sorry to say, but that battle is important data, so the editors will have to see it. Give it up, darling.”
“Uguh…”
I see the reality that awaits me, and even if I want to escape it for a bit, it’s a path I must traverse. I give up and raise my head, but Aira is still down there.
“How long are you going to stay sad about this?”
“But…”
I peek at Ayane, and she’s looking at me with expectant eyes.
I see. I’m her master now, not Ayane. I’m the one who has to do something.
“Ahh… You’re a more experienced adventurer than me, and you do lots of things perfectly. But that doesn’t make you an all knowing perfect god, you’re still human. One mistake here and there is to be expected. Don’t fret over every miss this much.”
“Is that an order?”
“…Yes. If you call yourself my maid, you can’t keep up with me if you get depressed over something this small.”
“…Yes, understood. Master, I will remain by your side.”
“I’m counting on you.”
Suddenly, I think to put my hand on her head.
“M-master.”
“It’s fine, it’s fine.”
I always do this to Aki and Maki, and Ayane too, but not Aira, so I figured I would… Not bad.
Aira looks troubled, but let’s do this from time to time.
“Let’s get a look at the drops. Aira.”
“Yes.”
Aira sits next to me, and I feel like it’s closer than normal… But let’s leave that be.
She carefully takes the drops from her bag and shows them to me.
“First, the drops from the Golden Worm. The skills are Adamantine Strength, Adamantine Wall, and Adamantine Armor. The items are nine golden seeds, a golden cup, and a large magic stone.”
“Ooh, there were four seeds at first, so that’s a pretty big increase.”
“Everything is shining!”
“Next, the Golden Swallowtail Butterfly. We have all the drops that were confirmed. The skills are Adamantine Armor III, Wisdom of Magic, Wind Magic Lv4, and Magic Energy Recovery Lv1. The items are four large golden seeds, three golden nectar, one golden aroma, and one extra large magic stone.”
“Hm.”
There’s a lot to think about, but my eyes are going to the seeds.
Normal seeds are less than one centimeter… About seven millimeters, like watermelon seeds. But these ones are about double that, like pumpkin seeds.
I think I should put them in different planters.
“I’ll use Adamantine Armor II, and you use Adamantine Strength and Adamantine Wall, Aira.”
“Understood. I will make use of them.”
“And you learn the others, Ayae.”
“Eeh!? A-all of them!?”
“Yes, Adamantine Armor, Wisdom of Magic, Wind Magic Lv4, and Magic Energy Recovery Lv1.”
“These precious skills… Thank you darling! I will try harder!”
After learning all the skills, I check their stats.
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Name：Ayane Houjouin
Height: 146 cm
Weight: 35 Kg
Three sizes: 75 / 52 / 78
Agility：184 (+53)
Intelligence：826 (+22) (+236)
Luck：10
Equipment : Jewel stake, new design haute couture equipment with hyper protection built-in
Skills: Appraisal Lv3, Appraisal Obstruction Lv3, Adamantine Strength, Super Strength II, Command, Fire Magic Lv3, Wind Magic Lv6, Healing Magic Lv2, Magic Energy Recovery Lv1, Wisdom of Sorcery (1/3)
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Her stats look a lot higher than last time, in part because of the boost from the seeds and the one point four boost from Command. Intelligence in particular was raised by about two hundred forty. And when you learn skills with levels again, the levels get added. That’s nice.
Ah, and this is my first time seeing her personal information like height. Looking at the numbers makes me realize once again that she really is small.
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Name：Aira Inushiba
Age: 23
Height: 170 cm
Weight: 56 Kg
Three sizes: 90 / 60 / 89
Level：173
Physical Strength：1266 (+14) (+211)
Dexterity：1265 (+12) (+211)
Constitution：836 (+140)
Agility：1670 (+14) (+279)
Magic Power：420 (+70)
Intelligence：424 (+71)
Luck：6
Equipment: Parazonium, life steal, customized hyper protection for combat maids
Skills: Appraisal Lv4, Appraisal Obstruction Lv4, Physical Strengthening Lv7, Invisibility, Presence Obstruction Lv5, Great Strength (1/3), Super Strength II (1/3), Adamantine Strength, Fast Run II, Swift, Iron Wall, Rampart (1/3), Adamantine Wall, Command III, Foresight, Dual Wielding, Swordsmanship Lv4, Assassination Lv3, Throw Lv8
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Aira’s stats are still crazy. She gains four stat points to her front line stats with each level up, and eight SP that she distributes with two to Physical Strength and Dexterity, and four to Agility. Her growth with each level up is no joke.
If Ayane and I get Command II, her Constitution will get close to four digits too.
And now that I checked their growth, maybe it’s time to roll the gacha.
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So you straight up get way more xp of you are level? That is really op!
Congrats on the 100th chapter! 🎉 Keep up the good work.👍👍
Suggestion: one golden aroma -> one golden incense.
Thanks.