2 Episode 2 "Save the Girl Using Skills Reassembled".txt (1/2)

Remaining thoughts (zanryu-shinen).

It is often seen in games and animations, and is a fragment of the remaining thoughts in this world.

Yes, it's not surprising that such things exist. We're in a fantasy world.

It's a fantasy world. I'll accept it.

But...

What do you mean by demons?　You're not like the Demon King?

''No! A demon king is a demon king who scares humans. He's a completely different species from humans. But we demons are a type of demi-humans. We're a subspecies of humans.

I see.

Well, I thought it was unnatural that the Demon King's companions, who were supposed to be fighting in the frontier, were in the middle of the royal capital like this, and in a slavery shop.

...... Then why was the demon race destroyed?

We are close to humans in shape, but because of our extraordinary magical powers, we were warned by humans. Before long, we were called 'demons' as an abomination. And then they were destroyed. We were creatures that didn't like to fight. ......'

How did this residual demonic thought come to me?

”A visitor away from the protection of the royal family is no better than a lone demon.

Well, that's what happens when you leave something to die.

”I don't want you to take care of Cecil forever. I only want you to buy me out. It would be better to be one of the visitors than to be among those who discriminate against the demons.

Will you teach me how to use my skills instead?

”If you promise to buy her outright with the money you've earned with your skills.

I wouldn't say right away. She'll be in that shop for the next few days. She hides her demonic identity, and the shopkeepers think Cecil is a dark elf. They say the price is 120,000 Arsha and cheap for a slave.''

Don't make it sound so easy.

”Contract,” huh?

That means once Ashtarte teaches me how to use the skill, I'll have to let that girl go. No, wait. Isn't this just as black as the king?

The girl can stay in that store until I make some money, but what if someone else buys her out?

How far will I follow her?

Because that's what 'contract' means.

Hmm.

In short, you just need to understand how to use the ”Ability Rebuild 《Skill Structure》 by yourself.

I'm used to this kind of thing.

I used to make doujin games in between my black jobs. It's because I read on a website that it's called ”The Story of How I Became Big in Doujin Games”. I thought I could make a lot of money from it.

In reality, though, it wasn't like that at all, it was just my site getting burned.

Regardless, we're talking about understanding the skill system, right?

Let's do it. You can make a deal with Ashtarte afterwards.

I activate ”Ability Rebuild” again.

I set ”Hard Strike” to the window that comes up.

Hard Strike Level 1.

(1) A skill that deals powerful damage to low-level monsters.

The text appears.

But there's still space in the window.

What happens if I set another skill here?

Come on. Cleaning level one.

”Cleaning LV1

(2) The skill to 'clean and tidy' a 'room' with 'cleaning supplies'.

I'm set.

...... Somehow, I'm starting to understand the system.

'Ability Reconstruction' allows me to deconstruct the content of a skill.

Or, to put it more succinctly, ”Conceptualizing Skills.

Can you take it apart and dismantle it ...... and maybe even reassemble it?

For example, what would happen if you replaced the content that makes up the skill?

I touch the window with my finger.

I knew it, I can move the sentences in ”Low Level Monsters” and ”Cleaning Supplies”.

So, that's how it works!

(1) The skill to ”clean up” ”low-level monsters” with ”cleaning tools

(2) A skill that deals 'powerful damage' to a 'room'.

Run!　”Ability Rebuild [Skill Structure]!

I press the word 'Execute' that appears in the window.

The skill that reconstructed the sentence changes!

All right. Okay!

To put it another way, this is like breaking down curry into ”meat and vegetables”, ”curry roux” and ”water”. If you turn ”Curry Roux” into ”Soy Sauce and Sugar”, you can reconfigure it into meat and potatoes.

A skill that can be rewritten.

That's what Rebuild Ability is all about.

There are two skills created by this ”Ability Rebuild”.

Fiend Sweeping Lv 1: Use your cleaning tool to blow low-level fiends away.

Slamming Buildings Lv 1: Deals damage to the walls and interiors of a room. Destruction: ”Brick” and ”Wooden Wall”.

What about ......?

No, I guess I did well for a start.

In the meantime, let's save up some money and buy another skill to try.

'So, sorry, Ashtarte. I didn't need you to tell me.

”...... I'm sorry.

I'm good at this stuff.

”I'm afraid I misjudged your vessel. What were you in the world you came from?

I was doing douchebag games and stuff.

It wasn't very popular.

On the contrary, it was terrible because I made it.

After tinkering with 260 parameters to make up your character, and distributing the attributes of earth, water, fire, and wind to attack and defense, quickness, sturdiness, kindness, and other parameters in up to 690 ways, you start the game by creating magic and skills. If you don't see through the 16 lies they tell you when you meet the king, you'll be placed in an area with a very strong monster and you'll be stuck, and when you set up galaxy-quality choices, events and favoritism when recruiting your party mates, you'll get a lot of flack for being free.

”I don't know, but I understand you're a man of logic.

I'm sorry I couldn't get a contract with you.

”...... No, no, it can't be helped.

I appreciate the information you've given me about this world.

I paid off the hem of my jacket and stood up.

My ass was hurting from sitting all the way down.

We know what we're going to do. In the meantime, let's just aim for normal happiness.

In order to do that, we need information.

I need someone who knows the world and can help me correct the gaps between me and this world.

It's better to have someone you can trust and know what kind of person you are to some extent.

'Hey, Ashtarte. I'll just call it a ramble from here on out, and you don't have to answer if you don't want to. What's the market price of your skills?

”......?　Yes, a common common skill is a few dozen to a hundred arsha. A slightly rare Uncommon skill is a few thousand arsha. Rare skills range in price, from a few tens of thousands, and some of the more expensive ones are trading for over a million.''

Okay. Well, I guess I can handle it, then.

”......!　No way you ......?

So.

I opened the door of the shop that dealt in slaves.

There was a little man with a beard at the entrance. Is this guy a slave trader?

Well, never mind.

I'm a customer. Let's make it snappy.

”There's a girl here who wants to take you.

I said to the slaver.

'Her name is Cecil. She's brown-skinned, petite, with long ears, and the most beautiful girl in the shop.

We're in a hurry. Let's get you here as soon as possible.

Because it can't be helped, can it?

Ashtarte gave me some information about this world, in case you were wondering.

The Contract. Everything can be bought and sold.

There's a big difference between knowing that and not knowing that.

Ashtarte taught me that rule before I made the 'contract' - in other words, I can trust it.

He was introduced to me by Ashtarte, which means he's the closest person I know.

In other words, Cecil Farot is the most appropriate source of information in this world.

Welcome. Sir, is this your first time buying a slave?

The slaver said.

He looks at me as he folds his hands and prices us out.

The man claps his hands, and the middle-aged woman in the shop gets up from her seat. She opens the back door and goes to another room and comes back a moment later.

A girl of the demon race who looks like a brown dark elf──.

With Cecil-Farot.

She was wearing white, sleek clothes.

It's called a piercing robe, in which the cloth was made into a sack with holes in the head and hands.

She is wearing a leather collar. It doesn't have a leash on it, but it doesn't show any signs of escaping.

She had beautiful brown skin, just as Ashtarteh had done.

His long ears hang down lethargically, and his downed red eyes are not looking at anything.

Her long, silvery hair was probably groomed by the woman from earlier. It seemed to glow in the light of the lamp.

She was considerably smaller than me in height.

I mean, if I walked around with a collar on this girl, I'd smell an amazing crime.

''I wouldn't recommend this girl for the first time. She's a dark elf, and she's a very difficult one to deal with. I picked her up from the war, but she wasn't very friendly.

...... Hmm.

His name is Cecil. He looks young, but he's probably about the same age as our guest. I've heard that some dark elves grow fast and some slow. I have a good aptitude for magic. But they have a temperament that isn't friendly, so I don't see any use for them as combatants either: ......

I need to talk to this girl, if you don't mind.

The little man nodded, and I moved closer to Cecil.