While I intend on going to the Adventurer’s Guild, I want to make a little stop first. I stop by and check out the [Item Gambling Shop]’s prize list. It’s worse than before……. Oh, it must be because of me!
“Jinta, If you do it, I also want to give it a try, is it okay?” No, you want to do it. Don’t use me for soup stock.
A small girl of elementary school age came out of the shop while I was looking at the prize list. She’s rubbing her eyes and crying. The ears of the girl were slim, and the tips were sharp. Is she one of the rumored long lived beautiful elves?
“Rifua, is that child an elf?”
“Yes, how did you kn….”
Though folks of all sorts have come to the gatcha shop, this is the first time I’ve seen a child here.
Rifua approached and asked her. “Is something the matter?”
“~Kusu~. ~Kusun~. ……I wanted to win it, but I couldn’t……”
She pointed at an item on the list. [Stone and Metal Tools: SR Power Compound Longbow]. I’m interested in it. Can this girl even use it? She doesn’t seem to have the strength or skill to use it. Maybe she intended to give it as a gift?
“Were you planning on giving it to someone?”
“No. …. I wasn’t. Because that bow belonged to my father.”
Oh…. It’s an heirloom.
“Rifua, why is something like that here?”
“Hmmm……. Because the [Item Gambling Shop] buys an item and may make into a prize. Though the possibility that the [Item Gambling Shop] purchased from unsold stock at a Weapon Dealer or a Curio Shop. But not all of the items here are that way.”
“So that’s why important things wind up here.”
“Jinta, This isn’t j.a.pan. Stolen items aren’t always returned to their owners. However, someone may have found it and picked it up.”
“….Then, if I sold something to a curio dealer, it could wind up being sold to this shop?
Rifua gave a small nod.
I asked the elf what her name was, so we could learn more about her situation. Elly-chan had been visiting various weapon shops looking for information when she had come across the gatcha shop.
“It wasn’t possible to negotiate a purchase. If an item is in the [Item Gambling Shop], it’s part of the prizes. If you want the item…. Do you understand, Jinta?”
“I understand. But my skill at gatcha is not absolute, is it not? There’s a chance that someone else could win it.”
In there the first place, there are no absolutes because it’s Luck. I made a suggestion, and don’t want you to expect miracles of me.
“But, I could give it a shot.” I don’t say that I’ll win it. I pat Rifua and Elly-chan on their heads.
“Do you really think you can win the bow, Nii-chan?”
Are you suggesting that the thing I’m doing out of consideration is a waste!?
“Really?” A small face looked up at me and swelled in antic.i.p.ation.
Did you save up your pocket money for Gatcha? If it comes up trash, I will be moved to tears. Aiming for an item to win it. I stopped patting Rifua on the head, and rolled up my sleeves with a look of determination on my face.
“Well Rifua, what do you want to do?”
“How about we rely on these!”
This girl….. I learned my lesson last time, and was able to sleep. Do I really need this kind of reinforcement?
“Rifua, even if you don’t do well…..”
“I still want to do it, I want Elly-chan to be happy.”
Huh….. So what if it’s another 10,000 rin? In the end, I still want to try my hand at the Gacha.
Did I really want another excuse to play again? I laughed and handed over the 10,000 rin.
It’s a crime of conscience with this G.o.ddess.
We asked Elly-chan to wait outside, and we entered the shop. I understood that the shopgirls tensed up as soon as they saw me. I watched them and whispered into Rifua’s ear. “Wow, it’s truly marked.”
Well it doesn’t seem to see be a cheat, and it looks like I’ll get a chance to play. I get in line behind Rifua, and let her go first.
“Watch me! I’ll win something!”
“You can do it, Onee-chan!”
Rifua is enthused by Elly’s cheering. Will you be alright?
The results were terrible in result to Rifua’s enthusiasm.
[N Used Paper Cup]
[N Worn-out Dustcloth]
[N Sky Bottle]
[N Short Piece of Yarn]
[N Dandelion Fluff] x6
It really is just fluff. It’ll fly away with a snort.
“Heheheheheheh….. this gacha….. is amusing.”
I say, such is life, Rifua. Don’t look back at this place in tears. I will say nothing. No, the same as last time, she’s only pulled spectacular garbage.
“Once More, this is it, yeeeeeeaaaah!”
Click click click, –– Thunk. I take the capsule from Rifua’s hands.
How was it? Did you pull trash again? I turn it around and embrace her.
“Wh-wh-what is it?”
“Jinta! I did it! On my own!”
“Eh? Seriously?”
Rifua nods over and over again, as if saying ‘uh huh’. What, she can actually do it?
[Blue Stone: R 2,000 rin Meal Ticket]
She actually won something!? Wahhaaa…. I cried for joy a little.
“I managed to win one for the first time!”
But it’s thought of actually winning that makes one happy.
Well, I’m glad I misunderstood Elly-chan’s happy face! No, this is different from what you wanted!? It’s not the bow! Rifua who has won a rare prize leaves walking on air.
“With this, we can have a delicious meal!”
Am I the only pariah? What, c.r.a.p….
“Nii-chan, you can do it!”
“Jinta, go for the win!”
“—-Let’s do this, I’m ready to play!”
Yeah. I thought that was simple, even if I do say so myself. I notice that the shopgirl at the counter gives a hand signal. It looks disquieting. The shopgirls begin to change their placement.
“Confirming approaching target.”
“Shift plans to phase 2.”
Oh, Let’s see. What the h.e.l.l??
“Hurry up with the new placement!”
“Purging normal type. Replacement state is green. Start deployment.”
I stared there in silence as they swapped out the gatcha box. It was just like that. But the new Gatcha box that they have brought out is noticeably larger than before.
……Hey.
The new gatcha box has its lid removed by the shopgirl. Rattle rattle ––, It was almost completely empty as a ma.s.sive amount of capsules were poured in.
“Dummy injection. 3,000…. 4,000….. 5,000….. injection complete. Everything is ready now.”
What, dummy! Did she just say dummy?
The shopgirl who I one the magic sword from bows coolly at the counter.
“–What can I do for you?”
What can you do for me, yeah riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight! What’s with these measures against me! Why are you going to these lengths??
“Let me make an exchange before you pull.”
“The box was changed due to a need for maintenance.”
“I just witnessed an injustice against me by this shop.”
“? What injustice do you speak of?”
This person……!
“Why are so many dummies in this box?”
“Because that’s the probability needed to win the [SR Powered Composite Bow].”
“The the capacity of this box is ten times as large as the previous one.”
“Tsk, That’s too bad, then.”
“I was just given verbal abuse!”
The shopgirl moves 5 meters behind the gacha box and gives a thumbs up.
“From the back the gacha box looks small in perspective.”
“The law of perspective is too random!” No, to think that near distance perspective is useful…. Whoa, think about it, this size is totally ridiculous…..
“Is it ready?”
“Is this not run by the state? This is the [Item Gambling Shop].”
“With most customers, there is no problem. But in regards to thieves like you, we must resort to these measures.”
“Gacha thief!? I’m a certified criminal!?”
“If you aren’t going to make a pull, please leave immediately.”
“Go on, Pull some trash, you trash.” Says the shopgirl as she targets me with her eyes.
“You may only pull once. After that you will have to leave.”
“If I spend 10,000 rin, will you give me 11 pulls?”
“That’s fine.”
I turned the gacha in front of the huge box around. I crank the handle, and with a hard thunk, I reach down and confirm the contents of the capsule that came out.
“Ah. Gold.”
“““Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!?”””
The shopgirls all screamed at once.
Bwahahahahahahaha! Lie down! Grovel before me! Before this overwhelming good luck!
In addition her eyes have rolled up and she has gone into convulsions. (TN Note: you know, if he keeps breaking these girls, they’re gonna have to eventually shut these places down when there’s no one to work there because they keep collapsing.) She’s become slightly intoxicated!! The other shopgirls hurry to her aid, and take her into the back.
….and the evil has left the room.
Well, I’ve come for my prize. I slap the stone on the counter. “I’m here to exchange for my prize. Is this not the [Item Gambling Shop]?”
More shop girls come appearing one after another. All of them stare at me with looks of awe. I do a victory pose for the two people waiting outside of the shop.
I smiled a little and looked good.
“Jinta, that was awesome!”
“Nii-chan was awesome! Thank you very much!”
I expected this encouragement.
“This ice cream is delicious!”
“Yeah! Yummy!”
“Look at thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiss!”
Why are they eating ice cream, a delicacy! Did Rifua already spend her meal ticket?
As usual, I was escorted to the back, and received the bow. I, as an amateur of the martial arts didn’t fully understand the quality of the bow. But I understood that it was important to someone. I wrapped the bow in a parcel of cloth and made my way out the back exit. I waited for Rifua and Elly-chan there.
“Jinta!” Rifua and I high five each other.
“Nii-chan, Nii-chan!” It seems that Elly-chan wants a high five as well. I leaned over and slowly clapped my hand into hers.
“Here, the prize bow.”
Elly confirmed the contents when I handed it over and hugged it tightly. “No doubt, this is Father’s…. Nii-chan, Nee-chan, thank you.” Elly-chan lowers her head in a bow.
“Later! Thank you, Nii-chan, Nee-chan!” She waved a small hand, and Elly, with the smile of an angel parted ways from us.
“Will Elly-chan be okay on her lonesome?”
“She’ll be fine. People will be looking for a man with a bow, not a little girl. Now it’s in the hands of magicians to find the bow.”
Later, little elf, I thought as I watch her small back wander away.
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