Ex-Machina in Dimensional Travel

Then, Xiuer asked the second question.

"[Question] So, is this also why you want the Holy Sword?"

If his calculations were to go by, then Takson's desire to obtain the "Holy Sword" was probably due to the same reason.

Unfortunately, the next answer was beyond his expectations again.

"Huh? That's not it, I just think it's 'cool'."

"......Eh?"

The atmosphere collapsed instantly.

With a blush on his face due to shyness, Tuckson turned his head away and scratched his face embarrassedly.

"Because, whether or not I can draw the 'Holy Sword' and become a 'Hero' is irrelevant to me. After all, as long as I can kill the demons, that's all that matters."

In order to prevent misunderstanding, Takson chose to explain.

I thought he had grown a lot, but it turns out he's just getting worse.

Forget it, it’s better this way. Keeping the heart of a child is better than being full of bitterness and hatred like before.

......

Just like that, after passing through a long cave.

The two also reached their destination.

Moonlight shone through the cracks in the stone wall, spilling onto the floor in the middle, illuminating the "thing" on the stone in the center...

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Chapter 20: An unexpected encounter

"Is this the so-called 'Holy Sword'?"

Tuckson walked over to the stone pillar with a look of doubt on his face.

There is no such thing as a "holy sword" that looks cool. There is nothing else here except this rusty iron sword that looks even sharper than a fruit knife.

"[Confirmed] This is the Holy Sword."

At this time, Xuul also came to the "rusty iron sword", stared at the sword with a pair of glowing (physical meaning) eyes, and gave a positive answer.

"Eh--"

"Since the teacher has said so, I will treat this as the legendary 'holy sword'."

Despite saying this, Takson's doubts remained.

So, he took out the battle axe tied to his backpack, not wanting to believe in evil.

pound--

The smoke and dust in this space were stirred up by the vibration, and then blown away by a strong wind that came from nowhere.

"how?"

"This is really..."

Takson looked at the iron sword in front of him and tremblingly looked at the two-handed battle axe in his hand.

"It looks like just an ordinary iron sword. And look at it, teacher, it's completely rusted and will soon rot!"

"It was able to block my axe without even scraping off the rust."

Pointing directly at the damaged area on the so-called "holy sword" caused by rust, Takson shouted to Xuer with a look of doubt on his face.

"【Refutation】Because it is the Holy Sword."

In fact, it is not that Xuer really possesses the information of the "Holy Sword" of this world, but his scanning results show that this sword has extraordinary energy.

From the external manifestation, it should be caused by an unknown "seal", that is, as long as it is pulled out, it should be able to return to its original appearance.

"【Proof】You'll understand if you try it yourself."

After hearing his teacher's very affirmative words, Takson had no choice but to do as he was told.

"It's just a rotten sword. It's not difficult to pull it out..." As he said that, one hand had already grasped the hilt of the sword.

"Ah?"

Tucson blinked several times.

"Ugh——"

I saw that he had already grasped the hilt of the sword with both hands and pushed the ground with his feet, but no matter how hard he tried, he could not move it at all.

"As expected of a "Holy Sword," it's surprisingly difficult to pull out."

"..."

"I don't believe it anymore."

Looking at the muscular Takson, he gathered all his strength and struggled to pull out the "Holy Sword", making a sound like he was constipated.

“Hmph, hmph, ahh ...

The sound echoed throughout the cave, stirring up all the birds in the woods outside to fly away.

......

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Two days later...

Sitting in a restaurant, Xiuer held the menu in his hand and glanced at the black-haired boy with a depressed face sitting across the table.

“[Question] What do you want to eat?”

"..."

This time, it was Xiuer who did not get a response from the other party.

"[Question] The Holy Sword is supposed to be drawn only in the event of a world-destroying disaster. If it can't be drawn, it proves the world is safe. Isn't that better?"

"[Additional] It's been a whole day, haven't you recovered yet?"

"That's not it..."

After hearing what his teacher said, Takson's face, which was already a little red, became even redder.

Xiuer stared at the other person's face and suddenly understood what the other person meant.

"......I see."

"[Correction] It's just that the pants are torn..."

"Whoa ...ah, stop it!"

That's right, at that time, Takson used all his strength, but the "holy sword" didn't move at all, which also meant that his "sword drawing action" failed.

However, just as he was about to release his strength and let go, for some unknown reason, the floor beneath his feet suddenly cracked.

Even more unfortunate is.

He also slipped because of the sudden depression. In addition, the temperature was low that season, and the floor of the cave was covered with water stains. What's more, there happened to be a lot of water around the holy sword...

All I heard was a "rip--pull" sound.

The sound of clothes tearing echoed in the cave.

So, that night, Takson was given a shameful black history in front of his teacher.

But Tuxon's roar directly attracted the attention of other customers in the store.

Xiuer didn't care about those looks, but it was different for Takson.

"Sir, please don't disturb others' meals, okay?"

"Sorry sorry."

Without looking at Takson who stood up and apologized to the waiter, Xuer once again focused his eyes on the menu in his hand.

......

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After a restless lunch...

Shul gave Tuckson a large bag of money and told him to arrange the rest of his time freely, to stroll around the city, and to decide what to do or buy whatever he wanted.

As for Xiuer himself, after sending his apprentice away, he strolled through the streets of the city.

Just like before, he scanned the entire city. Now, there are hundreds of cities and villages recorded by Xuer.

By scanning the coordinates in the records, he can use [Accelerator] to open a passage to these cities at any time.

What we are doing now is recording the information and coordinates of this town.

However, this time, something unexpected happened.

"Sister, what are you doing?"

Ok?

Xiuer heard a little girl's voice behind him.

Let me tell you here that Xuel actually knew about the girl behind him.

When not in combat, Shuul always uses the [Fake Witch] to disguise himself as a human.

He had encountered the "chatting" thing more than once and had rich experience in dealing with it.

The best way is to——

ignore!

Yes, don’t respond to the other party.

This is how Shule would approach the situation.

Every time, when faced with someone who tries to talk to you, you just have to ignore them and they will leave on their own after a few seconds.

"Sister, are you an adventurer?"

"..."

"Sister, you have beautiful eyes."

"..."

"Sister, what do you do?"

"..."

"Sister, why don't you speak?"

Well, it seems that simply ignoring this situation is of no use.

Ugh--

After sighing in his heart, Xuer looked at the little girl beside him with a big orange braid.

The other person sat in the same chair very familiarly, looking at Xiuer with curiosity.

Xiuer finds children with this kind of personality very troublesome, but he has encountered many of them.

I also scanned the child's body and obtained the entire body data, and found out that he was only 7 years old.

At this age, he probably ran away on his own. The child’s parents will probably come looking for him soon.

Therefore, worried that the other party would get lost, Xiuer finally chose to talk to the child first.

"[Question] What is your name?"

"Sister, you talk so strangely."