Extra: Those Who Were Forgotten

As the tournament was approaching, Aidi's town was becoming lively.

Originally, the town was managed by another Core, but Aidi and her Master, Sebas, took it over by force in a formal duel.

It was apparently like the Warring States period, where the Demonlands fought over territory. Basically, it was a duel, and sometimes a group battle. Depending on the outcome, dungeon area was also exchanged.

In general, the town wasn't much different from the Imperial Cpaital. Both places gave me a "different world" impression, but since the walls of the Demonlands were almost non-existent, it felt a little dusty.

The food was also pretty unique.

"Kehma, there's a stall over there! Let's go take a look!"

"Sure… wait, what are they selling? Those… orange… snacks?"

"They're called Halwa. It's a snack made by frying grated carrots and flour together and sweetening it."

"Carrots… mmm…"

Kehma explored the Demonlands town together with Rokuko. Rokuko was happy to be on a "date", but since Ichika and Niku were also there, it didn't feel like a date at all.

Speaking of Niku, she should eat vegetables too. She was worried about her height not growing at all, but maybe she's not getting enough nutrients?

"Hey, Kehma-san? What are you doing here?"

"Hmm? Who's there?"

Someone called out to me as we were strolling around.

Turning to face whoever called me, there were two adventurers there.

Who? Wait, no way… huh? Wait, didn't this happen before?

"I'm Uzoh! I was saved by Kehma-san!"

"I'm Muzoh! I'm sorry for not being able to keep my promise to go to the village!"

"… Ooh. I remember those names. Eh, you made a promise like that?"

The Uzoh Muzoh bros. They were the first customers of my inn, [Dancing Doll Pavillion], and the first adventurers I saved in the dungeon. They were C-rank adventurers, and they gave me a lot of DP by doing something unexpected in the trial room.

Back then, they said they would look for a replacement for the blade golem I used to save them, and they found it. It was my beloved sword, the magic sword, [Siesta]. It was a sword that would put people to sleep and I'd used it a lot.

"That's my line though, why are you guys here? Aren't you adventurers from the Empire?"

"We messed up big time after that job we took back then."

"We almost died, but we were saved and then one thing led to another, and now we can't go back…"

They were now being taken care of by some Demon King's son and were going to participate in the tournament. They came here for the preliminary rounds.

"Heeh. Well I'm also participating in that tournament."

"That so? We won't hold back even if we end up facing you, Kehma-san. Right Muzoh?"

"Yeah. We owe you, but this is a different matter. Right Uzoh?"

"That's fine, but I have one request."

Taking the opportunity, I asked the Uzoh Muzoh Bros to either give me the [Divine Pajamas] if they got it or to help me meet the person who ended up getting it if they knew them.

"Of course I'll pay you for it."

"Alright, I'll do it. Besides, it's Kehma-san's request. Right Muzoh?"

"Yeah. It's Kehma-san's request. Right Uzoh?"

Alright, my chances of getting the [Divine Pajamas] just increased.

… By the way, they said that [In this country, you can't negotiate with people unless you're strong enough, but Kehma-san should be fine.] Will it really be fine…?

That's when Uzoh noticed [Siesta] on my waist.

"…! Kehma-san, that magic sword on your waist!"

"Hmm? What's wrong, Uzoh… Huh! No way, that sword is!"

"Yeah. It's the magic sword you gave me, [Siesta]."

"Sleep Sword Siesta! I never thought you'd still be carrying it around…! Hey, Muzoh!"

"Uzoh, I've never been this happy in my life…!"

What an exaggerated pair. Just then, the two of them took out their blade golems. They were knife-type ones, the ones I gave them as a thank you for the magic sword, [Siesta].

"We also still use the magic swords we got from Kehma-san."

"Yeah. These magic swords are our treasures. They've been worn out recently and don't vibrate anymore though…"

"Hmm? Let me take a look."

They handed over their magic swords to me.

… Ahh, this is the lifespan of a golem. Since it's a sword, it's natural that it'll be used in combat. When it's used in combat, even though it's a golem, it'll naturally lose HP. Golems aren't living things, so they don't naturally recover. In other words, it'll eventually die and stop moving.

So these two magic swords were basically dead golems.

I thought I'd taken some precautions, but they were pretty worn out, so it was natural. If they were used this much, I'd be happy as the creator.

"… [Revitalize]."

I secretly activated [Create Golem] on the blade golems and revived them. I also repaired the parts that were broken and used the "life magic that makes the earth lively" called [Revitalize] to cover up the fact that I revived it.

"Here, I fixed them. I'm glad I got lucky."

"… What? Huh? W-wait, wait a minute, Kehma-san!"

"What did you do!? W-what was that just now, was that the life magic [Revitalize]?"

Uzoh and Muzoh were surprised when I returned the blade golems to them. Well, of course they'd be surprised if a broken magic sword was fixed by just rubbing it a little.

"Yeah, I learned how to do that from the blacksmith in my village, but swords are made of metal, right? Metal is originally in the earth, so it's more like it's made from the earth. So, if you use [Revitalize] on a sword, it'll get energized… sometimes. It was barely alive, but I'm glad it worked out."

By the way, I did confirm that [Revitalize] really did have the effect of recovering the HP of a golem by a little bit. In other words, it has the effect of extending the lifespan of a magic sword blade golem. Of course, if it's already dead, the effect won't work.

"… It could ruin the business, so please keep it a secret from others."

"Y-Yeah… I understand. From now on, I'll use [Revitalize] on it every day."

"U-Umm, how much for the repairs?"

"Don't worry about it, Siesta's been doing a great job, so it's on the house."

I was being series, Siesta was a great sword. It was to the point that Beddhism recognized it as a holy sword.

"Hey, Kehma. Let's go to the food stall already. I want to eat those sweets."

"Ahh, sorry. Well, I'm going now. See you two later."

With that, I was hurried by Rokuko and ended the conversation.

Uzoh and Muzoh saw us off with Rokuko dragging me to the food stall.

"… Hey, Kehma. Why did you repair their swords? If they end up being enemies, it would've been better to leave them broken."

"Well, I figured that if I did them a favor by repairing them, they could give us an advantage in the negotiations… Besides, if it's those two, Niku could handle them easily."

"Mm. As long as you've thought it through. Niku, don't hold back against them even if you end up facing them, okay?"

"… Yes, I'll do my best."

—Rokuko seemed to be greedy for victory.

Even Niku was more enthusiastic than usual.

I had a feeling that I'd be dragged into more sparring matching when we got back… Well, I'll do my best for the [Divine Pajamas] though.