I was relaxing with Ari under a tree near the shore of the lake, the sunlight was just right. Fenri was sleeping next to us. It was the perfect scenery.
“Hey Yami, is it ok for me to wear these clothes?”
She asked out of the blue while looking at her clothing.
“Yes, it is, why you ask?”
“Aren’t these items too?”
“Well yeah… they are.”
After the explanation about items in this world from Ari I had a lot to think about, then I realized I gave a little girl a [Legendary] set of clothes…
“Ari, is there a way to determine an item’s tier?”
She looked at me as if I was joking, I do not blame her when she saw that I was serious, she looked at me in disbelief again and started talking.
“There’s only appraisal which is a skill that certain items can use and people can use, at least that I know of.”
‘Looks like that hasn’t changed huh?’ I muttered well that’s good I wonder if it still works like in the game.
“Ari, does this appraisal that you speak of need direct contact with the object?”
“That’s a very weird question to ask Yami, but it does.”
“It also works on people right?”
She looked at me with her eyes wide open. As if I wasn’t supposed to know that, I understand considering I started asking about the skill itself and then said something about it that, I wasn’t supposed to know, so I understand why her eyes went wide open. Wait why am I even thinking about it?
“Yeah… Yami you are being really weird right now…”
“Y-yeah I guess… Sorry about that.”
I apologized while scratching the back of my head, but now that I know this I need countermeasures. I spoke to Ari in a serious tone.
“Ari.”
“Y-yes?”
She was taken aback from my sudden approach.
“Make me a promise.”
“No.”
“ehh?”
She said that with a smug look on her face. I thought this was going to go well. Just why? As I was thinking…
“Instead let’s make a promise to each other.”
“Nn…”
I reluctantly nodded.
“Well Yami you go first, tell me what you want me to promise to you.”
“A? A-ah, Do not let the clothes I gave you be appraised.”
“Ah... Yes, I knew that.”
“...”
I have been tricked...
“Now my turn!”
“ehh…”
She said cheerfully and then her expression turned serious and filled with determination. I was worried about what she might make me promise. Turns out my worries were unneeded.
“Please let me accompany you!”
My eyes went wide open. I was surprised but I was really happy.
“Of course you can accompany me Ari.”
“Yay! Now I will discover all of your secrets.”
She said with a playful yet strong-willed voice.
“Youuuuu…”
I embraced her again with warmth while sitting down. She is a smart girl, I started to caress her head almost unconsciously, at that moment I decided that I would take care of her.
‘I am sure you will discover them eventually whether I want it or not I just hope you accept them.’ I muttered while she was still under my embrace. Then I remembered something that got my attention from the previous conversation.
“Ari, how did you know to not let clothes get appraised?”
“I felt weird when I wore the clothes as if I got stronger. Moreover, the material on them gives me a feeling that I could slash them with a sword and they would be left unscathed.”
She said while she grabbed a piece of them. I could not see her expression but I assume she is confused about what they are made out of.
“Ari you are right, even though those clothes are items they are a bit on the special side of things. So you must never let them get appraised it could be troublesome.
“Yami, what about yours? That cursed ring of yours is…”
“Right…”
I agreed with Ari, I needed to do something about the [Useless Ring of Insanity] you do not even need to appraise it, it’s constantly leaking out a wicked aura. I decided to take a look at my inventory, and I saw what I was looking for. I took out a single black leather glove for my right hand and put it on. I left the other one in my inventory since only one is needed for the effect to work. It was one of the gloves of [Gloves of the Fiend].
“Yami, do you really think a glove will solve the issue?”
“It will, it will also block appraisals from items on my items unless they are equal or higher tier than this glove.”
“H-...”
I said with absolute confidence. Based on what Ari told me it would be almost impossible to be appraised with this [Divine] tier glove. Ari wanted to say something but decided to go silent instead, I let her go from my embrace. She seemed to be thinking about something.
“Yami, where are we going to go?”
“Well, I don’t really know but I want to go to the nearest town first”
“Nn…”
Ari nodded but she looked unsatisfied with my answer. After all of that talk, the sun was setting and Ari looked tired so I prepared a camp. and started a fire using an item and some wood that Fenri fetched and cooked food for Ari and me, I gave Fenri some more raw meat. After that, I put some cloth on the ground to sleep on.
“Ari, you should go to bed, it’s getting late.”
“Yami, what about you?”
“I… have things to take care of.”
“Nn.”
Ari just nodded without questioning it, I found it weird since she questions basically anything I do but this was for the better. Ari went to sleep and I went into the forest to talk to a certain someone.
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No, it's funny Votes: 89 14.8%
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No. It's fine. Votes: 83 13.8%
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How do you even come up with those. Votes: 33 5.5%
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You have literally only mentioned 2 items and are asking this? You serious? Votes: 360 60.0%
!ikes cover the evil ring with an evil glove.
no issues at all. Brilliant plan
@Pairho Well yes, let us cover the ring of calamity with a glove that can be taken out with a single motion. Brilliant plan indeed. Good job on noticing and thanks for reading. o/
you should work on the ways you refer to your caracter so that you use more then just there name. They don't need to call each other name every sentence... it a serious problem.
@Tenmosu Thanks for the feedback. Although it gets worse... If you have anything I can refer to which shows the character refering to not just their name, it would be helpful for me to put it into practice. Because honestly my mind is blank about it right now.
Thanks for reading.
@Alice. It’s a little late, but i would suggest using traits of the character, and when it’s just two characters, since the story is in first person just use pronouns (he/she/they)
Thanks for chappy!
Could Yami not just give the other glove to Ari to prevent appraisal?
Yami does not see it as a necessity since it requires direct contact. Also she sees legendary items as disposable, even after understanding the item hierarchies. Also the other glove is for something else. ehem.
Anyways hope that makes sense. That's what I was thinking when I wrote it anyways.
@Azrie Wonder what that "something else" that we are not allowed to know is
“Please let me accompany you!”
Well, duh... this was already established when Ari asked what would happen to her after she was set free and then Kuro/Yami asks, "Want to come with me?"
How many times will they ask each other? XD Also, more warm fuzziness. It draws me onward into the story, even really late at night.
“Yay! Now I will discover all of your secrets.” She said with a playful yet strong-willed voice.
Quite adorable!
how to raise your future imouto-style waifu
“Yeah… Yami you are being really weird right now…”
“Make me a promise.”
“Please let me accompany you!”
I came here for this :D /
Which hand rings on?
I could have answered this without second-guessing myself when I first wrote the chapter. But IIRC. Evil ring of malice of eternal rest of demon king is on the right hand. And the rest are left-handed.
Ohh! I've feared their relationship would be bland, like in most generic cases, but this feels fresh!
Thanks for reading, happy to hear that you are enjoying it.
I look forward to the glimpse into this world and story author, from what I've read it seems this is the game world in living breathing form 30 years after all the actions of the MC's character in the game world. Take your time to flesh out the details, I would assume you will take the path of your MC either travelling from small town to the bigger ones so you can build complexity or they will settle in a town only leaving for plot hooks and slowly people of that will will be drawn in as the town grows and people try to investigate the origins and maybe even a noble or church tries to capture or... ah I get ahead of myself but I always enjoy these isekai even if most end in a bland taste.
May Thine Though be deep and endless like the Void beyond all existence.
You are partially right, you can think of it as the game world 30 years later but alternate version. Hah... Hard to explain, anyways there's a lot of interesting things coming. Thanks for reading.
@Azrie So it's like the "Overlord" LN world and "The New Gate" LN world.