Baby... Y-you got?"
"The curse has stopped, so nine out of ten."
"The curse stopped. Eh? But, how, up till now, we, we never stopped doing it!"
"Never did."
"Whose... Unless, don't tell me, Rudeus?"
"I'm going to get angry, Cliff. Yours truly, since coming back from Begaritto, has been yours and yours alone."
"But but..."
"If you don't believe me, then why don't you find out yourself? See if the Identification Eye can tell."
"Oh, okay."
Thus Cliff removes his eye patch and moves closer to Elinalise.
Almost kissing her, his face lowers near her lower abdomen.
Feels like he's seeing through her uterus.
Still unsure, Cliff slowly raises Elinalise's skirt.
"Kya, Cliff, honestly, not in public..."
"Shh, be quiet."
"Alright alright."
Seeing Cliff so diligent, Elinalise can only shrug.
Honestly though, sticking his head up her skirt... is a little obscene.
Next time, I should try this with Roxy or Sylphy...
Sylphy in a dress.
A perfect fit.
... Wait, I can't be distracted by those thoughts right now.
"... It's true."
Cliff pulls his pale face back out.
Identification Eye can even do that.
Or as the saying goes, [From the skirt comes a pregnant woman.] [2]
"W-What? What do we do?"
"Don't do anything."
"B-but, you'll have headaches, right? Ah, for a woman pregnancy and birthing is..."
"Cliff, I been around the block a few times already. Don't worry. Let me handle it. I'll definitely give you a lively child."
"O-oh..."
Cliff looks blue, stunned by this news out of the blue.
"Rudeus, seriously... Did Roxy give it away?"
"... Ah, no, I just thought it might be like that."
"Oh, really? Now that it's done, it can't be helped."
"Okay."
Elinalise leaves with a wave.
Then she sits herself next to Roxy, busy discussing something.
Seeing that Roxy is rubbing her own tummy, they're probably talking about that.
Roxy and Elinalise must have gotten pregnant around the same time.
Oh well, I can't worry about that now.
"Well, let's begin."
Hearing that, Sylphy and Zanoba refocus.
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A hour later, the test is over.
Performance wise, the magic armor is capable of maintaining 200 KM/hr.
It can leap a few hundred meters in the air, and even makes impact craters on landing.
Sylphy's magic can't even touch it. Even if it lands it would just bounce back.
Even Zanoba's punches are completely ineffective.
Not just that, he broke his fist and started crying.
Success!
If it can even damage the miko Zanoba, then even Orsted won't go unscathed.
It's unbelievable that I made this without any setback.
No, it would be odd to claim this.
It was all thanks to Zanoba and Cliff.
Still, I wonder if this is how wearing touki feels like in this world. Overwhelming power.
I can understand why Perugius and Atofe are so full of themselves.
With this magic armor, can I do it?
Yeah.
Probably...
Let's go with that.
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Preparations complete.