conversations about it.
“Over here, waitress!”
Weed called out to one of the employees.
“Yes, sir?”
Soon after a waitress with pigtails came running.
"Rather, the bards at that table seem to be calling for me… can I just give you the bill now?"
“No no. Please send me two more strands of seaweed. I’ll calculate the bill later.”
“Sheesh! Okay, sir.”
He was ignoring the waitresses bad attitude. This is what happens when you have bad intimacy. Weed was an unknown and a skeleton, not even four drinks were enough protection for Weed.
“Thank you.”
Weed thanked the waitress with the bad attitude when he received seaweed with a gentle wave of his hand. And soon he walked up to the hostess with a swish of his mantle. The stretched lobes immediately crumpled.
“Do you girls like sculptures?”
Working to build intimacy! Weed talked to the female employees under the watchful eyes of the users. It was a bar by the sea, retaining a friendly relationship with the waitress could lead to the necessary information for a quest. The others sympathized as they kept watch wondering what sort of information the female employees would give out.
“My name is Delia, not “you”, and I hate sculptures!”
A sharp rejection! He didn’t even have to put this much effort into carving a masterpiece. If he had to build intimacy like this, it could take a long time to earn the information he needed for his quest. Weed was not going to give up because it was hard, how else was he be able to share the lunch with the instructor, and take away the elder of Morata’s precious sweet potatoes with only a resigned look left on the elder’s face?
Weed tapped his bony finger on the table and said lightly.
“You are beautiful.”
“Hearing such praise from a skeleton does not make me happy.”
“What kind of man do you like?”
“I like a man with a short head of hair. I hate a man with no hair.”
The sorrow of a skeleton! The one eyed, pierced appearance was met with severe antipathy from Delia.
‘A skeleton is not beautiful?’
It was not cool? How the hell was his outfit not wonderful? He could never understand the taste of women. Okay, the cracked part of the skull naturally gave off the inelegant appearance of a gaping skull. Since his appearance had escaped the Orc Karichwi charming effects with women, Weed decided to switch directions. (T/N Weed has great talent in making hideous ugly things.)
Assuming one cannot gain familiarity from talking there was another special way one could gain favors.
‘Gifts.’
The fastest way to buy the favor of the female employees! However, intimacy gained from gifts did not last long. If the gift you give is not up to par, then the intimacy immediately dropped.
‘And then you regret the gift.’
Weed decided to ask directly instead.
“What kind of stories do you like?”
“Hmmm… I’m fond of adventure stories, especially adventure stories from the sea! However I probably wouldn’t have any interest in ones from a skeleton.”
Weed thought of an adventure that went with the sea and the surrounding regions.
“I’ve had many great adventures from around the sea.”
“Okay, I’ll tell you an interesting story.”
“It seems like a waste of time.”
“Once I’ve heard a certain adventurer from the kingdom of Rosenheim….”
The start of an adventure story to buy the female employee’s favor, impress the employees, and make the bar become more jubilant.
*Kkiruru!*
Just as he was about to unveil the story of the adventurer, a bird made out of gold flew onto his shoulder. The Golden Bird with its eyes made out of sapphire looked at Delia. A cute figure wearing a crown of diamonds. The Golden Bird showed exquisite timing!
The guests of the bar looked in surprise at the Golden Bird. Golden Bird made users stumble because they had never heard of such a thing.
“Oh my! Did you raise this mysterious birdie?”
“Yes.”
Strength of friendship with Delia, employee of the tavern “Girl Waiting in the Harbor”, has increased a little.
“May I touch it?”
“Of course.”
Since it did not cost anything to touch, plenty of touching was allowed. Delia lightly swiped a finger along Golden Bird.
“I did not know there were birds like this. You must be a great adventurer!”
Strength of friendship with Delia, employee of the tavern “Girl Waiting in the Harbor”, has increased significantly.
The tacky skeleton’s treatment rose greatly! If you miss an opportunity to gain a great deal of intimacy, you would surely regret it.
Even though now and then he fell into misfortune in the Versailles continent, he was now living the dream of adventuring at sea.
However now that he was able to own a medium sized sailboat, there was no need to worry about small disasters…. The commandeered ghost ship had no end to small disasters. There was no need to even talk about the habitual water leaks, the awful air filtration, the seaweed that twisted them up at the reef, and the group of dirty sailors and colleagues ready to jump into the mouth of any sea monster at the first word.
The only reason he came to sea was because the Golden Bird had pointed to the location across from it. Weed had been ready to kidnap Golden Bird with his silky voice. Yes, the atmosphere maintained a certain skeletal theme, and had left him with lingering expectations.
“The Golden Bird is pointing somewhere isn’t it? Is it supposed to do that?”
“Unfortunately I don’t know yet. However I am certain there is a connection to the collapse of the Niflheim Empire. Have you ever heard of it?”
“… It is the Niflheim Empire, right? That topic covers names from long ago, but I wouldn’t know anything about them. But if you’re talking about the North Sea then you should talk to Grandpa North T., he often sailed in the north. Wouldn’t it be better to go speak to him then ask me?”
“May I ask where I can meet him?”
“He lives near the island’s eastern Imperial Villa. It’s always easier to meet him in front of his house during broad daylight.”
Weed felt a premonition.
Sometimes the slightest clue could cause the greatest things to occur. There was a possibility that Thira did not know anything about the Niflheim Empire. However it was information that he did not have to pay for, so he accepted it as a gift.
Weed spread his shoulders wide.
“This is all thanks to my luck!”
*Kkiruru!*
The Golden Bird laughed along with Weed! The sculptures created by a sculpting master like the Emperor were really unique, they had a calming bond.
‘Life Bestowal sculptures like this guy are really uncommon. This guy is so much smarter than the guys I have to beat.’
Weed thought of all the inadequacies of large bird shapes.
‘In regard to shape there are many inefficiencies. Beautiful appearances and eye catching wings, but the feet are inconvenient to write, eat, and carry things with.’