Episode 195 Tamegorou

I myself had no intention of making money by selling Shadow Puppets. Rather than doing that kind of thing, I thought exploring dungeons suited me better.

"Grimm-sensei, aren't those Shadow Puppets expensive?"

Karina asked a question. I didn't think about the price. I wondered how much Shadow Clay and black magic stones used for materials were. When I asked Karina, she said they were cheap before the Shadow Puppet patent was published.

"Now, I think the price has gone up."

Before Shadow Puppets became known, I wondered what Shadow Clay was used for, apparently it was used as a pottery material. When mixed with pottery clay, it created pottery with a unique feel.

Since production of Shadow Puppets had just begun, the market price had not yet been determined. Right now, there might be people willing to spend a lot of money on Shadow Puppets to get them, but if the number of Magic Puppeteers who made Shadow Puppets increased, the market price would be determined.

"It's unfair if I don't present something to Karina-sensei who is helping me. What would you like?"

Karina tilted her head before telling me.

"Let's see. I'm a cat person, so a cat-shaped Shadow Puppet would be nice."

"That's fine."

Karina looked surprised when I said that.

"Just now, I was joking."

"I want Karina-sensei to continue to help me, so at least one Shadow Puppet is a natural reward."

I didn't have cat Sorcery Eyes or Sorcery Ears, so I couldn't make one right away, but I promised to make one and give it to her.

"Then, it's the real thing."

We started processing 180 kilograms of Shadow Clay into a bear shape. This took time. By the time it was completed, everyone was exhausted.

For the bear's face, I asked Ami to faithfully imitate a moon bear's face. Ami worked hard to create the bear face, and I was satisfied with it.

I installed the magic core and put the finishing touches on it. Then I injected magical power while imagining a moon bear. A skeleton was formed and a thick muscle layer was created. Then, hair began to grow on the body surface, and the face changed like a real one.

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"It's done."

Karina nodded when I muttered.

"If this appeared in the city, it would definitely cause panic."

"If you made the face cute, it would have been fine."

No matter how cute the face was, it was over 190 centimeters tall and weighed 180 kilograms. Absolutely a panic.

My bear-shaped Shadow Puppet was made to resemble a real bear, but there was one difference. It was that the hair was fluffy.

Real bear hair was stiff, but the bear-shaped Shadow Puppet hair was fluffy. Considering pure combat, sturdy hair was good. However, when camping together, I thought it would be nice to relax in front of the bonfire while resting my back on the bear-shaped Shadow Puppet's body.

After thanking the two of them, I taught them how to train Shadow Puppets.

"Especially bear-shaped Shadow Puppets, since they have the same power as bears, be careful not to train them near people, including yourself. A mere blow from a bear-shaped Shadow Puppet can knock someone flying."

I just reminded Ami about that. I told her the first time I had Geronta jump it hit the ceiling. Newborn Shadow Puppets were dangerous because they didn't know how much power to use.

"Understood. I'll be careful."

I parted with the two of them, ate dinner on the way, went back to my apartment, took a bath, and then went to bed.

The next day, I went to the first floor of the Suigetsu Dungeon. I was thinking of training the bear-shaped Shadow Puppet there.

"Tamegorou, hit the tree in front of you."

If I was wearing the ring, I could give orders just by thinking them, but it seemed that the orders were more clearly conveyed if I said them out loud. Tamegorou, the bear-shaped Shadow Puppet, kicked the ground with its hind legs and jumped at the tree in front of it, trying to hit it.

However, its kicking power was so strong that it tackled the tree head first. A thump sounded and the tree shook violently. I also heard a faint creaking sound.

Tamegorou punched the tree trunk without worrying about failure. Deep claw marks were carved into the tree trunk. If it got hit by this blow, even an OrcKnight would be blown away.

[ If you leave it to me, I will teach it how to use its body in a short time. ]

Metis offered.

"Nope, I want to know how much learning ability a bear-type Shadow Puppet has."

Tamegorou fell over and flailed around. You would think it was cute if you just heard about it. However, because of its large body, Tamegorou's actions caused it to spread destruction around it.

After one day of training, Tamegorou's movements became more reliable. After that, I spent two days training Tamegorou for battle. Starting with Goblins, I pitted it against Orcs, Lizardmen, LizardSoldiers, and ArmorBoars. The ArmorBoar wasn't killed in one hit, but the others were killed in one hit.

It was attacked and injured during training, but it seemed that it would regenerate if it rested in the shadows.

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Meanwhile, Ami was also training a bear-shaped Shadow Puppet. Even though it weighed only half of Tamegorou, it still weighed 90 kilograms. The attack had a lot of destructive power, and it had enough power to move around easily even when Ami was on its back.

When Ami was training her bear-shaped Shadow Puppet at the training ground early in the morning when there weren't many people around, her classmate Nishine and his group came by and yelled out.

"Why is there a bear here!?"

They were Taichi's former teammates who formed a team with only Attack Wizards. Recently, it seemed that they were at a dead end in dungeon capture.

Ami frowned at them.

"This is a Shadow Puppet. It's like a familiar. Come here, Paub-chan."(TN: パゥブ , pa u bu, dunno if there might be a better form, but it's not really an important character.)

Paub, the bear-shaped Shadow Puppet, came and sat down beside Ami.

Nishine and the others made envious faces.

"Fuun, as expected, if you're the daughter of Director Jikouji, you'll be able to buy something amazing."

"It has nothing to do with my father. I got this from the person I'm studying with."

"Who did you say you got it from?"

"That's a secret."

Ami had Paub enter her shadow and she left the training ground. Nishine and the others, who were watching the situation, had their eyes widen.

"What's that, that was? It disappeared in the shadows."

"It really is a familiar."

Nishine and the others were making a fuss, but Ami ignored them and headed to the classroom. On the way she met Karina.

"Good morning."

"Morning, you're early."

"Yes, I was training Paub at the training ground."

Karina nodded. She seemed to be happy and there was a smile on her face.

"Did something good happen?"

"I heard from Grimm-sensei that my cat-shaped Shadow Puppet has been completed."

Ami smiled. Because Karina was in such a good mood today that she was almost skipping.