Episode 233 Celebration of passing the University entrance exam
Alisa and the others continued their training and achieved magic level 10. After that, they raised the level of Life Magic and started magic training. Yukari aimed to raise her magic level to the limit of '10', while Alisa aimed to reach magic level 13.(TN:Dunno why 10 is boxed off but 13 is just ... there. Probably cause it's the current limit, I guess ...)
While Alisa and Yukari were training, Amane and Chika continued to study for their exams.
"Aahh, I envy Yukari."
Amane, who was solving a collection of past exam questions, began to complain.
"It's just a little more, so do your best."
Yukari encouraged her. Amane nodded, but her complexion seemed dull.
"Come to think of it, if we pass the University entrance exam, Grimm-sensei said that he would give us a gift to celebrate our passing."
"R, really, what is he going to give us as a present?"
"It looks like he hasn't decided yet."
"I wonder what it is, I'm looking forward to it, but before that, I have to pass ..."
Amane and Chika continued to study hard for the entrance exams and managed to pass the University of their choice.
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A few days after Amane and Chika passed, a dinner party was held to celebrate them having passed. The attendees were me, Taichi, Ami, and the four who passed. Alisa and Yukari had passed the exams early on, but the celebration dinner was supposed to be held after all four of them had passed.
"Congratulations on passing."
The dinner party started with my words. The place was a private room of a sushi restaurant. Even though it was a sushi restaurant with private rooms, it wasn't a very high class place. There was also a course meal, so I chose the 'Omakase Course'.(TN:Literally, a meal left up to the chef's choice.)
However, since everyone except for me was underage, there was no alcohol. While eating appetizers and sashimi, we started talking about how much Chika and Amane had studied.
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"Speaking of which, I heard that you will give us a present to celebrate passing the exam, but what is it?"
Amane innocently confirmed. It seemed she was looking forward to it a lot while studying. She finally passed the exam, so she couldn't stand it anymore.
I signaled to Taichi and Ami with my eyes.
"I consulted with Taichi and Ami to decide on a gift to celebrate passing."
I consulted with Taichi and Ami and they said that I should just spend a small amount of money on them.
I took out four different colored pochettes from my Storage Armlet. A pochette was a small bag with a long shoulder strap.
The four of them blinked their eyes. It seemed that the pochette as a present was unexpected.
"Thank you very much. I'm happy ... Nn, this is a purse pochette. But, the leather is something different."
Alisa said such after analyzing it.
Amane, Yukari, and Chika also thanked me and started talking about which color was better.
"That leather is Wyvern Leather. Grimm-sensei defeated a Wyvern, and this time the skin dropped."
Ami said proudly. It was Ami who suggested that I make pochettes out of Wyvern Leather.
Wyvern Leather was extremely durable and had a luxurious feel. It was said to be the finest leather used for bags. Alisa and the others made surprised faces.
"Don't be surprised. The pochette is a bonus. The real present is inside the pochette."
Chika chose a black pochette and raised the flap to see what was inside. There was something like a belt pouch in there.
"The belt pouch is fixed with something like a rubber belt."
When Chika raised her voice, Alisa and the others opened their pochettes to check.
"Grimm-sensei, is this a Magic Pouch?"
Alisa was the first to guess.
"Correct. When I was training Western Swordsmanship in the Goblin Town, I got many Magic Pouches."
It was a by-product of training in Western Swordsmanship to the point that I hated even looking at Goblins.
"Thank you very much."
The four thanked me again.
Ami looked at them with envy.
"How nice. Even if it's small, it has a capacity of 50 liters."
If you had that much capacity, it would come in handy for everyday use. It could also be used to store armor and weapons when going shopping or going to a dungeon.
"But, is it okay to receive such an expensive item?"
Alisa asked. I laughed and nodded.
"It's fine. Even if I exchanged the Magic Pouches for money anyway, about 60% of it would be taken away with taxes."
Rather than pleasing the government, I seriously thought that it was several times better to please my disciples and be thanked. Besides, I wanted Alisa and the others to quickly become C-class adventurers and help me explore the Narukami Dungeon.
By the way, I was seriously thinking that I should consider some tax saving method. When the highest tax rate was imposed on income tax, about 45% became tax. In addition to that, there were local taxes, so about 60% of the total was collected.
"Grimm-sensei, how goes your exploration of the Narukami Dungeon?"
Taichi asked a question.
"I'm having trouble on the 7th floor. Right now, I'm investigating holes in the cliff, but I'm finally 70% done."
"Speaking of which, I heard that the 7th floor is vast. Are there any tough monsters?"
"The cliffs I'm exploring has all monsters that look like giant pillbugs, but I hear there's three-meter-long SnowBears on the plateau to the far left."
SnowBears were fast and tough, and their claws were enchanted with magic. Those claws were referred to as ice claws, and when scratched, they had a cooling effect that froze the wound.
We spent a fun dinner party while talking about such things. I went home satisfied because of the delicious sushi and I could see the smiling faces of my disciples.
The next day, I went to the Adventurer's Guild and heard an interesting story from Tesshin.
"It seems that an IceDrake was found sleeping on the 7th floor of the Narukami Dungeon."
"Where is it located?"
"I heard it's the mountain in the middle."
As the first step to becoming an A-class adventurer, I intended to defeat the Five Great Dragons. IceDrake may be good as a practice run. However, if the IceDrake was a Vagabond, I felt like it would be no good for me to defeat it.
In the Narukami Dungeon, the Vagabond was the one who gave the Transfer Gate Key to adventurers. I already owned it, so if I defeated it, it would ruin the chances of adventurers who wanted to use the Transfer Gate.
"Do you think the IceDrake is a Vagabond?"
I asked for Tesshin's opinion. Tesshin made an expression as if he was perplexed.
"I don't know. Vagabonds are monsters that move around. Sleeping in the mountains doesn't look like a Vagabond."
It seemed that Tesshin thought that it was not a Vagabond. Even so, as long as there was a possibility that it was a Vagabond, it seemed better not to aim for it.
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