The Frontier Alchemist ~ I Can’t Go Back to That Job After You Made My Budget Zero

ammer instead of Roa.

“So these gold coins are what they call drop items? Wait, you just want them for research use, don’t you Master Halhammer?”

I say, and he laughs loudly while agreeing.
I pick up all the coins with the tornado and store them in my backpack.

“Of course I want them for research, but there’s also a chance that dungeon drop items might be used for something.”

He says while watching the gold coins get collected with a look of satisfaction.

I shrug a little before continuing to advance towards the building we were headed to before we were attacked.

But then, a half-transparent plate suddenly appears in front of me.

“Eh, what is that?”

“An enemy!?”

“Unu?”

The other three sound surprised, as I see half-transparent plates also appeared in front of them.
And they can see them too.

“What’s written here? Can you read it, Rust?”

Asks Master Halhammer, and I look down at the plate in front of me.
I see letters on it, like double-exposure.

“Yes.
It says time up.”

Just as I respond, the world around us changes.

It gets dark all of a sudden.
My eyes soon adapt to the darkness, as I look around and I see we’re in the underground ruins, in front of the wall where I held up the magic crystal key.

“Kyuu!”

I hear as my head gets heavy all of a sudden.

“Seilook! You’re all right! Great… But you’re too heavy, so move.”

I pick up Seilook, who dived on top of my head from behind.

I hold Seilook with both hands under its frontal legs, and everyone crowds around us, happy that Seilook is safe.

“Kyu kyu kyu!”

Seilook’s emotions are transmitted through the bond of our contract.
It sounds like Seilook is saying it’s the one who was worried about us, not the other way around.

“From Seilook’s point of view, we just vanished all of a sudden.
Sorry sorry, I know we worried you… Ouch.”

And try to soothe Seilook, but it smacks my legs with its tail.

Everyone laughs, and the mood gets naturally lighter.

I end up laughing along too.