Magical★Explorer

Chapter 112: MY DESIRED SKILL

After we parted ways with Sempai and the other, we head to a cafe inside the academy where we can relax and talk.

We head to the floor that is exclusive to the members of the three committees and takes our seats there. I told Nanami to order anything she like so she ordered a parfait.

She keeps staring at the menu even though she already placed her order.

I let out a small sigh. What should I do now?

There are many kinds of skills in Magical★Explorer. The problem here is that there are too many of them.

It is something you can acquire to strengthen characters like Ludi, Takioto, and of course, Iori, the protagonist himself.

Every character has their own weak and strong points. For example, a character like Ludi is not compatible with close-quarter combat.

With that said, the skills that can be acquired and its effectiveness are varied from character to character. However, with the seed of possibility, you can increase the number of skills that can be acquired along with its effectiveness.

But the skills that can exhibit a clear change in your ability are rare.

Now, there are many cheat-like characters that can obtain such skills in Magical★Explorer.

Among them is Hijiri Iori. He can learn all kinds of skills such as close combat skills, magical attack skills, defensive skills, recovery skills, support skills, detection skills, unlocking skills, and ero skills. He is a cheat character who can learn all sorts of almighty skills and can fully demonstrate all of its effects. That’s totally unfair. Having an [Aptitude for every kind of skills] like that, I wonder if I can call it the [Protagonist Correction]?

Honestly, the thought of such aptitude is irresistible.

But to that cheat Iori there are some skills that he can’t acquire. Well, since he had already obtained the combat and primary skills already, he shouldn’t have any problem for now.

Now then, there is a character that can learn more skills than him, an even more versatile character. Only she can acquire every skill in the game including all of the new skills added from every DLC with the exception of special skills such as gender locked and race-specific skills.

That character is MKS73 (Nanami).

[Maid Knight Shiki Edition Seven Three] she is the character that all of the ladies and gentlemen (Eroge players) want to shape into their ideal, [The cutest and the strongest maid]. That’s why it is only natural that she was designed to be a character who can acquire all kinds of skills.

Thanks to that she is the character that is useful in combat, mapping, dungeon capture and even in daily life.

However, there’s a reason that makes it hard for her to surpass the protagonist in terms of ability. That reason is the cheat items and cheat skills which were prepared for the protagonist. After all, you would have wanted to give the protagonist which is your own projection in the game a suitable ability.

Of course, it doesn’t mean that Nanami is weak. At first, I thought that she should be one of the candidates to be one of the strongest characters in the game after all.

However, since she was a DLC character who doesn’t have her own cheat equipment, she was considered a step behind the three strongest and the protagonist. That’s exactly why she was categorized in the second tier of combat prowess in the game, the [Main Heroine Tier].

But if you took her usefulness into account, she would be considered to surpass the three strongest.

How should I raise her? I think that is an important question no less than how I should strengthen myself. Since she is the person that would be together with me the most, if her combat ability improved then undoubtedly our battle effectiveness would be increased.

Nanami is expressionlessly enjoying her parfait but once she noticed my gaze she covers her cheeks with both of her hands and twisting her body while saying [Oh dear].

“I, if you say such a thing so suddenly then this Nanami will be troubled?”

“No, I haven’t said anything yet though. Rather, your character has completely changed hasn’t it.”

What did you hear? Did I said anything?. Yup, I didn’t.”

“I heard you clearly from the telepathy, you are saying: [Nanamin is so cute. Just looking at her my blood is starting to boil.]”

Since she can both act expressionless and over the top herself, she should strive to become an actress.

“Well, I can certainly agree with that statement.”

“Wha, what is this!? I thought that my heart would jump out of my body. Please don’t stare so much, what would you do if I get pregnant. Ugh, I’m suddenly feeling nauseuos.....it’s time for a celebration Goshujin-sama!”

“There are too many places to retort I can’t even keep up...! Rather, Isn’t this situation accelerated too fast!?”

“Combining my and Goshujin-sama’s name, let’s name our child Minami.”

“So we are going to continue that.......and I don’t think that you included my name at all though.”

“Can’t be helped then, let’s go with Nami.”

“Aaaaagh, let’s leave it at that. Alright, it’s planning time, planning time alright!”

“Overseas destinations are popular but I personally like an eastern Onsen more. But since Goshujin-sama has so many Madam....it would be better if we rent out an open-air bath huh.”

“We are not planning the honeymoon!! And when did I get so many wives!?”

But I will never deny that I want to go on that trip with everyone!

I take a sip of coffee and take a small breath.

“Getting back to the main topic, no joking around alright. Nanami, what do you want to be?”

Hearing so, Nanami tilts her head.

“It’s too vague so I can’t answer.”

“Since we are going to challenge the dungeons together in the future I want to know how you want to strengthen yourself. I know that you are using a bow as your main weapon right now but if you want to change it then you can still do, you know.”

Nanami is frowning a little.

“Umm, why are you asking me this all of a sudden?”

She put her spoon down and said so.

Well you know, it came to me when I captured the 40th floor. If there is something she wants to become then I want to respect her opinion on how she wants to strengthen herself. Since we already used the seed, we can still change our combat style. Rather, it would be more correct to say that such an opportunity won’t come by again in the future.

“Well, to be honest, you are too versatile Nanami. I am worried about which path you would take in the future. And most importantly, I want to take your opinion into account too......”

It just that I really want her to keep her detection and trap skills. I guess I will have to ask her to do that. However, the remaining question would be what should we do about the rest?

“So it’s about that. Goshujin-sama, I already have a clear answer for that. You are my number one priority Goshujin-sama. Your ideal Nanami is the Nanami that I want to be.”

“Actually, I already expected you to say that......Unn, this is why I am so troubled.”

If she has some ideas then I can come up with some suggestions for her. Rather, that way is much easier for me.

Even her bow has several combat styles to it like the type that keep running around and attack from a distance or the type that stay in one place and attack with high firepower.

“There are too many choices to choose from......”

If there’s a second run then there would be a lot of skills that I want her to acquire however, this is a reality. I don’t know if we have that much time in the first place, it would be better to be as specialized as possible rather than a jack of all trades.

“I have been training with it so far, isn’t it better if I further improve on the bow and acquire other scout skills?”

“So you are going to keep your current style after all. But what do you think about getting some recovery skills?”

“If in the future, Goshujin-sama should require the recovery skills then.........no, I understand that such a thing won’t be needed if you can recruit new companions. However, it might be a good idea if I acquire some of them at the basic level.”

“I can’t say that I am against the idea.........actually, there are some promising people that I am considering to recruit in the future. That child can use recovery magic as well.”

There are only two candidates to be specific, but both of them are very proficient in recovery skills.

“That child was it......Haaa. so, the recovery skills won’t be necessary. If so then is it okay for me to tell you my suggestions now?”

“Yeah.”

“It might be a little vague but firstly, I think it is a good idea to increase our firepower. I think that only the bow will be insufficient for such purpose.”

I nod along.

“If we are thinking about efficiency then it would have to be that after all huh.”

In order to gain Magic elements (Experience points), we have to defeat the monsters. And what is needed to kill the monsters efficiently? The answer is firepower.

“I think it is better to kill two birds with one stone.”

“Two birds with one stone huh.”

“Yes, first Goshujin-sama will have to pick a good skill to increase your own power, meanwhile I will also take mine. We are talking about Goshujin-sama after all, you must already have something in mind at this point.”

“Well, that’s true.”

“Is it a long-range one?”

“Well, it is usable at long-range but.....it would be closer to a mid-range skill I think?”

Only having a mean for close combat is harsh after all. However, even if I already consumed the seed, Takioto’s long-range magic is still poor. That was the case in the game and I also felt it in reality. It was better than before but that’s it. It is still inefficient and its accuracy is still poor.

I was thinking about using a bow or other long-range weapons to cover for my weakness at first.

However, since I will be acting with Ludi who is good at long-range magic in the future, is there a need for me to learn such a skill? Not to mention Nanami who has decided to use the bow as her main weapon.

So I changed my perspective. Can’t I just get the skill that I always want which can also let me attack from a distance? Then it came to me. There is a skill that I wanted for a long time which also allows me to use mid-range weapons as well.

Yes, let’s do it. Moreover, it can increase my efficiency to wipe out the enemy. Rather, I want Sempai to learn some of the skills in that tree as well. Alright, I’ve decided.

“Alright, let’s get that skill.”

“That skill? What is it?”

It is a skill that could be said to belong to the cheat skill group, rather, it is a cheat occupation.

“I am going to learn Ninja-skill.”

—-

This is a good day. We finally decided on our course of action.

We were about to leave after Nanami finished her parfait.

“Wait a minute, Hey, wait for me. Kousuke-kun.

Hearing a familiar voice, I stopped my feet.

“I’m glad....I thought that you might already leave.”

“TeHe, Good afternoon ?”

Iori showed up with a serious expression along with Yuika who is wearing the same smile as usual.

It’s the Hijiri sibling.”