Magical★Explorer

Chapter 75: Shadow Ruin (Panties Dungeon) 7

After the liquid was wiped away to some extent, we started to move out. We head toward our objective and arrive in front of the treasure chest. It might be because she just got caught in a trap but Ludi is trying to cautiously open the treasure chest. However, the chest didn’t open. Instead, letters are emerging in front of the chest.

[Please Enter The Password.]

Password? Everyone tilted their head, but be at ease because I know the password.

“It’s okay. It was written in the document.”

I provided them with an appropriate excuse and switch places with them to enter the password.

[Ano onna no House]

(TLN: あの女のハ○ス White album? I’m not too familiar with niconico meme lol)

I pressed the OK button and the chest automatically open with an unlocking sound.

Everyone looks inside the chest.

There are five rings inside. A ring adorned with a red gem, A ring adorned with a blue gem, A ring adorned with a green gem, A ring adorned with a yellow gem and a shabby looking ring.

It’s just like the game. The four rings with gems embedded on them are rings that boost the power of fire, water, wind and earth attribute. Their power is rather.....

“.....it’s powerful.”

“I have challenged many dungeons before but I have never seen such a thing before.”

Weak..........eh? Nee-san, Sempai, are you joking?

“I can feel a really strong power coming from them.”

....if you think about the fact that the highest recorded captured floor of Academy (Tsukuyomi) dungeon was eighty-seventh floor then that might be reasonable. These four rings are strong until the mid-game after all. It will become quite insufficient in the end game though.

“I can’t say much with my low-level appraisal skill.”

Nee-san said so as a preface and give us a simple appraisal result. Of course, I already know how these rings work.

As Nee-san explained it, the red gem held the power of fire, the blue gem held the power of water, the green gem held the power of wind and the yellow ring held the power of earth while she doesn’t know much about the shabby one, when compared it to the other rings, there’s not much hidden magical power inside it.

I confirmed that the explanation was over and take the four attributed rings in my hand. Then I hand them over to the girls according to their forte attribute.

I give the ring with a deep red ruby-like gem to Nanami. Well, she can use any attribute anyway but I will give it to her since there are a lot of occasions to use fire on.

I give the ring with a deep blue sapphire-like gem to Sempai. It’s ideal for sempai because water magic is her specialty.

The emerald ring that reminded you of the deep forest was given to Ludi. If you are speaking about wind then it has to be Ludi. I think I will be in her care in the future too.

Finally, I give the ring with citrine-like gems to Nee-san. I don’t know whether she uses any earth element magic but.....just in case.

“I will take this.”

The one I picked up for myself was the leftover shabby looking ring.

“Eh, is that really okay with you, Kousuke?”

“....is it really okay to give these rings to us?”

Sempai and Ludi protested in surprise.

“Comparing to the others, that ring doesn’t have that much power.”

It is as Nee-san says, compared to the four elemental rings this ring has little to offer both in terms of rarity and power. However, this ring can do something that I can’t, it has the power of trap detection. Well, since its power is pretty weak it won’t be of any use after we pass the mid way point and rather than this ring Nanami is also quite compatible with scout skill too.

But I still want this.

In the first place, it depended on the user to exhibit the full power of an item. As I rarely use elemental magic, those items would be a waste on me.

After I received everyone’s assent I take the ring for myself. Then, Nee-san reaches her hand out to me.

“I won’t go to any dungeon anyway.”

She returns the ring I gave her and pat my head.

......Why are you stroking my hair I wonder?

“......Let’s head back.”

We nod to Nee-san’s word and enter the return magic circle.

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Using the magic circle, we arrive back at the war maiden statues. When I was about to head out of the cave, I noticed.

“Oops, my shoelaces are untied. Everyone, go ahead without me.”

There’s no reason to stay in such a dark, narrow and eerie place. Sempai and the others acknowledge and head outside the cave first.

After I tie the shoelaces and thought about hurrying after them...

I noticed that there’s a shadow in front of me.

There’s some kind of light source behind me. I put magic power into my stole and look back at the war maiden statues.

At the center of the three war maiden statues, a ball of light is floating. It was emitting a dazzling light but the light eventually fades away and split into three, each forms a shape of a triangle.

It floats on top of the pedestals in front of each statue. The lights slowly descend on the pedestal and disappear.

One of them was pure white.

The triangle that hides the important part is slightly reflecting light as they are made of synthetic fibers like polyester with white lace adorned its rim. Moreover, it’s not an exaggeration to say that the back is almost like a string, it’s questionable whether it can hide anything.

Well, according to my memory, that’s Ludi’s risque panty.

Another one is light blue.

Its base materials are cotton and it was properly made. No risque feeling can be felt from it as it protects all the important parts. On top of the base cotton, it is decorated with laces that resemble a snowflake and white frills around the waist.

Now, according to my memory, that’s Sempai’s high-sense panty.

The last one is the pink-black panty.

I already touched that one with my own hand.

Well, I can recall it from my warmth memory, that’s Nee-san’s naughty panty.

“Fuuuu”

Calm down, let’s organize the current situation.

There is a panty on top of each pedestal.

I swallow my saliva.

My heart is beating faster than an engine after you accelerated it to its limit. I tell myself to calm down and slowly turn my head toward the exit.

There was no one there.

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