474 474. Replacement premise




 I accept the ring Margaret offers me and smile at her.

'Thank you. As expected of Margaret, I didn't know you'd get it out exactly in one shot. I'm glad I asked for it.'
Is it?
Yeah, because Margaret's the most like me.

 When I transitioned to this world, my combat abilities were all F's and my drops were all S's.
 Margaret was a level 99 kung fu with all Fs in combat ability and all A drops.

 She was the closest to me in terms of type.

'I feel close to her,'
......

 Margaret's eyes widen and her mouth drops open.

'Margaret? What's wrong?
No, no. Its a pleasure ......
Happy?

 When I nodded my head and wondered which one it was for, Margaret's face turned red with a cough.

'Nah, it's nothing,'
No, but now.
It's nothing!

 While shouting that, Margaret ran off at a terrific pace.
 It's as if she ran away - well, just like that.

...... What was that about?

 Me twitching my neck.
 How did our current exchange get so complicated that I had to get away with it?
 I thought about it, but I didn't understand.

'Oh well. Well...

 I pulled another ring out of the Grand Eater's pocket and laid the same one Margaret had dropped in my hand in the palm of my hand.

 They looked exactly the same.
 And then the effect?

 He put the two rings on at the same time, pulled the gun out and loaded the regular rounds and pulled the trigger.

 The normal bullets fired against the wall split into three rounds.
 The effect of the two rings was solid.

 However, the power was a sad word.
 Normal bullets, even though they are the weakest bullets, are usually powerful enough to be plunged into a wall, but the three bullets that were split up only made a small dent in the wall and lost their momentum, falling to the ground with a plop.

 Once again, I loaded up the regular round and fired.
 This time, perhaps because of the angle, the dent is even thinner, and you have to stare at it closely to see it.

"If it were an apartment wall, I'd get my security deposit back, that's an egregious rate of decay.

 While tracing a dent in the wall with my finger, I looked at the six lead bullets that fell to the ground with a bitter smile on my face.

 It's interesting that they split apart, but if the power is reduced like this instead, it's useless.

     ☆

I'm sure it's funny.

 The mansion in the vanadium dungeon, inside the test room.

 It was me and Celeste who had returned home, and Celeste had her thread-manipulation bicorn horn in full operation.

 The bicorn horn spread out in all directions, and the fireballs launched from it were each three shots.

 Both rings were worn by Celeste.
 The effect was that the barrage of Celeste's string-operated bicorn horns was three times as dense as the original.

''That's right.''

 I chuckled.
 Bicorn Horn's Fireball. Even though it was a beginner's magic that could be used indefinitely, it originally had a level of power that could be used in battle to defeat monsters.

 A special effect from a live or other special effect, the one where flames go up in a blur.
 Even from a distance, through glass or walls, a tremendous amount of heat would come at you.

 The fireball in the bicorn horn had so much more heat than that.

 Now it was only about as lukewarm as the heat from the air conditioner blowing in your face.
 The sound of the flames when they landed on the ground had also been replaced by an unreliable pop-boom.

 The body of the flame is hulking, but everyone can see that it's not very useful in battle.

It's really interesting, though.
I know. I'll give it to you if you want. You look like you're having fun hitting it.
"Ha-ha.

 Celeste smiled.

'I wouldn't have any use for it even if I got it, so I won't. Besides,'
And?
People are going to hate me if I'm the only one who gets a ring.
What?

 Celeste blurted out in a whisper for some reason.
 It was such a whisper that it was drowned out by the unreliable popping sound of the fire.

'Nah, it's nothing. I'll give this back to you.'

 Celeste reshaped her smile and dexterously removed the ring while doing a string manipulation cool down.
 He ripped it off and gave it back to me - the moment.

 Bobo bobo bobo bobo boboooooooooon!

 The last flames launched out at the end landed on the wall in unison, and the previous unreliability was nowhere to be found, and a tremendous bead of explosions were emitted.

''Huh?''
Yes, now ......
You didn't change the numbers.
Yes, that's when it became a force to be reckoned with.

 We stared at each other in amazement at the phenomenon that had just occurred.
 At about the same time, we had the same possibility in our heads.

'I'll try again.'
Please.

 Celeste put the ring back on and put most of the bicorn horns away, leaving her with just one.

 With that one ring, he launched a fireball.
 Two rings and more fireballs were launched, three at a time.

 Whack whack whack whack.

 It made an unreliable sound as it hit the wall.

 Celeste continued to shoot more.
 It kept popping and popping.

 Halfway through, he removed the ring as he shot.

 Bobobobobobobobobobooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

 The bullets land and the explosions roar.
 After launching out in three shots, removing the ring did not reduce the number.
 However, the power has returned to normal.

"Only the power is real time, right?