Vanadium dungeon, inside the test room.

　I gathered all of my friends from the adventurer group.

　Emily, Celeste, Alice, Eve, and Sakura.

　Gathering everyone in one place, I first checked Celeste's current status.
　Using the Portable Now Board, I get the status.

---1/2---
Level: 54/54
HP D
MP A
Power E
Strength E
Intelligence A
Spirit A
Speed E
Dexterous A
Luck C
--------- ...

---2/2---
Plants F
Animals F
Minerals F
Magic E
Characteristic F
--------- ...

　Looking at Celeste's status, I nodded, "Good.

What's good about it?
Because Celeste's abilities are the best fit for this test. I just wanted to double-check that.
'Is mine the best fit?　Check out Quicksilver, right? ......

　Celeste, who makes a face like that.
　Of the rings I have, I looked at the first "characteristic" ring I dropped, such as splitting.
　I've already told her that I'm going to test the changes in Quicksilver due to the ring, so she seems to understand that.

'I see, it can go down.
'Yeah. Celeste has a lot of E's, so I can check both up and down.
'I see, I have a lot of A's and F's.
Well, I'm pretty terrible to begin with.

　Emily and Alice were convinced.

　As he was convinced, their statuses were not suitable for this check.
　Emily was a genuine power fighter with a sharp A in her specialty and an F in everything else, while Alice's highest level was a 2 to begin with and most of them were Fs.

''I'm with you.

　I was equally convinced that Sakura, whose level was well over 100, but with a low growth rate and outstandingly low ability, was just as convinced.
　Incidentally, Eve did come, but she yawned loudly, disinterestedly.

'Let's go then.'
Yes, I'm ready.

　Celeste and I nodded at each other, and I first put on my 'trait' ring and cast Quicksilver.

　Then the Portable Now Board.

---1/2---
Level: 54/54
HP D
MP A
Power E
Strength E
Intelligence A
Spirit A
Speed D (+1)
Dexterous A
Luck C
--------- ...

---2/2---
Plants F
Animals F
Minerals F
Magic E
Characteristic F
--------- ...

Huh?
Nothing is going to happen.
Lyota, try harder.
Yeah.

　I nodded deeply and chanted Quicksilver again.
　After making sure it worked well with the magic light, the portable now board.

---1/2---
Level: 54/54
HP D
MP A (+1)
Power E
Strength E
Intelligence A
Spirit A
Speed D (+1)
Dexterous A
Luck C
--------- ...

---2/2---
Plants F
Animals F
Minerals F
Magic F
Characteristic F
--------- ...

　One more thing went up.
　It was the usual Quicksilver.

'Does that mean it doesn't work?'
I'm gonna try this one.

　Take off the trait ring, and now put on the enhancement ring.
　And Quicksilver.

　Set the Infinite Recovery Bullet.
I pour more Quicksilver on Celeste while continuing to shoot at myself.

　After pouring it all over, I go back to the portable now board.

---1/2---
Level: 54/54
HP C (+1)
MP A (+1)
Force D (+1)
Strength D (+1)
Intelligence A (+1)
Spirit A (+1)
Speed D (+1)
Dexterous A (+1)
Luck B (+1)
--------- ...
---2/2---
Plants F
Animals F
Minerals F
Magic E
Characteristic F
--------- ...

It's all the same.
So it didn't work. But it did work on Neptune, though.
Really?
Yeah. He made it clear that he did. Neptune aside, that look on Ran and Lil's face was the real deal.

　It's a satisfied look of satisfaction that I was able to help my favorite Neptune, regardless of me.
　That's real, it can't be a lie.

'Hey Lyota, did you notice anything else that was different?　Like how to put a ring on it.

　Alice reminds me of the three people I saw at the time.

''Hmmm ...... Even though I said they were different, all three of them wore them on their ring fingers, so I'd say they're different.

　Ring finger rings are worn by pairs of men and women, but Neptune and three others wear them all on their ring fingers because of the "H2O" thing.

...... all three of them?

　That's where it stuck for a moment.

　More importantly, I remembered that Neptune was also wearing it.

'No way. ...... Celeste.'
What?
Put these on. And the portable now board.
...... I get it.

　Celeste nods with a mysterious look on her face and puts on the "trait" ring I gave her.
　And then he said he'd use the portable now board again.

---1/2---
Level: 54/54
HP B (+2)
MP A (+2)
Force C (+2)
Strength C (+2)
Intelligence A (+2)
Spirit A (+2)
Speed C (+2)
Dexterity A (+2)
Luck A (+2)
--------- ...

---2/2---
Plant F (-1)
Animals F(-1)
Mineral F (-1)
Magic F(-1)
Characteristic F (-1)
--------- ...

"Oh?

　All of them let out their voices in unison.

　Celeste's ability had changed greatly.
　The increase in basic ability was doubled, and all of the drops that hadn't fluctuated in any way before now had a -1 on them.

　The effect of the ring was clear.

'Alice, please.'
'Yeah, first of all: ......'

　Another characteristic ring and a portable now board.

---1/2---
Level: 2/2
HP F
MP D
Power F
Strength F
Intelligence E
Spirit E
Speed F
Dexterous F
Luck D
--------- ...

---2/2---
Plants F
Animals F
Minerals F
Magic F
Characteristic E
--------- ...

Okay.
Then ...... Quicksilver.

---1/2---
Level: 2/2
HP D (+2)
MP D
Power F
Strength F
Intelligence E
Spirit E
Speed F
Dexterous F
Luck D
--------- ...

---2/2---
Plants F
Animals F
Mineral F (-1)
Magic F
Characteristic E
--------- ...

Oh, here you are.
There you are. Try to pull it off.
Okay.

　Remove it as instructed and portable now board again.

---1/2---
Level: 2/2
HP F
MP D
Power F
Strength F
Intelligence E
Spirit E
Speed F
Dexterous F
Luck D
--------- ...

---2/2---
Plants F
Animals F
Minerals F
Magic F
Characteristic E
--------- ...

　The ability was back to normal.

'So the buff has to be on the person being buffed?
Well, it looks like it.

　I thought about it.
　If that's the case, then it's a little different again.

　I'd like to give everyone at least one ring.
　Just like the Stone of Absolute Rock, one for each of us.

　That would cost quite a bit.
　With the current market price of crack stones, I might need to earn about three months' worth per one at most.

　Still, we can use this.
　I wanted to give it to everyone.

''Everyone, just wait and see. I'll earn rings for everyone.

　Once that's decided, I run out of the testing room and head to the dungeon.

'Emily, what's going on?　You're blushing.
Hey, it's nothing. I just remembered something.
'Maybe your uncle's nature got to you before?　Your own ring or something like that.
No, it's not!

　I had no way of knowing that Emily had been teased grandly in the testing room after I was gone.