Chapter 257: A Gluttonous Dagger
Alma POV 2/5
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So, the dagger resulted to be this horrendous plot twist where it was actually a talking weapon who was also into lolis and turns out I am one, so he's gladly my weapon only because of that?
I put him down there to hide him, not to bribe him! Ugh, I can't get out of my body this disgusting feeling. He might be shaped like a nice dagger, but that voice and his way of speaking about a little girl's lower body seems rather horrendously wrong.
But I cannot do anything over it.
And he's a dagger, he can't do much to me other than stab me…
"You won't stab me, right?" I asked.
"Eh?! Why would I even do that?! Damaging such a flawlessly beautiful skin like yours would be a crime!" he said.
"Ugh… You're really into lolis."
"What are lolis?" he asked.
"Nothing, it is better for you to not learn it."
"Anyways! My creator has always wanted me to be wielded, but I was actually never wielded since I was created, so I have been living inside that library for millions of years! Hahaha! I have been moved everywhere for a long time and never anyone came to pick me up…"
"Maybe she threw you away because you were a defective degenerate."
"W-What?!"
"Nothing…"
"Anyways, now that I finally got such a pretty wielder, we must close our contract! Tell me your name, elven princess," he said.
Ugh, I feel like I shouldn't make one now.
He's really going to get me into more trouble.
"Can I cancel my subscription?" I asked
"Excellent- WHAT?"
"I don't want to make a contract with a disgusting and perverted weapon," I said, crossing my arms.
"B-But… Little Elf Princess!"
He began to slowly crawl into my little leg, it was so disgusting I began to move him away.
"G-Get off me, you metallic bug!"
"Uahh~ I don't know why but it feels nice to be insulted by such a cute little girl!" he said.
"Sheesh! Fine! I am Alma! Now get off my leg." I sighed.
"Alright!"
He jumped out of my leg quickly and then began to move around.
Suddenly, a thread made of magic came out of him and connected to my chest.
FLASH!
"And done, good as new!" he said, nodding.
"So that was the contract?" I asked.
"Yes, that was it! See? Nothing too crazy." Said the dagger.
"Huh…"
He really didn't do anything weird like trying to rape me with his handle or something.
Phew…
Suddenly, he fell over the ground motionlessly.
"Eh? What's wrong now?"
"Ugh… my battery is over. A little mana stone won't even last an hour." He sighed.
"What? I don't have any way to get you another, it took me pretty long to give you a single one already."
"Geez. Why are you being held captive here, little Alma?" he asked.
"Because I have a weird condition… And they sealed my Mana…"
"Hm, so that is it? At your age children usually, already begin developing mana…"
"Yeah, I have been trying to take out the seal, but I really can't."
"Maybe I can help you get it out but… You gotta feed me more… That Mana Core was nothing!" he said.
"And what can I even give to you?" I asked.
"Well, you gave me Mana Cores, but you got a nice buffet of magical items worth way more than those jewels." He said, as he slowly crawled into my closet, where I hid the artifacts, I gathered from the secret room in the library.
"Artifacts? You can eat them?!" I asked.
"Girl, you don't even know what I am actually capable of! I am a Rank 9 Artifact made by a Venerable! I might be incredibly weakened, but my abilities are amazing." He said. He was prideful of his existence.
"I honestly don't like how cocky you are… And those artifacts are important, I can't just feed them to you!" I protested.
"What's more important, this pile of old trash or your safety?" he asked.
"…"
Okay, he got all serious out of a sudden… Of course, my safety is more important!
"F-Fine!"
I grabbed him by the handle as I opened the door.
"Oohoo, your little fingers are so soft, and those beautiful and clean pink nails… oh my, you're a beautiful treasure, Alma!" he said, just because I grabbed him… ugh.
I moved away from the pile of clothes and then took out a wooden box, there were all sorts of artifacts whose uses were shitty or that I couldn't activate. There were blades, axes, and even a shield too, none of them worked either, and these didn't have a socket for mana cores like him. But there were also weird things I didn't know what the heck they were for, a giant eye made of gold, a strange watch-like thing, and even a thing resembling a witch hat, but made of metal.
"Oohhh! This is what I call a FEAST!"
He juped into the items and I saw how he did it.
He used his blade and slashed the artifacts, which suddenly made them turn into light particles.
Wow.
"Can you do that with every enemy we encounter from now on?" I asked.
"It won't work, this is only a method for eating inert things, living beings will require us to work together to defeat it!" he said.
Slash! Slash! Slash! Slash!
He began to slash through everything with a lot of gluttony on his appearance and behavior. The artifacts turned into particles of light and disappeared one by one, forging his power and enhancing it further and further!
"Om, nom, nom, nom! Ohoo! This is such a good buffet!"
"How can you slice these old and indestructible things but not living beings?" I asked.
"Well I can but not with as much ease. As long as it is not alive, I can absorb things by slashing at them, like absorbing materials or food." I can also do the same with mana cores and possibly get an ability or two from them if they come from strong monsters! Ah! I have already gotten a few…"
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