Is It Bad That the Main Character’s a Roleplayer?

Episode 260: (8)

“Is there a tool to change eye color?”

A corner of the city of Hudelen. Akata, a girl who had become quite fluent in the local language, pondered over the contents of the letter that arrived yesterday and asked her senior. A bracelet made of high-quality threads dangles from the girl’s arm.

“There isn’t one, right?”

“Really?”

“then.”

But why do you ask that? Akata shrugged his shoulders at what the senior added. Three pairs of arms shook at once.

“Not long ago, I heard a customer say that he was tired of being told that he was unlucky because of his eye color, and that he needed to do something about it.”

“Eye color?”

“The eyes were blue, but they were brown, as if they were stained.”

“iced coffee. There are people like that sometimes. “It’s very rare, but I wonder how I even saw such a customer.”

In fact, she had seen it while she was still in the tribe, and such eyes were not that rare in her tribe.

Akata smiled, ignoring that fact.

“So can people like that change their eye color?”

“What? “It’s not impossible.”

“The way you speak is subtle, so I guess it’s expensive.”

“I guess so.”

“Is it more expensive than changing your hair color?”

“huh. “Changing eye color can only be done through magic.”

“why?”

“Well… you can’t pour dye in your eyes, right?”

“Ah…”

Akata understood at once. In fact, with modern dyes, you have to be prepared for hair loss or scalp rashes even if you only use them for hair dyeing. However, if you pour such strong dye into your eyes, the only future that awaits you is blindness.

“hmm. The way he was dressed didn’t make him look like he had a lot of money…”

“Then it must be difficult?”

“Is it that expensive?”

“Hmm. hmm. Since the principle of this product is to cast hallucination magic on a localized area such as the eyes, it won’t be extremely expensive for a magic tool… but it will still cost over a million gal. Because the current situation is the current situation.”

“Wow….”

A million gals. Akata’s eight eyes widened as she saw the amount, which was far beyond the current girl’s reach. Since it was a magic product, I thought it would have a certain price range, but I had no idea that the number of digits would be different from what I expected.

“why. “Did you want to buy it too?”

“Why am I buying something that changes eye color? “If I had to buy it, I would buy an item that makes it look like there are no eyes on your forehead.”

“Uh…”

In the face of a hostile entity called the devil, racial discrimination is steadily decreasing, but this is only possible in the face of a familiar appearance.

The girl, whose appearance was more difficult to find than the scaly Shaggi tribe, experienced all the discrimination that could be experienced after coming to Hudelen. It has been a long time since I realized that such discrimination can be greatly reduced by covering just the six eyes on the forehead.

“After talking about it, I want it even more. If you can cast hallucinations on the eyes, you can cast them on the forehead too, right? Then you won’t have to cover your forehead with a cloth, and your vision will be clear again.”

However, as the girl continued speaking, she was able to see how high the value of the item was.

Being able to change your eye color to an illusion means you can also use it to cover up scars. Maybe it would be possible to change the entire appearance of the face.

“…But it would be more expensive to do that, right? “Because the range that needs to be covered is wider.”

“Maybe… I guess so.”

How much would I have to spend to buy something like that? What should I sell and what should I do to raise that much money before then?

The girl stretched out her two hands forward. Although Hudelen pioneered the trend, it was clearly visible that he was deprived of opportunities due to discrimination.

“still! “I don’t think you need to buy such an item!”

While she was sitting still, the girl’s senior, who had been hesitant, suddenly shouted. His face is full of sweat, as if he had concocted words to comfort Akata in that short period of time.

“If you hide your eyes… it may be accepted right away, but beings with eight eyes may be rejected in the future. “The eight eyes are something people should accept, not something you should hide.”

“…Mr. Chelsea.”

“Of course, if what you are going through right now is very difficult and you think you have to hide it, then I won’t stop you, but…”

“It’s not that I wanted to buy it so desperately, but I am touched.”

I was saying this without thinking, but I didn’t expect such a serious answer to come back. When Akata said that, Chelsea’s face turned bright red.

“You’re cold, kid….”

“Sometimes I think about it, Chelsea, but I think you’re too delicate.”

“What do you say… It’s not that I’m delicate, it’s that you’re strong.”

“…is that so?”

“okay. This type of discrimination is something that even adults usually have trouble overcoming.”

However, this is my first time hearing such an opinion. I’ve been through a lot before to be this frustrated, and I also have a treasure package that gave me strength when I was having a hard time, so I just passed on it thinking, ‘It’s always worth holding on.’ But wasn’t that something that was natural, something special about her?

“Then I’m glad.”

Akata fingered the bracelet made of thread in the treasure bundle. It felt good to hear that she was doing well. I have the courage to look at that person.

“hmm. However, I will sell bracelets while keeping my identity hidden. “It’s discrimination and we can’t miss this trend.”

“Do whatever you want….”

You can’t miss the opportunity to make money separately. She held up the bracelet she had just completed. A bracelet with a pattern similar to what is popular these days but with a more colorful and sophisticated pattern was shaking from the girl’s hand.

“Woohuhuhu. “It is the emergence of aid.”

“what the. Even if you smile like that, you don’t look evil, kid….”

“I don’t think so. “It’s quite funny, isn’t it, to see people who say they don’t buy things sold by smart-eyed people go crazy over someone hiding their true identity?”

“That’s true, but…”

“If you work hard for a few weeks, you will be able to be proud of the warchief.”

“Oh, right. “I heard there was a letter from the Great Forest.”

The senior, who knew that the relationship between Akata and his hometown was not very good, gently scratched the bridge of his nose.

“Can I ask what it’s about?”

“sure. It’s no big deal. How are you? It’s still the same here. I want to ask you something. Can you please ask me something? “That was roughly it.”

“…Did you listen to that?”

“It was a request from the Warchief, not anyone else. Although I am not close to the people in my hometown, the warchief has treated me well. And the request is so… a bit pitiful.”

“What is it?”

“I want to get a wig to cover up hair loss…”

“Ah…”

“I don’t know if it’s a racial trait, but baldness is very rare. In the midst of all this, someone with a bald head comes out… isn’t it pitiful?”

“Isn’t it… pitiful… this is worth listening to…”

Akata grinned while the senior touched his broad forehead for an unknown reason.

It’s just the external details, the really important part is the latter part, but what’s the use of even talking about that? Akata grinned, covering up lies with truth.

* * *

I have to use camouflage skills, but does the dye work?

I looked at my face from the polished gauntlets. Although it may not have the reflective power of a mirror, it was possible because it was possible to tell whether the eyebrow color was dark or light in a hazy face.

“…I have no eyebrows.”

In fact, if you look closely, it wasn’t even a distinction between dark and light. If you can see your eyebrows, it’s their original color. If you can’t see them, it’s closer to thinking they’re dyed.

In fact, if the image reflected in the gauntlet appears to have no eyebrows, brown eyebrows are visible when reflected in the water, which is an almost certain way to distinguish it. If you ask why it is not visible in the gauntlet, the only answer I can give is that the color is so light that it appears to blend in with the skin during the process of crushing the image.

“under.”

Still, if your eyebrows become blurred like this, your impression won’t change drastically. The scars around the eye patch and mouth are still a problem, but a person’s eyebrows still influence one’s appearance.

Well, putting all those problems aside, if I had to pick the most disappointing thing, it would be that the dye does not work the moment the camouflage skill is turned off.

“Is magic resistance the problem?…”

After thinking about why that was the case, I finally found something that could be called an answer. The difference between the skill deactivated state and the activated state is the debuff that sticks, and this is the only cause that can be said to be the cause.

The difference in dye durability between the early and middle stages of the camouflage skill also provided considerable evidence. Due to the nature of the camouflage skill, the longer the skill is used, the longer the magic resistance decreases, and the dye’s durability also increased accordingly. As expected, this guy is the only cause.

“It’s something I didn’t even feel during the battle…”

But why bother only in times like this when it didn’t help at all other times? I grunted and checked the time.

It would be a huge problem if my eyebrow color faded while I was walking around the city or talking to people, so I couldn’t help it. You must know the maintenance time in case of an emergency.

Hilarious.

At that time, the bushes beyond the farming area that Sangun had made shook. My legs, which had been bent to dig up mushrooms, also stood up and I pulled out my sword.

Grumbling.

The hair of the wig I had been wearing to get used to it began to flow softly. I tied it loosely considering the ambiguous length, but it seemed like the hair tie had fallen off again.

Pop!

Meanwhile, the swaying bush split in half and a leopard jumped out from between it. For a resident of this forest, the crab was as small as a baby.

The hand holding the sword twitched and turned it in the opposite direction. Now, what is caught by my gauntlet is not the handle of the long sword, but the blade.

Pow!

I dodged the leopard’s lunge and slashed at its skin with the broad side of the knife’s hilt. However, the dynamically moving leopard was curved, and as a result, both ends of the guard scratched its skin. Sigh! Clear scratches appeared between the fur, and the surrounding area began to turn red.

“Oh…”

I made a subtle expression as I looked at the blood-stained guard. When I was playing a game, I saw a motion of killing an opponent by driving the tip of the guard into the back of the opponent’s neck as if he was pounding a grain, but I forgot about it because I had nothing else to use… Now that I think about it again, I can clearly feel that I am a bad swordsman. If it weren’t for the combat system correction, I probably would have died a long time ago.

Wow!

…But isn’t this a situation where the system can really be a devil knight or a devil? So they also do this correction?

I lightly kicked the stomach of the attacking beast, feeling only a strange appreciation for the fact that I did not want to know. Since it was animal cruelty and I couldn’t kill him with a sword – if there were people around, I would have killed them for their safety, but what’s the need for that now – it was a compromise.

I wish he would quickly admit that he is a prey that cannot be defeated and go back…

Crrrrr…

Did my earnest wish come true? The leopard finally came to his senses. He still twirled around my piece of flesh as if he was lusting after it, but at least he had stopped trying to attack me.

However, if it ends like this, there is a chance that it will seize the opportunity and attack again. I raised my magic power for a clearer warning.

Rumbling. Blood ran straight down between my nostrils and my fingertips curled.

Sigh! There were four claw marks on the ground from in front of me to the leopard’s feet. The frightened leopard began to run away in a huff. Fortunately, my nose was in a bit of trouble.

“Sniff Mr. Ao.”

Wow really. Magical reflux is a bitch. Does it make sense that my nose would bleed immediately after using this once?

I sat down on the floor, muttering sincerely. The tree where mushrooms were growing close together has now started to cover my butt.

For reference, the place where I sat was where the mushrooms had been dug up in advance, so there were no pitiful ones crushed.

[Wow! Wow!]

But in addition to my nose, there was a problem with my eardrums.

“…are you here again?”

[Why did you have a nosebleed again? I brought you some food. Would you like to have some of this?]

Anyway, it was a noisy snake. My lips slightly lifted.

[Oh, huh? [Where is the lunch box?]

In addition, when San-gun showed further indecency, the lips that had been raised ended up parting. Phew. At the sound of the wind falling, Sangun’s head turned around.

[Did you laugh?]

My lips closed again and my crooked eyes drew a straight line as if they had never been like that.

[No, you’re laughing now.]

“I’ve never done that.”

[No….]

“No.”

It was a typical day.