Failure Frame: I Became the Strongest and Annihilated Everything With Low-Level Spells Vol. 2 by Kaoru Shinozaki

Author:Kaoru Shinozaki [Shinozaki, Kaoru]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: light novel
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Published: 2021-03-31T04:00:00+00:00

I offered Seras one of the blue gemstones I’d found in the Ruins of Disposal as payment for her protection. The pair I’d taken them from didn’t know how much they’d be worth, but maybe Seras would.

“Ah!”

She fumbled and almost dropped the little blue stone, quickly catching it before it hit the floor.

“I… I’m sorry.”

“Are you okay?”

“Just surprised, that’s all.”

“What’s wrong?”

“Sir Too-ka, I believe this is a blue dragonstone.”

“Blue dragonstone? I got it from someone who told me it might be valuable.”

I remembered the spirit’s words.

“I hope our treasures can help you when you get up to the surface. They should last you for quite some time…as long as the economy didn’t crash or anything!”

Seras picked up the lamp on my bedside table and inspected the gemstone closely.

“It’s real, isn’t it?” she said with wonder in her voice.

“I don’t know,” I answered.

“Sir Too-ka, would you mind pouring mana into it?”

“You can’t do it yourself?”

“Unlike humans, my race is not adept at manipulating mana. We can only control small amounts of it—it’ll take more than I can muster to determine this gemstone’s authenticity.”

Is that why elves borrow the power of spirits to fight their battles?

“All right.”

I took the gemstone back from her and tried pouring mana into it. It glowed like a prism, a beautiful rainbow of colors, which faded as quickly as they’d come.

“It matches the descriptions I’ve read… I think this is real, Sir Too-ka.”

“Is it really worth that much?”

“Priceless would be a more accurate term,” she explained. “Blue dragonstones can only be obtained from creatures of legend, blue-eyed dragons. When they died and their bodies melted away, it is said that these small, beautiful stones could sometimes be found in their remains.”

Seras looked closely at the little stone sitting in my hand.

“Blue-eyed dragons were stronger than entire armies and were said to occasionally attack human villages. They were practically walking natural disasters. But legend says that a band of heroes and mercenaries vanquished them all in ages past.”

I remembered the two heroes from the Ruins of Disposal who had died hand in hand. They must’ve been powerful warriors in their own rights…

“Blue dragonstones aren’t available on the public market. They’re worth…” Seras looked flustered. She stroked her chin, trying to calm herself down and assess the situation. “They’re worth at least as much as the Dragon-Eye Cup reward, maybe more.”

“Then I guess it’s pretty valuable. So you’ll take it as payment?”

These things could be extremely useful in any future negotiations.

Seras held her hands out in protest.

“I can’t do that, Sir Too-ka.”

“Huh?”

“This is too valuable to be given so casually!”

She’s too nice for her own good.

“…”

I thought of the pouch full of gemstones in my bag —I had more than enough to share.

I tossed the blue dragonstone at Seras.

“Ah!” She caught it with both hands, flustered.

“Sir Too-ka…?”

“That’s yours now. Throw it away, keep it—do whatever you want with it.”

“What? N-no, I—”

“That’s your pay. Don’t tell me it isn’t enough for you.”

“I-it’s enough, but…”

It’s worth as much as the reward

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