Chapter 232 - 79 - Item: «Abyssal Pearl»
The Butler’s facial expression as he entered the Fujimoto family’s main dining room was directed towards me, seemingly wondering what had happened while he was gone.
The small cloth bag she was carrying fell in front of me, onto the dining table, which was soaked with Rina’s still-melting ice magic. From my relaxed position in the chair, I caught a glimpse of a thin light emanating from within the small cloth bag.
The head of the Fujimoto family nodded towards the Butler, as a sign that he had agreed to the donation of raw materials originating from another world, and try to keep calm to forgotten the incident that had just occurred.
Ziiippp...
Ziiippp...
Ziiippp...
The butler loosen out a cloth bag and revealed a raw material from another world.
A pearl, gleaming and emitting a bright green light, appeared before me.
I did hear, this was a raw material came from another world.
The sparkling pearl did indeed come from another world; there was nothing wrong with what the head of the Fujimoto family said.
What was wrong in my mind was... I am being so naive to believe that the head of the Fujimoto family would provide the raw materials.
Technically, this pearl is one of marine animal sourced from another world.
However, it’s also come along as the most expensive luxury items on Earth.
"This is indeed a raw material that comes from the sea," I said while glancing at the head of the Fujimoto family.
"Hahaha!! Yeaahh!! It’s indeed a raw material derived from marine animals. It’s not very useful because it’s pale in color and looks like it contains radioactive... that kind of bright green glow," said the head of the Fujimoto family while holding back a small laugh after seeing me, who was a little bit surprised by this.
"And you gave me this dangerous raw material?"
"I’m not giving it away to you, Master Weiss. I’m donating these raw materials for the sages of another world to research and hoping to find some value in the marine junk."
"I didn’t expect the little research I was going to do with the sage from another world would be complicated with this kind of raw material. The research I was going to do was to revive the Alchemist technique from a lost world, not to find the value function or price function of this mysterious raw material," I said in an annoyed tone and took the mysterious pearl.
Piinngg!!
Piinngg!!
When my hand touched the pearl that emitted a bright green light, the observer glasses I was wearing suddenly displayed hidden information from the raw material that the Fujimoto family head considered as marine junk.
[ Maid Order: Master Weiss!! ]
[ Maid Order: I found some unique uses for this pearl. ]
[ Maid Order: Would Master Weiss like to see that information in detail now? YES/NO ]
I was about to throw away this strange pearl as worthless ocean junk, just like the head of the Fujimoto family. That thought was quickly dispelled when El Ria’s observation glasses and my Maid Order ability collaborated, creating a new thread of information that broke through the perception of this pearl as ocean treasure.
A system screen derived from my Maid Order ability appeared before me. My hand movements would be awkward if I suddenly pressed the YES button, and I needed a subtle movement to disguise it.
Swwaammm!!
Swwaaammm!!
With a small hand movement that looked like I was weighing a pearl on my index finger, and a quick up-and-down motion, I pressed the YES button that only I could see.
"Feels lighter than pearls that come from Earth."
"If only it wasn’t so weirdly colored and emitting a bright green light that looked like radioactive material, you would have sold it in auction," I said to disguise my attempt to press the YES button from my Maid Order ability.
The Butler, who was still beside me, let out a small sigh and held my hand to stop my up and down movements.
"Master Weiss, please don’t do something so dangerous like that," said the Butler as he took the pearl that I was holding between my index finger and thumb.
"That was a dangerous move? ... Something problematic and big is inside this pearl, huh?" I replied as I let the Butler take the pearl I was holding and place it on top of the open cloth bag.
"Yes, this pearl is indeed dangerous because it is reactive and will explode if its outer layer is damaged or cracked. That is also the reason of this pearl cannot be sold at luxury auctions," said the Butler, giving me the information I needed to know.
Along with the Butler’s words, I read the information my Maid Order ability had managed to obtain. It was hidden information unknown to the Butler and the Fujimoto family head regarding the pearls, who donated to me as raw materials.
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Maid Order Analysis
[+] Item Name: Abyssal Pearl
[+] [ Hidden ] Classification: Junk [ Hidden: Dungeon Relic ]
[+] Origin: The Sunless Deep Sea Dungeon
[+] Auction Estimate: Unprocessed $0 (useless junk) up to 380,000,000 Gold Coin (Processed to Low Quality Pearl)
[+] Description:
A bright green pearl of light that originates from the deepest sea dungeon in the Otherworld, The Sunless Deep Sea.
According to Guild records in its homeworld, this pearl is a natural mana core formed over hundreds of years at the bottom of an abyssal oysters.
However, due to the overly strong magical resonance, the abyssal oysters attracted the attention of the Dungeon Boss Leviathan, a giant sea monster that swallows all kinds of animals or sea monsters without regard for their value.
By chance, the abyssal oysters containing the pearl was swallowed along with a pile of other abyssal oysters.
Strangely, the abyssal oysters couldn’t be digested by the Leviathan Dungeon Boss. After experiencing an excessive magic reaction within the Leviathan’s core magic, the abyssal oysters was eventually coming out from Leviathan mouth.
Some members of the Adventurer’s Guild expedition found an abyssal oysters containing this pearl floating in the dungeon’s ocean, emitting a bright green light.
Hidden properties:
[+] Emits unlimited natural green light.
[+] Can absorb magic around it.
[+] Stable even in anti-magic areas.
[+] Cannot be damaged (can regenerate after being exposed to any type of water).
Hidden Water Fused Abilities (Just dip it in any water, the outer layer will exploding with great effect):
[+] High Level Regeneration Potion
[+] High Mana Recovery Potion
[+] Abyssal Lantern Core
[+] Legendary-Rank Elixir Potion
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I did my best to read what information I could from the Maid Order’s abilities and my observer glasses.
From what I gathered, several things caught my attention and made me smile.
Then, I also took a glass of water containing frozen water in it, slowly glanced at Rina to manipulate the ice in the glass to melt quickly.
I’m not always lucky, but when Goddess of Luck strikes me with a lot luck, and it coincidence to solve a problem, then I’m happy to use it for myself or show it off to someone... who still in problem.
Rina knew the meaning of my glance at her and immediately melted the ice in the glass I was holding.
"You’re saying something dangerous like that now?" I said to the Butler as I set down a glass of slowly melting ice, to became drinkables.
"Forgive me, Master Weiss. I should have conveyed that important information first," replied the Butler as he took a step back.
"The outer layer explodes when damaged or cracked... that’s certainly dangerous if the information is correct."
The Butler’s words were completely at odds with the information I received from my Maid Order abilities.
I don’t know, if it right or not...
I will find out later...
Clang...
A glass of melting water in front of me made a sound that caught my attention.
In my mind, a small thought flashed that contradicted Butler’s words.
"Where did you get that information?" I asked, taking the pearl from the open pouch to my hand again.
"From the previous owner of the pearl."
"Sounds strange to my ears."
"Huh?" said the Butler with a confused look in front of me.
Seeing such a confused expression on his face, I intended to raise my capabilities and the Fujimoto family’s level of trust in me.
"The seven pearls you donated came from a sea dungeon called The Sunless Deep Sea, right?" I asked, examining the pearls, which were glowing bright green, closely, noticing the surface details that were beginning to crack without an explosion.
"There are some visible cracks, but it didn’t explode as you said before," I continued, dropping the pearl into a glass of cold, still-melting water.
Cliinngg!!
Cliinngg!!
From within the still-melting glass of cold water, I could see a pearl glowing brighter and brighter, like a magic lantern at night. Not with a flame, but with a bright green light that grew brighter and brighter until it became a white glow like an LED light.
I squinted my eyes to see what was happening before me. The pearl, which had previously glowed bright green, had now transformed into a white light that illuminated the Fujimoto family’s main dining room. Even the dark corner of the main dining room was not spared from the beam of light, revealing Fujimoto maid who was hiding in the darkness.
"As far as I can see..."
"This is actually a stable and non-explosive raw material."
My hand immediately dipped into the glass of water and picked up the pearl that had just regenerated after being exposed to the water. The bright light from the pearl was so dazzling that it hurt my eyes, so I quickly sealed it in a cloth bag.
Although some traces of light slip out.
"Donation of raw materials is quite valuable."
"Then... Let me give you a fitting reward for that generous donation."
Srreettt...
I immediately pushed a glass of water that had just been dipped in pearls to present a special gift to the head of the Fujimoto family.
"Medium-Rank Elixir Potion..." I said while looking seriously at the head of the Fujimoto family.
"As a thank you... for your gift."
"Just... Only for you."