An Adventurer Mom, Who Awakened [Housewife] Skill Through a Login Bonus, Is Making the Most of Her Adventurer Life With the Weekly Flyers She Gets! - Chapter 60

The location of the Holy Sword was now known.

According to Bernhardt, the Holy Sword that had vanished from the treasury had『returned to the presence of the gods』and was now in a state where it would once again be granted to those who overcame the trials.

“So basically, if Kachua-san gathers twenty thousand Monster Points, she will obtain the Holy Sword, right?”

Og summed it up in simple terms.

“I want to see the legendary sword that has been passed down through the royal family.”

“Yeah.”

Rick and Laura looked forward to it.

Talking about it would not accomplish anything, so the Gamma Team immediately set out to explore the dungeon.

Their destination was the thirty-eighth floor, continuing from where they had left off.

The thirty-eighth floor was a pastel-colored fairytale-like area.

The monsters that appeared were rabbits and bears, but not realistic ones — they looked like adorable stuffed animals.

“Here I go, 【Sheath Strike Fist】!”

In an instant, Bernhardt pummeled the stuffed animals and skillfully left them at exactly 1 HP.

Beaming with excitement, he turned back toward Kachua.

“Now, Kachua-san, finish them off.”

“Impossible, no way, no way.”

But Kachua had already lost her nerve completely.

“Didn’t you say,『I will never forgive them, never』just the other day?”

Ann sharply pointed out.

“That’s true, but twenty thousand points is impossible. Even on Triple Points Day, that would mean over six thousand kills. Impossible.”

At present, Kachua’s Monster Point Card only held 108 points.

Twenty thousand points was a distant dream.

And besides, the stuffed-animal monsters were cute.

She could not bring herself to fight ferocious monsters, and neither could she fight these.

“It cannot be helped then.”

Ann used her spear and delivered the finishing blow to the stuffed-bear monster.

“Ann, do not interfere.”

Bernhardt gave her a stern look.

“No, Kachua cannot do it. A front-line role is a far more specialized skill than you realize. For ordinary people, attacking a living creature carries a very strong psychological barrier.”

Ann said this, protecting Kachua.

“Kachua can only fight when she or her companions are cornered or against ingredients she actually wants to eat.”

“But the bearer of the skill 【Housewife–Househusband】 is Kachua-san. Unless she accumulates the Monster Points, we cannot obtain the Holy Sword.”

“That is your convenience. Realistically, Kachua cannot do it.”

“If she fights with her life on the line, there is nothing she cannot do!”

Bernhardt tried to press the matter with pure grit and determination.

“The lives of many people in the kingdom are riding on this!”

Bernhardt was growing desperate.

And besides, this was also for Kachua’s sake.

Her husband Alan, who was stationed on the borderlands, might not survive without the Holy Sword.

Before the first Queen and her companions were granted the Holy Sword, countless calamities had occurred, many people had perished, and others had lost their homes and livelihoods.

Before such a disaster could be repeated, Bernhardt wanted to restore the Holy Sword to human hands.

Bernhardt’s feelings for his kingdom were genuine.

His intensity was overwhelming, but Ann did not back down and retorted.

“Even so, that does not give you the right to corner Kachua!”

The one who stepped in between the two was Rick.

“Aa, Bernhardt-san, may I ask you a question?”

“A question? Ah, of course.”

Caught off guard by the sudden inquiry, Bernhardt stopped the argument and turned to face Rick.

“Doesn’t the story of the Holy Sword sound a little strange?”

“Strange? How so?”

“I understand that the royal consort was the bearer of the skill【Housewife–Househusband】and that he gathered Monster Point Card points to obtain the Holy Sword.”

“Aaa, that understanding is correct.”

Bernhardt nodded.

“But according to the royal tradition you told us earlier, it sounded like the royal consort, the Queen, and their companions — everyone — together obtained the Holy Sword, didn’t it?”

“…That is true.”

“If the only condition was collecting points on the card, I do not think it would be written that way.”

Because of his love of treasure, Rick was surprisingly skilled at deciphering old texts.

“In that case, there must be something we can do as well.”

Laura spoke up.

“………”

Bernhardt folded his arms and sank into thought.

“Indeed, Rick-kun is correct. I am the Second Prince, and therefore not in a position to know all of the royal traditions. The Holy Sword itself has had its very existence erased from the public record. Yet even setting that aside, the passage about how the Holy Sword was obtained is strangely worded.”

The first Queen who overcame the trials, my ancestor who became her royal consort, and their companions who shared their cause — it was to them that the gods bestowed the Holy Sword with the command,『Defeat the Darkness』.

So spoke Bernhardt.

“Yes, that strangeness is exactly what I meant.”

Rick insisted.

In history, there existed the official record and the hidden record.

In the official record, the Holy Sword’s existence had been erased entirely.

But the official record did not always contain the truth.

Inconvenient facts for the powerful, or matters that might unnecessarily cause unrest among the people, were omitted.

On the other hand, the hidden texts — the traditions preserved by the royal family — must have been written exactly to pass down the truth to later generations.

In fact, it was precisely because of this royal tradition that Bernhardt had come to Dungeon Loa.

“…If that is the case, then perhaps overcoming the trials requires not only Kachua-san, but our strength as well.”

“Exactly. Bernhardt-san, do you know anything about these trials?”

“That’s the thing… I do not know at all.”

Bernhardt let out a sigh.

“Aaa, then did that royal consort also fight with a ladle and a pot lid?”

“No, it is said that his weapons were pen and paper. They were said to be mightier than a sword.”

“Pen and paper…”

Kachua could not help but think she would have preferred that.

“But what sort of things could one do with pen and paper, I wonder.”

“It was said to be a mysterious pen. When he wrote『a very delicious meal』on paper called Divine Paper, the meal would appear exactly as written.”

“My, how convenient.”

“…But how did he defeat monsters with that?”

“Records of him actually defeating monsters are extremely scarce.”

“So that means, just like Kachua, the first Queen’s royal consort was not a combat class either.”

“That is correct. He is said to have been the strongest of all support classes.”

“The skill【Housewife–Househusband】is the strongest support class…”

“Kachua-san.”

“Y-yes.”

Bernhardt stepped right up to Kachua and bowed his head.

“I apologize. I let my impatience get the better of me, and I wronged you.”

“Oh, no, it’s fine. I should be the one to apologize. I understand, but when I’m standing in front of a monster, I just can’t fight.”

Kachua also apologized to Bernhardt.

“No, we are companions. Let’s calm down and take things one step at a time.”

“Bernhardt-san…”

“In truth, there are a few ways other than the Holy Sword to suppress monsters.”

Bernhardt finally admitted.

“And you could not have said that earlier!?”

“I do not know how effective those methods would be. In my mind, defeating twenty thousand monsters seemed far more certain and straightforward.”

“Defeating twenty thousand monsters is more straightforward, you say…”

Even Rick was dumbfounded.

And for someone like Rick, who fought on the front lines, defeating twenty thousand monsters was by no means an easy task.

“In the era of the first Queen and her companions, it is said that six calamities descended upon the world. The first enemy was the accursed dragon, the Black Dragon.”

“Ah, I know about that.”

Rick raised his voice.

This was a famous story written in the official histories, known to all.

The first Queen and her companions joined forces and defeated the six calamities.

“The Black Dragon… is that the same dragon said to dwell on the 120th floor of this dungeon?”

Og asked Bernhardt.

They had forgotten about it amidst everything else, but slaying the Black Dragon had been designated as a special quest by the Adventurers’ Guild.

A special quest was a high-public-importance mission in which all adventurers ranked E or higher were forcibly made to participate.

“Aaa, the Black Dragon is the enemy we once failed to defeat. If only I had possessed more strength at that time!”

Bernhardt said bitterly.

“That was not your fault.”

Ann consoled him.

It seemed to be a story from when the two of them had once formed a party together.

“I have grown stronger since then. Let us work together this time.」

“…To the 120th floor?”

When Kachua asked, Bernhardt nodded.

“To the 120th floor.”