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 62

After several more explorations, Kachua and the others finally reached the thirty-ninth floor they were aiming for.

The thirty-ninth floor was a map of a ruined old castle.

If they defeated one hundred Stone Golems on this floor, they would obtain the Green Golem Stone they were after.

To efficiently defeat the Stone Golems, Gamma Team scattered Monster-Attracting Powder to increase the monster spawn rate.

As soon as the powder was scattered, Stone Golems came charging in as a group.

Just as planned! Battle start!

But—

“They’re tougher than I thought!”

The Stone Golems that appeared were more numerous than expected, and their defense was higher than expected as well.

Stone Golems kept attacking one after another, leaving them no time to catch their breath.

Fighting were Ann, Bernhardt and Og—just those three.

Rick wasn’t participating in the battle, staying back to protect Laura and Kachua.

With only three fighters, they didn’t have enough combatants.

If Rick, who excelled at disrupting enemies, were fighting, the battle would be much easier.

Thinking that, Kachua called out to Rick.

“I’ll protect Laura-chan! Rick-kun, you go too!”

“But, Kachua-san, will you be all right?”

“Yes, I’ve got the pot lid.”

“If anything happens, call for me!”

Rick also understood that things would go badly if this continued.

Though he was worried, he left Kachua and Laura’s side to join the fight.

Immediately after, a Stone Golem suddenly appeared and attacked the two of them.

The Stone Golem swung its massive rock arm straight down at Laura.

“Tch—”

Kachua blocked the Stone Golem’s strike with the pot lid.

Surprisingly, the pot lid’s defensive power was quite high.

“Kachua-san!”

Rick hurriedly tried to come back toward them, but—

“I’m fine! Rick-kun, keep fighting!”

Kachua stopped him.

It hurt—she absolutely hated it—but even if she did take a hit from the Stone Golem, she was wearing slightly expensive armor for safety’s sake, so she wouldn’t die instantly.

And with Laura the healer right next to her, they could manage somehow.

As a last resort, Laura could also cast her attack spell, 【Arrow of Light】, though since it consumed magic power, they wanted to conserve it as much as possible for the team.

In other words, Kachua had no choice but to hold out on her own for a while.

But after blocking attack after attack, Kachua—whose stamina was low—started to feel faint and unsteady.

At that moment—

Something shot out from Kachua’s backpack.

It charged straight toward the Stone Golem.

“W-What?”

Before she could even be surprised, a status board appeared right in front of Kachua!

『Bear-Bear Sword Secret Technique — Kuma Slash!』

“Bear-Bear Sword?”

Before she could make sense of it, the Stone Golem was cleaved perfectly in two.

Beyond the fallen Stone Golem stood a palm-sized teddy bear.

In its hand was the sewing needle that had gone missing back at Kachua’s house.

A new message appeared on the status board.

『Companion Event triggered — Skill 【Housewife】 Sub-Skill 【Sewing】 has leveled up.

Puppet Swordsman Kumakichi has defeated the Stone Golem!』

Kachua shouted—

“Wait, I don’t understand any of this! What is going on?”

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Somehow, Gamma Team managed to finish the battle and safely obtain the Green Golem Stone, but that wasn’t their biggest concern right now.

They were resting by the lakeside near the ruined castle on the thirty-ninth floor.

The effect of the Monster-Attracting Powder had worn off, giving Kachua and the others a chance to catch their breath.

“What is this stuffed animal?”

“Well, even if you ask me that…”

Ann had asked for an explanation, but Kachua herself didn’t understand.

If anything, Kachua was the one who wanted answers.

In the end, the little stuffed bear had managed to defeat five Stone Golems all by itself, a truly impressive feat.

Now, though, it seemed to have returned to being just a regular stuffed-animal charm and wasn’t moving at all.

As Kachua sat there bewildered, Bernhardt spoke up.

“Kachua-san, is there no message displayed on this bear’s status board?”

Kachua looked at the stuffed bear.

Sure enough, a small status board had appeared.

“Yes, it says『Puppet Kumakichi』.”

“I see. Focus your mind on that message.”

“Focus…?”

“You don’t have to overthink it. Just imagine it like scrolling through a point card. Try pressing it.”

“Press it?”

“Normally, you can scroll the status board just by imagining it. But until you get used to it, you can also physically tap it with your finger.”

Following the advice, Kachua tapped the status board with her finger.

“Ah.”

The display switched to a new screen.

『Kachua’s Puppet — Stuffed Animal Swordsman Kumakichi

　Techniques: Bear-Bear Swordsmanship

　Kuma Slash

　Kuma Bomber (Self-Destruct)』

“What, self-destruct?!”

“Kachua-san, did you find anything out?”

“It says it’s my puppet. Its name is Kumakichi. A stuffed-animal swordsman.”

A『puppet』referred to the ability to temporarily control a summoned creature.

A summoned creature could fight alongside the user, attacking or defending as needed.

It was a type of magic, but a rare ability—usually suited for special and powerful jobs like Summoner, Puppet Master, Shaman or Mage/Witch.

In Kachua’s case, the only thing she could apparently control (?) was this teddy bear…

“Hmm.”

Bernhardt thought for a moment, then asked Kachua, “Kachua-san, could you check your point card?”

“Uh, just a second.”

She pulled the Monster Point Card from her coin purse and checked it—

“Oh, it’s gone up by five points.”

“As I thought. The Monster Points for a puppet’s kill go to the master.”

“In other words, if the stuffed bear fights, Kachua-san’s Monster Points will increase” Rick said brightly.

Kachua could only fight when absolutely necessary.

Having the stuffed-animal swordsman Kumakichi fight in her place and earn Monster Points was welcome news for the entire team.

“Oh, that’s good news. I’m hungry—shall we have lunch?”

Ann suggested, and Laura nodded with a『Yeah』.

Today’s lunch was sandwiches they had taken out from the market.

Eating them by the lakeside gave it a bit of a picnic atmosphere.

“There must be fish in there” Ann murmured as she gazed at the lake while preparing salad and pouring tea.

Rick, who had sharp eyesight, squinted toward the water.

“Ah, there are. I can see quite a few of them.”

“If only we had fishing rods, we could catch some” Bernhardt said regretfully.

“True, and since it’s Wednesday, the fish day, we might catch some really tasty ones” Kachua said.

Bernhardt tilted his head and asked,

“Fish day?”

“Every Wednesday is fish day. Oh, want to see the flyer?”

“Flyer? Let’s see.”

Bernhardt took the flyer she offered and began reading it with interest.

Apparently, Bernhardt could read flyers too.

“So the appearance rate of Blue Bass is higher on the thirty-ninth floor. Blue Bass is delicious. I wanted to eat some.”

“Really? That’s too bad, I wanted to try it too” Kachua said casually—

And right then, something once again shot out of Kachua’s backpack.

It headed straight toward the lake!

“Kuma-chan?!”

Startled, Kachua quickly looked back at the stuffed bear—but Kumakichi was still sitting right there.

“Huh? Was I just imagining things?”

“Kachua-san, you weren’t imagining it. I saw something fly out of your backpack toward the lake” Og said, pointing to Kachua’s backpack, which had been left open while they prepared lunch.

“Kachua, what do you even have in that backpack?”

“What? Nothing weird… oh, wait. I did put in another stuffed animal.”

Right before they left, Kachua had repaired another teddy bear, identical to Kumakichi.

She had been debating whether to attach a string to it and make it into a charm like Kumakichi, and had decided to bring it along to think about it again during their break.

“No way—was it that teddy bear?”

Kachua frantically looked toward the lake.

The running stuffed bear was already so far away it looked like a tiny speck, but then—another status board appeared!

『Kachua’s Puppet — Stuffed-Animal Chef (Food Procurement Officer) Kumanosuke

　Techniques: Bear-Bear Hunting Arts

　Kuma Attack

　Kuma Bomber (Self-Destruct)』

“Why do they always have a self-destruct skill?!”