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 65

“The truth is, Ann suddenly has to lose three kilograms…”

Without mentioning her 【Housewife】 skill, Kachua explained Ann’s Team Mission.

“Well, this is as good a chance as any—guess I’ll try my best with a diet”

Ann said as she sipped her black coffee.

“There doesn’t seem to be a time limit on the Team Mission, so if I keep at it steadily, I’ll clear it eventually.”

“But Ann..”

“First things first—no sweets for me.”

But even though it was only day one of her diet, Ann was already letting out a deep sigh.

“Ann-san, you work out, so you’ll lose weight quickly”

Rick offered, trying to cheer her up.

“That’s right.”

“Yeah.”

Og and Laura also encouraged her.

“Thanks”

Ann said, expressing her gratitude—

“But I really can’t afford to take it too easy. Maybe I should try a fasting diet…” she muttered, making Kachua worry.

“Don’t overdo it, okay?”

“…Um, if you’ll forgive me for being forward, please let me know if you need help. There are medicines that let you lose weight healthily.”

Minerva seemed willing to cooperate.

“What, there’s a medicine like that?”

Ann’s eyes sparkled.

“Yes. There are medicines that suppress sugar absorption and among magic potions there are even quick-acting ones that can make you lose three kilograms as soon as you drink one.”

Ann leaned forward.

“That’s perfect for clearing my mission!”

Ann’s mission was to lose three kilograms. This potion was literally the perfect match.

“Minerva-san, can you make that potion?”

Ann asked eagerly, almost cutting Minerva off.

“Yes, I can. But…”

Minerva nodded, but her expression immediately clouded over.

“What is it?”

“I’m sorry. The potion is called a Magic Diet Potion, and though I know the recipe, I’ve never made one before. There’s one ingredient that’s very difficult to obtain…”

Minerva said apologetically.

“I’ll get it! No matter what it takes, I’ll get it! So please—make it for me!”

Ann was desperate.

“What we need is《Slimming Herb》.”

“Oh, isn’t that the herb you mentioned before?”

“Slimming Herb, huh…”

Ann, who had been so fired up just moments ago, suddenly slumped down onto the lounge sofa, looking dejected.

Gamma Team did have Moonlight Queen Grass, the ingredient for the 《Beauty Potion》 that would make you more beautiful, but that was being saved for making a top-grade status ailment cure potion someday, so they couldn’t use it.

The only thing they could rely on now was Slimming Herb—but would they be able to get it…?

“Is that herb really that rare?”

Og asked Minerva.

“Yes. The《Slimming Herb》is extremely rare, and its growth conditions are still unknown.”

Most medicinal herbs had known habitats, so you could go to those places and have a good chance of harvesting them. But no one had yet discovered a habitat where Slimming Herb grew in clusters.

“It’s said the only way to get it is either to find one growing by chance on the upper floors or to get it as a drop from the box-shaped monster known as Happy Box.”

Rick and Laura exchanged glances.

“Happy Box… that’s the one we saw before, right?”

“Yeah.”

Og explained to Minerva,

“We’ve encountered a Happy Box once before. But back then, it dropped the Book of Humor.”

In fact, Gamma Team had fought a Happy Box only once, during a rare-week event.

It was an extremely rare monster with a very low spawn rate, but at the time Gamma Team had been able to defeat it easily, since it was quite weak.

Not long after, they had the fierce battle against the Queen Frost-Iron Ant, so they had forgotten all about it until now.

Thinking back, though, it had dropped something 『happy』just as its name suggested.

The Book of Humor was a spellbook that helped you come up with new jokes and improve your comedic timing.

Reading it was said to make your jokes never fall flat and cause comedy material to pop into your mind one after another.

Since Gamma Team had no use for it, they had sold it—but were surprised when it fetched a rather high price.

“The drop item from a Happy Box is automatically chosen from among all possible items and will be the thing the party most desires at that moment”

Minerva explained.

“So if we ran into a Happy Box now, we’d get《Slimming Herb》?”

Laura asked, and Minerva nodded.

“Yes. If you wish for it strongly enough, I believe the Slimming Herb will drop. The problem is that Happy Boxes are a rare spawn and don’t appear very often.”

“That’s true…”

If a Rare Week event started, they might get their chance—but no one knew when the next Rare Week would come.

Once again, Gamma Team had run into a dead end.

“…………”

Bernhardt alone thought, Wouldn’t it be easier if she just lost weight normally?

But he had just been scolded by Ann earlier, so he kept quiet and simply sipped his protein drink.

To the disheartened Gamma Team, Minerva’s female knightly escort spoke up.

“Um, are you all familiar with the secret information broker said to be found in the dungeon?”

“Information broker?”

“I’ve heard rumors, but does such a person really exist?”

“I’ve never seen one either” Ann added.

Neither Bernhardt nor Ann seemed to have ever met this information broker.

“There’s really someone like that in the dungeon?”

Even Kachua and the other fledgling adventurers had never heard of such a thing.

They had only ever seen the name mentioned somewhere before…

Everyone turned their eyes to the female knight. She nodded firmly.

“Yes, the information broker is said to know everything about the dungeon. It’s said that when you’re in a pinch or find yourself stuck in your dungeon progress, the chances of encountering them increase.”

Apparently, among long-time adventurers, the broker was a well-known figure.

They were the dungeon’s secret helper, known only to those in the know.

“Oh, then Ann and Bernhardt must never have met them.”

Those two were so strong that they had almost never been in real danger.

“The information broker is said to even know the spawn locations of Happy Boxes” the knight added, before giving a wry smile.

“Of course, meeting the broker in the first place is difficult, so this isn’t exactly a reliable lead. But if you do happen to encounter them, you should ask.”

Apparently, the chance of meeting the broker was just barely higher than the chance of running into a Happy Box.

What Minerva and the others didn’t know was that Kachua’s Monster Point Card reward at 200 points was a 『Secret Whistle to Summon the Information Broker』.

Until now she had wondered,『What could this even be good for?』But now there was no choice but to save up points.

“Thank you so much for this helpful information”

Kachua and the others said to Minerva and her escort.

“No, I’m glad I could be of service” Minerva replied.

“If we do manage to get some Slimming Herb, would you be able to make the potion for me?”

Ann asked, and Minerva nodded firmly.

“Of course.”

“Then please do, when the time comes.”

Just 47 points to go until 200!