Novel Usb
Chapter 22: Gachapon
Chapter 22: Gachapon
When I walked out of Bottakuro early in the morning, I found Minerva standing nearby.
It’s been three days since I’ve seen him since he went deep into the dungeon.
[What a coincidence, Yuusuke. I never expected I’d meet you here.]
With how much we’ve been meeting each other lately, I don’t really feel like it’s a coincidence at all......
[Good morning, Minerva.]
[Yuusuke, you’re going to the dungeon now? I’m just on my way there myself, so why don’t we go there together?]
Somewhat forcefully persuaded, we set off for work together.
[By the way, did you manage to buy a permit?]
[No, I’ve decided to do my business in the dungeon for a while. I’m hoping to save up some money soon so I can rent an apartment.]
[I see......]
The expense of 12,000 rims per month is painful, and it was better for the customers with me working in the dungeon.
The daytime customers were especially a big contributor to sales.
Since yesterday, I have been traveling alone to the rest room in front of the stairs.
I had been going there and back with other adventurers, and I decided that as long as I had monster cards, it wouldn’t be too dangerous.
Today, I will be descending with Minerva, so it would be even safer.
I don’t know what he’s planning, but there’s no one more reliable as an escort.
Once I’m in position at the rest room, I opened the shop with an “Open”.
[Arehh, there’s a new game here. A different 10-rim game from before and a capsule toy!]
Product Name: 10-rim Game “Continental Conquest”
Description: A game played with 10-rim copper coins. The prize is Defense Barrier Charm
Price: 10 rims per try (only 10-rim copper coins can be used)
[Ohh, isn’t this Kunitori Gassen!? It’s a bit different from what I know though.]
[Fumu, drawn here seemed to be a map of the Nautis continent.]
Minerva also seemed interested and came closer.
The front of the cabinet has a map of the continent, and it seems the place we are in is called Nautis continent.
[How do you play this?]
[It’s just like the Dungeon Crawler Game beside it. First, you insert a 10-rim coin here.]
After inserting the coin, the left and right roulettes at the bottom of the screen started spinning.
The left roulette has numbers and the right roulette has pictures.
[Use this stop button to stop the left roulette first.]
[Fumu, the number landed on a 10.]
[That’s a big number. That’s a big opportunity. Next, press the right button to settle on a picture.]
There are four types of pictures: Princess, King, Witch, and Skull.
[If you get a Princess, you take over the country according to your number. If you get a King, you get twice as many countries. However, if you get a Witch, you lose countries you occupied by that number.]
[Witches are treated as evil huh...... And, what happens when you draw out a skull?]
[Death is the end of everything. It’s a game over.]
When I pressed the stop button, the picture that appeared was a Princess.
Thereupon, the lights of 10 countries on the screen lit up.
[If you occupy all 50 countries on the continent in this way, you will get the prize. Oops, a skull appeared.]
That’s a game over.
[Do you want to try, Minerva?]
[I’m good. It’s more fun watching Yuusuke do it.]
There was a girl I knew who said that kind of thing too......
Even though he got that frightening hoarse voice, there would sometimes be times like this that make Minerva seem like a girl.
[I see. So, what’s this gachapon over here?]
It’s a relatively large capsule toy, and it seems to be a new variety.
Product name: Capsule Toy: Miniature Furniture (8 types in total + a secret)
Description: Miniature furniture made by a famous furniture manufacturer. Each piece is handmade by skilled craftsmen. The first series features chairs and sofas.
Price: 300 rims
The front description includes photos of a leather sofa and a velvet-upholstered chair.
All of them are made of real materials and look very expensive.
Shall I try out getting a complete set and display it in the shop?
The lineup tickled a collector’s fancy.
However, this capsule toy wasn’t even looked at by adventurers.
I wonder why......
[That’s because they’re expensive.]
Mira told us while eating a frozen anzu-bou.
Mira and Merle are back for a break.
It certainly was as she says, 300 rims is on the higher end among Dagashi Yahagi’s products.
[They also don’t seem to be special magic items either.]
Merle didn’t seem interested either.
[However, they are cute, aren’t they? Doesn’t it make you feel like arranging them side by side?]
[We’re not at an age to play with dolls. If we had to spend 300 rims, we’d buy something else.]
The adventurers are all browsing at my wares realistically.
I don’t think this product will sell.
By the way, I wonder what will happen in this case?
Will the contents of the product be replaced after a certain period of time passes? n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
It’s not something that directly affects me, so I’m not taking it too seriously, but I’m curious what would happen in this situation.
Using my own money, I pulled out one of the capsules.
What comes out is a single black leather sofa.
The stitching is beautiful and it looks like it would be comfortable if I could use it as a reading chair.
It’s too small for me though.
After enjoying myself observing the sofa for a while, I put it on the shelf.
It was almost time to close the shop when an unusual customer came to Dagashi Yahagi.
[Excuse me.]
I stood up and looked around because I heard a strangely high-pitched voice, but there were no customers in sight.
[Arehh, was that just my imagination?]
[No, no, I’m over here.]
There, I heard the voice again, but there was still no one there.
Could it be that there’s some invisible guy here?
[Yuusuke, at your feet.]
After Minerva told me to look down, I found three small people, each no taller than 15 cm.
One was an old man with a long beard, and the other two looked like young men.
[Welcome.]
[Shopkeeper, one of our youngsters mentioned seeing a lovely chair in your shop. If you still have the item, we would like to see it, if possible.]
By chair, I assume he was talking about that one I got from the capsule toy.
I gently placed the miniature sofa on the floor.
[Is this what you’re talking about?]
[Ohhh! This is wonderful. What a comfortable chair.]
[Isn’t it so, Elder? It was as I said, wasn’t it?]
I wanted to close up shop, but the small people started to make a big fuss around the sofa.
Translator’s Notes:
国取り合戦. Author typo’d as it was 国盗り合戦、 but both was still read Kunitori Gassen. Gashapon. Also sometimes called gachapon or capsule toys.