TENKEN 671 Item Bag
Dimitris.
I've heard his name before. He is Colbert's master and the founder of the Dimitris martial arts. He is a warrior recognized by the gods and said to be one of the strongest fighters in the world.
The S ranked adventurer with "Immoveable" as his alias.
I heard that although he was quite old, he's still very active as an adventurer.
「You want me to go see Dimitris and give him the letter?」
「Correct. Will you accept it? 」
「Yup, I'm also interested with him too」
「Ooh! You have my thanks!」
「All I have to do is give him the letter, right?」
「We won't force him if he doesn't want to accept it」
The other party was a high-ranking adventurer. It was more likely for him to listen to a peer like Fran.
「He's not a bad guy, but he's kind of difficult to deal with…」
That makes me a little worried when you say something like that though…
「So, I'm really glad that you're willing to take it!」
The overjoyed Brunnen then pulled out a bag. It was a plain leather bag, except for the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Belios on it. But upon looking at it, one could see that it was filled with a kind of magical power.
「An Item bag?」
「The letter to Dimitris-dono was in it. Ah, wait, don't carelessly open it」
Brunnen hurriedly stopped Fran from taking a peek inside.
「Let me tell you this first; the letter is considered a classified document, and this bag could tell if anyone other than Dimitris-dono opens it」
「It can do that?」
「Yes. Our chief magician is an excellent one after all. He's especially good with item bags and space-time magic」
「Hmm~」
Fran responded nonchalantly because her magic and skills were all she needed, but considering that this chief magician was a normal person, he must be a prized asset for the kingdom. Perhaps he could even create a long-distance teleporter.
Brunnen was apparently annoyed by Fran's disinterested response. He then began to boast about their magic tool technician.
But then, one particular topic suddenly caught Fran attention. Well, me too.
「Research to open an item bag?」
「Yeah. An item bag can not be opened if the person who are registered to it died. We're not at the practical stage yet though」
He was glad that Fran showed a reaction and explained the groundbreaking nature of this research.
He explained that if this works, it will make it much easier for the military to manage supplies.
It seemed that nowadays, ordinary food is managed in item bags that do not have to be registered, while valuable supplies such as medicines and money to be used in the field are placed in item bags with registered owners.
This is meant to prevent corruption and theft, but it also has a disadvantage. If all the registered owners die, the items inside can no longer be retrieved.
He said that in the past, some armies have collapsed because assassins killed their item bags owners and their food and medicine became unusable.
Well, if you can do a lot of damage to the enemy's supplies just by killing a few people, there's no reason not to do something like that.
That is why they set a high number of registered owners in case something goes wrong, but that also has a disadvantage. As the number of registered owners increases, so does the probability of people with bad intentions getting mixed in.
But what if the item bags could be opened without the registered owners? There would be no need to worry about that kind of problem.
「But, wouldn't that render the registration itself be meaningless?」
That's right. As Fran said, if such a technology is developed, the registration itself will be meaningless in the first place.
「Well, that's the problem too」
Brunnen seems to understand that as well. He groans with a difficult look on his face.
However, since this research itself is being conducted everywhere, their country cannot afford to be the only one to miss out. If the research is going to be completed someday, it would be advantageous for them to be the first to get their hands on it.
「Anyway, you don't have to worry so much about it now. After all, nobody has ever opened the littlest item bag yet. It would be better to pay a high-ranking contract magician a lot of money to open it for us」
「A high-ranking contract magician can open an item bag?」
「Well, to a point. They say it also depends on the rank of the bag and how big it is… I've heard that arcane magic, which precedes contract magic, has a technique that is related to it. Do you happen to have an item bag that you can't open?」
「Nn」
Fran then took out several item bags. Some were obtained from the hideouts of human traffickers, some from goblins, and many others.
「The registration of these bags must be done by contract magic. So, if you're a good magician who can overwrite it, you can deactivate it. Well, I only know of one, and that fellow is currently missing」
「I see…」
Well, I actually can open it if I want. All I have to do is raise the level of my contract magic and get the arcane magic. However, I'm not going to spend my precious points just to open an item bag that we don't even know what's inside.
We'll need to find someone or a magic beast that can use the magic. Well, I never give much thought to it, so I don't really care whether we'll found them or not.
「The request is only to deliver the letter to Dimitrius, right?」
「Yes, that's all. We'll be counting on you」
「Nn」
Dimitris the Immovable. I wonder what kind of old man will he be? I'm looking forward to it. Well, I'm also worried though. After all, high-ranking adventurers are always full of weirdos.
What about Fran, you ask? How in the world you'd thought that Fran belongs to those weirdos!? Don't you see how pretty and lovely she is!?
「Master, what's wrong?」
『No, it's nothing. I was just thinking about something』
「Dimitris the Immovable. This gonna be fun」
『You thought so?』
「Nn. I want to fight him」
『…』
Well, it'd be hard for me to defend her if you're asking me whether she's a person with common sense or not though.
