Became a Munchkin Skill Thief

Episode 20 Darling’s Plan

“Hi, hello! Honey, did you wait for me?”

“Since when did I become your baby?”

As soon as he arrived, Krashu put on a slightly tired expression when he saw the darling trembling.

She was so exhausted that she had suffered from the Balrog before, so she didn’t have the energy to accept Darling’s jokes.

“Something seems to be lacking. What happened?”

Darling also noticed Krache’s condition and asked about it.

Krashu sighed as it was not something to hide.

“The head of the family is gone.”

“Gaju, Gaju? Could it be that Muhuang, Balrog Balheim?”

Calling someone else’s father’s name.

“Yes, this is my father.”

“Wow, that’s great! I really wanted to see You should come sooner!”

She jumped around in place and acted as if she was sorry for her intentions.

Each time her hair and earrings swayed and took away her gaze, but Krashu only shook her head.

“It’s better not to meet.”

Because it only hurts inside.

And honestly, even a darling would have a hard time showing this attitude in front of her balrog.

Empire has two celestial rivers, but Staron has only one celestial river.

In Staron, the Balrog was everyone’s idol and a position no one could touch.

Since Charlotte is the only new star, you can expect that she will rise to the position of Balrog someday.

“So kid, did I come to see you to make you the head of Valheim in the future?”

“Puck. You know my sister well.”

Because she is Charlotte Barraghi.

“I know that. But I don’t think you, kid, are lacking either.”

At the same time, the darling’s eyes widened.

“I’m very curious about how the venomous kid will stand up to Charlotte.”

Darling’s bad habits started to emerge.

As her eyes sparkled with curiosity, Krache poked her side with his finger.

“Ouch!”

Krashu said, watching Darling twisting her body stronger than she thought.

“Stop talking nonsense. I have no intention of becoming a family head in the first place.”

If the world perishes, go away, and there is no meaning.

When Krashu said that, Darling wrapped her arms around her side as she hunched over.

“I didn’t expect her to come out weak on that side. By the way, her kid, it’s not just stabbing her in the side. How many sensitive people are there.”

“I wonder if I know.”

As Krashu exhaled her snort, Darling corrected her posture with a look that barely caught her breath.

“So what I asked for.”

As Krache said, Darling smiled.

She opened her bag that had been carried beside her and took out a small bottle from it.

Inside the bottle was a single dumpling-shaped pill that was smaller than her little fingernail.

“I finished it. How is it? Do I look like a genius?”

“You were originally a genius.”

When Darling jokingly said, Krache responded by saying it was natural.

Seeing the unexpected reaction, Darling hesitated, and Krashu took the medicine from her hand.

Meanwhile, the darling opened and closed her hand, and she gave a slightly embarrassed expression.

“…… Hmm, I didn’t expect you to call me a genius so openly.”

“It is correct to call a genius a genius. Because that suits you best.”

Geniuses show the most outstanding performance in their respective fields and are most famous, so they are familiar with their names, so they inadvertently mistakenly believe that there are a lot of them.

The number was so small that it was always lacking.

And Krashu has lived in the era of the sky full of such geniuses.

If he didn’t acknowledge his genius, he would only make himself more insignificant.

So, Krashu acknowledges that he is a genius.

Now, though, I have to trample on those geniuses to step up.

“Unexpectedly, he shows a strange side in a corner like this. Kid, the more you know, the more attractive you are, right?”

“Don’t flirt with children.”

“Children don’t understand this.”

Leaving the giggling darling behind, Krashu tried to go to Aliod.

But the next words stopped Krashu in his tracks.

“There is news that Anix has recently changed.”

Krashu’s head turned back.

Anix reduced the intensity of his training after being broken by Charlotte.

To be precise, the meaning of training has been lost.

She judged that no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t reach Charlotte.

However, after seeing Krashu, who had been suppressed by Charlotte, spread his wings in the Astral Shrine, something in Anix’s heart changed.

No one knows what has changed.

But the latest news is that he has increased the intensity of his training again.

“You are doing something useless.”

Krashu reacted disapprovingly of such an anix.

It was a natural reaction.

Anyx is just a traitor to Krashu.

On the contrary, it was disgusting.

‘I don’t know how he was influenced by me.’

Krache didn’t like that fact.

“Okay. Go now.”

“That’s too much. You came all the way here, so you want to go right away?”

“Isn’t there anything you can do here?”

“I don’t think that’s the case again.”

Seeing the smiling darling, Krashu frowned.

She felt that if left as it was, her mischief would only get worse with each passing day.

Should I say something in advance?

[ You’re a fun kid. ]

At that moment, Krashu paused at the voice that resonated directly in his head.

This sense of inadequacy was a phenomenon that came out when Crimson Garden spoke to you in your head.

As Krashu looked around, Crimson Garden was sitting by the window before he knew it.

When his father showed up earlier, he immediately ran away and then reappeared.

[ I was born with alchemy. Staron seems to have nothing special besides Valheim, so she has quite a useful talent. ]

Krashu saw the Crimson Garden’s crow’s eyes glowing red.

It seemed like he was seeing through Darling’s talent.

[ Well done. ]

At that moment, Crimson Garden put on a satisfied expression.

[ Ask that child to make an elixir. ]

Elixirs are special medicines that increase physical abilities and aura when consumed.

Of course, it is a valuable item to call, and the secret art of making elixirs has been handed down from generation to generation.

You want me to make something like that out of the blue.

Even a darling can’t make an elixir, a fair wind.

[ Don’t worry, I know all about the combination formula. All you need is a skilled alchemist. ]

If that’s the case.

Krache had no reason to object.

Elixirs in life were things that had nothing to do with Krashu.

Even if I tried to feed the elixir to Banpunyi, it wouldn’t be effective, so it was because the old bastards ate all of them and there was nothing left.

[ Ai, since your body is a mess, shouldn’t you pour some elixir on it? ]

Krashu did not deny that.

The day I first came back with Crimson Garden.

Krashu received his first training from Crimson Garden.

And what Krashu heard in that training was very simple.

「There is no such thing as innate. The path of swordsmanship is short, the talent of Aura is weak, and the body is slow.”

Crimson Garden was dumbfounded, saying that it was a miracle that he didn’t have this much talent.

「They said they would try to fill that kind of subject matter with far-off talents, and filled it up with venom-like experiences and secret techniques. Even so, after about 5 years, when geniuses gain experience, they won’t be able to catch up. Even if there is nothing called a regressor, there can be no such thing as this.”

Krashu was not a regressor, but the rest of what he said was true.

Even Anyx, whom Krashu easily subdued in the Astral Land, will not be able to catch up with Krashu when he is over 20 years old.

「But that is.」

To the end.

「It must be the story of your pure talent.」

If the Crimson Garden only saw Krashu’s talent, he wouldn’t even take him as a disciple.

「If I were there, such talent would have no meaning. If you have greedy skills, it’s enough to steal your talents.”

Crimson Garden slowly soared into the sky.

The crow flapping its wings seemed to fly endlessly into the sky.

「I will make you, who has been crawling on the ground all her life, fly up. You only flap your wings vigorously. And let everything that flies above the sky be under you. At the end.”

Crimson Garden spread its wings wide as if it covered even the moon in the sky.

「Swallow even my immortals.」

That was what Crimson Garden said on the first day.

Krashu noticed that it was something like the Crimson Garden’s oath.

A pledge to accept yourself as a disciple.

It’s an elixir that Crimson Garden asked you to make.

Of course it would be of great help.

From Krashu’s point of view, there was no reason to cover it.

“Darling, let me ask you for something else.”

“You have a lot of requests. I am an expensive woman. I am not serving anyone.”

“I want you to make an elixir.”

Krashu said without batting an eye at Darling’s joke.

Upon hearing the word her elixir, Darling tilted her head and she gave a small smile.

“Trying to get stronger by taking elixirs? Have you been stimulated by the fact that Anix is training?”

“Nyx doesn’t matter. I have too many things to care about for him.”

What Krache sees is a much more distant future than that.

“At least that’s all you need to stand at the starting point.”

Darling looked at Krache for a moment.

She doesn’t know much about Krashu.

She suddenly appeared and offered to help him with his research and asked for a cure for an incurable disease.

The news that she is a genius in the field of alchemy has already spread throughout the evening, so she could understand that request.

That genius is something I can only hear because I am still in my teens.

Later, as time passes, there may come a moment when she and she are far from being called geniuses.

And in fact, most people think so.

She gives her expectations to her, but she doesn’t believe them.

In my lifetime, I have seen many geniuses eventually become criminals.

But Krashu never doubted her genius.

As if she took her genius for granted.

How can you be so sure?

That’s also a kid who will soon be 14 years old.

‘The Legion, as if the whole world had been bought every time I saw it.’

And this intrigued Darling.

Her first interest was in Valheim’s venom, which is the exact opposite of Charlotte.

She began to wonder more essentially about the character Krashu.

“The cost of making elixirs skyrockets depending on the ingredients. Kid, are you confident enough to handle that?”

“What do you view Balheim as?”

“Valheim is great, but I’ve heard about the kid’s location.”

It was questionable whether Balheim would support Krashu, who was called Balheim’s half-penny, with such a large amount of money.

“Don’t worry. Because he has an idea.”

It’s not difficult to extort money.

Even if she stopped hearing the rumors from outside, she couldn’t help but listen to the rumors that spread inside.

Krashu is well aware of several major events that have occurred within Valheim.

And also that those events will bring in a lot of money.

“Because you are so confident, I will believe you. So, what elixir do you want to make?”

“That is.”

Krashu glanced at her window, and Crimson Garden opened her mouth.

[ If I tell you, just say it. ]

And Krashu told Darling everything Crimson Garden said.

While listening to her story, Darling’s face slowly began to harden.

Because the elixir combination ceremony Krashu talked about was something she had never thought of before.

“Uh, is this, like this, okay?”

With a dazed expression, she chewed the recipe in her head.

Seeing her broken expression, Krashu, an outsider of her alchemy, looked back at the Crimson Garden asking what the hell did she tell her, but she only shrugged her wings.

“Wow, what, how do you know this kid?”

“…… It’s a combination formula that comes down from Valheim.”

Krashu gave a rough look.

“Valheim really has a lot of different things.”

I believe this.

Looking at her fortunately convinced darling, Krashu looked at her asking if he could try.

Then her eyes twinkled.

“Okay. I am also eager for a challenge. I want to make it But some of these I can’t get. In particular, I can’t get White Snow Fever Bacteria and Golden Dragon Herb either.”

“Did snow white fever bacteria grow in the Hardenhartz area?”

“Yes, the mountain is very steep there, and there is a lot of global erosion, so distribution is not good, so there are few apothecary vendors.”

“I can get that.”

Hearing her words, Darling belatedly remembered his fiancé.

“Oh, yes. It’s definitely possible.”

But she immediately responded that it would take more time for other parts.

“But you know in the case of Geumryongcho.”

“Because it is an imperial item.”

“Yes, because the empire manages it directly. It means that there is nothing for sale in the country. It might come out if you search behind the scenes, but it will be annoying if you get caught by the Empire.”

“But there is no other way.”

Darling raised a finger to Krache, who was thinking of going after the backdoor, and poked him in the cheek.

When she asked what she was doing with such a darling, she smiled.

“I’ll teach that little boy how to easily get Hana Golden Dragon Herb.”

“Is there a way?”

“There will be two martial arts competitions soon in the empire. One for adults, the other for boys under the age of 15. And the real purpose of the empire is the second, the martial arts. The reward is better that way.”

Krashu understood that right away.

“…… Do you want to go and fight?”

“Even if you finish in 3rd place, you can receive the Golden Dragon Herb. How is it, is it worth it?”

It’s worth doing.

Krashu was well aware of why the Empire held the tournament this time.

The reason was simple.

Using this competition, the Empire is trying to increase the pool of talent who will be admitted to Racheln Academy.

‘Lahelen Academy is formally a place of harmony between kingdoms and empires.’

In the end, the struggle for political power comes first.

The more people from their own background are added to Rachelleen Academy, the greater their power.

So it must be their ulterior motive to secure power in Lacheln Academy by becoming a supporter of dream trees through the tournament.

‘I’m sure the kingdom is preparing something similar.’

An empire is not an empire for nothing.

It’s to the point where they’re promoting the prom so massively that rumors spread all over the country.

“…… Did you forget I’m Valheim. If you participate in the Imperial Martial Arts Tournament, you will be sold out.”

“I remember that well. But in the Empire, the conditions for participation are said to be open to anyone.”

“You idiot. That’s formal.”

“Huh. You just said you were a genius.”

Krashu let out a long sigh while covering his head.

If you think about it, Krashu himself needed the elixir in the first place, so Darling told him how to gather the ingredients.

Krashu looked at her darling because he knew her anger at her was wrong.

“The fact that you suggested this must mean that there is a way.”

Then Darling’s eyes immediately sparkled.

“Huhehehehe, I really like that kid, he’s quick-witted.”

Seeing the darling smile unpleasantly, Krashu felt uncomfortable.

But seeing her there was no other way to get her golden dragon candle, so her darling quickly pulled one of her medicines out of her arms.

“Becoming a woman by name…… !”

Clang!

Krashu immediately swung his fist and broke his potion.

She had no intention of matching her tastes.

“So what next?”

As Krashu smiled grimly, Darling wiped her broken medicine with her handkerchief.