After lunch, we took a leisurely stroll around the festival to digest our
meals. Perhaps, because today's festival allowed large monsters to
participate as pets, the streets were made very wide and there was
plenty of room to walk around with Bell.
With Lynn's stomach filled, it seemed like she had become sleepy, as she
had burrowed into my clothes and was lightly snoring. She fell asleep
really fast huh.
As we continued to leisurely look around the festival with no particular
focus, Dr. Vier seemed to have suddenly noticed something, as she
stopped, and looked to the right before speaking.
[…Aren't those Lu-chan and the others?]
[…Eh? No, it's too far away for me to see though.]
[It really is Duchess Lilia. It seems like she's troubled about something.]
…No, even if Dr. Vier and Neun-san were able to see them, all I can see is
just that white mountain-like something in the distance, and a lot of
people gathered at its foot.
[Hmmm. Since we met them by chance, how about we go talk to them?]
[I agree.]
[Me too… I still can't see where they are, but I agree.]
I was also concerned about how Neun-san said "she looked troubled
about something", so I agreed with Dr. Vier's suggestion. Then, we
turned back for a bit, walking to where Lilia-san and the others were…
apparently.
As we got closer and closer, I could finally see Lilia-san and the others.
The trio of Lilia-san, Luna-san and Sieg-san was standing in front of a
white pile… of 10cm cubic boxes, which were literally piled up like a
mountain.
Just as Neun-san had said, the three of them were discussing something
with serious expressions on their faces.
As we got closer, I could finally hear a little bit of what the three of them
were discussing.
[I think we should go on the offensive though…]
[Luna, you're being irresponsible. Sure, the returns are great… but the
risks are also high… Aren't they, Sieg?]
[…Yes. It's quite concerning.]
I had gotten close enough to clearly hear what they were saying, but the
three of them didn't seem to have noticed me, as they continued
discussing something very serious.
How should I say this… They sound so serious that it's kind of making it
difficult to approach them…
[Oooooiiii, Lu-chan, Lilia-chan, Sieg-chan~~]
[ [ [ Dr. Vier !? ] ] ]
While I was thinking such things, Dr. Vier intruded in without any
hesitation at all, making the three of them turn to her in surprise.
[What a coincidence, meeting you all here. It seemed like you're
discussing something serious, is something the matter?]
As expected of Dr. Vier… She has a high-level communipower. I thought
that my communipower had been increasing these days, but seeing
how she easily intruded in on their conversation made me realize how
I'm still not high level enough.
Hearing what Dr. Vier said with a bright smile, Lilia-san and the others
almost simultaneously pointed at the pile of white boxes behind them.
[…Unnn? Let's see…"Six Kings Festival Limited Edition Monster Lottery
~~ One Try, One Gold Coin ~~ "?]
[Yes, we're discussing whether Sieg should try it out or not…]
As Dr. Vier read the sign in front of the pile of white boxes, Lilia-san
began explaining.
Monster lottery… Ahh, I see, those white boxes are disposable magic
boxes just like those used in random boxes! Even so, there sure are lots
of them in there… I guess there are around thousands? No, around tens
of thousands?
Moreover, it's a million yen for one try… This gacha is bad civilization.
[Whether Sieg-chan should?]
[Sieg actually wants to keep a monster…]
[Yes, but… Any monster that Sieg thinks is cute is beyond her budget…
My Lady even offered to lend her some money, but Sieg wanted to buy it
with her own money if possible…]
Luna-san added additional information to assist Lilia-san's explanation.
When we met this morning, Sieg-san was very enthusiastic about
buying a monster, but it seems that the price of a monster was so high
that she couldn't afford it.
[…And then, as we were looking around, we stumbled upon this
lottery.]
[Monster lottery… I guess this means you can get a random monster
here?]
[Yes, to be exact… You can apparently get a "monster egg".]
[Eh? But I thought eggs were expensive…]
Hearing what Sieg-san muttered with a troubled expression on her face,
I asked, to which I received an unexpected reply.
[Yes, that's right… That's also the reason, I guess? After all, in this
Monster lottery… There are so many fail draws in it.]
[Fail draws?]
[You can also draw stuff that isn't monster eggs from them. There's a
chance that you could draw a tool in raising a monster or a model of a
monster… but the chance that you win an egg is about 10%.]
[Fumu…]
After listening to Sieg-san's explanation, I nodded my head in
understanding. Considering that it's a gacha, I guess you could say that
having a 10% chance of drawing an egg was already quite good but…
Since it costs one gold coin for one draw, it's a pretty expensive lottery…
and with the money Sieg-san had prepared, she could only draw about
three times.
Thereupon, Neun-san, who hadn't participated in the conversation up
to this point, spoke while staring at the pile of white boxes.
[…Since it's a lottery… Does that mean that the prize is a pretty good
monster?]
[Yes… the special prize is the "Rainbow Dragon", which is said to be the
most beautiful dragon there is!]
[Eeeehhhh!? A- A rainbow dragon? T- That's amazing…]
[Yes. The first prize is also a "Black Metal Dragon", while the second
prize is a "Graptail"!]
[…I guess it's to be expected from a festival sponsored by Magnawellsama huh.]
…Unnn, if Lilia-san was excitedly talking about them, I guess they must
be pretty awesome monsters. Dr. Vier and Neun-san also seemed to be
surprised… However, their reactions didn't really manage to convey
how awesome they were to the clueless me.
At that moment, Luna-san approached me, as if she had noticed I was
clueless about what they were talking about.
[To put it simply, the Rainbow Dragon is a rare dragon. It is said that
there are only about "5 Rainbow Dragons left in the world", making
them incredibly expensive… It's unlikely that they would be sold
anywhere, but supposing that it really happened, their price would
easily exceed "1000 white gold coins".]
[T- They're that expensive…]
[A Rainbow Dragon's tail produces the "Rainbow Diamond", which is
even called "The Supreme Gem". It takes about a year for a Rainbow
Dragon to produce one again after it is collected… Which would make it
easy for you to earn that 1000 white gold coins you may have used to
buy this Rainbow Dragon.]
[I- I see…]
[To be honest, I'm also surprised… An egg of a Rainbow Dragon… You
can't even call that rare anymore.]
Hmmm, it seems to be a pretty awesome prize. So, that's why so many
people are trying to draw the lottery… No matter where you were in the
world, gacha is bad civilization.
As I thought about this, Lilia-san and Sieg-san looked troubled again.
[…If we're going to draw the lottery, even with Sieg's budget… It's not
impossible to get a dragon. But if we just draw fails…]
[Hmmm. That certainly is concerning. There are so many boxes
here…"Unless you have a large amount of luck", you ca… Arehh?]
[ [ [ [… Luck? ] ] ] ]
[…Ehh?]
Right after Dr. Vier muttered that with a troubled look on her face… All
eyes focused on me.
[…What do you think, Luna?]
[We're well aware that Miyama-sama's luck is on an inhumane level.]
[Indeed, if it's Miyama-kun… There's a really high chance that you could
draw a jackpot, right?]
[Yes, I also think that if it's Kaito-san, he should be able to do it…]
[…Eh? No, errr…]
Arehh? Could it be… No, they can't be planning to have me draw the
lottery for them, right? N- No, no, having me do this brings me too much
pressure, don't you think!? I mean, if I draw a fail, I may end up
destroying Sieg-san…
As I was feeling bewildered, Sieg-san came in front of me and deeply
bowed, holding out three gold coins.
[…Please, Kaito-san… Please… lend me your strength.]
[…L- Leave it to me.]
…It was the wish of a cute girl. It would be a shame for a man not to
respond here. U- Unnn. Worst case scenario, in the situation where I
draw a fail… I will draw additional tries out of my own pocket.
Dear Mom, Dad————– By no means did it occur to me that I would
be drawing from the Monster lottery on behalf of Sieg-san. To be
honest, I'm feeling unbelievable pressure on my shoulders. Oh God, I
pray to you. Somehow———— Please let me draw a monster that will
make Sieg-san happy