Depraved Hero's Path: Enslaved Monster Girl Harem In The Apocalypse!-Chapter 15: E-Rank Local Shop Roulette

[Local Shop Rank: E.]

[Local Shop Type: Roulette.]

[The Local Shop holds Items and Skills of different Ranks.]

[Available Grades:

-Bronze: 100 Points.

-Iron: 350 Points.

-Silver: 1000 Points.

]

'Interesting. I don't particularly need anything to clear the Main Quest, so I don't really have a reason to use this. The interesting part is that it's a -Local- Shop. Will there be one accessed through the System regardless of location? Likely.'

"What do you think, Elijah?" Katherine asked. "Should we try it? It's... A bit expensive."

"How many points you've got?"

"Hm... 305." Katherine answered after asking the System.

"System, can Achievement Points be exchanged?"

[Achievement Points can be exchanged.]

[The cost of exchanging Achievement Points is 10% of the exchanged amount.]

"Huh."

"Taxes." Elijah chuckled. "So if we exchange points, they have to get used. Giving back the points would mena another 10% lost."

"Right." Katherine nodded, tip of her index finger on her chin.

"So, how do we exchange points?"

[If a Party isn't created, then physical contact is necessary.]

'Well, that's true for those who aren't Marked. System, show me her Status Window again.'

[Name: Katherine

Class: X

-Sub-class: X

Species: Human

-Sub-species: X

Achievement Points: 305.

Title(s): Goblin Hunter.

Stats:

-Strength: 6

-Agility: 16

-Perception: 9

-Vitality: 5

-Endurance: 9

-Mana: 10

Skill(s): X

]

'Since I Marked her, I assume I can take her Points without asking... And without getting taxed. Taking them without asking would obviously antagonize her, so obviously... Not doing that.' Elijah thought silently with a hand over his chin. 'In any case, her Status Window is pretty impressive. High Agility. The most interesting part is a Mana Stat that isn't empty, unlike mine before I got a Class or Marianne's.'

"Well?"

"System, can I share my Points with the Marked without getting taxed?"

'M-M-M-Marked?!' Katherine shroud internally, almost feeling the urge to hide her face with both of her hands.

[As the Marked are your property, their property is also yours.]

[There is no cost to exchanging Points with the Marked.]

'P-P-Property... And he called that a Slave Mark... This is...!'

"What do you think? A bit of gambling never hurt anybody, huh? Iron Grade for each one of us?"

Katherine gulped trying to calm her mind and answer.

"Y-Yes... Wait, are you sure? I know how these Points are obtained... So I'm sure it wasn't easy to-"

"Don't worry." Elijah made an OK gesture with his hand. "I'm rich."

Gulp-

"I-In that case... Alright."

Elijah stepped towards the vending machine and Katherine felt her face flush.

'The angel who saved me is tall, handsome, respectful, kind, generous, rich, capable of healing... And I am his Slave... His Property... I've been M-M-Marked by him... This is... This is...!'

Katherine's heart beat so fast she felt like she could collapse at any time.

'This sounds just like the smut novels I'm used to reading!! The millionaire mafia boss is-'

"Do you not want to?" Elijah asked, seeing that she remained behind.

"I-I do!"

Katherine gulped again.

Both were standing in front of the vending machine, side by side.

"They said physical contact was necessary, so..." Elijah bent his elbow 90 degrees, palm towards the ceiling.

'A-As if getting so close wasn't enough...' Her shaking hand approached his. 'N-Now we have to hold hands...!'

"Oh, by the way..." Elijah interrupted the shaking hand's approach. "Are you over 21?"

"O-Over 21?"

"Yeah." He scratched his head with his other hand. "I'd feel weird about holding hands with someone under 21."

"You're joking, right?" Katherine chuckled, her gaze glued to his palm.

"Why do you say that? I know some students here who are... Well, I know one student here who's under 18, so..."

"Hahaha! I'm not a student here! Come on, you can't be serious!"

"What do you mean I can't be serious?" Elijah asked with a smile.

"I'm a coach here." Katherine nodded. "The gymnastics coach. I'm... I'm not a student here."

"Yeah, neither am I."

Katherine's glittering eyes widened and her gaze moved to meet his.

"Any..." She gulped mid-sentence. "Affiliations with the university?"

"None."

"Then... What are you doing here?"

Elijah remained silent for a moment.

"Maybe I came to save you."

"Without even knowing me...?"

"I already said that it was fate, didn't I?"

She blushed and quickly looked away.

"Plus, I don't need to know people to save them. I'm a Hero, you see?"

Elijah slowly lowered his gaze.

They were holding hands. He stared at their interlaced fingers, and at the Slave Mark on her hand.

"A special kind of Hero, I guess."

"I-I see." Katherine coughed.

[You have received 45 Achievement Points!]

"Oh... I-I got them."

"Right." Elijah turned his gaze towards the vending machine without letting go of her hand. "So what do you think? Low stakes? High stakes?"

Katherine stared at the side of his face silently.

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"If we choose the Bronze Grade, we get to run it three times. If we choose the Iron grade though, only once."

She remained silent, and he slowly turned his gaze to meet hers.

"Well? What do you think?"

"Yes. I wonder..." Katherine moved her gaze towards the available options. "What should we do...?" She muttered.

"High stakes, I think."

"Alright, let's do that." Katherine nodded.

Elijah ended up spinning the wheel first.

[350 Achievement Points have been deducted!]

[Iron-Grade Roulette is spinning...]

[Congratulations!]

[You have obtained an E-Rank "Basic Magic Ring".]

[When equipped, Mana Recovery increases by 10%.]

Then Katherine spun the wheel.

[350 Achievement Points have been deducted!]

[Iron-Grade Roulette is spinning...]

[Congratulations!]

[You have obtained an E-Rank "Inventory Expansion Ticket".]

[Maximum number of Inventory Slots can be increased!]

The two stared at one another for a moment.

"Wanna switch?"

"Yes!"