The mansion explosion in the suburbs needed to be reported to Lord Dustiness and explained to the Adventurers' Guild.
The violent explosion had alarmed Axel's villagers, and since it concerned the lord's safety, the townspeople needed reassurance.
The party visited the Guild to clarify that it was merely an accident — no one was injured or attacked by Devil King Army Generals, so constant vigilance wasn't necessary.
They then sought out the foreman who had helped expand their mansion. At the ruins of the suburban mansion, he assessed the rebuilding timeline and calculated costs.
With only 200 million in savings, if the costs proved too high, they'd need to reduce their budget for rare ingredients.
Fortunately, the foreman's calculations showed the rebuilding costs weren't excessive. The situation had both advantages and drawbacks.
The good news: since the foundation and basement remained intact, reconstruction would take just two months.
The bad news: winter's arrival made construction unsuitable. Even if they rushed, they couldn't finish before winter's end and would likely need to halt mid-construction.
They had no choice but to wait for spring.
While Bill continued forging equipment, the party members — driven away by the constant hammering — needed to find a quiet place to rest.
After discussion, they all agreed to visit Wiz's Magic Item Shop.
"Yo, Wiz, we're here."
They pushed open the door.
This time, there was no exciting scene — the impoverished shop owner lay motionless on the counter. Her face was paler than usual, her breathing slow and labored, as if at death's door.
"Wiz, are you alright?!"
Rushing forward, Adam used〘Drain Touch〙to transfer energy to her, helping her recover.
Since she was a lich,〘Heal〙would not only fail to help but actually harm her, making this "evil skill" the only viable healing method.
"No, I'm fine." Wiz's face regained some color as she got up from the counter, waving her hand dismissively, "I just haven't eaten for three days because I have no money. It's nothing serious, thanks for your concern."
"Hey! How is that nothing serious? You haven't eaten for three days — you're practically at death's door!" Kazuma retorted, "Speaking of which, isn't Wiz a lich? Keele is also a lich, so why doesn't he need to eat?"
"It's probably related to physical vitality." Adam said, curious about her need for food, "Keele doesn't eat, which is why he looks like a skeleton. Wiz eats food, so she maintains her body and its vitality... something like that."
Wiz clapped her hands excitedly, "Oh, that makes sense! That's possible!"
"Well, it's just my guess." He pinched her cool, slightly fleshy hand, "By the way, you're a lich yourself — why do you look so enlightened by this?"
"Ehehe..." Wiz raised both hands to her chest and laughed sheepishly.
Although she was a lich, she had never thought about these things. Eating was just maintaining her habits from when she was alive, and perhaps because of that, she could still feel hunger.
"Aqua, do you know?" Adam turned to Aqua, who was examining the merchandise, "You're a goddess, right? As the natural enemy of liches, do you know about Wiz's situation?"
Aqua shook her head, "No, I don't know. When I encounter liches, I just purify them quickly. Who would bother researching them?"
As she spoke, she stared intently at Wiz, as if trying to see through her.
Suddenly, Wiz cried out in pain.
"Lady Aqua, Lady Aqua! Please don't use Divine Power, I beg you!" Wiz burst into tears, "If this continues, I'll disappear!"
"Aqua, what are you doing?" Adam pulled Aqua aside, seeing Wiz's genuine expression of pain.
He didn't mean to blame Aqua — her lack of hostility toward Wiz lately showed she hadn't intended any harm.
But Aqua clearly thought he had misunderstood, "I didn't bully her, really, believe me, Adam!"
Afraid he wouldn't believe her, she nearly started crying.
Wait, why are you crying too? Wiz is the one who's hurt.
"Yes, yes, I know, I know." Quickly consoling the panicked water goddess, he asked curiously, "I know you didn't bully her, but what did you just do? Wiz became transparent."
"I just used Divine Sight to look at her — who knew that being scanned by Divine Power would hurt this lich? She's too weak, making such a fuss over just a tiny bit of Divine Power. She might be pretending to gain sympathy. This is why undead monsters are all untrustworthy beings."
She was helpless, resorting to blaming the highest-ranking undead, the Lich, for being too weak.
"So it's because of Divine Power?" Adam remembered when he first met Wiz, he had asked Aqua to imbue his eyes with Divine Power.
Although he had known Wiz was a Lich from the start, and those divine-enhanced eyes weren't necessary, he had specifically requested Aqua's help to add credibility to his words.
Wait. Aqua is the goddess of water, and I'm Aqua's agent.
So, with my〚Advanced Water Element Affinity〛, when I use Water-type moves, could they harm undead beings? When purifying Keele, I used blessed purification Magic, but what about regular water?
If my water can harm undead, does that mean I can use Divine Power?
This is worth verifying.
"Wiz, I need your help with something — it might cause you pain."
Under her blank, cute expression, Adam explained his idea to her.
"That's fine. If it's just mild pain, I'm willing to help Adam experiment."
"Really? Thank you, Wiz!"
Finally, she agreed to help him verify his idea.
Holding Wiz's cool little hand, he used〘Water Magic〙and conducted it through her body.
"How does it feel? Can you feel anything?"
Wiz shook her head. "Hmm, no."
Hearing this, Adam increased the intensity.
"How is it now — does it hurt?"
"And now, how does it feel?"
"The pain is stronger."
"Alright, I'm going to use full power now!"
"Go ahead, don't worry about me — I'll accept anything from Adam!"
The experiment proved successful.
However, the effect was limited to〘Water Magic〙. Apart from specific magical attributes and Breathing Techniques that naturally countered Liches, nothing else affected Wiz.
This discovery left Adam rather disappointed.
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