“It would have worked out better if the analysis of that translation accessory S’yne enemies carried had made some progress,” I said. I’d left that task to the accessory dealer, but the accessory in question was made from some kind of unknown material and couldn’t be replicated. S’yne’s familiar currently carried it. Without it, communication with S’yne would have been almost impossible. She seemed to understand what I was saying, but hardly anything other than strange noises emanated from her own mouth. It had been getting even worse recently, preventing us from conversing even on basic topics. If her vassal weapon broke down completely, she might not be able to talk at all . . . but I didn’t think it would come to that.

“Hmmm,” Sadeena pondered.

“Filo understands it too, right?” I said. She always seemed like a bit of an airhead, but Filo was also kinda multilingual. She could learn new languages in a really short space of time.

I was starting to wonder exactly what “being smart” meant.

“Hey! You’re thinking something rude about me, Master! I’m not a dummy!” Filo said.

“I wasn’t thinking anything of the sort,” I countered. “I was just pondering some of the mysteries of the universe.”

“Mysteries of the universe?” she asked.

“Raph?” Raph-chan chirped too.

I was thinking about how mysterious it is that Filo seems to just understand some things. The language barrier seemed low but was actually quite high, and yet there were plenty of geniuses around here who just seemed to jump right over it.

“Hey, Naofumi. If there is going to be more fighting, then we had better get our levels and weapons in order quickly,” Itsuki suggested. The situation was pretty dire over here, so I could understand his concerns.

“Do you have any earth crystals?” I asked. “People coming from our world can turn them into experience.”

“Ah, of course. I heard about you using them last time you were here,” Glass said. That was right. The special ore “earth crystals” were only found here on Kizuna’s world. They could be turned into experience if people from our world used them. It depended on size and purity, but using them at a low level could be expected to provide a considerable boost. They wouldn’t provide enough to reach really high levels, but it would be better than nothing. Then we could consider the situation and go hunting to increase our levels in short order after that.

“That’s the situation, Itsuki. I know you’ll feel uneasy until you can hold your own, but just have some patience,” I told him.