Shota's Isekai NTR Adventure

Chapter 748 Terrible mileage (2)

The moment that my hand took hold of the staff, I could feel a sense of weakness come over me.

It wasn't as strong as the wave of weakness that had knocked me out earlier, but it was a feeling of something being drained out of me.

I could feel that there was something inside of this staff that seemed to be taking this energy from me. It just wasn't as strong as the feeling that had knocked me out earlier.

It seemed that while this staff was powerful, it wasn't adjusted so that people could use it.

Thinking of the one that it was linked to, it made sense...

He seemed like a god that would neglect things like this...

Forgetting that he needed to adjust it to the power level of the one that was using it, so that they wouldn't faint from using it.

But then again, when I thought about it...

The Dwarven King had said that this thing couldn't be used by normal people, there had to be a reason for this.

If it couldn't be used by normal people, then there should be something that stopped it from draining the power of normal people. That should be the reason why others weren't able to use it.

So most likely the mark from Terra was necessary to even activate it.

Did that mean that the fault with this didn't lie with Terra, but rather with me?

Did it mean that I was just too weak to use this thing?

There was a part of me that still wanted to blame Terra for this, but I knew that it wouldn't be the case.

It was just that for me, it would have terrible mileage since I just wasn't strong enough to use it properly.

These thoughts quickly passed through my mind and I didn't tell anyone about this since...I didn't want to embarrass myself.

After holding it for a bit, I handed the staff back to the dwarves in robes and turned to the Dwarven King to say, "Alright, that should prove it, right?"

The Dwarven King slowly gave a nod before saying, "It seems that you really had a reason for all of this, but you had to admit that this was a situation that was a bit hard for me to deal with."

As the Dwarven King said this, he slowly looked over at Elsa with a complicated look.

I could see this, but once again, I didn't respond.

The only reaction that I had to this was the bitter smile that appeared on my face.

After the Dwarven King shook his head and gave a sigh, he said, "Now I know what to do."

He turned to the dwarves in robes and said, "Give it over to him."

I was caught off guard by these sudden words from the Dwarven King.

The dwarves in robes also seemed like they were hesitant over this, but they eventually listened to the Dwarven King and brought the staff back beside me.

I looked at the Dwarven King with a strange look as I said, "What are you doing? Is there a need for me to hold it again?"

The Dwarven King just said with a smile, "Who said that I want you to just hold it? I'm telling you to take it with you."

The dwarves in robes revealed bitter looks on their faces when they heard this.

They had already been suspecting this, but now that the Dwarven King had actually said it, they had no choice but to say something.

"Your majesty, this is a relic that was left to our temple by Lord Terra. It isn't something that we can just give to others at our own discretion, that would be…"

Before the one that seemed to be the pope of the religion could finish, the Dwarven King said, "Even if you keep it, what would you do with it? Are you saying that you could use this Staff of Earth when no one else has been able to?"

The dwarves in robes looked at each other with awkward looks on their faces as if they didn't know what to say.

After all, they couldn't deny this accusation from the Dwarven King.

There was indeed not a single one of them that had been able to use it and they had even forgotten about it.

Before they had brought it out, the box had been kept in one of the storage rooms of the Earthen Temple. It was a relic that had been completely forgotten and wasn't even taken care of by them.

Though it didn't really need to be taken care of since it was a relic with the power of a god.

It wouldn't get dirty even if it was left alone.

Seeing that they didn't say anything, the Dwarven King said, "Instead of leaving it here to rot away, it's better if we give it to someone that can actually use it."

The dwarves in robes didn't accept this that easily as they said, "As long as we pray hard enough, I'm sure that we can use it."

Then the pope looked at me, or specifically at the mark that was on my hand and said, "As long as we can have a chance to observe the mark Lord Terra left on this human, I'm sure that we can figure out how to use the Staff of Earth. So I ask your majesty to ask this human friend to stay here for a bit for us to study him."

The Dwarven King shook his head with a sigh before saying, "You know how ridiculous that sounds, right?"

The dwarves in robes slowly revealed awkward looks after the Dwarven King said this.

There was even a look of shame that appeared on their faces as they realized what kind of requests they were making.

The Dwarven King just shook his head again before ignoring them and turning back to me to say, "Alright, from now on, this Staff of Earth is yours. I hope that you will use it properly."

I gave a nod even though a part of me didn't want this thing because of the terrible mileage that I had with it.

But it was a relic…so I did want it in the end.

The best part was that it was free!