[Name]: "Blueprint: Moon-Cloth Pack"
[Origin]: Warcraft series
[Type]: Blueprint
[Effect]: A bag crafted from magical cloth and leather, enchanted with Item Box magic to hold far more space, though total weight and capacity remain bound by the limits of the materials used.
[Summary]: A Wonder Pack with a whole world inside.
Derivatives:
[Name]: "Item Box Moon-Cloth Pack Series, Hart Premium Edition"
[Name]: "Item Box Dragonhide Pack Series, Hart Collector's Edition"
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"Holy shit, there it is!"
"The legendary spatial pack! A classic never misses!"
Gazing at the design and description surfacing on the parchment, Leon was beside himself with joy.
Just a short while ago, on the way back, he'd been agonizing over his pack running critically low on space and had to grit his teeth and toss out some of the lower-value materials he'd hand-picked. He never imagined that the chest would cough up the very pack blueprint he'd been dreaming of.
"Phew... good, very good, this came at the perfect time. With this, the pack-capacity problem for going down into the Dungeon is finally solved."
He read through the description again, his gaze pausing for a moment on the line though total weight and capacity remain bound by the limits of the materials used, and Leon thought to himself:
"So capacity and weight are affected by the crafting materials? Whatever, it's not the fully maxed-out version, but the budget edition is plenty good enough."
At lower levels, the weight issue hadn't been all that pressing. Given their strength, the floors they could explore were genuinely limited, and with the laughable monster counts and respawn rates, the haul was always meager from the start.
But Leon was Lv. 4 now, and the core members of the party had hit Lv. 3. If they wanted to push into deeper floors going forward, weight management was bound to become the Familia's top priority.
As a small Familia walking the elite route, they didn't have the manpower of a large Familia to spread the load around. So for a group like theirs, rock-solid in strength but limited in numbers, solving the weight problem was far more urgent than it was for the populous big Familias.
At that, his eyes fell again on the two derivative versions listed at the bottom of the parchment, his eyebrow arching despite himself, a few dark lines all but dangling from his temple.
"..."
"Tch, the whole fleecing-your-customers play. Guess you've got it all figured out."
Still, thinking of the price gap of dozens or even hundreds of times between the Collector's Edition and the standard one, the corners of his mouth crept up again.
"Then again..."
"Heh heh!"
Picturing the fat stacks of gold coins rolling in down the line, he couldn't help humming softly to himself.
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Besides the pack blueprint, the last item was much like the elixir recipe, another knowledge-type magic book, this one tied to the tailoring craft.
[Name]: "Wondrous Tailoring: From Apprentice to Master"
[Origin]: A certain magical world
[Type]: Knowledge
[Effect]: An introductory text on tailoring. Once learned, grants basic tailoring knowledge and a rudimentary ability to produce tailored goods.
[Summary]: HLA, a man's wardrobe!
... Seeing that short blurb in the bottom-right corner of the tailoring book, his mouth twitched a couple of times.
"I cross into another world and HLA is still chasing me down."
A scene from some hit anime's ending theme crossed his mind. He shook his head and set the heavy doorstopper down next to the alchemy text from earlier.
Then he stood, planted his hands on his hips, and surveyed the dazzling spread of spoils on the stone table with satisfaction, letting out a long breath.
"Now that's satisfying."
Admiring the haul that had come out of the two treasure chests, Leon's face was nothing but contentment and delight.
And just as he was basking alone in the pleasure of it, the bright, laughing chatter of the ladies drifted in from inside.
"Leon, your coffee milk!"
"Thanks!"
He took the chilled drink Rose handed him, tipped his head back, and gulped down a big mouthful. Noticing everyone's curious looks, he gave a little snicker, lifted his chin slightly, and cocked an eyebrow smugly.
"There. This is all the good stuff that came out of the treasure chests!"
Rose and Jeanne exchanged a glance, scanned the stone table carefully, then looked faintly puzzled.
"...Leon, there don't seem to be any invitations?"
"Oh, the invitations got used the moment I had them, obviously! Two came out this time, so..."
Kureha's eyes lit up and she jumped in at once.
"So our Familia's finally getting new members!?"
At Kureha's reminder, the two elf girls had a sudden flash of understanding too. That was right, their leader seemed to possess a special ability to summon Familia companions through a magic circle, and using it just required a specific medium.
So that was it... those invitations?
Things clicked into place in Aura's mind.
Learning that the Familia was about to welcome newcomers, everyone perked up, drowsiness gone, and the little courtyard visibly came alive.
Seeing that no one had any intention of resting, Leon gave a knowing little smile, then dropped the courtesy and started handing out assignments.
"I've got all the spoils sorted, the inventory's in the notebook. Since you don't want to rest, help me double-check it. Just fix anything that's wrong or missing."
"As for me..." He glanced down at his own travel-worn state, then over at the ladies, already washed up and smelling sweet, and grinned. "I'm going to take a bath."
"So everyone, I'll leave it to you!"
With that, paying no mind to the stunned looks frozen on the two little elves' faces, he peeled off his armor and clothes piece by piece as he walked, heading for the bathroom without a backward glance, leaving the ladies behind in the courtyard staring at one another.
Jeanne watched his retreating back, traded a helpless look with Rose, and finally pursed her lips in resignation, sneaking in an eye-roll.
"Alright then, since the man of the house has spoken..."
Jeanne clapped her hands to draw everyone's attention.
"Rose, leave the counting and sorting to me, Kureha, and Laurier. It's getting late anyway, so could I ask you and Aura to go put together some late-night snacks?"
Late-night snacks?
At those words, every lady present lit right up!
Even though their meals down in the Dungeon were, compared to other adventurers, on the lavish side, at the end of the day they still fell well short of surface-level fare. So when Jeanne brought up the idea of a late-night snack, the freshly bathed group's eyes brightened all at once, anticipation written across every face.
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