Chapter 147: Point Bonus 4

“Ah, the points piled up.”

While doing my daily routine of [Store Summoning] today, I noticed that the stamps on the [Point Card] protection I received from Yuminaria-sama had accumulated to the point where I could get a bonus.

The number of stamps needed for the next benefit mark doubles each time, so the gaps between them have gradually gotten longer. The next one is after forty points… I have to summon two hundred times. Assuming I summon three or four times a day… That’s fifty to seventy days from now…?

The next one will be after spring arrives, huh.

Well, I should just take what I can get for now. However, this point bonus is even more random than my [Store Summoning]… I called it a bonus gacha, and that’s exactly what it is.

That being said, the first time was the “Cat Ear Headband” that enhances hearing, the second was the “Confession Candy” that forces you to confess your love to your crush, and the third was the “Sealing Stamp” that can deliver letters to people far away, so I haven’t drawn any complete duds so far.

Well, the confession candy was a bit iffy, though…

According to Kohaku-san, these are a type of magic tool (artifact) created by the Gods on the surface, but since they aren’t all that important, they apparently got bored of them, tossed them in a warehouse, and they were on the verge of being disposed of.

It seems to be a case of “if the Gods don’t need them, let humans put them to use,” but their uses are pretty limited, you know…

I hope I win something useful this time. No, with these kinds of things, if you get greedy, you don’t win anything good. The desire sensor will definitely kick in. Empty mind, empty mind. I must pull the gacha with an empty mind. Serene and unclouded.

“Bonus, please.”

Light flew out from the point card, and something fell onto the ground of the summoning area with a heavy thud. It was a box with a square, sturdy-looking build and a handle for carrying.

“Eh, an attaché case?”

Wait a minute! Don’t tell me it’s cold hard cash!? With the size of this box, it could easily hold a hundred million yen, couldn’t it!?

Or rather, whether it’s yen or dollars, having Earth money wouldn’t do me any good anyway!

Wait, I wonder if I can use it at my stores…? Like, buying things at list price instead of the rip-off prices?

Father, who was next to me, peered into the attaché case suspiciously.

“Sakuraile, is that bag? your bonus?”

“No, I think the contents inside are probably the bonus, but…”

I tried lifting the attaché case for now. Oh? It’s lighter than I thought. I think bundles of cash would be heavier. Is it not money?

Ah, if it were cash, it would be a duralumin case, not an attaché case. I was mistaken.

“Let’s see, is it locked?”

I undid the clasps on both sides and opened the attaché case with a click, and inside, various glasses were lined up, crammed tightly together. Eh? What is this…?

There’s a piece of parchment with text written on it in the middle. …No, it’s not parchment. This is a glasses cleaning cloth. It’s definitely a microfiber glasses cloth.

“‘Assorted Glasses Set: Special Pack’ …?”

Eh, there are assortments of glasses? What’s with that, like a mid-year or year-end gift assortment…

Checking it out, there were eighteen glasses in three columns and six rows, and with another layer underneath, there were thirty-six in total. That’s a lot…

Glasses do exist in this world too. Leon wears them normally, after all. However, as expected, they are expensive items and apparently cost quite a sum. An amount that commoners couldn’t easily afford.

It seems deteriorating eyesight can’t be cured even with recovery magic, so nobles with bad eyesight mostly wear glasses. It’s normal even for servants to wear them, and wearing glasses apparently serves as a sort of status symbol showing that one is wealthy.

In that sense, you could say this glasses set is quite a valuable item, but…

“Huh?”

I tried putting on a Boston-style pair of glasses from the case and noticed something strange. Could this be a pair of fake glasses (plano lenses)?

There’s no prescription in the lenses. It’s completely just fashion glasses.

But somehow, it feels weird…

As I was puzzled by the sense of incongruity, Kohaku-san, who was watching from the side, spoke up.

“There’s a God like that…”

The Glasses God. Well, there are all sorts of Gods in this world, so it wouldn’t be strange for one to exist, but still.

Underneath each pair of glasses is an instruction manual printed on a glasses cloth. Talk about fine details…

Let’s see, the enchantment on these Boston-style glasses is…

“‘The Boston style was born in America in the 1930s. It is a type of glasses with rounded inverted triangles that gives a soft, casual impression. It is one of the classic styles, highly versatile, and boasts excellent functionality due to a design that easily secures the field of vision. Because of its rounded design, it suits long and square faces well, and can give the viewer an intellectual and gentle image. Conversely, because it emphasizes the roundness of round faces, Boston glasses are considered difficult to match for them, but it is a versatile type of glasses that can be used for both business and casual wear. It can be said to be a pair of glasses that excels in a wide range of scenes. Compared to the similar Wellington style…’ ——Hey, this is too long!?”

Not the characteristics of the glasses! I want to know what kind of enchantment is on them!?

Besides, this explanation is in Japanese, or rather, it’s an explanation based on Earth. Like, ‘America’. What? Are they catering to me? It’s kind of a blessing in a way, since Father and the others can’t read it, though.

Anyway, I skipped the overly long explanation and found the enchantment effect written towards the very end.

“The [Magnified Vision] enchantment? If you slide your finger along the temple of the glasses, distant objects appear closer… Eh? Really?”

Half-doubting, I slid my finger along the temple of the glasses. Oh!? Distant objects really do look closer! So it has a zoom function. This might be convenient.

I handed the glasses to Father, who was watching with great interest, and explained it to him. Apparently, these glasses also have an adjust function that scales them up or down to fit the size of the person holding them.

“Whoa! Distant objects really do look closer! This seems like it will be useful for scouting.”

Well, it’s definitely convenient for people keeping watch.

I wonder what this one is. Another long explanation text… I’ll just skip it. The [Heat Perception] enchantment?

“Whoa.”

When I put the glasses on, heat sources looked red, just like thermography. It looks like the vision of a certain predator from a movie… I wonder if this is usable.

It seems you can turn it on and off by sliding your finger on the temple.

This one is… when you slide your finger on the temple, it emits a blinding light…? Won’t that blind me too?

These sunglasses can… block out light. So it doesn’t get glaring. No, isn’t that what sunglasses normally do…?

This one is… an Evil Eye Killer. It seals away Evil Eyes. I don’t even have an Evil Eye!

Glasses that make your eyesight 1.0 (20/20), glasses that make your eyesight 1.5 (20/15), glasses that make your eyesight 2.0 (20/10)… Are these ones just normal glasses?

No wait, normal glasses have prescriptions tailored to the person to correct their vision, they don’t forcibly change it to exactly 1.5 or 2.0. These are glasses that make anyone’s eyesight 1.5, regardless of whether their original eyesight was 0.5 or 2.0. It’s convenient, sure, but!

Hmmm, about half of these seem like joke glasses… Though I feel like these [Cognitive Hindrance] glasses might be useful… Being able to go unnoticed as if you were a completely different person just by wearing glasses… I wonder if I could use them at the National Foundation Festival next month?

However, there were also a few slightly dangerous ones mixed in.

The [Clairvoyance / X-Ray] glasses. This is a no-go. These are just pervert glasses… Father showed a bit of interest, but he averted his gaze when he saw Mother’s smile that didn’t reach her eyes.

The [Charm] glasses. It’s not to the extent of captivating whoever looks at you, but rather at the level of leaving a good impression, but depending on how you use them, they could be used for evil deeds…

The [Laser Beam] glasses. Too dangerous to use! And they’re single-use!

One that was somewhat interesting was the [Dual Vision] glasses.

This is a paired set of two glasses, where you can see a different field of vision in your right eye and left eye.

If I wear one and Ritsu wears the other, my left eye sees my normal vision, but my right eye sees the scenery Ritsu is looking at. We can share each other’s field of vision. It might be usable like a relay camera.

Also, the [Radar] glasses. You can know the location of humans, animals, and other large living creatures within a several-kilometer radius. They appear as blips of light on one of the lenses, and you can also expand or narrow the range by sliding your finger on the temple.

There were even [Weather Reading] glasses. By looking at the sky, you can tell the upcoming weather. Well, I guess it is pretty convenient.

“These glasses feel like they were made haphazardly, just for fun…”

I didn’t know whether to be impressed or exasperated by Kohaku-san’s words. I guess there really are all sorts of Gods out there…