"...You’ve deprived me of my swimming rights, Shami! If that’s the case, I can never wear crop tops and bikinis in the future!"
"If you suddenly feel your stomach getting hot while swimming, you should quickly get out of the pool."
"Don’t make it sound like a ghost story!"
The atmosphere turned quiet again.
The elf maiden’s little face darkened.
If you can’t speak nicely, then don’t speak! At the very least, some practical action, like holding someone’s hand, is okay, especially since it’s night and we’re on a walk!
Such a beautiful elf maiden standing by your side, her left hand intentionally opened with five fingers, clearly giving you the chance to hold it!
The complaining elf maiden quickly stopped her wandering thoughts and stood upright.
"Give me your left hand."
"Eh? Asking verbally to hold hands in this day and age shows a lack of romance, Shami."
Lureya mumbled in confusion, immediately raising her small hand in front of Shami.
"Go on, hold it... If you find it too cute and want to kiss it, that’s barely acceptable too..."
"You’ve always worn that ring."
Shami looked a bit surprised.
The elf maiden looked at her left hand, where a dark black ring was worn on her slender ring finger, her eyes briefly drifting into memory.
This was the ring Shami personally put on her, saying it had a lucky attribute, and that wearing it would rapidly increase her power.
Thinking of it, that was indeed true. Over the past three months, her power had increased significantly, and she hadn’t encountered a single unlucky incident.
Even if she suddenly wanted to perform Water Magic in the wild, she managed to do so fortunately, with only Shami knowing about it.
Her eyes glanced at Shami, the elf maiden’s pointed ears turned a slight red.
"B-because... rings are supposed to be worn on the hand, like meteors are meant to land in a crater... Besides, it doesn’t affect anything when worn on the finger... so I’ve always kept it on..."
"Is that so? However, now I need you to give me this ring."
Shami gestured with his hand.
"Eh? No, no! Once given, a ring can’t be taken back!"
The elf maiden froze for a moment, slightly panicked, quickly hiding her left hand.
"I’m not taking it back. I’m helping you develop the ring."
Shami explained his intention.
"Don’t think I don’t know, only a girl’s body can be developed; rings don’t have such a thing."
The maiden anxiously dodged away.
"Calmly saying something not befitting a maiden’s status, Lureya."
The elf maiden realized, her little face blushing, reluctantly handing over the ring.
"I was talking about power... Make sure to return it..."
Inside Shami’s Demon King Ring, there were still five identical rings. Why would he need the plain gold fur’s ring?
In his palm lay this ring that, even after using perception abilities, no information could be detected from.
With the thought that it might be something useful, Shami used a one-time skill from a recent mission [Decode the Knowledge of an Unknown Item] to begin decoding the ring.
Soon, wrapped in magic power, the dark black ring in his palm shed its dark green surface, slowly rising to air level with his cheeks.
[Please bind to host]
There was such content indeed.
Shami looked at the plain gold fur, sensed that the ring wasn’t harmful, and chose the plain gold fur.
The glowing ring quickly turned the same emerald green as the elf maiden’s eyes, then slowly descended onto the elf’s hand.
Both of them could sense the ring’s attributes at the same time.
[Type: Exclusive Item]
"Eh, this is... Shami, it’s the first time I’ve seen an item with ’Lucky’ as its quality, so it really is a lucky ring!"
Lureya, thinking it was just a regular ring, didn’t expect it to have extra effects, felt a bit excited.
[Function: Storage. Able to store items.]
"This function isn’t needed, I already have Storage Space."
[Function: Instant Communication. Bind to another ring, allowing both parties to engage in ultra-long-distance instant communication.]
"So does that mean if it’s bound to another ring, the owners of the two rings can have long-distance conversations?"
The elf maiden quickly looked towards Shami.
Shami touched his own Demon King Ring against the emerald ring, a Spiritual Light surrounded the two rings.
[Binding successful.]
The two of them walked a little farther, trying to speak softly through the rings, and their voices transmitted to the other side.
Returning to the lakeside.
Shami and Lureya exchanged a glance.
"With this ring, we can communicate even in the Elf Forest in the future."
Shami’s brows relaxed.
He had been wondering how to establish contact with the plain gold fur that returned to the Elf Forest; now it seemed that having this ring was enough.
And there were six similar rings in total.
Which means the remaining five rings should also have storage and communication functions. If they are given to the Demon Envoy, then future communication between the Demon King’s Demon Envoy will not be a problem.
The ring’s information display was not yet concluded.
[Exclusive Function: Using this ring can temporarily greatly enhance Elf Attribute and Lucky Attribute.]
Based on the current situation, these unknown rings will form different types of rings based on the host’s identity, providing an exclusive function.
Shami silently helped put the ring back on the plain gold fur’s fair and slender left hand ring finger.