The Reason I Keep Avoiding My Childhood Friend

r fear of being caught, right? I shook my head and observed other things.

There was also a magic sword said to strike lightning, a shield said to turn arrows, and a flower that did not wither.
Not only that, but there was also a magic bracelet that can make two people from a distance talk, a necklace that would block all poisons, and a ring that would heal wounds.

There were useful things, and there were things I wanted to know their usage, so we went looking at magic items without knowing how much time had passed.

“Are you that curious?”

“Well, it’s the first time I’ve seen something like this.
Does everything really work?”

“Of course.”

Kir’s assertion made it even more unusual.
Of course, I didn’t see it in action, but the delusion that there might be invincible magic was manifested grew rapidly.
Did it seem like I was snooping around curiously? Kir pulled me again.

“Come and see.
I will show you something really valuable.”

We stood in front of a treasure chest in the middle of a dead end wall.
In fact, the box caught my eye from the moment I entered the room.
The tightly locked treasure chest seemed to contain something, as if it was the final boss of this room.
Isn’t that just decoration? I thought like that before.

Kir took out the key from his chest again.

“Wasn’t this a decoration?”

“No way.”

Kir, who smiled like that, inserted the key into the treasure chest.
But now I was worried about whether it was possible to unify the keys into one.
If you lose one key, you will lose all your possessions.

Kir unlocked the box and opened the lid.
In a treasure chest in the farthest room, it is locked with a key.
My tension was at its peak as to what valuables might be in there.

However, it was not unexpected what was gradually revealed.
What was in the box were four well-processed but ordinary jewels the size of a fist.
The seemingly ordinary gems were red, brown, green, and blue, respectively.

What magic is it here? Huh? Is this alive? It felt like something was moving inside the jewel.

“As for what this is, you would be surprised when you find out.”

Kir was smug and tried to explain.
However, I didn’t listen to Kir’s words because the jewelry was unusual.
When I put my head in and looked closely, it wasn’t just a jewel.
The strangeness I felt earlier was true.

Curiously, there was some movement inside the four jewels.
In particular, the movement inside the red jewel increased.
It’s like a flickering light? As time went on, the movements grew larger and more violent.
Is this normal? Ominousness welled up.
No matter how I looked at it, it seemed that the jewel was not normal.

“Kir, isn’t this strange?”

“Huh? What?”

Like the jewel was a prison, as if it wanted to get out of it, the movements became violent and uneasy.

“This red jewel, strange…”

So while I hurriedly explained to Kir, the red jewel in front of my nose burst.