I Got A Legendary Sniper Rifle - Chapter 85

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Episode 85
Ep. 85
I naturally assumed I would share the ice cream with Elsie.
It was a truly naive and careless assumption.
Then again, Jia always ate the largest size by herself!
I reluctantly nodded and entered an order for the exact same thing Jia had ordered.
“What exactly is ice cream that she’s like this?”
Elsie, who had been staring blankly from the side, seemed to sink deeper into confusion.
In any case, not long after we completed the order and took our seats, two ice creams arrived.
“You’re really going to eat all of this, right?”
“Yes, yes, that’s right.”
The quantity was so enormous that even the store clerk couldn’t imagine three people finishing it.
What was even more frightening was that half of it would be consumed by a single person.
I handed one container to Jia, who wore an expression of pure happiness.
“Elsie, you might not be able to finish yours, so let’s share mine.”
“How are we supposed to finish this between the two of us? Is that armored fox going to eat the whole thing by herself? I’m a legendary sword with such refined taste—I don’t indulge in gluttony like that~”
Elsie snickered at Jia while staring at the enormous ice cream container.
With such a voracious appetite, Elsie thought it was only a matter of time before she lost my first item slot to Jia.
The image of me casting off this black robe and ascending the tower while wielding a brilliantly shining legendary sword!
Elsie scooped up some ice cream and put it in her mouth while indulging in this happy fantasy.
And then.
“….”
“…Huh?”
When she came to her senses, Elsie looked at me with a bewildered expression and asked.
“Where did the ice cream go?”
‘Where did it go, you ask?’
It had all disappeared into Elsie’s stomach.
Despite all her talk about being a refined item and not having a big appetite.
The moment she took one spoonful, she clutched the container to her chest like a dog about to have its snack stolen, frantically shoveling it into her mouth.
…No joke—she even growled like she was about to bite when I tried to take a spoonful.
As a result, Elsie devoured the ice cream even faster than Jia, who was savoring it bite by bite.
Jia watched her with satisfaction and asked.
“It’s delicious, isn’t it, Elsie?”
“Ahem, well. It’s… passable.”
Elsie, belatedly realizing she had acted like she was possessed, responded awkwardly.
The sweet taste and aroma spreading across her tongue.
The smooth, melting texture.
This was definitely food designed to enchant items.
Elsie’s eyes darted around as she looked at Jia’s ice cream, which still had nearly a third remaining, and spoke carefully.
“Well, Jia, you must be tired of eating so much ice cream all this time? If you’re really full, I could help you finish it….”
Gulp, gulp, gulp———
“S-sorry, eat slowly.”
Elsie had nearly gotten herself into trouble by coveting Jia’s portion as well.
They say even the most beautiful mountain is best appreciated on a full stomach, but first you have to stay alive to visit any mountain at all.
After the three of us devoured an entire container of ice cream each in no time, we resumed our shopping mall tour.
However, Elsie had changed somewhat after that.
“Ice cream?”
“?”
“Oh, is that ice cream too?”
“No, that’s called churros.”
“Ice cream?”
“That’s a red bean bun….”
“Ice cream?”
“That’s a dumpling… Wait, can’t you read?”
As proven by Jia, spirits could understand all languages through the system’s effect.
So Elsie’s sudden transformation into an ice cream parrot meant something else was going on.
Unable to resist Elsie’s sparkling eyes, I ended up buying her snacks one by one from the shops lining the corridor.
“Hmm, warm ice cream doesn’t taste very good.”
“That’s a dumpling, I told you.”
“Soft ice cream is a bit odd too.”
“It’s not soft ice cream, it’s jelly.”
“It’s all ice cream anyway.”
Elsie’s ice cream addiction seemed far more serious than I’d thought.
She had started calling every single food ice cream!
I shook my head in disbelief.
Just buying a few snacks and I was already completely drained.
I finally admitted defeat.
“Jia, would you take Elsie and pick out some clothes for her? I’ll wait here.”
“Of course, Master.”
Besides, a woman would be better at choosing clothes for a girl anyway.
This was a rare experience for me—I’d never felt this exhausted even after grueling training.
‘Let me just watch them once and see how it goes.’
Still uncertain about the two spirits who hadn’t been on Earth for very long.
I decided to sit on a nearby bench and observe how they handled their shopping.
‘At least they found the store okay.’
Fortunately, they passed the first hurdle.
Since Elsie was so small, Jia had taken her to the children’s clothing store.
“Who said I was a child?!”
‘Then what are you supposed to be….’
Elsie grumbled about something that made no sense.
However, Elsie didn’t realize.
From now on, the opponent she would face wasn’t Jia.
“Oh my, how adorable~”
“Is she your little sister?”
It was the Store Clerks at the Children’s Clothing Store who had encountered a model sent down from the heavens.
In fact, she looked far cuter than the child models on the advertisements, and with her distinctive red hair, the fashion-loving clerks’ eyes couldn’t help but light up.
Jia casually handed Elsie over to the clerks’ hands and said.
“Please give her something comfortable.”
“Leave it to us~”
“Huh? Hey, armor! Hey!”
Elsie was handed over in the blink of an eye.
The clerks demonstrated perfect teamwork.
One prepared clothes for Elsie while another readied her change of clothes with practiced skill.
Whoosh—
“?”
Swish—
“???”
“There we go, all done. Would you like to look in the mirror, miss~?”
“?????”
Before Elsie could even tilt her head in confusion, her red one-piece dress vanished without a trace, replaced by a yellow training suit.
“Ehhhhh?!”
Elsie’s eyes widened in disbelief as she saw her reflection in the mirror.
“How could you do this to me, the Legendary Sword?! Are you all Hunters or something?!”
“Hehe, you shouldn’t look down on us~”
“How is it? It really suits you, doesn’t it?”
The clerks seemed satisfied with their own coordination.
“Who are you calling ‘sister’? I am the Legendary Sword, Elsie!”
“?”
Elsie grumbled at the bewildered clerks.
The clerks tilted their heads as if they didn’t understand what she was saying.
‘I should probably rein her in.’
Ihyeon tried to stand up, worried this might unexpectedly escalate into something bigger.
“Is it some new anime?”
“I’m getting old, so I don’t really know what kids watch these days.”
Fortunately, the clerks didn’t seem suspicious and let it pass.
Besides, even Ihyeon had been surprised seeing Jia—a spirit dwelling within an item itself was unprecedented.
Normally, when people said “Hunter,” they meant fully grown adults who awakened, not a little child like that frequenting the Tower.
Grooooow—
“Ugh, okay. I understand, armor. Don’t be mad and just listen…”
“Is your nickname armor, sister?”
“She’s really adorable~”
With Jia piling on the pressure from behind, Elsie finally surrendered without further resistance.
Anyway, that was a minor issue.
“How do the clothes fit, Elsie?”
“Hmm. They’re acceptable.”
Elsie tested the training outfit I had dressed her in, moving her arms and legs this way and that, and her mood seemed to improve once she found it satisfactory.
“I suppose there’s nothing to worry about then.”
I nodded at the sight.
Jia had been living outside for quite some time now, and she was already interacting with people without any awkwardness.
After all, she had even managed a supermarket for several days.
“Then maybe I should take a break too.”
I settled deeper into my chair and began observing my surroundings.
Despite it being a weekday morning, the shopping mall was quite crowded.
Most of the visitors were friends or families spending time together.
It made sense—large shopping malls like this were more about spending time with close ones than shopping itself.
Just as I was about to savor this rare moment of leisure.
“…That person came alone.”
Suddenly, my keen eye caught sight of someone.
Coming alone wasn’t particularly strange in itself.
‘But that’s way too suspicious, isn’t it?’
As someone who had received various training as a Special Forces Unit sniper, my eye catching this person meant there were other distinctive features beyond just coming alone.
To put it bluntly.
‘If someone acted like that near the barracks, they’d be classified as a suspicious person without question.’
That was the feeling.
Shuffle— shuffle—
Awkward body movements.
Glance— glance—
Eyes that couldn’t stay still for a moment, restlessly scanning the surroundings.
Hesitate— hesitate—
Feet that lingered back and forth at the store entrance, unable to decide whether to enter.
Most tellingly, the outfit was completely designed to hide their identity—a cap, mask, sunglasses, and a long padded coat.
…An ordinary person might look at such an appearance and think, ‘Oh, just someone lacking in social skills,’ but I was different—an excellent sniper and a blue-chip prospect for the entire world.
‘Are they planning some kind of terrorist attack?’
Since I myself had gone out like this only a handful of times, my way of thinking was nothing if not extreme!
* * *
South Korea’s number one ranked hunter, Seo Suyeon, the Divine Archer.
She was South Korea’s pride—a hunter whose skills in clearing towers and defeating monsters were unmatched even on the world stage.
Yet even she had her weaknesses.
‘C-c-can I really go in?’
Specifically, everything except clearing towers and defeating monsters.
She had more weaknesses than I’d expected, but no one could blame her for it.
She had awakened immediately after graduating high school and quickly distinguished herself, receiving thorough protection from the state ever since.
Living in Anga where security was meticulously maintained, even when she needed to visit a convenience store in front of her home, the bodyguards would promptly fetch items for her—so opportunities for Suyeon to venture outside were extremely rare.
Since she could even access the Main Tower from home, at most her outings consisted of Gate raids, Instant Tower expeditions, or commuting to the training grounds.
This shopping mall outing was exceptionally rare and awkward for Suyeon.
For that reason, whenever she entered any store, she would deliberate dozens or hundreds of times, her footsteps wandering aimlessly!
“How cute…”
Suyeon was admiring a character-themed handbag visible through the shop window.
Since it happened to be a character she absolutely adored, her gaze was drawn even more intensely.
“Please come inside and have a look!”
A store clerk who had spotted Suyeon stepped outside and called out to her.
“Huh? Y-yes? Phew, what? Oh, goodbye!”
Suyeon yelped in fright and scrambled backward in retreat.
Refined movements honed from battling monsters in the Tower!
Her speech was awkward beyond measure, but her tactical withdrawal was nothing short of miraculous.
“???”
The clerk blinked, wondering if she’d just seen a ghost.
Though that didn’t seem to be the case.
“Still, I feel like I’ve seen her somewhere before…”
Though obscured by a hat, mask, and sunglasses, the clerk tilted her head at the oddly familiar sensation.
In any case, though Suyeon was enjoying freedom after so long, her outings continued in this manner for quite some time.

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