Chapter 40 Personal Interviews (2)
If Osfried asks to see me separately, he must already be somewhat convinced.
Maybe you saw my face hidden with a mask pack.
Queenie was confident that almost no one would find out, but Osprit must have been one of those ‘almost’.
“How is it? All you have to do is answer.”
Osprit said it doesn’t matter if it’s a lie.
It means that he has the confidence to detect lies, or he must have already determined the answer within himself.
Either way, I didn’t mean to lie here.
But there was something to do first.
“Before I answer, may I ask you one thing?”
“Tell me.”
“Is my answer irrelevant to my daily life?”
When I answer, does it end with an answer?
Or do you want to hear my answer for something Osprit is trying to do?
I thought it was the latter, and I was right.
“… … Cluck, you’re sharper than you look.”
Osprey laughed like a grandfather. It didn’t seem like it would fit.
“Because I’ve been preparing some plans lately. I need your strength.”
“… … What’s your plan?”
Osprey’s clear eyes shot at me at my question.
“Do you know what the Indus is like?”
… … indeed.
It developed faster than the original game and faster than I thought, but it’s not bad.
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No, I could have said it was very good.“I know.”
“How much do you know about that? Like everyone else?”
“No one outside of that knows the Indus more than I do.”
“Cluckle, that’s really daring. That’s my favorite answer.”
Osprey shook his head. He still had a small smile on his face, but now that I know the content, even that smile is creepy.
“I will clear the Indus.”
Osprey said quietly. There was no temperature whatsoever.
I felt fine, but I was not surprised.
“… … okay.”
“Be quiet.”
“Like I said, I know a lot about the Indus.”
Okay, okay, Osprey nodded.
“If you do, do you know why I made a plan now?”
“I grabbed their tails, no, I think we will be able to catch them soon.”
Osprey seemed surprised by my words.
“You really do know quite a bit.”
I subdue Armel, who is in charge of amnestics for the Indus just a few days ago.
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Now, the Indus were prevented from committing a daring offense. At least you won’t touch a plan with a good chance of failure.In this case, Indus will think twice.
Either they keep holding their breath, or they believe that the time for a ‘revolution’ has come and start taking steps.
Choosing the former is an asshole, and choosing the latter is crazy.
So, the Indus is the latter.
“And the plan needs your power. Oh, of course, if you’re that ‘young Ampere’.”
Osprey said with a smile.
I am also sure That the identity is me.
“So how? I think I’ve talked enough.”
Yes. it was helpful.
What answer should I give?
I opened my mouth slowly.
“you’re right.”
“… … ho.”
“I was standing in front of Cora then.”
I replied calmly, and Osprit’s eyes lit up.
“Then the sword?”
“It’s the sword you’re guessing.”
Osprit had the ‘Legend of King Arthur’ in his hand until a while ago.
Of course, I was actually reading it, but of course there must also be an intention that was shown to me.
It is the unspoken pressure of saying that you already know everything, so just talk nonsense.
“I used Excalibur to stop Korra’s runaway.”
“… … haha.”
Osprey smiled contentedly.
He seemed to like the fact that I didn’t break the shichimi or deny it.
“What was the reason you were hiding until now? You seem to have a bad reputation in Constell. Why do you hide your achievements when you have them?”
Yes, it seemed like such a question would come up.
The soundproofing magic here must also have that intention. It means to speak openly and frankly to Osprit himself.
But it can’t be.
There are many reasons why I hide weapons or abilities, but one of them is that I become too powerless if my identity is revealed.
I cannot cope with situations or opponents beyond what I have imagined.
Bloody cannot defeat a swordsman who has achieved high achievements through training, nor can he defeat a genius wizard who boasts intuitive talent.
‘It’s not always a good thing to prove that you’re strong, I knew it through my heart as I played as Aster.’
It is even more difficult to reveal how much the main character of the game, Aster Evans, was limited by his talent and fame.
The position of the Frontier, where he can move more freely and acquire various weapons, is very advantageous.
“I can only hide it. It’s a pearl necklace around the pig’s neck.”
“A pearl necklace around a pig’s neck? No one can have that much magical power easily. It is even more difficult to release that magic power completely. I must be admiring.”
Osprey seemed to take my words with humility.
So from here.
The point where I start to lie.
“I don’t have enough mana.”
“What?”
Osprey’s eyes twitched.
“All the teachers, including me, have seen with their own eyes the magical powers you have uttered. But you don’t have enough mana?”
“That is the magic of my ‘sword’. So I’m telling you. A pearl necklace around the pig’s neck.”
Osprey ‘allowed’ me to lie.
That’s permission due to the conviction within Osprit himself.
The young Ampere who confronts Cora is Frontier de Roach. He would have been convinced of this and devised the logic within it.
But there is something that even the great Osprey does not know.
“You can try it now. I don’t have enough mana.”
I raised both hands. In the sense of not hiding anything.
Of course, there is a lot to hide. Penelope’s cloth hanging right now as a tie. Until the necklace ‘Black Lily’.
But if Osprite really believes that I have that much mana reserve.
Osprey will never know the truth.
“… … good.”
Osprey was skeptical, so he reached out and placed his hand on my shoulder. He would probably find out without contacting him, but it seemed he was trying to check closely to see if I was hiding something else.
Of course, there are a lot of things I’m hiding, but that’s not my mana.
“… … !”
Osprey’s eyes twinkled.
My mana is very normal. No, it grew quite large due to the repetition of mana exhaust and the influence of the Dragon Heart used in the previous fight with Renzo, but that’s all.
It would be higher than the average of Constell’s first-year students, but it was far below the mana when he defeated Korra.
“… … Right. I don’t have enough mana.”
Osprite let go. The color of concern deepened on his face.
“Then is it really the power of Excalibur?”
“That’s right.”
Of course it’s a lie. Excalibur’s original magical power is not great.
Excalibur’s abilities are truly simple and honest. That power becomes stronger as much as the given magic power. Of course, magic does not simply become power as it is, and Excalibur itself amplifies the magic even more. The more magical power is given, the exponentially stronger the power.
I ate a fake dragon heart made of weaving, and replaced the body that was lost due to the side effect of being fake with Penelope’s cloth.
Weaving, the difference between fake and real Dragonheart, Penelope’s cloth. It is impossible for even an Osprey to understand all these characteristics unless they are fully aware of them.
And above all.
“It is a great honor for the principal to appreciate me, but I am nothing more than a first-year student.”
This lie is much more natural than the truth.
I am a human sloth frontier who is nothing. Rather than finding out how such a student got that much mana.
Actually, it wasn’t, Frontier wasn’t that great, it was just the power of the sword, this lie is much more convincing, and above all, it’s reassuring.
The Excalibur I was holding in front of Korra, if I had wielded it or threw it, that would have been the end of hell.
Wouldn’t it be better to believe in the power of weapons rather than thinking that the students attending can destroy Constell at any time they want?
“… … Are you serious?”
“You allowed me to lie, didn’t you? Of course I’m serious.”
I smiled and said with a brazen face.
And leave lies and truth.
I’m just giving Osprey the answer he wants.
It is not easy for humans to deny what they want after hearing what they want inside.
“Then how did you get that sword?”
great. Osprit seemed to believe what he had said so far.
I answered.
“I borrowed it.”
“Did you borrow it? to whom?”
I looked around. It was kind of an action.
“It must be soundproofing, right?”
“Of course.”
In response to Osprey’s answer, I purposely lowered my voice.
“This is Aster Evans.”
This time, Osprit’s eyes widened as if really surprised.
I’m sorry, Aster. Let me borrow your name for a moment.
“Aster Evans… … Did he have Excalibur?”
“That’s right. Please keep it a secret.”
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Not now, later.Aster will one day go to the lake I went to and obtain Excalibur.
By the time Osprit checks to see if Aster really has Excalibur, he’ll probably already have it in his hands.
“Why did Aster give it to you?”
“We have something to share. I gave Aster one of my precious things, and Aster gave me Excalibur in return.”
“What is precious?”
“I can’t tell you that.”
I didn’t give anything to Aster.
But that’s an understandable lie. If I had paid for it, I would not have believed it any more.
“Hey, this is so… … .”
Osprey sighed. The thought that had been drawn up in his head seemed to have been shaken quite a bit.
Indus sweep operation. I like it very much.
However, my participation should be limited.
I don’t want to use all of my abilities, nor do I want to make Osprite think it’s possible.
If he wants my ‘bombardment’, that’s all. I can help you though.
Those who wish for more than that, I have no intention of doing so.
This lie I gave is the line between Osprey and me. It is a boundary that does not invade each other.
“Then, are you going to participate in the plan?”
“I would like to, if you allow me.”
“Can I use the power of that Excalibur at any time?”
“of course. Only once a day.”
“That’s it.”
Osprey understood what I meant.
All I can do is wield Excalibur.
I asked.
“When do the plans start?”
“It depends on when the Indus moves. This plan is based on a ‘counterattack’. But this time around, it’s also easy to predict when the Indus will move.”
How much this time?
A question that popped into my mind. Osprit reminded me of something I had forgotten for a moment:
“It’s a school trip soon, isn’t it?”
He sold aster🤣