Chapter 66 Bluff
‘The provocation seems to have worked in moderation.’
A cold sweat ran down Edwin’s back.
I lost my faith because I was deceived by God. I have some bad feelings, but fear is still a different matter.
‘You say things like this to God, Frontier.’
Edwin smiled, remembering someone’s sleepy face. He remembers what Frontier had said to Hephaestus, his god, at the time of the Golem incident.
That one word that he spit out carelessly.
After that incident, Edwin also learned something.
Gods are quite similar to humans, except for their powers. As Frontier said before.
There are emotions such as anger, contempt, joy, and embarrassment, and they appear even from the smallest things. Humans witness God’s unparalleled mighty miracles and create their own image of God himself, but the gods don’t really match that classical image.
—Edwin, are you really trying to despise God?
[Already done.]
Edwin glanced at the woman next to him as he answered. Probably a user of the Roach mansion. He looks like he’s still sleeping, so he probably won’t remember this.
‘But the first target to use this feature is probably Hypnos.’
Edwin was a little troubled.
Constell’s top prospect Aster Evans knows why he’s a prospect. Talent, ability, sincerity, personality, and personal relationships, plus the new power of ‘Baldur’.
So, everyone in Constell knows what the power of Pielot, who is called the next prospect, is.
‘Pielot, what do you think?’
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Now the real enemy is not Hypnos. It is Pielot who receives his divine power.—I can’t help you right now, but how long do you think you’ll be safe? Know the subject, Edwin!
Hypnos growled. Well, it’s not nice to be photographed by a god.
[I was pretty scared of that, too.]
Edwin scratched the ball. It’s definitely scary to be stamped by God. Not only Edwin, but everyone on this continent is afraid of the ‘nemesis’ given by God.
[I would ask the other way around,]
But there is one thing that Edwin knows for sure.
[Why do the gods leave Frontier alone?]
—… … !
Hypnos’ expression changed. Yeah, you know what this means.
[I always thought it was strange. When Hephaestus persuaded me, Frontier wasn’t doing anything particularly blasphemous. Still, Hephaestus tried to kill Frontier. Whatever the reason, the fact that Frontier was stamped by God means that it was long before I met him.]
But Frontier defeated Hephaestus. Of course, he wasn’t dealing with the real Hephaestus. To the last, they only borrowed the bodies of Edwin and Golem.
Then, of course, I will try to ‘directly’ after that. Edwin doesn’t know all the powers of Frontier, but he’s just an individual. If God ever came, I could have killed him at any time.
‘The conditions for the coming of God are more difficult than I thought, or else.’
Edwin said.
[Are you unable to descend for some reason?]
Edwin put it in his mouth as a test. I wondered if I could bring more information to Hypnos.
However, Hypnos did not move at this question. There was not even a slight tremor in the corners of his eyes.
—Just because Frontier is still alive doesn’t mean he’ll be fine. He will meet a terrible end. So are you, Edwin.
Rather, Hypnos spoke as if he had not heard.
Edwin laughed bitterly.
‘I’m sorry. I wanted to bring some better information.’
Edwin couldn’t penetrate Hypnos’ poker face.
Instead, he said.
[It will be.]
—What?
[The gods only control humans, they’ve never been there.]
That’s why you won’t be able to understand Edwin’s feelings.
The existence of a god that felt like his own will, but secretly encouraged him from behind. I don’t want to feel that way again. It was a feeling of becoming not myself.
[It is better to die when you feel that feeling again.]
—Your words will reach the ears of all gods.
[Listen. When you’re done talking, return the heukryeon. Unless you want to make Pielot a mockery of Constell.]
Edwin knew the attributes of God well because he had been with Hephaestus. Although it is the object of divine power, it is quite rare for a god to do this to a single human being. Usually, it only lends a little power to humans when they want it, but it doesn’t move on its own. Hypnos must have really liked Pielot.
So I won’t do anything that could harm Pielot.
—Remember, Edwin. Your lifespan is not long… … .
Chijik!
Before Hephaestus could finish speaking, Edwin, who appeared as a hologram, disappeared.
“… … what.”
Edwin tilted his head when he saw that the hologram had ended in his house.
Have you been talking too long It seemed as if the magic of the hologram installed on the black lotus had run out.
“This was not my intention.”
I think I can hear Hypnos grinding his molars because of Edwin who chewed his horse and disappeared.
* * *
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Next day.At Edwin’s call, Frontier stopped by Teacher Vinkis’s lab.
“… … ha.”
After hearing all of Edwin’s story, Frontier already had a headache.
Pielot is a character with a high probability of turning into a villain if left alone with his arrogance. This is what players refer to as ‘corruption’.
Originally identified as a purple haze, it was not a sign of corruption, but a divine intervention. Until now, the formula of ‘God’s intervention = corruption’ has only been established to the extent that players are mistaken.
‘In order to correct that arrogance, he showed the difference in skill, so this time he was involved in a crime.’
What and urgent, Pielot.
Everyone will recognize your talent, and you should know it well.
Frontier knows that if he takes time and grows steadily, he will grow to a level comparable to that of Aster. saw it with his own eyes. The power of Pielot after growing up.
“Thank you, Edwin. I really didn’t know that such a device would be attached to Heukryeon. I will pay off this debt.”
“done. Because I paid off your debt. In the first place, it is security that has meaning only if you do not know it.”
It was as he said.
Edwin himself appeared as a hologram and could witness the face of the thief. Frontier was in a way he hadn’t thought of.
Thanks to that, even after losing the Heukryeon, he was able to easily retrieve it.
“It is truly the god of sleep. I slept really well.”
“Since it is a divine ability, it must be difficult for a human who is not prepared to resist. Even if you are prepared for it. It’ll be fine for a while though. I wouldn’t do the same thing again unless I knew I was there.”
“Won’t Hypnos change his mind and try to kill me?”
Hypnos puts people to sleep is literally the power of God. Frontier really slept without knowing that the black lotus was being stolen. Thanks to this, even the fatigue accumulated due to the sensitive body was relieved.
It may be that Frontier’s body was hoping to sleep so easily, but can preparations prevent him from falling asleep? I want to believe in his sixth sense, but it’s true that he’s really nervous because he’s actually fallen asleep.
“it’s okay. Because the limits of Hypnos are clear.”
Edwin said. He personally witnessed the mansion’s occupants being controlled by Hypnos.
“Hypnos uses sleepwalking to deal with people. From what I saw, the person being handled was limp with no strength all over. You probably won’t be able to give it that much strength, and if you force yourself to do it, you’ll wake up.”
From Edwin’s point of view, the mansion’s occupant was truly a sleepwalker. Since he had that power and used it, the limits of Hypnos were clear.
Hypnos is the god of sleep. In other words, ‘sleep’ is his realm, and it’s powerful enough to put him to sleep, but the reality is probably not his realm.
“Then what are you going to do, Frontier? It’s up to you to choose, but I don’t think you can leave Pielot alone.”
“No.”
Frontier nodded.
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No matter what Pielot himself might think of Frontier, to Frontier, Pielot is an important fighter.Above all, Pielot is strong even without Hypnos. Not right now, but definitely in the future.
‘And although I can’t bring this up.’
Besides, Frontier has one more plan.
‘Hypnos is Thanatos’ twin brother.’
Thanatos, whom Frontier met for the first time, and tried to kill him.
At the time, Frontier called Thanatos by name and barely saved his life. Thanatos was wary of Frontier, who knew his true identity, and was afraid that there might be a god who supported Frontier, so he retreated.
And now.
Thanatos has not yet appeared.
‘Hestia said it before. Even the gods are fighting now.’
The confrontation must have involved Frontier. And because of the confrontation, there is a possibility that Thanatos still believes in Frontier’s bluff.
‘If Thanatos really believes that I am in contact with some god.’
Frontier himself did it.
‘Who does Thanatos guess that god is?’
If the confrontation between the gods included the treatment of Frontier, Thanatos would naturally doubt the god who was trying to protect Frontier.
Conversely, the god Thanatos suspected is an ally of Frontier.
‘If you use Pielot to entice Hypnos.’
I think I’ll be able to recruit allies from among the gods.
* * *
On the other hand, Pielot took a class at Constell with a broken bowel.
It was found out that he failed to recover Heukryeon, and that it was the work of Hypnos. I thought it was never going to get caught, but since Hypnos himself said it, it must have been.
‘It has become such a device.’
It wasn’t Frontier who noticed Pielot’s crime, but Edwin, a senior in third grade.
To be honest, this is the first time I’ve heard of it. However, in that his full name was Edwin von Behertio, the ‘family Behertio’ was familiar. I heard that it used to be a prestigious school that had a great reputation in the past, but now it has collapsed.
A hologram that is activated when someone other than the owner acquires an object, is it something a student can make? In addition, the main function of Heukryeon is not that, so it has been added as a side branch.
‘Why? Does sloth have more colleagues than I thought?’
Pierrot bit his lip.
Hypnos says the rumors won’t spread to Constell, but it’s true.
‘If I find out, I’m done.’
Pielot walked while pretending to be composure. He thought he was good at poker faces, but he wasn’t. There has never been an incident that has made him shake his heart.
It seems that every student passing by looks at him and babbles. Of course, there was no such thing, and on the contrary, the students still showed interest and favor to Pielot, but Pielot himself did not notice.
at that time.
cack—
A crow sat down next to the wall as he was walking, and at an odd moment, wept.
“… … ?”
Pielot saw the crow. It was common for crows to cry, but it’s rare to see a crow sitting right next to him and looking straight at Pielot.
“uh?”
Finally, the crow flew and sat on Pielot’s shoulder. Pielot was a little startled, but then he found the note tied to the crow’s neck.
Someone sent a note to him using a crow.
Pielot was reluctant, but took out the note and unfolded it.
The content was short.
[Come to the personal training room after school. I have something to tell you.]
Suddenly, I felt like the world had gone black.
It didn’t say who sent it, but it was obvious who it was.
Knowing that, the person who wrote it must not have written down his or her name.
* * *
Pielot scanned the rooms of the personal training room.
As expected, I checked the room with Frontier inside.
When Pielot stood in front of the door to the room where Frontier was, the door opened as if waiting.
“come in.”
“… … Yes.”
Frontier had no expression or voice, as usual. You may or may not have heard of Hypnos.
Indeed, a poker face is supposed to mean something like that.
“Do you know why I called you?”
The door to the personal training room closed, and Frontier immediately brought up the subject.
Also, Frontier heard the story from Edwin.
“Yes.”
“Then do you know why I had to call you to the personal training room?”
personal training room.
A fully soundproofed facility so that the entrants can fully concentrate on their training.
The reason was obvious.
“This is your last chance, Pielot.”
Frontier issued a warning.
According to him, Frontier gave Pielot one last chance.
This place was prepared so that no one could hear their conversation.
“If you get caught while stealing and the rumor spreads in Constell, I will have a more embarrassing time than my freshman year.”
Frontier’s words were not exaggerated. No matter how bad the rumors about ‘human sloths’ were, they didn’t commit any crimes. At least as far as Constell students know.
However, if Pielot, who was said to be a promising prospect, gets caught while stealing, the consequences will be enormous.
“What were you planning to do with it? It’s not something you can use.”
Frontier is nothing to brag about. Black cloth is not a material that can be used in battle other than the Frontier.
Since Frontier can copy the blueprint to the workshop as it is, he can turn the black cloth into a weapon, but ordinary people have to make a three-dimensional blueprint to make a similar imitation.
Frontier put a security device on Heukryeon, of course, to prevent others from using it, but if someone other than him operates Heukryeon, it is because he cannot handle the pouring of the black stream.
The present Heukryeon contains a whole huge lake called Helheim’s Fragment.
“… … It was not intended to be used.”
Pielot knew it too. He had no intention of using black lotus.
just.
Just, from this point on, Pielot began to spit out his honest thoughts.
“I couldn’t believe he was so strong. I definitely thought it was the power of that necklace. It is unacceptable for me to say that one person becomes so strong in one year. So I tried to steal it. I wanted to make sure that the senior without Heukcheon is really strong.”
“indeed.”
Pielot’s words did not sound good to Frontier’s point of view, but Frontier nodded calmly.
Well, what a person’s honest heart is usually like. If I was going to make a clean and clear sound, I would have been honest from the beginning.
“Then let me confirm.”
“Yes?”
chuckle
Frontier pulled the necklace out of his neck. He also took off his armband and threw it aside.
“What if I don’t have Heukryeon, check it out.”
Because Frontier understands Pielot’s feelings.
This isn’t to say that we can’t let go of any misconceptions.