153 – Aria’s Confusion
Crater on the central island.
This field, with no trees and only lush grass, is the home of Urugios.
There were already two figures there, looking around.
Aria, a candidate for sainthood, is performing a ceremony in the center of the crater.
And the man watching her from a little distance away was her escort driver, Dave.
Dave stood still and watched Aria with eyes filled with passionate emotion.
Is it envy or love?
One thing is certain: he was constantly engraving his resolutions in his heart.
‘Candidate. I will definitely make you a saint.’
For that, Dave won’t mind anything.
The same goes for killing Ian Black Angus.
He is the biggest obstacle in Aria’s path.
Ian Black Angus, who has been by Aria’s side since she was young and has constantly controlled her, deserves to die.
Still, Aria often says his name in her dreams when she has nightmares.
It has already been thrown in as food for Urugios.
You will not survive.
Dave sighed.
‘What’s left right now is Aria’s Ether promotion?’
Currently, the candidate for sainthood has 750 coins.
Even if you are out due to an unexpected incident, we have put you in a situation where you can easily be promoted.
Thanks to this, Dave secured enough coins for himself.
As long as we don’t get out, we will be promoted easily.
‘Then the time I can spend with the saint candidate will increase even more.’
It is still attached to every moment, but it will be important in the future as well.
I was still thinking like that.
“?”
Suddenly my back feels cold.
The moment I was about to turn my head.
— Whoa whoa!
Dave’s body fell sideways.
It’s because I was hit hard by something.
Dave lay face down on the floor, writhing in a daze and looking at his bracelet.
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A bracelet that has changed color to gray, indicating that it is out.
The meaning was simple.
Dave failed to ascend to his own ether.
Who on earth?
Through my blurred vision, a man with black hair caught my eye.
– Close your eyes.
Dave gritted his teeth, but it wasn’t enough.
Consciousness has become distant.
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“Whew.”
This tastes a bit scary.
Ian turned off the transparent scroll.
Ian’s appearance is soon revealed.
I felt refreshed inside, perhaps because I had repaid Dave in the same way he had treated me.
“Copy scroll It’s a good thing I brought the scroll.”
Ian prepared a lot for the promotion match.
I packed a backpack full of things.
One of them is ‘scroll copy scroll’
Just looking at the name, it doesn’t seem to be much different from game items such as ‘Repulsion Ticket’, but it is a useful item among the old characters of Panta Aca.
The function, as the name suggests, is a scroll that copies the function of the scroll used by the opponent.
Of course, there are some limitations, the most notable of which is that copying is only possible by directly touching the scroll function, copying performance is unstable, and the retention period is short.
Despite these limitations, there is only one reason why this scroll is valuable.
It is cheap.
Something like the ‘Invisibility Scroll’ or the ‘Advanced Shield Scroll’ that cost hundreds of millions of kroner each.
Even though it is imperfect, it allows us to use these things at a cheap(?) Price of about 10 million kroner.
“It wasn’t a bad investment.”
Looking at Dave stretched out unconscious, Ian was convinced.
“Then, let’s go get the reward.”
Field Boss Urugios.
The reward he gives is unique.
What it is is a ‘player special item’.
Take a moment to walk over the fallen Dave.
I faced the back of a girl kneeling on the floor wearing a nun’s uniform.
Aria Lumines Belle.
Candidate for sainthood.
Swash-
She was drawing her magic circle on her floor.
She was so focused that she didn’t even notice Ian approaching her.
Her Ian, who had been watching the magic circle behind her back for a while, frowned at her.
“Hey. How do you know this?”
A voice suddenly sounded.
Aria was startled and spread the distance between her as if she was crawling on the floor.
Beyond the nun’s clothes that had rolled up as she crawled on the floor, her pure white legs were stained with dirt.
“Hey!”
Her eyes tremble with anxiety.
But Ian didn’t care and walked up to her and snatched her hand.
“How did you know that?”
“I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I didn’t do it right.”
Aria lowered her eyes as she mumbled those words.
… Hey, it looks like it’s a bit broken, doesn’t it?
Ian sighed and knelt down in front of her.
“Aria.”
“Yes… Yes.”
“Look at me. Do you remember who I am?”
When he meets her gaze, she quickly avoids it as if she had been burned by fire.
“No, I don’t know.”
Ian asked in a softer voice.
“Look carefully.”
Aria’s eyes struggled to reach her Ian’s face.
Then her eyes gradually opened wide.
“Is… Ian? Is this really Ian? Ian…? Really?”
“That’s right.”
“Why? Why did you come to me? I-I treated you like that…”
“I didn’t come looking for you. You just happened to be here.”
“Ah… Ugh…”
“So answer me. How did you know that?”
Ian pointed to the writing she had engraved into her magic circle.
『The Tale of Taylor』
It was a bit sloppy, but it was correct Hangul.
As soon as Ian points to her letters, Aria starts to tremble.
“Hi!”
“Stop lowering your head and tell me. How did you know this?”
Aria’s eyes collapsed.
Her pupils quivering.
She muttered.
“…Everything is different. Ian isn’t this scary.”
Her eyes sinking into despair once again.
It got to the point where it felt like nothing could get through.
Ian squeezed her eyes shut.
“Ha…”
“I was wrong… I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have hit you. I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m sorry…”
The child is completely broken.
Why on earth is it so broken?
There is currently no way to revive this child’s condition.
Should I take him out?
After thinking for a moment, Ian shook her head.
I think it would be better to promote her to the ether and observe her nearby.
There is a clear possibility that Aria is the culprit.
However, when Aria enters a state of mental breakdown, it becomes easier to deal with it.
If only I had some time.
‘Rather, the dangerous thing seems to be that guy named Dave.’
I would like to take this opportunity to bury it, but I can’t.
There is a high probability that professors will be running towards you, and if you are caught, not only will you be expelled from school, but you will also be imprisoned.
First, let’s get the rewards.
“Close your eyes for a moment.”
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Ian blocked Aria’s view and crouched down in the magic circle she was drawing.
Hangul written in a rough manner.
『The Tale of Taylor』
“Couldn’t you have written it in English?”
Regardless of language, if the meaning is the same, you will receive a reward.
Ian erased it and wrote it down accurately.
『Player Perks』
Soon the ground glowed yellow.
And a 50cm x 50cm box pops out.
Item rewards are determined randomly.
However, this is something that players will definitely need in the future.
Therefore, this ‘player perk’ has the character of a kind of prophecy.
— Click!
Ian opened the box without hesitation.
A bright light rose from the box.
The color is orange.
This means that it is at least a legendary level item.
“… It’s awesome?”
Ian, who clenched her fists at the sight of the light, immediately sighed when she saw the items placed in the box.
A rusty iron chain-shaped accessory.
The name of this item, which is exactly three iron rings connected, is [Rotten Chain Cord].
“Ha.”
After confirming the reward, Ian sighed softly.
This is a scam item.
It’s a scam item, but…
Once again, ‘player perks’ have a kind of prophetic character.
And the efficacy of this item is…
【Prevents fatal life-threatening situations 3 times. 】
Ian held a rotten chain in his hand.
It is something that is easily absorbed into the body and disappears without any need to put it on or place it.
On the index finger of his right hand, three strands of a chain were engraved like a tattoo.
What is about to happen in the future?
There was no time to continue worrying.
— Piyuuuuung! Crash!
Huge fireworks were etched in the sky.
It was a signal announcing the end of the promotion battle.
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The signal announcing the end of the exam filled the sky.
Ian left Aria and Dave and joined the group.
“… What’s going on? Aren’t there still at least two more days left?”
Lina tilted her head.
She is right.
In the first place, the duration of the promotion battle that the professors secretly overlooked was 5 to 7 days.
The third day is just coming to an end, so it ends at least two days early.
It’s definitely too early.
But I got a rough idea.
The gathering place for the end of the promotion war is on the west side of the island.
It was a place with some pretty nice buildings along with the port.
The gathering place was quite crowded as the cadets flocked in one by one.
“Wow, it was really hard. I want to go home quickly.”
“Let me wash. Give me something to eat… Save me…”
Murmurings heard here and there.
Not surprisingly, most of those children had a dirty look on their faces.
Enough to say that even the dragon character survived for three days.
On the other hand, other rumors also circulated.
“Did you hear the story? There were a few seriously injured kids at the priests’ school. I heard they were taken straight to Liechten.”
“I heard there were a few people in the knight department.”
“They said there was a big bear that was grabbing cadets.”
At least some nice kids exchanged these rumors.
“You know what? They say it’s the dangerous ‘black and red grizzly’. One of the cadets even killed it.”
“…Jennifer. I knew you were a person of interest, but isn’t that too absurd?”
A noisy gathering place with various rumors.
A professor rose into the air to make an announcement.