“You’re pretty good now, so why don’t you check your traits when you stop by the town?”
I opened my mouth, pretending to shrug at what Rachel said as she raised her arm over my shoulder, pushing her arm away.
“You don’t have to. I know my body well.”
After signing a contract with Levi, I was able to borrow not only the codex as an offensive tool, but also Levi’s powers of recovery and purification.
It’s the first power I’ve ever acquired, and I thought it would be difficult to handle with this Adelian’s body, so it’s been the third day since I’ve been practicing with the children.
‘It’s similar to the magic of the codex.’
Could it be that I use my power in a different way than a real wizard or recovery magician?
I feel like I can play a part in a melee situation if I move at the speed I can see, perhaps because I don’t have to worry about calculations or power control.
Rachel asked if I finally got a good trait, probably because I often matched my recovery with Kane or Rachel, but I shook my head.
“How do you know if you haven’t even been to the temple? Do you want to check it out?”
“Uh huh. Because there is no need for that.”
I can see my traits anyway.
“Yes, young man. You’re definitely doing much better now than you did the first time.”
“Still, people have to do this much. If you can’t do this, you’re a slime, slime.”
I lifted Levy, who was lying on top of my head and kept covering my eyes with my hand, handed it to Luna and shrugged.
―Now, the number of heals applied to teams classified as enemies has decreased significantly.
“… Fortunately.”
I sighed lightly. Usually, the game has a good distinction between the enemy and our side, and in the first place, recovery and buff skills are designated as completely unavailable to enemy units.
‘But this is reality.’
If you aim incorrectly, especially during the melee, when the children make fun of their bodies so flashily, it was common for the wrong teeth to recover if they failed to predict the shot properly.
It’s magic, actually, even if I blow something small, I’ll take care of it.
“I want to eat sweets.”
I glanced at Levy, who was rolling around in Luna’s arms, with narrow eyes.
To think that our healer’s specialty is total recovery without classifying friends… … .
‘Well, thanks to that, it helps Kane’s recovery.’
Besides, helping Kane recover with his mana felt like putting together a small puzzle. It’s fortunate that even if you don’t have great talent, you can help with persistence and tenacity.
Now that I’ve thought of it, I’m going to do a bit of tweaking today. I brushed my hair once and opened my mouth.
“I’ll stop here for today and I’ll go see Kane.”
“The meal will be ready in a little while, so come with me, senior.”
At my words, Zero poked his head out from the stairs below deck and announced it was time to eat.
I just waved my hand and entered the cabin.
Inside the cabin, Kane was sitting cross-legged and meditating.
At first, I asked if it would be better to let the mana of the water that I took too much into the outside, but Kane said it was more dangerous.
“how is it.”
As I sat down on the sofa and talked to him, Kane slowly opened his closed eyes.
“It’s not bad.”
I secretly borrowed Levi’s power to contemplate Kane’s body. A wild and ferocious flow of power.
At least, I was recovering little by little with Levy’s power on the path that the current swept through.
However, when it recovers a little, the rampaging mana hurts again, and when it recovers a little, it hurts. It’s just repeating.
In the capital, the mana circuit was in a state where it was already overdone once. I think it’s because I forcibly absorbed a lot of water’s mana.
‘If it wasn’t for Kane, my body might have exploded.’
The problem was that even if I helped him recover, it was predicted that it would take a not short time in that state.
The biggest problem is, of course, the power of strong water mana.
I mentioned one assumption that I kept thinking about.
“Kane.”
When I call for Kane, Kane looks at me and holds out his hand.
I reflexively took out an apple and narrowed my brows instead of handing it out.
“Zero said he would finish preparing the meal soon.”
“so?”
Well, if you set your mind to it, even 10 people will be able to do it. I handed out an apple and opened my mouth again.
“The mana of that water.”
I said while contemplating Kane’s body.
“Isn’t it possible to neutralize or offset if there is strong fire mana?”
So, wouldn’t Caiman have been looking for people with water or ice attribute stones or traits like that?
At my question, Kane looked at me with only his golden eyes moving.
“It is possible, but realistically difficult.”
“why?”
Kane raised his voice lowly at my question.
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“The mana of the water I absorbed was taken from none other than the mermaids. That’s not one or two, so how much fire mana do you think it will take to offset this amount of water mana?”
Alas, indeed.
Since Kane does not know the essence of fire, he can judge it that way.
I laughed out loud at him.
“Don’t worry about that. I need someone’s permission, but there is an item imbued with powerful fire mana.”
First of all, Rachel is the owner of the heart, so it’s right to get permission.
At my boastful words, Kane stood up silently as if to go eat.
* * *
“So you mean. You think you know where my heart is?”
“I think I know exactly who is holding it… No, wait. It’s not what I’m holding. Let this go.”
I lightly tapped the back of Rachel’s hand as she grabbed my collar.
It’s like a fire flickering in front of your eyes. Eyes that seem to have been entangled in ruby light stare at me.
“… I can’t believe it. Do you know how long I’ve been looking for it? it’s my heart You could feel it even if you were on a city or two streets.”
However, Rachel put her head on my collar, saying that she had never felt it even after traveling all over the continent.
“Adelian, I made an oath with you. Even if you don’t say such coddling words, I’m on your side until this game is over. But why do you want to incur my anger?”
I raised my hand and tapped her on the shoulder when I saw Rachel looking down at me with a dark, sunken face rather than her usual light and pleasant expression.
“As you said, there is no reason for me to speak badly of you. Personally, I’m almost certain that Kane will need fire mana, so I mentioned it because I wanted to get your consent.”
Anyway, since it’s your heart, I want to ask your permission before you draw and use mana.
When I added that, Rachel’s expression slightly distorted.
“Adelian. Adelian. I see you’re not feeling it right now.”
Well, you always looked like this. As if one of the instincts that any living creature must have is out of order.
Rachel muttered and squeezed my shoulders with both hands.
“Do you know how important this is to me? what are you going to do Even though you said this later, it’s not my heart, so much so that I want to break my oath and kill you… … .”
If you’re disappointed, how are you going to handle it?
When she said that, Rachel’s eyes seemed to sway with anxiety, unexpected anticipation, and worries that she shouldn’t believe it nonetheless.
Seeing that, I raised my hand higher than usual and stroked Rachel’s hair.
That’s right. kind.
Even though I mentioned the most important thing to Rachel, this kind of reaction must mean that she trusted and fell in love with me that much.
So I plan to repay you.
“trust me. Have you ever seen me talk nonsense?”
“there is. when playing games.”
No, it’s a technique called bluffing… … . I stared at Rachel with sparkling eyes, as if to ask her to trust me, and as if my eyes were burdened, Rachel turned her head slightly and walked away.
“It wouldn’t be common to have an attribute treasure that allows a person to handle flames while on fire and endows them with extreme attribute resistance.”
“Even so, that doesn’t mean it’s my heart.”
However, the treasure of such a strong fire attribute was only the essence of fire in the Innocent Saga.
I spoke in a soft tone as if to comfort Rachel.
“Shouldn’t you have seen it before? You won’t lose anything. And you know. Everything I do is, in the end, all about wishing you well.”
This is the weight of the head. When I said it lightly, Rachel glared at me and then smiled a little lethargic.
“Yeah, what. As you said, in fact, I have nothing to lose right now.”
Even if you’re mistaken, is there anything else besides me being disappointed? Rachel grabbed her long hair and twirled it around.
* * *
“Huh, huh.”
low humming sound.
It was ringing inside the damp sewers.
At the end of it, mixed with occasional shredded laughter to see what was enjoyable, Payan with brown hair and brown eyes stood holding someone’s head.
“How does Lizzie look?”
Payyan’s brown eyes turn to the girl. Short lemon hair and green eyes. A girl with an expressionless face, dressed like a doll, looked around.
‘I think it’s like the ritual of the Evil Gods that the manager said.’
Payyan nodded, looking at someone whose neck was shattered by Lizzie’s sign language and the largest lump was only the head.
At first glance, it looked like a black magician’s human sacrifice, but Payyan opened his mouth, confirming that the symbol of the Church of Evil, which Adelian had once told me about, was engraved on a very small brick in the sewer.
“I think so too, but that’s it.”
Who did this in the capital of the Empire?
Payyan smiled and placed the head he was holding on top of the original altar before shaking his hands.
“That means the students of the academy.”
A layer of cloth overlaid on the body that had been cut into pieces.
It was the academy’s school uniform that Payyan was familiar with.
“Isn’t it ironic?”
A series of student disappearances that began at a certain moment when Verbüt was cornered.
The interesting thing is that most of the students are from commoners, and there is only one child from a family that has almost fallen into the aristocracy.
However, even if they fell, nobles are nobles, and even if they were commoners, students at the academy are students.
Is it a coincidence that public opinion was faithfully tightening Verbüt’s neck as Payyan wanted, but it became slightly sluggish starting from this incident?
In the end, one of the missing persons was just discovered sacrificed as a sacrifice to the cult of demons. Does all of this have anything to do with Verbüth?
‘No way.’
Payyan tapped his lips. Lizzy, dressed like a doll on purpose, looked around the scene expressionlessly from the side and moved her hand.
‘Looks like there’s nothing more to check.’
“Well, it’s not something we’re going to do right away. The security forces in the capital aren’t stupid, so they’ll find this place sooner or later.”
The problem is that thanks to the fact that the students of the academy were sacrificed, the information will be known to the aristocratic students of the Academy of Knowledge.
Then, there is no doubt that this work will take the initiative and move faster than the work of Verbütt, which is now led by Payyan.
There were many people who still missed Violet and wanted her revenge, but in the capital of the empire, it was also the abduction and disappearance of an academy student. And when a human sacrifice case breaks out, attention will have no choice but to focus on that for the time being.
“I pretend to be quite clever.”
Payyan laughed deeply.
“It’s useless to see, though.”
I wonder if I hadn’t heard anything from Adelian. If Verbut’s identity and this incident were ultimately the work of the Evil Gods, the Fayan side would rather welcome them with both hands.
“You have to tell me what it means to strangle yourself. right? Lizzie.”
‘If it’s an enemy blocking the manager’s path, I’ll punish you.’
Payyan giggled at Lizzie’s sign language.