86 – Calm down Miss Huivien
“That, what is the necklace’s ability…? What is the way to release the necklace’s ability?”
How did you interpret Hwibien’s asking questions full of ‘worry’?
Ceylon said with a grin.
“Are you looking forward to it?”
Huvien was startled and shot at Ceylon.
“Because I didn’t expect it!? Can you stop saying disgusting things!?”
I’m not looking forward to it, I’m worried about it.
Huivien passionately expressed his resentment(?).
“Sounds disgusting…?”
Wait for Ceylon to tilt her head.
He raised both hands and pulled his upper body back.
“Ahahahaha, is that so? I’ve misunderstood. I’m sorry. Anyway, disgusting… a bit sudden.”
“Suddenly, I’m more abrupt? Seriously. Waiting. What on earth do you look at people for? You think everyone is like you!”
under!
what the!
I’m sorry!
Huivien muttered, cooling his face heated with ‘rage’ with a fan of his hand.
“So, the power of that necklace-“
Ceylon opened her mouth in a tone that tried to appease Huivien.
“It’s noisy! Shut up! I’m not curious at all!”
Huvien, deliberately stung by that tone, proved her innocence(?) with indifference.
“by the way-“
Still feeling pricked, Huivien hurriedly changed the topic.
She put the necklace on her neck on her palm as if sweeping it up.
green.
very dark green.
An emerald necklace that emits a colorful and dark green color as if it captured the greenery of the forest at midnight.
It was none other than the current head of Leolian, an accessory handed down to Huvien by Fara, the mother of Huvien.
When Huivien was young, Pharah wearing this necklace looked so beautiful.
A daughter looking at the necklace her mother put on her neck with envy.
Seeing her daughter like that, the mother smiled benevolently, took off the necklace from her own neck, and put it around her daughter’s neck.
Since then, the necklace has become Huivien’s most cherished item.
The decisive reason why she liked green was because of this necklace.
She too.
her mother as well.
I knew this necklace as a simple ornament.
however-
“A hidden ability?”
The ability is hidden in the object.
That is, it meant an artifact.
Huivien’s head bent at an angle in wonder.
If this was an artifact, would he not have recognized it until now?
okay.
You may not have recognized it.
The mana contained within the artifact is thoroughly hidden.
Unless you are an appraiser with extensive knowledge in that area, it is a long way from feeling mana in an object and recognizing that it is an artifact.
But what about your own mother?
She is one of the greatest wizards on the continent.
No matter how well-made the artifact was, it wouldn’t be able to fool the senses of the archmage.
Still, my mother considered the necklace to be a mere accessory.
Was it deliberately hiding the fact that it was an artifact?
There is absolutely no reason for that.
It was reasonable to assume that the mother was also unaware that the necklace was an artifact.
“Are you sure you know about this necklace?”
One of Huivien’s eyebrows furrowed.
Aren’t you wrong?
It was a mocking expression.
At that, Ceylon just smiled leisurely.
“…”
Huivien stared at Ceylon smiling like that.
Wouldn’t the smile of Ron, the male protagonist, who used to be described to the point of getting tired of it in novels, be just like that?
Suddenly, I thought about it and lost my mind.
‘Upset.’
So Huivien felt displeased.
pounding.
pounding.
I feel ‘anger’ once again at the fact that I was involved with a man like that.
I feel ‘worried’.
She cautiously opened her mouth.
“By the way, how the hell do you know about this necklace?”
Huibien was the most questionable part.
Neither he nor his mother, who had owned this necklace for many years, knew anything about it.
How could this man know that?
“Um, that’s-“
When asked about the source of the information, the man put his index finger to his lips as if he was in trouble and fell into trouble.
“Shall we keep it a secret?”
Then, as it is, it smiles and evades.
Seeing that, Huivien thought.
this man.
In fact, the necklace is just a simple cause, and isn’t it hiding another ulterior motive?
With a false purpose, he traps the distracted heroine.
This is a tactic Ron often used with Pien, the female lead.
“…So, what can I do?”
It was necessary to unlock the hidden ability of the necklace, and what the hell was he trying to do to himself?
“It probably has nothing to do with being summoned at this late hour.”
Huvien said, feeling full of ‘tension’ and ‘anxiety’.
“Of course. If it wasn’t for that, I wouldn’t have committed the rudeness of summoning Miss Huivien at such a late hour.”
“It’s amazing that you called out even though you knew it was rude.”
“hahahaha, please be kind to me. I will not disappoint you.”
“I won’t disappoint you, what the hell-“
Ceylon turned her back on Huivien and took a few steps forward.
Then she turns around and extends her hand to Huivien.
Even if you try to hold that hand, it’s as if you’re intimidating at a distance where you can’t catch it.
“Have you had a good rest after the representative match? I hope you did. It will be a long night.”
The way he gestured with his unique smiling impression seemed artificial, like an actor performing a play on a stage.
However, he digested even the contrived appearance as if it were a part of himself.
The moonlight fell and illuminated his figure softly.
Like the main character in a play receiving the lights on the stage, he was monopolizing the wide open space.
Huvien saw many aspects of Ceylon.
The main character of a play who occupies the stage and performs his role.
A gentleman who politely asks a young lady to dance.
A sinister man who tries to seduce an innocent girl.
“…”
Involuntarily, Huivien stared at him again, stunned.
At first, I thought there was such a stupid man.
However, when I came to know the true face that I couldn’t fathom the inside.
His appearance was more mysterious than ever.
‘no.’
You sound like a mystery
okay.
It felt sinister.
match!
Huivien patted both cheeks with both hands.
‘Let’s calm down.’
then he says
“Ah. If you’re uncomfortable hanging out with me this late at night. It’s enough just to lend me that necklace for a moment.”
“yes?”
what?
Wasn’t the necklace just an excuse?
According to that word, you can get out of this situation without any trouble just by lending the necklace for a while.
It was a situation that Huivien had longed for.
That’s it.
Huivien had to be with that man at this late hour, in a deserted place-
I was just as anxious and dissatisfied with the situation that was so dangerous.
“Don’t you say something you don’t mean?”
However, Huivien refused his offer, saying reprimands.
What do you believe and hand over this necklace?
More than anything.
If the purpose was just this necklace, why did he call it to an empty lot where people were especially rare even within the premises of this academy?
Even at this late hour!
Don’t be fooled.
That man’s purpose is never his own necklace.
“Didn’t you feel my heart? I meant it.”
“what the.”
Anyway, for such a complex reason.
He had no choice but to follow the man.
It really couldn’t have been more embarrassing.
***
Ain Academy boasted a huge site that made you wonder if it was included in the city of Arien.
In such a vast site, everything except educational facilities, research facilities, and convenience facilities existed.
The place where I now walk with Miss Huivien is a prime example of all that.
The smell of grass filled all around.
The cries of insects and birds that begin to be active only at night.
Yes.
I was walking in the forest at night with Miss Huivien.
Why did I designate the meeting place as an empty lot with few people?
It was because the vacant lot was near the forest located on the site of this academy.
Why did I set the appointment time at midnight-even in the middle of the night?
It was because there was something to do in the forest at that midnight hour.
all of that.
It was to activate Miss Huvien’s artifact, which was in an ‘inactive’ state.
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[Artifact: Emerald Necklace with a Dark Mystery]
[Rating: Inactive]
Description: An emerald necklace with a dark green glow, as if embracing the night forest as it is.
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Inactive Artifact.
Unlike general artifacts, it was an artifact with a unique structure that only when certain conditions were met, the power contained within it was activated, and it was reborn as an artifact from an ordinary object.
Why does it have such a special structure?
‘It has a different purpose.’
If a general artifact is something to store power.
These inert artifacts were intended to hide their powers.
Should I say the difference between a bag and a safe?
then.
What the hell is in Miss Huivien’s safe?
‘key.’
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[The Key to the Dark Forest]
[Rating: Hero]
Description: It will lead you to the ‘Dark Forest’.
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A key to enter the Dark Forest, a hidden dungeon.
In that hidden dungeon, the dark forest, there was something I wanted.
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[Main Quest: Cotyledon of a Promising Hero]
-Achieve 3 stars within a week.
＞Swordsmanship Department: Swordsmanship level 20
＞Ministry of Magic: Magic Level 20
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It was a means to make me level 20 within a week.
then.
How can I make that inactive artifact into an active artifact and use it as a key?
Fortunately, the method wasn’t that difficult.
The more complex the conditions for activating an artifact, the more difficult it is to create an inactive artifact.
[Simple way to activate the Whibien necklace]
[You can use 3-star or higher magic while receiving the moonlight in a place surrounded by trees]
After wandering around the forest for a long time, I found a place that satisfies the condition.
A clearing surrounded by trees.
The trees surrounding it were not tall and thick, so the sky was open.
The unobscured moonlight came out and illuminated Miss Huivien.
“It would be nice here.”
Stop walking and turn your back.
That’s how I headed for Miss Huivien, who was following me.
“…!”
Then Miss Huivien shuddered and shivered.
“Hey, are you doing it here…!?”
“Yes, we are going to do it here.”
hmm?
for a moment.
I’m going to do the artifact activation ritual from now on, so I reflexively replied ‘I’ll do it here’.
‘Did you ask what the hell Miss Huivien is doing?’
at that time-
gulp.
Is it because I walked too long?
Miss Huivien, whose lips were dry, swallowed.
‘Ah, dear.’
Had I known it would be like this, I would have brought water.
I have to finish it soon and wait for it.
“Miss Huivien, may I ask you a favor?”
Miss Huivien grabbed her left arm with her right arm and hugged her body.
And say it carefully.
“If I said no, what would I do…?”
“…?”
The strange state of Miss Huivien from earlier.
I thought it would be impossible to ask Miss Huivien right now, ‘Would you like me to apply a 3-star magic coolly?’
I eventually turned my back on Miss Huivien.
I opened my eyes a little, and secretly used 3-star black magic without Miss Huivien noticing.
[unclean flame]
– Facets!
A leaf caught on a tree disappeared without a trace.
ruler.
All conditions have been met.
All that was left was for Miss Huivien’s necklace to emit a brilliant light, and the power contained within it to be activated.
“…?”
However, no matter how long I waited, there was no response.
‘what?’
***
[Oh, and there is one more condition for that]
[There must be no one with abnormal conditions nearby]
[I wanted something because I couldn’t do it no matter what]
[I thought it couldn’t be done because the battle just ended and I was in the ‘excitement of battle’ state]
***
I waited and waited, but the artifact hanging from Huivien’s neck did not activate.
‘Couldn’t this be because it’s not magic, but ‘black’ magic?’
That’s the only reason I can think of right now.
“…see.”
At that time, Miss Huivien muttered something.
“yes?”
“Tell me…! What is your request!”
She seemed to be angry at me, perhaps because she was ashamed to accept my request.
‘What is this, tsundere or something?’
In any case, it was easy for me to say a favor first.
“Okay. Then- Miss Huivien?”
gulp.
“… are you thirsty?”
“Ah, speak fast!”
“Ah, yes. Excuse me. Miss Huivien, it may be sudden, but could you use 3-star magic once?”
“…yes?”
Miss Huivien’s expression frowned.
“Three-star magic…?”
“That’s right.”
“….suddenly?”
“It’s not sudden.”
“…why?”
“As I said before, it is to manifest the ability contained in Miss Huivien’s necklace.”
“…was that real?”
“yes?”
“Why did you come all the way to the depths of this forest?”
“Uh… that was also to activate the ability contained in that necklace-“
“…”
When I started talking, Miss Huivien, who seemed a bit nervous, had a puzzled look on her face.
Soon, Miss Huivien waved her arm weakly as if driving away a fly.
-Wheeying!
Then the wind blew through the place and the leaves nearby began to shake-
Perhaps because it was black magic, the conditions for the problem were not met.
– Woo-woo-woo!
The necklace around Miss Huivien’s neck began to emit a brilliant light.
“oh!”
At that, I exclaimed.
“ah.”
I don’t know why, but Miss Huivien let out a short sigh.