24 – The Unexpected Thing
Shortly after the incident caused by the curse of Neros occurred, the news of the duel with Zenobia reached me.
“Tomorrow is the first auditorium.”
In terms of size, I wonder if they are confident enough to use the largest auditorium.
… No, I can’t rule out the possibility that this is just because Skaya looks fun.
“Then, shall we get the elixir by tomorrow?”
“No, even if I use an ordinary elixir now, it will only be poison in the future.”
The elixir is similar to a kind of poison that forcibly awakens the body’s mana or muscle strength. If you eat a lot, you will develop a tolerance, so one excellent elixir is much more effective than 10 miscellaneous elixirs.
And now is also the time to emerge from within the academy.
“Rain, are you free this evening?”
“Yes, if the young master calls, I will come running even if there is an appointment.”
“No, I can’t go that far… .”
He chews on the sandwich with a bitter smile at Lane’s harsh words.
Come to think of it, I had a skill the other day, but I forgot and didn’t even check it because I was having a hard time absorbing all the curses.
[harvest]
Harvest.
*Extreme correction for actions using scythe.
*Correction of the sharpness of the arms used when cutting the neck, arms, and legs.
*Increase harvest skill when farming.
“Why did you write this at the end?”
Well, after graduating from the academy, you’re going to go to a small rural village and live on leisurely farming… It doesn’t look as bad as I thought, does it?
And it’s a skill that suits me, who uses a scythe as a sidearm.
There are some downsides, but there’s nothing wrong with having skills. Some even have action corrections, but it’s nice to have sharpness corrections on weapons. It is very unfortunate that it is limited to certain actions.
“What are you muttering about? Lian.”
“Oh, Minel. came… . uh.”
“Yes, I heard that the lady also wanted to come today, so I came with her, but there won’t be any problems, right?”
“okay… . Any problems.”
At first glance, the appearance of Ceres, who had the same blonde hair as Minel, to the point of being mistaken for twins, killed the wriggling emotions and quietly put a mask on top of it.
“long time no see. Ceres.”
“Ah, yes… Long time no see. Lian.”
Ceres’ subtle reaction made her doubt for a moment that she, like Prinne, had been recalling her memories, but she was convinced that it wasn’t the case.
If I could remember, she would have never approached me or said something to me like she did.
If the personality of Ceres I know is correct.
“I think I’m really sorry about the engagement over there… There was no way to stop it because it was a one-sided notification.”
“Ah, that’s why.”
If that’s the case, that reaction is understandable.
If you look at it from Ceres’ point of view or from my point of view before the memories are recovered, it would be a tragic couple who fell in love but fell apart due to the political quality of one family.
No matter how you look at it, my position looks like a victim.
“done. don’t mind too much It is unavoidable.”
“that!!… right.”
Yes, it is unavoidable.
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Just like the words she spat out to me after falling in love with the second prince.
Said so.
“It is unavoidable. I’m sorry, but I have to accept it.”
“Yeah, I can’t help it… … .”
It is also Ceres.
Responds to my words faster than you think and accepts them quickly.
Seeing her like that, I realized anew that my relationship with her was really fleeting, like a midsummer daydream, and I just exchanged glances with Minel as I put the last sandwich in my mouth.
*****
“What are you going to do today?”
The elixir to find today is a flower grown at the academy.
Neros and Skaya were the principals of the academy, so incidents and accidents continued to happen at this academy. It’s not that our generation is unusual, it’s just that the theme of this academy is closer to ‘survival’ than ‘growth’, so there are actually many deaths.
“Find the body.”
“A corpse?”
“clearly… It must have been the second auditorium.”
Although she did not become a lord like Neros, she also remains as a ghost because she died without recovering her corpse.
“It’s a flower called the Magic Blood Flower.”
“That’s an ominous name.”
“It’s actually a bit of an ominous flower.”
I’m glad I’m parasitized on a corpse. In fact, that flower called Mahyeolhwa is a crazy plant that parasitizes the body of an ordinary human and sucks up blood and mana in an instant.
“But why did the seed of that flower flow into the academy?”
“it? Skaya was bored, so she brought it to grow and then spilled it.”
“… I beg your pardon?”
Lane looks at me as if he heard me wrong, but I never said anything wrong.
“I was bored, so I brought it and then spilled it.”
“No, isn’t it an incredibly dangerous plant? it.”
“Of course it’s very dangerous.”
If you grow up by eating resentment, blood, and mana like now, you will be born as a good elixir, but the seed of the bloody flower that is embedded in another ordinary person can eat that person’s blood and mana and turn you into a ghoul.
If you have a strong grudge, you can become an underground spirit like the virgin ghost in the 2nd auditorium, but usually you don’t have that strong a grudge, so actually Neros or her, the corpse you’re looking for, is a rare case.
“Can I just take that flower from the corpse?”
“Let’s bury the body if possible.”
I have to give you some comfort.
If you walk down the street at night with Lane, she will come out like in your last life.
thump… .
How am I supposed to do it this time… I want to get rid of her as much as possible without suffering… .
thump… .
I can’t borrow Prin’s power this time. Then, should I have brought holy water? No, even if you cut it down normally, it’s possible to kill it.
[Kyaaaeg!!!]
“… yes?”
What are you talking about?
“… Bocchan, something over there is fading.”
“What!?”
Looking in the direction Lane was pointing, I saw a soul stained black with a familiar curse ascending into the sky.
no, why the hell?
[I got rid of it.]
“Neros?”
[That guy tried to do bad things to Lian! So I killed him!!]
… Come to think of it, she emitted a curse every time she met me, and even if she wasn’t fully awakened as a warrior, she had some resistance to the curse in her body, so she withstood the curse and visited the place after a conversation.
I would have guessed roughly where it would be buried, and if it went, it would disappear altogether.
“Neros, can you find a lot similar to the one you killed?”
[Is it possible!]
yeah, it’s no longer needed
[‘I want to sleep with all women’ regrets not seeing the virgin ghost.]
[‘I don’t want to sleep with men’ did that, so when I was managing my soul, I recalled the past saying that flirting with souls was fun.]
[‘I want to cut my husband’s d*ck’ slaps the back of the head of two gods who think like beggars.]
Ignore the gods’ gag show and follow Neros.
“It really came out.”
[Well done!!]
“Yeah, you did really well.”
There, only one flower bloomed on top of the white bone, the familiar deep red higanbana.
It’s such a young thing anyway. Even if you just eat it without any special action… .
[‘Invincible if you have knowledge and strength’ asks you if you shouldn’t eat it because of Skaya’s magical power.]
“… . “
Be patient. Next to him is Neros.
After barely swallowing something that could have been cursed at the end of his throat, he handed the bloody shoes to Lane and told him how to deal with them.
“The staples of this flower are blood, soul, and magical power. There will be no way to preserve it other than giving blood and mana every day.”
Even if it’s impossible to strengthen because the most important soul is missing, it will be possible to maintain the current state.
“All right. Where will the blood come from?”
“I will use my blood.”
“… . Are you really talking?”
Lane looks at me with strange eyes. Yes, to be honest, most nobles among nobles take their blood very seriously. It wouldn’t be any different than Lane, the count’s daughter.
“Blood is slow, but it is born.”
But personally, among the aristocrats who went to war and saved blood so much, I hadn’t seen one that lasted for long.
“It’s such a shame to miss something just because blood is precious.”
In fact, thanks to the infiltration of Scaya’s magical power, my blood is literally high-quality blood that is rich in magical power.
Since I have only one body, even if it is impossible to do so much in terms of quantity, it will be sufficient in terms of quality.
Because that’s skaya.
“… All right.”
The next day after receiving Lane’s confirmation.
Xenovia came with a sword.
[‘I want to sleep with all women’ asks why his son’s sword is over there.]
“… damn it.”