116 – 116 – Prepare for interest in a time of peace! # 2
116 – Prepare for interest in a time of peace! # 2
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Quarleung-.
Lightning strikes midnight.
I found a chapel located nearby.
“Who is it?”
There, he encountered Priest Torneo, who was lighting a lamp.
When he saw me, he gave me a look of surprise for a moment.
“This is Viktor. What happened at this late and inclement time… ? More than that, my shoulders were wet. Would you mind giving me a towel?”
“No, I have a question for you. It was the 7 Lords who created this Ludens. Am I right?”
“That’s right. On the surface, it is known that way.”
“However, there are those who are called foreign media.”
“Are you a foreign god? It will take a long time to talk about this.”
Torneo lit a candlestick with numerous candles.
As the candles that bloomed so brightly lit up the inside of the chapel, this chapel full of sacred stone statues and mosaics looked a little spooky.
Torneo pointed his finger at the chapel’s mosaic windows and said.
“Originally, before this island of play was created. The land of the mainland was the arena of all gods and spirits, heroes and demons. It was a world of constant chaos and war.”
“It must have been the 7 Lords that leveled it.”
“That’s right. The most outstanding game gods have sealed groups of chaos with different intentions all over the mainland. These are the so-called foreign gods.”
“is it.”
It was a similar setup to what I know.
“It is known that the reason why the Seven Gods want to raise heroes in this Ludens is to defeat these foreign gods whose seals may one day be broken.”
This was a story I knew.
In this Ludens, students can rapidly raise their level and level.
You can learn magic you couldn’t even imagine on the mainland.
You can literally reach the level of ‘hero’ by clearing numerous dungeons prepared in Ludens.
The reason why the gods prepared this island for humans could be a simple ‘play’.
There was also a reason that humans needed help.
In other words, this island is a cradle for raising warriors.
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Question here.
“Let’s assume that the Arclight family was able to acquire this foreign power through some method. Then-.”
“Wouldn’t there be a big war? Because the purgers of another ducal family, the Black Star, will not stand still. The reverse is also true.”
“It will be like that.”
Perhaps the war called the War of the Roses was also fought for a similar reason.
The Wildrose family tried to reach out to the taboo, the power of foreign media.
This is to disturb the will and order of the 7 gods.
And it was to disturb the system of the three dukes’ families, and in the end they were subjugated——it seems.
then.
The question remains as to why the duke’s family, the Wild Rose, reached out to such a taboo power as foreign media.
Why?
You should have known that the other families wouldn’t leave you alone.
When I reached that question, Torneo said.
“You have to be careful with foreigners. Even now, they are grinding their teeth to destroy everything in Ludens, to destroy the rules of great players.”
“i get it.”
* * *
When I got back, it looked like the girls had all finished showering.
The smell of shampoo and soap that lingers in the nose and eyes.
Nike, who was drying and brushing Arnoi’s lush hair, found me and said,
“Victor, you’re here!”
“yes.”
“It’s all wet!”
“It is still raining heavily outside.”
I looked at Nike’s lively pink hair.
Nike tilts his head as our eyes meet.
“Why?”
“not.”
“I don’t think so, do you? Victor, do you have something to say to me?”
“Does it show on your expression?”
“yes! People know Viktor’s expression as the same hard face. In fact, if you look closely at Viktor’s face, the expressions are all different!”
Nike seemed to be able to distinguish expressions from my stiff face.
I decided to ask Kim, who had become like this.
“Nike, this is just a personal story. Do you remember anything about your father?”
“Not my father, my father?”
“yes.”
“Yes… .”
Nike looked around.
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Just like a schoolgirl with no money looking out before stealing a loaf of bread with a sticker on it.
Then he said little.
“Why father?”
“No, just because of what kind of person he is.”
“My father… . You were a good person… ! He always combed my hair like this… ! Rather, Arnoi! You didn’t dry your hair with a towel! I need to dry my hair well… !”
bean.
“hehehehe… !”
It was Arnoi who was suddenly greeted with a honey night.
I had no choice but to speak politely to Nike.
“Don’t hit Arnoi. If your head gets worse here, you can end up in ninth grade.”
“… Do you have a point? anyway… . My father was such a person… !”
The father Nike remembers must have been a kind person.
Why would such a person reach out to a taboo and provoke a war?
I was curious.
But Nike didn’t seem to know anything about it either.
* * *
the next morning.
Thanks to the rain that fell last night, the weather was much better.
Everything in the world is wet with water droplets and glistening.
A large rainbow hanging in the sky is beautiful, like a token of promise.
“Then, have a good weekend everyone!”
Nike waved his hand at the crowd.
“I’m going to go feed Ing-ying too.”
“I hope there will be a sequel, Miss Victoria. Then see you later.”
Both Enio and Victoria are busy people, so they go back to their clubs or offices.
All that was left was me, Nike, and the nymphs and imps.
Oh, there’s one more.
“Akasha, can you not go back?”
When I asked, Akasha Keeper, who had been quietly sitting next to us since yesterday, was startled.
Then he says, “I still have a lot of time.”
It was like a returning student.
At the place where I worked part-time, there was an older brother who had just returned from the military.
If there was a place like a party, the attendance rate was good.
He wasn’t doing anything in particular, he wasn’t talking a lot, but everything looked like he was having fun just being there.
Is it because I have no friends?
“So, what are we going to do now?”
In response to Akasha’s question, asking with a look of anticipation, I answered lightly, “It’s over now.”
Then Akasha put on a very sad expression and said, “Hey, thank you for hanging out with me” and quickly went away.
Looking at Akasha’s back, Arnoi spoke softly.
“He’s a strange guy… ! No one was invited, but they came along as they pleased and then disappeared on their own… ! They didn’t even pay the dues… !”
… That’s right, though. Surprisingly, you’re not easy either.
But not paying dues is a bit over the line.
I’ll go get it later
“So, what is Viktor going to do now?”
Nike’s question took me out of my thoughts for a moment.
Today is the first weekend after the sports day.
What needs to be done is, of course, determined.
“It is settled.”
“Wow, Jeongsan… !”
Don’t you have to settle how much you earned during the sports day?
With that feeling, we went back to the club room.
Except for calculating this and that.
The result of busy playing with your hands and head.
“9 thousand and 5,543,000 René.”
This was my remaining debt.
I was going to reduce it to 100 million René at this sports day.
Rather, the debt could be reduced further.
It must have been thanks to the efforts of Nike and other colleagues.
“Since the principal to be repaid has decreased, the interest will also decrease. I will be able to relax a little from now on.”
A debt of 200 million René that was given to me.
It feels good to be paid off like this.
“I can pay it all back within this year.”
Arnoy said to my optimistic outlook.
“Then can I rest during vacation?”
Vacation?
it’s vacation
Is it already time to think about vacation?
After the sports day, the only major episode of the first semester is the final exam, which is the fourth act.
Then, it wasn’t strange even if there was a vacation in between.
Is it a good idea to make a vacation plan?
As I was thinking about that, Nike said.
“Victor, would you like to go to Rash Guard Forest during vacation?”
“Rash Guard Forest?”
“Yes… ! Me, this semester is really relaxing without even thinking about it, so… . It’s been a while since I wanted to go back to my hometown… .”
Very hesitant Nike.
Then, as if he mustered up courage, he told me.
“… Mo, it’s all thanks to you, Viktor… ! If there is a chance, I want to invite you to Rash Guard Forest… ! Everyone will love Viktor!”
Are you inviting me to your house?
I thought maybe this was an episode of the Mokey Mokey route (tentative title).
I am interested.
“Of course, Viktor is a busy person… . It’s okay even if you refuse… !”
“No, I will seriously think about it myself.”
“… really? yes!”
Leaving Ludens and going to the mainland.
It’s an experience I’ve never had even in the game D&A, so I’ll have to think about it in many ways.
But.
I had something to do before that.
‘I am weaker than I thought.’
I can’t even lay a hand on Balak.
If this continues, let alone vacation, I will fall asleep between Acts 4 and 5.
I’ll have to come up with a solution on my own.
* * *
Ludens had various items, quests, and hidden treasures.
All of this can be seen as a device to make the main character ‘Luke’ stronger and finally lead him to the ending.
to be honest.
I knew the location of all those things and items, but I didn’t touch them.
Let’s say I take everything Luke, the main character, needs to get his hands on.
Then you don’t know how the story will be ruined.
But even so, there was a problem with me being weak.
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Just like the time of the Minotaur and the time of the Manticore, the situation where I have to fight or get hurt may happen irresistibly in the future.
“First of all, you should know my level.”
「Name: Victor lv. 23
Title: Hound
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Quirk: 《Steel》
Strength: 32/100
Agility: 2/100
Stamina: 83/100
mana: 0/100
Charm: 2/100 (+10)
Remaining: 2」
this is my level
If you are strong, you are strong in your own way.
But the weakness is clear.
“It lacks agility and has no magic power at all.”
I would have managed to deal with those who attacked with their physique and strength, such as Minotaurs and Manticores.
Guys who use tricky fighting like Balak or Enio have no chance of winning.
In that sense.
I thought it would be a good idea to use the remaining points I had saved up until now in the right place.
Invest in agility?
or mana?
smart.
When you’re thinking for a while, someone knocks on the door.
When I opened the door, there was an old woman.
She had gray hair, but her back was straight, so she was the same height as me.
Depending on how you look, you may look very old, or you may look young.
“Who is it?”
When I ask, the old woman laughs.
“I… It’s called Prada. Not a big deal. They say there’s a very cute and wonderful spider here… ? I heard you won this contest… ?”
“Right.”
It was now the most famous spider in Ludens.
Did you come to see Kyeong-gi?
-Hooong… !
A squirrel popping out of nowhere.
He rode friendly on the old woman’s shoulders.
As a person who likes people, he is a guy who follows everyone well.
The old woman stroked the back of Kyeongkyeong with her fingers, and her eyes soon lit up.
“That dice… .”
“dice?”
Arnoi was rolling dice on the floor where the old woman’s strange golden eyes were headed.
“Do you know anything about dice?”
When I asked, the old man shook his head.
“No, no. I just wanted it to be a strange-looking dice. Could I take a look around for a bit?”
At the old woman’s question, I looked at Arnoi.
Arnoi said, “That, I don’t like it… ! This is Arnoi’s… ! But, but for some reason, the body moves on its own… ! aaah… !” and handed the dice into the old woman’s hand.
I don’t know what he is talking about.
he’s a really weird guy
“What a cute nymph, thank you little boy. Is it fate that we met in a place like this? The eight-sided dice is destiny itself… .”
It was when the old woman received the dice from Arnoi.
—-.
moment.
It felt like the dice flashed with a strange light.
ㅁ Uh-uh-.
my delusion?
Somehow, a hazy afterimage remained in my vision, and while I was touching my eyes, the old woman said.
“Little boy, I want to thank you for showing me something fun and strange. Do you have any girls you like?”
Why are you asking such a thing all of a sudden?
“none.”
Where’s the time for dating?
In the first place, there can be no female students who like me.
He has a bad personality and only talks about money.
Then the old woman asked.
“There were a lot of cute kids around you. Are there really none?”
“none.”
She was a more far-sighted grandmother than I thought.
She tut-tsk-tut-tongue at me and added, “You don’t know love, it’s pitiful.”
“… A doll of steel without a heart does not even know its own mind. OK, I’ll try my best. Bondi, it’s not my turn… . Isn’t love always a joyous game without order or time?”
Degur-.
The old woman muttered something incomprehensible and rolled the dice.
“Dice eyes are always romantic.”
golden dice.
The eyes that rolled around are 7.
When I lifted my head wondering what the hell I was doing.
The strange old woman was nowhere to be seen.
“What a strange old man.”
Getting older is a pity.
“dice… . I got it back… ! Now, I won’t show it to anyone… !”
When I closed the club door while watching Arnoi wary of the surroundings with the dice in his arms.
Again someone smart-knocked on the door.
No, someone keeps coming.
I’m busy dying
“This place is prohibited from entering except for those involved.”
When I open the door with a blunt sound, there is a fairly tall woman.
“Isn’t there a cute spider here? Catherine, the famous spider who is smart enough to win the contest.”
“Akasha.”
I never thought that Kkyonggi’s popularity would bother me so much.
As I was frowning, Akasha tilted her head and said.
“Victor, have you changed your shampoo?”
“no.”
I haven’t washed yet, let alone changed my shampoo.
Soon, Akasha blushed and said, “Is it because of the mood, no, it’s nothing… !” he blurted out.