182 – 182 – Blooming iron heart is glass # 1
182 – Blooming iron heart is glass #1
As I’ve said before.
A quirk is like a risky bonus.
I don’t know if it can be called a bonus in that there is a risk, but anyway, there’s no other way to express it.
For instance, it feels like this.
「Idiosyncratic «Gambling Mania»: Increases the chance of a ‘Remorseful Strike’ that deals double damage. When ‘Converting Strike’ is activated, there is a chance to deal 50% less damage.」
Gambling Mania is a popular quirk that boasts simple and clean effects.
The character possessing this quirk has a higher chance of attacking the enemy with a critical hit.
Instead, there was a risk that the damage was halved with a certain probability, but it was also a risk that was worth enduring for a wizard character who was an all-or-nothing swordsman anyway.
But.
The problem arises in the game world that has become reality.
In the game, «Gambling Mania» was a quirk that only involved in critical damage.
It seems that in this world that has become reality, if you have the quirk of being a «gambling maniac», you can become truly addicted to gambling and do bizarre things.
“Is the eccentricity of 《Steel》 that I possess like that too?”
I was vaguely feeling it.
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Quirky 《Steel》.
It must have been a trait that raised survival abilities such as defense in the game.
There are other effects, such as making the character’s attributes strong ‘steel’ attributes such as fairies and poison.
However, in Ludens, which has become a reality, the eccentric 《Steel》 even dulls people’s emotions.
It seemed to have the effect of turning even the senses of taste and five senses into hard iron blocks.
Truly high risk.
Can we call it high return?
So far, it has been more on the return side.
To be honest, I can’t even count how much I’ve been helped by this «Steel» quirk.
However, thinking that if I stay like this, I might end up being eaten by my eccentricity and really become a ‘tin man’, I get a little nervous.
You’re going to be a Terminator.
“… … .”
… Is the Terminator a little cool?
anyway.
“Eclair, are you sure you can get rid of quirks?”
If you go to professional nuns and get rid of the eccentricity, you will have to pay 50 million Renae.
But Eclair seemed to want to repay the favor I had done him.
Yes, if there is something going, there must be something coming.
I guess Eclair isn’t just a guy with no sense.
“I also learned the method in seminary. Of course, it takes a bit of mental preparation. Viktor, are you really ready to pluck out the quirks that are deeply rooted in your heart?”
“Get ready.”
I listened inwardly.
Giving up quirks that might be helpful in many ways and resetting the 《quirks》 column to blank.
Are you okay?
Of course it’s fine.
If it was ＜Pride＞, which is a higher quirk than ＜Steel＞, the time to be regretful for just one quirk has passed. Above all, they provide a service worth 50 million renae for free.
“I am ready.”
I said lightly.
Then Eclair said, “Okay, I’ll try it first. Almighty Lord. The God of Adventure, the God of Death and Chaos. The god of love—” he recited a mantra.
No, it would be better to describe this as a prayer rather than a spell.
This sight interested me too.
The ‘cathedral’ to visit when erasing quirks.
After arriving there, I knew that the characters were undergoing some kind of ‘great treatment’ by the ‘professional nuns’, but nothing was revealed about it either inside or outside the game.
A situation where I can experience it myself.
You can’t say you really enjoyed the game if you’re not thrilled.
“Then, I pray in the name of the great God.”
Eclair, who had finished praying, spread her hands to the left and right.
When I narrowed my eyebrows wondering what he was doing, he added a word.
“You have to hug me.”
“Why?”
“A quirk is a tumor of the mind. I need to share my heart with a pious virgin to pull this off… ! A hug is the simplest level of heart sharing… !”
Are you serious?
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Judging by the look on her face, it didn’t look like she was lying.
It’s kind of award winning though.
Shouldn’t I have seen it before?
“I get it.”
I also spread my hands and hugged Eclair lightly.
Eclair’s height is smaller than expected and her body is slender.
Now that I think about it, it seems that it smells so good that I don’t know why I thought this guy was a man.
Mumble.
Is this the power of that 70D touching my body?
It’s really amazing- when I thought about it, Eclair pushed me away and asked.
“how? Are the quirks gone?”
“Has the quirk gone?”
It seems nothing has changed.
There are no letters that come to mind.
“I don’t think anything has changed. Isn’t that the wrong way? Or something went wrong.”
“Are the conditions wrong?”
“Didn’t I say that through heart-to-heart exchange with a devout maiden, the tumor called eccentricity would be pulled out of the heart? Perhaps, you are not a pious virgin.”
Maybe I’m not very religious.
But Eclair seemed to have misunderstood my meaning.
“… I am a virgin right? Even though I dressed like a man, that’s because priests can only be men, so I disguised myself—”
No, I didn’t ask for that.
You are very gibberish.
I just gained useless knowledge.
anyway.
Eclair was not as helpful as I thought.
“As expected, I have no choice but to visit the ‘professional nuns’.”
Do you have no choice but to spend 50 million René?
Eclair spoke as if he had something to say as I was holding on to my self-help prospect.
“Maybe it’s because the quirks are so deeply ingrained in your mind from an early age that it takes time to root them out.”
“There is a point. Then what should I do?”
“Maybe if you do the things you just did over and over again… .”
“I see.”
* * *
Neurological treatment of tooth decay is not done at once.
It is said that it takes at least one month because it is done with great effort several times.
The healing of my eccentricity seemed to feel the same way.
I repeated this ‘healing act’ whenever I had free time before Eclair returned to the mainland.
As time passed, what could be called the restrictions on my actions had considerably diminished.
For instance, it feels like this.
“Ying ying yaing.”
A story I would never have told if it were me.
Because of the restrictions placed on the heart of 《Steel》, it became easy to imitate a dishonorable animal that could not be spoken about.
“Hey.”
hey, that’s amazing
Even though I’m impersonating an animal, I don’t feel like the number of lies is deducted.
Shall we imitate Arnoi?
“This is amazing… !”
… … .
I did it, but it was a great achievement, except for the fact that I felt a bit embarrassed.
If it was the same as before, I would never have done the undignified thing of imitating Arnoi.
“awesome.”
I can also use a little bit of profanity.
“Hi-Hi.”
You can laugh alone.
Like, what should I say?
I wonder if the tin man who got his heart felt just like me right now.
“… … .”
However, I felt a cold gaze from somewhere, and when I turned my head, Kyeong-kyeong, who had been sleeping quietly on the cushion, woke up and was looking at me like a pitiful person.
Was it strange that I pretended to be an animal or an Arnoy while muttering to myself?
“Grow more.”
-Hooong… .
I fell asleep again.
anyway.
It seems that the quirks in my heart did not disappear at once, but rather gradually diminished.
If the treatment continues like this, will it be possible someday to spread out without dignity or laugh out loud without caring about other people’s gaze?
“So Eclair, when are you going back to the mainland?”
“that is… . The telegram to return hasn’t arrived yet… . I don’t know what to do either. Rather, treat today… .”
Eclair, who came to the club room, spread her arms in front of me.
I hugged that guy with a feeling I was familiar with, but Nike, who was watching this situation, frowned and said, “This is a treatment I really don’t like…” !” he shouted.
Nike, who is always lively and cheerful, seems to have something he doesn’t like.
“It’s okay, get out of here… ! How long do you think you’ll stick around… !”
Nike hissed and dropped the eclair from my body like chasing a snake.
Soon, Nike looked at my complexion and asked.
“How are you, Viktor? Do you think your quirk is getting better? Do you think I don’t have to do this strange treatment with Eclair anymore?”
“Well.”
“Are you still not healed? Eclair, you quack! pseudo! Should have just been put in jail! You’re deliberately delaying treatment… !?”
Nike still seemed to hate the eclair that had put me in prison.
“You used to dress like a farmhand, but now you only wear a fluttering skirt… ! I’m not trying to hide that I’m a woman… !”
“that’s… . I don’t have to hide that I’m a woman anymore… ?”
“lie!”
Is there anyone other than Rebekah that Nike hates so much?
I also didn’t bother mediating between the two.
Eclair is the one who will leave this island anyway.
Then the door to the club room burst open.
“Huh, it’s hot. Rather, why are you so noisy? Nike, what the hell is going on with you talking so loudly?”
Enio wearing a straw hat appeared in the club room.
Seeing that she is wearing a white dress, it must be that the weather outside is hot.
“Did you do that strange treatment today?”
“That’s right!”
These days, Nike and Enio are a good match.
To him, Eclair just stood there like a criminal somewhere.
After listening to the story for a while, Enio spoke lightly.
“Still, it seems that there is improvement. Should I say that Viktor-kun’s attitude has become a little more humane than before… .”
“That’s right.”
Nike also nodded his head in acknowledgment this time.
then say
“Are you going to laugh well now? Victor, how are you? Have a laugh!”
“Are you going to laugh now?”
“I want to see a little bit too. I haven’t seen Viktor-kun smile. I wonder how you laugh.”
Enio also seemed to be interested in this story.
to suddenly laugh
“Is it like this?”
benefit.
I pulled the muscles in the corners of my mouth left and right.
Then Nike, who was looking at me, trembled.
“Oh, that’s kind of scary.”
-Hooong… .
Kyeong-Kong went so far as to hide, sticking only his butt under the cushion.
Is it still difficult to smile naturally?
At that time, Enio, who had not judged my smile, crossed his arms and created deep wrinkles between his eyebrows.
“It’s Viktor-kun. I don’t think it was a matter of eccentricity in the first place.”
“This is what Arnoi sees… !”
Arnoy, who returned from washing his hands in the kitchen, jumped out.
He looked at me and said, “Chef Victor is literally a tin doll… ! Maybe, while working like the Tin Woodman in Oz… It is clear that the heart has rusted… !” he said in an incomprehensible voice.
The final conclusion was “How to grease rusted steel… . In that sense, what would it be like to grill and eat that samgyeopsal in the yard tonight… ?”all.
What is it, you just want to eat pork belly.
That was the moment.
“The Tin Woodman… !”
Nike raised his hand.
“The Tin Woodman said he went to the wizard because he wanted a heart… ! Let’s go to Oz too… ! Maybe it will grant your wish… !”