97. Sharing
People are envious when they say that their cousin, who looked under them, is doing well, and jealous when they say that they bought land.
In other words, envy and envy are basic human nature and are inseparable emotions.
However, even such humans cannot be jealous of achievements that have exceeded some limit.
‘So did the old philosophers.’
People get jealous when they meet someone 10 times bigger than themselves. A person 100 times greater fears, does the work of a thousand times greater person, and becomes a servant of a ten thousand times greater person.
So did the cadets. It is impossible to avoid the jealousy and envy of the cadets by simply catching a lot of demons, achieving a blindingly outstanding major.
Unless you’ve accomplished something so great that you don’t even know what you’re supposed to do, you’ll be awarded the title directly from His Majesty the Emperor-.
“Noah!”
“Do you like tea? Why don’t we go for tea together?”
“There is a cake restaurant… .”
Children, who normally ignore Noah’s existence, approach her and begin to flirt.
It was similar to when it was announced that she had summoned two summoned beasts, but it was a reaction that was incomparable to that time.
This is unavoidable, and even if she summoned two summoned beasts, it was not a big deal for the children.
If Noah had summoned 5-star summons like the first emperor, the words would have been different, but wasn’t her summons 1-star and 3-star?
There are too many cadets who have inherited the summons from their parents or the headmaster without having to summon several summons by themselves.
Even Stella Iritz, who is always attached to her right now, doesn’t she have Ifrit, a 4-star summon, and Salamander, a 3-star summon?
“I, I’m fine-.”
“Ah, don’t do that.”
“yes? Are you stalking us because we’re counted now?”
“Isn’t that so? We might be really disappointed.”
“No, it’s not like that… … .”
In fact, Noah, who had been receiving a lot of attention that could be suspected of being bullied, complained of dizziness and looked at the children.
How many of these people really want to be friends with them, of course, they’ll all say that now that she’s a multiple summoner and countess… … .
‘Now, I hate-.’
Tired of the ambivalence of human beings and the constantly changing attitudes of people, Noah was to the point of being smitten with humanity.
Fortunately, there remained reasons why she couldn’t hate humans.
“What are you guys doing?”
“Ian… .”
Ian, who appeared like a savior, rescued Noah, who was suffering from being surrounded by children, and quietly left the place.
When someone murmured that he was monopolizing Noah, Ian looked at him as if he was waiting and said,
“I’m sorry, but we are nobles who have been awarded the title.”
“… what is that? You know what, we’re not nobles? How many people here without titles-.”
“It’s not your title, it’s your parents’ title.”
Of course, the nobility of the summoner is inherited, so if time goes by, they will also become the heads of state and inherit the title… At least not now.
“Now, I am not a formal aristocrat, but a semi-noble. How dare the noble nobles surround you and torment you?”
Saying so, Ian reminded him of Noah’s status. The fact that she is not a cadet to play with, but a military number to hang out with their parents and active members running around the field.
When the children were also aware of the fact and were stunned, Ian quickly left the classroom with Noah.
“let’s go.”
“… yes.”
Noah quietly grabbed Ian’s hand and left the classroom. If you bow your head in embarrassment and just follow your hand, you lose your mind and all your nerves are concentrated on the cross section of your palm that is in contact with Ian.
Wow-! Noah’s face turns red when he realizes that he is holding hands with Ian. Heat started to come out of his body, and combined with the heat of midsummer, it made him sweat profusely.
“Hey, Ian-!”
“yes?”
“I’m fine now… this-.”
Saying that, I gently raised my hand, and Ian grinned and entwined her fingers even more strongly.
Just touching the palm of your hand made your heart pound so much, but when your fingers and fingers got entangled, Noah felt as if her heart was about to explode.
“Ah, ah- uh… .”
In shame, he just bows his head and follows Ian like a child following his parents.
Wherever I went like that, a very familiar space greeted Noah. The outdoor terrace I often stopped by with Stellana Dinoir.
There, a table prepared for refreshments, a set of refreshments, and Stella’s party were waiting for the two of them.
“late-.”
Stella Eritz muttered as soon as he saw the two of them. Taking a sip of the tea, she turned to shoot the two stinky men.
Then I found two people holding hands and started pouring tea. The maid who was pouring the tea opened her mouth in astonishment at the tea water flowing down her lips.
“miss!”
“Uh, huh?”
“It’s outside. Pay attention to your actions-.”
“Oh, well. right.”
After regaining consciousness, Stella wiped her lips with the handkerchief the maid gave her and checked to see if there were any stains on her clothes.
Fortunately, the car did not splash on the clothes. After confirming this, Stella put down the teacup with trembling hands and carefully asked the two of them.
“You, you- why are you holding hands like that… ?”
“Oh, this?”
Ian nonchalantly raised his hand and showed the children a clasp. Siira and Dinua looked at it, and their eyes lit up without saying a word.
About the time Noah felt fear from the silent gaze, Ian sat Noah in his seat and explained.
“It’s small and easy to hold.”
“What, what?”
Stella couldn’t help but be astonished at the fact that she was holding hands like a lover would for just that reason.
but… … In fact, she wasn’t in a position to be sarcastic. Because everyone in this place didn’t have a special relationship with Ian.
Conversely, there were those who wanted to take advantage of Ian’s actions. Shira raised her upper body from her seat and leaned towards Ian.
“I have small hands too.”
“okay?”
“yes! Would you like to see me?”
Saying that, Shira held out her palm that was bigger than Noah, whoever could see it. He tilted his fingers and tried to look a little smaller, but he couldn’t overcome the difference in his natural physique.
Even if anyone could see it, the act that was close to a fox act, innocent Ian passed it on as it was. As the children groaned inside, Shira snapped Ian’s hand and interlaced like a snake.
“What do you think?”
“It’s big.”
“what? okay? So what about this hand?”
Shira, who took hold of Ian’s hands in an instant, communed with Ian’s hands as it was, and looked at the others with sneering eyes.
But with pride, I didn’t want to approach Ian the same way she did.
“I think it’s the same… Well, okay. let go.”
“It’s strange-.”
Saying that, Shira removed her hand and sat back on the chair. The children, realizing that there were fangs in that smile, glared at her with tired eyes.
However, Shira, who doesn’t care about his gaze at all, caressed about what to do, straightened my nails, ignoring his gaze.
Ian did not notice the signals coming and going between the women, and began to explain the reason for calling them.
“Anyway… I’ve called you guys here today – nothing else – because I think I need to be strong now without noticing it.”
“You’re getting stronger… how?”
“You know?”
The party gathered in this place looked at each other and nodded with a weak exclamation as if they had just noticed.
All of the members were people who had ever entered the Infinite Dungeon at least once.
“You may know it by experience, but there’s a big difference between knowing only existence and being aware of it clearly – explain it.”
Ian shared with them the knowledge that only players had. Hidden secrets that no one has ever achieved, and thus neither studied nor recorded.
“First of all, what you guys experienced is called leveling up.”
“level… up?”
“Hey, the summons are getting stronger?”
“Yeah, that.”
The children wondered why it was called leveling up when the summons became stronger, and how Ian knew that… I didn’t ask right now.
Because Ian’s explanation hasn’t been finished yet. Ian thought that they understood roughly and continued explaining.
“Level up up to 10 times. It is impossible to level up more than 10 times, regardless of the pet’s last name.”
“why?”
“To make sure that no one saves the world with simple labor.”
“… … yes?”
The children tilted their heads at the incomprehensible self-help jokes, but in fact, there were no better words to explain the level-up limit.
‘If there is no limit to leveling up, there are children who break the game without charge.’
If you can overcome the limit of the birth of a pet by leveling up, there is no reason for people to pay a lot of money for a higher-ranking pet.
“Anyway, you can think of it as roughly 10% stronger each time you level up.”
“If it’s 10 times out of 10… If you level up 10 times, will you be twice as strong!?”
“Actually, it’s stronger than that, but… Numerically, yes.”
Assuming that the power of a 1-star pet is 10, when it reaches level 10, it becomes 20.
If the power of a 3-star pet is 100, when it reaches level 10, it becomes 200.
How many castles you were born in was such an important factor. It’s a world where you can’t surpass the strength of being born by leveling up.
“So the important thing is… … it’s you.”
Saying so, Ian pointed to Shiira.
Shira, who was blankly trimming her nails, tilted her head as she looked at Ian who was pointing at her.
“me?”
“Yeah, you.”
“I… This is the most important thing for Ian, right?”
“right.”
With deliberate twists and turns, Shira looked at the others. The hot eyes of the other children flew towards Shiira.