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𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟑𝟓
Laura eventually completed the official procedures and fully joined Cheonghwa Academy.
It was a rare case for a third-year student, who is usually a senior, to transfer in. And the reason was truly unusual.
When I asked her the reason, she replied,
“There was what you told me last time, and I just felt like I had to. Plus, there are some national circumstances.”
It could have been a simple intuition, but to me, who knew the ins and outs, it sounded like something else.
「𝙄𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙪𝙣𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙠 𝙖𝙣 𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙩?」
I definitely know how to awaken one of the two unidentified traits she possesses.
If I help her a little, she will surely be able to grow even more here than in Spain.
“Now that we’re in the same class, we’ll see each other often. I’ll learn a lot from watching you.”
“I’ll always lend you a hand if you need any help.”
Perhaps because of the last incident, Laura seemed to see me not as a mere classmate, but as an object of admiration.
Of course, I’ve shown her that much, but it’s a little embarrassing to get such a noticeable reaction.
「𝙄𝙣 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙩, 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙚, 𝙇𝙖𝙪𝙧𝙖 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙔𝙤𝙤 𝙃𝙖-𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙮.」
Her ability scores were not that far behind, and her traits were even one step higher than those of the geniuses who were flying high.
My mind as a player was already calculating the variables that would arise from her joining and how to utilize her abilities.
It could be seen as calculating, but it was more like a habit. And the conclusion was simple.
「𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙗𝙖𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙚.」
She is a great talent and a gem. If I raise her well, she will surely become a useful card and a strength for me someday.
In particular, her abilities will be of great help in the important phase that will come soon.
Imagining that scene in advance, I pondered how to develop Laura.
Like that, another day passed.
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The next day, I went to find Han Seo-ah at the academy, as I hadn’t seen her much during the vacation.
I heard that Han Seo-ah spent almost all day in the training ground, except for the time she visited the daycare center.
And I was able to see the results with my own eyes soon after.
“. . .Is this a witch’s spell?”
“Yes. There are many other things, but I can’t use them yet.”
Han Seo-ah showed me two spells.
One was a flying spell unique to witches.
It allows for very delicate movements in the air, and it is a great spell that greatly increases mobility.
「𝙄’𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙛𝙚𝙬 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙡.」
However, at this point, Han Seo-ah is probably the only one who can use this spell.
There may be other users, but at least I haven’t met them.
And the other one was a spell that even I was seeing for the first time.
Plop.
Plop.
“It’s amazing.”
“. . .But I don’t know where to use it.”
A towel in the training ground turned into a green frog and was hopping on the floor.
A kind of transformation spell, but it is quite unusual in that it transforms an inanimate object into a living creature.
「𝙊𝙧 𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚?」
I can’t know for sure, as I can’t grasp unused spells with the Mental Spellbook trait.
However, it seemed that it was impossible to use it against living things, so it was difficult to use as Han Seo-ah said.
「. . .𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙄’𝙢 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙖 𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙞𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙖𝙮.」
I nodded and complimented Han Seo-ah.
Honestly, I hadn’t paid much attention to her because I was so busy, but it was amazing that she had done this much research on her own.
“How have you been, Oppa?”
“I’ve been similar. I’ve been training hard while visiting here and there.”
There’s no need to bring up what’s already past and worry her.
Besides, it wasn’t exactly a lie. I raised my ability scores by taking the Nine Dragons Pill and the Yellow Dragon Jade Pill, and my level also progressed through frequent battles.
I looked at Han Seo-ah and briefly opened my status window.
Tring!
【Han Kang-yoon】
▶Level 42
▶Ability Scores
【Stamina: B-】
【Spiritual power : B】
【Spellcraft: B-】
【Mental Strength: A-】
▶Traits (6/10)
【Shadow Assimilation(S)】
【Witch’s Echo(A+)】
【Spirit Absorption(A)】
【Challenger(B+)】
【Mental Spellbook(B)】
【Revived Person(B-)】
These are really satisfying numbers.
First of all, my level has gone up by two whole levels, and with this stamina increase, finally all of my ability scores have surpassed the B- rank.
「𝙉𝙤𝙬 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣’𝙩 𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙨𝙚 𝙢𝙮 𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙣𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙡 𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙙𝙨.」
From now on, I have to keep taking high-level elixirs or obtain special opportunities to increase my ability scores.
Of course, I can still deal enough damage with my current status, but there were many shortcomings when I thought about the extraordinary enemies I would face in the future.
I shouldn’t be impatient and should calmly find opportunities one by one.
「𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙣𝙤𝙬.」
At least it was more than enough to take the exorcist qualification exam, which would be held soon.
I nodded, satisfied that my growth was going as planned.
“. . .Oppa will graduate soon.”
“I guess so. Time has passed quite a bit.”
However, since there is still a year left, it’s not like I’m leaving right away.
Rather, considering the hardships that are coming soon, time might pass more slowly than I think.
「𝘼𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 2 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙣𝙤𝙬.」
At least, almost everything will be decided within that time.
There is no second chance.
This is a game world but not a game.
In order to lead that one chance to the right ending, everyone, including Yoo Ha-on and her party, must play their roles.
My role was to make the situation like that.
「. . .𝙄 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙥𝙪𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙮 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣.」
It was a short rest compared to how hard I’ve been working, but my body’s condition had fully recovered with a few days of rest.
I parted ways with Han Seo-ah and headed to Seo Ji-an’s residence, where I had made an appointment in advance.
【Eve’s Wreckage】
▶The power unit is lost and operation is stopped.
First of all, it was time to revive the ancient guardian who guarded the last gate of the Chamber of Trials in modern times.
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“I heard a little bit of news. You seem to have gotten involved in something deadly again.”
“. . .But it was resolved more peacefully than I thought.”
Perhaps because she was the successor of Dae-jin Industries, Seo Ji-an seemed to have grasped the events that had happened to me during this vacation.
Her gaze was quite curious, so I briefly explained the course of events to satisfy her curiosity.
“You must have had a hard time. I’ve often heard about how monstrous those elders of the prestigious families are.”
“Well, I didn’t actually fight those people.”
Even Hektel, who had almost taken Seo Ji-an and my lives last time, couldn’t be confident of victory against the top elders.
It was clear when I saw what Bi-hyeong did to Cheong So-ha, even though she was exhausted.
“Is she okay?”
“She’s the type who hides her feelings well, so she’ll be fine.”
Cheong Juhwa must have also struggled a lot because of this incident, but she had already started high-intensity training again yesterday.
Since she herself was so enthusiastic, it would only hurt me to worry about her.
“Come to think of it, you said you made some progress?”
I asked Seo Ji-an, recalling what I had heard from her before.
Not to mention, I was quite curious about her growth.
“. . .It’s not that great.”
Seo Ji-an flicked her finger as she answered.
Then, a ring of water overlapped in several strands and began to rotate rapidly.
Just by looking at this, I could tell that her control over nature-type spells had grown considerably.
And.
“I’ve gotten quite used to transforming its shape in this state.”
Seo Ji-an shot water from the rapidly rotating ring as if it was a water blade and hit a chair that was far away.
Crash!
Squeak─!
Then, as if it had been cut by a high-pressure water jet, the chair was perfectly split in half.
She had created a water blade using the rotational force.
“. . .That’s amazing.”
“Thank you for the compliment. I just practiced as you told me.”
Seo Ji-an didn’t show it, but I had only given her advice on training methods or applications, and I hadn’t taught her anything in such detail.
In other words, her current achievements were the result of her own efforts.
I nodded in admiration at Seo Ji-an’s growth and followed her into the space where the materials I had asked for before had been prepared.
“I gathered most of them, but as I told you last time, there were some that were impossible to get in a short period of time.”
“It’s okay. I’ll figure out how to fill in those parts.”
It seemed like all the important materials were there, so I should be able to do it somehow, even if I had to go through some trial and error.
I put all the materials in the Formless Box I had obtained from the Eternal Labyrinth and came out of the warehouse.
Although I had told her about it in advance, it was the first time Seo Ji-an had actually seen it, so she was quite surprised.
“That’s an amazing artifact. What’s its maximum load?”
“It can hold about thirty times the amount of those items just now.”
“If only mass production were possible, it would be an amazing item. Of course, that’s impossible.”
As Seo Ji-an said, the Formless Box is difficult to make more of, no matter how much money and time is invested. At least, it was impossible with modern sorcery.
「𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙢𝙚, 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙞𝙩. . . . . . .」
Since this is reality, there has to be a difference in that part.
Unless it exists in other areas of the Eternal Labyrinth, it will probably be impossible to obtain?
I chuckled and continued to chat with Seo Ji-an about this and that.
I heard that her younger sister, Seo Ji-ha, had also fully recovered and was aiming to enter the academy this year.
“The official recruitment ended a while ago, but special admissions are still open.”
Of course, it wouldn’t matter if she waited another year, but it would be better to grow up with those of her own age.
After exchanging our recent updates like that, I borrowed the personal training room that was set up in Seo Ji-an’s residence and laid out all the materials that were in the Formless Box.
「𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚’𝙨 𝙣𝙤 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙘𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙮, 𝙖𝙨 𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣.」
If I fail miserably, it could cause a lot of trouble.
「. . .𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙄 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙮.」
It probably won’t be an easy task.
However, if I can revive Eve this time, I will be able to use her as a great force.
I slowly recalled the method in my head and took out Eve’s wreckage and placed it in the center of the training room.
And I slowly drew out my spiritual power.