episode_0390

Are you giving me a reward because I found something you arranged?

It reminds me of when I used to play games. There were so many of these that it was a lot of fun finding them one by one.

Having regained some energy, perhaps thanks to another sigh, I stood up and checked what was written on the blue window.

[The necklace containing the miracle is now given a function!]

If you’re referring to the necklace that contained a miracle, you mean the one I’m wearing around my neck right now, right?

Recalling the miraculous sight of the lion’s voice being transmitted, I took a deep breath to calm my mind and appraised the necklace.

[Necklace with traces of a miracle]

[A necklace with traces of a miracle performed. Although it has lost its power now, the reverberation of the miracle still remains within it.]

[Effect: The party size increases by one.]

…what? What’s wrong with my eyes now? Are you just watching for nothing because your body hasn’t fully recovered yet?

After washing my face with both hands, I opened my eyes again and saw the still remaining message. I was startled and tried to get up, but fell forward.

It’s really hard to live as a sick girl. I never thought I would immediately feel dizzy just because I got a little emotional.

‘Could you just pretend you didn’t see it?’

After hearing my grandfather’s words, I forced my head down, saw the goofy fox’s unpleasant smile, and hit my head on the bed again.

Let’s erase that laugh from our heads. It just gives me goosebumps to keep thinking about it.

Instead, think of something else. okay. Let’s think about compensation.

The story about the party size increasing by one is definitely about the dungeon.

It would be a story about one more person being added to a place that originally only allowed four people to enter.

and. crazy. Of all the rewards I’ve received so far, there are more than a few that I thought were ridiculous, but this is truly the best I’ve ever received.

It’s an open-air skill beyond the Mesugaki skill.

You can now take one more person into the dungeon!

If rewards like this existed in the game, all kinds of new speedrunning records would have been set!?

There are just so many combinations that come to mind right now, and as you continue to research, all kinds of crazy combinations will come up!

Argh! really! This feature should have been added to the game! Why are you doing it now?

How can I create various combinations with my reputation now?

If only this feature had been added as DLC, I would have had much more fun digging into the game!

I was shaking my feet and complaining, but my mouth was full of laughter.

There are still so many ways to use this.

It’s clear that it will be useful even when you go to leveling right now.

Unlike before, I can now take all my friends with me no matter which dungeon I enter! I can now work hard at once without having to worry about anything else!

It’s a pity that I can’t be with you right now because I’m staying at the church sanctuary given to me by Fabi, but whatever. Anyway, when the second year of the academy begins, it’s time to conquer the dungeon. Fabi can then go and roll it slowly.

With a grin, I lowered the blue window and opened my eyes wide when I saw the following message left behind.

[I succeeded in following the miracle!]

[Divine mastery increases significantly!]

[Understanding of divinity increases significantly!]

Looking at the drastic change, it certainly seems like there has been a big change, but I can’t feel it in my current state.

Because I recently used up my divinity to the point of exhaustion, I became a sick lady. You can’t do anything until you replenish all your divinity and cancel exhaustion…

hmm? Isn’t that strange? Why has so much of divinity already been restored? Doesn’t it feel strange compared to the time when you were a sickly daughter?

Even though I have grown a lot since then, is it really possible to recover this much in just one day?

‘grandfather. ‘Could you please check my divinity now?’

Looking at my grandfather’s reaction, it seems I wasn’t simply mistaken. Is this also a change that occurred as divinity grew?

As I moved the somewhat recovered Shinseong, I felt that its movements had become much more natural than before.

I used to move well according to my will, but there were a lot of rough edges back then, right?

But not now. The divinity I possess now is moving like water according to my wind.

If the increase in divinity’s mastery can be felt so much, how great an effect will the increase in divinity’s understanding have?

With a pounding heart, I searched for a way to verify. I guess understanding divinity is similar to how my grandfather understood the miracle in the necklace, right?

Then, if you think about something related to sacred magic, you will be able to get a feel for it.

The most difficult thing I know now is Armadi’s Mercy.

I’m using it well because it’s a reward given to me by Lord Heojeop, but I still don’t understand how it works.

Even though I learned various sacred magic and became proficient in it.

Is it different now? Now that understanding of divinity has greatly increased.

“…Wow.”

The moment I encountered the miracle of Armadi’s mercy, my eyes opened wide.

I don’t understand everything contained therein. Because I have too many shortcomings to do that.

Just one thing. The fact that Armadi’s miracle was so beautiful was clearly engraved in my mind.

After finishing the short appreciation, I returned to reality and moved the divinity according to my instincts.

Then, life returned to my body, which had been difficult to even move a single fingertip. I defined the exhaustion that had been bothering me just a moment ago as a condition and succeeded in removing it.

‘Exhaustion has been lifted.’

‘grandfather. grandfather.’

‘Is that the attitude of someone asking a favor?’

‘weird? I think your grandfather said that you should be polite when you ask me for something?’

‘sure. I can do as much as I want for my grandfather.’

As I continued to explain to my grandfather, giggling, an interesting thought occurred to me.

If I were the person I am now who has grown even further.

Wouldn’t it be possible to give Benedick a punch?

*

The next day after Lucy’s mother’s death anniversary.

The air in the Aln Mansion was heavy.

The reason was simple. Everyone in the mansion was faced with the sight of Lucy returning after being carried by Benedick.

The sight of a child who had always been cocky and strong, shedding tears of sadness and fainting was so pitiful that even people who had ill feelings toward Lucy felt pity for her.

There is no need to explain what the feelings of those who usually thought favorably of Lucy were feeling.

“…I never thought I would think it would be better to roll over and die.”

Arthur, who was taking a break because the knight commander, Porcell, had declared a halt to training, saying that he could not disturb the young lady’s sadness by making a fuss, played with the snacks and ended up putting them down on his plate.

The image of Lucy collapsing in sadness keeps going through my head, and I have no appetite.

“Sure. When I think about the young lady, my heart also becomes heavy. I feel like it would be better not to have time to think about anything.”

It was the same for Joy.

The sight of Lucy sobbing as she collapsed in Benedick’s arms created such a huge ripple in her heart that it has not disappeared even to this day.

The only thing that filled Joey’s mind right now was worry about Lucy.

“…Lucy. Is it okay?”

Even Frey, who was always calm, couldn’t be as calm as he was this time.

The sight of the person who was more important to her than anyone else crumbling gave Frey a feeling of depression.

From the moment he met Lucy yesterday, Frey lost motivation and was unable to do anything.

Jackal, who had relatively little relationship with Lucy, was gentler than the other three, but that didn’t mean he didn’t have complicated feelings.

He somewhat understood the depression of the other three, so instead of saying anything, he kept his mouth shut and waited for them to shake off their depression.

It was in the meantime. There was a crunching sound coming from the stairs in the distance, and soon after, the door burst open.

“What are you doing here, all you bastards? Were they even having a discussion about how crappy they were?”

A girl sobbing in sorrow over losing her mother. The poor child who couldn’t stop sniffling even though he was unconscious. A strong child who pretends to be strong despite having deep wounds in his heart.

Lucy Alln saw the heavy atmosphere in the drawing room and giggled and said something cheeky as usual, but people’s reactions were different than usual.

Arthur, who would normally have said something in return, did not say anything and just smiled.

Joy was about to say something, but suddenly turned her head away as if her emotions were surging.

In Frey’s case, he carefully approached Lucy’s side and held Lucy’s small hands tightly.

“…What? What’s wrong with you guys? Were you that sad that I was gone for a day? Are you saying they’re a bunch of idiots with separation anxiety? Haha. It’s so pathetic.”

Lucy tilted her head as if she didn’t understand what was happening and then smiled like usual, but the atmosphere in the living room still didn’t calm down.

“Lucy Alln. You don’t have to pretend to be strong.”

“Prince! In times like this, please use some tact! Why don’t you sympathize!”

“No. I am.”

“The prince is right to keep his mouth shut.”

“No.”

“3Prince. It’s true that the prince was wrong this time.”

“…Okay. sorry. Just shut up.”

Lucy let out a heartless laugh as if she noticed something when she saw Arthur’s shriveled appearance.

“I see. Are you guys feeling sorry for me?”

“No. I. Lady Aln. It’s not like that.”

“It’s different from that. Lucy Aln. This. So.”

“…Hmm. that is. That’s it.”

“That’s it. I’m not angry. Isn’t it common for scum like you to not understand a topic? I understand. That’s possible.”

While Arthur, Joey, and Frey were confused by Lucy’s voice, which grew bloodier with each additional word, Jackal felt an unexplainable eerie feeling.

“Follow me. Stupid goldfish. I’ll write it directly into your brain who you really need to sympathize with.”

The jackal’s ominous premonition was correct.

Just as they had talked about before Lucy came, they repeated training so intense that they could not even think about it.