episode_0193

“hmm?”

While I was thinking about how to dispose of that guy.

It was subtle, but I felt a tingling sensation somewhere in my body.

Normally, I would have thought it was just because it was dry.

But now that I have Damon close by, I can’t ignore this feeling.

I wasn’t sure where exactly it was tickling, but I had an instinctive feeling that it was a trick of Damon, who was flaccid and pretending to be in pain.

Quite a bit!

I immediately squeezed the limp chick again.

“Hey, don’t act sick. “Did you think I wouldn’t know that I was secretly stealing other people’s energy?”

Erintina taught me how to block the energy, but honestly, I didn’t think I could do it all at once.

‘It wouldn’t be a bad idea to just keep physically blocking it.’

When I tormented his body, the tickling feeling disappeared completely, so I thought this would be enough to prevent his energy from being drained.

On the contrary, I felt that if I was tormented directly like this, I wouldn’t be so quick to lose my energy.

‘Because there is nothing more effective than physical force when persuading(?).’

What a relief it is that I get a tickling sensation, even if I don’t feel it as clearly as Erintina.

To be honest, I wondered what would happen if I didn’t feel this guy draining my energy like Erintina had worried.

So, I quickly tried to find something at the auction house that could stop that guy’s actions.

But I was glad to learn that even though it was a tickling sensation, it was something I could just ignore.

“I’m warning you. From now on, every time you try to drain my energy, you will suffer more.”

Beep beep!

It doesn’t listen to me, and when I fail to take my energy away, I close my eyes and go limp.

He said he wouldn’t even pretend to listen.

I tightened my grip once again, and quack! The guy who was making noises in pain opened his eyes again and glared at me.

“Just because you close your eyes doesn’t mean what you did goes away, does it?”

Bleak!

“Are you saying it’s a stomachache?”

Damn!

Her belly goes limp in my palm, exposing it.

It looked like he was playing dead, but it seemed like a good opportunity to me.

‘If you cut a spirit with a sword, will it die? If that were the case, they would have gotten rid of it by killing it somehow, rather than sealing it.’

Even if I could touch it directly, killing the spirit was a different story.

Spirits have particularly strong immunity to physical force.

The reason for the death of most spirits is that they become natural at the end of their lifespan.

‘To begin with, spirits are difficult to deal with because they have no form.’

Of course, even such spirits have limits.

If there were no limits, the world would have had to suffer from the mischief of spirits.

The limitation of spirits is that their own magical power is very small.

Therefore, in order to use abilities that contained destructive power beyond a certain level, the magic power of the contractor had to be drawn.

‘In other words, unless there is a contractor, he won’t be able to do what he did in the past again.’

And if we couldn’t kill that guy, we needed to make sure he wouldn’t make a contract with anyone else.

Or, another way is to seal it again.

However, in such a case, it creates a spirit with a deep resentment towards humans.

‘In other words, we are passing the problem on to future generations.’

It’s not good to act with the mindset that it’s all about me.

“It’s a shame. “You won’t die with a knife.”

He regained his appetite with regret and, as if reading my true intentions, he slowly hid his stomach with his wings.

And he looked at me mischievously, as if asking how I could say something so harsh.

“No, I tried to turn it over because anyone would see that it means it’s the first belly.”

Bwaaaa-!

They cry loudly, probably because they feel sad about being treated like this.

I think Erintina is also desperately singing.

But that won’t make her come back.

‘I guess I’ll just leave it at this for now.’

Even though Damon pretends to be bullied without saying anything, I can feel that behind the scenes he is watching me for what kind of guy I am.

In that situation, it was unnecessary to give too much information about myself.

‘You might want to know how much I know. There’s no need to tell me that I want to kill him too.’

That guy has no way to beat me right now, and I have no means of forcing him, so it was right for me to back down now.

“Stay quietly in the box again. If you try to escape, prepare to be scolded by Erintina and I will seal you again. “You know that in your current state, we can reseal you at any time, right?”

flinch-!

The dissatisfied look in his eyes did not die, but Damon seemed to think it would be a good idea to cooperate with what I said for now, so he obediently went into the box.

Ugh~

And then he crouched down, sighing so loudly that it was noticeable.

‘If I had continued to gain sympathy by pretending to be pitiful, I would have signed a contract soon.’

I thought once again that I should never let this guy be near Erintina.

He was a guy who knew how to play with people’s emotions.

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“Are there any items related to spirits in your warehouse? “Rather than strengthening one’s strength, it is an old book that contains instructions for sealing or extinguishing spirits, or something that holds them back so they cannot escape.”

I tried to find items through auction houses whenever possible, but when I saw that auction houses were unable to find attractive items even after a few days, I thought I should go there myself.

The first people I asked for help were the children I felt free to ask for.

“… “If someone else had said this, I would have thought about whether or not to report it.”

Ariando spoke with a very serious expression as if he was wondering whether he should scold him harshly or not.

“wait. Would you have asked for something like that for no reason? I guess that’s because it’s necessary. “For example, there could be something like a bad spirit.”

Shine countered Ariando’s words.

“Bad spirit? Where is that… “Maybe you can do that?”

You think I could do that?

I don’t know if this is good or bad handling.

Of course, it is true that there is a bad spirit that is seeking such items.

“Look, looking at your expression, I guess this was right.”

“Is there such a thing as a bad spirit?”

“There are all kinds of things, but there can be plenty of bad spirits as well.”

After the children have come to their own understanding, they search their minds to see if there is such an item in the house.

“Why don’t you go to my house instead?”

Of course, after thinking about it for a while, no one knew specifically what was there since we lived in such a large house.

Shine made an unexpected suggestion.

“You want to go to your house?”

“You once asked me to go with you during vacation. “Don’t you remember?”

Now that I think about it, it seems like that has happened before.

“I think I can show it as a much better place than before. After solving the monster wave, my family invested a lot in me. So, the amount of compensation I can give to you has increased.”

Shine’s personal scenario was that he was frustrated because his skills did not live up to his family’s expectations.

However, as my skills improved, my personal scenario was easily resolved.

“I don’t decline it because it’s something I need to get urgently.”

“Of course you should! There might be something similar. I’m not saying this because it’s my house, but because there are a lot of antiques of all kinds. “It’s not a great family like Ariando, but it’s a place with a very deep history.”

Shine’s personal scenario was a story of self-destruction for not having grown up according to the family’s expectations, along with resentment towards the family members who coldly abandoned and ignored them because of their failure to grow, leading to an obsession with improving one’s skills.

However, the current Shine, who satisfactorily met the family’s expectations without conflict, was on good terms with the family members and was in a good position.

‘You can’t imagine yourself in any other way.’

Isn’t the Shine now much stronger than the Shine it was when playing the game?

Even at that level, the family members could not stop Shine.

So now, the family members had no choice but to cherish her.

Even if Shine takes out a few items from the family warehouse to give to someone else, there is no one who can stop him.

And it was I who benefited from this situation.

The Shine I know wouldn’t refuse a favor.

‘I’ll have to ask for a few more if I need anything there.’

A warehouse belonging to a noble family.

It will be on a different level from the items you can get at the auction house.

I was already looking forward to it.

“You can choose a lot and insist on getting them all.”

“cadet! Feel free to choose. How much did you do for me? That’s no problem. “I can do that.”

Shine raised his nose and boasted to me.

It seems that he received a lot of praise from his family for solving the monster wave.

“Boss, are you not interested in our family warehouse? “There are a lot of interesting things in our warehouse.”

Ariando, who heard the conversation between Shine and I, tried to sneak a peek.

Of course, the Duke family’s warehouse is also of great interest.

However, I still remembered Ariando’s older sister’s attitude, so I couldn’t target the duke’s family warehouse.

Still, rather than decisively striking it out, I decided to organize it in a way that slightly leaves the possibility open.

“Can I go to Shine’s warehouse and ask for something if I don’t have it?”

“I understand.”

Although Ariando was disappointed, he obediently agreed to what I said.

“But what are you all going to do this vacation?”

In the game, vacation was a great event that allowed children to test their abilities.

The problem is that this is not a game.

If I didn’t say anything, would the kids actually practice on their own?

In that case, it might have been better for me to take action myself and create an environment where the kids could focus on training.

“Why don’t we go home, rest, and then go to the practical training the academy has prepared for graduating seniors?”

Baine didn’t seem to have any particular ideas about how to spend his vacation.

I guess I was just planning to do what the academy told me to do.

“You’re doing practical training for graduating classes?”

However, I was curious to see if the academy was doing something special.

This is because the practice for graduates could have been an event that appeared in the game.

I wasn’t sure and felt like I needed more information.

“yes. It’s not like all graduates are forced to participate. On the contrary, since it is the last semester vacation, some children come to have fun.”

“It’s not like attendance is mandatory.”

“Yes, so I decided not to go and rest. But why are you asking about our vacation?”

Ariando’s question was unusual.

The sparkling eyes indicate that there is something to be desired.

And I instinctively felt why she was doing that.

“I was just asking because I wanted to know what you guys were up to.”

“Are you going to be like this? “Aren’t you hiding something?”

“What would you do if I hid it from you?”