Greg (3)

“Suddenly, objects from thin air.”

“My goodness. What on earth is this mysterious occurrence…”

Elizabeth and the old man muttered with bewildered expressions.

“Wow.”

Only Greg opened his mouth in amazement.

“Ah, I’m sorry. I’ll clean this up quickly, so please continue your conversation.”

The two said with their faces, ‘Is that important right now?’, but.

Ethan didn’t mind and opened the pouch containing the special rewards.

[Congratulations! You have won ‘Premium Growth PotionX20’.]

[Congratulations! You have won ‘Negin’s Bracelet’.]

First, starting with the Premium Growth Potion.

He opened the notification window after a long time to check the item’s effect.

[Item: Premium Growth Potion]

[Description: When used, doubles your current ‘Stat’ values. Does not apply to stats that are already at their maximum value.

Warning! Can only be used once per person. Death will occur if consumed more than twice.]

‘???’

An overpowered item that doubles stats, though only once.

And they generously gave twenty of them.

‘It’s a bit disappointing that it can only be used once, but.’

Although the generous quantity of 20 comes with the condition of ‘death if consumed twice’, so it can’t be drunk carelessly like a delicious energy drink.

‘But stat inflation is no joke.’

It was a very satisfying item in terms of performance.

And next was ‘Negin’s Bracelet’, which looked like equipment.

[Item Name: Negin’s Bracelet]

[Description: ‘Agility’ stat +150, ‘Strength’ stat +100, ‘Accuracy’ +10.

*For those born with the ‘Nimble’ trait, an additional ‘Agility’ stat +100.]

The bracelet’s equip effect is quite good.

It’s rare to increase both agility and strength while also having +10 accuracy.

‘I’d like to give it to Levi if possible, but.’

However.

‘Additional effect if the trait matches? I can’t resist this.’

Giving a bonus of 100 agility.

It felt like a loss not to use it somehow.

Levi’s trait was unidentifiable, and.

Hwaryon doesn’t have the ‘Nimble’ trait.

The same was true for Elyssia and Borka, as confirmed in the abandoned mine last time.

‘Come to think of it, I haven’t checked the traits of the other kids.’

However, since innate traits are fully reflected in everyday behavior and habits.

Nimble wasn’t a trait that suited Hwarin or Ponya.

‘Kenny probably has the Nimble trait, but there’s no need to give him more agility.’

Thinking it would be more efficient to give it to a front-line combat personnel rather than the inventor Kenny.

He looked at Greg’s traits, who was right in front of him.

[Target: Greg]

[Traits: Nimble, Diligent, Blind Loyalty, Deep Affection, Strong Will]

“Bingo.”

Ethan held out his hand to Greg, who was eating cookies with an innocent expression.

“What is it?”

“Can you give me your other hand?”

Greg extends his left hand.

Ethan put the bracelet on without hesitation.

“E-Ethan-nim?”

“Hmm, not bad.”

A bracelet with a green gem similar to Greg’s eyes set in smooth silver metal.

Greg seemed to like it quite a bit, as he observed the bracelet while turning his wrist this way and that.

Ethan still asked just in case.

“You don’t dislike it or anything, right?”

“Ah, no! I… really like it. Thank you, Ethan-nim!”

“That’s good then.”

Ethan felt relieved after confirming that he liked it.

‘But I wonder if I’m giving too many material things.’

He was a bit worried about that point, but.

The psychological aspect can be gradually improved as they become closer.

“Greg, is there anything you want or wish for?”

“Huh? No, what you’ve given me so far is more than enough.”

“Come on, don’t feel burdened, just tell me.”

“…Then, would it be alright if I think about it a little?”

‘Well, some people do get flustered when asked suddenly.’

Having often seen modern people who spend a long time deciding what to eat for lunch and dinner today.

He could understand Greg’s feelings.

“Sure, my room is always open, so come find me anytime if you need something.”

“…Yes.”

Greg’s face seemed to turn a little red, but.

Ethan thought it must be his imagination and picked up his teacup.

‘Ugh.’

Indeed, it was still too bitter even when he drank it again.

The ability to completely block the flow of mana.

The ability to create items out of thin air.

Elizabeth, Jenny, and the old man, who had directly witnessed all this evidence with their own eyes.

‘As expected, he’s a true hero sent down from the heavenly realm. I must make him my husband…’

‘An incredibly skilled person with unbelievable abilities… Now I understand why the young lady was so desperate.’

‘If the republic had such an extraordinary young man, a tragedy like that day wouldn’t have happened. Yes, rather than spreading the nobility of republicanism to the owner and getting help to rebuild the republic…’

For their own interests.

They racked their brains hard.

Thanks to that, the princess and the republican who had been desperate to devour each other tacitly entered a ceasefire.

In the middle of a barren gravel field.

A man took off his mask and sighed deeply.

“I can’t do this anymore.”

The treacherous path leading from the Eastern Great Forest to the Five Peak Mountains.

There were people who had been searching every nook and cranny of that place for years.

Sunlight reflected off a brooch with silver wings engraved at the end of their robes.

They were the ‘Silver Wings’, the direct unit of the Speaker of the Heikel Republic Senate.

“How many years do we have to search for remnants?”

“It can’t be helped. The surviving citizen faction leaders are such strong individuals, aren’t they? I can somewhat understand the Speaker’s anxiety.”

“I understand our unit members’ difficult situation more, though.”

“I agree with that.”

The revolutionary government’s great purge of the citizen faction.

The representative of the citizen faction, called the head, was executed.

The right arm was in an underground prison, the left arm had disappeared, and.

The two people who led the revolutionary army to victory against the knight order, which was the core strength of the kingdom even though it was corrupt, were called the strong legs of the citizen faction.

“Right, right. Those damn two legs are the problem… How was it, did it sound like the pot-bellied Speaker?”

“Creepily identical.”

“I feel both good and bad. I should stop imitating the Speaker.”

Although the members of the Silver Wings were recognized as skilled individuals and received considerable pay and treatment from the Speaker.

They didn’t particularly respect or like the corrupt Speaker.

Because every order was dirty and petty, loyalty would start to grow but then quickly run away.

“Captain, we found something.”

The captain, No. 1, who went to check thinking it would be another insignificant trace.

He looked closely at the object his subordinate had picked up.

“A button?”

No, it wasn’t an ordinary button.

A dull sky-blue button.

“It’s a military uniform button from the early days of the republic’s founding. There were no engagements in this area during the revolution. Isn’t it suspicious?”

If a button from clothing that should have disappeared years ago was lying on the mountainside.

It’s an obvious story.

“So he was alive after all?”

A figure who disappeared leaving only rumors of fleeing to the north.

The monster who was the only one in Heikel to reach a level comparable to a Sword Master.

And.

The eccentric among eccentrics who rejected his noble title and sided with the citizens.

“The left leg, Count Julius Mardius Kaidel.”

If he had moved, it surely meant something had happened.

The current republican army, which had removed many excellent commanders and knights through repeated purges, might not be able to stop him.

Such thoughts amplified No. 1’s anxiety.

“No. 2, first report to the superiors.”

“Yes.”

“And No. 5.”

He handed the button to the one called No. 5 and said.

“Can you track the location with magic?”

“Of course.”

“Find it as quickly as possible.”

Powerful mana envelops the area.

It didn’t take long.

“…I’ve roughly estimated the direction.”

“Where?”

No. 5 pointed southwest.

“It seems he’s left Heikel. The distance is quite far.”

“He fled abroad?”

It seems the target wasn’t Heikel.

Thinking the job had become easier, No. 1 grinned.

“Spread the word to the superiors that it’s an emergency situation for No. 1 and call all Silver Wings forces.”

“Understood.”

The bounty on Count Kaidel’s head and various benefits.

Thinking they would be his.

He put his mask back on and smiled from ear to ear.

Nom nom nom.

Although her eating appearance and sounds were clearly cute.

There was one girl whose eating amount was by no means cute.

Borka emptied three containers of cookies and.

Reached for the fourth container.

“Hm?”

Then suddenly Borka looked at Greg’s left hand.

“Waf’s dat?”

“Huh?”

Gulp!

Borka, who swallowed the cookie she was chewing, licked the crumbs on her mouth and asked again.

“What’s that?”

“Ah, this? It’s a bracelet.”

“Wow~ It’s pretty.”

Then the children’s attention focused on Greg.

“It really is pretty.”

“Where did you get it?”

“…Ethan-nim gave it to me.”

Borka, Kenny, and Elyssia didn’t show much reaction.

Borka was a child who calmed down if given food.

Kenny was more interested in inventions and tools.

Elyssia was a kind child who thought if her friend was happy, she was happy too.

But.

“Ethan-nim?”

“Oppa gave it to you? Really?”

“Mm-hmm.”

Hwaryon and Ponya’s atmosphere was subtly different.

Hwarin, who was with them, also seemed to have a slightly changed tone, but.

She slightly pulled out the necklace she was wearing around her neck and showed it off.

• There’s no need to do that even to the kids…

  “Contract. Terminated.”

• I’m sorry, contractor. This meddlesome Elkar seems to have been too impertinent.

  Of course, Hwarin, Hwaryon, and Ponya had already received great favors from Ethan.

  So it wasn’t to the extent of being genuinely jealous or envious.

  Just a feeling of being slightly concerned was mixed in their tone.

  “That’s nice.”

  “Yeah. It seems Oppa has lots of pretty necklaces and bracelets.”

  “I want to receive one too.”

  The children were chatting and playing like that in the playroom cum classroom, when.

• Creak.

  “So you were all gathered here.”

  “Levi unni?”

  Levi, dressed in comfortable clothes different from usual.

  Came in with the house servants.

  They too were all wearing not their usual neat attire.

  But black outfits with masks that barely revealed their eyes.

  “I have important news to tell you. Will you listen?”

  At the serious atmosphere unlike usual.

  Everyone nodded while keeping their mouths shut.

  “I need all of your help.”