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Mesugaki Tank Enters the Academy –
79

Mesugaki Tank Enters the Academy –
79

An additional reward, huh.

In the game, something like
this never happened.

The mere involvement of Agra
brought about new farming opportunities, so there was no reason to
expect additional rewards.

So, I have to see this as an
intervention from our Sloppy Lord.

If only you had done this much
from the beginning.

Then I wouldn’t have called
you sloppy, incompetent, sadistic, perverted trash, Armadi.

I’m sorry! Lord Armadi!

I know you have your fair
share of shortcomings, so please be understanding!

[Divine energy is being
enhanced.]

[The functionality of the
Cross Necklace is being strengthened.]

This is actually quite normal,
isn’t it?

I thought it wouldn’t be
surprising if the Sloppy Lord betrayed me again here.

Enhancing divine energy means
that the divine magic I use will become more effective, which is
certainly a welcome development.

Strengthening the necklace’s
functionality means what exactly?

Increasing luck?

Considering I guessed my way
through half of the last magic exam and still scored above fifty
percent, it seems like my luck is indeed good. But I’m not sure if I
encounter as much luck in daily life.

Anyway, there’s no reason to
refuse what’s being given, so I’ll gratefully accept it.

Compared to all the tricks
Agra pulled, this seems insignificant, but I’m sure even this would
have been tough for our Sloppy Lord.

I understand. What can he do?
He’s an incompetent trashy deity.

Provoking Armadi in my
thoughts again, another message window appeared.

Haha! What is this? Sloppy
Lord! Even you can’t resist the [Mesugaki] skill, can you?

[A random skill among those
you possess will be enhanced.]

…What? Randomly?

Wait. Wait a minute.

Sloppy. No, that’s not right.
Incompetent. That’s not it either. Anyway, Lord Armadi!

Please wait a moment.

I was being impolite! How
could I say that the reward is insufficient after receiving it!

I will personally go to the
Church to atone for my lack of virtue!

So please, remove the word
“random”!

Just seeing it makes me think
of an unlucky future, and I can’t stand it!

I don’t even need the reward,
please!

Though I desperately prayed as
if I were a mad person, Armadi could not understand a human’s heart.

[The [Mesugaki] Skill is
enhanced.]

Noooooo!

Unbelievable!

Out of all the skills I have,
why does it enhance the [Mesugaki] Skill?!

This is absurd! It’s rigged!

Hey, Armadi! Show me the
probability chart!

Is it filled with only the
[Mesugaki] Skill isn’t it?!

No matter how I think about
it, this doesn’t make sense.

I’m lucky, aren’t I?

You said you would enhance my
luck even more!

So why does the worst option
come up? Damn it!

Calm down.

You never know.

Enhancement doesn’t always
mean that the value increases.

Sometimes, even adding a
penalty can be considered enhancement.

So, maybe the translation of
the [Mesugaki] skill could have just become more refined.

Yes, that’s definitely it.

[Taunt ability is enhanced.
The rate of physical ability increase due to taunting is higher.]

That’s utter nonsense.

Armadi, you sloppy,
incompetent, sadistic, trash bastard.

Does it make sense for a deity
to mess with his apostle like this? Huh?!

Just wait and see.

I’ll make sure to stomp on
your head and call you the trash deity that got beaten by his own
apostle!

“Lucy Allen? Are you not
feeling well?”

As I was trying to control my
anger, Arthur, who had followed behind me, looked at me with concern.

From his perspective, it must
have seemed worrying that I stopped abruptly as soon as we reached
the safe zone.

But I couldn’t explain my
situation to Arthur.

How could I tell him that the
trash deity messed with me? So I just nodded.

Thanks to that Trash’s
mercy, my body was in peak condition, but I still looked like someone
seriously injured on the outside.

“Rest until the rescue
arrives. I’ll keep watch in the meantime.”

There was no reason to refuse
Arthur’s kindness, so I leaned against the wall and sighed.

After that, everything went
smoothly.

Nothing happened while Arthur
and I were in the safe section.

As we were resting, Karl and
the professors came and joined us.

Seeing my messed-up
appearance, Karl kept fussing over me, asking if I was okay.

He was so overbearing that he
wouldn’t even let me walk on my own.

Anyway, we were rescued, and
since I convinced them that it was impossible to defeat the dungeon
boss by normal means, we decided to escape the dungeon through the
entrance on the first floor.

Luca?

That bastard had somehow
joined the group of teachers.

The moment he saw Arthur safe,
he cried and wailed, making me think he would have made a fantastic
actor if he had been born in modern times.

And he was exceptionally good
at cutting ties.

The guy who handed over the
Magic Tool to Arthur had already taken his own life by the time we
got back.

Thanks to that, all the blame
fell on the professor who gave Arthur the Magic Tool, and Luca
remained just a pitiable victim.

I wanted to insist that he was
the culprit, but compared to my trashy reputation, Luca’s was far too
high, so I had to give up.

Without any evidence, anything
I said would sound like nonsense.

For now, I just had to wait
for the right moment to get back at him properly.

Of course due to the incident
some changes happened in the Academy.

For a few days, we couldn’t
enter the dungeon due to magical inspections.

Arthur insisted he should be
punished since it was partially his fault, so he had to spend a week
in the dormitory under probation.

Our match got cancelled
because of this whole mess, but those details aren’t very important.

Oh, there are two important
things left.

First, the positive news.

The underdog wins, as they
say.

“Here you go, Miss.”

When I received the pouch
containing ten platinum coins, each worth ten gold coins, from Karl,
I was overjoyed.

Thanks to Benedict, the doting
father, I already didn’t have to worry about money, and now I don’t
have to worry even more.

With this much money, I can
live extravagantly for a while without any issues.

What should I spend all this
money on?

Maybe I should ask Alsatine to
get me a decent shield.

Yeah, that sounds good.

The shield I’m currently using
is just a standard issue, and it breaks every time I fight a strong
enemy, forcing me to replace it.

Instead of such an item, I
should get a proper one.

What’s the best shield
available at the moment?

I’ll have to think about this.

“And, speaking of
which…”

“What?”

And one more thing.

This one is a bit of bad news.

After returning to the Academy
from the dungeon that day, I took Karl with me to test how the
[Mesugaki] skill had changed.

Since this damn skill could
have a direct negative impact on me, I needed to make sure it
wouldn’t cause any unexpected accidents.

The basic translation of the
[Mesugaki] skill hadn’t changed much.

Although the tone felt a bit
more casual, it was still just as insolent as ever.

The provocation effect had
definitely increased noticeably.

Even Karl, who is quite used
to my provocations, said that it was about time for me to stop,
indicating its strength.

If someone like Karl, who is
used to my typical provocations, reacted this way, how would others
or even monsters feel?

My physical abilities also
felt significantly enhanced.

I could somewhat withstand
Karl’s serious sword strikes, after all.

The problem, however, was that
the unique euphoria of the [Mesugaki] skill also increased.

Damn it. I seriously need to
find a way to get a mental resistance skill or something.

If I lose control and provoke
like I did yesterday, I might end up in big trouble someday.

Karl, who had been treated
like a dog ever since we met in the dungeon, continued with a bitter
smile.

“Lady Partan requested to
see you, Miss.”

Hearing that, I turned my head
and saw Joy standing behind me.

Whoa, when did she get there?

“Hello, Lady Allen.”

‘Hello, Joy.’

“Hi, Airhead Lady.”

???

Hey, [Mesugaki] Skill.

Why are you suddenly speaking
informally*? (*Formal vs informal is very different in English so
using hi instead of hello is an example of how I’ll show it.)

I used to be able to speak
formally when it was needed.

Why are you suddenly dropping
honorifics with Joy?!

Look! Now Joy is glaring at
me.

Considering Joy’s personality,
she’s probably just confused, but it’s still scary!

“Lady Allen, why are you
suddenly speaking informally?”

Joy closed her eyes for a
moment and then asked me that.

But even I couldn’t give her
an answer.

I don’t know either! Ever
since the Sloppy Lord enhanced it, it’s been acting like this. How
am I supposed to know?

Blame that Sloppy Incompetent
Lord!

‘I don’t know.’

“Just because. Is Airhead
Lady such a petty person that she can’t accept informal speech from
the person who saved her? Your thoughts are so scattered and yet you
are so narrow-minded? Fascinating.”

[Mesugaki] Skill’s snickering
made me look at Joy, who was staring at me with perplexed eyes,
making me feel my smile freeze.

Wow. This is a disaster.

I need to invite Joy to the
café, but at this rate, the Stoffe’s Special Ticket is doomed to
be rejected.

Can I fix this?

“Sigh.”

At the sight of Joy loudly
sighing, I mentally cringed.

Though [Mesugaki] Skill
straightened my shoulders in contrast.

Why on earth are you so
confident?!

“Lady Allen.”

‘Yes!’

“What? Airhead Lady?”

I waited for Joy’s response
with the heart of a prisoner awaiting their sentence.

I had barely raised her
affection during the entrance exam, and now I have to fall to the
bottom like this?!

It’s unfair! So unfair!

Damn Armadi!

You’re trying to make me
fail the quest, aren’t you?!

“I came today to deliver a
message from the Third Prince.”

This is roughly what Joy
conveyed.

Thank you for saving my life.

When my probation ends, I will
publicly acknowledge my defeat.

I still dislike being called
the Pitiful Prince, but I won’t make an issue out of it.

Instead, I will strive to
become someone you cannot pity.

“That’s it.
Congratulations, Lady Allen. Looks like you no longer have to worry
about being disliked by the Third Prince.”

Though Joy congratulated me in
her usual tone, because of my own guilt, it didn’t sound like a true
congratulations to me.

You mean it’s good that this
matter is resolved, right? Right?

“Well then, I should get
going. I have an appointment.”

As soon as the conversation
came to an end, Joy stood up.

What should I do?

If I let her leave just like
this, I feel like I might never get another chance to invite her.

But to ask someone who looks
so annoyed to hang out with me?

Ugh, whatever. I don’t know.
Let’s just do it and see what happens.

If worse comes to worst, I
could take Frey along. I don’t know if she can appreciate the taste
of cake, though.

‘Wait a moment!’

“Airhead Lady, stop.”

“What is it?”

I pulled out Stoffe’s Special
Ticket from my pocket and showed it to Joy.

‘This is Stoffe’s Special
Ticket!’

“Do you know what this
is?”

Joy’s eyes trembled violently
when she saw it.

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