episode_0045

As Alice was placing her hand on Arthur’s body while he was lying on the bed, she used her skill and could see the energy she had never felt before gathering in her hand and flowing into Arthur’s body.

After watching the light dust flowing into Arthur’s body for a moment, Alice suddenly felt dizzy with a headache.

Sweat was pouring out of her entire body and blood was running from her nose, but the hand that was using the skill did not move, and after more than ten minutes of suffering, seeing the light dust no longer coming out of her hand, Alice could instinctively tell that the use of the skill was finally over.

And as if to show that Alice’s thoughts were correct, a status window appeared before my eyes.

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Results of using [Noble Sacrifice (SSS)].

(Cast target: Arthur)

[List of successful achievements]

-Curse of Insensibility (SS)

-Curse of Weakness (SS)

-Curse of Incurability (SS)

[List of failed attempts]

-The Devil’s Curse (SSS)

-Curse of Oblivion (SS)

-Curse of Half-Blindness (S)

[Probability of giving]

-S(71%), SS(36%), SSS(3.6%)

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“… ”

This isn’t too bad.. I think it’s the best result since I got rid of the 3 most annoying curses..?

At that moment, Alice’s eyes turned to the phrase written at the very bottom.

The probability of success..? What, the S-class curse had a 71% chance of failing? How can I be this unlucky..

However, Alice’s thoughts immediately changed when she saw the probability of the SS-class curse being unleashed.

SS-class is 36%? How did it succeed in 3 of them..?

As she read the status window for a long time, the corners of Aris’ mouth began to rise.

Okay! I think it worked as well as I expected.

I would like to wake Arthur up right now and ask him how he is doing, but… I guess there’s nothing I can do given the circumstances. I’ll have to ask him later when he wakes up.

With a satisfied smile, I erased the existing status window with my hand, and a new status window appeared before my eyes.

A status window that shows the amount of life consumed by using skills.

And Alice’s expression as she looked at this suddenly darkened.

Oh… This much was consumed? This was consumed much more than I expected…

Alice slapped herself on the cheeks with both hands.

Looking at the pain, it seems like he’s still alive… Fortunately, he didn’t die right away. Or maybe he just barely survived.

I heard that if a person lives very long, they can live until they are 100 years old.. Since I am 20 years old now, if I subtract 20 from the wasted lifespan from 100 years old..?

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Did I do the math wrong? There’s no way I only have this much life left, um… yeah! I guess I’m dizzy right now and I did the math wrong.

Alice, who did not want to believe the truth, thought that her calculations were wrong and escaped reality, but even when she brought paper and calculated, her remaining lifespan did not change.

“Status window.”

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Name: Arthur

[Ability]

Stamina -10

Strength-10

Agility-10

Horsepower-1

[blessing]

-doesn’t exist

[Skill]

-SSS (Sir)

-Master of Mana (SSS)

-Warrior (SSS) (Seal)

[curse]

-The Devil’s Curse (SSS)

-Curse of Oblivion (SS)

-Curse of Half-Blindness (S)

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Yeah.. let’s think positively.

Half of the annoying curses in the status window have disappeared, and Arthur can now increase his abilities and magic power.

Arthur will be able to recover from now on and live happily like before.

Be happy…for the rest of your life.

“How much time is left..”

5 years? Or 1 year?

Maybe next month..

Maybe tomorrow, or in a few hours.

“Ah.. I want to continue living with Arthur… I don’t want to die…”

Clearly, Alice thought she had prepared herself mentally before using the skill, but she couldn’t help but feel weak when faced with the fear of impending death.

Eventually, Alice closed her eyes tightly, and after a while, only the sound of small sobs could be heard in the room.

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Casting, casting, casting.

“Ugh…”

Arthur woke up to the sensation of someone touching him, opened his eyes, turned his head to look to the side, and saw Alice fiddling with his left hand.

“Aris?”

Alice flinched at Arthur’s words, then stammered as she answered.

“This.. This one was really cold, so I was m..massaging it.”

But Arthur felt that it was not like a normal massage. Because he felt unfamiliar emotions from Alice’s touch. Emotions like fear and sadness.

Only then did Arthur look straight at Alice’s face and notice the tear stains on her face.

“Aris..? Did you cry?”

Alice looked surprised at Arthur’s words and shook her head, strongly denying it.

“What are you talking about, why am I crying!”

“I guess it’s because I yawned earlier, and I have somewhere to go right now….”

Alice showed off her natural acting and her usual bright appearance, drawing Arthur’s attention, and Arthur, who had just woken up from a deep sleep, easily overlooked it, thinking that he must have seen something wrong because he was half-asleep.

“Anyway! Let’s go out quickly!”

Seeing Aris smiling and extending her hand as usual, Arthur also smiled and followed her out of the room, holding her hand.

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“But where are we going?”

“Where are you going? You’re going to your department office?”

“Why there..?”

“What are you talking about? Today is the day your final grades for your undergraduate program come out.”

Oh.. that’s right. Now that I think about it, today was the day they announced grades.. but I would have been completely screwed…

Arthur had taken his final exam a few days ago, and of course he was in a terrible state. He had done somewhat better on the written test, but on the practical test, he was not only bad at using magic, but also bad at handling a sword, so he was unable to do anything in the duel and ended up getting beaten.

“Iris, is it really necessary to see it?”

Arthur, who didn’t really want to see her, subtly expressed his rejection, but Alice responded firmly.

“Arthur, I know what you’re worried about.. but you know it’s unavoidable, right?”

“..Okay.”

Walk like that for a while.

Before they knew it, Arthur and Alice had arrived in front of the faculty office, and they could also see the report cards posted on the bulletin board next to it.

“Hmm… Where could Arthur’s name be..?”

As Alice was reading the names from the top, Arthur poked her in the side and pointed to the bottom of the report card with his index finger.

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Final rankings for the first semester of the first year of the Faculty of Magic.

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287. Arthur

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Alice was speechless at the much lower ranking than she had expected, and when Arthur, who was next to her, did not even speak, the atmosphere between the two quickly became cold.

This is a big deal.. First of all, what should I do about this atmosphere?

“Ahem.. My grades are higher than I expected? Good job, Arthur!”

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“You lost your memory but didn’t come in last, so I guess you have talent?”

“There are 13 people below.. And I’ll be able to see you better next semester..”

Arthur’s eyes lost all life at Alice’s words that did not even sound like comfort.

Isn’t this it? Oh… this is serious!! This is a real emergency!

“I’ll just go..”

Arthur was so offended that he turned away without even listening to Alice’s answer.

“Okay..Wait a minute!! Arthur!! Stop it!”

But Arthur did not stop despite Alice’s words, and in the end Alice had no choice but to grab Arthur’s shoulder and stop him.

“Sorry, I actually have some good news.. I just thought it would be okay to tell you when you’re feeling down about your grades, that’s definitely not what I meant!”

Arthur also seemed interested in Alice’s words and turned his head to look at Alice. Arthur didn’t say anything, but responded with his facial expression. Tell me something.

Phew… Now I’m really talking.

Alice turned Arthur’s body around, grabbed Arthur’s left hand with both hands, and opened her mouth with a smile.

“Arthur, now you can use magic! So…”

But before she could finish speaking, Alice could see Arthur burst into tears. And very sadly.

“Huh? Arthur, what’s wrong? That’s good news… You can now use your favorite magic?”

-Tak!

Arthur, who had finally pushed away Alice’s hand, began to get angry and wiped away his tears with his hand.

“Why are you like this today!!!”

“Ugh… why are you joking like that..? It’s really bad! It’s bad!!”

Are you kidding me? What are you talking about, Arthur?

It was then that Alice realized she had missed something important.

Telling someone who has never used mana in their entire life that they can use magic? As the listener, I couldn’t help but think that they were making fun of themselves.

So Alice quickly began to explain to Arthur.

“Calm down!! This is not a joke!!!”

But when Arthur continued to cry without listening to her, Alice grabbed Arthur’s hand again and drained her mana.

“…?”

Arthur also felt something and stopped crying, and began to focus on the mana flowing into him.

“Arthur, this is really not a lie or a joke. Among the abilities I have, there is the ability to change your… ahem, constitution, but I only recently became stronger and was able to use it.”

Arthur had no choice but to believe Mana and Alice’s words, which he felt for the first time in his life.

“So…so I can use mana now too? Really? This isn’t a dream, right..?”

Arthur hugged Alice along with the words.

“Thank you.. I really love you, Alice..”

“And I’m sorry I didn’t believe what you said earlier.. I was actually about to give up…”

“It’s okay, I was wrong for speaking too hastily. If I were you, I would have thought the same thing.”

But Arthur’s joy at Alice’s words did not last long.

Arthur cautiously asked Alice another question.

“Aris.. But as far as I know, that kind of ability.. I know it requires a ‘price’.. Do you by any chance…?”

Alice wanted Arthur to just be happy and move on, but unfortunately Arthur’s gaze was not ordinary.

“Ah.. the price is right..”

Well… I can’t say that I spent almost all of my life on it! Arthur would be really sad if he found out that I used up a lot of my life to use the skill.

“Why aren’t you saying anything.. Could it be that you’re paying a huge price…”

“Ah.. No, Arthur. It was just a few days of weakness, so you don’t have to worry about it too much, right?”

“Really? That’s fortunate.. You’re more important to me than me using magic.. Just in case… Then I don’t have to worry, right..?”

Get your mind together. You can’t break down here. Just act like you always do, like nothing happened.

“Then! Arthur, now we just have to be happy.”

Although Alice succeeded in acting perfectly, she could not completely hide the sadness on her face. However, Arthur was unable to see her face because he was in Alice’s arms, and in the end, Alice succeeded in deceiving Arthur.

If I just keep quiet, Arthur will never know, so it’ll be okay…

Alice was relieved that she had succeeded in hiding the truth, but she did not know whether this decision would be unfortunate or fortunate.