episode_0046

‘I actually came out because I thought it would be a distraction.’

Siron left the training room and walked around the grounds of the mansion. I wasn’t there because I had anything to do, so I didn’t have a good place to go.

‘What should I do now?’

I decided to practice meditation in the morning, but since I found out that I can’t practice meditation, my time was completely empty.

‘If I wanted to swing a sword, I already did it at dawn.’

Siron thought about what to do next, but no matter how much he thought about it, there was nothing he could do.

Siriel said that training through meditation takes more time than expected.

According to the schedule prepared by Yohan, Siriel spends about 4 hours a day learning and using mental techniques.

Siron had also allocated 4 hours of the day to that.

‘by the way. Why is he following me instead of going to class?’

After walking in vain, Siron, who was walking through the garden of the mansion, turned towards Siriel, who was groaning behind him.

“Siriel.”

“Uh, huh?”

“Can I stop practicing meditation today?”

Was it because he spoke out of the blue?

Siriel, startled, froze for a moment and then tilted her head.

“…What is cutting? This is my first time hearing that word.”

“I mean, is it okay to skip the meditation training? Even if you couldn’t practice meditation with me, you could still do it with Lucia.”

Siriel thought about Siron’s question for a moment and then opened her mouth.

“I just wanted to follow you because I was worried about my brother.”

“Were you worried about me?”

“Yes.”

Siron was a little surprised and burst out laughing, but Siriel lowered her head without laughing.

“Brother and Lucia. It felt like a fight.”

“Hmm…”

Siron tried to deny her words but stopped.

Perhaps it was because his dejected appearance made everyone feel weak, but he couldn’t think of an excuse.

When I thought about it, I couldn’t say that the atmosphere just a moment ago was particularly good. Siron imagined himself reflected from the outside.

‘Did it seem to Siriel that I was disappointed and ran away?’

I unintentionally caused concern.

I don’t know because I don’t have a way to check the facial expression directly.

If Siriel, who had such a bright personality, was worried, Siron’s expression at that time must have been uncomfortable to see.

Siron chuckled and put his arm around Siriel.

“It wasn’t a fight, so you don’t have to worry.”

“Why are you smiling…”

Then Siriel lowered her head and kicked the stone. Because it felt like Siron was making fun of her.

Over the past few weeks, Siriel’s social skills have improved a lot. She can now read the mood and act without having to hear it directly.

“It’s just because you’re amazing.”

Siron put his hand in his pocket and took out some candy. It was Siriel’s favorite lemon flavor.

“…”

With her favorite candy in front of her, Siriel hesitated for a moment.

But she couldn’t resist the temptation, so she closed her eyes and ate the lemon candy.

“Yes, yes. It’s delicious.”

Siriel trembled slightly as if enjoying the sour taste.

In this way, Siron put candy in Siriel’s mouth every time she did something cute.

The number of candies he offered to Siriel had already begun to easily exceed double digits.

At first, it was candy that was stuffed into the body as a personal item, but now the main purpose was to increase Siriel’s favorability.

If you think about it, it was an amazing thing.

Even if it’s just a bit of junk in the game, it can be useful if you look for it carefully. Currently, various items have settled into Siron’s body.

Siron patted Siriel as if he were handling a tiger cub.

‘Please just grow up like this.’

That was Siron’s small wish.

The emotions of a child who was not a reincarnated person, a possessed person, or anything else were not complicated, so it was easy to deal with them.

‘Now that I think about it.’

Siron, who had been watching Siriel munching on the candy for a moment, looked around.

Spring has just arrived and the flowers are blooming in abundance.

I haven’t had a proper rest since I became possessed by the game.

Whether it was training or research, I spent the rest of my time making a good impression on characters in the game who might be of help in the future.

‘The mental method of accumulating and managing mana in the body… requires a little organizing of thoughts. ‘Let’s think about it later.’

There’s nothing better than a walk to clear your head. Siron decided to look around the gardens located throughout the grounds of the mansion.

“By the way.”

“Huh?”

“Won’t I get scolded later for missing the law class?”

“Ah…”

“I don’t know about John, but I think his uncle will scold him.”

“Well, if you tell me well, it’ll be fine!”

After saying that, Siriel followed Siron as he walked through the garden.

If you look at it from the side, the word snap comes to mind.

Siriel, who even held hands, showed Siron around the garden.

*

After circling the mansion grounds several times, Siron was able to return to the annex.

The dry spring weather made him thirsty, so Siron pulled a water bottle from his shoulder.

A relic with the function of expanding inventory. This is the use that was revealed after absorbing that ability.

‘It’s still cold.’

The well water that came out in the early morning four days ago maintained its original temperature even though some time had passed.

In this way, Siron occasionally checked to see how far his current abilities could be utilized.

The ability that Siron called ‘storage’ was very useful, as it allowed the stored items to be removed from anywhere in the body without decay or damage.

‘The only things that can be used now are the abilities of the relic and the holy sword…’

Since I can’t circulate mana, I can’t naturally use the art of strong energy.

However, not being able to use strong skills was not a big problem for Siron. Because Siron had the Holy Sword, the sharpest sword in the world.

The sharpness of the holy sword was so great that it cut through the skin of Ophelia, the guardian of the Castle of Dawn.

‘It’s better than half-hearted strength.’

In this way, the means of attack were solved, but the means of defense were the problem.

Not being able to handle strong energy means that you cannot use self-defense energy, which increases your defense by creating a barrier of strong energy around your body.

Thanks to the system, I could have waited for my defense to naturally increase as I trained, but even so, I could not achieve self-defense with an invisible shell on the outside.

The buff, which was like a kind of armor, had the effect of nullifying damage below a certain amount.

In my memories, Lucia’s self-defense skills were not as strong as attacks from ordinary mobs.

Moreover, it is not even Lucia, but Shiron. It was extremely dangerous to play with a character that was no different from trash without even applying a buff.

Especially if you only have one life.

Siron took out a notebook from his pocket.

‘I should abandon the route of learning mana.’

Siron tore off some of the useless pages and threw them into the stove.

After dealing with Gangi, I was planning to go out and collect relics. One of the plans went completely wrong.

‘Next plan.’

Siron turned the pages of his notebook.

Results of the experiment. Objects in the ‘stored’ state could be retrieved not only from the hands and feet, but also from the mouth or the top of the head.

It could have even stopped the moment it was taken out.

One day, I briefly took out the holy sword with the tip of my finger.

I still vividly remember pressing my finger against the plate and tracing it, and the plate split neatly in half.

“…Will this work too?”

Suddenly, a curiosity arose. If I bring up an unequipped shield under my skin, will my attacks be blocked?

There was no hesitation. Siron took out a fork from the solar plexus.

Where should I take the picture? It didn’t take long to think about it. The place that is invisible to others is the thigh.

Siron struck down the fork with all his might.

Kang-!

The sound of sharp metal hitting each other was heard.

“…”

When I lifted my clothes, I saw four red dots. While the thigh was barely dripping with blood, the fork was crushed to a miserable state.

The relatively soft fork ended up getting stuck in the gauntlet just below the skin.

“This is it.”

A shiver ran through my whole body.

Siron quickly wrote down what he found out.

‘I guess most attacks can be blocked?’

And then a certain item came to mind.

[Shield of Chesed]

‘Reincarnation Sword God’ was a game that did not have a leveling system and the user could not directly adjust the difficulty of the game.

Should I say instead,

The difficulty of battle changes significantly depending on which characters the user encounters, which items to wear, and which options to choose.

Chesed’s shield, which nullified attacks it encountered, had deceptive abilities, but it also had a fatal problem.

However, Siron, who was unable to use his self-defense skills, was in no position to take risks.

Siron smiled pleasantly as a number of ways to use it came to mind, but a sad sigh came out of his smiling mouth.

Unlike the Holy Sword, which was easy to obtain because the starting area was Dawn Castle, Hesed’s Shield was located in Holy Emperor Island, where Siron cannot currently go.

‘It’s too dangerous a place to go now.’

You need to collect relics to become stronger, and in order to collect relics, you need to become stronger.

Resolving this contradiction is a priority.

‘Even so, it doesn’t mean that there is no way.’

Siron prepared to meet Hugo.

*

Hugo’s office.

“I’m going to do something crazy, so please give me permission.”

“Umm…”

Hugo groaned at the words that came out of his nephew’s grim-faced mouth.