episode_0081

Even after listening to Lena’s explanation, doubts still lingered.

“First of all… you’re not an enemy, right?”

“It’s disappointing. After spending all this time together, are you still so guarded?”

If you were like me, would you not be guarded?

It was a shock similar to when a fellow trainee from the military training camp, where we trained together for a month, revealed on graduation day, “Actually, I’m a woman.”

Was she trying to ease the tension by removing the current flowing through my body?

She sat back down, picked up a whiskey bottle, and handed it to me.

“Ale Chloe. Who else would be as openly on your side as me? I designed this character myself.”

“What?”

So, it was true that Lager had not conceived this character.

“Other authors are fine with characters they’ve conceived, but you’re not an author, so you don’t have those basic settings. That’s why I had to create them.”

“Wait, so you didn’t give me the ability to use a tablet because I draw?”

“No, that was just an early limited-time bonus. Your ability has nothing to do with tablets.”

Why did I feel like a new user complaining about not receiving a limited-time item?

I accepted the drink Lena handed me, opened another packet of snacks, and the savory smell of cheese filled the air.

“Should I make ramen?”

I just opened the snacks, what is she talking about?

As I tried to make a point, Lena’s nonchalant eating habits were so characteristic of her.

I was a bit confused again.

When I thought about it, apart from being righteous, Lena’s character was not at all like that of a god.

“Don’t see me like that.”

She hadn’t even said she would eat, but Lena was already filling a pot with water on the gas stove.

Now I understood why she was so carefree.

“Are you making two?”

You just need to drink the broth, why make two if you’ve already eaten that many snacks?

“Why are you acting like a cockroach? I bought it.”

“You caught me.”

“It shows on your face.”

Come to think of it, I didn’t need to feel bad.

It was fine that she made ramen, but there was no pot stand for the ramen pot.

As I looked around, wondering what to do, Lena gestured to me while holding the pot.

“It worked out well. Ale, make a pot stand.”

“What are you talking about?”

It was a bit scary until she revealed her true identity, but knowing that she wasn’t trying to harm me but rather help me, I felt a bit relieved.

Honestly, if her behavior so far had been that of a god, she was quite insignificant.

“There’s nothing, man.”

“Make it through meditation.”

“Meditation?”

“Yeah. Why would I suddenly make you meditate? Why meditate?”

Can this work?

I adjusted my posture, closed my eyes, and began to meditate. It was as easy as meditating in a plank position.

Soon, a figure appeared in my mind, with blue veins pulsating rapidly…

“Wait, are you crazy? I told you to make a pot stand, not channel mana inside your body.”

Lena, in a completely ungodly tone, reprimanded me and placed the pot back on the gas stove.

And then, unable to bear the sight of the noodles swelling up, she hurriedly brought another paper cup and transferred the noodles, blowing on them to cool them down.

“Oops….”

As the broth spilled on her hand, Lena shook her shoulders in dismay.

“Hey, tell me honestly. Is this a prank? You’re not a god, right?”

“Yes, I am. I created the character, Ale Cloi, for Cha Yujin to enter.”

“Don’t lie. Lager already told me everything. You’re trying to get back at me for running away to Yeongchang. He even told you the name Cha Yujin, right?”

“No, I’m really a god. I just know it.”

“The gods I know can split the sea, resurrect the dead, or even wield a cool hammer. What are you?”

“What’s wrong with me?”

“I’ve never seen a petty god like you who gets flustered over ramen broth.”

Lena retorted with an indignant expression.

“These days, all gods are petty! You seem to know nothing about the latest chicken trend.”

“Yes, sir, I need to create a ramen base, so please be quiet.”

“Ugh, just do it.”

Setting down the paper cup, Lena threatened in front of the gas stove, waving her fist cutely.

It’s amazing how important a person’s appearance can be.

Anyway, let’s gather my thoughts again and meditate.

“…Oh.”

I’ve always focused on the flow within my body when using mana, so I never thought about materializing it through another medium.

But when I decided to do it, it wasn’t difficult.

“Oh.”

A pot stand was quickly visualized in my mind.

The method of manifesting it was already familiar to me.

By imagining the substance drawn in my mind being pulled outwards… in detail.

Snap.

“Done!”

The ramen base was created.

Creating something out of nothing, am I a god?!

“Well done. Now hurry up and serve the alcohol.”

“Sir, when will you leave?”

“There’s still some time before the curfew, right?”

“Can’t you leave early?”

“Don’t want to?”

Lena shrugged naturally and heated up the ramen noodles she had already prepared.

I decided to enjoy it as well. Following Lena’s lead, I dipped the noodles in the broth and slurped them up.

After filling my stomach and feeling invigorated, a strange curiosity arose again.

“But Lena, if I stabbed a lot of people with my tail and they were all destined to die that day, what would happen next?”

“Well, I would impersonate all those people and live on.”

“Shadow clone jutsu?”

Once again, Lena teased me, scratching her head as if to complain.

“Even if I’m a god, impersonating hundreds or thousands of people at once isn’t that impressive. If something like that happens, I’ll take care of it, so don’t worry.”

“Hmm….”

It’s not easy to believe, after all.

Maybe that’s why I couldn’t believe in religion on Earth.

“But you need to practice that ability diligently.”

“Why? Can’t I just summon a gun and shoot it now?”

“Try it, once.”

As if it wasn’t such a simple matter, Lena suggested, shaking her head.

Creating a gun wasn’t that difficult. Just imagine the shape of a gun in your mind and pull it out.

But the problem is.

Tick, tick, tick.

“It’s not coming out?”

“That’s right.”

“Why isn’t this working?”

“From now on, this is the area you need to focus on.”

A pot stand can fulfill its role just by existing, and its role isn’t grand enough to require much effort to manifest it. But a gun is different. Its bullets are objects condensed with mana.

The appearance of the gun and the process of firing bullets by sending mana into it are not visualized.

This is just a toy gun.

“If that’s the case, why not just use your ability with a sword….”

“Swords and spears are the same. If you can’t infuse mana into them, you’ll only get something worse than a kitchen knife or a flagpole.”

In the end, it’s back to square one.

Without enhancing proficiency in mana, you’re still just as incompetent.

“Well, I got it.”

Anyway, now that I know there’s a way.

I have to try again.

To return to being a fighting heroine.

“But when are you really leaving?”

“There’s still alcohol left….”

“Isn’t roll call soon?”

“I’ll go. I’m going!”

First, let’s chase away this drunkard.