The Absolute Beings Obsessed with My Defeat Addiction – CH 45 MTL

I Think Glasses Would Suit You…
“I’ll be looking forward to it.”
With those words, the Marquis returned to Silvesta’s territory.
Helen’s mind was a mess as she saw off the head of the family.
Being considered as a candidate for the next head of the family was something Helen had always wanted.
She should be happy, but she felt uneasy, as if a stone had lodged in her heart.
“You’re taking it rather calmly.”
Perhaps Veren had read her attitude.
He asked with his signature sly smile.
“I’m happy. It’s what I’ve always wanted. I’m enjoying the greatest joy in my own way right now.”
“Then why the long face?”
She looked up at Veren.
Her brother, three years her senior.
He was the closest of her siblings, and they had spent the most time together.
She always made fun of Veren for losing to Uris, but she was close enough to him to go to his matches in person.
She knew very well why Veren had given up the succession.
-I want to be the best knight in the Empire. I don’t want to think about anything other than training my sword.
Veren had dreamed of becoming the best knight in the Empire for a very long time.
Helen had watched him practice tirelessly every day from the closest possible vantage point.
She knew better than anyone how sincere he was about the sword.
Just as she knew Veren well, Veren knew Helen well too.
He knew that if she were truly happy, she would be jumping up and down in the spot where the head of the family had stood.
“Anyone else would think you didn’t want to go back home.”
Helen bit her lip at Veren’s words.
“That’s not it.”
She wanted to be the head of Silvesta more than anyone.
The reason she pursued the family’s perfection so much was because it was the family she would be ruling in the future.
“You don’t think I know what you look like when you’re happy, do you?”
“……”
How could she say it?
That it was because of a man who had shattered her illusions and instilled in her a sense of defeat.
“…I don’t know why you’re hesitating, but you have to be willing to give something up to achieve the goal you really want.”
Veren’s words were more persuasive than ever.
After all, he was the one who had given up the position of the next head of the family for his own goals.
“I know.”
“I can’t force you to do anything, but I hope you make a wise choice.”
“……”
Having said that, Veren packed his bags.
“I have something I need to finish, so I’ll go ahead.”
Helen quietly watched Veren’s back as he returned to the Knights.
It was a moment when she felt the weight of his choice, even if only a little.
“Haa.”
What should I do?
Helen bit her lip as she pondered.
“Thinking about it alone won’t get me anywhere.”
Then it would be better to go directly.
Go and ask Max.
Ask him if he would like to go to Silvesta’s territory with her.
“Let’s go.”
She hurried to get ready to leave.

“……”
On the way to the Illusion Theater.
While passing through the shopping district, Helen stopped and stood in front of a store.
It was a pair of thin, round glasses.
She had heard that these glasses were popular among noble men these days.
Some nobles wore them for practical purposes, but they were so popular that others wore them simply for fashion.
As soon as she saw the glasses, she thought of Max wearing them.
-Are you admitting that you’re an underachiever?
Professor Max, coldly snapping at her.
His appearance in the illusion was as sharp as an ice pick.
-I don’t need glasses. My eyesight is fine.
The real Max had a more down-to-earth feel to him.
And he was surprisingly sturdy.
And he had the intelligence to handle that difficult illusion magic in an instant.
He was the same as the Max in the illusion, but his slightly easygoing personality was the only difference.
‘He’d look good in them.’
Helen imagined Max as she looked at the glasses on display in the store.
Max wearing square horn-rimmed glasses.
Max wearing thin, round glasses.
Max wearing glasses that were square but had a sleeker feel than horn-rimmed glasses.
Images of Max wearing various glasses in the store kept popping up in Helen’s head as if the brakes had failed.
In Helen’s mind, which was creating countless Maxes in glasses, an image of Max shrugging his shoulders came to mind.
-I’m not rich enough to spend money on things like that.
As he said, glasses were not cheap.
They were only popular among nobles because of their high price.
The technology to make the lenses and the technology to make the thin frames were all so expensive that ordinary people couldn’t afford them.
In particular, the price varied greatly depending on the material used for the frame.
Even the cheapest material for glasses frames, steel, was said to use Clamio steel, which was sensitive to mana.
It was a steel that was only found in certain areas, so it was as expensive as gold of the same weight.
‘Would he like it if I bought one and gave it to him as a gift?’
She imagined what it would be like if the current Max received the displayed glasses as a gift.
‘He’d look pretty good in them.’
Helen suddenly came to her senses as she imagined.
‘Get a grip. What are you thinking?’
It was obvious that he would think it was strange if she suddenly gave him such expensive glasses as a gift.
This was not something to give as a casual gift.
It was close to a daily necessity for Helen of the Silvesta family, but it would be an expensive luxury for Max, who was just an ordinary person.
‘He’s just the owner of a store I frequent.’
What’s wrong with giving glasses as a gift?
Helen’s inner voice whispered reassuringly.
But.
‘No. Still, if I give him such an expensive gift when we’re not even that close, he’ll feel burdened.’
Besides, strange rumors might spread.
Unnecessary gossip that the daughter of the Silvesta family was in love with an illusion magician.
She hadn’t even been properly nominated as a candidate for the next head of the family yet.
In this situation, an unnecessary scandal would be fatal to Helen.
Now was the time to be proper in body and conduct.
‘I did well to resist. Let’s reduce things that cause unnecessary misunderstandings.’
She sighed in relief and headed back to the Illusion Theater.

“This should prevent any immediate sparking problems.”
I wiped the sweat from my forehead after repairing the magic circle.
I had adequately compensated for the durability issues revealed by Uris.
For the time being, I solved the ‘noise phenomenon’ caused by the durability defect by repairing it with several layers of augmentation magic circles.
I couldn’t solve the fundamental problem of temporary shorts caused by excessive information, but I increased the durability of the information processing to enable even higher levels of computation.
If my master came back and examined this magic circle, he would be appalled at why I had finished it in such a way.
‘But this is the only way I can do it right now.’
I had no choice but to use it temporarily until I received a reply from my master.
“This should prevent a short circuit unless someone gets really excited.”
I was checking the repaired magic circle for the last time.
Knock knock knock.
A customer had arrived.
“Oh, long time no see.”
It was Helen who had come to the store.
“What brings you here at this hour?”
Helen usually came after the academy finished classes, after 5 p.m.
She had occasionally come after lunch on days when she only had morning classes, but this was the first time she had come before lunchtime.
“The academy is closed today, so I came.”
“Ah, today was a holiday.”
“Can I come in?”
“Of course.”
She came into the store and sat at the consultation table, hesitating.
“Did you come to see the sequel to the video you saw before?”
“No.”
“Then you came to see a new story.”
“I didn’t come to see a video today… I came to make a proposal.”
“A proposal?”
“Yes.”
After a moment of silence, she looked at me and said.
“Would you like to come to Silvesta’s territory with me?”
“Excuse me?”
“I think very highly of your abilities, Professor, no, Max. It’s not just because I liked the illusion I saw with that magic circle… W-well, of course, I liked it too! But apart from that, I think you’re a very talented illusion magician.”
Helen, who had been rambling, sighed deeply.
“So I want you to use that ability for me. Not just for me, but for the Silvesta family.”
“Are you trying to scout me?”
“That’s right. The position is the chief magician in the territory, and if I become the head of the family, I can even give you the position of commander of the magicians’ corps in the territory. No one in the territory will dare to object to any magic you use.”
Scouting.
It was a very unfamiliar word.
How often would there be a need to scout an illusion magician?
“I know that the Silvesta family’s strength comes from its vast farmland, mines, and fine grapes and wine. It doesn’t seem like there’s anything for me to do there.”
“You can create work. If I become the head of the family, you won’t even have to look for it. Who’s going to say anything when I’m the head of the family?”
Helen’s face showed a stronger will than ever before.
This is troublesome.
Capable men are so tiring.
“I’m sorry. I appreciate the offer, but I’ll have to decline.”
“…Are you serious?”
“Yes. I’m doing this because I enjoy it. If I were scouted to Helen’s territory, I wouldn’t be able to do what I wanted to do.”
“Y-you can still do it! I’ll be a customer for you…”
“It’s not enough.”
“What?”
“I opened this store because I wanted to extract and satisfy the desires of various people. Satisfying only Helen’s desires is not what I wanted.”
To create something that anyone can use as fap material in a fantasy world.
That was why I opened this store.
It was also the same reason why I rejected all the other magic and chose illusion magic.
If I followed Helen Silvesta and became a magician in her territory, there was a high possibility that I would not be able to do what I wanted.
It was a rule that magicians belonging to the territory had to report all their magic to the higher-ups.
Even the contents of the videos.
‘Even if Helen guarantees me the most convenience, there will inevitably be intervention.’
Besides, if I worked for the territory, it might be impossible to produce the fap material that I truly wanted.
In order to maintain my position as a territory magician, I would have to continue to show that much performance.
No matter how much Helen was, she couldn’t keep covering for me just for making fap material.
‘Even if Sylvester is big, it probably doesn’t have as many different kinds of people as the Imperial Capital.’
The Imperial Capital was truly the center of the world, where all the cultures and races of the continent mixed.
As many people came, so too did various desires wriggle in this land.
The more I encountered diverse desires, the more colorful works would come out—that was my theory of art.
I had already spread my mat in a good spot, so there was no reason to move to another place.
At my words, Helen bit her lip.
“Are you serious?”
“Yes. I’m sorry.”
“I didn’t expect to be rejected.”
“If the store goes bankrupt later, please offer again then.”
“There might not be a next time.”
“Then there’s nothing I can do. I’ll just have to do day labor.”
“……”
Helen, with a sulky face, puffed out her cheeks.
“Fine. I don’t intend to force someone who doesn’t want to.”
“Then are you going back?”
“No.”
“You clearly said you wouldn’t watch the video today…”
“I changed my mind.”
Helen glared at me with her arms crossed.
“I hope you’ll show me the best video you can show today.”
“You wouldn’t be satisfied with a behind-the-scenes story from the previous video, would you?”
“I’ll leave that to the store owner’s judgment.”
“Then shall we do a survey on paper for the first time in a while?”
I took out the survey paper and handed it to her.