chapter 152
152.Tell Me Your Wish (7)
This is a different story.
Until now, I thought I wouldn’t be able to enter the secret library.
To put it bluntly, I felt it was a bit delicate to say that my ability was a once-in-a-millennium talent.
Crafting skills must be a bit rare…
[Contractor, are you going in? It’s at the level of begging to come in, but that-]
“…I’m not sure.”
Honestly, it’s not that difficult compared to the dungeons I’ve been through so far, and if you’re determined and try to clear it, you’ll be able to beat it in a couple of hours.
However, I was disappointed that I could not take the reward outside. To be precise, the problem is that I can only take ‘my’ compensation. Putting aside my power-ups, it was no different from my point of view, as I would rather raise children like Elisa and Shuri.
I can’t even guess what reward I will get.
Well, it doesn’t give you something like the ‘standard of shoveling’, does it?
“…Lue. Are there any magic tools installed nearby?”
[There is something on the bookshelf next to the purple book.]
At those words, I looked at the top of the bookshelf that Lu had mentioned. When I looked closely, I saw something sparkling purple. It was about the size of a glass bead, so it would have been difficult to find it if Lue hadn’t sensed it. I picked up the item.
“Lue, is this working?”
[It’s working very well.]
“Rue. “Can it erode?”
[Things like this are a piece of cake.]
After all, a grimoire.
It was a confident answer, befitting a member of the grimoire with the nickname of the ultimate magic tool.
Lue’s tentacles, which were hanging from my waist her her, wrapped around her her beads her her her. When the bead that was wrapped in an instant reappeared before my eyes, it had become a bead scattering red light.
I will now be able to manipulate the beads that have been infiltrated with Lue’s magic
I placed the magic tool in its original place. I don’t know if he is awake or not, but if he injects Lue’s magical power, which contains strange magical powers, into the magic tool, control will be transferred to Lue, so he will be able to plant false information.
“Rue. Delete all my information.”
[I heard you pamper yourself too much…]
“I’m showing you the world the way you want. “I even promised to set them free when I die.”
[Okay, okay.]
“First of all, we won’t be able to monitor it… “
As long as the authority was forcibly handed over to Lue, this was my property. You can collect it like this, but it won’t be too late to do it after this incident is over. I glanced at Lue, who was using my meager magical power to manipulate magic tools, and opened the purple book.
Hmm.
How many pages was it?
Page 231? It’s meaningless since the doors don’t open during this time, but since you’re in the same place as the original, wouldn’t it be nice to see something like this?
As expected, it was blank so it didn’t mean much. I put the book back where it was and turned around.
If I had to go to work tomorrow, I had to make up for enough sleep time.
“I guess I’ll have to gather them all and send them out in the near future.”
When people’s curiosity fades a little, that is the time for us to move.
I jumped into the tunnel.
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“Is everyone gathered?”
Immediately after all classes were over, I invited everyone to participate in this project.
“It feels like it’s been a while since we got together like this!”
“John. It’s been a while since we talked like this.”
Lewis greeted me with a polite greeting, as if he were greeting an elderly person. Shuri, who was next to her, noticed it slightly.
Don’t do that.
So, I guess I’m old.
In terms of mental age, I’m old enough.
“Mister, why did you invite us here?”
“Well, since it’s Yohan, I guess you called me here to talk to someone important…”
“That is correct. Elisha.”
“Hehe…”
Elisa, who was laughing brightly at my praise, covered her face with her palm when my eyes were focused on her. Her her ears her her her, which she couldn’t cover, were red.
Is it a shame?
I took my eyes off Elisha and looked around at her companions gathered around me.
Carina, Elisa, Viola, Luis, Shuri, and…
“…What did you call me for?”
Even Martina.
“Because I have something to talk about.” It will be a very sweet offer for you guys.”
“Sweet offer… You mean?”
Martina seemed to not understand what I was saying. As I looked to the side, the other members all seemed to understand.
Is this the difference between those who have experienced me and those who have not? I spoke to Martina, who looked at me with an expression that required an explanation.
“Opening the secret library.”
“Yes?”
“Yes?”
“Four?”
“John, where are you turning?”
Everyone looked at me in surprise at what I said. Is the idea of stealing a secret library that surprising? I thought I was slowly getting used to my behavior, but I still have a long way to go.
“Riding through a secret library… Does that make sense? In the first place, the secret library was just a rumor…”
“Secret archives exist. “The location and how to get in are clearly known.”
To be exact, it’s just bringing up the knowledge I knew 10 years ago, but there’s no need to say that again.
“But to enter the secret library…”
“Okay. Conditions must be met. “Only those with talent that may appear once in a thousand years can enter.”
“Then we don’t know whether we can get in or not?”
As Martina pointed out to her, I made eye contact with her. A face that wants solid evidence. I proudly presented her reasons for what she wanted.
“Just go in with someone who has that talent.”
“There is no way such a shortcut would work…”
Did it work in the game? Of course, I couldn’t answer that way, so I came up with a slightly different answer.
“The secrets of the secret library have been kept for a very long time. Very few people know the full story. Principal Merlin and I. And maybe some professors.”
“Principal Merlin… Do you know?”
“I don’t know if you’ve heard the rumor, but I’m close to Principal Merlin. I also heard about the secret library from him.”
Of course it’s a lie. He knew it in the game, so he really should know, but he never told me.
“Well, he seemed so friendly that even if I rushed over to him and asked him to participate in the development, he would listen.”
Viola, who participated in the development of prosthetic hands with Principal Merlin, immediately added support to my words.
“You were a greater person than I thought.”
…Looking at me like this, I’ve done all sorts of things.
Anyway, now that you’re in the mood to listen to me, let’s start talking in earnest.
“So, I’m going to take all of you into the secret library.”
“Why me?”
“This is a reward for taking good care of Elisha.”
“Isn’t it too big a price for such a small favor?”
Martina had a face that said she did not understand. Well, considering the rumors of the secret library, she wouldn’t understand giving out a huge reward just because she took good care of a child. However, increasing the number of people I could use was never a bad thing.
Because ‘Survival Academy’ was not a game where you became a musou by yourself.
A game where you have to form a party and take on the challenge no matter what route you take. So, I was thinking of having a party here too. A more powerful party than the original.
… In addition, there was retaliation for Bella’s dark behavior
Even if I mess with the people around me, nothing good will ever come of it.
“Determining the price for favors is solely my judgment.”
I am so thankful for Elisa’s care. Because I’m a man, I’m really thankful that you take care of the things I can’t take care of. There are things I can’t do in the magic department. Martina nodded her head with a shocked expression.
“I see…”
“John. So when are you going in?”
I gave a short answer to Lewis’ question.
“Tomorrow evening.”
“It’s a Saturday evening…A good time.”
“Yes.”
“But I am a prosecutor…Is there any meaning? I heard that the secret library is a space for wizards…”
“Do not worry. “The first principal didn’t only care about wizards.”
From the beginning, it was an event that could be held regardless of department, so even if you are not a wizard, you will be able to get some results.
“Tomorrow evening…Where shall we meet?”
“Let me see you here again.”
“Well, it’s really amazing that I’m going to go into a secret library…”
A beastman wizard with heretical talent could be heard muttering with a face full of anticipation.
Yes, of course you should be happy.
As they say, they are giving you the chance to know whether or not you will be able to get it even if you spend hundreds of thousands of gold coins. Even though they didn’t say anything, Martina, Luis, and Viola’s faces also showed signs of excitement.
It’s just that Elisha’s reaction was strange.
“Elisa. Is there something stuck?”
“Uh…That. Well, I heard that there is an item in the secret library that makes wishes come true…”
“It’s there, but don’t touch it. It’s a very dangerous item-“
There’s no way there’s an object that can only make wishes come true. At my words, Elisha nodded with her downcast face.
I don’t know why, but I gently stroked his head to comfort him and said to the group.
“Then let’s all disperse.”
The final day is tomorrow evening.
We quietly dispersed as if nothing had happened.