“Lily. Didn’t you say you were going home?”
“…Ah, I left something behind.”
“Oh? What are you looking for?”
“……”
How did he get past my recognition interference?
Though I’m using magic at a considerably low level, it’s complex enough that an average upper mage wouldn’t be able to see through it.
Even the academy users would find this structure hard to grasp.
Moreover, young Lily’s uncle didn’t seem to sense any mana.
‘What I do feel is coming from the pocket…’
“Ah.”
I checked the clock.
16:02
A violet clock. And the leather pouch held by my uncle.
“Why are you like this? Is something wrong?”
“That.”
“Hmm?”
“I came to get that.”
There’s something in the pouch.
■
The clock I have is made from a special material that can’t be found here.
Young Lily said it was a gift from her dad, but now that I possess the body, I think I understand what it really is.
‘A sleek bracelet.’
The subject to seal the Kraken’s ‘eye’ and a bracelet imbued with the power of the sky.
With this bracelet, I can stand against the Kraken’s ‘territorialization.’
It seems that since I own the sleek bracelet, the clock has transformed into this material, but why does that uncle also have it?
The uncle raises the heavy leather pouch slightly, looking puzzled.
“This one?”
“Yes! That!”
[Hmm?]
[???]
“This was ordered by that Geo guy… Are you mixing things up?”
“Uncle Geo? Yes! That’s right. Uncle Geo asked me to bring it. He said he’d give me some reward for running the errand.”
“Really?”
[Lily’s sudden high tension, what’s up?]
[Lily is so cuteeeeee]
[No way,ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Did Lily just use that tone?]
[Oh no, Lily’s so cute ㄷㄷ]
[Lily’s acting a bit, huh?]
[ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]
[So cute, for real]
[Crazy soft kawaii Lily, I love you]
[For real, even her tone has turned into Leo’s?]
[Who’s Geo?]
The uncle pondered for a moment before handing over the hefty leather pouch.
It was heavier than I expected, but thanks to the increased physical abilities, it wasn’t hard to lift.
“Can you carry it?”
“Yes!”
“Geo, that guy… no matter how annoying he is to ask for stuff, why is he asking for more? I’ll have a word with him later.”
“Eh~ He said he’d give me a generous reward.”
“Good grief… You know the house, right? It’s the last one up high.”
“Yes!”
I embraced the pouch and bowed my head in greeting.
The uncle chuckled as he watched me leave, but then paused as I vanished from sight, seemingly unaware of why he was reacting like that.
Unclear response, it seems.
“Huh? Why am I…?”
“Hey! Pull me here a bit!”
“Just a moment! I’m coming!”
…
And once my uncle completely left, I turned my back without any regrets.
“I did it.”
Losing this pocket makes the recognition inhibition work again.
From this, I can tell that this item has the ability to block ordinary magic or special powers.
As evidence, my uncle forgot about me naturally as soon as he handed me this pocket and I vanished from view.
Unless I directly speak to him, he probably won’t remember me again.
“It feels like Young Lily has done something like this once or twice. To hand it over so easily.”
Even though I acted like a child, I didn’t think he would give it up so easily.
At least I was thinking of intercepting it after using magic or withdrawing.
Well, given how small the village is, everyone probably lived like family and got to know each other.
[LOL]
[That was insane]
[But isn’t Lily’s acting too natural?]
[Say that line one more time]
[Baby Lily!]
[That speech was super cute]
[HAHAHAHAHAHAHA]
[If this goes up as a short, it’ll definitely get a million views]
[LOL]
[A million? It’ll go for thirty million, easy, LOL]
“…Let’s check it out.”
Ignoring the chat window, I cautiously headed towards the empty side and opened the pocket.
Inside the leather pouch were six spherical purple crystals.
Crystals that were large enough to fill my small hands completely.
With this size, they should look quite expensive… definitely not something the residents of a small port town could afford.
Even if they bought it, I doubt they would leave it carelessly among their luggage.
“Looks like there’s something going on, right?”
[Yeah, right]
[Geo is the mastermind]
[It’s obvious he’s super suspicious, LOL]
[Lily, don’t ignore me! Show me some cuteness one more time]
[Cuteness, cuteness, cuteness]
[How did you know Geo is an uncle?]
I infuse mana into the crystal.
It definitely possesses power like a smooth bracelet or clock.
It seems like this is meant for something… but first, I need to meet this person named Geo.
There must be a reason for purchasing this, and it’s definitely related to surviving past day one.
“How did I know he was an uncle? Well, there’s only one classification left.”
Since the village is so small, there aren’t many people my age, and my uncle referred to Geo as a guy.
Naturally, he wouldn’t call someone older than himself a guy, so if he’s older than 12-year-old Lily and younger than my uncle, then it must be an uncle.
[Oh]
[Aha]
[As expected, it’s Lily]
[Let’s go find the uncle]
[Age might have decreased, but intelligence remains intact!]
[HAHAHAHAHA]
I check the clock.
16:14
36 minutes until losing ownership of the body.
I need to take action as quickly as possible.
At least with the current time and situation, regaining ownership today seems tough.
Thud!
I lightly moved my feet toward the end of the house my uncle mentioned.
It’s a wooden house not much different from other residents.
“…Is it not here?”
Maybe because it’s such a family-like small village, the door is wide open.
I feel no presence.
Cautiously entering the house, I was greeted by a layout almost identical to Young Lily’s house.
A cozy living room and kitchen. And two rooms.
The only difference is that there’s no second floor, so it seems designed and built as a one-story house from the start.
[Nothing is here]
[What’s not here?]
“Yes. It seems nothing much is here…”
There’s nothing detectable through my senses or mana.
Even a special structure that catches my eye can’t be found.
Should I go look for Geo?
But I don’t even know where Geo is, and even if I try to use my abilities to find him, there’s no guarantee I’d find him easily.
He’s clearly an important figure in this dungeon, and to find such a figure, I’d need to use more than standard abilities.
That means it goes far beyond the ‘imagination’ Young Lily possesses.
If Young Lily starts having excessive questions about everything, it becomes troublesome.
“Hm…”
Above all, in this kind of dungeon, it’s not about brute force.
It’s guiding the ‘Young Child’ to solve the situation, and since my power is practically sealed, it’s clear there are special conditions like a puzzle.
‘Conditions are the child’s body and knowledge. And a bit of power.’
On the second day, regression starts for the first time.
The entity of the seal containing the Power of the Sky and six crystals.
Time is emphasized in the tip window every time…
Ticktock.
“Clock.”
I turn my head.
A regular wall clock hanging on the wall is tick-tocking.
I drag a chair over and take down the clock hanging on the wall.
It’s a slightly worn, light brown clock about the size of my head, with a classic clock design.
I checked the front and back, and after removing the wooden ring from the back to open it up, I didn’t find anything unusual.
The time is…
4:17.
The second hand of my wristwatch also points to 4:17.
[What’s not here?]
[The time is the same]
[Um… it’s tricky]
[I feel like just smashing it with a hammer, haha]
[This dungeon is wild]
[Looks like we have to match the time, lol]
“Uh, no.”
Young Lily’s wristwatch is indeed pointing to 4:17.
But from ‘my’ user’s perspective, it looks different.
“It’s 20 minutes past.”
Day 1
16:20
The time displayed systemically clearly shows 20 minutes.
It’s definitely running 3 minutes fast compared to the watch’s second hand.
Only then does the chat window fill with question marks.
It’s not that it was wrong from the start.
However, as soon as I entered this place, a 3-minute gap appeared.
“It feels like time isn’t flowing at all.”
“There must be an answer in this watch.”
The wristwatch was fine before coming here, so the problem is likely with this wall clock.
I turned the winding mechanism of the wall clock a bit, setting it to 20 minutes.
Clang! The mechanism opened, and a small folded piece of paper popped out from inside.
It wasn’t there just a moment ago.
The content of the paper was as follows.
* / Long ago, I heard of a terrible future from a sorcerer of the East.
‘A disaster of seawater will come to your homeland. The disaster is death itself. You will wander the sea even after dying, without salvation.’
‘But there will be a way to live. If you try hard enough, there is a way to avoid the eyes of the disaster. Listen carefully.’ *
At first, I didn’t believe it. However, when the sorcerer showed me the special power of the ‘clock’ alongside the future, I couldn’t help but believe it.
The sorcerer said to draw the spell in ‘the highest place’. He instructed to draw the spell farthest from the power of the disaster, and place a gem he gives on top of it.
It would take some time to prepare the gem, so he also left a message to learn the spell in the meantime.
Since that day, I put in a lot of effort to learn the spell, but problems arose.
* ‘The energy of the disaster has changed. It is no longer possible to dodge its gaze with just the spell.’
‘Is there no way…? Well, that’s not true. But it would be a bit harsh for you.’ *
… I pondered. The lives of everyone or just surviving alone.
If someone is watching, please do it for me… *
“…It’s torn?”
The note is torn.
Ding!
[Found Geo’s note!]
[Lily (Day 1) begins to recognize the existence of the disaster.]
[Record – ‘Day 1 – 16:20’ is saved.]
[Remaining slots 1/6]
[You can select slot 1 when restarting.]
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