Chapter: 107
Thud! As the mace smacked down on Adri’s face, a myriad of objects scattered across the mansion floor.
Well, I’ve seen this pattern roughly four times now, so it’s about time for me to fall down, right?
Holding up my shield, I prepared for an ambush just in case, but Adri didn’t show up again.
Instead, the door leading outside the dungeon and the table filled with rewards revealed themselves.
Is phase two wrapping up like this?
If I step outside the dungeon like this, the dungeon strategy will end, but I still haven’t rescued Adri.
That means I’ve got a few more things left to do.
This is taking longer than I thought.
Wandering from room to room, the strategy dragged on longer than anticipated.
If I could skip the monsters that popped up like in a regular dungeon, it wouldn’t have taken this long.
Now it isn’t about whether I’ll get to sleep before the exam; it’s about whether I can even enter the exam room before the exam starts!
I don’t really know how much time has passed, but I sure hope I have time to wash up in the dormitory.
Can you hold out?
“Just barely.”
Even if I can’t hold on, my skill forces me to hang in there.
Even if I want to collapse, I can’t.
Honestly, I think I could have held out even without the skill.
I’ve done similar training at the Allen Family until I was sick of it.
What Possell makes us do is tough, but it certainly isn’t meaningless.
I passed through the entrance of the dungeon and headed for the place I visited last time when I raided this mansion’s dungeon.
The iron door there was tightly locked, but when I inserted the key I received from Visi, it opened helplessly.
Not much left now. Let’s wrap this up and go have a break.
*
I was born into a necromancer family. When I was young, I didn’t realize it was something unusual.
Neither did my mother. Nor my father.
Even all the family members were necromancers, so how could a little girl barely walking know it was weird?
When I first learned necromancy and showed it, my father and mother were incredibly delighted.
They said I had talent. A prodigy who would shine in the family.
They hugged me and smiled.
Because of that, I worked hard to master necromancy to make my mom and dad happy.
Normally, such stories turn into tales of a girl discovering her ideals after revealing them to the world, but unfortunately, I couldn’t realize my ideals while I was alive.
Before I could come to that realization, the Apostle of Jushin Church came and burned our family down.
At that young age, I had no idea what was happening, and was locked in the basement by my parents.
With the promise that they’d come back to rescue me when it was all over.
I waited for them, believing only those words.
Living in the basement wasn’t that hard.
There was water.
And food too.
Aside from the part where I had to be alone without going outside, there was nothing wrong with living there.
It was lonely, but I endured.
Hoping for salvation.
Studying necromancy, wishing my parents would be happy with my grown self one day.
One day.
Two days.
A week.
A month.
No twists happened.
The child born into the necromancer family died alone in the necromancer family.
That was just the story.
Creak.
At the sound coming from outside the door, Adri opened her eyes.
Huh? I was just—
Adri shot up.
What surfaced in her mind was the face of the evil spirit hunting her.
No matter what attack she made, it effortlessly avoided all of them.
Even after being cursed, it smiled as if nothing had happened.
With a smug grin, it provoked her and then smashed her head without hesitation.
That monster’s form.
Is it coming? Here?
What should I do?
Where should I run?
Does running even mean anything?
That monster would surely chase me no matter where I go.
What is that girl anyway?
Adri hated that little girl. She despised her.
But what she feared more was that girl.
She feared the monster that broke her common sense.
As the voice outside grew louder, Adri suddenly realized she had seen that face somewhere.
‘Me.’
Huh?
I know that monster?
How?
That person isn’t from my family.
They stand in direct opposition to necromancers.
How could I—
In her confusion, Adri suddenly realized her head was adorned with a ribbon.
This is certain.
‘Is this what you were looking for? Take it.’
…
And then she remembered.
The events that happened after she became a spirit.
Staying alone in the ruined mansion with no idea why.
Searching for someone to play with out of loneliness, but everyone ran away when seeing her.
Then one day, Visi appeared and talked to her.
The girl who had removed the dungeon that existed in this mansion and gifted her a ribbon.
Bang! At the sound of the door opening, Adri lifted her head and saw a kid clad in armor leaning casually with a smile.
“Lucy…”
Visi definitely called that girl by that name.
Did she not expect her name to be called?
The girl slightly widened her eyes before lifting the corners of her mouth.
“Hehe. Isn’t it interesting? The lonely old hag, I thought she had dementia long ago.”
*
“Who’s calling me an old hag?”
Adri frowned, clearly displeased by her title.
It was a sight she was used to seeing.
A girl who often grumbled and had a nasty disposition.
But despite that, she was an incredibly skilled necromancer, teaching necromancy to users as an NPC.
Adri.
I thought I would meet her someday, but to meet her so soon…
Should I call it the credit of our stingy Evil God?
‘Do you remember everything?’
“Lonely old hag. You remember everything?”
“So who’s calling me an old hag, you little brat?”
I can understand being furious about mentioning her age, but considering how old she is, doesn’t that make her a grandma?
Even if you combine my previous life and current age, it’s probably still less than hers, so I think it’s enough of an age to call her that.
And you know what?
No matter how much you grumble, there’s nothing I can do about it.
What can I do when the mesugaki skill calls you an old hag?
‘Let’s go. Visi is waiting for you.’
“Stop whining and let’s go, old hag. We need to meet your granddaughter.”
“Why… I see now why Visi dislikes you.”
Seeing Adri sigh and say that, it seems like she must have said things she couldn’t in front of me while in the mansion.
I mean, it’s rare for someone to suffer as much because of me, so she might have had some back talk.
“Hey, brat.”
‘What is it?’
“What’s up, lonely old hag?”
“Today’s events inside here are a secret from Visi. Especially anything about me.”
It sounded like a strange request at first, but I knew why Adri was asking.
She acts coy in front of Visi.
To be precise, before she became a spirit, she had no memory of her past life and wandered around innocently.
Even now, she wants to act innocent in front of Visi despite all her memories returning.
Because she sincerely thinks of Visi as a friend.
‘Alright.’
“Got it. Since the old hag is trembling while asking, I can at least grant that request.”
“I never—! Ugh!”
Watching Adri pretend to pound her chest in frustration, I was just glad she was a spirit.
If she wasn’t, she would have surely had a blood pressure spike at her age.
After our short conversation, I led Adri out of the room.
Until now, Adri was the boss of this dungeon, but that is no longer the case.
Now that she has regained all her memories since becoming a spirit, she is just a grumbling girl who cherishes her only friend.
Now, all I have to do is take Adri outside the dungeon and deliver her to Visi to finish this.
Then I can head off to take the exam.
The moment we reached the front gate, still grumbling about why she’s an old hag, a sound echoed in my ears.
– Ding.
There was no reason to wonder who it was.
There’s only one person who would want to mess with me when I was at my most relieved.
[Agra is glaring at you.]
Hello, stingy Evil God.
I’ve been waiting for your arrival.
I wondered why the stalker nearby the academy wasn’t making any moves while I was raiding the dungeon daily, and it turns out he was waiting for the finale?
Anyway, whether it’s Jushin or the Evil God, there’s no proper god among them.
Oh, oops. Since Lord Armadi did his job properly this time, I should leave him out of it.
I unconsciously included him due to habit.
Really, all the Evil Gods are nothing but vile.
As soon as the message appeared before me, the exit leading outside the dungeon and the rewards vanished, and armored spirits emerged at the mansion’s front gate.
They were entirely different from the knights that initially blocked my way.
The bloodstained armored ones standing before me were on another level compared to the mansion’s knights.
The way they wield weapons.
The way they formed ranks.
The look in their eyes as they glared at me.
None of it was lacking; they clearly possessed the skills to be called veterans.
“Damn Jushin Church’s knights.”
Tsk, How pathetic for knights of the church to become spirits under the Evil God’s influence.
So those people are from the Jushin Church that attacked my family?
No wonder they wouldn’t back down even after seeing the divine power in my mace.
– You child of divine power, step aside before the spirit.
– Necromancers must be erased from this world.
– If you do not step aside, I shall consider you a heretic.
A heretic? Me?
Hearing that utterly nonsensical nonsense made me laugh unintentionally.
If I’m a heretic, then who among the Jushin Church isn’t one?
Whatever I do, I surely reflect the will of God more accurately than the rubbish you spout.
“What are you saying?♡ Sloppy knights♡ You’ve never even heard the Voice of God, you mere trash!♡ How dare you!♡”
Even though I yelled this out, I didn’t have confidence that I could take them down.
They weren’t as hopeless as the alchemist I faced before, but they were also not weaklings.
At least in a one-on-one, I could bite the bullet and give it a shot, but with that number? No way.
Knights trained to fight in groups are not just some mob.
They are a nightmare of numerous yet one.
Having viewed how knights would close ranks while training at the Allen family, I knew too well what that meant.
If they decide to, it wouldn’t be difficult for them to hunt me down.
Even if I have an upper hand in terms of elemental advantage… it’s impossible right now.
But…
Hmm.
I can’t back down.
After struggling all night, you want me to just give up without gaining anything?
Sorry, but there’s no way I’m doing that!
I’m a petty and stingy person, and I absolutely won’t back down after taking one-sided losses!
With that decision made, just as I swung my mace, the items that had turned the mansion into a riot began floating into the void one by one.
“Kid. I thought you’d run away, but you’ve got more guts than I expected. I’ll give you that much praise.”
Hearing Adri’s voice from behind, I couldn’t help but stare at her face blankly.
It’s not strange.
Even now, Adri is the key to this dungeon.
Even if she still holds the power she had as a boss, it doesn’t make it wrong.
Yet…
This has never happened in the game before.
Variables.
Every moment since I entered this world has been a variable threatening me.
A variable that has constantly toyed with me.
That variable was trying to help me for the first time.
“What are you staring at, you arrogant little brat?”
You’ve been looking for trouble with me, huh?
“Even though you got beaten by me, you’re still acting cocky? Must be your old age making you lame.”
This feels like it’s worth it!
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