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Ding.
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[Achievement Stats]
―Charm: (85→)86
―Leadership: (50→)51
―Dignity: (25→)26
―Luck: 50
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The first achievement event has been completed since the achievement menu was unlocked.
Although there are no rewards such as mana points or skills, achievement events also need to be consistently cleared.
'I'm not happy that my charm keeps increasing.'
It's helpful sometimes, but charm stats usually only lead to unnecessary trouble.
For example...
"Davian oppa!"
Bellus ran up and wrapped her arms around Davian's neck.
"You came to save me... sniff You came. sniff Davian oppa."
Things like this.
She could have just come and shaken his hand to thank him.
"I knew you'd come to save me... sniff I knew it."
"Yeah, yeah."
"I was so scared... sniff."
Davian laboriously raised his right hand.
His shoulder hadn't fully healed yet, so it felt uncomfortable, but he could move it reasonably well.
Davian's right hand gently landed on the back of Bellus's head.
"Oh."
Glacie exclaimed as she watched Davian patting Bellus's head.
"You two are already at this stage..."
Thwack.
Davian's hand, which had been sliding down the back of Bellus's head, suddenly sharpened and struck the back of Bellus's neck.
"Ugh!"
A faint scream.
Bellus's body, which had been hugging Davian's neck and sobbing, instantly slumped.
Glacie's eyes widened.
"Wh-what? Davian, did you just kill her? Are you a psychopath?"
"Kill her? I just knocked her out for a bit."
"Oh... you didn't kill her. But why? Why did you hit the back of the neck of the girl who was clinging to you to thank you for saving her?"
"We need to get out of the cave. If she walks out on her own, she'll just get poisoned again anyway. It's better for her to be unconscious so she absorbs less poison. What's the point of absorbing a lot of something that's not good for her?"
"Oh..."
Only then did Glacie clasp her hands together and nod.
"You humans breathe with your lungs, so the more you move, the more you need to breathe. Right?"
"Right."
Of course, it was also a little annoying that she was hugging his neck and crying.
"Wow, you're so smart and considerate, Davian. You're the best."
Davian roughly slung Bellus over his shoulder and slowly stood up.
Glacie looked over Davian's body and asked.
"Are you already able to get up and walk?"
"I can walk now."
Davian, with Bellus slung over his shoulder, headed towards the cave entrance.
Glacie stuck close to his side, following him.
"Oh dear, you're limping. How are you going to get through this long cave like that? Wait a moment."
Glacie, standing in front of the cave, stretched out her arms.
Swish.
Snowflakes fluttered from Glacie's arms, and the nearby floor began to freeze.
A smooth layer of ice spread across the cave floor.
It was as if she was laying out a long carpet of ice in the cave.
The ice, which started to spread from right in front of Glacie, stretched all the way to the distant, unseen end.
The light from the mana stones on the cave walls reflected on the ice floor, sparkling.
Davian, watching the scene, shook his head.
"Wow. Are you Elsa or something?"
"Huh? Elsa? Who's that?"
"Oh, there's someone. You wouldn't know her."
Glacie, having finished making the ice path, waved her hand in the air again.
Ice crystals began to form in the air, gradually taking shape.
Before long, a splendid ice sled was completed.
"You really are Elsa."
"Who is that?"
"Why are you suddenly looking for Elsa or whoever? Here, it's all done. Take this."
Davian roughly laid Bellus, who he had been carrying, on the ice sled.
"I'll push you at first, and then use wind magic to push from behind. Can you do that?"
"Of course."
"Then I'll see you again, Davian."
"Yeah. See you later, Glacie."
Glacie pushed the sled, which Davian and Bellus were riding, with all her might.
The sled slid quickly through the cave.
The smoothly laid ice even had grooves that perfectly matched the width of the sled's blades, so there was no chance of going off course.
Before the speed decreased, he shot wind element magic from behind, and the sled gradually gained momentum.
Unlike when they came in, they quickly reached the cave entrance.
The ice floor that Glacie had spread out had miraculously stopped precisely at the cave entrance.
Mons, who had spotted Davian, was startled and approached him.
"Young Master!"
His appearance was far too unscathed to be called miserable.
His clothes were torn and full of holes here and there, completely tattered, but miraculously his body was unharmed.
"Are you alright?"
"Yeah, I'm fine."
"You rescued Lady Bellus and came out! What kind of people were waiting inside? What happened to your clothes..."
"I just brushed against something. Let's go back. I'm tired."
"Yes, Young Master. But has Lady Bellus been completely poisoned?"
No.
She had woken up, but Davian had hit her in the back of the neck, and that's how she ended up like that.
"No. She'll wake up soon. Mons, you carry her."
"Yes! Young Master."
Bellus's village.
"Bellus! My baby!"
"Grandpa!"
Bellus and her grandfather embraced each other and burst into tears.
"What the Young Master said is right."
"Right? It's in their family genes. They'll probably cry like that for about thirty minutes."
It was as Davian had predicted.
Bellus and her grandfather shared the joy of reunion with tears for almost thirty minutes.
"If you're done crying, let's go. Bellus."
"Ah, yes! Oppa..."
On the way back to the village, everything was discussed with Bellus.
Bellus would go to Elton City with Davian and Mons.
For now, she would stay in Mons's next-door room, which was currently Davian's weekend room.
It was because of Davian's argument that he couldn't leave her alone in this remote village, not knowing when someone might kidnap her again.
Davian gestured to Bellus, who had finished saying goodbye to the villagers.
In the first place, almost all of the luggage she had to take with her consisted of the things Davian had sent her.
Bellus's luggage was all packed in a large backpack, which Mons carried.
"Let's go, now."
"Yes! Davian oppa."
After the three stood together, Davian tore the scroll he had prepared in advance.
Whoosh.
A bright light enveloped the three, and a moment later they arrived in the backyard of Mons and Davian's dormitory.
"As I said before, use my room for now. I'll share a room with Mons for the time being. Mons, you quickly look for a bigger house."
"Yes, Young Master. There seem to be a lot of dropouts, and their guardians and families are moving out of their houses."
"Find a big house that we can use as a base. Is the budget sufficient?"
"It's not ample, but it shouldn't be too lacking."
Davian slowly nodded.
'I'll have to make some money soon.'
Making money?
It's nothing.
Davian knew several very good sources of income.
Davian couldn't understand it at all.
It's not like he brought her into the academy.
He just brought Bellus to the dormitory last night and let her stay.
And only a day has passed since then.
But how on earth...
"Open the door! Davian! I heard you brought your girlfriend home yesterday? Eeeey!"
It was Bellum's voice.
Davian, looking out the window from Mons's room on the second floor, put his hand on his forehead.
Bellum's face was full of mischief.
Bellum wasn't alone.
Latia, Bonita, Luna, Nubes, and Livert were all there.
The entire Gray Bear Exploration Team had gathered.
'How on earth did the rumor spread?'
Mons, watching his young master's troubled expression, approached him.
Mons whispered quietly.
"Um, Young Master."
"Yeah?"
"If you're really in trouble, should I introduce Lady Bellus as my girlfriend for now?"
What nonsense is this?
Davian shook his head.
"Mons, go down and tell them to come in first."
"Yes, Young Master."
Mons opened the door and went out.
Bellus was already out in front of the door directly across the hall.
"Davian oppa... what's going on?"
"It's nothing. My friends have come to see me. They'll be your future seniors."
"Ah! Is that so? What should I do? Should I prepare a meal?"
"What do you mean prepare a meal? No way. We're going out to eat."
"Then what should I do?"
"You..."
Davian slowly walked towards Bellus.
"Don't do anything. No, just do one thing. Pretend that you're not close to me at all. Just do that."
"Huh?"
"Just do it. I hate troublesome things."
Meanwhile, the Gray Bear Exploration Team started stomping up the stairs.
"Perhaps... is there someone among the people coming up there that you like...?"
"No. No. It's not like that, so please don't say such things and just stay put. Okay."
"Ah, yes, yes."
Just then, Bellum, the vanguard of the day, entered the reception room on the second floor.
"Davian! Did you bring your girlfriend home yesterday? Oh! Is this her?"
Bellum approached Bellus.
"Are you Davian's girlfriend? I heard you're planning to enroll next year."
Bellus hesitated at the sudden question.
"Ah... um... I..."
Davian put his hand on his forehead again.
'What do you mean "um"! Just say no.'
Davian stepped between Bellum and Bellus.
"It's not like that. Someone kidnapped her..."
"I know. That's why you went to save her, right? Risking your life? Wow..., Davian, you have that side to you. I didn't know. Is that so?"
Bellum looked Bellus up and down.
"It's understandable. She's incredibly cute! Davian, so you like this kind of style?"
Whirr.
A small flame appeared on Davian's hand.
It was a small, apple-sized flame, but it contained 6-star mana.
"I said it's not like that."
"Oh, why are you getting so serious about it. Hahaha. I'm hungry. Is there anything to eat?"
"No."
"Hahaha. Put out that fire. Ah, it's so hot."
God damn it.
"So, it was those Marino Empire bastards again?"
"Yeah. They dragged Bellus all the way to the Demon Realm and locked her up. They set up a trap with poison and assassins."
"Those are some really bad guys. Why do they keep doing that to you, Davian? Like at the festival before."
"I guess I'm getting in the way of what they're doing."
Latia nodded.
"Well, they even started a war to bring down the Byzant family, and Davian went and stopped it."
"Ah, did that happen? That makes sense."
"Then they'll keep doing that in the future. What are you going to do, Davian?"
Livert answered instead.
"Shouldn't we stay quiet for a while?"
Davian shook his head.
'It's not something that can be solved by staying quiet.'
This is just the beginning.
Davian, who has to constantly face events and quests, will inevitably continue to clash with the Marino Empire's spy organization.
If it can't be avoided anyway.
"No. We need to draw them in more."
"Draw them in more?"
"Anyway, this is the Alkancia Kingdom. We belong to the Elton Academy. If we keep interfering with them and drawing them in, they'll eventually be caught."
"You're going to make them come out into the open?"
"That's right. Let's see who wins. You cowardly spy bastards."
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