Chapter 338: Worth (4)

Elise’s days had grow to be a blur. Ever since she had spent 600,000 Ren in a single go, she could not fairly bear in mind how she had moved ahead from that second.

First, she secured a mortgage from the financial institution to pay the public sale value. Her hand trembled terribly as she handed over the examine.

After Leaving the gallery, Elise returned to the Magic Tower, overwhelmed with all kinds of ideas.

May or not it’s a rip-off?

In any case, she had solely heard Shion Ascal’s voice; she had by no means seen his face.

A brand new type of voice phishing with voice modulation?

She urgently known as Shion.

—Cease calling. Its actual.

Shion Ascal insisted it wasn’t a rip-off, however Elise spent the following few days in a state of deep suspicion, like a cautious animal.

“Sure, Mage Elise. Please signal right here.”

And at present, she lastly obtained the portray.

The spherical object was coated in all kinds of protecting packaging. When she unwrapped it, a framed portray emerged.

Elise hung it in her room on the Magic Tower.

“lts fairly, I suppose.”

It was stunning.

Nonetheless, she wasn’t deeply educated about artwork. Though folks typically assumed she could be considering artwork due to her excellent look and inventive nature, in actuality, she had little curiosity. It was a interest that did not support her private development.

But, even to her unusual eyes, this canvas was fairly placing.

“lf its value 100 occasions… that is 60 million Ren.”

The issue was, the worth of the canvas wasn’t decided merely by its aesthetic attraction.

It was clearly a well-painted image, however assessing its precise worth was one other matter.

May it actually be value tens of hundreds of thousands of Ren, as Shion had stated?

Actually, Elise nonetheless wasn’t positive.

“H m m…”

She tilted her head, sniffing the canvas. By some means, it appeared to hold the scent of recent air, as if a cool night time breeze was flowing via.

“…Magic.”

She had realized in her magic textbooks that when a painter diligently works on a portray, their soul permeates because the consequence.

Nonetheless, the impact wasn’t dramatically magical.

May this actually be value 60 million Ren?

To Elise, it definitely did not appear so.

She hung the portray subsequent to the window and stepped again to sit down on her mattress.

Resting her chin on her hand, she checked out it. It was higher than nothing.

Surprisingly, it additionally made her really feel higher. Maybe it was a way of stability.

Elise closed her eyes for a second.

…Whooooo.

Quickly, her hair started to drift. The whole lot in her room levitated.

This at all times occurred when she took a deep breath, a type of meditation, a strategy to collect her fMagnetism J .

Whereas her f Magnetism J continued to develop, these days, unusual unwanted side effects had begun to happen.

Crack—!

Sparks flew, and peculiar reminiscences surged.

Recollections she had by no means skilled, but felt as if she had, each unhappy and wonderful…

Recollections of being with ‘somebody’.

Elise opened her eyes. The objects within the room settled down.

The portray confronted her.

“…Not unhealthy.”

She checked out it and cracked a slight smile.

“ is it?”

The machine I had ordered from Grawl was lastly full.

“lt seems good.”

I nodded in satisfaction as I regarded on the system positioned in the midst of Grawl’s lab.

“WiLL it work?”

It is a machine designed to discover the unconscious.

The identical machine Theia Esil talked about, the one which had implanted the entity ‘Tae’ into my thoughts.

The aim is to get Belingham seated right here.

-Sure. I believe I nonetheless must study a bit extra about methods to use it… How are you planning to get him to sit down right here?

Grawl requested, his tail swishing curiously.

“l’ll determine it out one way or the other.”

Belingham is a formidable enemy. His skills is perhaps on par with Theia EsiTs, and he instructions a major variety of balancers below him.

“There isnft a whole lack of strategies.

Fortuitously, he has an surprising weak point.

His self-importance. Its grown so giant that he deludes himself into pondering he is a very powerful particular person in Libra.

However he does not know.

Regardless of how sensible he’s, or maybe as a result of he’s too sensible, there’s one reality he is utterly oblivious to:

That I’m a regressor.

My best weapon is that this asymmetry of data.

-And, I’ve discovered a spot. It is an deserted library.

“…A data room?”

-Sure. I believed it was simply the basement of the deserted library, however it appears to be associated to Libra.

Grawl displayed the display. It regarded like a very abandoned library.

“There’s one thing within the basement?”

-Sure. Libra-related figures go to a number of occasions a yr. Even the fearless Particular Forces cats do not wish to go down there, which makes it apparent.

“Then we must always test it out.”

I instantly contacted soliette.

-Proper now?

“No. After visiting somebody.”

Bellaros Detention Heart’s visitation room.

Theia Esil had now considerably tailored to the setting there. She totally understood the saying that people are creatures of adaptation. She was newly conscious of how sturdy her physique was.

On the identical time, she was ready for dying.

The one means out—she couldn’t convey herself to betray the humanity of her mentor, Athan.

She could not trample on the Legacy of a person who had been a hero of the continent, shining gentle on the world and turning into the dream and hero of numerous folks.

“Professor, you have got a customer.”

“Hey Sweet. How’s work been these days?”

I intentionally threw an informal query.

“lts bearable, cough!”

Soliette groaned.

“Hey. Are you oka”

“Coughhhhh! Ugh!”

Soliette nearly vomited. Seeing her gag made me really feel nauseous too.

“Hey, are you air—ugh!”

“Ughhh!”

“Blarghh!”

After some time, I managed to cease vomitting. Having spat it out practically a dozen occasions, I wiped my mouth and muttered,

“…Ought to’ve introduced a gasoline masks.”

“…lt’s not too late now, Sweet.”

At that, I checked out soliette. She was gasping for breath, her face extra strained than after any battle, all in simply quarter-hour.

—Appears to be like like we’ll make it.

Finally, we managed to get some gasoline masks. Akane had a number of. I rapidly introduced them over.

—Ought to’ve carried out this earlier. No must upset our stomachs.

With the masks, we superior via the library rather more simply.

—Sweet. This appears to be the place.

Immediately, Soliette noticed a staircase main underground. I examined the world with my [SZX-9500J .

There was a firmly sealed door on the backside of the steps.

…lt’s a magic area.

—Magic area?

—Yeah. One thing’s hidden inside.

…Hmm.

Soliette checked out me. I regarded again at her.

We nodded at one another and went down the steps to shake the doorknob.

—It will not open.

—Sure. Sweet, step again.

—Okay, Jelly. Go forward.

I stepped again. Soliette drew her sword from her waist and slashed at it.

Nonetheless, there was no loud aftermath. It merely dismantled the ‘magical mechanism’ locking the door.

Her use of the Severing Sword had grow to be astonishingly expert.

—Let’s go.

—Yeah.

I walked on, hiding my shock.

Actually, I used to be extremely shocked.

However broadly talking, since I’m the mentor of her Severing Sword approach, a mentor’s mindset shouldn’t be stunned by the progress of a disciple.

Particularly when such a rare particular person is a disciple, it is more healthy for one’s psychological state to at all times embrace their development with pleasure…

…Would not seem to be there’s a lot right here?

Soliette stated. I regarded round.

—No.

It appeared like there was nothing. Damaged, shattered bookshelves with torn books beneath them, all seemingly meaningless.

However nonetheless.

I picked up a e-book.

To the bare eye, it was no totally different from trash. A e-book nearly burnt to ashes.

Nonetheless, once I infused it with magic…

Whooooosh-

It emitted a sound just like the wind blowing and restored itself to its authentic state, as clear as new knowledge.

—Wow, Sweet! How did you do this?

—I already stated. Its a magic area.

I pointed to my eyes.

—Particles are clinging to the books.

Proper now, with the SZX-9500 activated in my retina, I may see the particles sticking to the books.

—Whenever you take away these particles, that is what occurs.

-Oh…

Thats when it occurred.

Soliette immediately gripped her sword. She thrust it behind my shoulder, slicing via the air.

…What, what are you doing?

—Sweet. There was one thing simply now.

—What was it?

—A shadow.

I scanned the world once more with the SZX-9500.

It was not seen. Maybe it had disappeared rapidly.

Or…

—Wait.

I ended soliette as she was about to swing her sword once more.

—A shadow?

…Sure.

Immediately, a chilling thought struck me.

The shadow.

In my reminiscence, within the data of the longer term, there may be one referred to as ‘Libra’s Shadow:

No, not a ‘one:

It is a ‘phenomenon:

Immediately darkness fell. The area round us was engulfed in darkness. Soliette grew to become invisible, and even the options of the library had been erased straight away.

It had swallowed me.

“Ah… this.”

I gritted my enamel.

“That is going to be robust.”

A nervous snort, laden with chilly sweat, escaped me.