Ornate decorations and sharp-looking weapons hung from it, glinting in the light.
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Where… am I?
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He rummaged through his memories.
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They had escaped the dungeon, emerging not underground but on the surface — in the grand hall of the castle that Innocence typically used to receive guests.
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Number 5 had carried Evan in his arms.
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The moment Evan spotted the butler and servants who served Innocence, many of them familiar faces, he had passed out.
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They were minor characters, yes, but unmistakable allies — the clear good guys who helped the player after Innocence lost his mind.
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Seeing them here meant… everything had been properly resolved.
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Ah… I survived.
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The tension drained from his body in an instant.
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Really… too much had happened.
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Evan tried to sit up with a sigh, only to grit his teeth as searing pain shot through every muscle.
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“My whole body… hurts…!”
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It wasn’t just ordinary pain.
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Muscle soreness!
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He had pushed himself far too hard, on top of exhausting his mana.
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There was no way his body wouldn’t ache.
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This is why people should live quietly…
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He never imagined he’d end up fighting Innocence out of nowhere, then battling a witch right after.
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If that last escape hadn’t been an emergency exit, he would’ve had to stare at that face for several more minutes.
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It had already been a full day since they escaped.
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Ugh!
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His body still trembled at the memory.
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Honestly, he’d admit it as a man.
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He had been scared!
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Really scared!
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Those eyes spinning with reverse pupils, that mad laughter — how could anyone not be terrified?
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And my face… still hurts.
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His expression had frozen so many times he’d lost count.
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The witch had collapsed helplessly in shock, and then he’d tensed up again, unsure what would happen next.
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All those spasms at once had left his face feeling permanently stiff.
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Like the muscles were being yanked tight.
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Rub, rub.
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“…Thank you.”
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The living armor gently massaged his body.
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Not painful — just the perfect amount of relief.
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Evan received the golem’s massage for a moment before slowly sitting up.
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Despite the unfamiliar ceiling, the room itself was undeniably luxurious.
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Expensive furniture filled every corner.
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The bed was large enough for five people to sleep comfortably.
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A guest room, probably.
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Sunlight poured through the slightly parted curtains.
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Only now did it truly sink in.
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He had escaped that hellish place.
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Whether a one-year survival newbie like Evan should have gone through something like that… well, that was another question.
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Pant, pant!
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“?”
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A sound came from below.
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When he looked down, Hati and Skoll peeked out from under the blanket, their heads poking up.
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Evan cautiously extended his hand, and they toddled over, rubbing their heads against his palm.
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“…You two aren’t hurt anywhere, right?”
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As if to reassure him, Hati and Skoll lifted their sand-formed legs.
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Ah.
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I need to fix those later.
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The auto-repair function was nice, but the constant shedding of sand was a downside.
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Great repair ability, but full of flaws.
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“I’ll replace those legs for you later.”
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If possible, he’d even try limb regeneration.
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Hati and Skoll licked his cheeks in gratitude.
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Evan gently pushed their heads away from the sticky saliva.
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Only then did he notice Number 5 crouched quietly in the corner.
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Its body… looked perfectly fine.
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Repaired separately, maybe?
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Yeah, that was the advantage.
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Good thing he’d used a sand golem core.
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“Number 5. You okay?”
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Nod, nod.
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Number 5 nodded and flexed, forming impressive biceps.
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It almost looked stronger than before.
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Maybe it had packed on extra sand.
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Evan deliberately looked away as sand pattered onto the floor.
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“Evan!!”
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BAM!!!!
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The door flew open with enough force to nearly shatter it. Lapis burst in, her blue hair whipping behind her.
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The hinges looked loose from the violence of it.
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Evan pretended not to notice and turned toward her.
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“Lapis, are you all right?”
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“Yes! I’m perfectly fine! How about you, Evan?”
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“I’m fine too.”
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“Liar. You were out cold for a whole day…”
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He had no comeback for that.
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His body was just that frail.
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Evan quickly changed the subject.
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“How is everyone else?”
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“They’re all fine. Aegis passed out from exhaustion for a bit, but she’s fully recovered after treatment. And, um, that directionally challenged knight?
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He’s fine too.”
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“I see. What about the shrine maiden?”
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“Well…”
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Lapis couldn’t answer right away.
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Evan’s expression hardened for a moment.
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The shrine maiden had gone missing.
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She had definitely emerged when the dungeon closed, but no one knew where she’d gone.
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Yeah… he had somewhat expected this.
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A personality completely opposite to the shrine maiden’s had emerged and nearly killed them all.
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It wouldn’t be strange for her to feel guilt.
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I’m a little scared of her myself, but…
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He figured she hadn’t done it willingly.
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A real man ought to accept this much.
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He trusted her because he remembered how, in the main story, the shrine maiden sacrificed herself heroically for humanity.
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Having built this connection wasn’t a bad thing.
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Suddenly!
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Lapis pulled a vial from her pocket and held it out.
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“Here, drink this first!”
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“?”
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“You need to refill your blood, right?”
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The vial contained a red liquid.
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Don’t tell me that’s actually blood?
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“Hurry and get better, Evan. I… don’t want you to get hurt.”
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She probably just got it from somewhere, right?
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Surely she didn’t kidnap a random passerby and drain their blood.
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…Please let that not be the case.
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Evan quietly charged the ring with the blood.
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Ah, I feel alive again.
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It was like a weight lifted from his chest.
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Lapis clung to him, chattering away anxiously even as she visibly relaxed seeing color return to his face.
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“You threw up blood several times on the way here — do you know how worried I was…! I almost thought the doctor was a quack.”
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She beamed brightly.
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“Lucky for him, I had a nice ‘talk,’ so he treated you properly…!”
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That wasn’t a physical talk, right…?
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“Oh, right. Did you check the items? You had a whole bunch in your arms when we escaped.”
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Items?
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Ah!
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The rewards!
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He’d almost forgotten.
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“Where are they?”
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“I left them with Number 5!”
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Number 5 nodded and carefully unwrapped the bundle, placing the items on the bed.
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Evan checked his wrist first.
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Oh! It’s there!
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A single boldly engraved symbol.
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It meant the one-time Time Leap that could save him from death had been applied to his body.
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It wouldn’t work against natural death, but it would protect him from physical death caused by another.
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Not that he planned to throw his life around recklessly.
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Absolute rest from now on.
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He was planning to hole up in his room for at least a month.
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Innocence was cured, and he’d formed a bond with the shrine maiden.
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He’d earned some downtime, hadn’t he?
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More importantly… my mana increased a bit?
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Was it because he’d seen things through to the end? Or had the knowledge of alchemy made him slightly stronger?
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A noticeable amount of mana had grown.
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This would help a lot with transmutation.
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The burden of opening subspace had lessened too.
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Nice.
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A satisfied smile spread across his face as he rummaged through the bundle.
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Miscellaneous junk came out first… along with several chunks of frozen ore from the dungeon.
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Analyzing the components, they weren’t bad.
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Upper-grade quality.
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He could sell them once he returned to the family.
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“Hm?”
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That was when he found it.
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A small gem, more delicately crafted than the other ores.
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Mana swirled violently inside.
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Evan knew instinctively.
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This…
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It’s a core?
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The dungeon core.
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The core of the dungeon that had twisted space-time, swallowing Innocence, the monsters from the other side, and the people of the Demisia Kingdom.
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It was right here!
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I didn’t expect this…
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“Wow! Evan, that’s so pretty.”
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“Don’t eat it.”
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“I’m fine with vegetables.”
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Lapis pulled out a head of lettuce from her pocket and started munching.
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Yeah, that sounded about right.
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A dungeon core was an extremely valuable material used in magic reagents and alchemy.
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Even the Alkart family name couldn’t easily acquire one.
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…This is good.
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The things he could make with it were endless.
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Its durability was high too — it wouldn’t shatter even if transmutation failed.
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Perfect timing.
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He might be able to create a new golem with this.
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Something different in nature from Number 5 or Number 2.
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And this other thing… a root? It’s completely rotted. What would I even use—
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It looked familiar.
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Oh, right!
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Timegrass!
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It should have come as a reward, but perhaps due to the extreme cold, it had spoiled completely.
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The ingredient he’d planned to use for the potion suppressing the curse in the saintess’s heart.
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A precious material — and he’d used it all to cure Innocence.
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He couldn’t even bill anyone for it.
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The only way to get more was through contacts in the Space-Time Magic Tower.
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…Asking the shrine maiden wouldn’t work, would it?
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Of course not.
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He’d have to search through Innocence’s connections first.
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Fortunately, there was a famous merchant group on the continent he was linked to.
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That route should work somehow.
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I need to find a use for this core first.
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Lapis, who had been watching Evan with her chin propped on the bed and a silly grin, suddenly remembered something.
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She pushed herself up with both hands.
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“Oh! And…!”
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“?”
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“That weird knight woke up too!”
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Weird knight…? Ah!
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Innocence.
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The king had finally awakened.
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***
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Innocence.
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The king who woke later than Evan.
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He sat on his throne in pristine condition, as if he hadn’t just regained consciousness moments ago.
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His long white hair was neatly tied back, and he wore a pure white robe.
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His eyes, once clouded and unfocused, now held the clearest focus they’d ever had as they gazed at Evan.
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It worked.
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His first attempt.
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His first homunculus transmutation.
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Though only partial… combining it with alchemy had succeeded in repairing the brain.
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A miracle born of knowledge.
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If it hadn’t been for Aegis and—
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Innocence quietly closed his clear eyes.
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“It feels as though I have woken from a very long… dream.”
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“…”
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“Every day I suffered from madness, hearing whispers urging me onward, craving to fight the strong and reach higher realms…That insatiable desire tormented me. Even when my energy was cut off mid-battle, I felt no strangeness.”
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“That was my karma. I surpassed my realm because I pursued greater strength, and it is true that my brain was destroyed by excessive battle lust.”
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Even if it was to protect his people and kingdom.
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At its core, what drove him beyond his limits was the thirst for greater power.
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He had to face any strong opponent — ally or enemy — to grow stronger.
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Trapped in that contradiction, gradually consumed by madness, Innocence had finally been freed.
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“Now, at last, it feels like I have returned to reality.”
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“Are there any lingering issues?”
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“None at all. You called it alchemy… I am in your debt.”
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“It was thanks to Elder Aegis and Hargen’s help.”
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“Even so, your contribution was the greatest.”
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Innocence stepped down from the throne and grasped both of Evan’s hands.
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“Let me thank you once more.”
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“Y-Yes.”
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It was a little embarrassing.
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Evan nodded, hiding his awkwardness.
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Innocence released his hands.
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He clasped them behind his back and slowly walked to the side of the throne.
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“I have prepared a reward for you.”
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“A reward?”
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“The kingdom’s treasure vault.”
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Innocence pointed toward the underground.
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The vault of the kingdom they hadn’t been able to enter… filled with countless artifacts.
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“Take whatever you wish from what the dungeon produced.”
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“…!”
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The kingdom’s treasure vault!
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One of the rewards he absolutely had to claim in the future.
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And he could get it now?
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This was huge.
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“Take everything you want.”
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In Korea, it’s national custom to refuse at least once.
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But that wouldn’t fly here.
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“I will gratefully accept.”
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“This alone will not be enough.”
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Huh?
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“This is a symbol of my personal friendship.”
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Innocence held out a dagger engraved with his crest.
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“The Kingdom of Demisia will support you. Even if the entire world opposes you… I, at least, will always stand by your side.”
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A faint flame flickered in Innocence’s eyes, then vanished.
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“This life you saved… as long as the kingdom is not in danger, I will always stand with you.”
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“…!”
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More than a reliable ally — the strongest possible supporter.
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His mental state restored, Innocence had regained his full original strength.
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His martial prowess alone surpassed even Arthur’s.
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Was there a greater reward than this?
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“Someone is waiting for you.”
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“?”
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“In my garden.”
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Innocence gave a bittersweet smile and pointed toward the garden.
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“I still have matters to attend to… but it is only right to resolve a young knight’s troubles first.”
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“Go speak with him for a moment. We will continue afterward.”
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Evan nodded.
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A short delay was fine.
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He had a rough idea who was waiting.
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In the garden filled with every kind of weapon embedded in the ground.
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Felix, standing alone in the center, slowly turned his head.
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“I have something to ask.”
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“Please, go ahead.”
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“You… did you foresee all of this?”
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