"Here's, your status."
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Noah Sifel
Level 2
Strength: I0
Endurance: I0
Dexterity: I0
Agility: I0
Magic: I0
Skills:
[The Fallen Moon and the Beauty]
- Blissful Celestial Melody, The Burden of Beauty
- By resonating with women whose charm you recognize, you can gain overall buffs and remove negative status effects.
- Enhances charm against Elves.
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Resonance?
It probably means close communication, right?
But how intimate does it have to be to be considered a resonance?
Does kissing count? Does bloodsucking count? Negative distance?
Noah fell silent as he looked at the new skill listed on the paper.
Isn't this skill a bit too sus?
"Hey, Noah, I never expected you to be such a sly fellow. But you'd better watch out, or you might accidentally bewitch Riveria and get hunted down by the entire world of Elves!"
Loki also thought that since Ais's loss was inevitable, she might as well just sit back and watch the show.
Three women make a drama, so if there are more, there will be an endless drama to watch. Sensing the gloating in Loki's laughter, Noah narrowed his eyes dangerously.
"Loki, you're right. So, to prevent losing control of this skill, I've decided to experiment it out first, okay?"
"What? An experiment? Wait, do you want to do that?!"
Loki's laughter abruptly stopped. However, by the time she tried to prevent it, it was too late. Because Noah had already smiled at Loki, and a light shone in his eyes...
In an instant, Loki was dazzled by that extremely charming smile.
"Loki, I'm a little short on money lately, could you give me some Valis?"
"Ah? Oh, okay."
With hazy eyes, as if she had been drugged, Loki casually picked up a box from under the covers and handed it to Noah. Noah opened it and found two beautifully colored gems inside.
These gems were extremely valuable, with a proven worth and reputation, and many people would exchange large amounts of Valis for gems to store as savings.
Good heavens! She always complains about being poor and misappropriates Familia funds to buy divine Wine, but it turns out she had this little secret stash of money!
It must be confiscated!
Without the slightest hesitation, Noah picked up the box and left the room. Of course, he wouldn't keep it all for himself; he would simply hand it over to Riveria. Riveria had nine ways to punish this Goddess!
"Noah!! Give me back my secret stash of money!! Huh? Riveria?! No, let me explain! I really didn't take advantage of your sympathy last time, please!!"
Amidst Loki's wailing and howling, Noah sighed and returned to his room.
I have paid a heavy price to prevent my Goddess from indulging in wine and women.
Raul seemed to have been called away by Finn to do chores, so Noah was the only one in the room, and he didn't bother to turn on the lights.
Lying in bed, Noah closed his eyes, ready to have a good night's sleep and relieve the physical fatigue from the expedition....
[Good evening, Host!]
Upon seeing the light screen appear before him, Noah was so frightened that he almost drew his sword to strike.
It took him a while to realize what it was.
"Oh, so you're still alive. I thought you'd disappeared somewhere."
[Please show basic respect to this System, Host. I am the Savior System No. 10086, dedicated to assisting heroes and saving the world.]
"Support?"
Lying back down on the bed, Noah squinted one eye and lazily looked at the System.
"What have you ever done to help me? It seems you've been missing ever since I arrived here, haven't you? Since you're supposed to be an assistant to the hero, how about showing me a couple of divine weapons first? Otherwise, I'll apply to switch to a more useful system."
Silence. Silence filled Orario tonight.
[Waaaaah, a bully!! I'm just a weak, fledgling System. All my resources have been monopolized by my superiors, and I'm assigned to all sorts of obscure dimensional worlds, assisting various lunatics in saving the world every day. You're a super epic legendary card that I painstakingly drew, please don't abandon me! Otherwise, I'll self destruct right here and now!]
The System's style changed so suddenly that Noah almost popped his eyes out.
No, why does it always have a resentful, complaining vibe?
"Okay, okay, stop crying."
"Waaaaah."
"Waaaaah."
"Shut up! If you keep yelling, go ahead and self destruct, or I'll just kill myself and we'll all go our separate ways!!"
"...The System has returned to normal."
"Alright, since you suddenly showed up, is there something you want to see me about?"
"A temporary mission to save the world. Are you interested, Host?"
"Oh?"
In a dark basement in Fuyuki City.
A terrified little girl with black hair suddenly felt a burning sensation on the back of her hand and screamed.
Did I do something wrong?
Why don't my parents want me?
Why was I thrown here?
In the cold, damp basement, the girl stared at the pit in front of her, teeming with countless bugs, her eyes filled with despair and tears.
The girl who was once Tohsaka Sakura, now known as Matou Sakura, wanted to run away, but she didn't even have the strength to stand up.
Not only because she knew that in front of the Grandfather of the Matou family, she, as an ordinary girl, had no way to escape.
Furthermore, Sakura didn't know where to escape to.
Because the people who sent her here, into this hellhole, were her father and mother.
The parents chose the more outstanding, sunny, and cheerful older sister, and abandoned her...for the little girl, this was her entire understanding of that day.
Just as her grandfather said, the moment she was sent to the Matou family, she had nowhere else to go but to live as a member of the Matou family.
Even if I escape this hellhole, where can I go?
If I run back to the Tohsaka family, will I be sent back again?
The sound of the disgusting bugs swarming around them swept over like a tsunami, plunging Sakura into boundless despair.
"Then, shouldn't you go and receive the baptism of these bugs?"
Behind Sakura was a short, bald old man with a cane.
His thin body was wrapped in a bluish gray kimono, and his limbs were as withered as wood.
His eyes were obscured by deep sockets, yet they exuded a mocking malice that one could not resist. Although he was in human form, he exuded the decaying aura of a rotting corpse.
He reached out and pressed on Sakura's thin back, then forcefully pushed her toward the sea of bugs below...
No matter how strong she was, the young girl, looking at the surging bug pit, finally let out a helpless cry.
Dad, Mom, Sister, anyone is fine...
Please, save me...
As if in response to Sakura's inner cries and pleas, a sudden, searing heat, like being pressed with a branding iron, surged onto the back of the girl's hand, causing her to scream softly.
"It hurts!"
Feeling the fluctuations emanating from Sakura, Matou Zouken subconsciously stopped what he was doing, and then saw the pattern on the back of the girl's hand.
It was a pattern composed of three cherry blossom petals, which flickered like candlelight.
Zouken was perfectly aware of the symbolic meaning of this pattern, as he was the one who personally developed the Command Seal system. That's why he couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise.
"How is this possible? There's still more than a year until the sixty year cycle is complete!"
Zouken thought it was his imagination, but the truth seemed to be deliberately going against him, developing in a different direction. Beneath the countless surging bugs, beams of intense light suddenly burst forth.
The dazzling light, easily burned the bugs to ashes, then shot straight up to the ceiling, turning the dark and damp basement a ghastly white.
The surging fluctuation unleashed a powerful wind that swept through the basement.
She could clearly feel the ground beneath her feet shaking violently, becoming as soft as cotton. The strong wind in front of her felt like a moving giant wall, threatening to knock Sakura away. The bright light in front of her made it impossible for her to open her eyes.