After the whole fiasco, the princess arranged for me to have sleeping quarters in the castle. She announced she would personally lead me to the room after it was prepared. I assumed she was going to be alone once the guards left, but unfortunately for me, the wolf fishman I fought had [Auto Regeneration] and was back to full health in no time.We were currently swimming through the hallways. They were large spaces that could felt a bit too big to be mere hallways. All around, there were corals erupt with glowing orbs fixed on them, acting as some sort of lightbulb all the while acting as surveillance cameras. The magic tool Magic Orb. A multi-functional tool that served various purposes depending on the situation.In this situation, it was security detail as well as an aesthetic. A nice way to monitor everyone without their knowledge. Maybe this was why the princess wasn’t really scared about escorting me to the room without any more security detail. There were no guards on standby an
Day 53The princess left me alone in the room to go speak to her brother. It didn’t take long for Kawaii to come back to normal. When she did, she wrapped herself around me while screaming. She explained to me what happened which led to me pampering her. After, I explained the situation to her and she reluctantly agreed to my plan. Kawaii really was not a fan of the princess.She later explained that she was actually capable of using magic, unlike me. I felt that was very odd, so I would have to inquire further from the princess later. In the end, I had Kawaii sneak out of the room to go investigate further for me, leaving me alone in the room with my other minds.We simulated the fight with Osveta over and over again, coming up with better and easier ways to beat up someone on his level. It ended up developing the skill [Battle Simulation], where we created an imaginary battlefield with a set list of abilities. It would normally take in-real-world-time to complete a simulation, but w
The princess summoned me from the quarters I had been given. I wasn’t really psyched to be working for her, but I reminded myself that it was only till after we stopped the invasion. I had managed to get a decent amount of information from Kawaii till this point, but she was still out scouting for more information.The princess had led me to a part of the palace where I could sense incredibly dense mana. There were several people with large quantities of mana practicing magic or doing research. The agent theorised that this was the source of the leylines. It said this generated the basic magic structure, but them powering it at all times was unlikely, meaning there was another source that powered their magic circle and allowed for the leylines to be active at all times.‘Why are we here?’I asked the princess, but she ignored me and kept swimming. Her mind was completely blank, meaning she was still on-guard around me. Although, I hadn’t seen the guard from the day before around. He q
“Come now, lady Hinotori.”He directed me towards a crystal-clear orb that sat on a pedestal in the centre of the room.[Item name: Mana Appraisal Orb][Item Rank: High Rare][Item Description: An orb made out of appraisal crystal. With it, one’s magic power can be measured into numerical values]Effect #1 – Changes colour based on mana densityEffect #2 – Records magic power as a number][Value: 20 gold coins | 5 store points]‘A mana appraisal orb?’‘That’s what he meant by testing our magical output?’‘T-this should be a breeze then.’‘I thought he was going to make me fight some monster or something. Phew.’“Please put your hand on the orb.”He gently requested of me.‘Hmm, if she’s the same as Vermillion, then this should shatter.’I honestly had no idea who this Vermillion person was and I had the urge to ask, but I would push that to later. I put my hand on the orb, but nothing happened.‘Am… I supposed to do something?’>‘Oh, I see.’‘Dumbass.’‘Sh
In a dark alleyway on the streets of Yorul, a person wrapped in a cloak moved silently.It was very hard to find a place as dark and filthy as this in Yorul, which was the capital city of Atlantis, named after its founder. Since it is the chosen ground of the highly exalted founder, the residents try their best to ensure that it was safely and cleanly kept. It was seen as a sort of Holy Land that the purest and wisest of the 3 original merfolk, Yorul had decided to set up his kingdom to ensure his people flourished.Eventually his followers became so numerous, they had to create additional cities chosen by Yorul himself, which began the five nations of Atlantis. Since his death, the residents refused to create an additional city since they assumed it would be an offense the first king.So, they ensured that their cities were clean to the best of their abilities. They monitored the increase in size population and came up with magic for that problem. The monitored the increase in crime
After delivering a lengthy speech at the beginning point of the city, the princess made us go to several different locations across the city, just to do the same thing. It really must have been a pain in the ass being unable to simply project herself through some sort of crystal or screen.Couldn’t she do that though? This was the city of magic and so a simple projection spell should have been easy enough for them. Well, I understood the reasons she gave me, but to be frank, it was completely redundant. The same results would be ensured through a projection spell and ending out people to do surveys.In the end, I still couldn’t understand her true thought process. This princess couldn’t just be the genuinely kind-type all of a sudden, right?Fortunately, there was an incident during one of her speeches that gave me time to stop thinking about it.>Quickly, I identified a needle shooting through the water like a bullet. Even with my [Super Tho
I returned to the others after finishing off the assailant. They had surrounded the princess and put up a magic barrier to prevent any further attacks. Maybe they should have done that while she was giving her speech.“When did you-”Sunalla approached me to ask some questions, but now wasn’t the time in my opinion.‘I know who did this. Is it alright if I go handle them?’I looked at the princess for confirmation and she mauled over it for a while.“Who did this?”‘The Sikari Guild from what I gathered.’“Huh? If it’s someone from there, I doubt you would have gotten any answers.”‘I can read minds.’I gave her that simple excuse. It would probably be a bad idea to tell them I eat souls to acquire information I’m seeking. Just imagine you had been insulting someone who could kill you at a moment’s notice without blinking. You’d put your guard up around that person, no?“Even if you know who did it, what good does it do us when we don’t know where the Sikari guild is? For all you know
“Gate keeper.”A robed assassin appeared before the seemingly drunk old merman. The Gate Keeper, as he was called, looked up with a ditzy expression.“Varim der har iz groys.”“Did the Needle Master pass by?”The assassin impatiently asked; however, the Gate Keeper was not going to entertain this sort of attitude from the assassin.“Varim der har iz groys.”“I apologise. Varim der har iz groys.”He quickly realised his mistake and tried to clear it up. The Gate Keeper looked at him with a stern warning, before drinking from his bottle.“Did the Needle Master pass by? I don’t think it was him.”“A false needle master, you say? Interesting.”“You haven’t seen him then? We may still have time then. I have reason to believe he was eliminated. They will be coming here, so we need to change the portal’s location- wait... you’ve never referred to him as Needle Master.”The assassin was immediately on guard. His mind went back to how quickly the person who took down Needle Master moved. It wa