Chapter 45 – 44. The End of Impoverishment?
When Aris, who was touching Arthur’s body lying on the bed, used the skill, she could see the energy she had never felt before gather in her hand and flow into Arthur’s body.
For a moment, Aris felt dizzy along with her sudden headache after seeing the light particles flowing into Arthur’s body.
Sweat poured out of her entire body and nosebleeds began to flow from her nose, but the hand using the skill did not move, and after over 10 minutes of patience, Aris finally realized how to use the skill as she saw the light powder no longer coming out of her hand. I knew instinctively that this was over.
And as if to prove that Aris’s thoughts were correct, her status window appeared before her eyes.
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Results of using [Supreme Sacrifice (SSS)].
(Cast target: Arthur)
[Haeju Success List]
-Curse of Insensitivity (SS)
-Curse of Weakness (SS)
-Curse of Incurability (SS)
[List of Haeju failures]
-Curse of the Demon (SSS)
-Curse of Oblivion (SS)
-Curse of half-blindness (S)
[Haeju Probability]
-S(71%), SS(36%), SSS(3.6%)
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“… “
This isn’t bad at all… Since the three most hindering curses have been removed, can you think of it as the best result…?
At that time, Aris’ eyes turned to the phrase written at the bottom of her
Haeju probability.? What, the S-class curse was at 71%, but it failed? I’m so unlucky…
However, Aris’s thoughts changed as soon as she saw the probability of an SS-class curse.
SS level is 36%? How did 3 of these succeed?
After reading her status window for a while, the corners of Aris’ mouth slowly began to rise.
Good! I think this has had the effect I expected.
I feel like I want to wake Arthur up right now and ask him how he is. But I can’t help it in this situation, so I’ll have to ask him later when he wakes up.
With a satisfied smile, she erased her existing status window with her hand, and a new status window appeared before her eyes.
A status window that shows the life consumed by using skills.
And Aris’ expression as he looked at this suddenly darkened.
Ah… So much was spent? This consumed a lot more than I expected…
Aris slapped herself with both hands.
Looking at the pain, it looks like she’s still alive… Fortunately, she didn’t die right away. Or will she remain breathtaking?
I think I heard that if people live very long, they can live to 100 years old… I’m 20 years old now, so if you subtract 20 and the lifespan consumed from 100 years…?
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Did I calculate the numbers wrong? There’s no way this is all I have left to live, um… Yeah! I guess I’m dizzy right now and calculated the numbers wrong.
Aris, who did not want to believe the truth, thought that her calculation was wrong and escaped from reality, but even if she took her paper and calculated it, the remaining lifespan did not change.
“Status window.”
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Name: Arthur
[Abilities]
Stamina-10
Strength-10
Dexterity-10
Magic attribute-1
[Blessing]
-None
[Skill]
-Sacral branch (SSS)
-Master of Mana (SSS)
-Hero (SSS) (Seal)
[Curse]
-Curse of the Demon (SSS)
-Curse of Oblivion (SS)
-Curse of half-blindness (S)
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Yes… Let’s think positively.
Half of the damn curses have disappeared from the status window, and Arthur can now increase his stats and magic power.
From now on, I will be able to live happily with Arthur as before.
Happily ever after. For the rest of your life.
“How much longer do you have left?”
5 years? Or 1 year?
It might be next month.
Maybe tomorrow or in a few hours.
“Ah. I want to continue living with Arthur… But I don’t want to die…”
Aris thought she had prepared her mind sufficiently before using her skill, but she had no choice but to become weak in the face of the approaching fear of death.
In the end, Aris closed her eyes tightly, and after a while, only small sobs could be heard in her room.
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Casting, casting, casting.
“Okay…”
Arthur was awakened from her sleep by the sensation of someone touching her, and when she opened her eyes and turned her head to look next to her, she saw Aris kneading her own left hand. 〉
“Aris?”
Aris was shocked and trembled at Arthur’s words, and stuttered her answer.
“This. This is because her hands were very cold, Ma. I was giving her a massage.”
But to Arthur, it didn’t feel like an ordinary massage. Because I felt an unfamiliar emotion from Aris’ touch. Emotions like fear and sadness.
Only then did Arthur, looking directly at Aris’ face, notice the traces of her tears on Aris’s face.
“Aris.? “Did you cry?”
Aris, who looked surprised by Arthur’s words, shook her head and strongly denied it.
“What are you talking about? Why am I crying?”
“It’s probably because I yawned earlier, and I have a place to go quickly now…”
Aris diverted Arthur’s attention by showing off her natural acting and bright appearance as usual, and Arthur, who had just woken up, thought that he had been in a trance and had seen the wrong thing and easily ignored her.
“Anyway! Let’s get out quickly!”
Seeing Aris smiling as she held out her hand as usual, Arthur also smiled and took Aris’ hand and followed her out of the room.
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“But where are we going?”
“Where are we going, to your department’s office?”
“Why are you there.?”
“What are you talking about? Today is the day your undergraduate school grades come out.”
Oh right. Now that I think about it, today was the day when grades were announced… But I would have been completely screwed…
Arthur had taken his final exams a few days ago, and she was understandably devastated. Although his handwriting was somewhat improved, in terms of practical skills, he couldn’t even use magic, and he couldn’t even use a sword well, so he couldn’t do anything in sparring and only got hit and lost.
“Aris, is there a need to see it?”
Arthur, who didn’t really want to see her, quietly expressed his refusal, but Aris responded firmly.
“Arthur, I know what you’re worried about… But you know it’s inevitable, right?”
“. I understand.”
Walk like that for a while.
Arthur and Aris soon arrived in front of the undergraduate office, and they could also see the report card posted on the bulletin board next to it.
“Uhm. Where does Arthur’s name lie.?”
At the moment when Aris was looking for her name from above, Arthur was next to her, poking Aris’ side and pointing with his index finger to the bottom of her report card.
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Final grade ranking for the first semester of the first year of the Faculty of Magic.
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287. Arthur
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Aris was at a loss for words as her rank was much lower than she expected, and when even Arthur, who was next to her, did not bring up her words, the atmosphere between them suddenly became cold.
This is a big deal. First, what should I do with this atmosphere?
“Hmm. My grades are higher than expected? Well done, Arthur!”
“… “
“If I lost my memory and still didn’t come in last place, does that mean I have talent?”
“There are 13 people below me. And I will be able to see them better next semester.”
Even the life in Arthur’s eyes disappeared from Aris’ words that did not seem comforting.
Isn’t this? Big… It’s a big deal!! It’s a real emergency!
“I just want to go.”
Arthur must have been so offended that he turned away from Aris without even hearing her answer.
“Now. Wait a minute!! Arthur!! Stop!”
However, despite Aris’ words, Arthur did not stop, and in the end, Aris had no choice but to grab Arthur’s shoulder and stop him.
“I’m sorry, I actually have good news… I thought it would be okay if you told me when you were upset about your grades. I definitely didn’t mean what I said earlier!”
Arthur seemed to be interested in Aris’ words, so she turned her head and looked at Aris. Arthur didn’t say anything, but responded with the expression on her face. Let’s talk about it somewhere.
Phew… I’m really talking now.
Aris turned Arthur’s body around, held his left hand tightly with both of her hands, and opened her mouth with a smile.
“Arthur, now you can use magic! So…”
But when Aris tried to finish her sentence, she could see Arthur burst into tears. That’s also very sad.
“Uh.? “Arthur, what’s wrong… That’s good news… Now you can use your favorite magic?”
ㅡTap!
Arthur shook off Aris’ hand and began to get angry, wiping away his tears with his hand.
“Why are you doing this today!!!”
“Hmm… Ugh… Why are you making such a joke.? Terrible! “It’s bad!!”
Are you kidding me? What do you mean, Arthur?
At that time, Aris realized that she had missed something important.
She suddenly tells someone who has never used mana in their life that they can use magic? She couldn’t help but think that, as a listener, she was making fun of herself.
Therefore, Aris quickly began to explain to Arthur.
“Ji. Calm down!! “It’s no joke!!!”
However, when Arthur did not listen and continued to cry, Aris grabbed Arthur’s hand again and released his mana.
“…?”
Arthur must have felt something about her, so she stopped crying and began to focus on the mana flowing into her.
“Arthur, it’s really not a lie or a joke. Among the abilities I have, there is the ability to change your… Hmm, constitution, and I have only recently become stronger and am now able to use it.”
Arthur also had no choice but to believe in Mana and Aris’ words, which he felt for the first time in his life.
“Well. Then I can use mana now? Really? “Isn’t this a dream?”
With words, Arthur hugged Aris.
“Thank you. I love you so much, Aris.”
“And I’m sorry for not believing what you said earlier… I was actually giving up…”
“It’s okay, was it my fault for speaking too hastily? “If it were me, I would have thought the same thing as you.”
But for a moment, Arthur was happy about Aris’ words.
Arthur carefully asked Aris another question.
“Aris. But as far as I know, such abilities. Require a ‘price’. Maybe you too…?”
Aris hoped that Arthur would just be purely happy and move on, but unfortunately, Arthur’s tact was not normal.
“Ah. The price.”
Well, I can’t say, “I gave up almost all of my life!”, But I think Arthur would be very sad if he found out that I spent a lot of my life to use the skill in the first place.
“Why aren’t you saying anything? I wonder if it’s going to be a huge price…”
“Oh… No, Arthur. The price was just to be weaker for a few days, so I don’t have to worry too much, right?”
“Really? I’m glad. You are more important to me than using magic. Just in case… Then I don’t have to worry.?”
Come to your senses… You can’t collapse here. Just act like you normally do, like nothing is wrong.
“Then! Arthur, we just need to be happy now.”
Although Aris succeeded in perfectly portraying her voice, she was unable to completely hide the sadness on her face. However, she did not see her face because Arthur was in Aris’s arms, and in the end, Aris succeeded in deceiving Arthur.
If I just keep quiet, Arthur will never find out, so it’ll be okay.
Aris was relieved that she had succeeded in hiding the truth, but she did not know whether this decision would be bad luck or good luck.
