Chapter 27
27 – The answer of the dice
The egg of the divine beast.
It is a hidden piece hidden in ‘Chilseonggwan’, a dormitory exclusively for the top students entering the academy.
The egg of divine beast is a very powerful hidden piece among the hidden pieces, so it is an item that cannot be missed. In the speedrun record, ‘R route’ and ‘Noal route’ are measured separately. As such, it is a great item that reduces the game difficulty and clear time exponentially when acquired.
As much as it has great power, it is not easy to awaken the egg of the divine beast. In order to wake it up, several conditions must be satisfied.
For reference, one of them is approved by Ralph Leoris. It was because he needed help from the Leoris family later. The fact that I put Ralph and Roto Chess in Leoris Mansion Event is also what I arranged for this.
“It looks like it has a very powerful petrification magic on it… ! I’m not a professional mage, so I can’t say for sure, but…. Where did you get these clothes… ?”
“I found it by accident while searching the dormitory.”
“As expected, the academy clothes… ! Such a precious thing rolling around….”
It didn’t roll around. It was hidden so hard to find. If I hadn’t known the original, I would never have found it.
“A divine beast egg! This is great stuff! This is a treasure that has never been dealt with by our Janet corps!”
I was interested in the egg, my eyes twinkling so much that I wondered if Ellie had been replaced by a gold coin.
It is natural to be curious. The divine egg is the only item in the game. It is treated as unsellable at all.
The level is SSS level. It is the highest grade among the items that exist in the game.
“Awesome. Professor Lena. Could you possibly hatch this egg?”
Sierra asked as she looked at the divine beast’s egg. Professor Reina, who had been watching Al with a calm expression, cautiously opened her mouth. Her voice was very deliberate, as was her expression.
“First of all, I think we need to dispel the petrification magic from the egg… ! I can’t be sure because my knowledge of magic is low, but it won’t be easy… ! The petrification magic applied here may have lasted for hundreds or even thousands of years. Clothes… ! That means it’s powerful magic. Clothes… !”
Professor Reina’s eyes were accurate.
In the Legend Route, there are about three main characters with exceptional talent for ’emotion’. Arsha Swordhorn for weapons, Izumi Reina for antiques and rare items. The other one…
“Even if you cancel the petrification magic, you won’t be able to hatch right away. ! Bondi, because eggs hatch only when the incubation environment is well matched. !”
The professor pulled out a small scroll from within her arms.
“Some of my acquaintances are experts in this kind of clothes… ! I’m a friend with an unusual class called a trainer. Clothes… ! I’ll write you a letter of recommendation, so if you’re interested, please visit me. !”
You have obtained Professor Raina’s letter of recommendation. I brought this egg here to get this.
Professor Reina clapped her hands after finishing her egg evaluation. She must have had dessert too, it seems like she’s about to start today’s class.
It’s still the department selection week, so it won’t be a full-fledged class.
Can you think of it as an orientation?
“Then…. Since three students have gathered, I’m going to do a simple test to find out your potential today… !”
Professor Raina said that with her excited face.
“Potential?”
Sierra and Ellie tilted their heads almost simultaneously. It’s a combination that fits well. I felt a sense of wonder at the combination that I could never see in the original.
“What do you think is the core ability a rogue should have? !”
Professor Reina raised her index finger and asked a question. In a way, it is very philosophical, and in some ways, it is a very simple question. In the original game, this question gives you three choices.
1. Flexible judgment and quick agility
2. Patience to endure
3. Dark skin
For reference, if you choose number 3, Professor Joseph’s favorability will decrease by 10.
“Ummm…. That’s a tough question. Maybe it’s agility and judgment?”
Sierra number 1.
“I think it is the spirit that does not give in to contempt and contempt!”
Ellie chose number 2.
Professor Raina turned to me.
“What do you think of Student John? ?”
The correct answer is neither number 1 nor number 2, nor, of course, number 3.
“Luck…. Shall?”
Professor Reina snapped her fingers at my answer.
“That’s the correct answer… !”
A small dice appeared from the professor’s hand.
It’s not just dice. 13 Sided dice
Because it was a type of dice you would never see in general, it looked like a tool used for primitive magic.
Sierra and Ellie looked at the dice with questioning expressions.
“How lucky?”
Ellie asked in a voice that she couldn’t understand.
Sierra’s expression was similar to Ellie’s.
“That’s right, the clothes… ! A thief’s core ability is luck… ! Powerful luck is the virtue a thief should have… !”
Professor Raina rolled the dice. A 13-sided die rolls on the round table. The stopped die eye pointed to 10.
“People think of luck as an uncertain and uncontrollable concept… ! One of the reasons the thief class is despised is because they are considered lamentists who lean on this uncertainty… !”
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Professor Reina continued her explanation in an exasperated voice.
“However, that is not trueClothes… ! It’s just an illusion of fools… ! Believe in astrology and treat luck like a superstition… ! Luck is also an ability that we humans can control. !”
Like the professor said, luck is also one of the abilities of a legend root character. However, the notion of those abilities was as explained by the professor.
Anyway, since it is an ability that does not have a large impact on the outside, such as strength or agility, there is a climate where luck is neglected.
However, as mentioned several times before, luck is a second half-oriented ability that shines the higher it gets. To the point where I don’t understand why such a great ability is being downplayed. Personally, this is one of the parts I don’t understand about setting up a legend route.
“This dice is not an ordinary dice… ! My master’s master’s master’s master’s…. It’s a special dice handed down from a distant master. Clothes… ! It is a die that can determine the ‘potential’ of an individual’s luck. ! In my hometown, we used dice similar to this for duels… !”
“A duel with dice!? What kind of duel was it?”
Ellie pricked up her ears and listened to Professor Reina.
“Simple clothes… ! If you roll the dice and get a high score, it’s a winning duel. !”
“Wow! What is that cute duel!? I don’t think the kids in the neighborhood won’t play like that either?”
“Of course, even in my neighborhood, the kids didn’t have this duel. ! The loser in the duel gets hit in the head with an iron club and dies. ! It was believed that there was a devil called a horse in the head of an unlucky person. !”
“Oooh! Come on, no kidding! Saying it’s cute, cancel….”
Professor Raina handed the dice to the terrified Ellie.
“Let’s start with Ms. Ellie. Clothes… !”
“Wouldn’t it be fine to just roll the dice? By any chance, getting her head beaten because her eyes came out low…”
“It’s not a duel, so it’s okay. Clothes… !”
Ellie rolled her dice with a worried expression on her face. The dice rolled on the round table pointed to the number 8.
“Ooh! It’s higher than you think! Indeed, is this a revelation that the stock I bought last week is going up!?”
Ellie was delighted with the numbers on her dice.
“Hey hey… ! My dice roll is 10, but I’ve been swimming in black bars for over two months… ! Human madness cannot be overcome by luck… !”
Professor Raina said in a sad voice. It must have been an investment made by dividing a professor’s salary, which is not much, but the professor does not seem to have a good vision for stocks. I don’t think the day will come when Professor Flora will receive the money he lent to Professor Reina.
“So, is it my turn this time?”
Sierra rolled her dice after Ellie.
Torrr! Widely!
The eye of the dice is 9.
There is only one difference between Professor Reina and him.
“Awesome clothes… ! Both students have tremendous talent… !”
After saying that, Professor Reina looked at me with an expression full of anticipation.
“How many student John…. No way, even I have never seen 13… ?”
Received the professor’s expectant stare, I rolled the dice.
Torrr! Widely!
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The students have returned. Reina Izumi sighed and sat down in her seat.
Ellie and Sierra had great potential. Ellie’s eyes were 8, Sierra’s eyes were 9.
Both of them have enough potential to become great thieves. It’s a number that’s not inferior to 10, which is your own eyes. Even in her hometown, few people had that potential.
Since the potential of the two is that much, I thought, of course, that John would come out higher than that. And the number of dice John rolled….
-1
It was 1. Reina had never seen a number like that before. Even the unluckiest people start at the base 2.
John had the best qualities as a thief. Johann proved his talent in a duel with Born Zaborg.
“To have such qualities with only that much potential…. This is a contradiction, right? !”
No matter how much I think about it, I don’t understand. The strength John now has and his potential are incompatible with each other.
Could it be that the dice inherited from the master are wrong?
The moment I turned my head and looked at the dice.
Damn it!
The dice are broken.
“Eh!? Master’s belongings are broken. Clothes… !”
In Reina’s head, as she screamed at the broken dice, the words of her master in her lifetime came to mind.
-It is a valuable item, so don’t lose it. You have a bit of a clumsy corner, so I can’t help but worry.
-I’m sorry, ah… ! Well, by the way, Master! What should I do if this is broken or damaged? ?”
-It’s a dice made from the bones of divine beasts, so it’s almost never physically broken. But….
-But… ?
-It is said that it will break if touched by a person with potential that cannot be fully expressed even with that dice. Well, it’s just a story I heard from my master, so I’m not sure. You must have seen someone like that.
Reina reached out her hand over her round table. Her dice, neatly divided in two, was staring blankly at her.