Acquired the EX-class attribute ‘Transcendence Copy’

92 – Acquaintance Chance

A chef who has reached the level of a master can give special effects to his dishes. Beyond simply restoring energy, the power to touch the ‘ability level’ is engraved into the dish.

It’s a story that Sarah has heard before. It’s a famous story in the culinary world, and many chefs dream of it. However, there are at most dozens of chefs who have reached this level. Bart, the Leoris family’s exclusive chef, was one of those master chefs.

The imposition effect that raises abilities is a value that is difficult to measure with money. In a fight with a monster or a human, 1 stat is enough to determine victory or defeat. It has become commonplace for a moment’s quickness to steal the opponent’s timing and a single power struggle to break the tight balance.

People train to raise that 1 ability, try to get a chance, and put in time and effort. It accumulates and piles up to become a state that an individual has achieved.

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However, there is an inevitably limit to the human growth curve. When efforts and talents reach a point of meaningless growth, you inevitably have to widen the gap with your opponent in other ways.

The most popular method is to borrow the power of alchemy. In other words, taking a special potion.

Take a potion has a strong advantage of being able to raise the desired number of abilities at the exact timing at the desired time. It is a method that can be fully utilized even in a life-or-death battle situation. That’s why it was the most preferred method other than doping through buffing.

Taking the potion at the right timing can be regarded as an individual’s skill. It is also the same as not giving the opponent such timing.

However, there are two downsides to taking potions.

The first is that these special potions are very expensive.

This kind of shortcoming is not a big disadvantage for aristocratic families.

Where will you spend the money?

Isn’t it accumulating wealth in order to spend generously in this way?

In addition, with the remarkable development of alchemy, as methods for mass-producing special potions were developed in various mage towers, potion prices became relatively cheap.

Of course, relatively speaking. It is still too expensive for ordinary people to use.

The second disadvantage of taking potions, unlike the first one, was a disadvantage that nobles could not easily overlook. That’s just a side effect.

[Elixir of Breeze (Class D): It is an elixir that temporarily restores the agility of the thieves’ guardian. It’s not as much as the guardian deity that appears in mythology, but it temporarily activates the senses and increases physical abilities. Depending on the user, the effect lasts from a minimum of 4 minutes to a maximum of 10 minutes.

Because it is a method of doping by applying chemical stimulation to the brain, you may feel dizzy when taking it, and after the duration is over, one condition related to agility may appear randomly.

Agility +3

Dizziness occurs with a 10% chance when taken

When the effect ends, there is a 50% chance of abnormal status

Duration: 4-10 minutes]

As with all medicines, all potions have side effects. Just as the ability of 1 determines victory or defeat in an urgent battle situation, the existence of side effects can also overturn the determined result.

That’s why doping timing is important. If you use the potion recklessly ignoring the side effects, you may be able to leak the gap caused by the side effects.

Because of this risk, even aristocratic families, who can spend money like water, do not carelessly use special potions.

On the other hand, it is known that the dish made by master chefs has no such side effects.

Ability pumping without side effects.

It is truly in the most ideal position among doping items.

However, cooking has a different problem than potions. Right away, the chef can’t make this kind of dish every time he wants, and it’s not easy to store.

‘Furthermore, I’ve heard that the chef can’t arbitrarily add the effect of adding food.’

After tasting John’s weekend cake, Sara thought so and ate another piece of cake.

A bite of a cake has increased his ability by a whopping 10. 5 Mana and 5 intelligence.

Compared to a potion, it is at least B-class. A grade B potion costs about the same amount of silver.

‘No, is it more than that compared to having no side effects at all?’

Bart, the chef in charge of the Leoris family, also often makes this kind of dish. In addition to Bart, cooks belonging to a noble family would be able to serve this kind of dish with considerable frequency.

It wasn’t just the cooking itself that surprised Sara. She noticed two things. The ‘level’ and ‘duration’ of the buff.

‘The dish Chef Bart made raised my stats by 1 to 2.’

Sometimes, there were times when a dish that raised the stat level to 3 came out. However, literally very rarely.

‘Moreover, the stats that increase are usually one type. However, Yohan raised two types of stats by 5 each.’

It’s said to be temporary, but it’s a half-stair step difference with 5 stats. Plus, it lasts for a whopping 24 hours. If it lasts for about 30 minutes, the unit is different from the potion that is evaluated as being very long.

Arsha brought tiramisu out of a plate from the magic storage. She then takes it to her mouth with a fork.

“By the way, this tiramisu increases strength and agility by 5.”

“Is that also a dish with an imposition effect?”

“This guy seems to be able to add whatever effect he wants to any dish he wants. It seems to have such a “Characteristic”. Well, I won’t tell you the details.”

Arsha shrugged her shoulders. She was bragging about John, but she felt like bragging about herself.

“For dishes that want the desired effect of imposition?”

“Yes. It means that a stat pumping item without side effects can be put into a nice dish, not a potion without a taste tip.”

If you can add the effect of imposition to your liking in cooking, it is no different from a kind of mass-produced potion. That’s a potion without side effects.

‘Besides, I can save the dishes.’

By using preservation magic, the expiration date can also be drastically extended. Despite the existence of buff magicians, the potion maintains its status because of its preservation.

The advantage of a potion is that you can immediately use stat pumping even without a buff magician next to you. Also, being able to affect a large number of people at once was also a superiority of potions over buffs. Of course, if the buff master’s ability is properly supported, multiple buffs are possible.

It was only then that Sara fully understood what Arsha had said. He was not a man to be caught by the taste of the family. He is in a position to choose his family.

John’s ability did not end with simply making delicious dishes. He literally had the ability to upgrade the family’s power to the next level.

‘What if another great family finds out about this?’

Of course, I will hire John first.

There is no reason to hesitate. It is a skill that enables ability pumping without side effects. What kind of family wouldn’t want such a talented person?

Even if it is a family with excellent buff magicians or powerful potion manufacturing skills, there is no reason to refuse.

‘I must recruit them.’

Arsha gave a hint of a smile as she saw Sara’s eyes twinkle. She knew what Sarah was thinking.

“Khehehehe. That Sarah Leoris had such an easy-to-read expression. It won’t be easy.”

You are one step ahead in the race to recruit Yohan. Because this is a relationship where lips are shared!

‘If I have to, I will use this body unsparingly. It’s an impossible strategy for Sara Leoris’ poor body.’

Right away, John made it clear that he had no intention of belonging to either side. However, Arsha was confident. In the end, John will become a servant of the Swordhorn family.

“The employment story is too heavy to talk about right now. Aren’t we still in the first year?”

John cheered up the atmosphere by clapping his hands.

“Isn’t it? However, please remember that the door to the Leoris family is always open. My family, originally, it’s not a place to open the door this easily.”

“This is the same. The Swordhorn family is also said to be a place to choose people. But, John, you are different. If you feel the same way, let me know anytime. It’s between us.”

“Ooh, we’re together! When did you act so friendly to Yohan-kun just because you saw him like that?”

“What? Rumors about the Leoris family are late. What’s the relationship between me and John? Well, a relationship like making breakfast?”

“Ah, morning!? Dude, that’s vulgar!”

“John, how was the egg sandwich I made for you today?”

“Egg Sandwich? Didn’t you?”

“What, what!? I put it in the magic storage…. No way, Sierra, b*tch vixen… !”

Sara and Arsha exchanged glances. An invisible line seemed to connect the eyes of the two. An electric current was flowing through the wire.

The rivalry between Sarah and Arsha has become blurred after entering the academy.

It was the moment when the rivalry revived due to the competition to recruit a student named Yohan.

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Sara decided to join a culinary club. I think it’s the first step in recruiting me.

“Ms. Leoris. I was reading the newspaper, and I saw an article about the Leoris family.”

I met Sarah today not just to invite her into her circle. Rather, it was secondary. Her decisive reason for calling her was an event in the Leoris family.

“Oh, that one.”

Sarah’s expression darkened. It’s not a good story, so it’s natural for it to be dark.

Academic debate between Ralph Leoris and Alexander Bond.

This event originally takes place in Chapter 5, that is, in the middle of the chapter. In terms of grade, it is the 2nd semester of the 2nd year.

However, this event happened unexpectedly too quickly. The flow of the original is twisted.

‘Perhaps it’s because of what I did to Angra Mainyu.’

Unexpectedly, this event is related to Angra Mainyu. Alexander Bond is a wizard who contracted with Angra Mainyu.

The Bond family is a magical family located in the late Kong line after being pushed by the Leoris family. The inferiority that Alexander Bond, the head of the Bond family, has towards Ralph Leoris is indescribable.

According to the original story, 80% of Bond’s room is filled with pictures of Ralph Leoris. His obsession is on the level of psychosis.

It is said that when Ralph Leoris published a diamond-level thesis, the inferiority complex reached its peak. That’s why I chose to make a deal with the devil.

Angra Mainyu lends her strength and wisdom to Alexander Bond. In other words, Bond’s refutation of Ralph’s thesis is not his perfect skills, but the result of borrowing the power of the devil.

The reason why this event started so quickly is probably because Angra Mainyu took two big hits. So, they must have approached Bond first. Bond’s feelings of inferiority were not a thing today, so a word or two would have been enough to charm him.

What they want with this operation is to plant several mages who are in communication with Angra Mainyu in the Continental Mage Tower Council. It is a scheme to replenish the power of the church, which has been weakened by the extinction of demons.

I remembered the original story. The academic debate between Ralph and Bond is one of the main stories in the original story. Unlike most sub-stories, there are no multiple routes, only fixed routes. If you can’t clear this event, it’s game over.

In the original work, the main characters reveal that Alexander Bond signed a contract with Angra Mainyu. As a result, the Continental Mage Tower Council splits into Ralph faction and Bond faction and fights fiercely. Sarah is seriously injured in the process, and Ralph’s determination to save his daughter gives him a new realization.

‘It was a story about how Bond was overpowered, and Ralph completed his thesis by revising his theory based on his realization.’

Starting from this story, a full-fledged battle against Angra Mainyu unfolds. It is from this time that demons appear in earnest.

‘However, the story has changed so much because of me. Can we continue the story according to the original story?’

There were too many unprepared parts to follow the original. We are still in the first year, and we have no connection with the Continental Mage Tower Council. A situation where there is a strong possibility that the original method will not work.

“The thesis review is next week. I said I would help review the thesis, but….”

There’s no way Ralph will accept it.

Honestly, no matter how genius Sarah is, I don’t think it’s going to help.

“You refused.”

“My father will do just fine…. Maybe.”

Sarah’s voice was weak when she said that. She didn’t look like her. As for her magic, Sara Leoris was the embodiment of her confidence. As much as she is, she probably won’t be stunned by the sensational headlines.

It seems Sarah has sensed that the council’s public opinion is leaning towards Bond.

I want to help Sarah.

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No, I need help.

If you don’t pass this event properly in the original game, it’s game over. I don’t know what will happen in reality, but I don’t want to walk a dangerous tightrope.

‘Wait. There’s no need to go straight ahead, right?’

Gio Strandal was also not treated with a straight-line method. Even if you go to Moro, you only have to go to Seoul.

Then, the number of things I can choose from increases exponentially.

As I was fiddling with the legendary ring in my pocket, a story popped into my head.

“Ms. Leoris. I know of one person who can help Miss Leoris.”