Chapter 637 - Opportunity (6)

[Game Clear: Other Condition Fulfilled]

[Destination to Temple: Five Seconds Later]

I happily cheered that I wouldn't get hunted tomorrow. I wondered why I didn't do the same for Luke, making the support items a waste of time. Once I returned to the temple, the mediator held a diamond gem in his hands. Unexpectedly, Micah was waiting for me like he had anticipated this. I lightly skipped to them, opening my inventory in the process.

"No fairy has ever considered using the elixirs this way. It's extremely wasteful," Micah sighed.

"Do you think I had a chance otherwise?" I accepted the diamond.

"We are thinking of making adjustments to the trial," the mediator was equally surprised.

"And make sure to carefully hide the items. You'll become a target of many people. I suggest you have multiple people to hold onto them for you," Micah warned me.

Quickly running through a list of people I could trust, I landed on another decent candidate. Although my relationship with Alex was strained, he was similar to Luke, placing my health as one of his priorities. He wouldn't recklessly use the item, trying to save it for emergencies. At the same time, if I left both the items to Luke, the chance of them getting stolen together would be higher. I needed to spread the risk, carefully planning to shift the target to both of them.

"Can you help me with my act?" I turned to Micah.

"You want me to lie to them once their memories return," Micah hit the mark.

"If I become a target, it'll be hard for you too," I tried to persuade him.

"Unfortunately, the trial is not over yet. The second opportunity benefits both of us. Many of my colleagues are curious about how you use the support items. In return, we will give you an entire day to collect the herbs and elixirs for your own," the mediator revealed.

"No one would use them as wastefully as you do," Micah agreed.

"Your synthesization method is very creative and unique as well. We have never observed such a feat ever since the trial was created," the mediator was impressed.

"You mean my poor attempts in trying to succeed?" I recalled.

"The combinations used are a great research topic," he smiled.

"Assign her easier items to create since you're forcing us to continue the trial. I have never had a student who had less than 0.01% chance in succeeding," Micah slightly shuddered.

"This is still a trial. The items will slightly increase in difficulty," the mediator refused.

"Does this mean I'll stop getting hunted?" I interrupted them.

"You're not getting her hunted again!" Micah screamed.

Once the conversation was nearing its end, I was abruptly shifted to another location. I confusedly blinked, finding myself inside the infirmary again instead of the temple. Someone was holding my hand, tightly squeezing it. When I scanned my surroundings, the room was unusually clean, the floors dry and no traces of empty bottles. Luke sat on a chair beside the bed while Alex looked like he was locking the windows.

"You're awake," Luke sighed in relief.

"You always make a big deal of everything," I frowned.

"Are you serious Rika?" Alex turned to me.

"Wait. I have something important to say first before you get mad," I started to implement my plan.

"Close the curtains and turn on all the barriers you have. One of us may die if we're not careful," I ordered them.

Thankfully, both of them listened to me, not wasting a second to start moving. During the same time, I summoned Micah, shooting him a look to support my created story. When Micah joined to increase the security, the atmosphere inside the room became more tense. Anti-mana barriers were created to prevent fairies from entering this room, shields were plastered all over the walls for any magical and physical attacks, and sounds could not leak outside this room.

"First of all, you have to promise me that you will try your best from getting injured or ill," I didn't want my legendary items to be used.

"You should be saying those words to yourself," Alex scoffed.

"I promise," Luke nodded.

I waited for Alex to answer me, pressuring him to respond. With Micah supporting me, Alex helplessly mumbled, "I promise on my family name."

I smiled as I pulled out the pearl and the diamond, explaining its features. Once I was finished, I passed the pearl to Luke and the diamond to Alex. Taking advantage of them being surprised, I elbowed Micah to start saying his part of the script. Fortunately, Micah agreed to go with my act, not wanting me to become another target.

"You have to store them very carefully. Rika worked very hard to get them for you. She had to survive through getting hunted to death since she cared about your health," Micah warned them.

"I said to leave that part out!" I pretended to get angry.

"The cutlery?" Alex slightly trembled.

"She did it all for you," Micah flawlessly lied.

I was stunned when tears began to drip down on Luke's face, full of raw emotions. After placing the pearl inside his inventory, he tightly hugged me like he was thanking me. My acting slowly started to falter as guilt filled my heart.. At least they would be more cooperative when I put them to work on gathering more herbs later today.