Chapter 133.1

(EP-133.1) Exam Time #1

133 – Imps And Exam Time #1

A few days passed since my meeting with Professor Balan that night.

The spring flowers had slowly faded, while the summer heat started ramping up.

It had been two weeks, to be exact.

A fortnight.

14 days.

During that period, which could be described as either short or long depending on how you looked at it, I dealt with various bothersome tasks.

First of all, I decided to accept the Sages’ offer. Thanks to this, I received a lot of credit and was able to climb up to Rank 98, which was at Gold Rank.

And I finally had a private room!

Although it was modest compared to the luxurious dormitories of the Single-Digit Rankers, having my own personal space was truly delightful.

━You caused my ranking to drop! I challenge you to a duel-!

Of course, since I ascended the ranks in a non-traditional method, it naturally incited jealousy among others which led to petty disputes. But...

━Pauli lost? What kind of magic did that guy just use? I didn’t even see anything!

━I don’t know, something like a gust of wind shattered his armor-!

They weren’t significant enough to warrant a detailed mention.

However, it didn’t mean I was just sitting idle.

“Oh, what? You’re running a bit more like a human now, about 10 seconds faster than yesterday.”

“Haaa, heuu-.”

Thanks to Elga’s harsh training, my stamina had been steadily increasing.

Of course, there wasn’t any dramatic change. But working out diligently got me closer to the level of an ordinary person’s stamina – an achievement at my level that I could be proud of, I guessed?

“Now then, Theo. Drink this. It’s a special tonic made by the Lioness Family. Don’t mind the taste and just swallow it, got it?”

“Hieek...!”

“What are you ‘hieeek-ing’ for? You’ll freeze to death. I’ll say it again, if you spit it out, you’ll die. It’s all for your own good, alright?”

Seeing that, Mirna circled around me.

“Are you hurt anywhere?”

“No, I’m fine.”

I looked at the small hole in the wasp’s forehead and blew out the residual magic energy that was swirling at the tip of the wand.

Air Bullet was a modified version of the High Rank magic spell Paimon, which consumed less magic power, while increasing lethality by single-point focus.

It was good, as it was able to pierce the Hercules Wasp’s exoskeleton and defeat it with minimal magic power.

Adapting to my version reduced the risk of exposing my identity, as there was no longer a need to chant the Demon King’s magic directly. I should have done it this way from the beginning.

* * *

“This dungeon seems to be a dud. No treasure chests, no Demon King’s magic circle.”

Mirna looked at the last room in the underground dungeon and clicked her tongue.

It might be disappointing for Mirna, but it was a great opportunity for me to accumulate experience points for my Mage job. It was nothing but beneficial.

As we emerged from the dungeon to the surface, it was already evening. Come to think of it, it had been quite a while since Mirna and I had dinner together. So I turned to her and asked.

“Mirna-nim, if you have time, would you like to have dinner together?”

“Are you asking me out on a date?”

“If you put it that way, I guess you could say that.”

I awkwardly scratched my nose. It suddenly struck me that I asked a woman to a ‘dinner together’ just like that.

Of course, Mirna and I already did something more extreme than just dinner, but now, looking back after a considerable amount of time has passed, it didn’t feel real, and I wondered if I really did those things with her.

However, Mirna shook her head at my proposal.

“It feels like Narmi has been keeping watch on me lately. So, it’s a little bit inappropriate for just the two of us to be together at night....”

“Miss Narmi keeping watch?”

“Yes, it doesn’t seem like she has caught on to us... but whenever I try to go out, she always asks me about it. I think we need to keep some distance for a while.”

“Hmm...”

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