How did I turn my victim into a phoenix-like hero?

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She took out her notebook and compared the information, then her face turned deathly pale.

There were several teleportation crystals, and many exquisite little bottles containing potions that could fully restore health and mana when low on mana, all neatly arranged.

Hill touched the briefcase; the material seemed bulletproof, much like his own door.

"Recovery potions? They sell them in the dungeon shop too."

“Sister Brid..…”

You don't have muscles and exercise in your head, do you?

These two are different.

Fortunately, Hill had the knowledge her brother had taught her.

The proceeds from selling them alone could cover two years of my dad's loan. I could easily spend all my money on any game until I got my maxed-out gear and still have some left over.

To be honest, you can't usually buy this kind of thing on the market.

What kind of friends does my brother keep? Nouveau riche?

"Thank you both, I will give it to little Shiloh."

Cohen was unaware of these things, but she certainly felt the children's good intentions.

"Well then, I wish him a speedy recovery. Cass and I will head back now. Hill doesn't seem too keen on us going up, so we won't bother him any longer."

"Huh? Hill, is that what you think?"

Brid's remarks made Cohen look at Hill with a smile.

"No, really, Sister Brid just loves to make these kinds of jokes."

Ugh, Brid's keen intuition is such a hassle.

Brid and Cass bid farewell to the two.

Finally, Cass glanced at Cohen and Hill respectively, and said something of ambiguity:

"Sirocco is really happy to be living in such a new family."

"""ah--???"""

Everyone present was completely bewildered.

The most embarrassed one was Cass. Sensing the awkward atmosphere, Cass blushed and stammered:

"W-what's wrong? Did I make a mistake...?"

Cohen defused the situation with a smile:

"By the way, aren't you two really going to come in and eat with us? It would be nice to have some fun. Little Shilo would be happy to see you when she wakes up. I actually made quite a lot of dishes."

"Thank you so much for the invitation, Sister Cohen... My family is waiting for me to come back."

As she spoke, Brid looked toward her own house next door, where the lights were on.

Cass, standing to the side, looked rather lonely, but a gentle smile played on his lips.

Hill sensed something was amiss, but she didn't want to get involved. She asked one last question:

“Sister Brid, Brother Cass… ‘Beren,’ have you heard of this name? Hill isn’t referring to that wicked miracle witch.”

After a brief moment of silence, Brid and Cass said firmly:

"No."

"Sorry, Hill, I haven't heard of it."

95. Sirocco rose.

See you tomorrow, Cass.

"Bye, see you tomorrow."

Cass watched Bridgman walk home from her doorstep.

After watching her chat and laugh with her mother for a while, I also started my journey home.

not at all.

It was already late, and 7 o'clock was the time when most people would go home to enjoy dinner.

Instead of taking a taxi, Cass went to the subway station.

Take Line 2 and transfer to Line 6 to reach the final stop – Dicheng Commercial District.

Cass sat in the sparsely populated carriage, watching the scenery outside flash by.

When I get home, all I do is eat and watch anime. The latest episode of Pretty Cure airs at midnight, so there's not much to do.

With the duel day approaching, why not grind some monsters?

I don't plan to play too much; I'll play for about half an hour and then go back.

During the battle, Cass also realized that he had a problem.

Lacking effective means of attack.

The skill "Sonic Slash" is sufficient for most players at this stage, but if the opponent is a member of the Fallen Order like Myoto...

Cass gripped his knees, his expression grim.

From that day on, Cass always harbored a secret rivalry with Mütt.

In order to have the means to fight back if an enemy of that level attacks.

While searching for a better method, Hertanid recalled a rather impressive sword dance performed by someone who had once worshipped him; perhaps he should give it a try...

After all, Cass doesn't dislike fighting; becoming stronger would help him graduate more easily and give him more leeway when facing his mother, Victoria. Lately, whenever he visits his brother's room, he always inexplicably runs into Victoria. He guesses that his mother is under a lot of work pressure and is just teasing him.

However, I didn't go to the first floor, but to the second floor.

The monsters on the first floor have become so boring.

The average explorer feels the thrill of mowing down a group of monsters, and Kass does too, but he just finds it incredibly boring.

So Cass went to the second floor to find a stronger opponent.

It is also more suitable to practice the sword techniques that Hertanid told him to try.

Unfortunately, Hertanid didn't quite remember the complete usage of this sword technique and could only practice a little bit. Even after being fed a lot of bananas, she still couldn't recall it.

Cass didn't look for the strongest monsters on the second floor; instead, he started with the lone monsters on the second floor, gradually getting familiar with them step by step.

Meanwhile, Kas = Katia also had a little something on her mind—

When Sirocco saw her again after not seeing her for several days, he found that she had become incredibly powerful and praised her highly.

I'll invite him over to my house to watch the Pretty Cure movie together, and he can stay overnight like a friend...

Thinking of this, Katya, sitting in the carriage, couldn't help but smile, her legs twisting together.

"What are you laughing at? Shouldn't you be disappointed if you didn't achieve your goal?"

"Waaaaah! Elulu?! Wait, Hertanid, why are you suddenly out here? If someone finds you..."

Katya quickly glanced around the carriage. Apart from herself and Hertanid, there were only three other people in the carriage, all looking down at their phones.

Hertanid wore a white baseball cap, revealing a silver ponytail. She wore a blue hoodie, shorts, and black tights, her slender legs swinging back and forth as she sat in her seat.

They looked like elementary school students hitchhiking, while Katya, who was accompanying them, seemed to be their older brother.

"Your thoughts are too jumbled and woke me up... It's alright, I appeared in a blind spot for humans. As long as you behave normally, no one will notice me. Stop waving your arms around."

"It was Hertanid, your sudden appearance startled me, okay...?"

Katya then took a banana from the ring at the opportune moment, and Hertanid took it and began to eat it with gusto.

"What a hassle... This is your information society, with surveillance everywhere. In my time, we could eat whatever we wanted, sleep whenever we wanted, and cast spells freely. There were no such restrictions."

"Ancient and modern times are two different things. You're usually sleeping, right? Although I'm glad you're out, I don't want you to be discovered and targeted by others... Speaking of which, what do you mean by saying my goal wasn't achieved?"

Hertanid corrected "it is the ancient era" and continued:

"Didn't you want to take advantage of the visit to go into that male human's room and mate?"

"!!!"

"Although you disguise yourself as a male, you are still female at heart, aren't you? Developing attachment to males and giving birth to offspring is the instinct of human beings to reproduce."

“You’ve misunderstood, Hertanid.”

Katya remained composed and righteous, as if the woman who had been blushing like an apple just a moment ago had vanished.

"Whoa~~ Oh?"

Hetani drew out the words, making a face.

"Sirocco is my benefactor. He has helped me a lot, and this time it's just my turn to help him. My brother's matter, my mother's matter, hiding my gender until graduation... Right now, I can't think about dating."

She chuckled self-deprecatingly and scratched her face.

"..."

Hertanid admitted that Katya was strange.