Volume 6 Chapter 1 The Next Spark
After Elk finished fighting Balthazar, Takeru's doll was destroyed.
Lily Mathers, who made the doll, sensed that Takeru's doll had been broken.
"Oh, it broke."
Since they happened to be in a meeting, all the priests were gathered.
Well, not all of them. Six priests were there, excluding Balthazar.
With Lily's words, Takeru spoke up.
"Was it my doll?"
"Yeah. It had a weakened skill, less than half of your power, but it was still strong enough to wipe out all the adventurers in the ruins. But, it got taken out by Elk in an instant."
"Instantly, huh... I should have gone myself."
At that moment, Piasola laughed, saying, "Ahaha."
"No way. If Takeru dies, that would be bad."
"I'm not going to die."
"You will die. If Takeru lost, that means Balthazar is dead too, right?"
"Wait... here, Takeru. Take this."
Lily held a small white ball in her right hand.
She offered it to Takeru, who swallowed it.
"...Inheritance complete. Hmm, it seems I was able to take care of Balthazar. Hmph, that ugly monster... was almost swayed by Elk. It was definitely the right choice to get rid of him."
By swallowing the ball that contained the doll's experience and memories, Takeru inherited the combat data and what he had seen and heard from the destroyed puppet.
Then, he heard the last words Elk had spat out.
'Cowardly bastards... a bunch of losers who don't even have the guts to face me.'
Takeru stood up, veins popping on his forehead.
"Whoa, what's wrong?"
"...That guy."
Takeru was about to lose his temper.
He gripped his black sword tightly, his eyes shining with anger.
"Next, I'll go in directly. I'll turn this 'Suiren Kurohina (Water Lily Black Doll)' into rust."
"Wait, wait. Why are you getting so worked up? Come on, sit down."
"..."
Takeru sat down.
And he smiled awkwardly.
"Hey, I really think it's impossible to face Elk head-on. We don't know what kind of cheat skills he has, so if we're going to do this... we should sneak up from behind and stab him."
"Piasola. Elk's skill is 'Telekinesis.'."
"Lily~... there's no way he has such a lame skill, right? I keep saying it, but Elk is hiding a cheat skill. It's a cheat skill that even Lily's 'Appraisal' can't see through."
"..."
Lily fell silent.
Then, Lolofaldo raised his hand.
"How about we use the followers next? If it goes well, we can get even more followers."
"Lolofaldo, do you have an idea?"
"Yeah. Elena and I have infiltrated the academy, so we know about most of the events. After the dungeon practice, the next thing is the 'presentation' by the new students in the commerce department."
"Presentation?"
"Yeah."
At this point, Elena took over the conversation.
"While the Skill Department is doing the dungeon practice, the new students in the commerce department have a task to create something new with at least one of their skills and abilities. That presentation will happen after the dungeon practice."
"And what's that about?"
"Let's use the event to make a big deal out of it, for example──."
Elena quietly folded her hands and looked towards the 'Order of Love' Rapucel Dreadnought, praying.
Rapucel quietly opened her eyes.
"What do you want me to do?"
"'Trial'."
"───..."
"How about giving a 'trial' to the students of Galatine Royal Academy? Those who endure your trial could become new apostles. It's true... 'Humans are tested by trials. Only those who overcome trials are the true apostles,' right?"
"......"
"Hey, Rapucel. Can you move? If you do... we can welcome all the students of Galatine Royal Academy as believers. Please lend your power for the sake of the goddess."
"......"
Rapucel glanced at Elena.
Her expression was unreadable. Then, she quietly nodded.
"Alright."
"Thank you."
"But... the ones who will take the trial are Elena and Lolofaldo. You two as well."
"Huh? Why do I have to?"
"Since you both attended that academy, you have the duty to take my trial."
"I-I don't get it... Elena, say something!"
"Okay. Lolofaldo and I will take it too... is that fine?"
"...Then."
Rapucel stood up and left the meeting room.
Naturally, Lolofaldo was unhappy.
"Elena, what's going on?"
"Hehe, it's fine. You're tired of relying on dolls, right? Shall we greet Elk with our real selves?"
"...Sounds good. I don't want the previous doll to be seen as my true ability."
"Settled. So, Piasola, next we'll go with me, Lolofaldo, and Rapucel."
"That's fine, but... seriously, don't die, okay?"
"Yeah, I'll know when to back off."
And so, a new crisis was approaching Galatine Royal Academy.
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