Chapter 47
"Huh, heok! Waaah! Amazing!"
Just like the games her friends played!
Cookie scratched his chin and muttered.
"Hm, I tuned the status window to what kids like, and something weird came out."
Iri looked at Cookie seriously.
"Then what do we do now?"
"Pray."
"P-pray?"
At that, Cookie widened his chocolate eyes.
"Yeah! For a life-changer! Please! We gotta pray!"
"What's 'goo-ge' mean?"
"It means hitting the jackpot on a gacha pull."
"Huh, heok! Then I'll pray for a life-changer right now too!"
Cookie and Iri clasped their hands together like praying.
Then they each muttered in their hearts.
*'Please give me the power to save Grandpa!'*
*'Please. Gacha ticket! Something good! Something that can turn this damn cookie body into a phoenix!'*
That instant.
A huge fanfare blared in Iri and Cookie's ears.
Her heart pounded like it would burst, and Iri's cheeks flushed red.
And finally, a small golden ticket popped into Iri's hand.
[4-Star 'Holy Light' Ability Experience Ticket]
Perfectly purifies a 'being' eroded by magi below 4-star rank.
Iri's eyes widened hugely.
Finally, Iri's wish came true!
"Cookie, 4-star means I can purify even more of Grandpa's magi, right?"
"Probably. He's 5-star, so it'll be tough."
Iri clenched her fists repeatedly in excitement.
"Yeah! Then let's go! Th-this. This is seriously amazing......?! I'll go purify Grandpa right now!"
As Iri jumped up delightedly, Cookie quietly spoke.
"Hey, look at the bottom there."
"......?"
※Excluding humans, one-time use
Iri's eyes blinked rapidly.
"Gr-Grandpa's human, right? Then can't purify him?"
"Ah, didn't I tell you? Your ability can purify anything. Animals, objects too! Other purification sorcerers can't. Amazing, right?"
"Of course I didn't know!!"
Because she'd had no need to purify non-humans.
Then Cookie muttered with a sour persimmon face.
"W-well, yeah. Honestly, not sure if it'll be useful going forward either....... Anyway, you should definitely keep it. It's still an awesome ability! For a mere 2-star like you to wield 4-star power!"
"Huh, heok."
"Compared to that ability, your teacher Martin? Haroz? They're all lame, lame."
"Heop......"
Iri's shoulders started shaking.
"Absolutely not me bragging that I pulled something great."
......No matter how she thought about it, it sure sounded like bragging about her own pull.
"Ahem, anyway, it'll definitely come in handy sometime."
Still, Iri placed Cookie on her hand and grinned.
"Got it! Thanks, Cookie!"
"Such a kind, socially adept kid......"
How many socially inept heroes had Cookie suffered under......?
Curious, but not wanting to touch Cookie's wounds, Iri held back.
Instead, Iri said spiritedly.
"Someday it'll come in handy! Then, then let's find the next place to purify!"
As she pondered methods, rubbing her chin.
Iri heard a whoosh, shooo! sound of something flying toward the door.
The moment she opened the door.
Iri discovered a mysterious gift box in front of her room.
"Huh, heok? Wh-what's this!"
Iri tilted her head. Then Cookie hmmed and asked back.
"Isn't this the same as yesterday?"
Iri looked at the piles of boxes in her room.
Mysterious magic tools appeared in front of Iri's door every single day!
Well, let's see.
This magic tool is......
[Kill Them All! Invisibility Cloak]
Handsomely drape it over your shoulders with a snap! and your body turns invisible for one hour.
(One-time use. Slowly crumbles after wearing.)
Iri tilted her head.
Then she read the text below.
[Item received as tribute from my subordinate at the Academy.]
"That Seraphin kid likes you way too much. Must've settled the hierarchy or something."
But the problem was neither the cloak from Seraphin nor the power to perfectly purify a 'being' had any use right now.
"And it crumbles after one hour!"
"Just a fun toy. Name's 'Kill Them All' too. Totally Seraphin-like?"
Still, hero-like, Iri thought.
She decided to figure out quite useful ways to employ her new ability and new toy.
"Shall we go purify a new part of the castle this time?"
"Oh, good idea. Let's check it out."
Cookie's round hand poked and selected a spot, right there......!
* * *
Meanwhile, inside the knight order.
Karhen and the other magi beast hybrid friends were at the knight order.
Usually when Iri wasn't around, Seraphin would spend the day with the magi beast hybrid friends.
The boys interested in spears and swords, Belze and Dinan.
They often peeked at the training grounds near the Ortejo Castle knight order, and today was one such day.
"Whoa, spear XX is used so well. Form's insane."
"Cool. But somehow just watching makes me lazy and drained. Makes me wanna just sleep......"
Foul-mouthed and lethargic patient.
These two dreamed of becoming knights.
On the other hand, Karhen didn't necessarily want to become a knight, but wanted to be a 'protector,' so he gathered with them in front of the knight order.
His face was more tense than usual. The boy glancing at his friend continued.
"Hey! What's that on your arm?"
"Etiquette book."
Karhen still didn't know spelling well. But he'd realized something observing Iri.
*'To become Iri-nim's 'protector,' my etiquette is the worst.'*
So Karhen was self-studying etiquette at the library.
Today too, Dinan paled seeing the etiquette book tucked under his arm.
『Disciplina Morum: Ars Provecta』
"Can't read it, illiterate or whatever."
"I don't know either."
Yes. Motivation overkill, but still just seven years old.
Moreover, a child who didn't know spelling well.
As Karhen's shoulders slumped, Dinan hurriedly comforted him.
"Iri-nim probably knows? If it were me, too lazy to talk, so I'd never ask."
Iri would surely know. Iri was a genius who knew everything.
But Iri was too busy for a five-year-old.
Lately, seemed busy bonding with her big brother too.
Maybe Karhen had been forgotten......
*'Anyway, I'm a behind-the-scenes protector, so it's okay if forgotten.'*
Still, his mood sank a bit.
As Karhen slumped a little, Dinan chin-pointed outside the training grounds.
"Oh! What's that? Isn't that Iri-nim?"
"......?!"
"Iri-nim's coming! No, arriving!"
Seeing Karhen's face brighten instantly, Belze and Dinan wore curious expressions.
They were seven-year-old kids, tapping Karhen's shoulder.
"Hey! Man up and XX straight to her! No, scratch the curse! Anyway, go straight for it!"
"Yeah, go straight and ask! I'd never do it, just lie down!"
* * *
"Heok, came 'cause curious what book this is?"
"Yes."
Iri, who had appeared ambitiously 'gonna conquer the knight order!'
This child was hugely dejected seeing the title of the etiquette book Karhen had given her by chance.
『Disciplina Morum: Ars Provecta』
"Th-this, even the t-title can't read......"
Moreover, she was in huge dejection without even stepping foot inside the knight order.
*'No way. There's an etiquette book I don't know!'*
The pride of a child from the eastern land of propriety wouldn't allow it!
In that instant, Iri's competitive spirit blazed fiercely.
Iri's pupils sparkled.
*'Karhen wants to know etiquette, I can't just sit still!'*
Ancient books were hard to decipher from the start.
To teach Karhen, she needed more study herself.
Iri hugged the etiquette ancient tome tightly and said.
"Then I'll study this tomorrow and tell you!"
"Ah, yes. Got it."
She thought she'd mastered all character education under her strong, mighty instructor.
But this family's ancient books were different.
*'A book with new etiquette!'*
Her heart pounded like it would leap out.
Thus, Iri burned with tremendous thirst for knowledge.
It was an enormously powerful stride.
