Hearing her question, a pyful smile appeared on Mikael’s face. “Do you want to faint again? It would be too stimuting for you!” he said in a mock-serious tone.

  Hearing his words, she looked mortified, recalling that she had fainted yesterday. She stammered, “U-uh, yes, yesterday I was tired—yes, that’s all. It won’t happen again!”

  Mikael fouoo precious and hugged her gently, calming her. “Don’t worry, I’m not disappointed or anything. That’s not the reason I don’t want to have sex with you. On the trary, I would love to spend time with you,” he spoke softly near her ear.

  Kiara’s body trembled, but she g to Mikael, her thighs moving slowly, seemingly trying to entice him.

  Mikael tinued, “It’s just that I o leave soon for the Dirarnia world.”

  Upon hearing this, Kiara stopped trying to entice him with her thighs and pleaded, “’t you stay with me?”

  Seeing the pleading look on her face, Mikael’s heart ached. He kissed her forehead for fort and began to pat her head. Kiara closed her eyes, beginning to rex.

  “You know I ’t do that. Gaining strength is something I like, but it’s especially important,” he paused for a moment. “You don’t want us to be separated one day because we ck strength, do you?”

  “NO!” she screamed in horror, her eyes turning into bck voids that seemed to su all the light around her. “Anyone who tries to separate us, I will KILL THEM!” she said in a chilling voice.

  But Mikael wasn’t scared. He simply tinued patting her head. “That’s my cute yandere.”

  After some time f her in that positioted her butt. “Let’s go, it’s time to get dressed.”

  She pouted but obeyed, and the two of them got dressed over the few minutes while exging small talk.

  Kiara wore her beautiful white dress, a stunning bination of elegand medieval armor. Beside her, Mikael stood in his modern white-and-gold stylish uniform, creating a striking trast yet f a picturesque se together.

  They hugged each oodbye before Mikael left Kiara’s room. As soon as the door closed behind him, aremely wide smile spread across her face. She sat on the bed, her hair falling over her visage as she looked toward the floor.

  She began to murmur to herself, “Mikael is mine, mine, mine, mine, mine, mine, mine... MINE. I o kill those hoes who get close to him. Yeah, kill them.” She grabbed her head and shook it violently. “No! I shouldn’t kill them—it would make him sad! I ’t hurt him. He’s my Mikael!”

  Her expression twisted again as she mumbled, “But those hoes will steal my time with him! ... Hmm I know the solution—I just o kidnap him and lock him in my room forever! That way, I won’t o kill those bitches, so Mikael won’t be sad. Eveer, we’ll stay together forever and ever... and ever.” she thought satisfied with herself.

  Rolling on the bed, she she mattress where Mikael had slept. Her fingers drifted toward her lower half, and she began to pleasure herself, thinking about him and inhaling his lingering st.

  Meanwhile, Mikael remained blissfully unaware of the extent to which Kiara’s obsession had grown following their night together. He had already left the training room aered the Dirarnia world.

  In a fsh of light, he appeared in his apartment, where he put on his bracelet and began reviewing the notifications from the previous night. He hadn’t paid them much attention earlier, too caught up in the moment.

  [Mattress purchased: -30 LP]

  [Magical traception activated for 5 LP per hour. Deactivate Yes/No?]

  “Yes, deactivate it,” he said.

  [Magical traceptioivated. -40 LP for usage time.]

  ‘Five LP per hour fical traception? I’ll take that deal ten times out of ten. It’s far better to spend some LP than to deal with an unwanted pregnancy, especially since I’m not ied in having kids right now—or for a long time, holy. Maybe I’ll ge my mind ter, who knows? But for now, it’s definitely not oable.’

  ‘Anyway, time to get back to training.’

  With these thoughts, Mikael started practig using the advanced trol puzzle. He focused on refining his trol all m until it was time for the Aura Style course. This css was instrumental in helping him develop teiques like Bde Tempest, making it a valuable part of his routine.

  While Mikael attended his Aura Style css, in an excessively opulent bedroom elsewhere, the atmosphere was anything but calm. The terpiece of the room was a king-sized bed adorned with precious gems and gold, draped in sumptuous silk sheets and plush pillows embroidered with jewels. The walls were covered iravagant aper that screamed luxury, further plemented by a crystal delier hanging from the ceiling.

  Despite its individual elements being impressive, the sheer excess of preaterials turhe room into a gaudy dispy of wealth, detrag from its beauty.

  “What did you say?” snapped a retively handsome young man, his refined aura marred by anger. His ly bed brown hair and sharp ire only emphasized the rage twisting his features. This was Wernon Digeglide, the heir to the esteemed Marquess family, the Digeglide.

  Seated at the edge of the bed, he gred furiously at a middle-aged butler standing before him. The butler, dressed impeccably in a bck suit, exuded an air of calm authority. His ly bed hair, streaked with hints of gray, and sharp, dising eyes revealed his years of experience.

  “With all due respect, young master,” the butler began in a posed tone, “Miss Amelia has been seen frequently in the pany of Mikael Angelini. Most retly, during the Css 1 dungeon expedition briefing, they were observed openly flirting in front of their peers.”

  Wernon’s face torted in disbelief befiving way to a storm e. “HOW DARE HE?!” he roared, leaping to his feet and beginning to wreak havo the room.

  The sound of smashing furniture echoed as he vented his frustrations, redug the oravagant bedroom to a chaotic mess. Breathing heavily, he muttered to himself, “This ’t be. Amelia isn’t like that. She’s a pure girl, focused solely on gaining strength. She’d never be ied in a man.”

  His muttering turned darker as his thoughts spiraled. “It has to be that oner. He must have seduced her. There’s no other expnation! My pure Amelia couldn’t possibly fall for someone like him!”

  Fueled by his delusion, Wernon’s anger reignited. “FUCK! How I save her from his filthy clutches?” he growled, his mind rag for solutions. Finally, he turo the butler.

  “Jacob, I want you to kill him,” he ordered, his voice ced with venom.

  The butler, unfling, gave a small bow before responding, “I’m sorry, young master, but I ot ply.”

  Wernon’s rage fred anew. “I SAID KILL HIM! DO AS I SAY!”

  Remaining stoic, Jacob calmly expined, “As I mentioned, young master, Mikael Angelini resides within the tral Academy. He is uhe prote of the royal family. Do you believe the Lord would done su a?”

  At the mention of his father, Wernon’s fury faltered. He turned pale, stammering, “Y-yeah, you’re right. Maybe it’s not such a good idea after all...”

  Jacob tinued, his tone measured, “It is irely impossible to deal with Mikael Angelini, but patience is required. We must wait until he leaves the safety of the Academy before making our move. This way, there will be no repercussions.”

  Relieved by this alternative, Wernon’s lips curled into a twisted smile. “Good. Do it.”

  With a polite bow, the butler left the room. Walking through the mansion’s darker, less-frequented corridors, he arrived at a bck door and knocked softly.

  “Knock, knock.”

  The door creaked open, revealing a masked man. “What I do for you?” the man asked in a low, gravelly voice.

  Jacob spoke with calm precision. “I have a task for you.”

  “And what would that be?”

  “The target is Mikael Angelini. He’s a oner with no notable background. Current intelligence pces him at F- rank, though his bat capabilities rival those of Amelia Mounrsky. His estimated peak power is arouhe only plication is his residehin the tral Academy dormitories. You’ll o wait for him to leave the Academy before proceeding.”

  The masked man houghtfully. “Uood. I’ll assign Number 30 and Number 31 to hahis. Both are at D+ rank and should be more than capable of dealing with a first-year student like him even as strong he is.”

  Satisfied, Jaodded a.

  Meanwhile, Mikael had just finished his Aura Style css, entirely oblivious to the assassins already issioo ‘take care’ of him.

  He then tinued w on his trol until the day arrived. Just before heading to the Array css, he mao plete the 44th level of the puzzle. The Array course was, holy, one of the most iing csses for him. He had already learned several cepts and even mao create an array (albeit a rudimentary ohat increased mana and aura tration.

  He structed this array using supplementary materials he had purchased with credits, along with a k orc core obtained from the Aedris World. This array funed in tandem with the mid-grade Aura and Mana tration arrays already installed iraining room of his dormitory.

  ‘Worked’ might be aatement for what it actually did. Its effect was limited to a two-meter-by-two-meter zoher thaire room. The enha was minor—when his energy reserves were depleted, he would gain 7.8 units of energy instead of the usual 7.5. Moreover, the array required a new k orc core every month to fun.

  After finishing the Array css, Mikael arrived at the Mission Hall, which resembled the Hunter Guild from the Aedris World. Before accepting any missions, he took a moment to review what he knew about dungeons.

  ‘Dungeons are divided into three types. Red dungeons are portals that haven’t been cleared in a long time and are on the verge of overflowing—which means the monsters will spill into reality. Not plicated, it’s just like in Korean novels. The other two types are blue and green dungeons.’

  ‘Blue dungeons are repeatable and don’t disappear. They’re like the one we did two days ago. Green dungeons, oher hand, only be cleared ohis makes them riskier due to the ck of prior information, but the rewards are much higher.’

  ‘What gees money in dungeon diving are monster cores. These cores sometimes form inside monsters, but not always—it’s a matter of luck. Green dungeons yield more monster cores, which is why they’re more lucrative, though also riskier.’

  After finishing his mental review, he turned his attention to the board dispying dungeons owned by the Academy, which were avaible for students to explore.

  There was aremely varied number of missions avaible, but Mikael was only ied in those reted to dungeon clearing. These missions were divided into three types, depending on the dungeon cssification: red, green, or blue. Red missions provided credits for clearing the dungeon, whereas the other two types did not directly award credits, though students could sell the obtained cores to the Academy in exge for credits.

  After taking some time to review the avaible blue dungeon clearing missions, he finally chose the following:

  [Shadow Hunter Blue Dungeon ClearRank: E+ (Repeatable Quest)Description: The Shadow Hunter dungeon is a blue dungeon filled exclusively with shadow-type mohat specialize ih and ambush tactics. If you’re not fident in your ability to detect them, do not attempt this dungeon—you’ll only get yourself killed.tral Academy rewards: You sell the obtained cores to the Academy in exge for credits.System rewards: 700 LP per clear.]

  Mikael selected this mission because it was one of the highest-paying E+ dungeons. Moreover, fag mohat excelled in ambush tactics would allow him to train his sixth sense—a cssic case of killing two birds with oone.