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Chapter 19
However, apart from being moved, Sevis still slept on the cold floor.
Sylvia spoke to herself, touching her empty side.
“Ow, it’s cold. It would be nice to have something like a doll next to me. A person would be even better…”
“Good night, Miss Sylvia.”
‘Ugh… Damn game.’
In a way, she was playing the game very sincerely. Although she was disappointed by Sevis’ continuous coldness, she kept poking him because she wondered whether he was a target character or not.
In reality, she wouldn’t continue approaching a man who refused her in a vulgar way, but this was an R-rated game. Besides, she couldn’t let go of her expectation that Sevis could become an adult.
Sylvia pretended to be cold and coughed, making a trembling motion.
“Gosh… I really don’t want to sleep alone…”
Then, Sevis, who was lying on the floor, flinched and trembled as if he had listened to her.
‘Perhaps?’
After waiting for a moment, he firmly turned his back towards her as if telling her not to dream. As if that wasn’t enough, he pulled the blanket over his head.
‘Gosh… Do whatever you want then.’
Sylvia fell asleep feeling upset because she felt like a perverted child due to continually being rejected.
The next day, when she went to the temple, she couldn’t see Noel. When she asked another priest, she only heard that he went on a business trip in a hurry.
‘He’s not avoiding me, is he?’
Sylvia shook her head vigorously as she thought about it. She was unknowingly thinking of a target character as a real human.
‘He must have just acted according to the story of the game.’
Just because Noel wasn’t there, it didn’t mean she could slack on her part-time job. While Noel was away, Sylvia decided to devote herself to the temple job and the street evangelism job.
On the 7th day of the game, Sylvia, who had finished the temple part-time early, took to the streets and attempted to mislead the people of the empire. With a charming smile, she stopped a gentle-looking person in front of her.
“Excuse me, I can feel a clean energy…”
“I’m not buying anything.”
‘Huh?’
Sylvia’s pupils shook as she looked at the person who had decidedly raised their hands to stop her and go on their way.
It must have been rumored that you would be evangelized if you followed someone that talked to you on the streets.
‘It must be natural since I’ve been wandering around and preaching like crazy.’
Street evangelism became more difficult because the people of the empire became gradually immune to it. Still, Sylvia didn’t mind and walked around the streets searching for someone who had not yet experienced street preaching. As she walked around for three days, Sylvia’s faith totaled 200 points, and her speaking skills, which unfortunately had only risen quickly on the first day, reached 300 points.
As soon as her speaking reached 300, on the 9th day of the game, a message came up.
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[Wow, you have amazing eloquence. You talked a lot in the past, didn’t you? Acquired the skill 〈Seriously Talking Nonsense〉 for reaching 300 points in speaking!]
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‘Oh, what is this?’
Sylvia opened the skill window and checked the skill she had acquired.
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[Seriously Talking Nonsense
– A magical skill that, when cast, will make everything sound serious and convincing, no matter what nonsense it is. Using it on the same character multiple times can reduce its effect.]
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It seemed like a good skill. As her speaking began to increase, the options started becoming more sophisticated. There were still some crazy options, but there were also some normal ones, so she didn’t get a dead end.
Besides, whether her freedom had increased, no options came up the last time at the well either.
Though she almost received divine punishment for interfering too much…
Anyway, she thought this skill would be useful for Noel and the other target characters.
When Sylvia was looking at the window with the newly acquired skill, an old priest approached her. After seeing the priest, Sylvia greeted him with a nod and took an attentive posture.
“Miss Sylvia! You’re also working hard today.”
“Ahah, yes. Whew, it’s difficult to preach because the people of the empire have become aware, unlike the first time.”
“Don’t worry about it. You’re doing well enough. Actually, I was impressed by Miss Sylvia’s preaching skills. There has never been such a great person in the history of our temple!”
“I’m flattered.”
“Ohoh, you’re also humble. The High Priest asked me to deliver this to you in order to honor your remarkable evangelism skills.”
“This is…?”
A shiny golden box was handed to her by the priest. It was a box that looked like it had something nice inside it.
‘Oh, what is this?’
As she tried to calm her excitement, Sylvia carefully opened the box given by the priest. There was a sound effect along with a brilliant light, and a message appeared.
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[High Priest’s Gold Bracelet
– A bracelet that can be received when street evangelism is completed with great achievements.
Speaking +50, Faith +100]
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It was a great item. Sylvia quickly tried on the bracelet. When she checked the status window, her faith had increased to 200 (+100) and her speaking to 300 (+50). At that moment, an unknown feeling rose from Sylvia’s heart. Although she did not know yet what kind of God he was, a feeling of reverence for him came up from her heart, perhaps because her faith had increased.
“Thank you very much. You didn’t have to give me this…”
When Sylvia clasped her hands together, deeply moved, the old priest waved his hands and smiled kindly.
“Don’t worry about it. Thanks to you, the temple is unprecedentedly crowded! I ask for your cooperation going forward too.”
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Looking at the old priest, who was getting farther away while laughing heartily, Sylvia touched the bracelet. Unlike other items, the bracelet didn’t disappear because it was an item given by a character in the game.
‘I can’t believe my faith goes up 100 points with just one item. Will there be a point sooner or later where I won’t get divine punishment even if I target Noel?’
Before she knew it, the sky was red and it was time to go home. Sylvia hummed and walked to her house.
‘I wonder what’s for dinner tonight. I wonder what Sevis prepared!’
“Lalala.”
She danced excitedly with the sound of the bracelet shaking and clinking as background music, and then heard an unpleasant voice calling out to her.
“Hey!”
It had been a long time since she heard that cheeky voice.
‘Is it that fatty again? Did he lose his mind because I hit him in the head last time?’
Sylvia turned her head and glared at him.
But this time it wasn’t the tattooed fatty, it was a skinny thug. The skinny guy who looked like a mantis stared at Sylvia with tearful eyes.
“Are you talking to me?”
“Yes, I heard you gave a beating to my innocent little brother the other day?”
Innocent. Sylvia snorted. He was illegally receiving tolls at a shortcut!
“That’s because the tattooed fat… that person unreasonably demanded a toll.”
“Huh, really. My little brother was just doing something rightful! Shortcut tolls have been continuously collected for years!”
It was funny. Just because they have been committing illegalities for years doesn’t make it legal.
‘I guess I have to give a beating to this guy too.’
Sylvia clenched her fists and made a motion of exhaling from her mouth. Meanwhile, the skinny guy was offended and came closer to her.
“My brother was easily beaten, but I won’t!”
“Enough with words and just take this! Head Smasher!”
Sylvia did not want to talk to the skinny guy for long, so she immediately hit his head with her fist.
Bang!
“Ack!”
The skinny guy staggered as she hit his head, which was too big compared to his body. It was good because not only did the 〈Head Smasher〉 skill have the 〈Loss of Fighting Spirit〉 effect when used with her bare hands, she also didn’t have to kill him.
Bang, bang, bang, bang! When she gave him a series of hits because she thought just once wouldn’t do it, the skinny guy stumbled like the tattooed fatty and ran away waving his hands.
“You, you! You’ll see. I’m going to tell my big brother!”
“You punk, get your act together! If I see you again…!”
Sylvia shook her hands and gave a warning to the skinny guy who was moving away.
At Sylvia’s brave appearance, an old lady with a crane that was passing by straightened her back and clapped her hands with a cheer.
“Wow! You’re cool!”
Sylvia bowed her head as she made a gesture of taking off her hat to politely answer the cheers. The old lady gave her a thumbs up and disappeared leisurely.
‘Why did he come to me if he was going to run away after being hit a few times?’
Sylvia snorted and shrugged. However, the skinny guy’s last words lingered for a moment. Did he say he was going to tell his big brother? If they keep coming in order like that, will the boss come later? Sylvia decided to work hard to build up her strength in preparation for that.
As she stepped out of the alley and into the main street, another message came up.
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[Sylvia won the civilians’ favor by defeating the thugs. The public evaluation goes up from 〈Beggar〉 to 〈Righteous Beggar〉.]
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… It’s the same as being a beggar.
However, after the message came up, the citizens looked at Sylvia with respect.
‘It’s that person…’
‘The Head Hitter…’
The civilians’ whispers were also conveyed to Sylvia. She walked down the street pretending to be calm, but the corners of her mouth gradually went up without her realizing it.
‘Well, I still feel good.’
It didn’t feel bad. Compliments can make even whales dance. Sylvia shrugged and went home.
After the four days of the temple part-time came Friday, the beginning of her days off. Sylvia went around the dungeons by the sea with Sevis as soon as it was her day off to keep the decision she had made.
The dungeons they had already attacked were filled with empty crab shells, so they had to continue looking for new dungeons.
The Coastal Caves 6, 7, 8, and 9 became gradually stronger as the number increased, but Sylvia’s level also rose that much, so she was able to attack them in one way or another. However, as the attack time gradually increased, it took two days to completely attack the Coastal Caves 6, 7, 8, and 9.
On Saturday, the 11th day of the game, they attacked Coastal Cave 9, and Sylvia’s level finally reached 20. By appropriately distributing the newly acquired 25 points, her HP became 130, her strength 70, and agility 30. She didn’t seem to pay too much attention to her intellect. She distributed 5 points to intellect, reaching 15 points.
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‘Finally level 20. It’s getting slower and slower to level up. Do I need to find a dungeon with even higher difficulty?’
Perhaps after selling the marbles they got this time, the money they had would go over 10,000 gold. She wondered if it meant it was time to go to the secret store.
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