[Stelle: What happened?]
[Elysia: Did Levi start something with you and then dump you?]
[???]
[Levi: Don't just dump every pile of crap on my head!]
"This brat Elysia, I swear she's itching for a beating!" Levi said, baring his teeth.
Starting something with Kiana and then ditching her, no matter how you looked at it, that wouldn't be his turn yet, right?
There was still Raiden Mei standing in line ahead of him.
And besides…
[Levi: Weren't you asleep? How did you suddenly wake up again?]
[Elysia: Hehehe, I forgot to eat dinner and woke up hungry.]
Elysia scratched her head shyly, then began her noodle-slurping journey.
Watching the two traitors start discussing things according to Elysia's lead, Levi hurriedly slapped both of them with a mute.
He stepped in as Kiana's mouthpiece, helping explain the situation for her shattered heart.
[Levi: Simply put: the gacha drained her dry, and the key point is, she didn't pull a single thing.]
Levi arrived right on time and right on schedule to mock her.
[Kiana: …]
[Kiana: Living is really meaningless.]
'If life's meaningless, you can let me take over your body. I'll live properly for you.' Hearing Sirin's tempting voice by her ear, Kiana curled her lips.
"Yeah, no thanks. I'm afraid you'd ruin my reputation and turn 'Kiana' into a synonym for 'idiot.'"
After dealing with Sirin, Kiana realized she was being group-mocked.
[Elysia: What an Unlucky idiot!]
[Lumine: What an Unlucky idiot!]
[Stelle: What an Unlucky idiot!]
[Kiana: You guys!]
Kiana was just about to retort.
With her pale, smooth skin, no matter how you looked at it she was a full-blooded European.
It was obviously the chat group's gacha system that was cursed.
Suddenly thinking of something, her eyes rolled.
A tax-evader's smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.
[Kiana: If you've got the guts, go try it yourselves! What kind of skill is it to just yell about it one by one!]
Kiana used Taunt.
The effect was outstanding.
The two rebels spoke up first.
[Lumine: Just wait.]
[Stelle: Watch me get double gold in a ten-pull!]
'Oh, right. I forgot. I don't have a ten-pull.'
Then, the most excitement-loving Elysia chimed in as well.
'Elysia: I'll go try too!'
[Elysia: Of course, I'm not doing this just to slap your face @Kiana.]
How could kind-hearted Elysia possibly do something so immoral?
Seeing the three of them speak up, Kiana's smile lifted high, "Go on, pull! Pull to your hearts' content! I'll let you!"
'But you still have to actually be capable of pulling something.'
'Heh heh heh!'
———
[A Short While Later]
Levi originally wanted to see if anyone actually got something, but half a day passed and no one took the initiative to speak.
It was like a dead chat group.
Clearly, their endings were exactly the same as Kiana's.
"So satisfying!" Kiana couldn't help but howl toward the sky.
One person's sorrow is sorrow. A group's sorrow is not sorrow.
'That's joy!'
In an instant, even though no one was speaking, the entire chat group was still filled with a joyful atmosphere.
After exiting the chat group, Levi continued with his research, gripping the Greatsword of Blazing Fire and swinging it unceasingly.
Blazing firelight flashed in the room from time to time.
From outside the house, people seeing the flickering light thought he was setting off firecrackers indoors.
"Worthy of Herrscher-level power. Even just a part of it still lets you feel how strong it is."
Holding the Greatsword of Blazing Fire, flames lit up in his left palm.
They illuminated every corner of the room.
Levi looked at the flames, the corner of his mouth lifting slightly.
From today onward, he could be considered officially detached from the ranks of 'ordinary people'.
"This really is something worth being happy about!"
It just felt like the temperature of these flames was a bit high…
Looking at the soda can deliberately placed in the corner, Levi raised the Greatsword of Blazing Fire high and shouted Kiana's line.
"With this raging fire!"
'Wait!'
Levi suddenly reacted, his expression turning terrified.
'I can feel the temperature of the flames?!'
Looking at the greatsword he had already swung out, Levi tried to pull it back but it was too late.
Watching the flames on the blade spread along the hilt toward his hands, the panic on Levi's face gradually settled into calm.
"I'll just treat this as leveling my fire resistance…"
Beep-beep…
After receiving the notification, Qingque came once again to the Alchemy Commission. After paying at the front desk, she headed straight to Levi's hospital room.
Looking at Levi wrapped up like a mummy, her expression was complicated.
"Why does your place have so many low-quality weapons?"
She'd never seen him take out anything dangerous before.
How did he start courting death the moment he recovered from one illness?
"First a gunshot wound, and now severe burns over your whole body."
Poking Levi's arm, Qingque felt utterly speechless.
"The interval between the two was less than two system hours."
This kind of thing could probably only happen in a technologically advanced civilization like the Xianzhou.
"If you're feeling like life isn't worth living, you could first go buy a few hundred insurance policies. That would maximize your value."
"Oh, and most importantly, remember to put my name as the beneficiary."
"I was kind of thinking of ending it, but once I thought about putting your name as beneficiary, I suddenly felt like living again."
With only his eyes exposed, Levi replied in a muffled voice.
As Qingque's friend, he was deeply worried that Qingque might end up living a better life than him.
The two of them joked around like this.
Qingque shook her head at him. "Be honest. What did you do this time to end up like this?"
'Last time it was a gun. This time… it couldn't possibly be a sword, could it?'
Levi didn't hide it. "A greatsword. A greatsword that has the power to control flames."
Hearing this, Qingque slightly widened her eyes and muttered softly, "It really was a sword…"
'Could it be that my divination abilities have become so strong that my brain subconsciously starts divining on its own?'
Qingque shook her head and looked at Levi on the hospital bed.
"So you used that sword to set yourself on fire?"
"Operational error. It doesn't count as self-immolation," Levi said calmly.
Even though Qingque couldn't see his face.
"I sincerely recommend that before you play with dangerous items next time, you contact me first and let me divine whether it's auspicious or inauspicious."
Judging by how often Levi was entering the Alchemy Commission, even charging 1,000 credit points per visit would add up to a decent business in a single day.
Although the Alchemy Commission had declined due to the Xianzhou's ban on Abundance, a starved camel was still bigger than a horse.
Levi's full-body burns quickly healed, and he was discharged.
He could even make it home before dawn to sleep.
On the way, Qingque didn't ask Levi where he got so many dangerous items.
She only simply reminded him that next time, before playing around, he must first come to her for divination.
———
After coming back home again, Levi looked at the Greatsword of Blazing Fire placed in the corner and felt a bit unwilling to accept it, wanting to try again.
He clearly sensed that the reason the fire had spread onto him earlier was because he had that thought.
If he could control his thoughts, that kind of situation wouldn't happen.
After all, Herrscher powers were very mind-dependent.
Gripping the hilt and feeling the residual warmth, Levi silently loosened his grip.
'Forget it. I'll try again tomorrow, so I don't give someone something to gossip about.'
Lying on the bed, Levi didn't go chat idly in the group. Instead, he contacted Qingque through the Jade Abacus.
[Levi: Little Sparrow, I want to start a company. Any interest in buying shares?]
[Qingque: Buying shares?]
[I don't have any credit points to invest. Surely I'm not supposed to sell myself to the other party as capital, right?]
"…"
———
On the other side, at St. Freya Academy's Valkyrie dormitory, Kiana contacted Elysia.
From her, she learned the true meaning of "Trash."
[Thanks.]
[You're welcome~]
'Hehehe, I love watching Levi eat dirt the most!'
Unaware of Elysia's wicked little thoughts, Kiana looked at Levi's avatar in the chat group, a cold smile hanging on her lips.
"Trash…"