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Fortunately, even with the passive ability Absolute Memory, the memory deletion effect of Mental Out still worked.
After confirming this, Hiro used Mental Out to erase the image of that "Cupid" frame by frame-including the memory of erasing the memory itself.
No infinite loop.
He only retained an extremely vague, indistinct impression.
After that, he looked at the small circular icon in the System's item bar that represented the newly acquired Bow and Arrow, and a strong sense of unease rose in his chest.
Authority - Cupid's Arrow:
Can only be used on males.
Any male struck by the arrow will have their sexual orientation permanently fixed to homosexuality.
This effect cannot be reversed by anything other than the Authority itself.
The greater the number of male homosexuals within a one-hundred-kilometer radius, the stronger the user becomes.
Note: The user has no gender restriction.
"...Should I be thanking the System for that last line?"
Hiro muttered, feeling complicated emotions toward the first Authority he'd obtained after entering the Campione! world.
Suppressing the urge to discard it outright, he shifted his gaze to the other small circular icon-representing the modified Curse Power used to turn humans into Campiones.
After use, the target will be reincarnated as a Campione.
Curse Power and Curse Resistance will greatly increase.
The user will automatically enter an "Exhilarated" state when facing gods or Campione-type enemies.
During combat, the user's five senses, intuition, and adaptability will be significantly enhanced, making it easier to discover enemy weaknesses.
The user will gain Thousand Languages and become a subject of the Pact of Submission.
"So Thousand Languages is bundled with this thing."
Hiro pouted slightly.
"What a pity."
Realizing that Thousand Languages was a passive ability gained after reincarnation, he temporarily set both items aside.
This world was filled with gods of every variety.
Maybe in the future, he could obtain an Authority related to filtering, purification, or separation-something capable of isolating Thousand Languages.
Alchemy's decomposition and reconstruction only worked on things with form and a soul that could be perceived and captured.
It was completely ineffective against System items.
After all, Curse Power only had two options: Use and Use on others.
There was no way to physically extract it.
"Hm. It can only be used on myself or others, and its mental influence is specifically combat-oriented. Since I don't plan to use it..."
"I'll use it on that."
As this thought formed, a dark-purple, translucent armor silently manifested between his hands and slowly began to separate forward.
Then-
A silver-haired figure caught the corner of his eye.
His hand froze mid-motion.
His blood-red eyes instantly returned to tea color.
Silver hair.
Maid outfit.
...Was that just my imagination?
By the time his focus returned, the figure at the edge of his vision had already left his Observation Haki's range.
No number appeared on the System map either.
However, relying on Absolute Memory, Hiro recalled the maid's profile with unsettling clarity.
Though her height and figure differed slightly, her hairstyle, uniform, and silhouette were strikingly similar to Grayfia Lucifer.
...Never mind.
I don't have anything urgent to do anyway.
I'll take a look.
Maybe it's a devil from the Lucifer lineage.
With that thought, Hiro abandoned his previous plan and stepped forward.
Before he even reached the corner where the maid had disappeared, his Observation Haki detected a distinctly non-human aura near the edge of his two-kilometer range.
It was identical to the aura he sensed from devils like Rias, Akeno Himejima, and Grayfia herself.
In other words, this was undeniably an interloper.
"But even if I know that, what good does it do?"
Hiro glanced at the blank System map and felt a headache coming on.
"I've encountered two interlopers so far-three if I count this one-and the Repatriation Card only dropped once."
"She doesn't even have a Fate/Luck number above her head."
"How am I supposed to send her home?"
"Do I gamble that the next interloper drops two Repatriation Cards?"
"And what if the next one also wants to go back?"
"That's just robbing Peter to pay Paul."
In the next moment, Hiro caught up to the maid and found himself face to face with her.
She wore the exact same black-and-white maid uniform as Grayfia.
Her silver-gray hair was tied neatly behind her head, with two thin braids hanging down along her cheeks, each bound at the end by a blue ribbon.
As for her face-
She could only be described as a younger version of Grayfia Lucifer.
Hiro confirmed it the instant he activated the God's Eye of Authority and scanned above her head.
Grayfia Lucifer.
"So I've met a young Grayfia."
"That means I'm her 'Master'."
"And I'll only be able to send her back after meeting the next interloper-or before I leave this world."
"And because we both returned to our original eras, that's why Grayfia waited for me for an unknown number of years."
The realization hit him all at once.
Hiro's mouth twitched.
His expression turned extremely strange.
The girl noticed his presence.
Grayfia stopped and turned to face him, her expression cold and alert.
"Mister, do you need something from me?"
Whether she didn't care, didn't intend to hide herself, or simply hadn't considered it necessary, Grayfia hadn't used any presence-suppression magic.
As a result, the surrounding pedestrians stared at her as if she were talking to empty air.
After all-
To them, Hiro didn't exist.
Hiro activated Mental Out, causing everyone nearby to unconsciously ignore both him and Grayfia.
He stared at the name above her head for a second before speaking in a complicated tone.
"Grayfia Lucifer-san."
"..."
Silence stretched for several seconds.
Grayfia's gray eyes widened.
Then-
In a flash, she was right in front of him.
She grabbed his shoulders tightly, her composure shattering as excitement, relief, and desperation surged across her face.
"Even if I don't know who you are, since you know my name, you must know how to return to the Underworld, right?"
"I beg you-please tell me how!"
"The Lucifer Clan... the Maou's faction... they can't survive without me right now!"
"If I don't return, Lucifer and the Maou's bloodline will be slaughtered by those traitors!"
Her voice trembled, tinged with the edge of sobs.
Personally, Hiro thought-
Using time travel to conquer things really wasn't his preference.
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