The Only Male Student in the Academy - The Only Male Student in the Academy chapter 116

116. Claire’s Melancholy (3)

He said it was Tia’s birthday soon.

Come to think of it, it was. Tia must have said that this was her birthday.

“The reason Lucius and Ariel had a bad relationship in the first place was because of Tia, then Tia herself is the most important thing, right?

“Hmm, that makes sense.”

After hearing Ron’s words, Myuri nodded.

“Then it’s fine with that. If Miss Tia accepts Princess Beherit’s gift, I’ll sell her witch’s book to Princess Beherit, too.”

“It’s a gift…”

I don’t think it’s bad.

In Unknown Saga, each character had a set birthday, and there was an individual event that could be held at each time.

However, these birthday events are sub-events, not regular events, and you can raise the character’s bond level, and depending on the type, you can get useful items as rewards.

Conversely, since it is such an event, it has little effect on the progress of the original story.

In other words, it has a very slight effect, but it’s not so much that I care.

Moreover, I don’t personally meet and give gifts. If it was conveyed through Ron, the unexpected influence would be further reduced.

‘However, giving a present on your birthday has the effect of doubling your liking.’

Well, this won’t be a big problem either.

During the placement test, I spoke very harshly to Tia. So, Tia’s affinity for me is probably negative.

It’s not like anything special is going to happen just because the likability increases a little here.

If you are worried about increasing your favorability, you can choose an item.

Each character has a list of their favorite items, and if you gift that item, your liking goes up a lot.

In other words, it is a story that you can adjust the increase in favorability depending on which item you present.

‘Above all…… I can present a weapon.’

In order to defeat the Demon King, Lucius and the others must become stronger than they are now.

In that sense, giving equipment to Tia seems quite meaningful.

Especially since it’s the 2nd semester of the 1st year, Lucius and the others must still be running out of money.

In that case, you won’t be able to buy expensive high-end equipment, so I can solve this part to some extent.

Huh? It looks pretty good, right?

“Okay. I’ll send you a present soon.”

There are various wizards in Unknown Saga, but the equipment they can use is slightly different.

For example, Marie uses a cane.

However, there are different types of wands.

A stick that is longer than a person’s arm is called a ‘staff’, and a staff that is shorter than a person’s arm is called a ‘wand’.

Among these, Marie is using the staff as a weapon.

And Claire is also a wizard, but uses a sword.

I’m also a wizard, but I don’t have a specific weapon.

And what kind of weapons do Marie and Rose use? They are using a weapon called ‘Catalyst’.

Simply put, jewelry worn on the body.

Pendants, bracelets, earrings, etc…. Although the form varies, it is characterized by the fact that it is equipped with jewels in a form that sticks to the body.

Some jewels in this world have very high magical conductivity, and among them, the special Catalyst has powerful performance enough to store magic.

In addition to that, since the Catalyst is in the form of an accessory, it has the advantage that the main weapon can be worn separately. Wearing a sword while wearing a Catalyst, or wearing multiple Catalysts greatly enhances magical abilities.

The downside is the maintenance cost.

It’s expensive to buy, perhaps because it’s jewelry.

Repairing the durability is also not easy.

If it is completely broken, it can be assumed that there is no answer.

‘Well, that’s up to Lucius to take care of himself.’

Anyway, in the second year, the clan system will open up and the money problem will be reduced.

So even if it’s an item that can’t be used right now because of money problems, I’ll be able to use it somehow when I’m in my second year.

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With that decided, let’s gather the materials to craft the Catalyst.

“Uh, my, production…?”

“Yes. I plan to make and send it myself.”

It wouldn’t be a problem to buy it from a store and send it, but in the end, the performance of weapons sold on the market is determined to some extent.

There are only two ways to get really good items in Unknown Saga. Get items from places like dungeons, or make them yourself.

But getting items from the dungeon is something Lucius and his friends can do at any time.

Rather, since Lucius has a better party balance, he will do much better than me.

On the other hand, Lucius and his party have no money and no fellow characters with production skills.

So, if I supplement this part, it will be neat.

“Required ingredients are 20 Red Refining Stones, 10 Fairy Wings, 1 Tears of the Deep Sea, and 5 Etelfelg Fruits…”

I go through the memories of my previous life and write down the necessary ingredients one by one on a memo.

About 50% of these are materials that can be obtained somehow with money. About 30% of them are materials that can only be obtained if you are lucky.

And the remaining 20% are ingredients that can never be found on floating islands.

“Poetry, if it’s the tears of the deep sea…? Items from sea dragons living in the sea…”

“That’s right. To get the Tears of the Deep Sea, you have to take a boat out of Pwaliber.”

Even in the original work, deep sea tears were one of the hardest ingredients to acquire.

Apart from the low drop rate and the high level of difficulty of battle with sea dragons, this is because Fwalliver is an area that has nothing to do with the main story.

Powaliber is a place to proceed with the event stories of some characters.

Therefore, unless you are targeting a specific character, the fact that players visit Pwaliver itself is a waste of movement.

I also have no intention of going to Pwaliver now.

Going on a date with Marie like last time and going to Pwaliber is still not difficult, but going there to fight sea dragons by boat is very different, even if the story is different.

Fighting a sea dragon to go get a material takes up a lot of time, and you could die if you try wrong at this stage.

“Well, then what are you going to do?”

“I have to buy it anyway.”

“Uh, where…? I don’t think they’ll be sold in stores…”

Marie said curiously.

Marie’s point is correct. Tears of the deep sea are not sold in any stores.

Even in-game, the only way to obtain deep-sea tears was to directly defeat a sea dragon, so it is a material that is difficult to obtain in the original game.

But it’s already been half a year since I’ve lived in this world.

I know that this world is both a game and a reality.

“I think I should have a talk with Claire.”

So I moved again with Marie.

I don’t know where Claire is, but there are a few places I can guess.

As I’ve said before, ‘If you go to that place, you can meet that NPC’ exists in Unknown Saga.

Of course, that doesn’t mean the NPC is always there. Depending on the passage of time, there are cases where NPCs stay in different places, but statistics show a clear trend.

In the case of Claire, the probability of meeting her at the 5th training ground is about 40%, and the next highest probability of meeting her is about 20% for magic combat and buildings.

Appears in the dormitory at certain times, and occasionally appears in the library.

And on certain days, Claire tended to appear in the Academy Cultural Center building.

“You’re shameless, Ms. Entirus. You’re already showing your face.”

I looked at the 5th training ground and magic combat department building once, but I couldn’t find Claire.

So, he went to the cultural center just in case, and saw a familiar figure arguing at the entrance.

“Miss Mardis is full of inferiority complexes. But the inferiority complex has to decide the time and place? Who in the world will disobey the princess’s order?”

“Ms. Entirus doesn’t seem to be ashamed. Are you thinking of dishonoring the faction by coming to the meeting after receiving a failing grade in the first semester?”

“Yes, yes, bite as you please. Do you think the prestige of the Marquis of Entirus will be shaken if you try to put me down in a place like this?”

Claire shrugged his shoulders and snorted.

Then the girl in front of Claire clicked her tongue.

I know who she is.

Hilka Mardis.

Crown Prince Faction…… No, a spirit sage belonging to the 1st princess faction.

‘Come to think of it, I had a bad relationship with Claire in the original work too.’

He is an ambitious character with an opportunistic aspect.

As such, she is very jealous of Claire, who acts as the prince’s right-hand man.

So, when an event happened that Claire was harassing Lucius, she helped her by raising her bond rating with Hill Car.

Later, after Lucius defeats Claire, she is a character who becomes Lucius’ helper as Heilka rises to second place in the princess faction’s hierarchy.

She is a sub-heroine who can be welcomed as a party mate and has a dedicated ending, but is her popularity among users only high?

I remember that she was treated as a performance seeker rather than an affectionate one.

“Hmm…. You’re saying it well. I don’t know if I’ll be able to carry her face with me if I get a failing grade in the next midterm exam.”

“Should I return it as it is, Miss Mardis. If the princess sees this, do you think Miss Mardis will be able to carry her face?”

“What?”

“It’s been three months since the Vamir faction split internally, but this time Miss Mardis is thinking of becoming a revolutionary~.”

Claire makes eye contact with Jigshy Hill Carr.

“Do you want to have a clique fight? The one who loses will leave the academy.”

“I’m sorry…”

“Why? Are you scared? Because you have a weaker support base than me, the daughter of Antirus? Or because you think you’ll be hated by the princess~?”

“What nonsense…”

“Fight in moderation, Ms. Mardis~.”

Claire pushed Tuk Hilka away.

Then Claire left the spot with a chuckle,

On the way, I felt as if I had met Claire’s eyes.

“b*tch like a dog…”

Glancing at Hilka kicking the ground in annoyance, we moved in the direction Claire had left.

How far did you walk from the cultural center building?

After a considerable amount of time, Claire stopped her steps.

“Sorry~. It’s annoying when I see Miss Mardis.”

Then they greeted us with a smile.

Well, that can’t be helped.

Anyway, I am the only male student in the academy. I can’t say it has a good reputation.

Under such circumstances, I would not have wanted Hilka to see that Claire and I were close. Because it could be a disadvantage in fighting spirit.

“So? Did Ariel come to see me?”

“Yes. I want to ask you something. Can you get the Tears of the Deep Sea?”

“Oh, are you going hunting again? But I don’t like naval battles. It’s hard to build a wall.”

“You don’t have to go to fight. I want you to recognize the person who has the tears of the deep sea.”

Many things have changed as what was once a game became a reality.

Among them, the biggest change is probably the degree of freedom.

Originally, Tears of the Deep Sea was an item that players had to obtain by themselves, but now we know that it is not necessary to do so in this world.

Somebody in this world must have the tears of the deep sea, so wouldn’t it be enough to buy them from that person?

“Huh~. That’s why you need my network~?”

Well, that’s what happens in the end….

If I think of the people I am close with…… Maybe Marie, Rose, or Ron?

Unfortunately, all three of them didn’t have that wide of a relationship.

Mari was a bad girl from the beginning,

Since Ron hangs out with Tia, his human relationship isn’t wide,

Rose’s position is still quite ambiguous as the Duke of Bamir’s faction collapsed.

In the end, the only person I can ask for is Claire.

“That’s good. It’s not that difficult, so I’ll figure it out. But… Isn’t there something we haven’t calculated?”

“Calculation?”

“Reward, when will you give it~?”

“…….”

…… Turns out, there was something like that.

Completely forgot….