"Haha, it's okay, I get it." said Chris as he laughed off the awkward question for Itsuki.
"Uhm... Is there another way for me to activate that gem again?" Itsuki asked, still a bit nervous.
"Well, that's for sure but I don't really recommend you to do so. The spirits in there are too strong for you taking control of, if you forcibly activated it again, there is a high chance that you will be the one that taken control by the spirits instead." said Chris.
"Ah... I see." said Itsuki, sounds a bit disappointed.
"But if you really want to try it, I could help you to press down those spirits for a bit to prevent anything from happening." said Chris.
"Ah..." Itsuki is a bit surprised and warmed by these kind words of Chris.
"But of course, it will be after this tournament." said Chris. Itsuki nodded sheepishly.
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Ninth Divine Mountain, deep forest.
"Hey! Maria! There is something moving in the bushes behind you! Ah... Nevermind. Just another parasitic vine. Tsk... I wonder what kind of animal can survive all these aggressive and pesty parasitic and carnivorous plants." Sky ranted, he seems rather fed up.
"Maybe a giant cockroach?" said Junior in a rather frank tone.
"Jun-chan, now is not the time for this, Darling's passion had been burned out again, and even faster than yesterday." said Maria.
"Oh... Alright." Junior seems to be trying to say something else but chose to keep silent.
"Seriously, I started wondering if that lost memento even in this forest?" Sky ranted again.
"Well, even if it's not in here, you might still want to check out about the unusual phenomenon stated by Leah-chan, right?" said Maria, trying to comfort Sky.
"Ah... Right, I indeed need to check that out." said Sky, rather unwillingly.
"Alright! Let's look for anything that might be unusual!" said Maria, in a hype tone, trying to cheer up the atmosphere...
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Tournament stadium, infirmary. Ben who had been skipping his duty as a healer is finally back on his duty. The only reason he decided to help out in the infirmary is because it's the second day of the off day for the tournament and there isn't any work in the infirmary the day before while the other healers still get paid for it, which means it will be a good chance to earn some easy extra income. Or at least that's what Ben thought of. And indeed, the infirmary is as free as Ben expected it would be. However...
"Oh dear! Dr. Ben! You are finally here again! I had been looking for you!" said a young lady healer who looks a bit inexperienced.
"Heh?" And with no doubt, our Dr. Ben is totally confused by that sudden greeting.
"I was at the counter next to you when you treat the casualties for the defense test. I was amazed by your splendid medication skills and your composure dealing with mean and rude patients." said the lady, rather excited.
"Ah..."
"I am very interested to learn more about the traditional medication skills since I am not doing well in healing magic, can I be your pupil?" the lady asked.
"Eh?"
And so... The carefree day of Ben to earn extra income ruined...
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Ninth Divine Mountain, Deep forest.
Sky is blasting off a big pile of tangled parasitic vines with his magic, he looks rather annoyed and irritated.
"Ah! What unique phenomenon? All I saw are these annoying pests!" Sky exclaimed as he kicked the remnants of vines away.
"Darling~ It's only been last than thirty minutes from your previous rants." said Maria, in a casual tone.
"But there is nothing here except for these plants, there isn't any sign of any animals!" Sky ranted again.
"Aww... But Darling, this place is ten kilometers away from the town, and with the height of this mountain, your rant would probably not reaching Chris-chan no matter what." said Maria who still sounds quite carefree.
"Ah... True." said Sky as he gave up his ranting and get back to his serious mode.
After a while, he finally spotted a slightly unusual sight from a big bush of wild herbs.
"Darling? What is it?" Maria asked as he approached Sky, followed by Junior.
"Have a look at this bush, this part of it kind of looks crushed." said Sky.
"Ah... It's true. I wonder why is it crushed." said Maria as he stared at the bush with Sky.
"Maybe it's done by that giant cockroach?" said Junior, in a slightly careful tone.
"Shush! Jun-chan!"
"Hold on there Maria. Junior, what do you mean by giant cockroach? I heard you saying that earlier, perhaps do you know anything about it?" Sky asked.
"Well... Actually, I saw a two meters long cockroach half an hour ago when you and Maria searched for clues in some bushes." said Junior.
"Ah? Ah! That is probably what we had been looking for! Now thinking that Mr. Blair is having a mild mysophobia, it actually makes sense why he doesn't allow his sister to keep that memento of her parents. Junior! You should have told us earlier!" Sky exclaimed.
"I was trying to tell you but... Uhm..." said Junior while carefully turned his eyes to Maria.
"Ah... Eh-hehe! Sorry~ I thought you were just joking about the cockroach." said Maria while showing Sky and Junior a silly face with his tongue slightly stick out.
"Ahaha..." Sky laughed awkwardly as he heard that excuse of Maria...
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*Something out of the story
Sky: "Dear readers."
Chris: "Hmm?"
Sky: "This chapter is meant to be released for webnovel.com."
Chris: "Oh! This matter. Yes, if you're reading this chapter on another platform than webnovel.com, know that it's an illegal copy diffused without the Writer's authorization."
Sky: "As what Chris said. Right now, this story is free on the authorized platform, so please read it from authorized platforms as mental support for the writer."
Chris: "Mhm... There are two authorized platforms. One is webnovel.com. And another one is that messy and half-dead Weebly site that she uses for draft and backup... But not recommended."
Sky: "Ah... Haha. Yes, as Chris said."
Chris: "But look out, those scums might change this note to their own website link. So, be cautious.
Sky : "By the way, if the cover page is the old cover page that shows two stickmen, stop reading it, it's cursed and might caused the writer to stop writing."
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