Well, I suppose I should avoid getting my level check by the Eyes Crystal. As for sure my real level would be detected by it.
I am by far not yet at that level so I basically still tell a lie to Elina right now. Even if I wanted to spill out the truth, the current situation makes it harder than usual. I believe that Elina might have a lot of questions if she somehow knows and of course she would be crying all of the time as well.
So I'd rather steer clear of that matter...
Elina then said, "But if you're here now, that means you have successfully got the Flower of Eve right?"
"You guess right, I had the Flower of Eve in my possession... if I didn't have it, there's no way I would return to the town."
I said that proudly as I managed to do my quest superbly, in just a matter of days. In a place which they told me that it would be dangerous to venture into. Yet I had done it and managed to survive in one piece without any injuries at all.
I notice that Elina looks at me as if something is wrong...
"Yei? just want to ask... where's the Flower of Eve then?"
The moment Elina asked that, I realized that I had made the biggest mistake yet in this world. I was full of myself and ignored the fact that I had blurted out something I wasn't supposed to say towards Elina.
'Damn!... how do I possibly get out of this situation?' It seems like I had to tell the truth about my system to her, I hope that she doesn't expose it to the public as I don't want to gather mass attention towards myself.
"Actually... about that-"
Before I could say further in, Elina jumped into her own conclusion regarding why there's no Flower of Eve in my hand right now.
It was quite shocking for Elina to think that kind of thing. It's rather unexpected, to be honest... She thought that the Flower of Eve had some sort of abilities that make it invisible so that's why she can't see it at all.
If Elina believed that, I could somehow- No! It doesn't make any sense if I really wanted to make a lie. At least I wanted to make it believe and somehow make sense. But before I say anything, I need to think of a reason that could be acceptable...
After giving in some thought for a couple of minutes, I think I had finally come up with a good explanation that could be used in this situation.
"You got it wrong, I just got an item from the Azure Templar member... It's allowed me to store one object and it could just be used once. But like you said, it can't be seen by others besides me... only I have the ability to see it since I was the one who activated it."
Well, I think I didn't deliver it right just as I had in my mind at that time. But I just hope that Elina would somehow believe it... if not I just had to-
"I see, that somehow makes much more sense than what I came up with..." Elina said that.
Does she believe it? Well, it's a surprising result but I am indeed glad that Elina believes all of that crap I made up.
"Still, why would the members of Azure Templar give you the item?"
"I did mention to you that I helped her defeat some of the monsters there, so in exchange... she gave me that item."
...
After talking for a bit regarding what happened in the field of wildflower, of course not the whole story as I did alter the story for a bit to stop Elina from worrying about me. Elina then asks me why I am here. As shouldn't I be taking the Flower of Eve to Tim.
Hearing that question, I somehow don't know what to say but I suppose it's best, to be honest here. As there's no point in lying as I couldn't find any story to be made.
"I do want to go there but I am quite hungry at the moment, so I thought that I might head to the inn first to get something to eat."
"What happens to your food supply that-" Elina paused for a while before continuing, "Yei? Where's your bag... shouldn't it be with you?"
"Well, a lot happened so I kinda lost it while I was fighting the Fogriun back then. That's why I am pretty hungry at the moment."
Yet another made-up story... It seems like all I do in this world is spread more lies about myself. If I played that video game called Elyrim V, for sure my speech skill would be increased tremendously with the constant lies that I had been making.
"Oh! If that is the case, then let go of my house then... I will prepare you some food and you probably could get a shower while you wait as you might want to wash from all of that dirt."
That's a nice offer, I do want to take a bath... This must be good-
Wait a minute! I can't accept this, what happens if Ildran found out about all of this. I don't think that it would end well for me if I somehow accept it.
For sure Ildran would get super jealous and a huge fight might happen, she might even try to kill me. As that's what I think Ildran would do judging from how she react upon meeting me a few days ago.
So I should decline that offer that Elina presents to me. As I don't want anything bad to happen to myself.
"I don't think I should trouble you for that Elina, you might have a lot of things to do as you're working as an acolyte right?" I said that towards Elina.