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"...Is she just going to stop staring at me like that or should I be worried?" Lero joked around. He wouldn't need to worry either way since he is way stronger than the elven girl, but he had a feeling of some kind of... fear?
"Nora, don't make people uncomfortable for no reason.. okay?" I tried to give some sense to her.
"What wrong though? .. I am just looking at the lizard, why would it be uncomfortable because of it? I don't eat Lizards, it shouldn't be scared of me, so what's the problem?" She answered.
'The Lizard... I can understand... but why did she call me IT?!' although smiling outside, Lero exploded inside with how the eleven girl treated him.
"Sigh.. Nevermind her. We wouldn't have tested you and would have just given you the weapons for free but still with same conditions, such as the buying bear situation, if you would have been common people. But since you are not, I just wanted to know what your powers feel like. I know, I know.. it's a bit rude towards you, but I hope you won't be offended by our little test." Lero said.
"huh?" I tilted my head in a questioning manner, while Nora seemed to have.. fallen asleep?
"Let me reintroduce myself" Lero put both of his hands in a fist and put one in front of his stomach while putting the other behind his back. Then he gracefully bowed a little while looking into my eyes, "I am the fifth prince of the Lizardmen in the world of Sunkia, Leroyas Sunkia, but friends call me Lero, as I have said before"
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'Why did he not react?.. Am I that unworthy of mentioning in his eyes?... Am I just a bug compared to his origins..' before Lero could overthink even more, I said.
"What is a prince doing in a Blacksmithery and trying to fight against some beginners?.." I looked at him what seemed to be in disgust from my facial expression, but I was actually just confused a little bit, because some thing just did not add up..
"Well .. uh... let's just say... I, uh, got lost a bit from my brothers and sisters... and I.. I.. they, they ascended without me. So I am alone for the time being" Lero spoke literal bullshit and even a kid would understand that HE SPOKE BULLSHIT.
"..." I didn't even know what to say to be honest
"He is a runaway prince" Karkayil said, not being able to bare this awkwardness.
"Oh.." I said
"What do you mean by 'oh'?! Aren't you even going to ask for why I ran away? Why am I here or such things as that? NOTHING?! I really am nothing in your eyes am I..." Lero sighed with his arms down.
"I mean... I don't really care for who anybody is.. but I guess being a prince of an entire race is... cool I guess? But even though I don't care, it's not as if I don't put you in my eyes.." I explained.
"No No, you don't need to explain yourself, I understand, you two being of such high background, I am not surprised it is what it is right now" Lero shook his head, Entirely misjudging who me and Nora both really are.
I put two to two together and-
"You don't think we are some kind of nobles of the elven.. do you?" I asked
"Oh I wouldn't be surprised. With Lady Nora having such Potential and Power and you, I cannot even see your screen, the only meaning would be that you are stronger than me, which you are not, or your stats are hidden with a special obtained skill, which are very difficult to acquire. So even if you came into the 1st Floor with ragged clothes, it's not too hard to understand that you are of noble origin if you have enough brain and aren't TOO dumb. But do not worry we will not tell anybody of this, and since you also know of my origin, you can feel assured." Lero explained his judgement.
'Should I tell him.. or should I just leave it be for now..' I thought
"It would be way harder to notice something about you if Lady Nora here would also have the ability to hide her stats from others eyes, I don't know why your higher ups didnt give her one, and what their mission is but, I have a spare ability scroll such as that if you need it." Lero cluelessly told me.
"Oh yeah right, they did indeed forget, you really don't mind sharing? damn, you really are a good person" I smiled shamelessly.
"Oh? yeah sure just a minute let me just find it." Lero quickly went to find the skill.
'Was Lero just... Played?... Urgh, doesn't matter, this doesn't touch me in either way. Oh to have some bear right now...' Karkayil thought while standing against the wall with his arms crossed.
After a few minutes Lero came back with some kind of scroll, "Here. This the ability I was talking about. I don't know if it's better or worse than yours, but it should better than nothing" Lero then handed the scroll to the now awoken Nora.
"???, it seems this lizard isn't as bad as I initially thought, good boy" Nora stood up and petted Leros head after grabbing the scroll from his hands.
She looked into the scroll and felt the scroll disappear from her hands. The scroll turned into Light Particles and went into Nora's head.
I looked into her Stats once more and-
[The Individuals Stats are hidden from other people's eyes. Does user still want to look at the person's stats forcefully?]
'Will it affect her in any way?'
[It will not affect the individual whatsoever]
'Oh okay.. then yeah show me'
Everything in her stat page was the same except:
[Acquired Abilities: Identity Block]
'What is Identity Block?'
[Identity Block: Blocks any other person to look at your skills, abilities, stats and all of your data overall. A person with a special Skill can at maximum only look into some of your stats]
'DAMN THIS IS HELLA USELFUL, WHAT THE HECK?! Mine is still better... BUT STILL!'