I Became a Time-Stopper at the Academy

13 – Gift

Bang, Tadak! Bang, tap!

Joel danced on a grotesque piece of metal.

Luisa watched him continue to try again for nearly five hours.

As if he had finished another song, he stopped his movement, breathing heavily.

The old woman giggled.

“Difficult level 5?”

“To think I couldn’t shoot a full-com because I missed one thing….”

“Originally, that one miss in life is the way to hold back your ankle.”

“Louisa, give me 10 more gold coins.”

Hearing his instructions, she looked out of her window through her window.

It was already late at night.

There are no candles in this space, but for some reason it was as bright as daytime.

“Boss, you should go back to the dormitory soon.”

“Ah, has that happened already? I can’t help it.”

Joel came down from the piece of metal.

Then he stretched and soothed his muscles.

Louisa worked as an exclusive maid since he was 14 years old.

He felt a little proud that he knew everything about him.

But recently, that pride has begun to fade.

‘He suddenly changed from the time of his entrance exam.’

Joel was basically nice.

He didn’t get angry easily.

He was kind to everyone.

But he had no patience.

He gave up easily even when he was a little tired.

I’ve never seen him re-challenge as many times as he does now.

‘At the time of the duel, during the actual lecture….’

It was like a different person.

The way he was kind to himself hasn’t changed, but everything else has changed.

He avoided a fight, saying he didn’t want to fight, but he actually fought after accepting the duel.

He also had a war of nerves with an aristocratic male cadet named Leon.

It was something that Louisa had never thought of.

‘It’s a good change to try to improve your skills….’

It’s a bit unfamiliar.

It didn’t seem like the Joel she knew.

It felt like all the years we had together had disappeared.

There is no change in being a precious existence.

But he was afraid that he would leave somewhere, leaving him alone.

Until now, I couldn’t understand why he was dancing on such a strange piece of metal.

“Louisa, do you have a towel?”

“Yes.”

She politely handed over one of her towels, supporting it with both hands.

He said, “Thank you,” And wiped the sweat from his body.

Louisa stared Joel in the face.

Obviously different from before, but the appearance is the same.

Brown hair, distinct features, and tall stature.

“What did you ask?”

“Oh, no.”

She bowed her head right away, blushing.

Joel touched his face with his hand.

‘I’m anxious, but….’

It has become more cool.

It was an undeniable fact.

Is that why Elianne, who proposed breaking off the engagement, continues to hang around him?

Louisa felt offended by her attitude, as if she had been blatantly trying to take advantage of Joel.

She wouldn’t treat her fiancée well as a fiancée if she was nice, but she only sought him out when her position as heir to the Marquis of Jahe required it.

And as soon as the position was shaken, it was immediately kicked out.

‘I have to give the boy a better woman than that woman.’

She saw Joel’s recent improvement in skills, and she belatedly tried to cling to him.

It was beyond distasteful and even disgusting.

I couldn’t carelessly express my opinion because of the Marquis Jahe’s goal of making a kite with the Duke of Chablis, but now it’s a South-South.

Louisa was determined to stop the reunion at all costs.

***

I barely managed to hit the full combo up to level 4 and received an item from the old lady.

… It was all useless to me now.

I put the items on the bed and thought about it.

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Type: Auxiliary Equipment

Rating: A

Description: A gold ring with floral designs favored by women. Increases physical attack power by 20% when using spear skills.

Type: Auxiliary Equipment

Rating: A

Description: Unobtrusive stud earrings. Reduces the cooldown of healing skills by 15%.

Type: Weapon

Rating: S

Description: A two-handed sword crafted by the last blacksmith of the ancient Dwarven Kingdom. Physical attack power and physical defense power increase by 36%.

Type: Magic Tool

Rating: B

Description: A red water balloon. It uses 10 mana to pour out a large amount of water that can fill a pool.

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“Louisa.”

“Yes.”

When I called her, she came right next to her.

She held [Lancer’s gold ring] Lightly in her right hand.

“Do you want to wear this?”

“Give me a ring… ?”

For now, [Lancer’s gold ring] Seemed to be given to Luisa, who uses a spear.

Wouldn’t it be possible for her to get help in progressing her main story if she improves her skills?

She might be able to join Lando’s warrior party.

“You don’t like it?”

“Ah, no, it was given to me by the young master, so it can’t be.”

If the design is bad, you can tie it to a string and wear it as a necklace.

The important thing is to receive the effect of this equipment.

“Which side should I put it on?”

“Do, is the young master doing it himself…? ?!”

Since you must have been bored because of me today, I also wanted to repay you even a little bit.

I don’t know if this will pay off.

“Well then, the ring finger…. Ah, no, after all, the ring finger is a bit—”

“Isn’t it just the ring finger?”

As far as I know, the ring finger of the left hand represents love, but the ring finger of the right hand represents mental stability.

… He must have been mentally confused because of me lately, so he seemed to be referring to his ring finger.

I slipped the ring on the ring finger of Luisa’s right hand.

It fit just right, like a lake.

She looked around at the ring I put on and smiled.

“Thank you, Bocchan. I Luisa, I’ll do anything for the young master. Day and night.”

“Yes, thank you.”

“Yes… !”

I’m glad you liked it.

Although I felt a bit guilty because I thought she was condescending with the reward goods I received from her store.

After that, I went to Lando’s room with the [Pure Blood Dwarf’s Last Sword].

“Joel! What are you doing?”

Today, he showed off the warm smile of a young boy.

It’s dazzling. It’s dazzling.

I passed the sword to him.

“Oh, that looks like a very expensive sword.”

“Use it.”

“Yes?”

“Write it.”

He opened his eyes wide as I spoke with a small smile.

The two-handed sword he uses now is a mediocre mass-produced C-class sword.

[Pure-Blood Dwarf’s Last Sword] Is not an endgame-class weapon, but since it is an S-class, it will be of great help at this point.

“Can I really take this?!”

“Sure. Since I can’t use a sword anyway, it’s like going to my master. I want you to use it well and not break it.”

“Yes, of course! Thank you, everything from one to ten!!”

Lando nodded furiously at his waist in succession.

Since the heirloom he received from the son of the Marquis after winning the duel was B-class, S-class would probably be a rare weapon that is difficult for even a decent nobleman to own.

I always hit max level in the game and only matched SSS or EX grade equipment, so it seemed that I had a slightly different value standard than the people here.

I left the cadet dormitory and headed for the staff dormitory.

There was a knock on the door where Delia was staying.

“Who are you?”

For some reason she didn’t open her door and asked carefully from inside.

Ah, is it because you’re making magic potions?

I asked you to keep it a secret.

“It’s me, Joel.”

“Bar, I’ll open it right away!”

The door was wide open.

Delia urged me to come in quickly.

Me and Luisa stepped into her room and she shut the door behind her and locked it.

“Sorry for the late night.”

“No, that’s fine! So what are you up to today? Oh, did you come to get the magic potion? In just a little while, the second bottle will be finished.”

Delia gave me a freshly made magic potion through Lucia.

I’m glad they made two bottles every day as I wanted.

“Take this.”

“Yes?”

I held out [Her blessed pearl earrings] In front of her.

Then she opened her eyes wide and took her earrings with both her hands.

“Oh, isn’t this really expensive!”

“Ah, is this an earring you already know?”

“This is saying that only saint-class healers can be hired!! Can I really take this?”

She nodded in response.

“You can become a saint. I believe you will become a saint.”

“Joe Joel! Thank you, I will continue to do my best as an exclusive healer!!”

The [Blessed Pearl Earring] Isn’t even that good of a gear by game standards.

But here, expensive earrings worn only by saints.

I wondered if I couldn’t actively farm items because my life depended here, unlike games.

Delia put on the earrings right away.

The pearl grains went well with her skin tone and blonde hair.

“Yes, is it pretty?”

“Oh, pretty. I think I did a good job giving it to you.”

“Go, thank you!”

As the blonde-haired beauty smiled brightly, she even had the illusion that her room was getting brighter even though it was night.

That’s probably why it’s so popular with male cadets.

He has a nice personality.

Well, but she’s a member of Lando’s harem anyway.

She seemed like she hadn’t fallen for him yet, but when she went later, she would fall in love with him and think about him all day long.

I envy you, the main character.

“I’m leaving.”

“Oh yes! I’ll bring you the rest of the magic potion tomorrow morning!”

“Yes. Don’t overdo it.”

“Yes!”

***

After giving Delia an earring, Joel immediately went back to his room.

Luisa also greeted him and went into her room next to her.

As she lay on the bed, she looked at the gold ring on the ring finger of her right hand.

The muscles in her face were sore from holding back the corner of her mouth that was about to rise.

‘Boss, you also thought of me as your mistress.’

The ring on the ring finger of a woman’s left hand is either a wedding ring or an engagement ring.

When a noble man presents his ring to his mistress other than his wife, he puts it on the ring finger of her right hand. She

When she actually experienced what she had only heard about, her head overflowed with happiness.

In the empire, the only way for a commoner to be loved by a high-ranking aristocrat is through a lover.

I didn’t become Joel’s exclusive maid aiming for that, but in the end, I became his lover.

‘When will you attack me….’

A commoner’s lover cannot approach an aristocrat first.

I have to wait.

Still, it won’t come soon, Louisa was sure.

One of the reasons why an aristocratic man keeps his mistress aside is to relieve his s*xual desire.

Joel is at an age where he can thrive, and he has never had a worthy opponent.

It is clear that you will try to satisfy your needs with a lover.

‘It was good to learn contraceptive magic… !’

It was Luisa who couldn’t sleep because she was looking forward to the night.