ALL NOVEL Chapter 966
<966 – Experience Points Doubled (3)>
“Still, it’s quite an interesting combination. In the past, a coward like you would never have come to me for help.”
The mana of Mandela Castera, which had been sneaking towards Sadi Chocolate’s fallen hair, helplessly gathered at her feet as if it turned invisible.
It was a witty smile, as if to say, “I know exactly what you want, both now and back then,” that mocked Mandela.
“Ugh. It’s frustrating, but I’ve come to make a request!”
“I want to prepare for the increase in difficulty of the second semester lectures for the future of Class 980. Quite an intriguing thought.”
Sadi Chocolate blew on her coffee, peering into Mandela’s heart.
Sadi grimaced at the steaming coffee.
“You know that making a suggestion to me won’t end well, right? You’ll surely regret it.”
“It’s different from before. The current Class 980 has become strong enough to withstand your special training.”
“I’ll help. Summer vacation training.”
“Really?!”
“I’m just looking forward to when that confidence will crumble.”
Mandela beamed with joy.
Sadi, meanwhile, was just staring at the coffee cup.
Seeing Mandela looking at the boiling cup, she was bewildered.
“Are we doing some sort of esophagus training? That’s a bit much.”
“It’s not me. It started happening since you all came in.”
Both of their gazes naturally shifted to Oknodie.
“That naughty Evil Nodie must have done it.”
Oknodie, who had been secretly heating the coffee cup to tease them, chuckled.
“What will we be doing for the special training to help Mandela senpai?”
“Cool the coffee cup first.”
Oknodie quickly cast a cooling spell.
The coffee cup, subjected to rapid cooling after being heated, shattered with a crack.
At the suddenly awkward table, Sadi gazed mournfully at the broken coffee cup.
“It was the first thing I bought with my own money in this lifetime.”
“Ahh.”
“Goodbye, my beloved coffee cup.”
Sadi closed her eyes as if to mourn the coffee cup.
With her demure looks, Sadi exhibited a pitiful demeanor that even Mandela, who had forgotten their past grievances, couldn’t help but feel genuine pity.
“Evil Nodie, you must apologize immediately! This is definitely a 10 to 0 fault in favor of Evil Nodie!”
“Sorry… but you looked so smug for a toy having better luck than its owner!”
“Oknodie. Don’t add unnecessary words when apologizing! That lowers your lady power and turns you into an evil lady!”
Evil lady!
That malicious term made Oknodie feel as though she glimpsed the path she might take.
Like soul friends feeling drawn to each other, the words had a fateful pull for the Dark Princess and the Evil Dragon!
Moreover, these days, evil ladies have a good image.
Feeling good from the compliments, Oknodie pulled out a strong coffee cup.
“Ahem. Is this the coffee cup Sadi is looking for?”
This cup had the ability to automatically adjust the temperature of the coffee to neither too hot nor too cold.
As someone collecting various ‘beverages’ for the cooking handbook, Sadi showed curiosity at the appearance of an item she should have.
“No, I think it was something a bit better.”
Sadi had become somewhat adept at peering into Oknodie’s inner thoughts and thought processes.
There were many good items, but she knew that if she rushed to grab one, an even better item would be waiting behind it! Thus, she decided to take a gamble.
The gamble paid off.
“Then, is this coffee cup the one Sadi is looking for?”
This coffee cup granted unending alertness for 72 hours after a single sip, an awakening coffee cup.
It wasn’t merely for convenience, but it also enhanced the inherent properties of the coffee, leaving room for distinct preferences.
“I think it needs just a little more effort.”
As Sadi’s heart ached, Oknodie, with a face that said she hadn’t intended to pull out anything this good, grumpily reached for a new coffee cup.
This one was a relic grade coffee cup, holding the highest value among magical items.
“Then, is this coffee cup the one Sadi is looking for?!”
Sadi was taken aback.
At first glance, she could tell it was a relic with the [Concealment] property, so deep with origins and history she couldn’t fathom.
What sort of mystery dwelled within that little coffee cup to sense its replenishment capacity?
“That’s right. It seems to be my new beloved coffee cup.”
“Then I’ll give it to you! Let’s make up, right?”
“Yeah. It’s settled.”
Receiving the new coffee cup, Sadi Chocolate looked down at it, cradled it in her hands, and even gently placed it against her cheek.
Even while channeling her mana into it and observing, she couldn’t grasp the mystery contained within.
“But what powers does this coffee cup have?”
“It sees the future!”
“…Sees the future?”
“More accurately, it lets you glimpse the future of the person who infused their mana on its surface when drinking coffee, which is a fascinating and fun function!”
“You’ve really created an extraordinary coffee cup.”
As Sadi gazed down at the coffee cup, she suddenly noticed Oknodie’s immense mana still floating in it.
Curiously, she poured coffee from the pot, revealing the sight of Oknodie riding on the back of a monster, all while desperately evading their professors.
‘Isn’t there another future?’
As she stirred the coffee cup with a teaspoon, she perceived a future where Oknodie, vacationing in the Holy Dark Empire, instigated the Demon King’s desire to attack by carelessly bombarding the Demon Realm with grand magic to expand a shrinking dark gate.
Since the future of the Empire was of no concern to Sadi Chocolate, another random lottery for the teaspoon future-seeing gacha took place.
In this future, surprisingly, Sadi Chocolate appeared.
It seemed future sight consumed quite a bit of mana, for Oknodie’s remaining mana had diminished to a point where it matched Sadi Chocolate’s mana.
In the coffee cup, Sadi was making the third-year students wade through a survival horror scenario, all while fitting nicely with Mandela’s training.
Though it somewhat soothed her anger and made her feel proud, a grim sight loomed behind her.
Oknodie was watching Sadi with puffed cheeks, evidently plotting something malicious.
Unfortunately, this vision marked the last future intertwined with Oknodie.
Sadi also refrained from infusing further mana, so the new future she could glimpse in the coffee cup was barely herself sipping coffee a few seconds later.
“Drinking coffee while knowing the future adds a special flavor.”
“Right? Sometimes, when I’m bored, I drink it too! At times like this, it’s useful to determine if I can kill the strength-all-in strategy.”
“…Strength-all-in?”
“Ah, that’s something you don’t need to know. It’s a secret!”
Although Sadi Chocolate could immediately figure out what strength-all-in was by utilizing her associative search function if she delved into Oknodie’s mind, she refrained from her curiosity while imagining the upset Oknodie.
She didn’t want to provoke the temper of that wicked little girl too carelessly.
“After the exams are over, come back with the students who will take on the training. Until then, I’ll be preparing for the training.”
With her purpose achieved, Mandela turned satisfied to leave, while Oknodie eagerly followed behind.
Her curiosity about evil ladies indicated a rather anxious second semester ahead.
*
“This, this isn’t like an evil lady at all!”
“What do you mean by that? An evil lady values grace. She exhibits superior social knowledge to such an extent that the other clueless ladies appear unrefined, showcasing her elite social skills, like a well-bred family monster.”
“Even so, having to lift the coffee with just my arms without using my waist or neck is too uncomfortable!”
A seasoned evil lady might as well be at military dining.
While it’s said that ultimate extremes converge at a singular point, Oknodie, who was accustomed to the path of manliness, couldn’t imagine the future where evil ladies and military dining converged—she desperately wanted to deny the reality.
“Well then, let’s flaunt the qualities of an evil lady through a brief conversation. Lady Oknodie, that dress is quite unique. Just like last year’s Louis Vied dress.”
“Thank you!”
“No, that’s disqualified.”
“Why?!”
“A compliment about last year’s dress being unique is a contradiction. It remarks on a poverty-stricken lady who, even after a year, wears outdated attire, while mocking her low lady power with her finances—this is the evil lady’s way of speaking.”
Being an evil lady! The path seemed far more challenging to Oknodie, who had walked down the path of manliness and was confronted with vast amounts of knowledge.
“Now, let’s try again. Lady Oknodie, your family lineage is quite profound too, isn’t it? It’s been several hundred years, right?”
“Uh, um… I’m not sure? How many years has Chairman of the Foundation been operating…?”
“Are you perhaps saying that since significant changes were made during a short history, your generation is shorter and more innovative?”
“Exactly!”
“Revolutionary, well, without a foundation, changing things just leads to chaos.”
“Hehe.”
“No, disqualified. Laughing there is tantamount to having a family with no foundation.”
“Waaaah! So I can’t even laugh?”
“No, disqualified. Even crying out ‘Waaaw’ there doesn’t refute the claim of your family being lacking in foundation!”
The arduous path of an evil lady stretches on!
As Oknodie browbeat through Mandela’s lady training, the first semester final exams wrapped up.
Finally, summer vacation had arrived.
Mandela, intending to visit Sadi Chocolate with her classmates, turned to Oknodie.
“So, Oknodie, what are you planning to do this summer? We’re off to receive Sadi’s training.”
“I want to go too! Please finish my evil lady training!”
“Thank you for bestowing me the learning opportunity, miss. I shall also accompany you for training as your butler.”
Mandela’s eyes widened.
Seeing Oknodie being naturally followed by Professor Jonnas was a surprise for Mandela.
Despite his gentle demeanor, a look in his eyes spoke volumes, wondering, “Has this boy been doing strange things to our lady all along? How about trying something repulsive in front of me?”
Unlike the clumsy Oknodie, it appeared that the unassuming butler Jonnas actually held tremendous evil lady potential!