The Hero’s Brother Is Bound To Be Depressed - Chapter 356



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“Are you sure?”

I sighed as I saw Estelle waving the paper in front of me and narrowing her eyes as if in doubt.

“Why would I deceive the Modest, our common destiny?”

“That’s right, because you’re a lying pig.”

“… .”

What Estelle presented as a condition for teaching me how to wear a mask was information about the future that I knew. That wasn’t just information, it was information that Estelle desperately wanted and that could lead to a lot of money.

Thanks to this, I had to check the setting book for a long time to exclude anything that could affect the flow of the story or become a variable.

In the end, I was able to find information about the mine that was discovered a few years later and pay Estelle’s expensive tuition.

“It was a mistake later on. I was wrong. “If you make the same excuse, you’ll have to pay twice as much as you did today, understand?”

“… “Do whatever you want.”

After receiving my confirmation, Estelle put the paper with information about the mine in the safe with a satisfied look on her face. Estelle came closer, humming to her, putting both hands on her waist and smiling.

“Then shall we start class?”

***

Surprisingly, Estelle had a talent for teaching others. Thanks to the detailed explanation of the concept of materializing a part of one’s soul, which I did not understand the most, I succeeded in materializing a part of my soul in just one hour.

I revised my evaluation of Estelle because she had a confident face like a famous Daechi-dong instructor and taught with confidence. From now on, let’s add the word ‘capable’ in front of the cocky mesugaki.

“Okay, good job. Now, feeling the presence of a materialized soul… “It’s like putting your soul on a mask, just like that feeling.”

Following Estelle’s advice, I brought a part of my soul that was invisible to the eye but had a clear presence into the lily mask I wore on my face. The moment my palm completely touched the mask, I felt like I had been doused with cold water. I instinctively closed my eyes and felt the change.

The random thoughts in my head disappeared, and the inner voice disappeared. Between stillness and silence, breathing naturally subsides and emotions feel distant. As I slowly opened my eyes, I realized that my perspective on the world had completely changed.

I made eye contact with Estelle, who was standing facing me. At that moment I could read Estelle. The expression reading felt most similar to the sensation I felt.

Just as Estelle was the only one with color in a black world, Estelle alone had numerous colors. As if I was looking at a character sheet, I was able to read information about Estelle that I had not noticed before.

I felt like I could read everything about Estelle if I looked more closely. So I unconsciously took a step closer to Estelle.

“… “Stop, stop!”

Estelle suddenly shouted and there was a dagger in her hand. The dagger pointed at my heart as if it would stab me at any moment was neither scary nor scary. Because I had an inexplicable certainty that Estelle would never stab me.

So I didn’t feel anything. But it felt so comfortable. It feels like I have become completely innocent. I feel like I can do anything. Is this what people call omnipotence?

“Don’t look at me like that!!!”

Estelle screams like a scream. I felt puzzled when I saw Estelle looking at me with shaking eyes. It’s a look full of fear. I don’t understand why people feel fear when they see me.

“… “Why are you doing this?”

At my question, Estelle took a step back, shaking the hand holding the dagger like a person in fear.

“Go, take off your mask. immediately!”

I was confused by Estelle’s shout and took off my mask.

When I took off the mask, I felt dizzy, as if I had been released from general anesthesia, as many senses that had been far away returned in an instant.

As I leaned against the wall and wiped my face, Estelle came next to me and grabbed me, looking up at me with eyes full of worry.

“Are you okay?”

“… it’s okay. “I just felt dizzy for a moment.”

Estelle looked at me in silence for a while, chewing her lip, and then slapped my arm with a sigh.

“Are you thinking of using something so dangerous as a mask? Are you really that stupid? “Why are people so extreme!”

Seeing Estelle looking genuinely angry, I tilted my head and asked.

“Why are you doing this? You succeeded in wearing a mask, right? “There was nothing wrong.”

Estelle closed her slightly opened mouth with an expression of astonishment, and said, hitting my arm hard again.

“Why is there nothing wrong? That mask you wore… I just didn’t feel like a person at all. like… I felt like I was seeing the cult leader in person without the mask. And the gaze that seemed to pierce through my soul… .”

I could feel Estelle’s sincerity as she trailed off and chewed her lips. Estelle is truly afraid of the mask I wear. Just by making eye contact.

“What kind of mask are you wearing?”

A faint feeling of fear still remained in Estelle’s shaking gaze. I said, rubbing my eyebrows.

“The part of the soul that the saint had sealed away has been materialized.”

“Is that the essence of a writer or something?”

I nodded. The power of the author’s essence was powerful enough to seal Uricus in the Spear of Shadow forever. I unlocked the saint’s seal and regained the essence of the writer… I still didn’t know how to use the abilities I used to seal Urikus.

He is the soul of a writer who has driven countless people into madness for Bella in another world and has the talent to read the flow of the invisible world. I thought that this ability suited the image of Lily that I wanted to show to others, so I put it on the Lily mask.

When I explained it, Estelle shuddered and asked.

“I think I know why the saint sealed it… “Do you feel any different than usual?”

I shrugged my shoulders at the worry-filled voice.

“Nothing has changed. “Even when I wore a mask, my consciousness remained intact.”

Estelle, who was fiddling with her mask, sighed in response to my answer.

“Of course he’ll be fine. Because it’s part of your soul! The mask is definitely effective. “A normal person would be paralyzed with fear just by looking at the mask.”

After saying that, Estelle added a warning.

“It is important to clearly differentiate between you who wears a mask and you who do not wear a mask. This must never be forgotten. okay?”

“… All right.”

Seeing Estelle’s serious look, I also nodded with a serious face. Estelle said, moistening her dry lips and placing her hands on her sides.

“Okay, let’s try again. Instead, this time, instead of looking at myself, I’m looking at the mirror on the wall over there. “If I do it wrong, I’ll get tired of it.”

Without bothering to tackle those words, I turned to the mirror and asked.

“You mean the mirror?”

“Yes, you should see for yourself what others see when you wear a mask.”

Thinking that this made sense, I walked to the mirror. Then, he materialized part of her soul into the mask in his hand and immediately put the mask on her face.

Feeling again the sensation I had experienced a moment ago, I opened my eyes and looked at myself in the mirror. Contrary to how Estelle described what she felt, I had no problem looking straight at the mask.

Even when I looked closer at my face in the mirror, there was no difference. Except I saw dust on the mask and brushed it off with my hands.

“Are you okay?”

“Nothing’s wrong?”

“There’s nothing wrong with your voice!”

I couldn’t sympathize with Estelle’s tackle. I speak as usual, but Estelle’s voice seems to sound different.

I shrugged my shoulders and looked at the mirror again and felt something. Just as she suddenly remembers something she had forgotten to do, what action she should take suddenly appears in her mind.

Not having any doubts about it, I opened the space warehouse. And from there, he took out the egg from the last ordeal. I feel strangely confident that I have to show this to Estelle.

Thinking of Estelle, I took off my mask and turned around, and Estelle, who was looking at my back, was startled and quickly turned her head in the other direction.

“I took off the mask.”

“Yeah, really?”

Estelle turned her head back to its original position and became interested in what I was holding in my hand.

“What is that? Statue?”

“I don’t know what it is either.”

Estelle seemed to have become interested, so she forgot her fear and came closer. I couldn’t help but laugh as I saw her eyes shining and observing the statue.

Like Aria, Estelle is also very curious. So she is the guild leader of Mordist? Isn’t this also an influence of personality filled with probability?

“It’s a simple egg-shaped sculpture, so it doesn’t look expensive… Is this an egg that has been petrified? “Where did this come from?”

I briefly explained that it was something I got from the last trial. Estelle, who also received memories of the club room, quickly understood the brief explanation and nodded.

“If it was put there as a reward for the last ordeal, it wouldn’t be an ordinary item… “Shall we check it out at Modest?”

“Then it’s good for me. “I can’t even guess what this is.”

“I know several scholars who like strange things like this. “You will soon find out.”

I handed the statue to Estelle with a smile as she sniffed it, muttering that it smelled like money. Even though I didn’t know what it was, I thought it was cute that they thought it was expensive and treated it with care.

“Oh, and are there slime magicians in this world too?”

Estelle immediately understood what my question meant and nodded.

“Yes, there are more than one magician who deals with slime. I’m not that magician from another world, but I know a slime magician who’s better than him. “Camouflage also plays an important role in gathering information for Modest.”

“Then can I get some slime?”

“There’s nothing money can’t do. Since you have knowledge of magic, dealing with slimes will be easy. Are you planning on disguising yourself with that?”

In response to Estelle’s question, I showed the lily mask in my hand and spoke.

“I think I’ll need it later. “The slime mask has a different purpose from this.”

Estelle nodded as if she understood.