After a brief tidying up.

Lucia guided me inside with a polite attitude at last.

Well, if you say inside, the road to go is just messy, but it’s not deep.

“It’s not as bad as I thought.”

“… … I’d appreciate it if you could say that. I made this place.”

“yes? Aren’t aesthetic sensibilities a little tasteless?”

“They said it wasn’t bad!”

Lucia shouts as if she is unfair. But I can’t help it.

When you only think about sleeping, it’s okay because there is something similar to a bed, but when you approach it with an aesthetic sensibility, it’s so bizarre that a haunted house is better.

“Why are there cat-shaped cushions here?”

“… … Because I like it.”

How should I accept that cat Suin likes cats?

Should we call it kin love?

“Awesome darling. I honestly thought it would be you, but you can say it well.”

“That comment is a beast hate!”

Is there anything like that in this world?

After all, racism can be everywhere.

Then it is correct that I made a mistake.

“Sorry, I didn’t mean to. Uh, um… … . Yeah, looking at it again, it seems like a good fit.”

Lucia quietly snatched the cat cushion I had picked up, then went to the corner and crouched down in her arms.

I’m sending you a blatantly sulking look. Like a troublesome guy.

What do you want me to do?

“… … .”

“… … .”

Lucia sat in the corner and did not intend to move.

He just looked at me with sly eyes.

“Aren’t you going back?”

“Today I intend to stay here too, Prince Oz.”

I asked politely, and the unexpected answer came back.

You want to spend the night here with me? Are you crazy?

“why? Is there something you should hide from me? I have no intention of searching this place.”

“There is no such thing here in the first place. There’s no way you could leave something like that in a place where someone might come in, right?”

Then why do you stay?

It wouldn’t be that fresh feeling of wanting to be with me.

To be honest, there was no point of contact between Lucia and me, as it would have been if it was Arrieta.

My relationship with Lucia was nothing more than business.

“Shall we talk for a minute?”

“If you have something to say, just say it.”

“The Prince of Oz is more indifferent than you think? If you act that way, your popularity will run away.”

“… … .”

Am I really a trash person?

How many times do you have to be told you won’t be popular?

Even when it wasn’t in Oz, I’d never been subjected to such direct criticism!

“Captain… … .”

“Why don’t you just call me oppa? They are family.”

As long as I have an idea of what she is going to say, I clear a wall before entering. It’s probably about discrees anyway.

“Is that the Prince of Oz? Please don’t interfere when I’m talking?”

“Oh yeah. I’m sorry.”

“So brother… … .”

Lucia started to sing the discree comfortably as I had suggested.

“Unlike you, I was a criminal.”

“Yeah, I know that he’s been trying hard.”

can’t know

Discre, who suddenly pops out from behind the opponent’s camp through the shadows, was an irreplaceable essential character in PVP.

According to the setting, Discre is a person who has risen to the position only through hard work and experience without any talent.

“It may sound funny compared to you, but I guess I have a talent.”

“Yeah, honestly, if you compare me to me, there won’t be any other people who aren’t criminals, so it would be right to exclude them.”

Except for Alexios and Arietta, there are few beings who can compare with me.

“That, yes… … . Anyway, what I am going to say is about that talent.”

If Discree was a hard worker, Lucia was a gifted genius.

she is talented

“I’ve always thought of my older brother’s technique as a fairly sophisticated and convenient technique.”

“… … .”

“You don’t even know how much effort it took to complete it.”

Lucia laughed self-deprecatingly.

I didn’t even have to listen to the back story.

It was something I already knew through the game in the first place, and even if it wasn’t, it was a remark that could be expected.

But for now, I listened to her words.

This is not a problem I know or not, but a story about her troubles. If so, simply brushing it off will help enough.

“So after a few practice sessions, I learned your brother’s technique.”

words of talent. Lucia acquired the skills that Discre had perfected over a lifetime in a short time.

In fact, in ＜Broken Sky＞, Lucia’s special move is the same as that of Discre.

[Schrödinger’s Cat]

A skill that completely melts into the environment for a while and hides its true nature.

In the game, it was a skill that made you invincible for a certain period of time.

“therefore? Did you feel the denial of Discre Punisher’s efforts?”

“… … .”

Of course, even if it was the same skill, the way the two characters used it was different as their occupations and skills were different.

As Lucia is a shooter located in the back row, she was often used as a survival tool in case the camp collapsed.

The warrior Discre?

It pops up in the middle of the enemy camp and assassinates shooters and mages with a special move.

The horse is an assassin, but it is just a monster that collapses the rear row itself.

Yes, there is a clear difference between the two.

“It’s such an arrogant idea.”

Do you think it’s great enough to deny what Discre has built with just one technology?

young. It’s a very young idea.

Creating a new technology is much more difficult than acquiring it.

Lucia doesn’t seem to know that obvious thing.

“Lucia, since you are also a soldier, you must know how to fight to some extent, right?”

“… … I’m learning the martial arts of the Imperial Army to some extent.”

“How about comparing it to the basic combat skills class?”

“That’s a very rude comparison to the Imperials.”

The Imperial Army is an elite soldier.

Basic combat skills are required even from joining, but what about the skills learned separately there?

It is said that the martial arts that the imperial army learns are at least intermediate to advanced.

Compared to the basic combat techniques learned in class, it is a different class.

“But you lost to me.”

“… … .”

“It was just developed for me, who can only use basic combat skills, right?”

“… … Prince of Oz? How about choosing a little word?”

Lucia muttered as if speechless at my naked expression.

But now I can’t come up with a suitable word other than this expression.

Did you actually develop it for me?

“In the end, technology is technology, but who uses it matters.”

“No, that’s not what I meant… … .”

“No, that’s right. Does acquiring the technology created by Discre mean denying that effort?”

Lucia tried to object with a puzzled look on her face, but I had no intention of allowing it.

There is no need to accept a counterargument for such a stupid concern.

“It sounds like you’re saying this because you don’t know much, but the technology my brother created… … .”

“Aren’t you talking about Schrödinger’s cat?”

“What the hell… … . Did you have any spies hidden in Tenebris?”

Lucia shuddered again.

It’s an expression I never thought I’d know about that technique.

At this point, the me that existed in her head would have become something with an endless secret.

“You said it took a lifetime? You sound natural. Does creating a technology seem so easy? The fighting technique of the Imperial Army, which you boast about, must have been invented over the course of a lifetime?”

“I’ve never been proud of myself. No, more than you… … .”

“I am a genius.”

It’s not exactly me, but Oz, anyway, because Oz is me, I’m a genius.

Even if my skills in the game are idiots, I am the only one who can handle so many top-level magic.

“And it doesn’t mean that I didn’t try.”

Talent is just the foundation after all. Oz has also made numerous efforts.

Contrary to his arrogant appearance, Oz’s identity leaned toward hard work rather than genius.

A genius with hard work. It has to be at this point to become an SSR rank at this age.

However, when I saw him struggling with only a mediocre talent, I thought it was not the same.

“I can only say that it is arrogant to deny Discre’s efforts after losing to me, who has basic combat skills.”

“… … .”

“Or did you think I would give you some comfort?”

Could this also be due to Oz’s propensity revealed through [Erosion Map]?

Or is it because of comparison with myself, who didn’t even have a bit of talent?

Or is it because of the stuffy original story that was twisted and twisted over trivial matters?

Anyway, I have no intention of leaving it as it is.

“Lucia, your worries are really useless worries.”

“That much?”

“No, it would be more constructive to think about whether to have a T-bone steak or a tomahawk steak for lunch tomorrow.”

“… … Why is steak the only option?”

“Because I like steak.”

In my memory, the food called steak has the impression that it is a high-end food.

Perhaps that’s why the standard of luxury had no choice but to be steak.

“The value of hard work is much heavier than you think.”

At least I prefer the word effort to the word talent.

A sense of achievement is sweeter when you bear fruit from your efforts.

“If you say that you only got one skill, you will never be able to catch up with Discre for the rest of your life.”

It will be Lucia’s arrogance that betrays Discre’s expectations.

“Never in the way you are now.”

“Don’t you think I’m talking too much anyway?”

“You have to be serious, come to your senses.”

“… … .”

Lucia glared at me while hugging the cat-shaped cushion she was holding in her arms.

I wondered if he was upset, but he seemed lost in thought.

As if all kinds of emotions were mixed, Lucia’s expression changed every moment.

And finally.

“under… … !”

Lucia let out a sigh as if she were letting go of her troubles.

She must have felt something about my crude words, which had been changing because of Eleanor from the beginning.

“Ha ha ha ha ha!”

Then, in an unpretentious manner, he began to laugh.

She must have wanted an answer from me, a person more talented than herself.

However, on the contrary, it was denied without gaining any sympathy.

If so, I have no choice but to admit it. nothing but acknowledgment

Isn’t that what I mean by none other than the best talent and steady effort? In the current situation, you should know that denying my opinion would only be a child’s tantrum.

“ha… … . Prince Oz, you are such an arrogant person.”

Lucia laughed to her heart’s content, then finally spat out words at me.

“If you’re at my level, that’s not arrogance, it’s confidence.”

“Ha ha ha ha ha! really great… … !”

Lucia hugged the cat-shaped cushion and continued to laugh.

It was completely different from what she had seen so far.

There was no smoke.

there was no consideration

There was no worry.

only one.

Instead, I saw something I didn’t normally see.

She began to see her own ‘color’.

“really… … . Listening to what you say, I can definitely feel that I’ve been thinking stupid things.”

[SR Blending Cat]

She, who was able to blend in with anything because she had no color, finally got her own color.

“Thank you, Prince Oz.”

“What, it’s nothing.”

Yeah, all I did was make her aware of what she knew, nothing special.

Even without my help, she would have found the answer eventually.

That’s what it’s like to be a collectible RPG game.

An attractive character has a definite color tone that can be called another main character.

That’s why she, who was said to have no color, can now have more definite colors than anyone else.

“It’s good to be prepared. When it comes later, I will tell you something.”

Lucia smiled brightly and challenged me.

But I am also one of those charming characters.

“No, you will never tell me anything about talent or hard work.”

Yeah, I had no intention of remaining as a supporting character from the start.

“Because I will not neglect either of them in the future.”

So she won’t catch up with me.