Eustia Banquet (8)
‘What is this? There’s no mana road?’
Zeke frowned as he channeled mana into Soi’s body.
But there was only an empty void.
It was like exploring a dark cave where even echoes refused to resonate.
‘I can’t see anything.’
Initially, he thought it would be enough to just place his hand on her back and assess her condition.
However, in Soi’s case, it was necessary to examine her emotions as well.
‘In the end, the only thing I can trust in times like these are my eyes.’
Woooong—
<Eyes of Judgment>
With these eyes, he could read the emotions of others.
‘Soi Spoon uses techniques that utilize emotions. I should be able to figure something out with this.’
Zeke’s gaze pierced through the fabric covering his eyes and observed Soi’s body.
Her waist was slender and white, like a snowfield untouched by human feet.
Her delicate back trembled slightly, like a newborn chick.
She was like a beautiful work of art.
<???>
[ Life 0% Death 100% ]
‘What is this? Is this a bug…?’
Zeke’s face hardened.
It was a fate he had never seen before.
Death at 100% was impossible.
To possess a destiny where death was guaranteed at 100%…
Even a person on the verge of death would only have a 99% chance, never 100%.
‘The Eyes of Judgment only work on living people.’
In other words, the Soi that his Eyes of Judgment had judged was already dead.
However, judging by Soi Spoon’s usual complexion and movements, her vitality wasn’t just overflowing, it was exceptional.
He couldn’t believe she possessed a body that was already a corpse.
Suddenly, a word came to Zeke’s mind.
‘Fate.’
What Zeke read with his eyes was the fate of his target.
In other words, a fate in the novel where she was destined to die.
‘A sad ending?’
If the heroine was destined to die for the novel to end.
If that was how it was meant to be.
What should he do?
Zeke looked at Soi with complicated eyes.
‘That’s probably why I can’t read her emotions properly either…’
Zeke wanted to find more clues.
He concentrated all his energy into his eyes, trying to read her emotions.
Swoosh.
Then, he saw hazy emotions.
It wasn’t that he couldn’t read them at all.
They were just jumbled together, indistinguishable.
And they were being sucked away somewhere, as if being pulled in.
Zeke reached out to follow them.
The place where all those emotions flowed and pooled.
Her heart.
‘This is… a magic stone?’
A magic stone.
The core located in the heart of monsters.
A magic stone, something that humans couldn’t possibly have, was embedded in Soi Spoon’s heart.
*Squeeze*
*Squeeze*
*Grope*
*Grope*
He needed to take a closer look.
He had thought it was strange that she could use Berserker, a monster skill.
But to think she had something like this embedded in her heart…
‘Are there no side effects…? It’s like a time bomb waiting to explode. If this becomes a problem…’
The size of the magic stone embedded in Soi’s heart was even larger than the magic stone from the Yutra he had caught before.
“It’s big…”
“Ins, Instructor! Wh, What are you doing!?”
“Hmm?”
Zeke’s concentration was broken by the sharp cry that pierced his ears.
The Eyes of Judgment deactivated, and pitch-black darkness covered his eyes once more.
He couldn’t see anything.
“What’s wrong?”
Zeke asked, clueless.
“…Instructor.”
“…Zeke.”
“…Y, Your hand…”
Hand?
His hand was on her back, wasn’t it?
But unlike the hardness he expected, it felt soft, smooth, and moist…
What was this hard bump?
*Poke. Poke. Poke.*
Huh?
Swoosh.
The blindfold covering Zeke’s eyes came loose.
The faces of the three girls came into view.
Iriel was glaring at him with a look of disdain.
Selena’s face was filled with betrayal, tears welling up in her eyes.
Soi Spoon was trembling, as if in shock.
“Um…?”
Only then did Zeke realize where his hand was.
His right hand was firmly planted on Soi Spoon’s chest.
When did she turn around? Soi was no longer facing away from him, but directly at him.
Zeke wore an expression of disbelief.
“Why did you turn around?”
Zeke asked.
Sparks flew from the girls’ eyes.
“You turned her around!!!”
Ah.
I’m screwed.
* * *
Selena, Iriel, and Soi Spoon stormed out of the bakery.
Iriel tried to slap Zeke, but he dodged it with automatic reflexes.
Soi hurriedly put on the clothes she had taken off.
In the end, the three girls could only glare at Zeke before leaving the store.
“I, I can’t believe Zeke would do that… Touching her chest like that… As expected… Does he like big breasts? Is that it!?”
“He touched them… He touched them… He touched them…”
Iriel fumed, unable to contain her anger.
Selena muttered to herself, her eyes devoid of light.
As for Soi Spoon, she initially felt a wave of emotions—contempt, denial, betrayal, and disgust.
She clenched her jaw as she recalled Zeke’s shameless face.
‘M, My chest…!!!’
He had groped her, even shamelessly fondling her.
At first, she was so shocked that all she could do was stare blankly.
‘I trusted him! I trusted him!’
Soi’s body trembled in shock.
“I, I’m going to kill him. Instructor? Elise?”
“Zeke… He, He didn’t touch mine…”
However, seeing the two princesses in even greater denial than herself, Soi gradually regained her composure.
Moreover, Selena’s murderous aura, radiating with the intent to kill both Zeke and herself, was terrifying.
Sniffle.
Soi wiped her tears.
What was done was done; she had to think about what to do next.
Having lived a difficult life since childhood, Soi was quick to grasp and accept reality.
Of course, she still felt a great sense of betrayal.
‘Did he really do that on purpose…?’
When Zeke had placed his hand on her back,
she felt a shiver run down her spine as if something was burrowing into her.
Then, her emotions became jumbled, and she almost burst into tears.
And then, Zeke, who had suddenly turned her body around, his face stiff with shock.
Even though his eyes were covered, it felt like he was looking right at her.
Contrary to her worries, it hadn’t actually hurt.
‘He seemed… worried?’
Soi, who had always been sensitive to the emotions of others, could roughly sense Zeke’s feelings.
Perhaps because their hands were connected, she could clearly feel the deep compassion he was directing towards her.
However, the fact remained that he had touched her body.
Soi made up her mind to avoid getting involved with this Zeke Clayman as much as possible.
“Instructor… Why… Why did you…”
“I can’t believe Zeke would do that… A pervert… A lech…”
Seeing Selena and Iriel’s reactions, Soi realized something.
“Um…”
She spoke, and the two girls looked at her with eyes that were about to burst into tears.
Gulp.
Soi swallowed hard.
She had no intention of competing with them over a man.
“I, I don’t like the Instructor!”
“?”
“…?”
Selena and Iriel turned their heads at Soi’s words.
Soi cleared her throat.
She didn’t want to get caught in a fight between them over this.
“I, I like gentle men! Someone kind and, you know, sweet!”
“…Is that so?”
Selena asked first.
“Yes, yes! Really!”
Soi nodded her head vigorously.
Then, Iriel and Selena exchanged subtle glances.
It seemed like a good idea to make a complete denial here.
‘Please, just fight amongst yourselves and leave me out of it!’
“It was really unpleasant! Honestly, I don’t like perverts who suddenly touch chests! How could anyone do that!? I’m a student! He’s the worst! A pervert and a trash!”
Soi gradually increased the intensity of her condemnation to prove that she had no such feelings for Zeke.
The two duchesses frowned at her words.
“No, that’s not right.”
“That’s too harsh.”
Iriel and Selena spoke with serious expressions.
“I’m sure Zeke didn’t do it on purpose.”
“That’s right. Don’t think badly of the Instructor. There must have been a reason. He probably sensed something in your body.”
Despite their supposed animosity, Eustia and Yohaiden seemed to get along surprisingly well.
‘But what am I supposed to do about it!!’
And so, the poor commoner was caught between the whims of the two princesses.
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