Chapter 2: Would you like to bet (part 2)

“Earlier you said that it would be shameful to be in the same academy with a liar who doesn’t even honor their words, didn’t you?”

“Yes I did.”

“Then, if I manage to get a 3-stars summon from my low quality heirloom, I should be able draw a higher ties summon from House Eritz’s high quality heirlooms, right?”

“You can dream of it.”

“Then if I succeed, give me one of your family heirlooms.”

Stella’s expression hardened. Originally, it was not something she could decide on her own. Even if she was the eldest daughter of the ducal family and the successor to the next generation, she wasn’t the head of the household yet.

Also, a family heirloom was not something that even the head of the family could take out at will. However, Stella Eritz was a person whose pride pierced the sky.

“Hah, yes. If you really succeed! I’ll do that.”

“Do you promise?”

“Yes.”

No more words were needed. I immediately bowed to the priest and left the temple.

The priest hesitated for a moment, but there was nothing he could do now.

***

‘It’s done.’

Returning to the dormitory, I lay flat on my bed and checked the rewards of the attendance check I had seen this morning.

[Day 1 Reward ─ 100 Soul Power]

With this, the soul power to activate the magic circle was collected. And I immediately turned to look at the 7th day reward.

[Day 7 Reward – 3-Star Random Summon Ticket]

‘That’s quite reassuring.’

If I just waited for a week, I would definitely get a 3-star summon. It was a little annoying that it was random, but it was still better than summoning 1 or 2-star summoned beings.

 At that moment, a quest window flashed in the corner caught my eye.

[Sub Quest]

Get approval from Stella Eritz (NEW!)

– Receive heirloom (random) upon success

– Expulsion on failure (Death)

‘No, your reward is what I asked for anyway!’

Looking at the shameless quest window, I slowly closed my eyes. I was tired from going through a lot of things at once. However, I immediately opened my eyes again.

“Oh, I have class today.”

Realizing that I had willfully left during the summoning ceremony, I hurriedly got up. 

Finding the classroom wouldn’t be too difficult because there was a quest window floating before me.

‘What are they going to teach me in the first place?’

In a fantasy world, in an academy that dealt with summoned beings and fought against demons, it was unlikely that mathematics or science would be taught.

Feeling somewhat curious, I left the dormroom.

***

While walking down the hallway, I felt the eyes of the cadets following me. 

All the cadets looked at me and muttered to each other.

‘Damn, did I drag too much aggro… … .’

My little quarrel with Stella Eritz, who was the daughter of one of the four pillars of the Empire, had quickly spread throughout the academy. It was already quite strange why they didn’t put their hands on me yet. 

Was it because they were afraid that it would harm the reputation of Stella, who had a bet with me, or because they were afraid of a baron’s family, I didn’t know. But I bet the possibility of it being the former was pretty high.

Ironically, it was my opponent’s high prestige that allowed me to save my skin.

‘Is it this one?’

I entered the classroom and picked a random seat at the back. 

The classroom gave me a college-like feel. 

I sat in a corner to avoid the eyes of the cadets. Due to the location of my seat, the cadets were not able to openly look back, so I was able to avoid their gaze. 

After a certain amount of time passed, the instructor came in and gathered the cadet’s attention.

The instructor was a muscular, bald man, with a well built body.

“Nice to meet you all. I am Oliver Crockett, and I will be in charge of this class for this year.”

The instructor said so and showed the back of his hand. 

It was not visible from afar, but the cadets sitting at the front gasped, he seemed to have a fairly high-ranking summoned being. Fortunately, he kindly explained what his summon was for the cadets in the back seat.

“As you can see, I am the owner of the 3-star summon, the Stone Turtle.”

The Stone Turtle. 

It was a summoned beast that was useful for tanking, but would be useless later because it was ineffective against higher level summoned beings. 

However, at the very beginning, it was a summoned beast that would be a strong support.

“I summoned this summoned beast without any heirlooms.”

“Wow…”

“How…”

The cadets who heard that, of course, exclaimed in awe as well. 

‘So he summoned a 3-star summon from a normal gacha? It was also without any heirlooms?’

Noe that was some incredible luck. Among the hundreds of thousands of players, those who had experienced such a thing wouldn’t even exceed  a hundred.

“That’s because of my ‘ability’, and although you are just beginners,you too can become great summoners like me.”

“…?”

But hearing what followed, I couldn’t help but doubt my ears. It was because the words he had just uttered were beyond common sense.

‘Ability? Where the hell are there abilities in gacha?’ 

In gacha, the only abilities available were money and luck. However, this guy was talking as if one could summon a 3-star summon with just ability, so it was ridiculous! 

I couldn’t stand such blatant delusion, and finally I raised my hand.

“There… Ian Clark? Do you have a questions?”

“I do have a question for you.”

“Yes, what it it?”

“So, among the cadets you taught, was there any cadets who summoned 3-stars summoned being?”

At my question, the instructor shut his mouth. 

‘Yes that’s it. Where’s your so called gacha ability?’

But perhaps because of his pride, he explained with a casual smile.

“Hmm, my career isn’t very long, so there were no cadets who had summoned a 3-star summon like me yet. There were several cadets who summoned 2-star summoned beasts.”

“Oh, yes. All right.”

If there were only “several” 2-stars, was that really something you could take pride in? 

The difference between 3-star and 2-star seemed very little on the surface, but in practice the difference was massive!

In the game, a player could summon multiple summons with the growth of their soul power, but would that be the same for people in this world who could only summon one summoned being in their lifetime?

Moreover, summoning a 3-star summon was way more difficult than summoning a 2-star summon.

And even after knowing that, I was confident that I could summon a 3-star summoned being.

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