“Why am I being called at this hour…?”
“Sorry, but there’s something you have to see.”
“Ahn? What’s that?”
Late at night, Isaac called Neid into a deserted studio, and responded to his complaints with an uncontrollable excitement.
Neid frowned at his attitude and words that seemed to hint at something, but he opened his eyes wide when he saw what Isaac placed on a workbench after looking around.
“I-is this…!?”
“Do you know? This sword holds tremendous power…! Of course you do, you’re a first-class technician.”
Isaac smiled with satisfaction at Neid’s response, and praised him.
It was a little scuffed, and appeared to be a regular sword at a glance, but he knew very well it was no ordinary thing.
Faint reddish black magic energy hung around the blade… Of the magic sword with a tremendous power, that twisted Cross’ heart.
Yes, it was Isaac who stole it from the guards.
(This is the best…! Now this is what I was after! The best weapon, that will make me into a solitary hero!)
He was watching Yuugo because he felt there was something off about him, but he never expected to come away with something like this.
The sword charmed him completely, when he saw Cross fight Yuugo and Melt, and the complete amateur hold his own against two magic knights trainees thanks to its power. He just knew he had to have it.
Also, a cursed magic item, a magic sword even, was just the thing to tickle a chunni heart.
The name of a legendary hero would surely grow further in prestige if he used that sort of cursed weapon.
Also, someone whose ability with twin swords had reached the highest rank would truly go even higher and become more powerful by wielding a magic sword.
The Bull Golems that made him go through a bitter experience, and even the other reincarnated students, would stand no chance against him.
It was with this in mind that he used the Covert skill to sneak past the guards and snatch the magic sword… And that brought us here, where he showed it to Neid.
“…Why are you showing me this? What do you want from me?”
“It’s very simple. I want you to replicate it. Change its appearance and work it into twin swords I can use.”
He said to a nervous sounding Neid, with a smirk.
Neid was silent, but Isaac continued.
“Don’t worry, you can do it! You’re the best technician I know! That’s why I’m entrusting you with this secret project. As a friend and good partner… Will you heed my request?”
“…Yes, all right. If you want it that much, I can’t say no.”
Neid sighed, sounding somewhat resigned as he accepted, and Isaac smiled on the inside.
He was just a game character, so even if it was dangerous work, he could not refuse a request from someone with whom he had high favorability.
Isaac was very glad he kept accepting requests from Neid, and assaulting him with presents, but at the same time…
(Should I be doing this? Will it influence the progress of the game…?)
There were parts in Luminous History where the main character could get a magic sword, but as far as Isaac knew, it would never happen so early.
But since the way he obtained it was far from orthodox in the first place… He decided to abandon those thoughts.
(This is fine! The game has already been changed thanks to Zenon anyway, so it’s too late to worry about that. In fact, this is more like a cheat! One the very wise me found on his own!)
A cheat, a glitch, a bug. Regardless of what it was called, there was no shortage of unexpected holes players could poke in games to change the way they were beaten.
Both in challenge runs and speedruns, Isaac, or rather, Isaou Aritou, saw many unbelievable things and surprising ways games could be beaten.
That was all he was doing, just poking a hole into the game, but not really doing anything wrong.
It was fine, he was doing nothing wrong. There was no problem whatsoever.
“I can make it work with the materials you gave me. Just wait, and I’ll make the best twin swords.”
“I’ll be waiting. You’re the best partner I could ask for, Neid.”
He accidentally found a magic sword, and raised Neid’s favorability this much. And then there were his stats.
Everything was coming together. He felt as though everything had been building up to this day.
(I really did reincarnate to become the main character, the hero! My heroic tale will begin once my new weapon is ready!)
Isaac’s hopes flourished as he envisioned a rosy future where everyone looked up to him with respect, and he smiled broadly.
A metallic sound echoed, as he waited for that moment to arrive, for his ultimate weapon to be done.
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