Chapter 100: CH.100 Comparing stats

“Christina, I think it’s about time we go and name you as the dungeon master.” I told Christina while we were having tea.

“Oh, are we in a rush now?” Christina responded.

“Well I was planning on leaving town soon-ish.” I told her.

“NO!” Alice yelled out. “You can’t leave!”

“Alice.” Christina turned towards her daughter. “You can’t hold Brian here forever because of your own selfish desires.”

“Then I’ll just go with him!” Alice said. “I’m an adult. I can choose for myself.” 

“You know your father will never let you.” Christina said. “And if you leave, you will have to fend for yourself. Earning money is not as easy as you think.”

… yeah. I definitely can’t do it with a spell card. No I cannot. Okay I totally can, but Christina doesn’t need to know that.

 

“I can use magic now. I’ll just hunt monsters.” Alice said.

“Alice.” Christina said in a calming manner. “You shouldn’t make these decisions with haste. Take your time and think about it.”

“But there won’t be time if Brian leaves.” Alice argued. “Brian, I can come with you, can’t I?”

“I don’t mind.” I told her and Alice’s eyes lit up as I said that. “But I would prefer if you leave on good terms with your parents. I don’t want Brandon putting a bounty on my head for kidnapping or something.”

“But how am I supposed to get Father’s permission? He would never agree to something like that.” Alice complained.

“... sorry, but I have no idea.” I told Alice.

“I can try talking to him about it. That’s if you really want to leave.” Christina offered.

“YES! I love you!”

 

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“Brian… you will take me with you, won’t you?” Alice asked me with her eyes fluttering after Christina left the room. I think she was trying to look innocent and cute. Well she is cute, but.

“Alice, please don’t do that. It won’t work on me.” I told her. Laura would sometimes do that so I was used to it. Somewhat. 

“It always works in the books.” She commented. 

 

… what kind of books are you reading? Where do you even get these romance novels from? Does Brandon buy them for you? Or do you borrow them from the maids?

“What books are you reading?” I asked Alice.

“... oh just some books I have.” She avoided the question.

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“Just don’t steal them from Jenna. She wants her romance novels back.” I teased.

“I didn’t steal them! I got permission to borrow them!” Alice complained.

“Sure you did. And you definitely didn’t get permission because you are the daughter of their lord or something.” 

“That’s not funny!”

“Sorry, sorry. I know you wouldn’t do it. Not like you go around dressed as a maid or something.” I kept teasing her.

“... I blame Father for that…” She shifted the blame. “He never lets me do anything but magic, so I have to try something like that so I can actually do something fun.”

“Your father really causes too many problems for you.” I told Alice. “If he really wanted you to fulfill the prophecy, he would have you going around as an adventurer or something similar gaining levels so you can be stronger.”

“But the stats you get per level are not that much. You gain a lot more from skills.” Alice argued. “And training is the best way of gaining skills.”

“Perhaps, but gaining stats from just skills leaves you unbalanced. It leaves you with large amounts of some stats while you have very little of others.” I told her.

 

“If I were to guess, I think you have only skills based on magic, right?” I asked.

“Yes.” Alice confirmed.

“And I would also guess that you have low defense and HP stats.”

“...yes.” Alice admitted.

“And that would be bad in actual combat. Any attack that comes your way could potentially be lethal.” I told her.

“Does that mean I should try to gain a defensive skill?” Alice asked.

“Possibly, but I really don’t know the skills well enough to tell you. And having overwhelming power is not a bad idea either. You just need to have a team that can keep you safe.” I told her.

Glass cannons might be brittle, but they are powerful.

“You could also buy some high defense armor, but it might be too heavy.” 

 

After a little thought, Alice asked me: “Brian, what kind of stat do you have? Can you show me?”

“Sure. I can show you mine if you show me yours.” I told Alice.

“Yes. Let’s do it. Status open.” Alice got excited and went first.

“Status open.” I repeated after her.

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