Chapter 271: CH.268 One without a Race

[Alice POV]

“... Brian… Please wake up tomorrow.” I quietly said, before heading to bed again. It has been just over a day since Brian began his evolution. “I don’t think Lua will be able to handle another day of you sleeping.”

Lua wasn’t taking Brian’s evolution well. For the entire time she was up, she was by Brian’s side, using both healing magic, and water magic to control his body temperature. She even refused to eat, only drinking blood. I know she can get away with it, but I still don’t think it is good for her. At least we were able to put her to sleep, because I really don’t think she could hang in there if she didn’t sleep.

Today was mostly peaceful. There was a small issue, when a respawned floor 49 boss challenged Agunan for the position of the dungeon master, but the dragon quickly dealt with the winged sea serpent. The power of dragons is really … something. 

I myself spent a lot of time both practicing magic, as well as going through Mana’s memories. … Well, they are my memories now, but… Mana is always so brave. She has faced a multitude of nearly impossible to beat opponents, including some monster of ultimate darkness, but she still keeps moving forward. For her childhood friend. Our System Support took his voice, even though we both agreed we shouldn’t use his name for Kekri. 

But something interesting that I learned was that Mana’s teacher, the Dark Magician, had some sort of rivalry or something going on against Brian’s favorite dragon. The Blue-Eyes White Dragon. And even Mana sometimes went head-to-head with that dragon. And the Dark Paladin, a fusion of Dark Magician and one other monster, even fought the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, the dragon that defeated Agunan, and won. 

If I study hard under him, will I be able to do that?

 

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The first thing I did when I woke up the next morning was going to see Brian. He was still sleeping. Lua was already by his side, busy using magic to take care of him.

 

“How is he?” I carefully asked.

“His fever is going down, so I think he might wake up today…” Lua quietly answered.

“That’s good. … I’ll go get some breakfast, do you want any?”

“I’m fine, thank you.”

“I really think you should eat. Brian will be disappointed when he hears that you did eat while he was evolving.”

“... well, maybe something small then… Could you..?”

“Yes. I’ll bring you something.” I told her, as I headed to where Brian had set our food.

 

All of our food for the dungeon had been in Brian’s storage, but because he wouldn’t be able to give us any from there while evolving, he had made a cold storage room, which he called a walk-in fridge, with the dungeon’s powers, and stored a bit over weeks worth of food in there. 

I took out some bread buns, some butter, meat, cheese and vegetables, as well as some fruit. I made some sandwiches, and also sliced some of the fruit into an assorted fruit plate. I think this will be something nice for Lua to eat. It is easy to eat, but still tasty. I also made a similar sandwich for myself, but I didn’t make myself a fruit plate, as I snacked on some of the fruits as I was slicing them.

After I was done, I returned the ingredients I didn’t use into the cold storage room and filled a glass with some fruit juice. Then I grabbed the sandwiches and the fruit plate and headed back to where Lua is.

 

“Here you go.” I said, as I placed the fruit plate and the sandwich next to her.

“Thanks. … when did you learn to make something like this?”

“Jenna taught me. I sometimes played a maid … to escape my magic lessons and the kitchen was a decent place to hide. I can’t really cook, but something like this is fine.”

 

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After I had breakfast with Lua, I went to the training room and summoned Dark Paladin. I then took my practice swordstaff out of my magic bag and began to train with him.

Dark Paladin’s technique focused on sweeping style attacks, big swings that would cause massive damage. He would also enhance them with magic, and would even send slashes of magic flying towards his targets. I could imitate his moves, but I didn’t yet know how to send magic flying with my slashes. I could do it with my unique skill, but that would take too much mana, so I was trying to figure out how to do it like Paladin does. 

 

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Even when lunchtime arrived, Brian still hadn’t woken up. His fever was now completely gone, so I thought he was just sleeping. But when I asked Kekri if he could get in contact with Laura, she didn’t respond, so perhaps Brian is still in the final stages of his evolution.

I spent the afternoon sitting by Brian’s bedside with Lua. We were just talking, as we waited for Brian to wake up. Around 3 pm, Laura woke up and told us the evolution had ended. 

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Then, about 30 minutes after that, Brian opened his eyes.

 

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[Brian POV]

 

“.... good morning ..?” I spoke up, questioning if it was actually morning. It could be the middle of the night just as well.

“Afternoon, actually.” Alice corrected me.

“... Brian… how are you feeling?” Lua asked.

“... great. Like I just had the best sleep in a month. Or maybe in a year.”

“Good. May I do a check-up on you?” Lua asked.

“Sure. How long was I out?”

“Just under 2 days.” Alice answered.

“... and did anything happen while I was out?”

“Nothing that bad. Only a small problem, but Agunan took care of it.”

“Oh? Well, as long as it was taken care of.”

 

I stayed laying down at first, as Lua performed her magic on me. Both a Water Scan, and then a Blood Scan. 

“... Brian. Did something happen to your magic circuits? They feel different.”

“Yeah. When I eliminated the dungeon core, they were advanced by the core’s power. Didn’t I mention it?”

“I don’t recall you mentioning that.” Alice said. “... could we do that?”

“We would need another dungeon. … unless it can be done with a magic stone, or a monster core…” I quickly threw out a theory.

“No. This is not the time for that.” Lua denied us. “Let me continue the check-up.”

 

Lua ran a thorough check-up on me, to the point where I’m decently sure some of it was an excuse to touch all parts of my body. Not down there, you weirdo. That comes later. 

But it was also good for me, as I was able to get familiar with the changes. I was basically the same as I had been, except that my body was slightly more muscular than it had been pre-evolution. My hair had also grown a bit. It was already on the longer side, as I’ve hadn’t had a haircut since appearing in this world, but now, it was honestly quite long. If I styled it in a certain way, I’d probably look like h*nt*i protagonist. 

 

“So, am I fine?” I asked Lua.

“Yes. I didn’t find anything that is wrong at least.”

“Thanks. She didn’t stay up for the entire time I was evolving, did she?” I asked Alice. I noticed the small black circles under Lua’s eyes, so she might not have slept that much.

“Don’t worry. We made her sleep.” Alice answered. How do you make someone sleep? “But now, your status. I want to see it.”

“... sure. Just … fine. Status Open.” I thought about looking at it myself first, but let’s just go for it. Why not, right?

 

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