Surviving With An Sss Rank Inventory - Chapter 67

Surviving With An Sss-Rank Inventory Chapter 67

Episode 67:

A restaurant located in the center of Temberg.

In that large space, only one witch was lying down on the table and sighing.

“Oh what. “I’m bored.”

Evelyn had been waiting for a long time when Dio told her to go to the restaurant first.

“Where did Roberto go again? Well, you don’t need that guy.”

Eveline grumbled, remembering Roberto who had gone into his private quarters saying he had a lot of work to do.

“Shall we go and look for it? What if I get scolded…”

Evelyn thought about the first time she came to Temberg.

I was very young at the time, and perhaps because of my shy personality, I got scolded by my teacher a lot.

But it was still good.

Because everything was new.

“good. As a senior at Temberg, I have to take care of my juniors.”

Evelyn, filled with determination, jumped off the chair and walked out of the restaurant.

* * *

Evelyn Lapis.

20 years ago.

Evelyn began her journey as a witch when she turned exactly 6 years old.

Evelyn grew up in ‘Oaks’, a small rural town in the eastern region.

However, although she grew up in Oaks, no one knew her exact birth date.

Because she was an orphan.

-There’s a ghost passing by!

-They say it’s a pale ghost!

In addition, as it was a rural village mainly engaged in agriculture, people’s skin was tanned by the sun.

Evelyn, with her unusually white skin, clearly stood out among them.

Was that why?

Because children were sensitive to the crowd, it was common for them to be ostracized even if they were slightly different.

Evelyn was good prey for those children.

Still, as expected from a simple rural village, the adults felt sorry for Evelyn and provided her with food.

A small helping hand was of great help to Evelyn.

Even though Evelyn was hurt by other children, she lived steadfastly.

Unlike the children who roamed the valley and played in the flower fields, Evelyn wandered around the village looking for pastimes.

Not only did they clean the back areas, but they also scooped up feces.

Although a child of such a small stature could not possibly have any power, the will to live made Evelyn move.

Evelyn took care of all the adults’ miscellaneous errands, and even though she whined from exhaustion, she did her best.

There wasn’t much she could do with the money she had saved by saving every penny she had, as she had no friends.

-I will become a warrior too!

-I am a great wizard!

One day, the children gathered together and chatted with excitement.

Evelyn saw a book for the first time in her life.

-Go away, you beggar.

-You don’t have anything like this, do you?

Of course, all Evelyn could see was the cover of the picture book.

Evelyn still hasn’t forgotten the picture book she saw back then.

A fearsome dragon perched atop a gloomy castle.

And a knight on a white horse pointing his sword at him.

After that day, Evelyn visited a used bookstore in the village.

-Are you here again?

-…I’ll stay calm.

Even though Oaks was on the outskirts, there was at least a used bookstore.

It was Evelyn’s only resting place.

It was impossible for Evelyn to buy even a used book due to her circumstances.

Still, it was possible to pay for one fairy tale and read it inside a used bookstore.

-You learn writing quickly. If you had received a good education, your future would have been bright…

The bookstore owner felt sorry for Evelyn, who could not read, wandering around looking for picture books.

She taught Evelyn simple writing, and Evelyn was able to quickly learn to read and write.

Thanks to her kind-hearted owner, Evelyn fell even more in love with books.

A dimly lit yet dark used bookstore.

Evelyn thought this was her only world.

Evelyn thought, feeling happy from books.

They say that because they are introverted, they don’t like moving around.

-Hey, look over there. The witch goes to the bookstore again.

-How gloomy! They must be cursing us!

But were the children jealous of Evelyn, who was living a brave life?

In addition to Eveline’s unusually white skin, the children who did not know that she went to the used bookstore every day framed her.

– Evelyn is a witch.

-Someday it will bring disaster to our village.

-They’re looking for a way to curse us.

In response to the children’s nonsense, the adults at first told them not to do so.

However, there was no one on Evelyn’s side among the children, and the adults could not ignore the anxious children.

-I’m sorry. Because Charles is so stubborn… you don’t have to come out starting tomorrow.

As even adults turned away from Evelyn one by one, the time she spent starving increased.

One day, after such a difficult time, I left the abandoned barn to visit the bookstore.

-The witch over there is going to do something naughty again~!

-Ha ha ha ha ha! uh?

-omg. hey! Jump out!

That day was a day when the voices of children harassing Evelyn died out unusually quickly.

The moment Evelin raised her head to see what was happening.

“hi. Little witch?”

That was the first meeting between Evelyn and her teacher, B’Elanna Calliope.

The moment Evelyn saw Calliope talking to her, she could tell that the children had disappeared quickly, unlike usual.

Dressed in fancy dresses and feather-decorated prophy hats that are hard to find in a town like this.

This may be because the aura felt by her, who looked like a noble lady somewhere, was unusual even for children.

“Are you okay?”

“thank you.”

Calliope offered Evelyn her hand.

Evelyn, who had been sitting on the floor because the children had even thrown stones, grabbed her hand and struggled to get up.

Nevertheless, Evelyn could not look straight at Calliope.

Even if it wasn’t because of the aura, I had read in a book that if you looked the wrong way to a noble, you would die.

“I’ll just go now.”

Evelyn left a brief greeting to Calliope and hurried to the bookstore.

Arriving at the bookstore, Evelyn sighed in relief and handed a copper coin to the owner.

Evelyn, who was having a slightly different day than usual but ultimately the same, found the book she had half-read yesterday and opened it.

But that day was no different.

“What is your name?”

“yes?”

Since when have I been following you?

No, I didn’t even notice it coming.

I’m sure I was the only one who entered the bookstore…

Was it right to ask my name now?

“Me?”

“okay. “Who else is here but you?”

Evelyn felt burdened by Calliope showing interest in her, but she opened her mouth out of fear that she would get in big trouble if she looked hateful.

“I’m Evelyn.”

“That’s a good name.”

“Who is your sister?”

“Ho ho ho. “You look like your sister?”

Calliope, who was greatly pleased by Evelyn’s words, let out a coquettish laugh.

Seeing that, Evelyn felt that the woman in front of her was quite eccentric.

“My sister is a wizard. “Do you know what a wizard is?”

“really? “I’ve seen it in a book.”

Evelyn, who was very excited by Calliope’s words, lifted the book she was reading.

A book based on the biography of the great wizard Merlin.

“Then it will be easy to talk about. “Why don’t you learn magic from your sister?”

“Magic? “Me?”

Evelyn’s blue eyes opened wide at Calliope’s suggestion.

Am I the wizard’s apprentice?

If you become a wizard, you’ll be strong enough to fight dragons, right?

Charles Everdeen Jansen, who was harassing me?

Evelyn imagined the children who had bullied her, crying and crying.

Seeing Evelyn opening her mouth and letting her imagination run wild, Calliope giggled and snapped her fingers.

Just –

is this a fantasy?

Evelyn was clearly in the corner of the bookstore just a moment ago.

But now Evelyn was standing in the middle of a dense forest.

Calliope asked Evelyn again, who was confused as to what was happening.

“Do you want to become a wizard?”

Evelyn, who saw the magic unfolding before her eyes, nodded while jumping around.

“I want to do it!”

“okay. What a cute kid. My name is Calliope. “From now on, call me Master.”

“yes! “Master!”

“Then first.”

Calliope touched Evelyn’s head with her fingertip.

Then, Evelyn, who was dirty from not being able to wash, instantly became clean, and her clothes, which were like rags, were replaced with new clothes.

“Starting today, I appoint you as the Witch of Balance’s disciple.”

“Witch? “Aren’t you a wizard?”

“That’s it. “Let’s skip over the little things.”

In this way, Evelyn became Calliope’s disciple and entered the world of witches.

Calliope must have recognized Evelyn’s talent, so she quickly learned magic.

Because of her excellence, Calliope worked hard on Evelyn, and although everything was fun at first, Evelyn was growing tired of her teacher’s continued research.

Evelyn had always thought of herself as an introvert.

However, she continued living in the cave independently from her teacher’s laboratory…

The truth was… she was lonely too.

I was always envious of the village children running around and playing.

I wanted to play with her too…

She used familiars and orcs, but Evelyn missed talking to people.

A person who is not afraid even though she knows she is a witch.

Someone who doesn’t come to you with garlic and stakes.

-hello. My name is Dio, a councilor from the East who came here across the Eastern Sea.

Dio and Sepia come to such a boring life.

Adventures with them were the life Evelyn dreamed of.

It was only after traveling around here and there that Evelyn realized that she was an extrovert.

Dio was a strange guy.

Even more so than herself, the witch, and even more so than Calliope, her teacher.

They give you the essence of flame without thinking, and you mutter unintelligible stories to yourself.

Still, after hanging out with him, he turned out to be a really nice guy.

And lovely sepia.

Evelyn really liked Sepia, who called her teacher and followed her.

For Evelyn, who was of similar age and had no friends as a child, Sephia was a very dependable person.

* * *

“Where are they wandering around, leaving me alone?”

Evelyn left the restaurant and looked around, but couldn’t find Dio and Sepia.

Still, he did not give up and was about to take the stairs to another floor when he spotted Roberto approaching him.

“Oh what. “I didn’t go around looking for you!”

Evelyn was for no reason irritated by Roberto, who appeared instead of Dio and Sepia who she was looking for.

“Schwalt is looking for you.”

“what?”

Eveline found it strange that Roberto did not react at all to her words and only blurted out business.

Did something important happen?

Schuwald won’t call you for normal work.

“Where should I go?”

“Follow me.”

Eveline thought the unfamiliar sensation she felt from Roberto was an illusion.

And immediately started moving along with Roberto, who was leading the way.

Even then, Evelyn didn’t notice.

Srur…

the black energy rippling behind Roberto.

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