Aku sendiri yang menginjak jebakan itu dan menanganinya. Aku terus mendorong bahaya ke arahnya, lalu aku menghilangkan bahaya itu.
Karena aku melakukan apa yang seharusnya dilakukan oleh keberuntungannya, keberuntungan itu tidak aktif.
Dengan kata lain, keberadaanku pada dasarnya adalah 'keberuntungan' Sybil.
Tapi Sybil pasti benar-benar bingung. Dari sudut pandangnya, sepertinya aku juga dalam bahaya.
Karena sepertinya aku nyaris tidak bisa memblokir jebakan-jebakan itu, dia tidak merasakan efek keberuntungannya.
'Aku harap keinginan Sybil berubah.'
Mengalihkan minatnya dari Aster, dan mengubahnya menjadi keinginan untuk meninggalkan tempat ini. Aku bisa membantu sebanyak yang diperlukan.
Aku tahu tentang dungeon ini.
Jalur yang aku dan Sybil lalui memiliki lebih banyak jebakan tetapi sebenarnya lebih dekat untuk mencapai 'tempat suci'.
Tempat suci adalah lokasi terakhir dungeon, jadi mencapainya berarti kita hampir di pintu keluar.
Namun, sisi Aster kemungkinan akan mencapai tempat suci lebih dulu.
Aster, yang membara dengan rasa keadilan, akan berjalan melewatinya menggunakan kekuatan dewa tanpa ragu.
Bahkan jika kita mendekatkan jarak sedikit, kita tidak bisa mengejar kecepatan itu.
"Ah, ini semakin lebar."
Sambil berjalan, aku memeriksa sekeliling kami. Kami telah memasuki area yang jauh lebih luas dari sebelumnya.
"Jadi, apa bedanya kalau lebih lebar?"
Sybil, yang mengikuti tepat di belakangku, bertanya dengan suara ketakutan.
"Jebakannya lebih sedikit."
Itu benar. Jebakan tidak dipasang di tempat yang memiliki banyak ruang untuk menghindarinya.
Kecuali seluruh area itu adalah jebakan.
"Lalu dari mana kau tahu semua itu?"
Sybil bertanya dengan curiga.
"...Sejauh yang aku tahu, kau tidur di setiap kelas."
"Apa kau tidak dengar kalau aku akhir-akhir ini memperhatikan?"
Rasanya aneh membicarakannya seolah-olah itu urusan orang lain.
Bagaimanapun, aku sebenarnya bukan Frondier, jadi aku memang membicarakan orang lain.
"Jadi kalau bukan jebakan, apa yang ada di sana?"
Setelah berjalan sedikit, kami melihat sekelompok binatang di kejauhan.
Mereka memiliki bulu abu-abu dengan mata merah, punggung mereka agak bungkuk, tetapi mereka berjalan dengan dua kaki, dan wajah mereka menyerupai tikus.
Sybil tampak sedikit lebih tenang dan dengan ringan mengayunkan rapiernya.
Aku mencengkeram belati saya lagi.
"Lebih baik daripada jebakan, kan?"
"Seratus kali, seribu kali lebih baik."
Kawanan Manusia Tikus itu menyerang kami.
Akan menyebalkan jika mereka semua menyerang kami sekaligus, tetapi melihat mereka datang satu per satu, kurasa mereka benar-benar memiliki kecerdasan seperti tikus.
Sybil menjatuhkan musuh yang mendekat satu per satu.
Ada sedikit keunikan dalam ilmu pedang Sybil; sementara kebanyakan orang terutama menggunakan tusukan dengan rapier, Sybil lebih suka menebas dengan bilah tipisnya.
Sejak auranya terbangun, frekuensi tebasanmu semakin meningkat.
Tentu saja, bilah yang diselimuti aura tidak mudah patah.
"Hei! Kau! Apa kau tidak akan bertarung?!"
Sambil bertarung dengan keras, Sybil mendesakku.
Aku mengangkat bahu.
"Maaf. Aku tidak pandai bertarung."
Wajah Sybil dipenuhi ketidakpercayaan.
"Orang seperti itu adalah murid Constel...?"
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While walking, I deliberately triggered traps, handling the incoming attacks myself. Each time, Sybil was visibly startled.
Of course, I didn't activate all the traps. Most of the time, I informed Sybil of their locations, instructed her to avoid them, and disarmed those that could be disarmed.
In doing so, I built up Sybil's trust, and just as she began to feel relief,
I caught her hand as she nearly fell from the edge.
Sybil's body leaned diagonally towards the abyss, her entire balance depending solely on my hand. If I let go, she would fall.
"Phew, that was close."
"Save me, save me, saaave meee!!"
"Calm down, you're safe now."
I pulled her hand. Sybil's body fell into my arms.
Having regained her balance, she trembled as she looked at the vanished floor.
The bottom couldn't be seen with the naked eye. Not knowing what was below was more terrifying for Sybil.
But in reality, there was nothing. Just solid ground.
Even if one fell, staying calm during the landing wouldn't cause any harm.
Sybil's wariness and suspicion towards me seemed to have vanished as she clung to me tightly.
That's expected. Sybil herself senses that fate aligns with her, but she can't fully grasp how powerful it is.
Her good fortune isn't about humorously dodging an arrow with a sneeze.
From the start, there's no chance for an arrow to fly at her. She doesn't allow such situations to arise.
Thus, Sybil rarely ever experiences having an arrow laid before her.
It's not about overcoming a crisis with clumsy luck, but about eliminating the crisis altogether with powerful luck.
Ironically, this level of power causes confusion when Sybil faces a true crisis.
She's already on the verge of tears. And she's not even hurt.
If she were alone in this situation, she would have been reassured.
Most traps would be avoided without her even knowing, and even if she triggered any, they would be duds or very trivial, reassuring her instead.
But I step on them myself and deal with them. I keep pushing danger at her, and then I eliminate that danger.
Since I'm doing what her luck should, it doesn't activate.
In other words, my very existence is essentially Sybil's 'luck'.
But Sybil must be utterly confused. From her perspective, it looks like I'm also in danger.
Since it seems like I'm barely managing to block the traps, she doesn't feel the effect of her luck.
'I hope Sybil's desires change .'
Turning off her interest in Aster, and changing it to a desire to leave this place. I could help with that as much as needed.
I know about this dungeon.
The path Sybil and I are taking has more traps but is actually closer to reaching the 'sanctuary'.
The sanctuary is the dungeon's final location, so reaching it means we're almost at the exit.
However, Aster's side will likely reach the sanctuary first.
Aster, burning with a sense of justice, will be making his way through using his divine power unsparingly.
Even if we close the distance a bit, we can't catch up to that speed.
"Ah, it's gotten wider."
While walking, I checked our surroundings. We had entered a significantly wider space than before.
"So, what's different if it's wider?"
Sybil, closely following behind me, asked with a frightened voice.
"There are fewer traps."
This is true. Traps aren't set where there is plenty of space to avoid them.
Unless the entire area is a trap.
"Where did you learn all that anyway?"
Sybil asked with suspicion.
"…From what I know, you sleep through every class."
"Didn't you hear I've been paying attention lately?"
It feels strange to talk about it as if it's someone else's business.
After all, I'm not really Frondier, so I am talking about someone else.
"So if it's not a trap, what's there?"
After walking a bit, we saw a group of beasts in the distance.
They had grey fur with red eyes, their backs were quite hunched, but they walked on two legs, and their faces resembled rats.
Sybil seemed a bit more composed and lightly swung her rapier.
I gripped my dagger again.
"Better than a trap, right?"
"A hundred times, a thousand times better."
The pack of Ratmen charged at us.
It would have been annoying if they all came at us at once, but seeing them come one by one, I guess they really do have the intelligence of rats.
Sybil knocked down the approaching enemies one by one.
There's a bit of uniqueness to Sybil's swordsmanship; while one would primarily use thrusts with a rapier, Sybil prefers to slash with her thin blade.
Since awakening her aura, the frequency of her slashes has increased even more.
Naturally, a blade wrapped in aura doesn't break easily.
"Hey! You! Aren't you going to fight?!"
While fighting hard, Sybil pressed me.
I shrugged my shoulders.
"Sorry. I'm not good at fighting."
Sybil's face was filled with disbelief.
"Such a person is a Constel student...?"
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