I Can Read People's Comments - Chapter 112 - Negotiation

[Chapter 110 Comments]

[Amelia_Gladhis: Congratulations for reaching the 111th Chapter] Experience tales at empire

[Kamala_Nadhia: The Ending is good, at least this conclusion didn’t left a bitter aftertaste. The King is also quite sensible, fit for a King]

[Palladhia_Asmadhi: Soooo….. All’s Well that’s Ends Well?]

The king returned to Christina and his generals, ordering, “Take the First Prince and the marquis to the ship. The rest will follow the proper burial in the fallen graveyard. We’ll return to the capital city immediately.”

“Yes, Sir.” The generals acknowledged his order without question.

Before leaving, the king turned to Christina. “Can I ask you to handle the rest, including them?”

He raised his head slightly, gesturing at the people far away.

Christina understood what he was talking about and assured him, “Don’t worry. I’ll handle all this mess.”

“Thank you.” The king nodded before personally helping with the first prince’s corpse. He might be the saddest person in this place, considering he had lost his son, his brother, and a lot of his loyal subjects. However, because of his position, he couldn’t even shed any tears.

In the end, the ship returned to the capital city, leaving Ansthor behind.

Seeing Ansthor’s condition, Christina said, “Ah, does the king leave behind a prisoner? But I’m too busy handling the aftermath; I can’t keep watch on him right now.”

Her tone was playful and there was no sincerity. It was just a simple message for Ansthor. She gave him a bit of time to do anything he wanted, including visiting his master for one last time. After giving that message, Christina just left.

Ansthor thanked her by placing his forehead on the ground before going to Jeff.

After a lot of time taking care of the battle and his students, Theo finally had some time for himself.

He opened the comments, which he hadn’t replied to for the past few chapters.

“Sorry, everyone. I’ve just got the time to reply to all of you.” Theo made a wry smile, hoping that he could address everyone’s comments. “The author indeed likes to mess with me. I mean, just like how I can get help from you to meet him, he can cause a misunderstanding or mislead us to hinder that progress.”

“And true, I hope this novel can continue until the very end. It’s a bit uncomfortable thinking about how the author just stopped writing like in the previous instance.”

“Well, in my original world, the apocalypse has to happen if I don’t want the world to be destroyed. But after realizing that I’m in a story, I know I have to do that if not for any bullshit the author might pull to wipe out the entire civilization. But yeah, to think that I’m struggling against someone like that. In my original world, he could be considered strong, but I could kill him with a snap of my fingers with my previous strength.”

“As for my power, no, it’s not just the demon and the spirit. I’m currently learning Talisman from the Exorcism World and Inscription from the Sword and Magic World. Though, those two are harder since they have two different concepts.”

“But as much as I’m trying to learn them all, in the end, my main power is illusion and reality. You could say that with that knowledge, the illusion would look more real, and no one will know if my power is an illusion or real in the future.”

“And yes, Jeff was indeed stronger. I guess it could be said that he was a peak fighter when he was alive, but I felt like the madness that controlled his mind couldn’t utilize his full potential. So, he might have been stronger when he was alive.

“I’m not sure what the king did, but after that brief meeting, he can be ruthless, but he can be sensible when necessary. So yeah, it ends pretty well.”

After giving his replies, Theo scanned the area again, noticing that Ansthor had visited Jeff and Aurora. It seemed that he had told the whole truth to Aurora.

This setback would definitely make Aurora even stronger and more determined. So, he hoped for the best for her.

Jayden was also testing his new ability to distract himself from the bloody battlefield he had just seen. Meanwhile, the twins just distributed their energy to each other to maintain the feeling they got from Theo’s lesson.

Nonetheless, the one who got the most from this mission was Aurora. There was no more threat coming to her and she finally had some closure. Once she became more mature after overcoming this challenge, she would grow kinder than anyone else.

While looking around, he found Christina walking toward them. It seemed that she wanted to talk about something, so he jumped off the wall and stopped her a bit farther away from the kids.

“What’s wrong?”

“I’m going to inform you of several things. Since I’m going to be busy from now on, I don’t think I can entertain your group for a long time. Even a party might not be possible.” Christina pointed at the battlefield. “So, the reward for that is to wait until things calm down. It will take one week, I think.”

“You don’t have to worry about that. I’m just solving my student’s problem.” Theo shook his head, politely rejecting the reward.

“In that case, the bandit seems to be stronger, so we will reward you accordingly.” Christina insisted on rewarding them to the point where she would use all kinds of reasons just to make Theo accept it.

Theo couldn’t help but scratch the back of his head, having no other choice. “Alright, alright. Just take your time with that. Your country has just suffered a massive loss after all.”

“Thanks.” Christina felt relieved that Theo didn’t argue with her. “Then, the second problem is that…trauma I don’t think I can see you off properly. And with the current condition, staying in this place will just bring a lot of trouble to you and Aurora. I will create a necessary arrangement for you to go back in an instant, but I can’t escort you.”

“It’s better for the students not to be in this environment since they will be affected or even develop trauma. But since the sun is about to set, I think we’ll take some rest in the stronghold and depart in the morning.”

“With your speed, you should be able to return to the other world tomorrow evening.” Christina accepted the arrangement and continued, “Anyway, we might need to hear your thought process just to match the information we have. You can just tell Aurora about it and she will record it for you along with the spirit.”

“Haha. How about changing the reward to the freedom of not getting bothered by receiving a spirit?”

“We both know that it’s impossible. I will compensate you in a different way.” Christina chuckled. “Two more things. I heard from Aurora that you are going to have a midterm exam soon, right?”

“Indeed. I won’t give you the cheat sheet though.”

“Do you think I need that and will allow Aurora to cheat?” Christina shook her head helplessly. “Aurora said that you often rewarded the students if they reached a certain standard. So, I was thinking about whether you wanted to visit a beach. Our family owned a resort under the local’s name in the Modern Realm.”

“Beach, huh…” Theo closed his eyes for a moment, recalling what Mia told him in the apartment.

“Dad! Since we are at school, there will definitely be a beach episode. It’s a must for any stories that revolve around the school.”

“Beach episode, what?” Theo tilted his head.

“I’m talking about having fun on the beach. Then, knowing the author, we will have a kraken appearing out of nowhere, a sudden incident or whatever it is.”

“…” Theo pinched the bridge of his nose. He could imagine it happening, so Theo decided to reject Christina’s offer. But to turn it down completely would be rude, so he came up with an excuse, which also decided the course of the midterm exam. “Sorry. It’s not that I don’t want to accept your offer. But it has been decided that we will go to the mountain after the midterm exam.”

“If you’re talking about mountains, then we also have a resort in Gaund Mountain. You should be able to arrive there in no time.”

“…” Theo wanted to laugh since Christina was persistent. “I’m going to tell you this. I can’t show any favoritism to any students.”

“This is just a part of the reward. Nothing else.” Christina shrugged while looking away. She definitely had a hidden intention.

“Well…” Theo contemplated for a moment. It wasn’t a bad offer. If Christina were the one handling all those things, it would be convenient for him.

On the one hand, if he stayed in the modern world, there was less chance they would get into trouble. After all, the modern world only had some monsters that appeared out of nowhere like the first mission about the spiders.

On the other hand, he felt that the author would come up with another random thing.

Theo considered the pros and cons before accepting her offer. “If you are the one handling all the paperwork, then I don’t really mind.”

“You’ve got a deal.” Christina smirked. “Last but not least, there is something I have to confirm. Your spirit can have ten forms, right?”

“Yes.”

“It can turn into any type of spirit with different types of abilities.”

“Indeed.”

“In that case, I think I should warn you about this.” Christina’s expression turned serious. “There are two Trein Type Spirit users in this country. The first guy is able to create a giant tsunami that can sweep the land and cause massive destruction. He is the one preventing any affected monsters from coming into this place right now.

“The second person has the ability to bring lightning storms to the area. So, I’m wondering if you can’t use that level of power because you are lacking in essence or something else.”

Theo obviously lacked the essence. If he had enough essence, he could expand the gravity field and do much more with it. However, he still wondered if he could reach that level with the spirit alone.

“It seems that you can’t.” Christina sighed. “Here is my theory. I believe that your Trein Type Spirit won’t be able to achieve that level. You could say that those two people have utilized their spirit to one hundred percent capacity.

“On the other hand, your power can only go up to seventy to eighty percent. In exchange, you have ten. You could say that it’s a jack of all trades but a master of none situation.”

The latter implied that he wouldn’t be as strong as the others. But Theo was already used to this. He learned a lot of power systems. Even his weapon mastery consisted of a lot of weapons. So, it wasn’t going to hinder him or something. If he wasn’t as strong, he simply just had to become more creative to close that gap.

“If you are worried about that, then you don’t have to. I’m used to this kind of power. Also, it gives me a lot of room for how I can operate.”

“No. I’m worried about something else. The fact that it has ten forms means it’s like ten different powers within your body. You also have a Demon from your original world. If you continue absorbing one power or another, there is a chance that it will clash with the existing power, which might be beneficial or detrimental to your body.”

“I know.” Theo nodded in understanding. In the end, his main power were illusion and reality, so he had a clear grasp of what would happen if he continued to absorb more power.

“Alright then.” Christina was finally done. “It’s an honor to have you with us, Mr. Theodore Griffith. Please get some rest for tonight and I wish you a pleasant journey.”

“Thank you.” Theo turned around, ready to leave.

But Christina added, “By the way, how much for the cheat sheet?”

“Bye.” Theo chuckled while waving his hand.