It's Overwhelmingly Convenient That the Female Lead Has Darkened - Chapter 84

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A corrupted heroine is overwhelmingly convenient.
#84
“The rules are simple.”
Dylan Mason explained.
You roll the dice and advance in whichever direction you choose.
When you reach a space, a marked position appears and you draw a card.
You face off against the monster that emerges from the card.
Win and you advance; lose and one player is eliminated.
The goal is to navigate through the cave and escape to the end—that’s how you win the game.
“Does the marked position change each time?”
“No, it doesn’t. That’s why memorizing the path is so important.”
Daisy turned her gaze toward Monica.
Got that?
Monica nodded solemnly.
Got it!
“Is there a reason the characters are different?”
“Each one has different abilities.”
“What are they?”
“I’ll tell you as we play.”
He was clearly reluctant.
Completely reluctant.
The freshman students were beginning to guess at Dylan’s mood from the way his drooping hood seemed to hang heavier, when—
Knock, knock!
A cheerful rapping sounded from outside the Club Room.
Creak, squeak, bang, thud!
In that same instant, everyone in the Club Room except Gale leaped to their feet, dragging tables and chairs to clear space.
Nora pulled on a mask, and Straud hurried to move anything breakable out of the way.
“W-what in the—”
As Gale, standing uneasily, was pushed further into the room, the Club Room door swung open with a bang and an uninvited guest entered.
It was Sparkle—with wings.
“I heard a new Club member has joined!”
Sparkle’s voice rang out with delight as she squeezed her way into the Club Room.
Fortunately, they’d already cleared away the tables; aside from some feathers scattering as her wings caught in the doorway, her entrance went far more smoothly than last time.
“Really… I never dreamed this would happen! Nine members! This is… something remarkable!”
Clap, clap, clap, clap—
Sparkle applauded loudly on her own, her bright eyes fixed on Gale.
“Yes, I’ve heard quite a bit about you.”
From whom?
Gale’s expression grew puzzled, but Sparkle paid no attention, her focus drawn instead to the board spread across the table and the animal tokens.
“Ah! You’ve already gotten this far. How satisfying. Have you chosen your tokens?”
“Yes, we’ve all chosen.”
Dylan answered slowly.
“Let me see. The dog must be Milo, the raven is certainly Monica, and the hamster is…”
Sparkle’s deep, inscrutable gaze pierced through to Daisy.
“You’ve chosen something that suits you perfectly.”
“How did you know I picked the hamster? More importantly, what ability does the hamster even have?”
“Oh, that’s simple.”
Sparkle smiled brightly.
“Bite if you touch it!”
“…”
“…”
Wow.
Amazing.
Perfect fit!
As the freshmen gasped at the spot-on character assessment, Sparkle urged Dylan onward.
“Come on! Roll the dice!”
Rumble.
Dylan rolled a single die.
“Ah, a five!”
Sparkle cried out with joy.
* * *
Ah, so the entire expedition came back in pieces.
After sending out Sparkle, who had been cheering mindlessly, the nine-member expedition that ventured into the cave was torn to shreds beneath the monster’s claws.
A single golden hamster, no larger than a bean, remained on the board, pressing its forehead and opening its mouth.
“No, why is the dice luck all like this…….”
“…….”
“…….”
Eight of them said nothing.
The marked positions that appeared everywhere, the monsters drawn with maximum attack power at every draw — well, fine.
But the dice rolls for each confrontation with the monsters all coming up garbage was simply too much.
Only Daisy’s dice rolls kept coming up well every time.
Felix and Dylan barely managed to keep pace, but even they were eliminated in the monster encounter just moments ago, and now only the golden hamster remained on the board.
It was maddening.
‘Daisy, sorry, but hang in there…….’
Daisy gritted her teeth against the children’s desperate hope to clear the game and rolled the dice.
A five came up.
If she chose the route carefully, she could escape the cave in one move.
“Yes!”
“Daisy!”
Milo and Boris bounced and shouted.
Daisy picked up the bean-sized token and moved it carefully.
One space.
One space.
One space.
Nothing happened.
And then the final stretch of the board.
All she had to do was choose one of two spaces correctly and she could clear the game.
Daisy moved the hamster token.
One space.
Screeeech!
Three claw marks scraped across the board, glowing blue before fading away.
“Damn it.”
Even as Daisy sighed, she didn’t give up.
The type of monster that appears is determined by drawing a card.
If she drew a weak monster…….
In that moment, without even drawing a card, the holographic form of a lizard-like monster with what must have been eighty-six teeth shimmered into existence above the board.
“…….”
“…….”
“Senior, what is this.”
“……A boss monster.”
“Why is a boss monster appearing right before the exit?”
“……A celebration gift.”
So in other words, instead of celebratory fireworks, a boss monster had arrived.
Instead of celebratory fireworks, Daisy suppressed her rising blood pressure and rolled the small dice.
Click-clack.
A six came up.
The tiny hamster form that appeared bit at the boss monster’s toe with a snap.
And the boss monster’s health…….
“It didn’t change at all?”
“…….”
The hamster, sensing the inevitable ending, closed its eyes slowly.
The boss monster opened its mouth wide.
Snap.
Game over.
“…….”
“…….”
“Senior, is this even a game that can be cleared?”
She didn’t expect an answer.
Even if all nine of them survived and all rolled a six on the dice, it was clear they wouldn’t deal a scratch to the boss monster.
But Dylan Mason, surprisingly, nodded his head.
“…Yes, I can break free of it.”
“How?”
“…Study… work hard at it.”
“….”
“….”
“Want to play that Card Game we did back then?”
“Yes!”
Dylan gazed at the perfect moment before him and mumbled despondently.
“…It’s true, though….”
* * *
A tall boy crossed the abandoned Back Garden—or rather, what had become so radiant now that calling it abandoned seemed almost embarrassing.
His feet moved swiftly, nearly running.
Moonlight poured down, making his eyes glitter, and a faint smile—one rarely seen on his face—hovered at the corners of his mouth.
The boy’s short blue-grey hair caught the cool night breeze.
“Koko!”
The fiery rooster, which had been settling despondently beneath the stone statue, sprang up at the sound of the boy’s voice.
Cluck-cluck-cluck-cluck-cluck!
Then, sending sparks from its crimson feathers, it rushed into the boy’s arms.
When an intense white light burst from the boy’s hands, fiercer than ever before, Koko cried out in surprise.
Cluck! Cluck-cluck-cluck-cluck!
“I made you wait long. I’m sorry.”
Cluck-cluck-cluck!
“I went to the Club they switched to today, and I didn’t realize how much time had passed….”
He really hadn’t realized it.
When his senior mentioned it was time for him to leave, the boy startled.
He’d just become aware that throughout the entire day, he hadn’t prayed once—hadn’t even thought of God’s existence.
Yet strangely, no guilt stirred within him.
Only a profound joy filled his chest.
Holding Koko in his arms, which seemed fuller than before, the boy gazed at the stone statue before him.
The statue, carved in the image of a god regarding humanity with benevolence, seemed to be telling the boy that he’d done well.
Of course, it was probably just his imagination.
“Starting tomorrow, I’ll work hard again.”
The boy murmured softly, as if making an excuse.
“But today was truly….”
Fun.
The failed Cave exploration, the game where he eagerly flipped cards and rang the bell—all of it had been enjoyable.
It felt like the first time he’d ever played like this.
Since he was five years old, the boy had always engaged in regular, proper activities according to schedule.
“….”
Is it really all right for me to have a day like this?
‘Your conduct is too frivolous.’
‘Be more dignified.’
‘Your effort is insufficient.’
‘Think only of God, look only toward God.’
As always, the same voice echoed through his mind.
The boy’s face was gradually darkening when it happened.
Cluck!
Koko bit the boy’s finger sharply.
The boy showed not a trace of pain, simply gazing intently at Koko with her feathers puffed out bright red.
Then he remembered something Daisy had said.
‘I think it’d be good for you to distance yourself a bit from God. Right now you’re pouring all your time into becoming a Paladin. But honestly, you’d be amazing enough without even trying.’
“…That’s strange.”
How can I trust someone so much when she seems to know me so well?
“When I’ve only seen her a few times….”
Whenever those deep, mysterious emerald eyes looked at him, he felt strangely seen—penetrated.
“Daisy.”
The boy, Gale Vendermain, softly intoned the name into the empty air.
His fingertips tingled.

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