Published at 6th of December 2025 6:50 am

Chapter 289

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What? Suddenly?

Is this something to say like that?

I swallowed my question and continued to look at the king. At that moment, the notification window appeared again.

Tiring!

'Suggestion 1. Find a job.' Success!

Reward: EC point +1

'Suggestion 2. Find the Host' Success!

Reward: EC point +3

Huh?

Why did the second one succeed too?

I haven't even tried to find the host yet. But why....

I opened my mouth without realizing it, then quickly composed my expression.

The most plausible hypothesis among the correlations of variables flashed through my mind.

I get it. Now I know why the Probability of Change increased by 1%p after receiving Abraham's blood. I also understand why I coincidentally fell into this stage on the day of Bavaria's competition.

Good.

I came to the right place. I chose Leo with the intention of working leisurely and extracting information, but absurdly, that was the right answer.

It's not the Ministry of Magic, nor the royal family, nor the clergy of Munich and Freising. It's certainly not Prussia or any other small state. This time, too, I had to come to none other than Leo.

Let's consider the timing of the Extra Chapter's appearance, and the later appearance of Stage 1. When did Stage 1 open? Why did I achieve the 'Find the Host' suggestion right after receiving the position of Leo's private tutor? Why did the Probability of Change increase after receiving Abraham's blood? Isn't there a fact that can be linked to this?

Here is the clue to find the answer. So far, the only human blood I've drunk is Leo's. The blood Leo fed me while I was sleeping must have brought out Stage 1.

The conclusion is this. Drinking a specific person's blood opens a world with that person as the host.

I chose the private tutor position to work more comfortably and to solve the theft case, but it turns out that this was the most standard route from the beginning.

So this works. Its like a blind squirrel finding a nut, but.

Anyway, success is success. I received the points well.

I can raise the Time Lag trait right away. Now, 10 minutes here will be 1 minute outside.

While I was thinking that, the king closed his eyes, let out a deep breath, and then slowly nodded.

"Good. If that is your wish, so be it. You can teach the Crown Prince general combat magic. However, there is one thing I would like to ask of you."

"Yes, please speak."

"When you are not teaching, please move with me."

What?

Now I was the one who was stiff. The king, as if nothing had happened, regained his composure and said.

"Literally. I need your abilities."

Even if I waited, he said no more. He didn't say exactly how he wanted me to move with him, but what he wanted was clear.

He would give me the private tutor position as I wished for now, but it means he intends to give me something higher in the future, and he is trying to block me in advance from accepting offers from other countries or people. I relaxed my expression and answered.

"I will do so."

"It's good that our wishes align."

The king raised the corners of his mouth in satisfaction and looked out the window as if to wrap up the conversation.

"Sir Everett's quarters will be prepared in the Crown Prince's palace. Is that acceptable?"

Come to think of it, is Leo using that large building all by himself now?

That brat has it good.... You won't find a better building than the Crown Prince's palace anywhere in Munich. No, there's just one. The king's quarters. In that case, how could it not be acceptable? Let's share.

Of course.

"A servant to attend to your daily needs will be there. The Crown Prince is sleeping now, so you will meet in the morning."

Time to sleep.

The competition was held in the evening and at night, so it was now past midnight.

"Now, I do not wish to hold you any longer at this late hour. Go and rest. We shall meet again tomorrow. And."

The king stood up first and said. A smile like Leo's flickered across his face.

"Welcome to Bavaria."

I heard similar words from this person's son 12 years later. It's a phrase that brings comfort whenever and from whomever I hear it.

"It's an honor."

After the king left, I warped to the Crown Prince's palace with the servants. For security reasons, when crossing buildings, you can only warp from specific points within the palace, so thanks to that, I was able to look around the Munich Residenz and the Crown Prince's palace again on my way to the warp point. I was relieved by the classic appearance, which was no different from 12 years later.

"The library and the kitchen are on the first floor. You are free to move around anywhere in this building except for His Highness the Crown Prince's room. And from now on, you will be staying in this room. Please call if you need anything."

A servant who was waiting in the room said, gesturing to pull the cord next to the bed. He gave me that brief notice and disappeared.

I looked around the room with its familiar interior. It wasn't unfamiliar because I had come here often as Leo's friend 12 years later.

The guest room at the end of the top floor of the Crown Prince's palace, this is now where I will live in this world.

It was smaller than my room in the mansion Leo had lent me in Berlin, but it had everything I needed. I infused the fireplace with divine power, felt it spread with the heat, and lay down on the bed.

I will meet Leo first thing tomorrow morning.

Come to think of it, how old is Leo now?

5 years and 10 months. He has lived for 70 months.

I've seen all sorts of things in my life, but a 70-month-old friend.... I don't really want to see him. Because I wasn't curious. I think there are very few people who would want to see what a close person was like when they were 70 months old.

But anyway, I can't say such things in front of someone who has only lived for 70 months. I shouldn't even show any sign of it. It's not the 70 months that's the problem, I feel a bit sorry to say it even in front of a 17-year-and-10-month-old.

I organized my thoughts so as not to do anything regrettable.

Still, since Ive come this far.

I should remember well what Leo was like at this age. To use it for teasing later.

Then, let's level up first.

Time Lag Lv. 2

Current Time [Extra Chapter:Chapter 7] [2:1]

Next Time [10:1]

2.0 EC point until next level

I have 4 points now.

Good.

Let's go to level 3.

Time Lag Lv. 3

Current Time [Extra Chapter:Chapter 7] [10:1]

Next Time [30:1]

3.0 EC point until next level

So next, 30 minutes here is 1 minute outside? The increase is larger than I thought.

<>So far, I've been here for about 10 hours, so 5 hours must have passed outside. I haven't even been able to study the occult, and the sun is about to rise.

Of course, now is not the time for that. Because of the new fact I just found out, I have something to test now.

The moment I got up to return to reality, a notification window appeared.

Tiring!

Suggestion 3. Cumulative stay of 24 hours

Reward: EC point +1

Cumulative stay?

Still, this time it's quite easy since it gives 1 point just for enduring, is it trying to give me a break for my sake? Or is there some other intention?

Could this system also be waiting for the birthday celebration?

The meaning of this suggestion is to stick around here for a while instead of leaving and coming back a long time later like before.

Time doesn't flow here when I leave, so I have to be here to meet the Archduke of Austria-Este as soon as possible. It might be my groundless assumption, but could it be that I can really get a clue here.... I let out a hollow laugh and dismissed the window.

Good. But I also have things to test before I achieve the 24-hour cumulative stay, so I'll have to go and see my friends. Narce will be here soon, so I can't just disappear without a word.

I opened my eyes on the bed in my room in the Berlin mansion. Before and after I opened my eyes, the Bavarian crest was drawn on the ceiling wallpaper, which made me let out a hollow laugh.

The room was still dim. The sun hadn't fully risen yet.

Let's do the experiment before leaving a letter for Narce.

I took out the blood that Abraham had given me half a day ago in this world. The magic power in the blood shone like gold on the surface of the bottle. Perhaps because of the remaining magic power, unlike Old Human blood, the plasma did not separate.

I have to drink this again? Just thinking about it is nauseating.

But the Probability of Change has increased, so I can't just leave it without testing the hypothesis.

First, a little at a time. I put the blood to my lips with a grimace.

!

As soon as the blood went down, I reflexively grabbed my throat. My magic power and the blood's magic power clashed in my mouth, and the blood's magic power was forcing its way down my throat as if it were alive.

This.

This son of a bitch.

Since I've already drunk it, it should just be absorbed, but it's disgusting that it's attacking me with its own life force and digging in. Even this is just like Abraham. You can easily tell what kind of person the owner is just by looking at their magic power. The sensation of knowing where my stomach was located was unpleasant.

This is the first time I've drunk real, raw blood without healing magic. What Leo gave me wasn't even blood. That healing magic was devoured by my magic power as soon as I drank it. It didn't try to devour me so annoyingly like this, but became a part of my magic power. I now clearly realize that it was a product of complete consideration.

I'm not confident. I'm not confident I can drink more of this blood.

I suppressed the urge to throw it away and drank a little more, but nothing appeared yet. There's still a lot of blood left. Could the hypothesis be wrong? Blood is not the condition to open an Extra Chapter stage? Come on, show up. I know it doesn't make sense if it's not this. Sweat formed on the hand holding the bottle.

It probably didn't even take a minute in reality, but it felt like I had been struggling for about 10 minutes. After a long time, I finally heard a familiar sound.

Tiring!

Extra Cha+%ter

S Stuf%e

The notification sound appeared only after I had emptied the entire bottle. My vision was blurry and my mind was in a daze from the speed of my heart beating.

Extra Chapter. S Stage.

It's probably those letters. For some reason, there's no word 'open' this time. I didn't even realize I had dropped it, but I can hear the sound of the bottle falling and rolling on the floor. My vision is dizzy from holding back the urge to vomit.

Perhaps because of that, or maybe it was like that from the beginning, the letters are a dark red color and are so broken that they are hard to read. A shiver ran down my spine instinctively. Until now, the letters in all notification windows were white and written in a neat font. They weren't jumbled up like this. As expected, just by looking at this, that S Stage is Abraham's world.

I caught my breath and then brought up the Extra Chapter window again.

Extra Chapter

Stage 1: Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, behold, the new has come!

Stage 2:

Stage 3:

S Stage :.

Now it looks fine without being broken. However, the stage number and name were still hidden.

It's separate from the others. There must be something. Abraham's weakness or something important is in there. Then it should just open, why can't it?

I came up with several hypotheses and chose the most reasonable one.

Is there a problem with causality?

I don't understand, but in this crazy world, it's the most plausible hypothesis. I need to know what the unlocking condition is, but no matter how many times I pressed it, nothing like that appeared. Do I have to drink more blood, or is there something more I need to achieve in the Extra Chapter? I shouldn't have been surprised when it said it would give 1 point for staying for 24 hours. This system was the same.

Anyway, I've confirmed it. There's a need to focus more on the Extra Chapter.

I rummaged through a drawer, took out a notepad, and wrote a note to Narce.

[Narce, I'm sorry, but I have to go somewhere. Don't look for me, can you go on your own today?]

Searching the club auction houses is also important.

But that's a story for when I've studied the occult and strange relics. Getting a jobgetting points to reduce the time lagtook more time than I thought, so I couldn't even do the occult study I had planned to do overnight, so there's no point in following him now.

It's more efficient for Narce to go alone today, and in my spare time, I'll either belatedly study the occult in the Extra Chapter or reduce the time lag level to move up the birthday celebration.

And.

[And, can I meet with the Archduke of Austria-Este? Can you arrange a schedule?]

I wrote that and put the letter down.

Narce must have already heard the investigation records from the Papal State about the clergymen at the places where the True Cross and the Holy Nail were stolen, so in a situation where a Pleroma connection is suspected, the Archduke of Austria-Este, who was suddenly robbed of his jewel alone, is the priority.

If Narce talks to the government, then after I spend 24 hours in the Extra Chapter, that is, after I get 1 more point and raise the time lag level, I'll be able to hear the story from the 1898 Archduke. After that, I'll try to meet the 1886 Archduke.

I'm sure Narce won't ask me persistently where I'm going. He'll also explain it well to our friends.

I opened the Extra Chapter window again.

Stage 1.

At that moment, I was facing the duvet. A strange fragrance came from the newly washed duvet. This time, I woke up peacefully in my bed. After waking up on the street twice, I'm now truly grateful just for it not being the street.

As I thought that and turned my head, I felt some magic power at the door. The flow of magic power was hovering quite low.

Could that be.

No matter what, Leo isn't that kind of guy. I don't know what a 70-month-old person is usually like, but anyway, no matter how young he is, he's not that rude. To sneak out while he's supposed to be sleeping and peek into his private tutor's room?

When it comes to magic, he might be able to.... He's not doing that to ask me to use magic right away, is he? Anyway, the 70-month-old Leo hasn't seen my magic yet, so it's fine.

But I'll have to think a little about the possibility of it being Leo.

As I held my breath, half asleep, the magic power disappeared at some point.

The moment I realized that, I got up and went to find the library of the Crown Prince's palace.

And so, another half a day passed. About 36 minutes must have passed outside. In half a day, I've become quite knowledgeable about occult relics, at least by my standards. I want to believe so. Although I still don't know the name of some Lion Duke's treasure chest that only opens when you misuse holy water, I now know about things like Tutankhamun's dagger and the London Hammer.

This is not my field.

How about just manipulating the club members' brains with divine power?

I had a brief, irresponsible thought. If I used divine power in Lukas's name, not Nicolaus's, it would be a big problem. Bringing Nicolaus in would drastically increase the risk.

Whatever. I have to spend time here for now.

It was soon time to meet the Crown Prince, so I changed my clothes with the help of a servant and went out to the garden of the Crown Prince's palace. And the moment I arrived in the garden, I had to stop in my tracks.

I'll be honest. I was so preoccupied with thinking about S Stage and the occult that I neglected my mental preparation.

A child with bright, dull blond hair is standing in front of me. He has a very familiar face, but his eyes take up half of his face, and his gaze is far below. A child who only comes up to my waist is looking up at me with a blank face for some reason.

I had to desperately stop my jaw from dropping.

My spine is getting cold just by looking at him.

The king, even 12 years ago, is still tall and middle-aged. Even if there are differences, he's in a similar frame. The Munich Residenz, the Munich city center, and the Crown Prince's palace haven't changed much in 12 years.

But this one, what on earth happened in just 12 years? I expected to see Leoof course I knew he was five!but I didn't expect to see such a perfect kindergartener. Of course, thinking back, I knew. I knew, but seeing this in person was an unbelievably crazy thing and is having a profound impact on my psyche.

Thats Leo.

He's a kindergartener? Leo or not, he's just a kindergartener. He grows up to be that? I don't know why, but I want to go back and give him a flick on the forehead. How can something so shocking happen.

"Teacher?"

As I just stood there, the Crown Prince's secretary said to me with a vague smile.

"This is His Highness Crown Prince Leonard Wittelsbach."

"...Yes. I know."

Right.

This must be Leonard too. If this isn't Leonard Wittelsbach, then what is it? This is 12 years ago, so I need to calm down.

"It is an honor to meet you like this. I am Lukas Everett."

I smiled and bowed.

Leonard, with a nervous face, and yet for some reason movedI think it's because he can learn combat magiclooked up at me with a completely excited expression.

This is new.

As my surprise faded, a laugh started to bubble up. So this is what he looked like at this age. Except for his face being rounder and his eyes seeming to take up half of his face, he's not much different from now. He just looks like a 5-year-and-10-month-old.

His height is about 120cm, or a little taller. He seems a little tall for a typical five or six-year-old.

"Your Highness, this is the teacher who will be teaching you combat magic from now on."

Leo, no, Leonard, couldn't say anything to the secretary's words and just looked up at me. I've never seen such an expression before. There are so many things I'm seeing for the first time since coming here.

The Crown Prince's secretary looked back and forth between the kindergartener and me, then stroked Leonard's back.

Hmm, His Highness is so surprised that he cant speak.

No.

The 70-month-old Leo said gravely.

What? Tell him to let go of your hand, secretary.

Everything he says is so funny now that I can only laugh. I'm just glad that I'm a person who has acted for a long time. I just want to take a picture of this sight as it is and show it to the 17-year-old Leo.

Leonard took another step closer and held out his hand.

"I am Leonard Wittelsbach, Teacher. I look forward to your guidance."

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