Thatâs right, itâs not my fault at all. That startled me, but thinking calmly, ăCloak?ăthat Iâm wearing hasăCloak of Magic Reflection â Reflects Magicăin one of the slots, so the Instant Death effect got reflected! That must be it! Itâs not because of my eyes! Itâs all because of Magic Reflection! Probably. I donât even have Instant Death! I donât? Right? Itâs not because of my eyes? Itâs surely not? Right? Imps? What imps? My eyes have nothing to do with that. Certainly! Thatâs final.
Evil Eye left ăEvil Eyeăbehind. I donât get it.
Since it pissed me off I tried to smash it to pieces but was stopped by Armored Pres, who grasped my hands from behind. Armored Pres is desperately shaking her head. Is it such a valuable thing? Can I smash it anyway? For real.
ăEvil Eye â Protective Charm against all Abnormal Effects, ăEvil Eyeă,ăMagic Eyeă,ăEye of Insightă,ăWisdom Eyeăă, getting this from someone who died instantly I can hardly believe in its effectiveness. Rather, Iâd like to ask why it didnât use this amulet?
Holding ăEvil Eyeăin her hand, Armored Pres pointed to my eyes, trying to say something? Huh? Evil eye? My eyes??? My eyes are evil eyes?! Is she picking a fight with me?! I thought her to be my ally, and she is dissing me?!
She is shaking her head, I guess not? Now she seems to be thinking hard about something.
Looking at me, she then pointed to ăEvil Eyeă.
ăEehm? Evil Eye?ă
She nodded, then pointed to my eyes.
ăâŠâŠâŠâŠMy eyes?ă
She once again nodded and then brought Evil Eye right under my nose.
ăEeeh? My eyes are evil eyes? ăYour eyes are cursed.ă?! So you are dissing me after all?!ă
Armored Pres began stomping on the ground. Looks like this is a very common practice in this world. Just in case I decided to go along and also began stomping on the ground, after which Armored Pres sunk to the floor, holding her head.
Is she going through a phase? But if she is eternal 17, then can it even be called a phase if it will never end? Being 17 is difficult, even inside a dungeon.
After that, she kept endlessly gesturing. It seems she wants to cram this Evil Eye in my eye socket.
ăIs this bullying? Am I being bullied right now? Did you turn bad? A rebellious phase? What next? Are you going to ride through the night on a stolen⊠HorseâŠ?ă
After that, we once again stomped the ground together. I feel like Iâm getting better at this. Jack of all Trades-san at work again?
And yet, she didnât give up and kept trying to insert Evil Eye into my eye. What is going on?
ăEehm? I should put Evil Eye into my eye?ă
She nodded. Looks like I finally got the message, but wonât it ruin my eyesight?
ăWill something good happen if I put it into my eye?ă
She nodded vigorously making some kind of mysterious gestures.
ăWill it improve how my eyes look?ă
She immediately averted her eyes⊠That seems like a no⊠For some reason, Iâm getting pat on the back again.
What I managed to understand is that something good will happen, that it wonât improve my look, and that I will get Evil Eye. Eh? Which part of this is supposed to be good? But to be honest, I donât have even the tiniest hint of the smallest suspicion that Armored Pres would encourage me to do something bad. At the very least, she should honestly believe that it will be good for me. Otherwise, she wouldnât be trying so hard. She is desperately trying to communicate.
ăOkay. I donât get it, but I got you? I donât quite understand it, but I should insert it, right? Kind of? I guess?ă
She nodded, watching me intently. Then I should just try it. In the worst case, I might lose an eye, but it seems I will be able to get it back through regeneration. I canât just ignore Armored Pres, who is pleading so hard. Whatever happens, happens.
And so I pressed Evil Eye against my right eye and� Eh? It just went in? Eh? Where did Evil Eye go? Eh? What?
Instead of the eye, it went into ăContacts?ă? Did they fuse?
Since contacts are in my eyes I cannot appraise them?
Oh, I leveled up? Wait, thatâs not important right now.
Contacts turned into ăRajingană? ăRajingan â The mindâs all-seeing eye.ăGod Eye, Future Sight, Magic Eye, Wisdom Eye, Imitation, DĆjutsu, ?ă!? Is this real?! But ăDiscernment ădissapeared from my Martial Arts? And the same happened toăInsightăin the skills! And alsoăFarsight Lv MaXăandăGod Eye Lv 8ă? And evenăDetect Lv 1ă?ăMap Lv 8ăandăImitationădisappeared too! Instead,ăRajingan Lv 1ăappeared? Did they fuse into one skill? Hmmm? Ah, I can still see the map and probe for the hostile presence. So they did fuse. Evil Eye is probably somewhere there as well⊠Makes me very worried about my look!
And among Martial Arts appearedăDĆjutsu Lv 1ă. Is this also because of ăRajingană? Could it improve the impression my eyes give? But it is still Lv 1âŠ
As I was thinking this and that while looking at my status, Armored Pres approached me with two sticks in her hands and offered one of them to me.
ăTake it? The stick?ă
She nodded, so I took one of the sticks, after which Armored Pres took a stance with the remaining one as if she was holding a sword. As always, her sword technique has a beautiful sharpness and strange tranquility to it, which can be felt even from her stance alone. Itâs even more impressive than when she was controlled by the darkness.
ăAre we fighting? Sparring? Training? Beat up? Exchanging blows? Or is this bullying? Am I about to get bullied? NoâŠ? So practice?ă
It seems like this is practice? Considering the difference in strength such practice could be considered a form of bullying by some, but it seems this is a practice. When she was on the lowest floor, merely matching her blows was the limit of what I could do, but now it probably wonât even become training? What is she trying to accomplish here?
After that, I took a hell of a long beating.
So it was bullying after all.
Even so, I understood what she was trying to convey. It was aboutăRajingană. Its effects and usage. And a splendid array of cheats, God Eye, Future Sight, Magic Eye, Wisdom Eye, and Imitation.
God Eye can see through even the unseen. It has no blind spots, nothing can be hidden from it.
Future sight allows one to see a short bit into the future, showing the next movement before it happens.
Magic Eye shows the flow of mana.
Wisdom eye can reveal everything about the things I lay my eyes upon.
And Imitation allows copying the techniques I see. The same trick wonât work on me twice.
Together they reach into the cheat territory, making me super strong and basically unbeatable. Though I still got beaten up⊠Yeah, even superior cheats are powerless before her. Really, that was just bullying.
It will take a long while before I will learn to properly use them, but for now, being able to see a great variety of things, I should manage somehow. So this is quite useful. That must be why Armored Pres-san was trying to get me to equip it. This should greatly reduce the risk of getting instantly defeated. Armored Pres was probably worried about me, she certainly has noticed that my level hardly grows. I pat her on the head in gratitude, to which she reacted with joy. Though now that I think of it, I was simply getting bullied.
[TL Notes:
DĆjutsu â Literally Eye Techniques. A variety of abilities that utilize the eyes. Just remember the anime about Borutoâs dad.]