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Rudy sighed silently in his heart.
But Alan's subsequent handling of the situation made it impossible for him to continue acting childish to vent his frustration.
From Alan's expression, it was clear that he genuinely believed he would see Roxy again in the future. The answer was obvious.
'This guy really plans to seek Roxy out in the future, maybe even become an adventurer and travel the world with her.'
'Honestly, while I might have said similar things, deep down, I was never mentally prepared to travel the world with Roxy. From that perspective, it's perfectly reasonable for Roxy to see Alan in a different light.'
'Perhaps this is his charisma… He likes to say pretty words… but they always sound surprisingly good. If I were a girl, I might have fallen in love at first sight, right?'
'…When will I be able to talk to girls with such coolness? He's a guy who makes you jealous, but you just can't hate him.'
Rudy scratched his hair in resignation and, in a tone one might use to call over children, looked at the other three and said.
"Come on over… Teacher is leaving tomorrow, and I agree that some fireworks would add to the atmosphere."
The window in Rudy's house was large. The group stood side-by-side in front of it. While using wind magic to protect the walls, Rudy reached out the window and summoned a huge fireball. It seemed to be mixed with wind magic, as it spun rapidly in his hand. Under the brilliant glow of the flames, Rudy's expression softened.
"Everyone look at the sky, and don't blink~"
With a loud bang, the fireball shot from Rudy's hand into the sky. Immediately after, a series of fireballs formed before his hand and followed like a string of firecrackers.
The fireballs ascended, disappearing from their sight. Roxy and Sylphie blinked, not understanding. Just as they were about to turn and ask Rudy and Alan what they were up to, Rudy, who was looking at the night sky, smiled.
"Bang!"
As soon as he spoke, the fireballs seemed to answer the call of the future Magic King, exploding in the sky in a rapid, dense succession!
A series of brilliant fire streams burst across the heavens, setting the night ablaze.
The light illuminated the eyes of Rudy, Sylphie, and Alan.
Alan squinted, looking perfectly content, and clapped at the right moment.
"That was so cool, Rudy. This must be the charm of magic."
Hearing this, Rudy wiped under his nose but didn't say anything, just looked up at the fireworks continuously blooming in the sky and chuckled.
The wind swirled around their faces, the light and shadows flickering.
Roxy wasn't watching the fireworks.
In the reflection of her deep blue eyes, Alan, with a somewhat childish expression, was propped on his hand, looking at the sky with a smile in his eyes.
—
Alan wasn't watching the fireworks either.
Before his eyes, in front of the fireworks, a hazy dust-like smoke had appeared.
[The path to gaining favorability has not ended. You have further gained the favor of Roxy, Rudeus, and Sylphie.]
[Participation rating in the major events of Mushoku Tensei has increased.]
[Current Stage: Childhood. Cumulative Participation Rating: 70 points.]
[Please continue your efforts. At this rate, the host can absolutely obtain the full-score extra reward.]
'Extra reward… I almost forgot about that. The previous notifications weren't detailed. So, what exactly is the extra reward?'
[Don't you think an unknown surprise creates more anticipation?]
Alan pursed his lips.
'Not really. You're being so mysterious, is this reward even legitimate? It's not going to be some common setting from an adult game, where if you get someone's favorability high enough and sleep with them, you get a magic-enhancing item, is it? …Though that does sound a little interesting… No, wait. In that case, wouldn't I have to go after Paul first? After all, he was the first person in this house to have a favorable impression of me???'
[…If that is the host's wish, I can only wish you happiness.]
'Damn it… seriously, what is the reward?'
[Location Retrieval of Major Mushoku Tensei Event Characters.]
Alan froze, his expression slowly going blank.
'Location retrieval? A Clairvoyant Demon Eye?? A satellite positioning system??? Does this mean I can get the real-time location of others after the Great Displacement?'
[Yes.]
'How do I use it?'
[Usage Method: The system will conduct a search and project a map of the world of Mushoku Tensei onto the panel, displaying the target's location, accurate to within a one-hundred-meter radius.]
[Eligible Targets: Characters from whom the host has previously earned points.]
[Usage Frequency: Once per week / per person.]
A look of delight blossomed in Alan's eyes. This system reward was incredibly practical. It largely solved the problem of how he would participate in the events of Mushoku Tensei after the Great Displacement. In the original story, the timeline of events after the Displacement was not precise. With location retrieval, he could basically determine which part of the novel's plot Rudy was in based on his location, giving Alan a chance to participate.
That's right. He had no intention of recklessly throwing himself into the Displacement Incident. If something went wrong and he was thrown into the middle of the ocean or high into the sky, it would be an instant "Game Over."
[Please do your best, host… It's a pity, there might still be a possibility of earning points from Mrs. Somar…]
'…Get lost.'
[Oh.]
Although Alan cursed at it, he was actually very happy. At the current rate, getting 100 points was entirely possible. There was still more than a year before the end of the childhood period, which was enough time for him to farm points from Paul's family.
'There's still the infidelity incident coming up. If I handle that well, I should get a lot of points. It seems the way to earn points is by influencing the characters' actions. Although the system keeps spouting nonsense about favorability, in reality, the scattered points I've earned so far are all from causing these characters to do things that never happened in the original Mushoku Tensei timeline.'
'Looking at it this way, it feels like the system is encouraging me to stir up the butterfly effect to intentionally increase the difficulty of my major event missions. If I rely on my future knowledge from the novel, it's safer, but I can't earn points quickly. If I stir up the butterfly effect, it will affect my future knowledge to some extent, but I can earn points quickly.'
'That's right. So far, causing smaller butterfly effects has resulted in fewer points: for example, Paul's actions in searching for me, Sylphie and Rudy meeting early, Rudy placing the panties in the shrine earlier, etc. The time I got the most points was from running into Roxy by chance. That action caused a larger butterfly effect, directly leading to a significant change in the plotline, with Roxy returning and re-engaging with Rudy's family.'
As he thought this, Alan felt an intense gaze on him.
He blinked, tearing his eyes away from the fading fireworks, and looked to his side.
Roxy turned her head at that exact moment, looking up at the night sky, which had now returned to dark embers.
Alan subconsciously scratched his head.
In his eyes, as Roxy turned her head, the bangs on her forehead danced and bounced in the air, landing perfectly in front of her blue eyes, like they were diving into a deep blue lake.
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