Chapter 8

After the end of the first academy arc, the heroine and her team have to go on adventures and take on various quests. As the game has an RPG setting, going on adventures is highly prominent.

Situations will arise where the heroine's party will have to solve hidden mysteries of the world.

During the time of completing a specific quest, if the cards are played right, a hidden quest will be issued. According to the hidden quest, an old man will ask the heroine's party to go to the icy terrains of the Vetriez kingdom to find a mystical flower and bring it back to him. He doesn't specify the reason why he needs it. But the rewards for completing the quest are very tempting.

But without any general specification of the quest, it seemed to be filled with too many loopholes.

As it's not a mandatory quest, one can decline it if they wish. But many players were tempted to take it. After taking on the quest, you must travel to the northernmost part of the Vertriez kingdom, the Sparta region.

This is also when you get to learn about Angeline's fate.

Upon reaching there, you will have to dive into the cold tundra wilderness and find a hidden underground cave, where the flower bloomed. You have to obtain that flower and bring it back.

And then comes the sudden twist. After you hand over the flower to the older man, the truth behind the hidden quest will be revealed.

The flower is an ingredient the old man will use to turn himself into a devil. Upon turning into a devil, he will terrorize a city and will try to destroy it. The heroine party's job will be to defeat that devil and earn the final reward from the quest.

But that's not the end of its use. It was later revealed that consuming the flower can forcefully awaken someone's element. If a talentless person consumes that flower, he will be able to awaken his talent. And use elemental magic.

And I am currently on my way to obtaining that flower.

Now that I think about it, I didn't mention the name of the otome game until now. Well, that's not a big deal. The name was "We are two and we have three." Yes, there is no need to dwell on the name so much, just let it be. My guess is the game developers had some weird naming sense. So I will refrain from taking that name again.

Now back to the main topic, It was evident that Aldrich didn't have the talent for awakening an element. So this flower might be a big help to me. As for the heroine party's quest? Why should I give a damn? They can go eat their shit.

"F*ck. Just how cold can this place be?" I cursed under my breath. Walking in this icy terrain, with cold air blowing that could even freeze one's blood, is an extremely difficult task.

At this moment I am on my way to the restricted area outside our barony. Of course, I didn't tell anyone where I was going. Some guards wanted to follow me here, maybe they were worried about their lord going outside alone. But I dismissed them before the matter continued any further.

The weather inside the barony is good today compared to the other days. But that is different here. What I am experiencing right now cannot be described by a single word, "Hail storm". It's something far greater than that. At this moment I can feel the blood inside my body freezing.

"Shit! Seems like I will die even before reaching that damn cave!" I gritted my teeth which were already becoming numb due to the cold.

'It was a big mistake to come here like this. That shitty game didn't have any of these types of cold features in it. Why the hell did those f*cking developers not mention it will be so cold here?' Yup! Looks like I have gone sanile due to the cold and spouting nonsense in my mind right now.

'Grrrr. Where is that damn place? What will happen if I can't find it?' I thought with slight worry.

While I was dreading my upcoming fate, a gentle light pierced through the darkness, which was covering my eyes, and showed me the path that will change my destiny. [ Yeah. You guessed it right! The Plot armor. ]