Material Girl (2)

Day of Westar, 4:26 p.m.

Vivian was carrying the items she bought as she stepped inside the dorm and was immediately greeted by someone.

"Sister Vivian, hello, I just went to knock on your room but you weren't there. Thank the God of Light that I bumped into you," said Lorei.

Since Vivian viewed Lorie as a "good person" because they shared something in common that she truly values, she flashed a geniuned concerned expression.

"Sister Lorei, what's wrong? Do you need my help?" 

"A letter from the Temple of Priests' administration addressed to you was sent here. Normally, if this was a simple letter, it would be sent to your mail box and I don't remember telling you about the mailbox when we first met."

I didn't know there was a mailbox here…

But then again, even back in my world, we don't use mailboxes, we use phone apps...

However...

A letter from the Temple of Priests' administration addressed to me...?

What kind of fucking problem is it this time around...?

I'm still so busy with so many things...!

"Oh, I see. So sister, the letter is at your office?"

"Yes."

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Vivian entered her room and closed the door before locking it and turning on the lights.

She removed her cloak and placed it along with the things she bought on the bed before sitting in front of her desk.

She took out the letter from her pocket and examined it.

A letter from Brother Joshua E. Sander, huh…

She ripped the envelope and read the letter inside.

The letter contained two topics.

The first topic was regarding her 20 platinum coins reward. 

Apparently, they resurrected the demon bandits that Vivian killed and captured and then "interrogated" them for information. And thanks to the information they extracted, the Temple of Priests and other supporting organizations were able to get the location of the demon bandits' hideouts and hunt the rest of the members.

And to claim the 20 platinum coins reward, Vivian simply had to present this letter to Ezekiel or anyone at the Mission Room.

The second topic was regarding a meeting with Annabelle from the Library Room.

I have to meet Sister Annabell at the Library Room tomorrow afternoon at 3:00 p.m...?

But why...?

Unfortunately for her, the letter didn't say the reason.

Vivian put down the letter and looked at her reflection in the mirror.

There was a huge smile on her face.

"Anyhow, what a beautiful day~!"

She turned her head to the side to look at her right cheek, admiring her makeup.

"And I'm a beautiful person~!"

Vivian glanced at the windows.

Criselle is probably still at the cafeteria working…

I remember she mentioned that she's also one of the instructors at the Training Ground…

I believe she goes there every night after working at the cafeteria…?

Vivian got up and secured everything -- checking if the door was locked and covering the bottom with a blanket, checking if the windows were locked and pulling in the thick and dark red curtains to cover them, and checking if there were any secret peepholes and trapdoors on the walls.

Once she was done, she sat down on the floor in the middle of the room. 

I haven't yet confirmed if buffing my [Halo] with [Greater Origin Enchant] and then turning it off to repeat the cycle actually lets me level up [Greater Origin Enchant] or not…

I'm going to finish off where I left off this morning until it's dinner time…

And then I'm going to see Criselle and ask her about Physical Arts…

She was about to activate a magic spell when she remembered something.

"Shit!"

She got up and immediately went over to the bed to get some items she bought from the Blacksmith Shop.

It was the Physical Force Crystal and Magical Force Crystal.

When she got the items she was looking for, she immediately went back to her original position.

She held the Physical Force Crystal first.

Okay, let's try what Sike and the Memory Crystal has told me…

She imagined using the skill [Power Fist] and the crystal emitted a glow.

I think my Physical Force is around orichalcum-grade…?

 She put down the Physical Force Crystal and picked up the Magical Force Crystal.

This time around, she imagined using [Fire Arrow] and the crystal emitted a glow.

My Magical Force is also orichalcum…

I think...

I mean, the glow is similar...

She put down the crystal on her hand.

Orichalcum…

I'm currently orichalcum but I have no idea how strong I am…

She recalled Grace's reaction when she found out that Vivian's Physical and Magical Force were mithril level.

I think she mentioned at that time that I must be a veteran White Cloak…

But really…?

Like seriously…?

Because I can't honestly feel it…

Or maybe White Cloaks are weak…?

She then recalled Marie who was still in her teens and a White Cloak, and yet she easily defeated her.

She also recalled the adventurers, especially the Gold Rank adventurers, that she fought.

I really can't tell…

When it comes to the Temple of Priests, there's just no clear indication…

To be a White Cloak, one simply had to have Class Magic…

To be a Gold Cloak, one simply had to have the [Resurrection] Class Magic…

And to be a Red and Gray Cloak, one had to be at least a Gold Cloak…

However...

I remember Sike saying that the minimum strength of a Gray Cloak is orichalcum...

I really want to see how those so-called instructors at the Training Grounds really fights, like really go all out…

Not on me, of course…

She then remembered something.

Wait…! 

Right…

Back when my Physical and Magic Force was supposedly mithril-grade level, my stats were between 80-100 points each…

But for my silver grade level, at that time I only measured my Physical Force and it was between 50-70…

I think…

And now both of my Physical and Magical Force are orichalcum and they're around 120-130…

Assuming that iron is 30, silver is 60, mithril is 90 and orichalcum is 120, then adamantite level would be 150…?

And the legendary metals would be 180 and 210…?

She glanced at the Physical and Magic Force Crystals.

I don't know why but these look like dildos…

The Physical Force and Magical Force Crystal looked like the Class Crystal that Vivian used to carry when she was still part of the Temple of Thieves, at least when it came to its shiny metal-like texture. The only difference was that it was shaped into a rod about 10 inches long. 

Anyhow…

Assuming what that guy named Sike is true, then I'm still far away from the imbalance…

According to what Sike told her, if her Magical Force is one and a half grades higher compared to her Physical Force, she would start to feel some complications. And if her Magical Force is two grades higher compared to her Physical Force, that was death.

But just to be sure, I'll try to avoid as much as possible from having my Magical Force one grade higher compared to my Physical Force…

Until I find a way that I can't level up my Physical Arts without the fear of being accused of overhunting, I'm not leveling up any of my Magical Arts except for [Greater Origin Mastery]…

The reason why she wanted to talk to Criselle was to ask her about this.

After all, even Sike said that in most cases, it's people overtraining their Physical Arts and neglecting their Magical Arts because they're easier to train and everyone has access to them which was the complete opposite in Vivian's case. So she wanted to ask Criselle who is one of the instructors at the Training Grounds on how people their Physical Arts, especially Priests.

There was no way she could ask Sike because Grace was there who knew that both of her Physical and Magical Force were mithril-grade and she was also supposedly a "Secret Agent" sent by the Temple.

God dammit…

Why did I tell that woman that I was a secret agent…?

Like seriously, why…?

I literally shot myself in the foot with that move…

I mean, out of all the excuses I could give, I should've said --

Vivian stopped.

She couldn't think of another excuse or lie.

"Oh…"

She scratched her nose with her finger.

Whatever…!

I'll definitely be able to think of a better excuse next time…!

She activated a spell.

[Greater Origin Enchant].

A dark-red lightning aura appeared on her right hand.

She looked around and also strained her ears if there was anyone coming or nearby.

I think it's safe…

She cast another spell.

[Halo].

As soon as her golden ring started to manifest on her back, the dark-red lightning immediately began to start crawling from her hand to her arm, to her shoulder and then finally to the golden ring on her back.

And after the golden ring absorbed all of the lightning, it grew up to 4 times bigger that it looked like there was a giant golden portal behind Vivian, illuminating the entire room.

She deactivated her [Halo] skill and repeated the process.

[Greater Origin Enchant].

Please let this work…!

[Halo].

Please let this work…!

Deactivate.

Please let this work…!

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