MTLNOVEL Chapter 11: Magic stats Soaring
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After Lynn and the others left, only Rias and Akeno remained in the clubroom.
"Akeno, what do you think?" Rias had been pondering over Utaha's abilities.
A Sacred Gear user?
But there were no traces of Sacred Gear energy.
As a High-Class Devil, Rias had confidence in her judgment.
Could just a human really awaken such an overpowered ability?
As for awakening abilities after becoming a reincarnated Devil, that thought never even crossed their minds.
After all, there was no precedent for that in the Underworld.
The reincarnation ritual only turned a person into a Devil, at most granting them the abilities associated with their Evil Piece rank.
At the end of the day, Evil Pieces were just tools created to compensate for the dwindling Devil population.
Akeno shook her head. "If even you can't figure it out, there's no way I can."
Rias sighed and muttered, "If only Utaha was my servant…"
"With abilities like that, I could've trained her to the point where she could have defeated that damn Firebird's servant before that incident ever happened!"
With the Gremory family's resources, she was confident in this.
Knock knock!
Just as Rias was enviously thinking about Lynn, a knock came at the clubroom door.
"Sona? What brings you here?" Rias was surprised.
Sona glanced around the room before asking, "He was here, wasn't he?"
"Your intel is as sharp as ever." Rias smiled wryly.
Sona replied matter-of-factly, "I am the Student Council President, after all."
"Then you probably also know when he left, don't you?"
"Of course."
Otherwise, she wouldn't have dared to come here now.
Thinking about something, her ears turned slightly red.
Sitting comfortably across from Rias, Sona asked, "So, what did he come here for?"
Rias briefly explained Lynn's purpose, and Sona fell into thought.
"I have some water-based magic spells. Next time he comes by, could you pass them to him for me?"
Rias was silent for a moment before cautiously asking, "Sona… don't you think you're paying too much attention to him?"
"He is my fiancé."
"Sona! … Weren't you planning to break off the engagement?"
"..."
Sona fell silent for a moment before changing the subject. "That key—did you give it to him?"
Rias froze.
Stare—
"Ah, sorry, sorry!"
Rias quickly pressed her palms together in apology. "There was so much going on, I completely forgot!"
Sona sighed. "Then give it to him next time along with the magic spells."
Rias nodded awkwardly, deciding not to bring up Sona's growing interest in Lynn topic again.
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Tokyo – Lynn's Home
Lynn looked at Utaha's suitcase and suddenly asked, "So, we're officially living together now?"
"Having a beautiful girl like me as your roommate is a once-in-a-lifetime blessing. You should be grateful." Utaha snerred.
On their way back, they had stopped by Utaha's place to pick up some essentials—toiletries, clothes, her tablet, and other electronics.
Oh, and as it turned out, her apartment did have a cursed spirit lurking inside.
Utaha casually wiped it out with a flick of her wrist.
After mastering lightning magic, she had become quite arrogant—she barely even considered evil spirits worth her time anymore.
Still, that didn't mean she wanted to live alone in that place.
Once they finished unpacking, Utaha looked at Lynn with anticipation. "Alright, it's time for that, right?"
"Exactly. Take it off."
Lynn's face was completely serious.
Utaha hesitated for a moment, then clenched her teeth, stomped her foot, and took off her outerwear.
"I… I don't need to remove my underwear too, right?"
Her cheeks were flushed red as she bit her lip.
"No need! I can still see it clearly." Lynn hesitantly said.
Utaha sighed in relief.
As long as he could see it, that was enough.
Any more than this and…
No, even like this, she still felt awkward.
"Seriously, why did you have to engrave such an important thing there?!"
"It was the most convenient spot at the time." Lynn shrugged.
"Besides, didn't you originally want me to put it—"
"Not another word!"
Utaha quickly covered Lynn's mouth, glaring at him with eyes full of embarrassment, her face burning bright red.
"It's your fault for saying something so misleading back then!"
"Mmmph—" Lynn raised his hands in surrender.
Only after getting her moment of victory did Utaha finally let go.
Using his magic, Lynn forced out a single drop of his blood and let it fall onto Utaha's body. The previously hidden status data of her blessing immediately became visible.
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[Kasumigaoka Utaha]
Rank: Low-Class Devil
Race: Devil
Master: Lynn Valifer
Stats:
•Strength: I0 → I7
•Agility: I0 → I5
•Endurance: I0 → I6
•Magic: I0 → I133
Innate Skill: [Archivist Devil] (Description omitted)
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"Your magic stat jumped by over 100—not bad at all."
Encouraging her, Lynn copied down her status and handed it to her.
Utaha, however, wasn't pleased. "But the other stats barely went up at all…"
Lynn raised an eyebrow. "Tell me, besides that one time you smashed a cursed spirit with a book, have you done any physical activity at all?"
"Uhh…"
Utaha was at a loss for words.
Now that she thought about it—no, she really hadn't.
Lynn spread his hands. "There's your answer."
"Considering you don't train physically at all, it's already impressive that your other stats increased even a little."
Utaha frowned. "So basically, I'm turning into a glass-cannon mage?"
Unacceptable!
She had to start working out!
If nothing else, she at least needed to increase her agility.
If she ever encountered an enemy she couldn't defeat, she needed to be able to run away!
"Alright! Let's go hunt some cursed spirits and grind experience points!" Utaha, fired up with determination, grabbed Lynn and dragged him outside.
Lynn didn't discourage her enthusiasm.
Even though it was only a tiny amount, he could feel a slight increase in his own magical power from Utaha's blessing update.
For a High-Class Devil like him, it was barely a drop in the ocean.
But small gains added up over time.
And once he had more servants, if each of them improved even a little, it would mean huge benefits for him.
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Late Night – A Certain Dark Alley
"Lightning!"
"Hey, you need to train your other stats too, you know~"
"D-Damn it!"
"Grimoire Swing!"
Utaha held up her Devil's Grimoire and slammed it into the cursed spirit.
(The Devil's Grimoire: Really? 🙄)
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