Veronica Pera.
The jewel of the Holy Cathedral, the shoo-in for the next Saintess, and an extraordinarily talented Grand Healer.
In his past life in the game 《Dawn》, she was also the featured character of an entire major version, “Cathedral Rebellion,” which the developers spent massive effort crafting.
Her exquisite character art once had countless netizens screaming “Waifu!”, and there was even a classic quote floating around: “Veronica is a woman who could become a mother to me!”
At this moment, this “mother”-tier blonde beauty was standing on a chair, looking down on Lynn from above.
【Name: Veronica】
【Magic Power: 4.0 (Tier 4 Mage!)】
【Physique: 2.9】
【Charm: 3.0】
【Possessed Traits:】
【Saintess of Salvation (Gold): You intuitively master chantless healing and dispelling spells without a teacher; the effect of healing spells is increased by 400%.】
【Aria (Gold): You can bless yourself with the power of faith, providing a boost to your magic of up to 300%.】
【Potion Expert (Purple): You have extremely deep attainments in potions.】
【Sword and Staff Mastery (Purple)】【Body of the Goddess of Beauty (Purple)】【Herb Identification (Blue)】...
At a glance, she was absolutely top-tier, and an incredibly precious super healer!
Hadn't anyone ever heard the saying: supports are forever, while DPS units come and go?
As for Lisa standing nearby... well, appraised as a blue card, average versatility, lacking utility, not worth worrying about.
‘Oh no, why is my brain suddenly being controlled by gacha terminology.’
But...
Sorry, Lilian.
Veronica is just too tempting.
Healing magic was already a one-in-a-ten-thousand rare talent, let alone the feather-in-a-phoenix chantless casting.
She even had a guaranteed +400% boost to her healing output!
Although healing spells required massive amounts of magic power to cast, magic power was the one thing Lynn currently did not lack!
He looked down at his own traits.
【Favor of the Sinfire Witch (Gold): Your magic capacity and recovery speed far exceed ordinary people. At the same time, your efficiency in practicing fire spells is increased by 1000%, and the power of the fire spells you cast is increased by 100%.】
Ever since he poached this trait from Lilian, Lynn had never experienced what it felt like to run out of magic power.
What did it mean for consumption to be slower than recovery?
And if he combined 【Favor of the Sinfire Witch】 with 【Saintess of Salvation】...
Lynn's breath caught in his throat.
Wouldn't that make him a self-healing perpetual motion machine that could never be killed?
Although in his past life, Lynn had hated nothing more than those annoying bosses with ridiculous health-regen and revival mechanics, if he could join their ranks himself...
—‘How could that be the same?’
I say HP tanks are the way to go, who's with me? (serious face)
【The host has obtained a draw opportunity. Would you like to use it?】
Thinking of this, he shouted in his mind without hesitation.
‘System, draw!’
‘Ding~ Drawing in progress—’
Lynn rubbed his hands together in excitement.
The dozen or so traits turned into a roulette wheel. The spinning pointer slowly decelerated, passing through the areas he was eagerly anticipating.
《If I draw Saintess of Salvation, it's an absolute win!》
The pointer swept past this slot without stopping for even a second.
《I'm telling you, Aria is the real god-tier trait, okay?》
The pointer kept going.
《Sword and Staff Mastery is also super awesome!》
Still...
《Even Potion Expert is acceptable...》
St...
The pointer wobbled and finally stopped, right before Lynn's utterly dead eyes.
《What the fuck is Body of the Goddess of Beauty?!》
【Congratulations to the host for obtaining the trait: Body of the Goddess of Beauty】
【System detected that the host possesses Ladies' Charmer (Purple). Initiating automatic fusion—Fusion complete.】
【Trait transformed -> Apex Cao Cao (Gold): You have a 200% attraction rate toward females of both human and non-human races who are over the age of 18.】
【Evaluation: You are a born incubus. Your charm is irresistible even to young maidens who are 18 years and 500 months old.】
It's over... It's all over...
My Aria, my Saintess of Salvation, my Tier 0 dream...
Lynn's eyes went dark.
“Perhaps this is the fate of us unlucky players...”
“What do you mean by 'unlucky'? Hey, you bastard, I'm talking to you!”
“Are you ignoring me?!?”
Veronica reached out with her right hand and grabbed Lynn's collar, her beautiful eyes staring at the boy she hadn't seen in a long time.
His slightly messy bangs partially obscured his slender phoenix eyes, and below his high-bridged nose were soft, warm lips.
His collar was slightly open, revealing his pale collarbones.
Strange... Why did it feel like this guy had suddenly... become a bit more charming?
Her eyes, which had been staring straight at Lynn, couldn't help but dart away, and even her tone weakened by a fraction.
But in the next second, the boy who looked as if he were sculpted by the goddess of beauty smiled and spoke, shattering all of her illusions.
“First of all, my name isn't 'Hey'.”
“Second, you little shorty... you're late.”
Veronica's romantic mood instantly evaporated.
Such a handsome boy, but why did he have to have a mouth?
“Wait... shorty?” The blonde ball of fluff immediately bristled as she noticed his insult.
“You... rude, uncouth barbarian, lecher, muscle-brain! You haven't changed a bit after all these years!”
She gritted her pearly teeth and stamped her foot hard.
With a loud creak, the antique oak chair belonging to the Adventurers' Association snapped in two, peacefully bringing its long, weathered life to an end.
“Eh, eh, eh...?”
Veronica, who was standing on it, was instantly dumbfounded, flailing her arms and legs in a panic.
Amidst Lisa's cry of alarm, she fell flat on her face with a loud duang~.
Lynn twitched his lips awkwardly. “...There's really no need to perform such a grand gesture of respect.”
“Ouch, ouch, ouch...” She squinted her eyes, her pretty face puffed up like a pufferfish in anger.
She clutched her head and tried to get up, only to see Lynn quickly walking over and squatting down in front of her.
At least this guy still had a bit of a conscience. Knowing to come and help her up first thing...
“That's right, I came over immediately to laugh at you!”
Veronica's outstretched hand froze in mid-air. She watched in disbelief as Lynn solemnly pulled out various recording crystals, frantically taking snapshots of the Saintess in her pathetic state.
【Emotion Points +400】
“Yes, yes, exactly that expression! Don't move, hold it right there, one, two, three...”
“Cheese!~”
The girl's petite body trembled slightly. She lowered her head, her hair falling forward, casting her entire face into shadow.
“You... you...”
“What 'you'? You're already crying from frustration~”
“Sob... sob...”
She sniffled loudly.
Wait, she's actually crying?
Lynn's smile faded, and he was about to step forward.
“Take my Rising Dragon Punch, hyah!” Pretending to sob, Veronica instantly erupted, executing a Lushan Rising Dragon Strike with a speed completely at odds with her appearance.
This girl, if that actually hit, isn't she afraid I'd lie on the ground and extort her for medical bills!
While grumbling inwardly, Lynn nimbly dodged the blow.
Then, taking advantage of the moment Veronica's momentum carried her forward, he ducked down and gave her forehead a fierce flick.
The girl, clutching her throbbing forehead, took two steps back. Her wide eyes glared fiercely (?) at Lynn.
Those ruby-like eyes gradually filled with tears.
“Wah—”
She burst into a loud, ungraceful cry.
“You... you meanie! You always bully me...”
“You... you clearly did such awful things to me back then...”
Seeing that more and more onlookers were gathering, some even starting to condemn Lynn.
“Hey, young man, playing with a girl's feelings and then abandoning her is unacceptable!”
“That's right! Be a man and take some responsibility!”
Fine beads of sweat broke out on Lynn's forehead.
“Young Master~ Lilian is also very curious~”
A soft, sweet voice whispered in his ear as Lilian gently wrapped her arms around Lynn's.
Her slender arms tightened their grip.
Her eyes shone with a terrifyingly “friendly” light as she smiled and said, word by word, “Lilian also wants to know—what exactly were those 'awful' things you did?”
“...Let's find a quieter place to talk.”
Lynn pointed at the growing crowd. “Unless you want tomorrow's morning headlines to be: 《Shocking! The Untold Story of the Saintess and the Reinhardt Heir》.”
Rate on N.U.
