Evan D. Sherden, Clenched Fist (5)

Do you like sweets, Evan?

Lady Redine D. Sherden, the first wife of the Marquis, asked Evan sweetly.

With her black hair and green eyes that seemed to be made of melted emeralds, she looked very beautiful.

For reference, while the other NPCs at her age looked old in the game, the Marquis wife remained to look young. The most prevalent theory was that the graphic designer left, and the developers had no choice but to keep the young appearance because there was no design for an older looking Redine.

Evan thought otherwise and believed there was a secret reason for this.

Its delicious! he remarked. He was spending time with his mother.

Huh, thank goodness. Eat a lot! These cookies were imported from Madoka.

In the past, Evan used to smother his mother every four days, asking for sweets. However, these days, something seemed to change with her child. He only visited her during tea time only once every ten days.

Evan, what are you doing these days? You seem so busy. You dont even have time to see your mother.

Im sorry hehe.

Evan tried to evade the question with a cute laugh. He couldnt say that he was trying to train and survive.

However, compared to the Marquis, Lady Redine was more immune to her sons charm and narrowed her eyes and began to interrogate him further.

I heard that you were staying alone in your room for quite some time.

Ugh Artifact is in the room.

He had an excuse prepared if his cute laugh didnt work! Evan showed the Miraseuls necklace around his neck.

Lady Redine immediately noticed that the green gem at the center of the necklace was faintly shining.

Oh, my goodness Evan, you awakened the artifact! Thats an artifact that no one in our family could handle!

She clapped her hand with amazement.

Its great you awakened it. Explore and observe as youre doing now, youll master it little by little. Well

She knew that the Marquis had given Evan the necklace, but she didnt expect that her child would awaken it.

Its a pleasure to know that her child has a talent, but she couldnt help getting worried for him.

I dont know what artifact it is, can I leave it to Evan? What if its a dangerous artifact? If Evan gets hurt because of mishandling it

She was in agony. However, the necklace still hung on her childs neck, and Evan looked unbothered by it.

It seems that he is handling it well.

Huh!

Eventually, she decided that it would not be very good to take the artifact away from Evan.

In this way, the dangerous artifact that took Evans life at least once in the game stayed with him.

She focused on other news she heard. But Evan, these days you are in the yard. Whats it like to be doing weird gymnastics?

Oh, thats

Another difficult question to answer! Evan again smiled vaguely at the question of his wife. Strange gymnastics, of course, was modern weight training.

At first, he had no choice but to do muscle training without any help, and it was difficult. Now, he has gotten used to it.

Surprisingly, after several days of repetition, his body remembered the movements, and he was able to work more efficiently.

This convinced him that he was a warrior type.

His mother continued with her questions.

In the past, didnt you usually go around the mansion or go out in the city to see the shops? Of course, its a bad time to go out now with the dungeon backflow, but it will be normalized soon.

I am doing good gymnastics for my body. Gymnastics to be healthy!

That means youre going to train yourself physically? But didnt you say before that you will be a great wizard?

Of course, at one point, Evan was focused on becoming a wizard. But once he realized his strengths, its so easy to make a decision.

Thinking about it, he can join the battle between the main character and King Yo-ma if he grows strong enough.

Evan, Evan? Why are your eyes dead? Our cute son is so serious!

Mother, I think people have particular fields where they could excel at. If I try to force myself being a wizard, I feel uncomfortable, I mean, by watching other mages

My nine-year-old son suddenly spoke like an old man!

Evan was embarrassed and quickly sipped at the cup of tea.

The Marquis wife was amazed that her son now liked the taste of black tea.

Evan is acting different, she thought.

Meanwhile, Evan was thinking of other things.

He was thinking about the dozen of endings where Evan was poisoned. There was an ending where he died while taking tea with his fiance. He died on the spot, crying pitifully. It was really miserable.

Project Number Three should start soon, he decided. However, it would take him some time.

First of all, he must complete Project 1! Level up!

Do whatever you want for now, his mother told him. Youll have less time to play next year. You have to enjoy your freedom.

Ah? Evans eyes widened at the words of his mother.

She continued. Aristocratic classes.

Yes, he thought and frowned at himself. How could he have forgotten about it?

When he reaches age 10, Evan, like his older brother Eric, will undergo a reasonable level of education suited for aristocrats. History, language, math, geography, and of course, swordsmanship and magic!

Dont look like that, Evan. After all, youre the second son. You wont have to do as much as your older brother, but it doesnt mean you dont need to help him. You have to learn in order to perform our familys duty.

The familys duty she was referring to was about the dungeon.

Anyone born in the Sheridan family must enter the dungeon periodically to inspect and explore as well as achieve certain goals.

It is based on the spirit of Noblesse Oblige, which states that nobles must understand the dungeons better than anyone else because dungeons are under their management.

I know it very well, he thought.

Evan enters the dungeon at 18 years old and failed miserably. After two years, the main character entered their city, and the story began in earnest at that point, Evan was only capable of reaching the fourth floor! The second son of the Marquis! What a shame.

In the rest of the story, the main character will need Evans help for a quest and builds a friendship with him. Soon, Evan dies!

I know, mother. I will study hard next year.

Okay. So right now, you have to play so much so you wont have any regrets next year. It is important for a child to play.

Yeah!

Evan responded cheerfully to his mother, but his thoughts were far away.

He was planning ahead.

For the remainder of the year, he must master slime training to a level where it would be unnoticed by anyone. He should be able to continue slime training while in class.

After tea time, Evan returned to his room and resumed slime training with his left hand while he held the manual with his right hand.

It contained the overall story of the Yo-Ma Great War 3, the historical events, important artifacts, etc.

He made it with such detail that its quality is valuable enough to be sold.

Reading through the pages he wrote on, Evan realized that this was the sum of the years he devoted to playing the Yo-Ma Great War 3.

He felt a little sad about it, but its not that important now.

As he read through, he thought about starting Project Number 2.

It was inevitably parallel with Project Number 1, as Project 1 was a lifelong exercise to level up.

Lets see, checking in the character category

As he skimmed through the pages that took ten days to fill out, his left hand steadily crushed slimes at his current rate of 7 seconds.

Evans handwriting was too ugly. Fortunately, no one gets to see this manual except him.

Okay, this is it. The list of the scariest characters.

Evan stopped at a page titled Most Important.

There should be an appearance of one of the main characters around this time Venom Spear? No Blood Witch? Shes very pretty and very strong, but I wouldnt want to know what shes doing now, and shes scary in the first place dont want to meet her Yes! I found it!

In Yo-Ma Great War 3, there were a few strong characters that were almost invincible with regard to power. Evan, a maniac when it comes to the game, remembers this information clearly. No one else could have done it.

[Silent K/Night Although he is the same age as Evan, he is among the strongest of the strong and is about a million times more powerful than Evan. His assassination ability was to wield black daggers as he melts in the dark, tearing off monsters necks in a flash the strongest skill of all !]

Evan knew it was childish, but he still fluttered as he read the description.

Awesome! So cool! In particular, K/Night instead of just saying Knight or Night is so cool!

There is something in him that stimulates the sensibility of adolescents sleeping in the hearts of all men He is the coolest character!

If I had been born as Silent K/Night, not Evan, I wouldnt have been killing slimes like this right now

However, Evan quickly reflected on his words. As a player of the Yo-ma Great War, he knew very well that being strong does not mean having a blessed life. Silent K/Night, in particular

But this time, it will be different, Silent K/Night. As Evans fate has changed, so will yours!

He thought about Silent K/Nights history.

Dark skin and black hair. He rarely appeared in the entire series, and he had an unfortunate past, adding to his depressive aesthetic. He is also a character with an overwhelming female base in the series fandom.

He was born in the dungeon city of Sheridan. Once spring, while he was 11 years of age, he lost his parents during the massive dungeon reflux. The orphan was sold in a slave market. Foreign mercenaries bought him for a very low price, and thus started his unfortunate childhood of trouble and getting inside dungeons.

Massive dungeon reflux. It was right now!

The Silent K/Night, the strongest assassin, ranking within the Top 5 of the strongest characters in the Yo-Ma Great War, the coolest character is now in the citys slave market!

I already received my birthday gift This amount can buy anything I want.

Evan D. Sherden, an extra in Yo-Ma Great War, has a higher probability of death than any other character.

However, he is also the second son of the Marquis of a Dungeon City.

Only

That means he had a lot of money! That was the only advantage he had over Silent K/Night!

Just wait for a little. Im coming.

After getting the information he wanted, he covered his manual and took his wallet from the safe.

Then, he yelled out.

Maybell, lets go shopping!

After ten days of training and writing, Evan is now convinced that he is strong enough to survive shopping.

It was the moment Project Number 2 began.

He called the project Bodyguard.