Jobless Reincarnation: Sword, Magic Hat and Romance System

Chapter 48 Beneath the Fireworks, in the Eyes, Above the Heartbeat

Rudy sighed silently to himself.

But Allen's subsequent response made it impossible for him to continue pretending to be childish and venting his resentment.

From Allen's expression, it's clear that he's truly certain he'll see Loki again in the future, so the answer is obvious.

"This guy really plans to find Loki in the future, and even travel the world with her as adventurers."

"To be honest, although I've said similar things, deep down I wasn't really prepared to travel the world with Luo Qixi. From that perspective, it's perfectly reasonable for Luo Qixi to treat Allen differently."

"That's probably his personal charm. He likes to say nice things, but they always sound surprisingly pleasant. If I were a young girl, I probably would have fallen in love at first sight."

"When will I be able to talk so coolly and rave about girls like that? He's the kind of guy you can't help but envy but can't bring yourself to hate."

Rudy scratched his head helplessly and looked at the three of them in a tone that sounded like he was addressing children.

"Come on over, everyone. The teacher is leaving tomorrow, and I think setting off fireworks would create a nice atmosphere."

Rudy's house had large windows. Several people stood side by side in front of the windowsill. Rudy used wind magic to protect the walls while reaching out to summon a huge fireball outside the window. The fireball seemed to contain wind magic as well, and it spun rapidly in his hand. Under the scorching light of the flames, Rudy's expression gradually softened.

"Look at the sky, don't blink!"

With a loud bang, the fireball spell shot high into the sky from Rudy's hand, followed by a barrage of fireballs that followed one after another in front of his hand, like a machine gun.

The fireball gradually rose and disappeared from everyone's sight. Loki and Hilfi blinked in confusion, about to turn around and see Rudy and Allen's expressions to ask them what they were up to.

Just then, Rudy smiled as he looked at the night sky.

"Bang!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the fireballs that were shot out seemed to respond to the call of the future Sorcerer King, exploding rapidly and densely in the air!

A series of dazzling streaks of fire shot into the sky, igniting the night.

The firelight illuminated Rudy, Sylphie, and Allen's eyes.

Allen squinted, seemingly quite pleased, and clapped at the opportune moment.

"That's so cool, Rudy, that's the magic of magic."

Upon hearing this, Rudy wiped his nose but didn't say anything. He just looked up at the fireworks exploding in the sky and chuckled.

The wind swirled around everyone's faces, and the light and shadow flickered.

Luo Qixi did not watch the fireworks.

In the ripples of her deep blue eyes, Allen, with a childlike expression, was resting his chin on his hand, looking up at the sky with a smile in his eyes.

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Allen wasn't watching the fireworks either.

Before the fireworks, a hazy cloud of smoke appeared in front of my face.

[The road to gaining favor is not over yet; you have further gained the favor of Loki, Rudeus, and Sylphie.]

[Participation rating for the Jobless Rebirth event has increased.]

[Current stage: Early childhood; Cumulative participation score: 70 points.]

[Please keep up the good work. At this rate, you can definitely get the full bonus.]

"Extra reward. I almost forgot about it if you hadn't mentioned it. The previous hints didn't explain it in detail either, so what exactly is the extra reward?"

Don't you think the anticipation of an unknown surprise is even greater?

Allen pursed his lips.

"No, why are you being so mysterious? Is this reward legitimate? It can't be some kind of common trope in eroge where you get a magical bonus after you 'push' someone to a certain level of affection, right? But thinking about it this way, it's kind of interesting... Wait a minute, does that mean I have to push Paul first? After all, he's the first person in this family to have feelings for me, isn't he?"

If this is the host's wish, then I can only wish you happiness.

What exactly is the reward, Grass?

[Jobless Major Events Character Location Search.]

Allen was stunned, his face gradually becoming blank.

"Location retrieval? A clairvoyant system? Satellite positioning? Does this mean I can get real-time location information for other people after the Great Relocation?"

【Yes. 】

How do I use it?

[How to use: The system searches and projects a world map of the jobless world, displaying the target location with an accuracy of up to 100 meters in radius.]

[Target audience: Characters from whom the host has previously obtained points.]

[Usage frequency: Once a week/per person.]

A look of surprise lit up Allen's eyes. This system reward was incredibly generous, largely solving his problem of finding it difficult to participate in unrelated events after the Great Transfer. The timing of various events after the Great Transfer in the original work was not precise enough. If location retrieval was added, it would be possible to determine Rudy's current stage in the novel's plot based on his location, thus giving Allen a chance to participate.

That's right, he didn't intend to risk getting himself involved in the Great Transfer event. If something went wrong and he was thrown into the sea or high in the sky, he could just call it GG.

[Please keep trying, host. It's a pity, there might still be a chance to gain points from Mrs. Somar.]

".roll."

【Oh. 】

Although Allen kept yelling "Get out!", he was actually quite happy. At the current pace, getting 100 points was entirely possible. There was still more than a year until the end of his childhood, enough time for him to rack up points at Paul's house.

"There's another affair incident coming up. If handled well, that should earn a lot of points. Currently, it seems the way to gain points is by influencing the characters' behavior. Although the system keeps jokingly talking about 'affection points,' in reality, the scattered points I've gained so far are all due to facilitating actions that these characters wouldn't have taken in the original Mushoku timeline."

"Looking at it this way, it seems like the system is encouraging me to manipulate the butterfly effect, deliberately increasing the difficulty of the major events it's giving me? Relying on the future vision I've read in novels is safer, but it won't allow me to quickly gain points. Manipulating the butterfly effect will have some impact on my future vision, but it will allow me to gain points quickly."

"That's right. Currently, actions with a smaller butterfly effect result in fewer points: for example, Paul's actions in searching for me, and Hilfi and Rudy's early acquaintance, Rudy putting his underwear in the shrine beforehand, etc. The most points I've gained so far was from the chance encounter with Loki, which had a larger butterfly effect, directly causing a significant change in the plot, and Loki returned, reconnecting with Rudy's family."

As Allen thought this, he felt a burning gaze.

He blinked, shifting his gaze from the fading fireworks to his side.

Luo Qixi happened to turn her head and look at the night sky, which had already burned into dark embers.

Allen scratched his head instinctively.

In his pupils, Luo Qixi turned her head, causing the stray hairs on her forehead to bounce in the air and land right in front of her blue pupils before jumping into the deep blue lake.

(End of this chapter)