The magic cards I made are absolutely flawless!

Dekan: "Actually, he is you."

Chloeux: "???"

It took Chloeux a while, staring wide-eyed, to gradually understand the literal meaning of Dekan.

According to common sense...

In the world of film, there are characters that you have personally seen, talked to, and interacted with.

They would never even consider the possibility that "he was their past life".

Even though Lenn's appearance does resemble Chloeux's somewhat... Chloeux could only wonder if Lenn was her ancestor.

For Chloeux, Lenn was simply too dazzling.

He was cursed from a young age and had an inferiority complex. He was useless in the Shadow World and later suffered from the insults and blame of his classmates. He never thought that a great hero like Lenn, who was admired by the Holy Kingdom, would have anything to do with him.

But he looked at Dekan's serious and affirmative eyes.

Then I recalled all the past events in the previous movie world.

And later, in the present world, there was the void gate that he opened, leading to the Holy Kingdom.

The answer seemed to be becoming clearer and clearer.

He had simply kept himself from considering the possibility that he was Lenn.

"Was my past life really... that of Lenn, who became the Holy Emperor?"

Kroix was still somewhat incredulous, staring blankly at Dekan and asking.

"That's right, so whether it's the Holy Kingdom in that era or this one, we are invaluable old friends."

Dekan sighed, feeling that it was wonderful that they had been able to become best friends from the very beginning without any suspicion of each other.

Actually, putting aside their positions, Delois and Lenn got along quite well.

At first glance, they seemed more like sworn enemies than friends.

"But, but I could never have the same unwavering will as Len."

Chloeux, who had once wavered and wanted to give up or drop out of school, felt ashamed.

In his mind, it was impossible for Lenn to do such a thing!

"Let me ask you, what would you do if that spoiled brat Frata, who was always causing you trouble, suddenly decided to cause trouble for Claire one day?"

Dekan asked nonchalantly.

Chloeux thought about it, and it seemed that just imagining the scene made him angrier and angrier.

"Then I might actually come directly to you and ask you what price I need to pay to get you to deal with Frata."

Finally, after a slight hesitation, Chloeux revealed his true, terrifying thoughts.

However, Dekan was not surprised by Chloeux's frankness. He immediately clapped his hands, with an expression that said, "That's right!"

“Actually, Len is also someone who can choose to compromise and back down, just like you. He's just incredibly firm on certain principles. Sometimes, in order to uphold the principles that are truly important to him, he's even willing to make a deal with the devil.”

Dekan shrugged and explained to Chloeux with a helpless expression.

"And if you really push him too far, he's capable of kicking the stove or killing people."

"...You're not still holding a grudge about when you kicked over your stove in the snowy north frontier, are you?"

Chloeux suddenly realized the key point in Dekan's words.

Originally, Dekan was only angry at his ninth-rank father, Lenn, but now that it's confirmed that Chloix is ​​Lenn, the nature of the matter has changed.

"No, no, nobody holds grudges for the next life. If I were to scheme against someone, it would be someone like Morion or Clay, not you, my friend."

Dekan said with absolute certainty and certainty.

"..."

Chloeux looked at Dekan, wanting to say something but feeling like he had a fishbone stuck in his throat.

Dekan probably never intended to screw himself over.

But it seems I've already been dragged into this mess twice by Dekan.

On the contrary, Morion and Clay, whom Dekan had tricked without any remorse, got away with nothing!

Why don't you just scam me? That way I'll feel more at ease.

Chloeux felt that Dekan's inexplicable confidence was too much of a jerk.

Next time something like that happens... maybe it's better to stay away... we can't let Dekan score another hat trick.

381. Dekan's seventh rank is also quite impressive.

"Speaking of which, I've already prepared a brilliant plan, and if nothing unexpected happens, it will definitely be a great success!"

As soon as the topic of scamming people came up, Dekan immediately became excited and started talking about it happily with Chloeux.

Now everyone around him can understand Dekan's broken Japanese.

Dekan had originally planned to dig a big hole for Mier to amuse himself before going to this ninth-tier shadow world, but he was unexpectedly interrupted by the sudden appearance of the shadow world.

Dekan: "And this time, Clay is doomed too! Although this guy seems to be immune to women, I think I can see his past life connection! Hmph!"

Kroix was immediately struck by what Dekan said.

It can be said that what you fear most has come to pass.

He remained as confident as ever, so confident that it was frightening.

Chloeux: "Hiss, Clay...did you accidentally include him in the plan, or did you do it on purpose?"

Dekan: "It was intentional."

"hiss?!"

Chloeux gasped again, then looked at Dekan meaningfully.

You won't stop until you've completely ruined both of us brothers, right?

After calming down...

"As for Clay... should we consider excluding him from your plans for now?"

Chloeux borrowed a term that Dekan had once used—a term that was both inexplicable and vivid—to subtly and wildly suggest something.

He was practically ready to say, "Don't you even know what's going on?"

Without Clay, you're practically a disaster! Bringing him in would only make things worse!

"Don't worry about it at all! I have a clever plan to deal with that kid Clay, heh."

Dekan closed his eyes dismissively, waved his hand with a cold laugh, and said.

Just like when playing games with Clay, Dekan always wins more than he loses. That's the confidence that playing cards gives Dekan!

It's not so scary if you can see Clay.

Based on all his previous experience, Dekan came to this final conclusion: as long as he could successfully put it into practice even once, he could completely overcome the fear called Clay.

"??!"

Chloeux clenched her teeth and her eyes twitched as she listened.

He felt that someone probably hadn't paid enough tuition fees yet.

Or perhaps Mr. Clay's crash course in comedy hasn't been completed yet.

Seriously, stop now, Akan...

At least don't take me with you next time...

Chloeux grew increasingly fearful, and her mindset gradually changed.

"I'm telling you, trust me, I won't go wrong, next time I definitely will..."

"By the way! Dekan, why are you here?"

As if triggered by PTSD, Chloeux instinctively wanted to avoid the topic, so he quickly interrupted Dekan by asking his most perplexing question.

Dekan was stunned.

It felt like I'd suddenly been silenced.

However, upon closer reflection, the real focus should be on the matter of this ninth-tier shadow world after we return.

"Ah, that's because although I finally achieved the goal of clearing the Shadow World, I also perished together with the enemy. In the end, it was the Goddess's blessing that brought me back to life."

Dekan's mood changed quickly, and he gave Chloeux a concise and clear explanation of the situation.

Anyway, I'll give you all a detailed explanation of the Shadow World event later. I'll tell you all the specifics then!

Chloeux was stunned by Dekan's words, as if he was still very frightened by Dekan's death once, and his eyes became worried.

"Don't worry, Chloex. Not only am I fully resurrected, but look at me, I even reached the seventh rank after clearing the Shadow World!"

Dekan was extremely proud, as if he were showing off that he had become a truly high-level expert.

He's no longer a low-level guy!

The Ninth-Order Shadow World is a trial that even Ninth-Order experts find difficult to overcome. However, through this life-or-death trial, Dekan also achieved an advancement that would normally take more than ten years to reach through ordinary cultivation.

Upon arriving in that starry world, Dekan already felt his mental strength advance by leaps and bounds, indicating that he had already reached the seventh level at that time.

"...By the way, what's the use of advancing your rank?"

Chloeux rested her chin on her hand and thought for a moment before asking.

The Decan panels seem to be pretty much the same no matter what.

Since it has no melee capabilities and no spell attack power, it will still break easily when hit by a strong enemy; the only difference is that its mana bar has become a little longer.

"How can you say that!"

Dekan immediately became a little anxious, not realizing that he was now behaving the same way as when Teacher Cat was asked, "What kind of teacher do you teach?"

As a support, he doesn't rely much on stats, but because he's a higher rank, he can create higher-rank cards!

For example, Delois's final trump card spell!