Mob, if I were a high school student, could I be an adventurer, too, Leah?

― ― It was, by analogy, similar to a dream of a slumber.

The path of myriad possibilities stretching forward with me in the darkness. And countless windows (visions) floating along the way.

The path of approaching possibilities is thick, and the vision is clear. However, the path of distant possibilities is narrow, and the vision is hard to see. Anyway, there was even something out of the way.

The fact that the road is broken means that I can't grasp that possibility right now.

The path of possibility was certainly connected when I saw it the other day, and on the contrary, there were some that were connected today.

It meant that man's destiny fluctuated depending on the stars of the day.

This is not all we can do with our efforts.

People can't grasp the possibility of a broken path no matter how they scratch their feet, and it's up to 'luck' whether or not they can walk that path, even though it may be connected.

But now I was able to attract the best results by looking at the possible path, and even connect the broken path by consuming "luck" and filling the hole.

However, it never makes everything right.

The amount of "luck" that each person has is well known. If you avoid pain and choose your own path from one that is easy to one that is easy, 'luck' will soon be at the bottom, and you can't walk 'the possibility of not being' in the first place.

Simply put, no matter how much luck I consume, I can't be the next emperor.

And...

……………………

I glanced at the farthest road.

However, no matter how distracted I was, I couldn't see the future for more than a certain amount of time.

Basically, the more likely it is, the more branched and unstable it becomes.

Therefore, I know that the farther ahead, the harder the prospect will be, but I am concerned that it has been completely covered in darkness for several months.

At first, I thought it was the limit of my power to see my future, but I realized it was different after trying this power several times.

For example, if I could see up to a week ahead, it would be strange not to see the future after a day.

But this darkness does not fade away over time, but rather approaches day by day.

I wonder if this means "my death"...

That's what I thought. I consulted with Lotus, but if she dies, the possibility is clearly visible, so it seems different.

Now, what is this darkness...?

I tried to look further into the darkness.

----Zukin!

"... * giggle *!

So I was hit by a severe headache and lost control of my abilities.

A feeling of rapidly rising consciousness.

Ha! When I opened my eyes, it was on my bedroom bed.

From the open window, you can hear the sound of semi suddenly.

I was scratching my whole body with sweat, and my T-shirt was getting heavy like I was getting water from my head.

When you wake up a heavy body, something hot is transmitted through your nose on the wipe. When I hurried to make dishes with my hands, the potatoes and red things dripped off.

Oh no! I'm bleeding again!

"Hora."

So, the box of tissues is served smoothly.

"Oh, thank you!

First, I took some tissues from there and put them on my nose, and then I looked at the Lord of Hands, and there was a black-haired girl wearing a t-shirt and cargo pants that didn't fit the size of a man, sitting on a chair in one hand of a cartoon.

A doll-shaped girl looks at me with her eyebrows stunned.

"... at all, do you need to bleed your nose every day?

I replied to her with my eyebrows slightly in between.

"I can't help it. The ability of this" Perfect Link "is a trump card in times of need. I don't want to train you to use it anytime."

--Perfect link.

That's what I decided to call this new power awakened in the battle between the wolf and the seven goats.

This Perfect Link is a unique link that I myself discovered that even the Master did not know existed.

Maybe it's already been discovered by the militia and has a proper name. But since the information hasn't come down to the Adventurer, I have no choice but to name myself the Discoverer.

Links discovered and developed by these adventurers themselves are called "personal (personal) links."

Most of the personal links are said to have already been discovered by the military, but some are said to be sleeping with undetected objects even in the country.

For this reason, personal links were a trump card for adventurers who could use them, and this "perfect link" actually had the power to call it that.

But....

"Do you really understand? That blood isn't just bleeding. Potions and healing magic mean it's a load on the soul itself...."

Lotus peeks into my face with her hands on her hips. Besides, I slipped out of sight and silenced.

This perfect link is a trump card for me, but there is also a corresponding risk to its power.

Perfect Links are links that cross the walls of commonly known synchro link limits (99% synchro rate) and completely overlap cards and souls.

This makes it possible to unlock potential abilities not even known to the card itself, but on the other hand places a great burden on the Master's soul.

A fragile human soul can't stand to touch spiritually superior souls called gods or demons.

As a result, every time I used Perfect Link, my Master's soul was gradually damaged and gradually absorbed by the card, and I was in danger of eventually becoming a living corpse.

"... yet, the results of the practice are still coming out. Perfect Links have increased in duration, and you know what you're capable of. Besides, the soul wound is healed by the rain of Amrita. Isn't it?"

Over the past month, I've been practicing Perfect Links like every day, and I'm beginning to see things like the essence of Lotus's abilities.

The abilities related to the luck of lotus flowers are broadly divided into three.

The first ability is a constant 'increase in luck'.

With the protection of Lotus, I can always live in a slightly positive state, even if people's luck and misfortune are balanced with plus or minus zero in the long run. This gives me a higher drop rate than any other adventurer, no matter what I do.

The second ability is' Savings of Luck '.

By daring to suppress the luck that was supposed to happen, you can make great luck. This allows you to save up your little daily luck, save it up... and unleash it all at once to attract great luck, which can also be called a miracle. Alternatively, you could say that you did not suffer great misfortune by doing away with luck.

There are no disadvantages to these two capabilities. Because it is like the protection of Lotus, the god of blessings.

But....

"The risk is not just the wound to the soul. Rather, causal distortion is the problem."

The third ability - 'manipulation of destiny'. This was a double-edged sword, unlike the two abilities of the risk-free former.

This ability, which is only available when using Perfect Links, further sharpens the second ability.

Luck saved in the second ability is an extremely vague positive energy, and the result is completely random. It can be whether you win a lottery or meet someone of your destiny, or worst of all, just one hundred consecutive ice strikes.

The third ability can give direction to this energy of random good fortune.

I used to dive into the same labyrinth for months to get a female Lycan Slope, and keep on playing the male Lycan Slope.

But now I can attract clams in one shot by accumulating good luck and then challenging it.

By investing the resources of luck in the results you want, you can grasp the best future for nothing.

In addition, as a by-product, I have a very limited but glimpse into the future. Because if we don't know the results, we won't put resources into it.

The most visible vision is one that only partially cuts off the consequences of your actions, so it doesn't give you a complete picture of the future. However, there were times when the process could be inferred from that vision.

... this ability seems to be all-purpose at first glance, but it certainly carries risks.

That is the distortion of causality and its recoil.

The relationship between luck and bad luck is similar to a chair pickup game.

When someone sits in a lucky seat, someone who can't always sit in the seat comes out.

Because lucky seats for everyone are no longer lucky.

Luck is achieved by the presence of an unfortunate person comparable to it.

Fate manipulation by Lotus's Perfect Link is like taking over or borrowing a seat of fortune. Naturally, the fate of those who emerge from their seats will also change.

For example, if I had a first-class billion-yen lottery, I would have manipulated my destiny and won it.

At this time, those who would have been able to monopolize the first class will be divided by half by half with me.

As a result, the fate of those who would have gotten a billion dollars will change by half a billion minutes.

The bankruptcy of a company that might have been spared if it had been a billion could have gone bankrupt if it had reached 500 million. A billion would have saved my sick child, and 500 million would have ended up without saving him a step further.

Conversely, if you think you've lost half a billion dollars and spend your money carefully, you may not be targeted by malicious things. If you hide that you won the lottery, you may not be hit by your family or friends. A billion might not catch the scam, thanks to 500 million.

In any case, there is no doubt that the path that would have been taken by the person and his or her surroundings would have been distorted.

That is the distortion of causality.

Causal distortion is resolved naturally over time if it is small.

However, when the distortion accumulates continuously by repeated fate manipulations and it exceeds a certain amount, the accumulated distortion returns directly to the person who caused it as a "trial".

Trial... that is, inevitable misfortune.

You can never escape the trials. You can't use the power of luck to undo it. I can't predict and prepare. Completely inevitable.

But on the other hand, trials can also be overcome by the strength of their own will and their stacked efforts.

Yes, just like I fought once with the "Harmeln Whistler"....

And destiny will reward those who overcome the challenge for what they deserve.

That is why I call the recoil of this distortion of causality a test, not merely an unhappiness or a side effect.

... the most terrifying thing about this ability is that you will be able to 'borrow luck'.

Even if it were a miracle that my luck would not attract, it could happen by bringing me the luck that was supposed to happen in the future.

Fate manipulation using accumulated luck also minimizes the distortion of causation, but fate manipulation by "borrowing luck" creates a large distortion of causation.

That's how distorted it is to attract a trial in one shot.

This ability is temptation.

The more you think it would have been better not to use it, the more openly you invite us to the path of self-destruction.

You might think it would be better to seal it by your own will, but it is a creature called a human that can't do it.

For example, if my family and loved ones were destined to die and I could use this ability to save them, would I be able to stay unused...?

If I don't use it from the beginning, I will give up such fate.

But if you abandon it despite having the means to save it, the fact is certainly frustrating.

You shouldn't use it, but you can't help it, a forbidden force...

It was precisely what we should have called the temptation of the devil.

Nevertheless, I didn't actually see this ability as a danger from the bottom of my heart.

Because....

I smile at Lotus.

"- But when it's really bad, you can stop it even if you're tense, right?

Because this ability is part of the lotus flower.

Then I will not be destroyed by this ability.

Even if I see painful eyes, when I'm about to be swallowed by greed, I'm sure she'll pull me over and stop me.

I was so sure.

Then my role was to keep this ability available at all times for emergencies.

"... hah ~"

Lotus sighed deeply when she saw my smile.

It was like when my mother saw a kid squeezing a dollar in a toy store, or when she saw a boyfriend of a low-monthly bandman living with OL... strangely, she sighed like she was narrowing her shoulders.

I wonder why I became such a child. I know I have to be tougher... but I'm going to spoil you in the end. "

Eyes that feel like.

"... no, not now. Better than that, isn't it about time?

Ah, yabe

The words of Lotus returned to me, and when I looked at the watch, it was a critical time to be late or not.

When I hurriedly changed into a uniform, I grabbed a Skaska bag with no textbooks on it and jumped out of the room in a hurry.

Today is July 18th. It was the closing day.