Relic refers to a powerful magical tool representing the power of a mage.
The gemstone 'Tril' was, as its nickna suggests, the relic of Kirku.
Eye of Circus or Kirku's Eye
The reason Tril was given that nickna was because of its unique characteristics.
Interestingly, the gem emitted a red light when a performance was happening in front of it.
The bigger, more extravagant, and grander the performance, the stronger the light beca.
This phenonon wasn't limited to the scale of the performance alone.
The better the acting, the more difficult the acrobatics, the smoother the narrative, the more daring the developnts, and the higher the completeness of the script, the brighter the light shone.
In the past, it is said that this was used in the Circus Grand Prix to select circus troupes to perform on the Wonder Stage.
Perforrs would unfold their acts in front of Tril, and if its brightness exceeded a certain standard, they would advance to the finals.
Even among the finalists, there were records of competitions based on who could shine the gem brighter.
In this way, the nickna "Kirku's Eye" was given to this gem, as it watched over performances through Kirku's perspective.
However, the Eye was lost after the terrorist attack at the 2nd Circus Grand Prix.
The gem ntioned in the article was a newly created one this ti.
Originally, magical tools or relics were typically obtained through deals with the Abyss through rituals.
However, recently, thanks to magic scholars, thods of harnessing a mage's power by combining offerings, symbols, patterns, songs, dances, etc., were being developed.
Originally, abyss faith was situated between the domains of 'adherence to rules' and 'deals.'
It beca more comrcialized thanks to scholars' research.
The article attributes the restoration of Tril at this Circus Grand Prix to the scholars at the Castya Magic Academy.
It was the school where Maya graduated from.
I reviewed the contents of the 3rd main quest again.
*Main Quest – Tril
: It's what you wanted to get your hands on.
Condition for completion
: Consu it after Tril turns completely red.
Reward upon success
: Ability to manipulate 'Unique Trait' without 'Mindification Penalty'
No penalty upon failure
: None.
The quest instructed to consu Tril after it turns 'completely red.'
As ntioned earlier, Tril emitted a red light when a remarkable performance was seen.
However, making it completely red with just one troupe's performance was impossible.
According to the article, even twenty years ago, despite the best troupes of the ti, including the Pandora Magic Show, performing in front of it, the red light didn't even fill half of the gem.
In other words, a larger festival was needed to make Tril completely red.
The world's top circus troupes had to be selected and gathered to showcase the best performances in front of it.
That was the Circus Grand Prix.
Wonderstein's attachnt to this competition was not for any other reason.
It was solely to consu the gem in its brightest state.
I already knew Wonderstein's purpose was this gem.
Tril was the central the of the ga, as indicated by its title.
However, details such as the conditions for emitting the red light or tangled stories were learned from the article.
But no matter how many tis I read the article, I couldn't find out more.
Why does Kirku's Eye have the power to manipulate unique traits?
What's the connection between Debulroots, Wonderstein, and Kirku?
I pondered over this all night, but nothing more ca to mind.
I dismissed concerns about Kirku's Eye.
After all, to see it turn completely red, I had to wait until the finals.
It was a problem that could be thought over gradually.
There were more urgent matters at hand.
It was about the Mindification Penalty.
"Director, it's ti to leave!"
Yurakne poked her head through the crack in the door.
She held onto the door with both hands and tapped it with the remaining four.
"Is it already ti?"
I got up from my seat.
I had spent the night organizing the newly acquired information.
The clock had rung not long ago.
It was still early morning, but it was ti to leave the villa.
It took an hour and a half to ride the carriage to school.
Ella and Maya had to leave now to avoid being late.
Yurakne held out a package to .
"On the way, we have toast and milk to eat, and for the Director… ta-da! I've prepared tea! Even in this cold region, there's special tea!"
She handed a thermos.
I hesitated for a mont before accepting it.
"Thank you."
"Hey, didn't we agree to no thank you for giving you tea."
"Right…."
I put on my cloak and left the room.
She naturally stood by my side.
"Are Ella and Maya ready?"
"They're already downstairs waiting. But Maya was a bit much. She was about to go with her hair all ssy as soon as she got up, you know? So I held her and tied her hair myself and even helped wash her face. If I let her go like that, the Director could get angry. It's like leaving such a pretty girl unattended."
I walked with Yurakne and cautiously observed her profile.
There was a slightly tired look on her face.
She had been busy since early morning preparing als for the mbers, checking on the children's attendance, and taking care of my needs.
No, not just today.
She was always the busiest person in the circus after Ella.
If Ella led the circus on stage, she supported the circus offstage.
"I'm sorry. Yurakne, you always work so hard."
"Huh? Uh, yeah? Oh, you suddenly say that, it's embarrassing. I like what I do. It's my greed, you know. Hehe, but it feels good when you say that."
She smiled brightly and said, "It's good," but I found it hard to take her words at face value.
Because I had checked her Mindification yesterday.
I looked at the reward item for the third main quest.
This, too, hinted at sothing important.
I need Kirku's Eyes to manipulate 'unique traits' without 'mindification penalties.'
Conversely, it ant this.
Attempting to manipulate unique traits without Kirku's Eyes results in a mindification penalty.
I suddenly rembered a conversation I had with her about a month ago during the entrance exam.
No, it's not that I don't believe in the abilities of the Director! But… I just… think it's okay to stay as I am.
Are you feeling well now, Yurakne?
Oh, no. I want to be as ordinary as possible… But if there are side effects to the treatnt…
Side effects?
At that mont, she seed to know sothing.
I tried to inquire about the aning of her words, but missed the opportunity as Allen and Jo entered the exam room causing a commotion.
But now I guessed what she was trying to say.
Mindification.
She knew about it.
She was aware that it was a penalty for attempting to manipulate unique traits.
So she was skeptical of my suggestion to try treatnt.
I checked the mber managent window.
Her mindification progress was 22%.
The following clues pointed to one fact.
She had once tried to eliminate her unique traits.
And when it failed, she experienced the side effects, naly, mindification.
Spider lady.
When I saw her appearance in the ga, I could vaguely understand the aning of the words 'Eros and Thanatos' without even reading the explanation.
She kidnapped n, imprisoned them in a cave, copulated with them, and then devoured them.
She expressed her desire to chew up and eat Wonderstein's head while claiming to love him.
She embodied the typical image of a black widow spider.
I read the description of her penalty:
Trait: Mindification Penalty – Eros and Thanatos
Target: Yurakne
Effect: Confusion in distinguishing Eros and Thanatos emotions.
I rembered reading a contemplative blog post about spiders once. It said that if Eros emotions are love and birth, Thanatos emotions are destruction and death. The impulse for a female spider to kill and consu a male occurs when copulation reaches its climax. In other words, when Eros emotions peak, they are replaced by Thanatos emotions.
The mindification penalty that applied to Yurakne worked like that.
It suited her nickna, the Spider Lady.
But did she ever show symptoms of mindification?
That was hard to judge.
Because it worked within her mind.
But one old question I had about her ca to mind.
It was about what happened in the Aksville Market.
At that ti, except for Ella, all the mbers were afraid of .
But she approached with just a favorability rating of 3.
Although trembling with fear, we peeled potatoes together and went shopping together.
Ella overca her fear with hatred, but she had none of that. It didn't match the level of favour she showed with the favorability rating displayed by the system.
At that ti, I was in a position where I was being ostracized by all the mbers, so I was just grateful that she approached .
But looking back, it was strange.
Why could she have a favorable impression of ?
At that ti, I didn't know, but now I had one hypothesis to offer.
Mindification Penalty – Eros and Thanatos.
It said it made it difficult to distinguish between Eros and Thanatos emotions.
In other words, at that ti, she was right to fear .
But when we faced each other that night, the fear of reached its peak and was replaced by favorability.
It was the opposite of what happened.
"Director?"
Yurakne looked back at .
Lost in thought, I stopped in front of the stairs.
"What are you thinking about?"
She giggled.
With her brown skin and purple hair tied up with a hairpin, her loose top couldn't hide her curvaceous figure.
Her curious expression as she looked up at gave off a cute vibe for a woman in her mid-twenties. But beneath that, the scent of ripe womanhood emanating from her body and the occasional whiff of sticky fat reminded of the ripe scent of a woman.
She, who would have been loved wherever she went if she had been born normal, suffered the tragedy of losing her husband due to her appearance as a result of Wonderstein, an evil guy, and eventually beca a monster and t a miserable end.
I rembered her crying out for help as she died, begging to Wonderstein.
At that ti, she was just an image of a villainess obsessed with a psychopathic villain…
I felt deep sympathy for her.
"…No. Nothing."
Under the stairs, Ella and Maya, wearing uniforms, were waiting.
During that ti, Yurakne ran over and tidied up Maya's ssy hair.
The Eye of Circus or Kirku's Eye.
It was only after the beginning of the main quest, the Circus Grand Prix, that it started to glow completely red.
In other words, it was after completing the main quest "Circus Grand Prix" and during the main quest "Prelude."
There were no other main quests to solve besides those two main quests.
Kirku never asked for the impossible.
It could be done.
"Director!"
Yurakne called out to as she pushed the two into the carriage.
She pointed to the empty seat beside her.
A normal body.
There was no other gift to give to the companions with whom I would spend the next two years.
I got on the carriage, following the group, with a new goal in mind.
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