The Newbie Is Too Strong's
232. A Child
The Lalania Empire had been spared from danger although the gripping situation was still temporary in the Melodia Kingdom itself thanks to the demons that had suddenly attacked by exploiting the chaos brought about by the evil necromancer union with the demons the corrupt nobles.
The initial intention of the union of nobles in the Kingdom of Melodia was to utilize the former young Trashio nobleman who was stripped of his noble title and became a fugitive in the Lalania Empire to wreak havoc in the empire by helping to support him through funds then make it as a trigger through a series of political strategies in order to remove the empire from the world map.
The young Trashio had actually been almost successful in carrying out his plan with the help of evil necromancers if not for the existence of the Aura that Luca had asked to keep an eye out for any oddities that occurred at the borders of the Lalania Empire.
Who would have guessed, the demon had suddenly entered in the midst of the chaos. The demons in the Lalania Empire themselves were successfully dealt with, thanks to Luca as well as the existence of Silvia and Agnes near the imperial palace.
As for the Melodia Kingdom itself as the mastermind that provoked the young Trashio, it was unable to do anything about it. The troops they had were completely unable to repel the demon attack that could only be counted on that finger.
They would naturally be embarrassed to ask the adventurers in Gardenia for help ever since they had deliberately been rude to the party formed by Heisel along with several other major guild heads as they tried to investigate a strange dark energy situation was going on in their kingdom.
They are as the saying goes, reaping what you sow.
In the midst of the chaos, Luca is also attacked by a demon named Aeghter. But somehow the demon attack that led to Phineas who changed into the form of Pet Luca, making Luca again reminisce about his parents.
And this is where the young man is today, in the tomb of his parents.
“So here the graves of our two parents yes, Luca?”
Similar to Aura, it seems that Phineas also has the expertise to manifest himself into a hologram form in the real world. A cute mini-human skeleton was talking to Luca. Not only did his body shrink, it seemed that Phineas's voice had turned closer to the sound of children who sounded very cute since the change in form.
“True, Brother Phineas.”
Luca answers Phineas's question briefly.
Beyond their expectations, suddenly there was the sound of rustling grass in the previously silent tomb. Luca then looked towards the source of the voice. Apparently, there had been a young man who looked older than him approaching Luca.
“Yo, visiting the graves of your parents?”
“Waaaah! You are..”
Luca was surprised, about the figure he saw was a young man he had seen before in an unusual meeting.
“You were scout that time! Right?”
“Hmm. If you remember, it's true. I had a chance to play amateur e-sport vrmmorpg with the Cenderawasih High School club against the Senior team last year.”
“Then why did you suddenly disappear and never show up again? Who the hell are you? If you are that good, you should be a tough opponent.”
Hearing Luca's words that indirectly praised him, the figure of the young man laughed happily.
“Hahahaha. I'm glad that Senior Luca praised me highly. But unfortunately, I'm not interested in all sorts of things like that. Ah, don't misunderstand me, Senior. I also really enjoy vrmmorpg e-sport sports, only I like it as an observer actually.”
Hearing the reply that seemed to demean what he liked, Luca's expression shriveled. Luca with a bit of roughness then snapped,
“Lantas why you played last year and even as great as that if you don't like vrmmorpg e-sports?!”
“Where do I know that?! That you should have answered. Why do you keep calling me Senior. Wherever you look, you are older than me!”
But rather than answering Luca's question, the young man's figure simply laughed at him.
“Hahahahaha. Why yes?”
A moment later, as if reminded by something, Luca's expression turned complicated. He suddenly grew increasingly wary of the suspicious figure of the young man before him.
“Seeing from your game as such a reliable scout, are you not the same as me? Are you not a subordinate of Aunt Satan?”
Aunty Satan is a famous nickname possessed by Deborah Briar within her own scout guild. Luca knew about it because he had known him for a long time and had visited his guild frequently since Heisel and Deborah were very familiar. But as long as his knowledge spied on information in the real world, none of the players, including the scout player himself knew of Deborah's nickname.
Yes, Luca suspects that the young man before him is also an NPC stranded in the real world just like him. Therefore, he tried to glare without having to reveal the secret explicitly.
However, an unexpected answer came out of the young man's mouth.
“Don't Senior suspect that I'm the same as Senior is from Gardenia huh? That's why Senior asked me about Deborah Briar's title which should only be known by scout NPCs. But unfortunately Senior was mistaken. I'm not from Gardenia. I was born in this place, on the real earth.”
“Part me this isn't scout. I just happened to pick a scout class back then because my original class wasn't available, so I chose the class closest to her. I'm a mechaman.”
Luca's mouth was gaping to hear the young man's explanation. Forgetting his confession that he was not an NPC, but he himself understood in detail what Luca meant was a shocking piece of information.
He's definitely not an ordinary person. She learns of Luca's secret that only Judith and her older sister, Granny Millie, have known about it.
“You know all my secrets? Including that I'm an NPC? Who are you exactly?”
To Luca's serious question, the young man remained in his playful tone,
“I told you, I'm a mechaman.”
“I asked who are you?! I only came to this real world last year so I should still be well acquainted with everyone I've interacted with!”
“And among them all, I am sure that I never knew you. Moreover you claim to be my junior?! When did I have a close relationship with a junior other than Akrea in this real world?! Unless... unless you have actually met me in the guild Aunt Deborah!”
The young man simply avoided the question. He said softly.
“Senior wrong. Senior is not an NPC, let alone a doppelganger.”
Not only Luca this time, Phineas who had been hiding, suddenly appeared and showed strong hostility to the person in front of Luca.
“What do you mean?”
“If the world restoration occurs many times in the dimensional gap every Luca born, since Senior was born original from ‘kusu viscous’ belongs to Senior Father and ‘telur’ belongs to Senior Mother, since Senior was born, how could Senior possibly be said to be a fake human, wouldn't he?”
Against the astonishing statement of the young man, Luca also gaped in disbelief at what indecent words he had just heard.