Divine Luck: SSS-Rank Battle Maid Harem-Chapter 408: Clue

Zoe took her blankets and pillows and curled up in a new nest on the floor in a corner of the room while Zach enjoyed what was left of the snacks his maids had prepared for him. He thought about what Zoe had said and about how to go about asking the principal and the others for a few minutes before deciding it didn’t matter much.

He could just ask the principal and Ursula about it when he saw them.

Zach glanced at Yanael’s reflection on the shiny surface of his teacup.

For now, there was something more pressing to do. A lot had happened since he last checked on his summoning interface, after all.

[Zacharia Evandiel - Troublemaker | Savior of the Underworld]

[Level 39 Master Summoner]

[Innate Skill: Divine Luck]

[Contract Skills: Blessed Defense | Material Extraction | Transcension | Eyes of Truth]

[Contracts: Yanael | Alzara roi Kalam | Soara | Mandra]

[Yanael – SS-Rank Archangel *Battle Maid Variant]

[Alzara roi Kalam – SS-Rank Desert Witch *Battle Maid Variant]

[Soara – SS-Rank Deity of Death and Transcendence *Battle Maid Variant (SSS) (Incomplete)]

[Mandra – SSS-Rank Archon *Battle Maid Variant]

[Titles: 2]

There were simultaneously more and fewer changes than Zach had expected. He knew not much had actually changed since it had only been a couple of months at most since he summoned Mandra. But it felt like a lot would have changed, even if the only thing he knew was Yanael’s evolution.

Still, the title was more than he had expected. It also sounded like a pretty good title. It didn’t have the same negative connotations that Troublemaker did. But Zach was still a little surprised he got a title for doing what he did. He had killed a man.

But that had saved the Underworld.

’I guess it’s because of that cornerstone.’ The cornerstone was what made the Underworld so important. By killing Ugor and saving the cornerstone, he did a great deed.

’I wonder if the others also got it.’ Zach considered getting up and leaving his room to ask them, but he didn’t feel like it. He was lethargic and tired so he remained seated and just enjoyed the warmth coming from the teacup in his hands while he relaxed.

For the first time since waking up, he took a moment to embrace and enjoy the fact that they were done at the Academy. They didn’t need to stress over their grades and the Underworld anymore. From now on, the only thing he had to worry about was whatever he chose to worry about.

And right now, Zach chose to worry about absolutely nothing.

Then, there was a knock on his door.

"Zacharia? Is it alright to be casual when you’re no longer a student?" The voice from the other side of the door called out and asked.

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Zach’s eyebrows drew closer to each other in a slight frown before he sighed and gestured for Nora to open the door and let the instructor in.

"You’ve taught me a lot, Instructor Drupesh. Feel free to be as casual as you deem appropriate."

"Perfect." Without putting up a front, Instructor Drupesh sat down opposite Zach and took the last cookie before looking over the table for a teacup she could use.

"What can I do for you, Instructor Drupesh?" Zach asked, wanting to settle this before the short instructor pitched a tent in his living room.

Drupesh’s hand froze and she cleared her throat as she gathered herself.

"You remember that yellow brick you bri—gave me?"

"Yes."

"First of all, thank you for that. Secondly, do you know where it came from?"

"The Labyrinth of Syst."

Drupesh’s eyes narrowed.

"Inside the Labyrinth, I presume?"

"Yeah."

"Hmm."

"I refined it with my skill if that’s what you’re thinking about."

Drupesh shook her head.

"No, that much I could tell. No matter how much you refine it, it doesn’t change the base makeup of the stone. If anything it enhances it, and that’s what has me confused. This brick…" Drupesh took out a piece of yellow stone and held it up in front of her.

"...Is like nothing I’ve ever seen."

"In a good way?" Zach asked, a little too tired to be entertaining this stone lover.

"In a weird way. I can’t say whether it’s good or bad until I know why."

"Okay…?"

Drupesh could tell that Zach didn’t have a bottomless well of patience to sit on. She couldn’t drag it on or slip into her thoughts for however long she liked right now.

"What I mean when I say that it’s like nothing I’ve ever seen, I mean that it’s like nothing from this…continent," was the word she settled for.

"It doesn’t fit with the rest of the materials."

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"Let’s say all the materials and stones I am familiar with are like students from this Academy. I can recognize someone who’s been a student even if I haven’t seen them during my or their time here or taught them personally just by the way they are.

"This stone would be like a student from an entirely different Academy."

"Your point being?"

"...Uhh, nothing special, I guess. It’s just that the nature of this stone and this discovery is an important clue to the real nature of Labyrinths. This might have taken the academic world one step closer to uncovering the truth of the Labyrinths!" Drupesh grew more excited the more she talked.

Zach’s eyes widened slightly, and he nodded. But he glanced at Soara.

If he wanted to know more about the truth of the Labyrinths, couldn’t he ask Soara? It would probably be a lot of restricted information, but with two titles, level 39, and all the ranks of his familiars, he should be sitting on a decent pile of authority by now.

"I see. Thanks for telling me about it, Instructor. Have you tried comparing it to the materials from Jira?"

"I have compared it to a few treasures from Jira but not materials of the Labyrinth itself. I am planning on heading there next break if possible. But who knows?"

Zach found the finale of Drupesh’s words ominous but he didn’t pay that hunch any mind and had Nora see her out while he returned to bed.