I Became a Stalker in a Yandere Dating Sim

77 – 77. Ignorance is Bliss

There’s a saying in a joking tone that when you play games or learn something, you should learn by making mistakes.

And there was someone who truly enjoyed being wrong more than anyone else, so they learned by being wrong.

Erin and Camilla, brimming with academic fervor, rushed towards the golden eye covered by Cyan’s silver hair that caught everyone’s attention.

“A rare species?? Is there such a thing??”

“??? I haven’t heard of such a thing even in the tower??”

Were they determined to turn Sielle into a ragged book. Just like the students who found a textbook with unfamiliar contents questioned Sielle.

Sielle, who seemed like she might collapse under the weight of all this questioning, was excited as expected, but perhaps her good nature prevented her from doing so.

“It’s just a feeling! A feeling!!”

She answered without beating around the bush like a commercial airing 5 minutes later.

But would an answer like “just a feeling” satisfy Camilla and Erin who wanted a logical and objective response?

Looking at Sielle like Bonobono telling someone not to ramble on, one could see from the eyes of the two that the answer was far from satisfactory.

To these curious individuals, such an answer was like a fire breaking out in a house.

“…Is it hurting somewhere or something?”

“Or is it because of that light that your magic is reacting strangely?”

As a result, what returned was not scorn but sympathetic and concerned gazes.

Seeing the two genuinely worried about Sielle, Roxer was slightly taken aback.

‘Is it just their concern or have they become detached?’

Despite swallowing admiration rather than awe at their decision to give up listening to Camilla and Erin’s explanations, however.

‘There was a rare species, well, when I played as a tank route in the original work…’

Roxer, who, like Sielle, had learned by making mistakes here, nodded his head, recalling the original work.

In the case of a tank, you either take or deflect the opponent’s attacks, and the method varies depending on attributes or types.

In other words, it is advantageous to understand all of the opponent’s attacks, and the opponent’s characteristics are contained in their attacks.

Thanks to this, tanks learn and master the opponent’s characteristics while taking hits, and those who grow into outstanding tanks are not just those who block attacks.

Like Sielle, those with exceptional intuition become maestros who can roughly grasp the opponent’s characteristics or base just by looking at and feeling the opponent.

‘Was it roughly assessing? In the original work, I did manage to uncover some secret information with that. Since rare species like Mysteltainn were visible.’

Roxer nodded in agreement as if it resonated with him.

Even in the original work, when facing similar monsters, there were upper class, rare species, restoration species, and so on.

Based on the story or the target’s settings and abilities, such detailed classifications could be discerned.

This roughly indicated what kind of abilities or patterns the monster might exhibit.

“Huh? Locke thinks the same way?”

Jane, who found herself staring blankly at Locke, blinked as she turned her head to look at him.

While she managed to hold back from clinging to him as she used to, it was a bonus.

Despite seeming to have regained composure after the recent events, this sharp, inexplicable emotion remained elusive.

Noticing Rica’s discomfort, Locke, feeling the need to respond to Ciel’s words, quickly interjected, trying to ease Rica’s discomfort by acting as if he were agreeing with Ciel.

In truth, Jane still harbored feelings for Locke, evident in her cold, distant gaze.

‘Camilla caused trouble with her fake girlfriend act, yet Jane remains the same…’

Having cooperated with Rica in dealing with Camilla’s behavior that irritated her more than Jane, the outcome was far from satisfying.

Rather than Jane detaching from him, something towards Locke seemed to be growing uncontrollably, making it difficult to contain.

As Jane’s complex emotions tangled, nearing a breaking point, the oblivious Locke remained close to her, unaware.

The biggest issue was Rica being the only one to notice the situation.

As if confirming this, Jane’s hand subtly reached towards Locke before retracting.

“Acting like you know everything, huh? Probably because you always manage to mess things up as a tank.”

Erin, seemingly ready to tackle Locke head-on while bantering with him, approached, as though eager to fill her curiosity about his knowledge.

“I probably know more than you.”

“Oh, really? I know a lot more about alchemy and magic, though?”

Erin, making a ridiculous face towards Locke, placed her hand on her hip as if prompting him to speak.

Reluctant to explain, Locke glanced at a strange light emanating from a nearby tree, causing his heart rate to flutter, even though he couldn’t pinpoint the cause.

“You mentioned Camilla and I resemble Misteltein, right? Look at that light.”

Feeling a primal energy, Locke chuckled and asked.

“Isn’t it? It feels even more intense than what’s recorded.”

Upon this, Erin and the other women perked up, eager to listen.

“It’s said in the myth that a pure child untouched by everything can kill and be killed, right?”

“Indeed? Not sworn to anyth… Hey, stop beating around the bush and spit it out.”

As Locke spoke about the child in the myth, Erin, who already knew, grew impatient.

Regardless of her response, Locke began to smile faintly as his heart rate increased.

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“Isn’t it strange? Sworn to everything except the child, if not… if not sworn to the child, wouldn’t there be more than just one branch missing? Could a pure child exist alone?”

“…! I-it’s just a mythological expression, right? Symbolic?”

“…Hmm.”

Gripping the white sword he always carried, Locke looked at Ciel.

“Could it be that he wasn’t sworn because he’s not of this world?”

“What…?”

“Not of this world?”

“What are you talking about, Locke?”

“…!”

At a word from Roksu, all the women, except Ciel, were abuzz.

If someone else had said such a thing, they might have dismissed it.

But coming from Roksu, who had shown such peculiar behavior, it somehow felt genuine.

Erin, visibly tense, stared intently at Roksu as if asking for further explanation.

“So, literally, it came from outside the realm of gods.”

“…Then what about the original species?”

“Perhaps it’s a tree that originally lived outside the realm of the gods in the myth, from where the Misteltain, as it’s called, originated.”

At this, Ciel vigorously nodded her head.

“Exactly! That’s the feeling! Usually, when monsters move from where they originally lived to a more peaceful place, they weaken! The feeling is different when facing an original species and a variant adapted to a peaceful environment! The tree we’re looking at now gives off the exact feeling of encountering an original species, especially one that thrives in an extremely harsh environment!”

As Ciel eloquently expressed what she felt as if she had become enlightened, everyone failed to conceal their astonishment.

Roksu sported a rather joyous smile.

Despite still not favoring Roksu, Rica, who was eyeing him disapprovingly, ignored Roksu’s words and simply gazed at his face.

“Probably, its abilities exceed those of the Misteltain depicted in myths!”

Following this, perhaps excited at the thought of encountering the unidentified tree suspected to be a Misteltain original species, Ciel, barely able to compose herself, finished her explanation, to which Roksu nodded.

“Impressive! Truly impressive. Meeting something not even mentioned in myths in a place like this.”

With a sly smile, he drew his sword, inwardly swallowing the words, ‘The difficulty level spiked like crazy, and now something even crazier has appeared.’

Having observed Roksu from a somewhat close distance, Rica, Jane, and Erin knew exactly what his smile meant.

‘…! Could it be that Roksu also likes being proven right? Earlier, he seemed to empathize with what I said…’

Seeing Roksu smiling in the face of a formidable opponent, even in a situation where they were about to face an incredibly strong entity, Ciel couldn’t help but ask, “…Isn’t that too dangerous? Shouldn’t we just turn back?”

On the other hand, Camilla, being a healer who disliked seeing her teammates getting hurt, restrained Roksu as she drew her weapon.

“It’s too late, watch your back.”

As Camilla, taken aback, looked back… had the strange light emitted by the tree’s glow suddenly enveloped their shadows from behind?

The shadow, undulating like the universe, took on a certain form as if reaching out with a nagging and merciless touch, deeply and firmly rooting itself like the roots of a tree into the ground, grasping their shadows.

The writhing shadow, seemingly about to be sucked into the abyss, felt endless, like countless horizons.

“Once you step into this and are exposed to the strange light emitted by that tree, it’s over.”

“Oh, come on!! Why does weird stuff always happen when you’re around!!!”

As Roksu adjusted his sword, his heart rate naturally rising, a smile crept across his face.

Erin’s expression morphed into one of disdain, completely opposite to his, as if she truly disliked the situation.

Meanwhile, Jane and Rica, who were sensitively reacting to the strange light and shadows emanating from the peculiar tree…

“…Guys?”

Silently drawing their swords, they approached the peculiar tree.

Jane, advancing toward the tree without saying a word.

Even by being near it, she seemed as if she could be swallowed whole, gripping the blinding white flash in the form of a longsword, while white flames erupted from her eyes, erasing the surroundings as they flickered away.