The Strongest Guild Kidnapped Me

Chapter 24.2

“It seems you have a buff-type ability.”

“A buff?”

“Yes. One of the rarest abilities. In the world I came from, just having such an ability could earn one noble status.”

“Wow...”

Noble status, that sounded nice.

But then I remembered belatedly that Earth wasn’t a class-based society.

There must be differences between Earth and that other world.

I decided not to expect much.

Expectations only lead to greater disappointments.

A life wisdom learned through long experience.

‘...But how does this buff effect come about?’

Is it something that comes through food?

Pondering this, I took another sip of the dandelion flower tea.

Jung Yu-na murmured to herself with a lively voice.

“With this much mana, maybe it’s possible...?”

What was she so excited about?

Knowing her usual fierceness, I instinctively stepped back.

“I have something I want to try. Can I step out for a bit?”

“Ah, sure.”

It’s okay if you don’t come back.

I suppressed the urge to say that aloud.

To live long in a world where a single man rivals a nation, one always needs to be careful with their words.

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There was a laboratory in the Daybreak Guild headquarters building, meant for guild mages.

On her way there, Jung Yu-na assessed her condition.

‘Incredible.’

She just drank a single cup of tea, but the increase in her mana capacity is as staggering as 30 percent!

What was even more astonishing was that the buff given by the child could be stacked with other buff potions.

Each buff normally applies only once, but this ignored the usual rules.

With this amount of mana, it might be possible to create a magical tool that was only theoretical until now.

“Hehe.”

This is so cushy.

I lay idly on the mattress.

I had work to do, but the softness of the mattress was too inviting to move.

It was a level of comfort I hadn’t felt in years, perhaps making me even lazier.

“You little rascal, when do you plan to train?”

“Just, just a little longer, I want to lie down more.”

I buried my face in the mattress, whining like a child.

Then Sophia grabbed my arm, trying to pull me up.

I resisted, not wanting to be pulled away, but Sophia was stronger than I anticipated and I couldn’t overpower her.

“Get up quickly.”

“Yes...”

I wanted to savor the softness a bit longer.

Reluctantly, I got up from the mattress, smacking my lips with disappointment.

At that moment, Sophia, seemingly thirsty, poured water from a kettle into a cup.

“By the way, where do we get water? There doesn’t seem to be a suitable place nearby to get drinking water.”

Gulp—

Saying this, Sophia drank the water.

She must have been very thirsty, as she drank it all in one go.

Aren’t sharks supposed to drink saltwater?

I chuckled inwardly at such a pointless thought.

“I–I fetched it from the pond.”

“Pfftt–!!”

Was there something strange about what I said?

Sophia spat out the water she was drinking into the air, and then coughed with tears welled up in her eyes.

‘Huh?’

It was a pond filled with expensive purification items.

The pond, home to fish and despite looking dirty, actually contained water clean enough to drink directly.

So, it couldn’t be that the water was dirty. Did she choke on it?

I’m not sure of the reason, but I decided to pat her back anyway. After all, having water stuck in your throat can be extremely uncomfortable.