◈ 045. [Side Story] Evangeline Cross (3)
My mind goes blank.
I opened my mouth slightly.
“Because the prince is the number one fool in the empire!”
When I asked why she became my fan, Evangeline answered like that.
“… .”
Is he messing with me right now?
Evangeline waved her hands and explained, as she was panicking because she couldn’t understand the inside of this bold teenager.
“No, I am not being sarcastic! I really liked the prince because he was a spoiled brat.”
“uh… uh? why not?”
“… I wanted to rebel against my father.”
Evangeline shyly shrugged.
“I wanted to upset my father as much as possible. I wanted to live like that, causing accidents, causing riots, and ruining the family’s reputation.”
It was difficult to understand the complexities of teenagers.
“But what about this? Getting out of it was a lot harder than I thought. First of all, my father really disliked knights from the Imperial Academy, so it was good that he entered the academy as soon as he ran away.”
“however?”
“No, but since I entered the academy driver’s class, I just train all day. Tal Seon was forced to become a model student.”
Not a model student.
Evangeline graduated early from the 6-year Imperial Academy in 3 years at the top of her class. He is a genius worthy of remaining in academy history.
“At most, the only thing I could rebel against was not contacting my father at all.”
“That’s such a cute rebellion… … .”
“I was living such a timid life, but I heard Prince Ash’s story.”
Evangeline looked at me with twinkling eyes.
“The boldness that rots inside him every day even though he has His Majesty the Emperor, who is the greatest of the empire, as his father! Creativity where the contents of thinking change every week! Even crazy money making fountains with gold coins and carpeting with jewels!”
“… .”
“I heard that His Majesty the Emperor even collapsed with a vase because of the prince? That’s amazing! So cool!”
No, I think this is the right thing to do. is not it? Am I right? is not it?
“Every time I heard the news of the prince’s accident, I was able to get vicarious satisfaction. The prince is my role model and idol!”
“Yeah… .”
To live like garbage and become an idol. Life is something you don’t know.
‘Congratulations, Ash Kim. Your dissolute life was not in vain.’
I laughed and asked cautiously.
“You really hate your father, Evangeline.”
“What… .”
Evangeline hesitated for a moment, but then nodded.
“Yes. very… do not like it.”
“Why so far?”
“There are many things… .”
A complicated light flashed across her face, but Evangeline quickly brushed it off and looked around with her head pulled out.
“So, where is our old man? No matter how much I miss my daughter who left home, huh? I’m back after 3 years, shouldn’t I talk to you at least by looking at your face?”
“… .”
“I plan to practice one by one the 100 ways of filial piety that I have studied while watching the prince.
I took a small breath.
“I really didn’t come to hear the news. Evangeline.”
“yes? what news? I just came home after graduating from school.”
“… .”
“why. What’s going on… yo. this?”
“… .”
I couldn’t bear to open my mouth, and Evangeline’s face slowly hardened as she looked at me.
Perhaps he felt something strange.
I could no longer make eye contact with Evangeline and slowly lowered my head.
It was a really strange feeling.
To pass the news of his predecessor’s death to his daughter.
“I’m sorry to break the news this way, Miss Evangeline.”
My stomach felt hot as if I had swallowed a piece of hot metal.
I made up my mind to get rid of it right away, and I spat out the following words.
“Your father is dead.”
“… .”
“At the battle with the monster a few days ago. He sacrificed his own life to save everyone in the city. His death was heroic.”
I explained without hesitation about the final battle of the Margrave of Charles Cross. Evangeline listened blankly.
“I recorded all of his activities and reported them to the imperial family. Since there are merits in the past, you will be able to receive the Imperial Order of Military Merit.”
“… .”
“The funeral will be held in three days and with the highest level of courtesy.”
Evangeline sat still on the bed, hardened.
I was about to deliver the Marquis’ will, but I kept my mouth shut. And he sat quietly beside me.
When the father he hated returned to his hometown, he was already dead.
I couldn’t even imagine what the child in front of me was feeling.
“… haha.”
Evangeline let out a dry laugh after a few eons of time.
“Now I was trying to play the role of an unfilial daughter in earnest. You run away like this.”
“… .”
“He said he would die fighting a monster like a habit on a fictitious day. You’re really going to go that way.”
Evangeline let out a devastated laugh with a pale face.
“I didn’t even receive all my resentments… .”
“sorry.”
Evangeline looked at me with puzzled eyes.
“Why are you sorry, Prince?”
“Currently, I am the lord of this place, and I also have the command of the front line. Your father’s death is my responsibility.”
I slowly bowed my head to Evangeline.
“So you just have to resent me.”
“… .”
“sorry.”
Evangeline, who had been looking at me quietly, opened her mouth slowly.
“… Are you really Prince Ash?”
“what?”
“This isn’t it. Prince Ash, whom I have been hearing about, is, to put it mildly, much, much more… … .”
Evangeline rolled her eyes for a moment, struggled with the words, then spat out.
“He’s an outrageous bully who only knows himself and treats the people around him. You are too considerate.”
“Don’t keep saying that you’re an idiot in the face… .”
“It is true. Do you think about what the prince did in the capital?”
“No matter how true it is, I am the prince! Don’t you know the crime of blasphemy? Will it get you in trouble if you keep doing that?”
“Even if the person who was relegated to this periphery said so… .”
Damn that’s right too.
The kid in front of you is the heir to the Cross family that has ruled this area for several generations.
On the other hand, I was in a position where I was demoted as if I was kicked out of the imperial family and rolled down here.
In fact, here at the southernmost tip of the Empire, Evangeline may have more influence than I do… … .
“Anyway, thank you for your consideration, Prince.”
Evangeline’s tiny body slipped into the blanket.
“But I don’t feel it. It’s all lies and it’s all like a dream.”
“… .”
“I want to be alone for a while.”
I slowly got up from my chair.
“There will be an attendant waiting at the door. If you need anything, just do it.”
“… .”
“Get some rest.”
Evangeline raised the blanket up to her nose and stopped looking at me.
After taking a last look at the child who must be immersed in many complicated thoughts, I left the room.
***
The Evangeline I saw in the game was a tall adult, but the Evangeline I met this time is a teenager no matter how you look at it.
When I went to Ader to ask why such a difference had occurred, Ader smiled and explained.
“First of all, you should know how old Miss Evangeline is. You will be sixteen this year.”
“It’s so blue… .”
Damien, the youngest in our party, is eighteen. Two years younger than that.
‘Actually, just by looking at his appearance, he doesn’t look like he’s even 15.’
I shook my head.
“Since the Marquess Cross is a little older… I never thought my daughter would be that young.”
“The Marquis of Cross married in his mid-40s. You were already over 50 when you gave birth to your daughter.”
Ader covered his mouth and laughed.
“By the way, the Marquis has an age gap of 15 years with his wife. You heard about a thief when you got married.”
“How old are you guys who remember all that?”
“A man’s age is a secret.”
Ader laughed softly and hesitated. Like this youkai director.
“Anyway, as you know, Ms. Evangeline appears in the game at the earliest, in the second half of the second year. It’s the beginning of the third year.”
“ah!”
I just understood
In other words, Evangeline will appear in the game in about two years from now.
It wouldn’t be strange for that kid to become an adult in two years. Kids these days grow up fast… … .
“However, in ‘this’ game, because of the intertwining of various causal factors, he appeared faster than usual.”
“That’s how it happened.”
I opened the system window. Evangeline’s information came to mind.
[Evangeline (SSR)] < Guest Character >
– Level: 35
– Title: Inexperienced Heir
– Occupation: Senior Lancer
– Strength 35 Agility 30 Intellect 20 Stamina 35 Horsepower 20
Oh SSR… … .
Just looking at the stats makes me ecstatic.
My god that agility is so high while being a shield-lancer who is a pure tank. Can you avoid it?
However, the reason why Evangeline became the best tank in this game is not only because of her stats but also because of her skill combinations.
[Possess Skills]
> Passive: Roar of the battlefield
> Skill 1: Damage save
> Skill 2: Damage payback
> Ultimate: ??? (Opened after the 3rd job advancement)
The roar of the battlefield, which is passive, is the exclusive patent of the shield knights. Taunt enemies and inspire allies.
These common skills have different effects depending on the character grade and level, but since Evangeline is an SSR grade, the effect will be outstanding.
Just one shout on the battlefield will change the battle situation.
‘But the real scam is the active skills.’
Skill #1, Damage Save.
The second skill, Damage Payback.
The effect is extremely simple. [Damage save] saves the damage received with the shield.
And [Damage Payback] releases the stored damage to the enemy.
This is really a scam, even if damage comes in, you don’t get hit and you just ‘save’ it.
And it ‘pays back’ the stored damage intact to the enemy.
‘Of course, there is a limit to the storage capacity and I can’t use skill 2 at will.’
Damage that exceeds the storage capacity must be received with the body.
Like my 777 punch from yesterday. If too strong an attack comes in at once, it will inevitably take a hit.
Also, you can use skill number 2 only when the storage capacity is filled to a certain level.
If the enemy’s attack is not strong, the damage cannot be saved, so skill number 2 is useless.
‘There are minor restrictions like this, but it doesn’t change the fact that it’s a scam.’
Best of all, while being a pure tank, he can contribute more to the offense than most damage dealers.
If you put it in a party, it will take care of everything by itself.
Since he’s such a close-to-perfect on-and-off tank, it was crazy to want to recruit anyone in the game.
‘Besides, this is not the end.’
Even Evangeline’s possessed attributes are fraudulent.
– Equip Attribute (2/3)
> Unstoppable
> Unstoppable Mistake (Cannot be Dispelled)
Unstoppable.
It’s literal. Evangeline is ‘unstoppable’. 100% resistance to movement-impairing status ailments such as restraint, slowing, and freezing.
This means that you can ignore any obstacles the enemy may have and move around like a chariot.
This is a really sweet passive. There are few passives that are as good as this for tanks.
‘A real scammer, a fraudster… … what?’
But the second feature is something I’ve never seen before.
‘Full of mistakes?’
Did Evangeline have these traits?
I opened it to see what it was.
[Full of mistakes]
– I’m still young and inexperienced, so I make mistakes sometimes. Increases the chance of making big and small mistakes on the battlefield.
(This characteristic disappears when a certain amount of experience is accumulated.)
This explanation came out.
“Hi go!”
I hit my forehead.
It was good that it appeared faster than it originally appeared, but instead it came out with these negative characteristics.
‘Well, I’m still young… … .’
When you’re sixteen, you’re a kid.
It’s not a battlefield like this, it’s me who laughs and chats while playing with friends normally.
– brother!
“… .”
Suddenly, his fingertips trembled.
Ader sneaked up to me as I kept my mouth shut.
“Younglord. Are you going to invite Lady Evangeline to the party?”
“uh? that is… .”
I didn’t answer right away.
It was no different from gold rolling in front of his eyes.
Evangeline is, in name and reality, the strongest tank in the game. You must recruit her.
but.
‘Promise me one thing, Prince Ash.’
The last voice of the Marquis, who died in my arms just a few days ago, was still vivid in my mind.
I couldn’t answer Ader’s words right away and just bit my lip.
