Chapter 87: You Naughty Child~
[Great failure, great failure, failure...]
[Do you want to use Encouragement Dice to change the judgment result? There are five Encouragement Dice remaining, it will cost three.]
"...Use."
Eikou did not hesitate long, and chose to agree to re-roll.
Originally he planned to save those dice for truly life-or-death moments, for example when clearing BB's haunted house or confronting Sesshouin.
But now, this is also a critically important crisis!
Because this matter not only concerns a beautiful five-day holiday, but also concerns the date with Baobhan Sith — the most important and highest-priority activity.
"Even with my compatibility with Baobhan Sith, this time it might not succeed..."
However, if he didn't spend them, he would get nothing.
If he missed this opportunity, who knows when Baobhan Sith would ask him out again — maybe he'd have to wait one or two months, or even longer.
"Encouragement Dice, re-roll."
Three dice rolled out before his eyes.
He used up three Encouragement Dice in one go.
[Re-rolling...]
[Success, success, failure...]
[Do you want to use Encouragement Dice to change the judgment result? There are two Encouragement Dice remaining, it will cost one.]
"Still short, continue rolling."
Eikou chose to re-roll without hesitation.
I absolutely must survive!
[Re-rolling...]
[Success, success, failure...]
[Do you want to use Encouragement Dice to change the judgment result? There is one Encouragement Dice remaining, it will cost one.]
[The number of re-rolls for this judgment turn has reached the limit; this will be the final re-roll.]
"Damn it, why did it fail again!"
Eikou muttered anxiously,
"Both my re-rolls and my Encouragement Dice are almost used up..."
All gone, not a single one left...
If the next round failed, then the long holiday plan, the date with Baobhan Sith, the efforts of himself and Gawain and everyone, even the Encouragement Dice already used — all would be wasted!
But now that it had come to this, how could he choose to give up!
He did not hesitate and chose to re-roll once more.
One die — the last one — fell down in front of him.
The clattering sound as the die rolled was like his pounding heart at this moment, full of anxiety about the future.
The Encouragement Dice slowly stopped, and the number shown was——
[Success, success...]
[Success!]
"Woooohhh!"
Eikou yelled out from excitement.
At the crucial moment, indeed one must still rely on Encouragement Dice to turn the tide!
[Noble Phantasm "Mahāpralaya" begins to take effect, sweeping and punishing all cheating behavior...]
[Sweeping...]
[You are very lucky, not identified as a 'Evil' by "Reoccurring Destruction Sword".]
[Therefore, Arjuna Alter's Noble Phantasm does not fall on you...]
"Phew..."
Seeing this result, Eikou breathed a sigh of relief.
This Lostbelt King is really hard to deal with; from the moment he began trying to cheat to when he escaped supervision, who knows how many checks it went through.
In the future he must actively participate more in social activities, try to accumulate more Encouragement Dice — otherwise, when facing this kind of high-level strategy, they really wouldn't be enough. Just the first check from the Lostbelt King already drained his entire stash.
Luckily, the humanity at Arjuna Alter's current spirit origin stage is extremely weak; if he truly wanted to target Eikou, then Eikou absolutely could not have succeeded in cheating.
"But I must admit... I'm stronger now!"
Just as Eikou happily opened the cheating slip Gawain had sent to compare the answers——
He suddenly felt two sharp gazes from behind.
They were the two Servants acting as proctors: the Middle Eastern queen and the Japanese female writer.
[You avoided the judgment from Arjuna Alter's Noble Phantasm...]
[However, there are still two other proctors here...]
[There are two other proctors here, please continue to pass two hard-checks of "Agility".]
Damn it, I was so focused on dealing with the Lostbelt King that I completely forgot about the two of you!
Since I cheated, the two of them would definitely have to perform an opposed check as well.
As the two dice fell, cold sweat began to drip down Eikou's forehead.
W-wait...
[...]
[Opposed check of Zenobia: failed.]
[Opposed check of Murasaki Shikibu: failed.]
[Caster Murasaki Shikibu and Saber Zenobia have discovered your cheat sheet.]
(Note: The author listed Zenobia's Class as Saber even though her Class is actually Archer? Hmm… whatever, I'll just leave it as it is…)
Seeing that result, Eikou's heart clenched.
They both failed?!
It's over—now he didn't even have a single Encouragement Dice left.
After paying such a high price, everything ended up going down the drain!
"How humiliating, I just managed to beat that troublesome Lostbelt King… only to get caught by two married women instead!"
Compared to this, he would rather have lost to Arjuna Alter — at least that would still look like a "glorious defeat"!
"Ara~..."
At the very moment the judgment result took effect, a surprised voice came from Murasaki Shikibu's side.
At that instant, Eikou felt as though needles were stabbing into his back.
The sound of high heels and chains echoed — that was the sound of Murasaki Shikibu and Zenobia walking toward him.
Eikou instinctively wanted to hide the cheat sheet, but he immediately realized that it was useless.
They had already noticed it; if he tried to hide it now, it would be far too late!
Moreover, if he really tried to hide it, those two women might just have a perfect excuse to start a "body search" right then and there!
The footsteps stopped right behind him.
Eikou was so tense that he didn't even dare to breathe too hard.
"What were you just doing, Mochizuki Eikou..."
The two alluring and seductive Servants stood behind him, their eyes filled with amusement, their pink lips curved into an arrogant yet bewitching and meaningful smile.
"..."
Eikou didn't dare answer them — he only pretended to be looking back over his test paper.
For some reason, the aura they gave off felt heavier and more oppressive than even Arjuna Alter's!
"Hehehe..."
Murasaki Shikibu chuckled softly, adjusted her glasses slightly, then placed her delicate, frail-looking hands on his shoulders.
It was clearly just a light touch, yet Eikou felt as though he were being pulled into a black hole!
"Eikou-kun, what's this?"
Murasaki Shikibu leaned closer, her refined and beautiful face drawing near enough to almost touch his.
Her slender fingers reached forward, deliberately intertwining with his right hand before gently brushing away the cheat sheet hidden in his palm.
"Hehe..."
The smile on Murasaki Shikibu's face grew even brighter and more enchanting as she softly blew a sweet, warm breath against his ear.
"...You naughty child, you were trying to cheat just now, weren't you?"
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