Chapter 28: The Sword of Holy Light Psionics

“Of course it is—!”

Allyrose chopped Luo Jia on the head again before pouting indignantly.

“Isn’t that obvious? Hmph… Hurry up and take them off. And… hmm, it wouldn’t look right to suddenly go from black stockings to bare legs. After all, I was wearing them on stage in front of the whole school this morning. It would be bad if someone noticed and asked where they went…”

Allyrose pinched her chin, listening as Luo Jia desperately fought the urge to retort. ‘Does anyone really care that much about your socks?’

He felt…

…that his pseudo-Saintess of a master seemed unusually fixated on things like stockings. More so than even a hot-blooded young man like himself.

“Oh! Right, I just remembered!”

Finally, after a moment of thought, Allyrose tapped her head. She turned and silently pulled a key from her pocket, handing it to Luo Jia with a grin.

“Hehe, I completely forgot. I keep a clean, spare pair of stockings in my locker. Little White Hair, could you do me a favor and go to the lockers? Find my name, use this key to open it, and grab the black stockings from inside. Hehe… But… you have to be careful on the way. Don’t let anyone see you, or they might think you’re some kind of pervert stealing a girl’s stockings. That wouldn’t be good at all~!”

‘Wait… what?’

“I have the key. Why would that feel so sneaky…?” Luo Jia muttered to himself.

Allyrose’s lips curled into a mischievous, cat-like smirk. “Oh~ Really? I suppose you’re right~ Hmm… In that case, Little White Hair, you’d better not get any funny ideas, like taking my stockings to the bathroom and… filling them with some strange stuff. Because if I don’t notice and slip my foot inside… my delicate little feet might end up smelling rather odd~”

‘Wait… What?!’

The Demon Lord was taken aback. This… this…

‘This woman must have some kind of exhibitionist fantasy fetish!’

“Ehehe, just kidding~ Anyway, hurry, hurry! I’ll be right here waiting for you!”

With a series of shoves from the long-haired girl, Luo Jia finally accepted the task. After asking for the location of the lockers, he took the key and set off to fetch Allyrose’s replacement stockings.

As for Allyrose, who remained in the room…

Hmm…

The moment Luo Jia was gone, she lowered her head. She closed her eyes, her mind uncontrollably replaying the sensation from before…

‘Ngh…’

‘So… so good, yet so agonizing… so thrilling…’

It was as if, in that instant, her brain could think of nothing else. She was completely engrossed in that strange, indescribable feeling…

And all of it… all of it was caused by that guy, Luo Jia…

*Gulp—*

The thought made her breathing hitch, and she quickly shook her head.

‘No, no. I have to get these strange thoughts out of my head right now. This is absolutely not what I should be thinking about!’

‘So…’

‘Ahem…’

Allyrose suddenly found herself at a loss for what to do.

Bored, she let out a sigh. After a moment, she finally remembered the system quest she had just completed.

‘Oh, right. Speaking of which, didn’t I get a new item?’

‘No, not an item! A weapon!’

‘And just like the Holy Light Absorption Bracelet, it’s a gold-quality weapon!’

The long-haired girl had found something to occupy her time. She excitedly opened the system panel in her mind, navigating to her inventory to find her newly acquired quest reward—

[Sword of Holy Light Psionics: Gold Quality. Passive Attributes: None! Active Effect: Absorbs Holy Light energy. Consumes Holy Light energy to convert into weapon strength, allowing the user to cast various high-tier Holy Light sword techniques regardless of their own level. The power of the spell is determined by the amount of Holy Light energy consumed! Maximum potential: World-Destroying!]

‘Holy… cow?’

After reading the item’s description, Allyrose blinked in bewilderment.

Of course, this was different from the pure shock she’d felt upon seeing the Holy Light Absorption Bracelet. That bracelet was a completely overpowered piece of equipment. Though she could barely contain or utilize the Holy Light it absorbed, it had still taken in a terrifying amount, causing her Holy Light level to skyrocket.

But the first thing that surprised Allyrose about this new sword was… it had no passive attributes?!

In this world, even a hastily forged iron rod would have a stat like Attack +10. To have no passive bonuses at all was almost absurd.

Just as she was thinking the system had given her a piece of junk, Allyrose quickly read the next line and was utterly stunned.

*Hiss—*

‘So that’s how it works!’

‘The essence is all in the active effect?!’

The girl’s eyes lit up. This was exactly what she needed right now!

After all, the reason Allyrose still lacked the confidence to face even an Epic-tier monster despite her maxed-out Holy Light level was because… Arius had been right. Her level was fake. Her true level was only around twenty-something.

The Holy Light Absorption Bracelet had siphoned a massive amount of energy from the scepter, but Allyrose’s own strength was nowhere near high enough to handle it all.

As a result, most of that energy was unusable to her. It had accumulated in her body, forming pure energy crystals, like a series of sealed-off batteries.

For Allyrose, the most vexing problem was how to quickly convert this inaccessible Holy Light energy into combat power.

And wasn’t this Sword of Holy Light Psionics the exact weapon she needed?

It didn’t rely on the user’s own strength at all! Just by infusing it with Holy Light energy, she could unleash immense power! It could even reach a world-destroying level?!

Ahem…

And right now, the one thing Allyrose didn’t lack was Holy Light energy!

It was like she had just enabled a cheat for infinite mana and unlocked a forbidden skill… a wondrous chemical reaction!

Thinking of this, the long-haired girl’s eyes narrowed into a mischievous smile. A newfound confidence blossomed within her.

‘Well now… it looks like I’ll have to apologize to Miss Vivian after all~!’