621 Riddle and Emergency Repor (1/2)

Other protagonists would receive a system, a grandpa spirit, or a miraculous ring, followed by a broken engagement, face-slapping, leveling, someone considered trash becoming a genius, and ending with either defeating all enemies or starting a large harem. How enviable… er, I meant speechless... it would make me!

But if I ever picked up any treasure or received some mysterious great fortune or luck with women, my first reaction would always be that I needed to be careful of a trap with the treasure, that great luck would always be followed by doubly great misfortune, and that any luck with women I had would always turn out to be as scary as a dinosaur, or a man dressed as a woman…

And what made things even worse was that with all my experience, this truly wasn't paranoia on my part. This was a concrete fact backed by hard data and experience.

With my vast amount of experience of suffering, my first reaction after seeing these three famous pieces of God Equipment was to…

”Throw them away, hurry and throw them away! Randomly picking up three pieces of God Equipment just like this? Am I going to be unfortunate for the next hundred years?”

”…Hmph, don't compare yourself to me. My luck has always been good.”

Harloys was proudly making adjustments to the three pieces of God Equipment. She even put on an extravagant golden-white ceremonial clothing on her ideal adult form as she started prettying herself up in front of the mirror.

”Do I look beautiful?”

Harloys started twirling around me. Her golden sapphire necklace had dreamlike bubbles around it which reflected the golden light. When paired with her absolutely perfect, beautiful Gold Elf appearance, she seemed like an elf princess right out of a fairy tale. She indeed had heart-moving pureness, nobility, and resplendence.

”You are indeed quite beautiful. You're the most beautiful woman I've ever seen.”

I was no idiot. It would be best to tell the truth here. I casually praised her beauty. However, I kept feeling an itch on my head that warned me of some great misfortune about to befall me.

”Killing intent!?”

As expected, there was killing intent! Who was trying to ambush me? Oh, it was Elisa who was glaring at me? It didn't matter, as I had already gotten used to it from her.

Wait, why was Elisa smiling? That smile made me feel so uneasy. Could it be that she was truly determined to dissect me now?

”…Your rampant paranoia must be incurable? You always think the worst of everything.”

”No, this is personal experience. If I find a wallet that has two copper coins in it, I'll definitely have an accident the next day that causes me to lose four copper coins. This really happened to me. Why are you all looking at me so strangely? You don't believe me?”

Harloys shook her head. ”No, we believe you. You're not lying. But, you can actually find a wallet with your luck?”

Hey, that didn't seem like the right part to comment about? Still, I nodded proudly. Don't look down on me! Even I had picked up money before! Twice, even!

”Of course. I found a wallet once approximately two hundred years ago. On that day, someone stole money from my wallet, and while chasing the thief, I tripped and fell on the ground. I then found a wallet under my butt. I even recall that the wallet had two Bardi copper coins in it. That was the first time in my life that I had ever picked up money. The next morning, I even ordered an extra pancake to celebrate. Unfortunately, I was then robbed again during noon, and lost all my money. The second time that I found money was fifty-odd years ago. I picked up a single silver coin, a silver coin! I didn't even dare to believe it, but I lost it on that same night… Why are you all looking at me with such pity? I'm telling the truth! I'm not making this up!”

[…It's more pitiful because it's the truth.]

”You've had such a hard life.”

I could only crouch on the ground in depression as I recalled my own words and experiences.

However, Harloys laughed.