The Ordinary Me is Worshipped as a Deity by the Extraordinary Them - Chapter 42.2

The keeper immediately smiled. “Thirty gold coins, non-negotiable.”

Roy rapped his knuckles on the table. “Using your robbery skills on my family’s kid – are you even human?”

He gave the keeper a look that questioned whether he might be some transformed beast.

“Can’t help it, the kid likes it,” the keeper maintained a ‘customer’s preference is paramount’ expression.

Roy protested. “No way, 30 gold coins is highway robbery. This kind of item, when made to order in Jisuo Town, costs 10 gold coins at most.”

“So what do you suggest?” The keeper felt Roy had always been a difficult customer.

Poor when he first became a mercenary, and even now as a two-star mercenary eligible for promotion to three stars, he still kept his thrifty nature.

“Throw in all your water element rings.”

When coming here, Roy had actually considered what kind of defensive items would suit Su Li.

The conclusion was… nothing really suited him.

All elements were potentially lethal to Su Li. Take flame protection – forget about defending against external attacks, Su Li might get roasted first.

Wind elements were similar.

Counting them all, besides light elements, only water elements seemed suitable for Su Li.

So Roy brazenly asked for them outright.

The keeper didn’t mind.

These rings had been dead stock hurting his eyes every time he saw them. If so, giving them to this elementless child wasn’t bad.

Besides, there was the markup on the short sword, right?

So it was a deal that satisfied both parties.

Before darkness fell, Su Li hurried home with the complete sword package.

When they got home, Cyril had finished training and was sitting on the sofa, seemingly lost in thought while organizing the increasingly abundant wind elements within his body.

“Don’t know why, but I feel like I could fly.”

Su Li heard Cyril’s mumble as soon as he opened the door.

As he naturally placed the gift box on the table in front of Cyril, he explained. “Maybe your dragon ancestor could fly right after birth.”

“So shortly after awakening your bloodline, you might trigger some key information passed down through your genes. Well… in this world’s terms, probably something like inheritance,” Su Li showed his rare work attitude.

Making logical deductions based on different world views had become almost instinctive from his former job as a game content editor.

After pushing the box closer to Cyril, Su Li added. “Don’t overthink it. Just know it’s a good thing. First, look at the gift I chose for you. I think it suits you well.”

Su Li didn’t notice Roy’s expression turning grave behind him upon discovering that the book he’d left on the clean table before going out was gone.

Just then, Lan Zhe, who was preparing dinner in the kitchen, waved him over.

Once Roy entered the kitchen, Lan Zhe’s first words were, “Mind if Mark and I join in?”

“Oh, I mean join the religion.”

Roy was stunned. “What thing?”

“I mean that book,” Lan Zhe said calmly while stirring the pot with a ladle, tilting his head. “Isn’t that book just a copy of Egbert’s previous notes?”

“At first glance, it’s all ‘Trust Su Li, gain eternal life’ between the lines. Though ‘Su Li Religion’ doesn’t sound great, compared to the Light and Dark Churches, it’s quite profound.”

Roy’s mouth twitched. “What are you talking about? Listen to yourself – does that sound normal?”

“I mean, you don’t need to hide it from me. Wanting to make changes to this world according to Su Li’s wishes…”

“I can’t just not participate in something like this.”

Most people in the Dark Church were influenced by dark elements and were generally mischief-makers, Lan Zhe included.

Though he initially wanted to play dead and pretend nothing happened, but…

It would be a waste not to get involved in something this interesting.

Roy: “Huh?”

“Are you talking about Egbert’s constant praising of Su Li in that notebook?”

“Haven’t you noticed how shamelessly he claims he’s the only one who understands Su Li?”

Roy was speechless. “What Su Li Religion. I was reading that notebook simply to better plan where to hit Egbert next time we meet, to stop him from affecting the little master’s growing environment.”

Can’t that pervert stay away from Su Li?

That was Roy’s only thought.

Lan Zhe froze on the spot, dropping his ladle in the pot without caring, and turned to question Roy. “So you weren’t actually planning to turn any of those ideas from the notebook into reality?”

“Like what?” Roy felt he should humor Lan Zhe, whose head seemed equally full of water.

“Like Egbert wanting to make the slums the foundation for his new power base.”

Roy: “Was there something like that?”

Lan Zhe: “What the hell did you even read in that notebook? How did you miss all the important points!”

Roy: “Hah, isn’t the important point that Egbert claims he’s the only one who understands Su Li?”

Lan Zhe took a deep breath.

To suppress his urge to kill Roy, he explained further. “Egbert simply wants to become the embodiment of Su Li’s will.”

“Meaning, anything Su Li wants to accomplish, Egbert would choose to carry out.”

“You can say many of his actions seem especially sick, but you can’t deny his understanding of Su Li is deeper than all of ours.”

After all, that lucky pervert was the first to form a bond with Su Li over one gold coin.

Initially, everyone else had approached Su Li with a kind of playful attitude toward someone with zero elemental affinity.

They were the most ordinary of the extraordinary in this world.

Looking down on the weak was natural.

Lan Zhe: “Also, I suspect Egbert’s still in Jisuo Town not just to expose and desecrate the dead bishop, but perhaps also because he wants to venture deeper into the Beast Forest.”

“Su Li has no prejudice against beasts, right?”

Cyril, whose scale marks weren’t completely hidden outside the door, often served as proof of Su Li’s character to others.

Roy fell silent at these words.

After five minutes of contemplation, he finally responded, “Still can’t call it the Su Li Religion. That kid’s sense of shame is as impossibly high as his moral standards.”

Lan Zhe wanted to slap Roy’s head and shout: That’s all you got from thinking so long?

But since Roy had agreed, Lan Zhe was gradually calming down…

Until he noticed a strange smell.

“Um,” Mark swallowed, “Lord Holy Son, your soup is burning.”

Lan Zhe mechanically turned to look at the scorched pot, then stared at Roy.

“Let’s fight outside the city tonight, to the death.”

While the kitchen was in chaos, outside…

Su Li was calmly saying, “When I first saw this gift, I thought it suited you perfectly.”

“On the surface, carrying a staff makes you look like a stationary mage who’d get beaten up in close combat, but actually, anyone who dares approach you will instantly feel the pressure of a violent warrior.”

“It really suits you well.”

Cyril had some very cautious traits.

These came from his years as a beggar.

Although Su Li tried to guide him, at most it only transformed Cyril’s extreme caution into relative cautiousness.

Therefore, a weapon that could serve as both a staff and a hidden card would make Cyril feel much more secure.

Su Li felt he had invested too much in his friend’s growth.

But seeing how much Cyril seemed to like it, Su Li felt relieved.

—Caution also meant sensitivity, and indirectly pointing out things others wanted to hide or avoid could potentially hurt people.

That Cyril hadn’t noticed and accepted the goodwill was something that made Su Li happy.

Dinner was great.

Meaning Roy got kicked out, with Lan Zhe saying don’t come back unless you bring ten dishes within half an hour.

Also, today’s main dish was rice again.

Double happiness!

Early in the morning, after discovering Cyril’s scales had completely disappeared, Lan Zhe rushed both children off to register for school.

As Lan Zhe put it “Without Dean Asa around, the Asa Academy might look weaker, but it means more places for students to explore. Go have fun.”

Preferably don’t come back today at all.

Of course, this wasn’t because he disliked the children.

Rather, Lan Zhe needed time to thoroughly explain to Roy what the important points were in that book “Nobody Understands Lord Su Li Better Than Me.”

Though after the children left for school, as Lan Zhe was highlighting key points for Roy, when facing Egbert’s perverse words, he couldn’t help but imagine…

Next time they meet, whether to slap his face first or kick his butt.

At the school…

The same indescribable elemental statues, and the main gate they’d seen so many times it wasn’t even novel anymore.

Asa Academy occupied a large area, but this was Su Li’s first time entering the teaching area as a student.

The former librarian had always been like a fixed NPC, only staying in the library.

The student teaching area’s buildings had a church-like style, but after entering this student-exclusive zone, Su Li discovered there was also an impressive large field.

And a small forest behind the teaching building.

This small forest wasn’t for young romance, but rather what Lan Zhe called the “exploration zone.”

Dean Asa had personally raised some relatively dangerous beasts there, aiming to train students’ ability to act in dangerous situations.

After all, except for Su Li, everyone came to this academy to become stronger.

……

Su Li and Cyril were assigned to the same class.

A class you could only enter by paying money.

Supposedly, most students here had mediocre talent and got in purely through money, though there were exceptions, like Cyril, who had decent ability but didn’t want to separate from Su Li.

However, Cyril didn’t rely solely on ability, but also on Su Li who casually gave him 10 gold coins early in the morning as this month’s allowance…

Sweet deal.

Though unexpectedly, due to height differences, Su Li sat in the front row while Cyril was placed in the back row by the window.

Su Li looked down at the textbook on his desk, its gaudy cover making him sincerely wish he’d gotten some paper and pencils from the general store before registering.

After all, drawing during class is the beginning of artistic development!

When the elemental guidance teacher entered, the two transfer students only got a brief name introduction before being told to sit down as class began.

The teacher on stage had short, curly blonde hair, and while holding what looked like a magic tome, taught in a style reminiscent of modern academic scholars.

Except…

“Elements are nature, nature is elements. The methods of cultivating water, fire, and wind lie in the rain, in flames, in water.”

“But not in books.”

“The only value of books is to help you understand basic elemental usage and cultivation circuits.”

“Now, everyone start experimenting according to the book.”

While Su Li could understand each word individually, when put together, he felt like a complete illiterate…

Rather suffocating.

However, after a while, the teacher started calling names, “Su Li, try demonstrating elemental manifestation.”

This teacher probably only knew that two new students had arrived, and since they were placed in this class known for accepting students who could pay their way in, hadn’t bothered to learn much about either of them.

So when Su Li, who had no elemental abilities, was called upon, he deeply doubted…

This money hadn’t been spent effectively enough.

Then he calmly blew out a breath of air.

The blonde teacher on the platform frowned. “What are you doing?”

“Demonstrating wind element.”

When it came to making things up, Su Li had never lost.

“Wind is nature, wind is the invisible, intangible thing that whistles past your ears.”

“What you saw was just me blowing air, but in reality, I was simulating nature’s wind assault.”

“The breath from my mouth carries warmth, which also proves the amplification effect when fire element cooperates with wind element. As for the water element, I need only close my mouth to conveniently explain how water, the source of life, soothes the earth after it has suffered from wind and fire’s ravages.”

Once again, while each word made sense individually, together they were completely bewildering.

Except this time, it was the teacher on the platform who was bewildered.

Su Li: smiling.jpg

“May I sit down now?”

The blonde teacher gratefully took the out, quickly waving for him to sit.

Then, in disbelief, they discovered several students in class suddenly entering a state of immersive elemental cultivation.

In plain terms, they had achieved enlightenment.

Hmm…

Wait, what?!

The teacher immediately began wondering if they should also sit cross-legged and cultivate, lest they appear out of place.

Having dealt with the situation, Su Li hadn’t noticed how the students sitting in the back rows had gone from dismissive of him to continuously amazed.

The librarian suddenly becoming their classmate, and causing five or six students to achieve enlightenment with just three sentences…

Su Li was elbowed by the child sitting next to him.

“How did you do that?” The child with gray eyes nodded toward someone who had achieved enlightenment in the back, “That idiot Qi has been stuck at level one, but from the looks of it, he might break through today.”

Su Li: …

At times like these, just smile.jpg

The morning classes passed with Su Li’s nonsense and bewilderment. After eating the same tiresome cafeteria food again, Su Li began the afternoon’s practical combat training.

This was one-on-one fighting between students.

And when Su Li discovered opponents were chosen by lottery, he lay down very peacefully.

On the practice field.

Before Qi, whom Su Li had drawn as an opponent, could launch his water element attack, he discovered his opponent had already laid down on the ground, hands folded across his chest, eyes closed, with a peaceful smile on his face.

Qi: ???