Titosso was persuaded, and Yufi also yielded to Ishtar’s persuasion.
Senior Nepher-tem had no reason to refuse since she was initiating this for her own healing.
As a result, the Saintess Alliance was successfully held!
…It would have been nice if it ended there, but a problem arose.
It was the problem of [Authority].
[The event has reached its final crisis!]
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Three people can only do what can be done in a committee or a 3P!
Without someone’s acknowledgment, even if the announcement is made for the Saintess Alliance, people won’t recognize it, and the gods will treat it as a child’s play.
You must officially hold the [Saintess Alliance Launch Ceremony] and invite plenty of celebrities.
Only in this way can the Saintess Alliance be recognized not as a child’s play organization, but as a power institution even the gods will acknowledge!
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[Objective]
Emperor: 0/1
King: 0/5
Pope: 0/12
High Noble: 0/20
High Official: 0/50
High Clergy: 0/100
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Kiyaaaak!
“Too hard!”
Sometimes, such things happen even during linked events.
There’s a [Secret of the Sword] event revealing the secrets of the starting sword obtained in the random Papa event in the village.
After earning money to unlock the hidden power in the sword, you might think you can smash it at the village forge or seek evaluation from a famous swordsman, but suddenly it escalates to “Go kill one of the Demon King’s Four Kings!” What a mind-blowing difficulty spike!
It’s such a proper pain of an event!
You might think it’s a ridiculously strong weapon event with great attack power and multi-enhancements, but that’s not the case.
That’s a cursed sword.
A sword that devours Dark Mana by slaying Demon Minions.
Naturally, the Demon Minions covet it.
They stab and absorb each other to gather Dark Mana, making it an ideal snack.
Thus, one is often attacked.
This event could be said to be a cursed event where the frustration spike is 1000%!
The performance is definitely good, but usually, you get killed before you can even use that good performance.
In my opinion, this linked event [Where is the Missing Security Instructor] is also a particularly dangerous event surpassing the secret of the sword.
“The entry conditions for this event are way too brutal!”
To activate the DLC content [Saintess of Misfortune], you need to purchase the DLC and meet the trigger requirements.
The progression is even further.
After having a showdown with the Student Council to rescue Nepher-tem, you need to gather three Saintesses.
If your party doesn’t have a single Saintess, you’ll have to go outside to find one or create one yourself late.
On top of that, you’ll need to work hard to make Yufi, who’s part of the Warrior Party, on your side somehow.
The fact that Senior Nepher-tem, who can serve as a cheat key to speed up the event, is a Saintess is information that can only be obtained by building favorability with childhood friend Senior Felix.
“I was favored because I have Dark Mana, and Senior Felix belonging to the Dark Cult looked kindly upon me!”
Surely the reward from cumulative favorability should have some effect!
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[Favorability]
Scary Child: Your every move makes people tremble in fear. It will become increasingly difficult to gain someone’s favorability.
Betrayer: Betrayal is easy, but surviving after the betrayal is not. After all, everyone fears being betrayed by a betrayer. You’ve accomplished that tough thing.
– Title Effect: Basic favorability is temporarily fixed at 10
– Holding Effect: Basic favorability is absolutely fixed at 5 (can be held alongside negative favorability, ensuring at least 5 favorability regardless of how much it drops)
Guide of Salvation: Having saved the world several times from the brink of destruction, you’ve become the world’s hope.
– Title Effect: Blessing [Infinite Respect] activated
– Holding Effect: Basic favorability of all beings increases by 10
Infinite Respect (Blessing): Activating the blessing allows all beings in the world to express their respect for you.
Alice’s 1st Special Privilege [Like Attracts Like]: The possibility of improving relationships and favorability with characters of the Saint class increases by 10 each week.
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It’s hard to increase favorability due to the Scary Child title, but the other titles helped out a lot.
The absolute fix of 5 for the Betrayer means that no matter how much of a nuisance you appear, you will maintain at least 5 favorability, making you an un-hateable child.
Thus, starting with a basic favorability of 15 by adding the 10 given by the Guide of Salvation.
“Thanks to always being with Senior Alice, I’ve truly benefitted!”
Additionally, there’s a weekly increase in favorability of 10 with a certain probability, and from overhearing Senior Nepher-tem’s secret conversation, it seemed Senior Felix’s favorability had significantly improved.
Hearing rumors like, “What has the child been doing during vacation?” or “Who is this new person in our dorm?” could have raised her favorability!
The problem is that unlike Senior Felix, who transitions easily, the leaders of the various nations come with the [Defensive Titles], making it incredibly hard to raise favorability.
Paranoia: It’s hard to gain favorability from someone who can’t trust easily.
– Title Effect: Naturally highlights others’ suspicious actions automatically.
– Holding Effect: Favorability increase speed declines by 500%, and favorability decrease speed rises by 500%.
Trauma: A person who has experienced negative occurrences and shocking events firmly locks the door of their heart.
– Title Effect: All attraction functions and judgments ‘strongly’ resist.
– Holding Effect: Favorability increase speed declines by 1000%, and favorability decrease speed rises by 1000%.
Rulers tend to have been assassinated at least once, and Paranoia and Trauma are basic attributes they carry.
There are even higher-level titles like [Heart of Ice], which reduces the chance of favorability increase by 2000%, and [Burden of Pain], reducing it by 3000%, while [Inner Darkness] reduces it by 5000%.
These titles are obtained when Irene, Andersen, and Ishtar respectively fail the favorability event.
“Help me, Senior.”
So I blasted out a help ping.
Senior Alice proved to be a favorability-specialized NPC who can improve the favorability of Saint-esque NPCs with a certain probability just from her favorability special effect.
To invite celebrities, you need to gain favorability, and it’s rare to find someone who can gain it as well as Senior Alice.
“Are you unaware? Think about what you’ve done. Things may just flow smoothly!”
“The Kraken Commotion?”
“…Not that.”
“Making Dobi into the prophet of the end?”
“…Not that either.”
“Oh! I got it. Inviting friends over to Papa’s Mansion!”
“The Saintess Alliance has failed. Give up.”
“Ugh! No, no! Help me!”
Sigh.
Senior Alice sighed, then gently scolded while adjusting her hat.
“There was the time when you did something nice for Rosgini and the Red Magic Tower.”
“Oh?”
“You also saved the Thief Guild and Kanelle City from the Revolutionary Army and the revolutionaries.”
“Oh?”
“And you’ve also shown great kindness to the revolutionaries and the empire.”
“Oh?”
“Considering the seeds you’ve sown here and there, even if you tally it up, it’ll still tilt towards the positive. Besides, before assessing the tendencies, your title of Dark Princess has built quite a bit of awareness. People will likely come just to see your face at least once!”
“Wow!”
“…But don’t just sit back and expect others to do the work. Invitations must be sent with care. Set a date for the launch ceremony. Let the gathered folks know what the Saintess Alliance will do in the future. If you share specific plans for realizing that, you might receive funding and manpower from those with vested interests.”
“Amazing! How do you know all this, Senior?”
“I’ve just… thought about it a bit.”
“Thinking about being a Saintess?”
“To be fully liberated from the Foundation, how much strength would be needed and how many people’s help would be required.”
Somehow, the atmosphere became awkward.
Sometimes, when I attend classes with Jonnas and take Senior Alice along, it feels even stranger somehow.
“Goo, want to eat?”
“Goo.”
Away from home during vacation, Goo seemed quite angry, glaring at the wall with a pout.
Still, the inside of the [History Museum] assigned to this week in the Adventure Department Dormitory should be much larger and spacious compared to living in a cramped room.
Perhaps my emotional rapport is falling apart, as I reflected on how they’re not cheering about having more space at home but are sulking instead.
“I’m sorry! I’ll give you snacks twice a week from now on!”
“Goo.”
“Seven times is too much. You’ll turn into a pig!”
Ultimately, with an agreement of giving snacks five times a week, Goo stopped sulking, but the sight of them fiddling with the wall seemed pitiful.
“Senior. Why does Goo look so lifeless?”
“It’s probably because the hard work they did came to naught.”
“What broke?”
“Nothing. Respect Goo‘s privacy.”
“Sigh, got it.”
Anyway, I need to gather a lot of people.
Since I don’t know who will attend, I should start by making an announcement that we’re holding a launch of the Saintess Alliance soon.
“Instructor, can I use the Communication Room?”
“Go ahead. But you’re marked as a problem child, so the instructor has to listen in on the communication content. You’ve illegally left the Academy twice, so it can’t be helped according to regulations. Is that okay?”
“Um, well, it’s fine! It’s just to check in and chat, so no worries.”
Generally, events or gatherings are best to be asked for by the socialites if you want to attract an audience.
“Hey, Masugaki! How’ve you been?”
So, I outsourced it to Masugaki.
