Chapter 48: School Festival (4)
Scholar began examining the bracelet I’d shown him.
“This is... a control-type item? Is it from the Marbat line? No, wait, judging by the finish, it seems to have a bit more of a Bescal mix.” “Could you reinforce it for me?” “It’s possible, yes, but I can’t guarantee it’ll go well... Is that all right?” “I don’t mind.”
There was a really small chance it could be destroyed during the process, but no way something like that would actually happen in real life.
The only issue was that he tended to over-upgrade even unrelated repairs—but when it came to mechanical gear, I’d never seen him fail.
“All right, let me take it off first.”
As I removed the bracelet from my wrist, I felt the accumulated damage stored inside it transferring back to me.
‘Guh!’
A burning pain flared in my hands and feet.
The holes in my limbs couldn’t be sealed, but that damage and agony had been held back by the bracelet—until now.
The pain I’d grown numb to in just a short time came rushing back the moment I took it off.
Still, I hid the flood of agony behind a drunken daze, pretending nothing was wrong as I handed it over.
‘God, it hurts like hell.’