Chapter 442: Member of Tower
The Hall Masters departed from the place, leaving Ruby behind with the Left
Guardian.
Eren slowly opened his eyes, his pale complexion recovering. There was no need to put on the act anymore.
“Master, what should I do with her?” The
Left Guardian looked at Eren, waiting for a response.
Ruby’s gaze turned strange as she raised her head, looking back and forth between Eren and the Left Guardian. She didn’t
understand why the Left Guardian was calling Eren her master.
“There is no need to worry about her.” Eren walked closer to Ruby, placing his hand over her head.
He removed the manipulation he had done to her memories, making her remember him properly. She didn’t treat an ordinary servant well enough, paying more attention to her father’s killers. However, he didn’t blame her for that.
Even if he was in her place, he might have done the same. Especially since he didn’t create any false memories of goodwill towards him as a servant.
The only reason he even manipulated her memories was that he was worried that her soul might be searched earlier. His manipulation was a way to protect her soul while also protecting his own identity.
If someone discovered his real identity through searching her soul, there was no need to search his soul, making the trap effectively useless.
Now that the trap had already worked effectively, there was no need to leave this
manipulation anymore. Still, just as a
precautionary measure, he left a trace of the manipulation.
If one was to try to probe her memories in the future, the same manipulation was going to become as effective as before.
“How long are you going to stay on the ground?” Eren asked the girl, who was looking at him blankly.
“What did I do…” Ruby stood up, unable to
believe herself. She had brought the hall masters to protect the Left Guardian against Eren?
Eren lightly flicked her forehead. “If you start blaming yourself, it will hurt much more next time.”
Ruby rubbed her forehead like a child.
What did he mean hurt more next time? Did he forget how strong he actually was? Even a light flick was painful. She thought.
“Why is the Left Guardian calling you
Master?” she asked.
From the way Eren was talking around her,
it became clear that he didn’t pay any
pay any heed
to the Left Guardian. It all happened from
the moment his soul was searched. She wondered if soul searching had this kind of effect on people?
“You don’t have to worry about that. Just remember that she is one of us,” Eren told Ruby who was looking at Eren in disbelief.
It was as if she was a child looking at a superhero. Just what kind of person was this? He could even turn the left guardian to his side? What couldn’t he do?
“From today onwards, we will be her disciples in the eyes of the others. So address her appropriately from now on,” Eren told Ruby while stepping out of the prison cell, accompanied by the left
guardian.
To move freely in the Necromancer Tower,
he needed a certain privilege. The privilege that came from being known as the disciple of the Left Guardian was exactly what he
needed.
“How long until the door opens completely?” Walking through the empty passage, Eren asked Kelia.
“Three weeks at the earliest,” the Left
Guardian answered.
“Three weeks?” Eren asked, looking at his
inventory.
The Hell’s Pass was kept in his inventory.
Until he entered the Necromancer Tower, the Hell’s Pass was only showing that he needed to be at the right place to use it.
Now that he came to the right place, he was able to see another condition. There was a timer under the Hell’s Pass, which
showed around three weeks of time as well.
“So even Hell’s Pass can’t let me enter
before the door opens.” He rubbed his forehead, frowning. It meant that he had to enter hell at the same time as the Tower
Master and the others, which made it much harder.
‘Maybe that’s for the best,’ he thought, as it
gave him a chance to gain more strength. He could recover the Celestial Dragon’s heart in the meantime as it was about time
for him to meet the Sea Dragon Empress.
He used mental transmission to give the Left Guardian a few very specific instructions. The Left Guardian nodded in
response.
She called for the Hall Masters to gather at
the central plaza and in front of everyone,
she accepted Eren and Ruby as her disciples.
Her declaration surprised everyone. Just
recently, the two of them were prisoners and now they were her Disciples? Leo Rottenheim was even more shocked.
He had been waiting for his master’s
response about accepting Eren as a disciple.
Unfortunately, his master was too busy dealing with the things that escaped through the half opened Hell’s Door. He
didn’t have time to check any communication or even respond.
Leo couldn’t believe that the Left Guardian
took that opportunity. He was certain that
it was because she realized the kind of
physique Eren had.
At the missed opportunity, he could only clench his fist and walk away.
The others were more confused about the reason for the Left Guardian’s selection. However, she didn’t need to explain her reasons to anyone.
The Left Guardian simply told Anya to take
care of her junior disciples, making sure that no harm came to them.
Anya was in disbelief but she couldn’t go
against her master. Although she hated these two people, she could only accept them as her master had selected them.
“Master, I have to leave the tower on the mission. I can’t guide them in the meantime. Can you ask others for now?”
“Why don’t you take them with you and let
them experience how we work?” the Left Guardian asked Anya in return, her implications being clear. Eren had already asked her to arrange for
him to leave the tower for some time. The
Left Guardian could only come up with this reason to make sure there were no
suspensions..
