Chapter 476

Capturing Roxy again was even simpler than imagined; although the time we met was somewhat different, it was much earlier than the previous loop, Roxy was still Roxy — the life trajectory she had experienced before had not been changed, and her personality was much the same.

At most, the current her was a bit more immature, but to Broly, Roxy's current immaturity did not affect his recapturing of the girl at all.

On the pretext of seeking academic advice, Broly became the demon girl's junior underclassman.

Roxy verbally complained about the trouble of being asked for advice, but in reality she was very enthusiastic about guiding the willing junior brother who kept calling her "Roxy-senpai" and wanted to get close to her.

"There's really no helping you; who told me helping juniors is what a senior sister should do? Broly, come sit closer, I'll tell you how to analyze this spell..."

The demon girl was someone with a discrepancy between her outer and inner self; she was somewhat dismissive verbally, but very serious when tutoring academics.

Broly had seen Roxy secretly take out a notebook, writing down the teaching points for how to guide him.

And the occurrence of this situation was also a matter of course.

The reasons were roughly two.

First, the girl felt a sense of being respected as an adult in his presence; for Roxy, who never wanted to be treated like a child, this was a very wonderful experience.

The other reason was that Roxy was a girl who disliked owing others; every time after Broly consulted her on academics, he would treat her to food on the pretext of repayment, which made the demon girl feel that if she didn't put her heart and soul into it, she would be letting down the boy's treat.

As the saying goes, "you eat someone's food, your mouth is shortened; you take someone's hand, your hand is shortened" — however, to make Roxy feel a sense of indebtedness, Broly also needed to display consummate acting, proving to the girl that he truly was a magic novice, and letting her see that under her guidance, he was indeed gradually growing.

Honestly, this was a somewhat difficult thing, but if he didn't do so, Roxy definitely would not accept his repayment with peace of mind.

Their relationship also would not have grown close with each after-school tutoring session, each time gathering together to eat a meal in repayment.

Of course, because he arrived early in this loop, Broly instead observed from a junior brother's perspective how his little wife integrated into Ranoa Magic University.

Roxy and her very first roommate Lanreta actually did not get along very pleasantly.

She was a somewhat sloppy, tall woman who also liked using money to make others run errands for her.

Of course, if Roxy had been willing to accept money, perhaps she would have had a pretty good academy life.

But her liking for magic made her unable to stomach Lanreta's perfunctory attitude toward magic.

"What are you even doing at a magic university? If you're not going to study seriously, just go stay somewhere else — isn't that better than idling away your days in an expensive magic university?"

"None of your business; I have plenty of money, unlike you, a poor ghost who's still too proud to do things for me — I'll stay wherever I want to stay!"

Broly witnessed the demon girl's quarrel with her roommate, and afterward guided the girl to the small forest where the other roommate often secretly practiced magic, letting Roxy see her — displaying an attitude completely different from her lazy classroom demeanor — seriously training in spellcasting, yet failing due to insufficient magic power.

Lanreta wasn't unwilling to study; it was just that due to talent reasons, even if she studied hard, she couldn't cast even a single intermediate spell.

After realizing this point, this person, afraid of being mocked by others, pretended not to study seriously; because that way, even if she failed to cast intermediate spells and was held back, it would be because she didn't study, not because of insufficient talent.

"Damn it, I really envy you demons — born with more magic power than us humans!"

Broly thought that the reason Roxy and Lanreta became good friends, this sentence from the other party should have played no small role.

"This is the first time I've heard someone say they envy my demon identity."

"If you want to mock, then mock; I'm a piece of trash who can't even cast a basic spell."

"I wouldn't mock an idiot who can exhaust her own magic power!"

Magic power exhaustion is a very painful thing; Lanreta being able to use her magic power to the point of exhaustion while practicing spellcasting proved she loved magic very much, and wasn't as indifferent as she usually acted.

Roxy apologized to the other party, and Broly witnessed the turning point where the two's relationship improved; this was something he and Roxy experienced together in the second loop that did not happen in the first loop; besides that, Broly also witnessed Ka Feng, that little human Young Master, confess to his own wife.

Of course, this Young Master was completely unsurprisingly rejected by Roxy, and the demon girl's reason for rejecting him was almost the same as when he himself was rejected in the previous loop at the beginning — namely, she felt nothing for any opposite sex who looked smaller than herself, and would not produce feelings of wanting to fall in love.

If Broly hadn't successfully captured the girl in the previous loop and seen her happy, shy appearance, he might have believed it.

Roxy's current aesthetic can be changed; the human Young Master didn't realize this point, and shouted out that in the future he would marry a wife of the same type as Roxy — a child's final persistence, giving Broly a subtle feeling.

If he marries Roxy again this time, this little human boy will probably cry just as miserably as in the previous loop.

However, Broly will not show mercy; once it's confirmed Roxy is his wife, no matter who comes, they cannot affect the development of this matter.

Roxy will definitely become his wife; this will become a new destined item of reincarnation, guarded by powerful fate force.

Time quickly arrived at Armor Dragon Year 408; Roxy began frequenting the library, and the library then had an incident of books being stolen and sold.

Because she purchased stolen books and brought them to the library to return them, Roxy was treated as the thief who stole the library books.

If Broly hadn't stepped forward to vouch for her, with his identity as a major donor for certain academy research projects, the demon girl might truly have suffered an unjust grievance.

"Although someone vouched for you, before the book theft investigation is clear, you, this demon who frequently enters and exits the library, will still be the biggest suspect."

The prejudice in people's hearts is a great mountain; the demon identity brought unfavorable results to Roxy, but it was a boon for Broly's capturing behavior.

When the majority of the outside world did not believe the demon girl, Broly was willing to believe the girl; judging from the rise in Happiness Value, Broly could clearly feel that this loop's Roxy was even closer to him.

Afterward, to clear the theft suspicion on herself, Roxy together with Broly, Lanreta, and Wind Young Master who also helped bargain when buying books outside, launched an investigation into this library theft incident.

And the final investigation result was that Roxy was merely accidentally involved; the real culprit was the Library Chief's own son, Vacelle.

This person once had a childhood friend; the girl's family declined due to a misjudgment of the political situation, and when he went to beg his parents to extend a helping hand — at least to save his beloved childhood friend — he was refused, treated as a sign of immaturity by his parents.

By the time he met his childhood friend again years later, she had already become a woman of the streets; thus this person conceived the idea of stealing books, wanting to disgrace his family and retaliate against his parents.

Only, the innocent Roxy who bought back the stolen goods got dragged into it.

This explains why in the previous loop, the Library Chief opened the door of convenience wide for the demon girl, letting Roxy have the privilege of borrowing various books for free.

"My clan's unworthy son has caused you trouble; as the Librarian Chief's Wife, I apologize to you, Miss Roxy Migurdia; if you need compensation, we will do our utmost to provide it."

"No need for compensation; I only hope Library Chief will not judge by appearances in the future — I am a demon, that doesn't mean I am the culprit."

The Library Chief's body bowed even lower.

"Your words, I will engrave on my heart."

She accepted the demon girl's lesson, and expressed that she would absolutely not commit this mistake of judging by appearances again.

Roxy then left like a Victorious General; only that night, when treating her friends to thank them for their strong support during this incident.

Facing the problem of her own purse's exhaustion, the girl somewhat regretted why she had acted cool and didn't raise a request for monetary compensation.

The library theft incident came to a close, but soon Roxy discovered a curse problem on her roommate, Lanreta.

Lanreta had once worked part-time as an Adventurer, and went to a place called Kiriaku Village; that village had a Dead Soul capable of granting people's wishes.

"Entangled by me, you really said some strange things — isn't it because you made a wish to me that I granted your wish?"

Rather than a curse, it was more like a spirit body similar to the undead helping to fulfill Lanreta's wish, and that wish was precisely that she would be better off without magic power.

This left both Roxy and Broly, who had run over to investigate the situation, feeling somewhat stunned, because the Lanreta in their impression was someone who envied Roxy for having magic power.

Afterwards, Broly heard from Roxy that Lanreta had run away from home on the pretext of learning magic because she disliked the atmosphere at home.

But because she fared poorly outside instead, the thought of returning home arose, yet she couldn't bring herself to lose face and yield to her father; the thought of not wanting magic power might have been born at that time.

Then she was unexpectedly entangled by the wish-granting undead of Kiriaku Village.

"Of course, the reason she envies me is because she discovered that she actually likes magic too……"

Roxy spoke of Lanreta's circumstances with great interest, and Broly could understand her happiness.

Because Lanreta was a girl very much like her; both had escaped their original homes on the pretext of magic, both occasionally missed their past homes, and both came to like the very magic that had been their reason for fleeing.

"Then what about you, Roxy-senpai? Do you like magic?"

"Of course. And you, Broly-Boast?"

"I like it too, especially water magic."

"Haha, me too. I came to like water magic because the first spell I learned was Water Ball Technique. What about you?"

"Me? I came to like it because the teacher who taught me water magic had hair the same beautiful color as water.

Of course, there's another even more important reason: water can be drunk, and it can help quench my thirst in places without water."

Broly answered honestly.

"Exactly, exactly!"

The Magic Continent is also a place lacking water sources, and Roxy wholeheartedly agreed with Broly's words.

But she quickly reacted to the boy's earlier words.

"Is my hair color really that beautiful?"

The demon girl twirled the end of her ponytail and asked.

"Yeah, really beautiful."

Broly nodded; he felt the water-blue hair was truly lovely. Of course, other hair colors weren't bad either.

"Is that so, is it like that……"

Roxy walked a few quick steps forward with a touch of delight, then turned back to ask the boy.

"Then, Broly-Boast, will you like water magic forever?"

"Of course."

"Then let's play with water, Water Ball Technique~"

Roxy cast quickly, smashing a water ball into the boy's face.

Broly could have dodged, but didn't.

Instead, he likewise released a water ball with no real offensive power, smashing it onto the girl's head.

Before long, Roxy was soaked, and the two began a water fight on the lawn.

The demon girl laughed happily; at this moment, she was undoubtedly extremely happy.

Other students seeing the two's fooling around, some even joined in.

A midsummer water fight on the lawn became a splendid scene of Ranoa Magic University in high summer.

Of course, the splendid scene might not be the water fight itself, but rather the senior sisters and junior sisters soaked through, their academy uniforms clinging to their bodies.

The weather gradually grew hotter, and students skilled in ice magic began to be welcomed. Due to the initiation of the water fight midsummer welfare event, Roxy's reputation improved earlier than in the previous loop.

And after Roxy helped cast ice magic to cool the sweltering classrooms, her classmates became even friendlier toward this demon girl.

Even some noble students would occasionally come over to say a few words to Roxy, even inviting the girl to go to the Noble Dining Hall for snacks.

However, Roxy refused such kindness most of the time, because she couldn't reciprocate.

Of course, there were still people in the class who disliked Roxy, for example a girl named Filia, who had a good relationship with Roxy in the previous loop.

"Healing magic: Elementary can completely heal all external injuries capable of self-regeneration.

Intermediate Healing: even some fatal injuries can be cured as long as the person is still alive, though it cannot restore missing parts.

Advanced: within several hours, even if there are missing parts, as long as the missing parts are still present, they can be reconnected and healed.

Saint Rank: as long as even bones with missing parts remain, it can regenerate flesh and blood……

Ultimately, it may even possess the ability to resurrect the dead.

Ah, this is simply the power of a god. Offer faith to the gods, offer reverence to Milis!"

"Cough cough, Miss Filia, I understand your feelings as a devout believer of the Milis Religion, but anyway, please sit down first."

The teacher teaching healing magic was somewhat helpless; she did not feel healing magic was a power bestowed by a god, but such words could not be spoken in front of a Milis Religion student.

"Regarding healing magic, currently at our university one can only learn up to Intermediate level; beyond that, one must seek another master."

"Eh? Even you, Teacher, can't use Advanced Healing magic?"

A beast race female student raised her hand and asked.

"No, Teacher can use it, but currently we still haven't obtained permission from the Milis Church to teach Advanced Healing magic……"

"Slap~"

Filia slammed the table and stood up; Broly could see a tic mark pop out on the old teacher's forehead.

"That is only natural. Originally letting people who aren't even believers use the power of a god is infuriating enough, and now you even say you want to teach it — this is simply absurd to the extreme."

"The Milis Religion has claimed the right to monopolize knowledge of Advanced Healing magic for these hundreds of years, however, among the long-lived demon race, there are actually sorcerers capable of using Advanced Healing magic."

Very obviously, the old teacher was taking a roundabout way to provoke; the Milis Religion claims healing magic is a god-given power, but what would the demon race say?

"Ah, you actually mention the demon race? Holy Knight Order, there's a heretic here!"

At these words, the classroom fell quiet.

"By the way, Roxy, do you know Advanced Healing?"

Lanreta, who wasn't very good at reading the atmosphere, broke the silence and asked the girl at the desk beside her.

"No, what's up?"

"How about Intermediate Healing?"

"I don't know that either."

"Aren't you an A-rank Adventurer?"

Filia turned her gaze to the only Demon girl in the classroom, leaned over, and said, "It's normal not to know; for Demons to use Healing Magic or such is nothing but Blasphemy against the gods!"

"To be honest, if you're an Adventurer, I think Beginner Healing Magic is more or less enough; I know that one."

Roxy ignored the guy behind her and spoke to Lanreta on her own.

"Hey, don't ignore me."

"Is that so?"

"That's right. If it's an opponent capable of inflicting Fatal Injuries on team members, having the member responsible for attacking leave the front line to heal could lead to a Team Wipe."

"Indeed, for Demons who are nothing but Muscle Brains, knowing Attack Magic is enough, but when they suffer Fatal Injuries, they're basically Missing Limbs, and by then you'd want to learn higher-ranked Healing Magic."

"But it's not like you can teach such magic to Demons; the power of the gods should be used by pious Believers of the Millis Religion."

"Of course, Healing is Compassion; letting Demons learn something they don't originally have, I think we should Forget It."

Filia's mockery worked, and Broly immediately saw Roxy's displeasure on the Demon girl's face, whose eyebrow was raised.

"Oh, is that so? Then as a Believer of the Millis Religion, you should naturally already be able to use Advanced Healing, right?"

Hearing Roxy's words, Filia showed a Guilty expression; Roxy noticed, and with a slight upturn of her Mouth Corner, asked, "What's wrong, classmate Filia, surely you don't still not know Advanced Healing, right?"

"I'll learn it in the future!"

"How about Intermediate Healing?"

"Ugh..."

"Tsk, still talking about Compassion and such, hah~"

The Demon girl's light laughter likewise brought the mockery to the fullest.

"I'll learn it right away."

Filia began to Defend/Argue.

"Then this Demon of mine will definitely learn Intermediate Healing sooner than you, a pious Believer of the Millis Religion."

"Impossible!"

Filia declared firmly.

These Two became hostile toward each other.

"Fine then, let's have a contest to see who learns Intermediate Healing first!"

Roxy stood up.

The other looked down on Demons, believing Demons couldn't learn higher-ranked Healing Magic.

Then she would use Actual Action to refute the other.

Broly watched the developments from the Side and had no intention of Haphazardly interfering in this matter.

Because he felt this might be the event where Roxy and Filia became friends.

Just like how he was initially Hostile toward the Dragon God, but as they came into contact, he had now become friends with Orsted.

And Roxy also had the right to regain the friends she had possessed in other timelines.

So, regarding these two starting a contest to see who learns Intermediate Healing Magic first, Broly did not conduct too much Interference.

However, he still had some biased fine manipulations; for example, on the Adventurer's Guild side, he issued a very Special Commission.

Injured people could come to receive the Demon girl's Free Treatment; as long as someone, while receiving the Demon girl's Free Treatment, made the girl comprehend Intermediate Healing, then they could directly obtain a Ranoa Gold Coin Commission Reward.