[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-re-tales-of-the-rune-tech-sage":3,"chapter-re-tales-of-the-rune-tech-sage-re-tales-of-the-rune-tech-sage-chapter-570":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Re: Tales of the Rune-Tech Sage",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},148375,246,"Chapter 569: Kindness","re-tales-of-the-rune-tech-sage-chapter-570",570,"\u003Cp>CH569 Kindness\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Points? Rewards?\" Alex raised an eyebrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eleanore gestured toward the glowing point on the stele.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex followed her gesture, his gaze settling upon the illuminated spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, the reward list appeared before him as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Alchemical potion formulas... equipment... even rare ingredients. Not a bad selection,’ Alex thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes drifted to the bottom corner of the projected list where the current point tally was displayed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Nine hundred and ninety points?’ Alex raised an eyebrow slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How many points do you have?\" he asked. \"And what reward are you trying to redeem?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nine hundred,\" Eleanore replied. \"I want the second item on the list.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Unfortunately... I’m twenty points short.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex shifted his attention to the second item listed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Unknown Plant Seed]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex frowned slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the moment he concentrated on the item, an image suddenly appeared within his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’This...!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes flashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He quickly glanced at the required point value.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nine hundred and twenty... alright.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he was about to select the item, the old man’s voice suddenly rang out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You may want to examine the item ranked first before making your decision.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex turned toward the old man briefly, then looked back at the reward list.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The item ranked first was—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Introduction to Energy Alchemy!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex’s body trembled slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eleanore reacted the same way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How many points do you have?\" she asked quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nine hundred and ninety,\" Alex replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then what are you waiting for?\" she said immediately. \"Buy it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, to her surprise, Alex hesitated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared at the reward list in silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After several moments of contemplation, he finally made his decision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rumble...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stele suddenly shifted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hidden compartment slowly opened, revealing a small jar within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the jar rested a single item.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A seed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why did you—?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is more important to you than that is to me,\" Alex interrupted gently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shrugged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I might not even be able to make proper use of it even if I redeemed it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex walked over and retrieved the jar containing the seed from the stele.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Returning to Eleanore, he placed it carefully into her hands with a small smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For the SunHeart Princess,\" he said lightly, \"I present a seed of the SunHeart Blossom.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eleanore was left completely speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, one more thing,\" Alex added suddenly, as if remembering something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You might be interested in my trial. I had OmniRune transcribe the entire process.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can check it out on your Rune Phone.\" Alex said with upwards nose tilt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that said, Alex turned and casually walked toward the next stele —the Stele of the Anima Trial— before beginning the next test without another word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eleanore remained standing where she was, still holding the jar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It took her several moments to recover from her stunned state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her gaze slowly lowered to the seed in her hands, her expression filled with complicated emotions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching her reaction, the mysterious old man chuckled quietly in amusement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you are able to view his trial or learn about it, you should,\" he said while stroking his long grey beard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eleanore nodded somewhat stiffly before retrieving her Rune Phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once again, the old man found himself fascinated by these young people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using the limited access authority granted by the SunHeart gemstone embedded in her choker, Eleanore requested OmniRune to display the transcript of Alex’s trial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she read through the record, she discovered the method Alex had created.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A completely new branch of alchemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Pill Alchemy...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Leave it to Alex Fury to come up with something so strange,’ she thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her gaze drifted toward him as she remembered the expression he wore when telling her about the transcript.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Show-off,\" she muttered softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet despite the words, her eyes softened with quiet affection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that very moment, something subtle happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unnoticed by her—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The seed in her hand cracked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A tiny leaf slowly emerged from within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The metaphysical plant, which required a very specific form of Providence —the Providence of Kindness— had begun to awaken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without realising it, Alex’s actions had fulfilled the seed’s requirement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was only a matter of time before it blossomed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This, however, went completely unnoticed by Eleanore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was still immersed in thoughts of Alex’s brilliance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His creation —combined with the quiet sacrifice he had made for her— stirred a new feeling within her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It swelled slowly, warm and unfamiliar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then a thought suddenly struck her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned toward the old man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is such a breakthrough. Why is there only a ninety-point difference between our scores?\" she asked, frowning slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"His method is revolutionary and has extremely broad applications. He should have earned far more.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man smiled and nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are correct,\" he admitted. \"The difference between your scores should indeed not be so small.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The boy’s score is already the highest possible score within the framework of the trial.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is not that his score was too low.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is that your score was inflated.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My score was inflated?\" Eleanore asked in surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You managed to resonate with Zaxan’s Will,\" the old man explained. \"The bonus points were granted because of that resonance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Without that influence, your original score would likely have been no higher than six hundred.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eleanore nodded quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was not particularly surprised by the explanation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After reflecting for a moment, the reasoning made perfect sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Alex’s revolutionary new method had been evaluated at nine hundred and ninety points, then her own potion formula —which was only applicable to a single problem— truly did not deserve to exceed even half of that value.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was likely only because of the critical importance of the berserk crisis within Verdantis that her formula had received such a high baseline evaluation of six hundred points in the first place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Realising where the additional points had come from, Eleanore turned back toward the reward list and began searching for several specific items.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As expected,\" she muttered softly. \"They are here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A small smile appeared on her lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Zaxan’s Alchemical Research Log] ×8\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she had suspected, the bonus points existed precisely so she could obtain the complete set of the wizened troll’s research scrolls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the trial itself, she had only managed to read one of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now she could acquire the remaining ones as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And unsurprisingly, the full set cost exactly nine hundred points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eleanore did not hesitate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without even bothering to examine the other reward options, she immediately redeemed the scrolls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that exact moment, the tiny seedling emerging from the SunHeart Seed in her hand grew slightly larger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, Eleanore finally noticed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like the seedling... a gentle smile bloomed across her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nearby, the old man also smiled quietly to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Congratulations, old friend,’ he thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’It seems your life’s work has finally found its way into the right hands.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>",1143,"2026-05-29T03:49:40.181Z","2026-06-01T04:29:07.188Z",1,"novelbin.me","16873ee2965eda7dc2976dfeb60e063ed9fffd7c41d6f6aff672a25ac4555a7b","re-tales-of-the-rune-tech-sage-chapter-571","re-tales-of-the-rune-tech-sage-chapter-569",692,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fre-tales-of-the-rune-tech-sage-cover.jpg"]