Chapter 75: Monster

"What the hell... what is this...!?"

My legs trembled. I’d鉴定ed hundreds of people before, countless monsters too. But this guy? Different. What kind of abnormal stats is this...? Profession skill at 16?! How the hell does that even happen?!

And—there’s ranks beyond “S.” “S”... I’ve never even seen that before... wasn’t “A” supposed to be the ceiling?!

The numbers themselves... what the hell are these?! Higher than the “Leader” I saw before! This isn’t human stats!!

The number of magic and skills? Too many. Yet the Great Mage level is “1”? I was completely thrown off—this was too abnormal.

What do I do? Can I even report this to Leo’s husband?! If he doesn’t believe me... I’ll just look insane!

Just as I was panicking, my eyes locked onto one particular stat.

【Tame】. I knew this showed up when you became a monster tamer. One of the options caught my gaze—dead still.

Rock Giant Titan SSS

"......Eh...?"

Titan? That Titan? The one that vanished suddenly in America?

I felt sweat bursting from every pore on my body.

Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit! Whatever happens, being near this guy is a disaster!! A monster... an abnormally monstrous monster!!

—Right as I thought that, the man looked straight at me.

"Yipe!"

I forced my shaking legs to move, diving into the crowd like I was running for my life.

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Huh? Did I just get stared at?

"Gojo-san, are you... a Great Mage right now?"

Sakuragi gave me this look like I was running for my life.

“Yeah… I mean, come on, thinking about it, being called a Great Mage but still stuck as a Magic Warrior? That’s kinda weird, so I panicked and changed it yesterday… uh…”

“Level 1 now, but… isn’t that kind of obvious…?”

“Meh… nobody’s really paying attention, I doubt.”

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Gress is back.

“Gress, how’d it go? You went to check on Wang, right?”

“Ah… yeah… Leo’s husband…”

Gress is acting weird—like he’s somewhere way up in the clouds, all distant and stiff…

“Something wrong?”

“N-no, nothing. Wang’s abilities are something else. Liu’s strong too, so taking him along should be fine.”

“Good. Guess I was right to count on Wang. What about the Russian team?”

“They’re useless. Should just leave them behind.”

“Huh… you see the Japanese team too?”

“W-what?! Ah… yeah… no problems. Exactly what we expected… uh…”

“Got it. Thanks, Gress! The departure team’s decided. Really helped out.”

Freyja came up behind Gress, trying to scare him or something…

“Wah!”

“Waaaah!!?!”

Freyja’s the one startled—Gress yelled louder than I expected.

“W-what the hell?! Freyja?! Don’t scare me like that!!”

Muttering curses, Gress stomped off in the other direction.

“Huh… Gress was in a bad mood, huh?”

“Dunno…?”

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No way… I just can’t bring myself to say it… not like this…

I got into the Sanctum Knights because they valued my "Magic Eye" for鉴定.

This "Magic Eye" can鉴定 anything—no matter how high the level, even if there's a power that blocks鉴定! I鉴定ed Leo and Freyja's weapons, even those said to be impossible to鉴定.

So there's no way that guy's "鉴定" was wrong!! Leo's husband trusts this "Magic Eye" completely.

But this time... the content's so absurd, they won't believe me... If I lose their trust—me, who has nothing but this "Magic Eye" to rely on—then I'm done for!

Even if they somehow believe me... if it causes unnecessary conflict, if we end up clashing... that guy? No one—neither Leo's husband nor Freyja—could beat him.

Thinking all this through, the Japanese mage started walking toward Leo and the others. I was about to experience the chill down my spine for the first time.

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I've met the Sanctum Knights a few times before, but never properly greeted them... So I decided to say hello properly.

"Leo, got a sec?"

"Yeah, you're...?"

"Gojo! Nice to meet you."

He gripped my hand firmly. He was probably a few years older than me—early thirties, I'd guess—but he gave off a much more solid impression.

"Likewise! Tomorrow we're flying to France via air route, then boarding a ship from the port of Brest. It's gonna be busy—count on me."

After that, Sakuragi and Hagino greeted us too. I shook hands with a few more Sanctum Knights members. Then my eyes landed on Freyja Cruz.

"Gojo. Nice to meet you... can I call you Freyja?"

No problem at all. You can call me Gojoo. Nice to meet you!

Shook my hand with a smile that seemed friendly, carefree—like someone easy to talk to... Yeah, this one’ll be smooth.

I’ve wanted to chat with the Knights of the Sanctuary ever since I got here… but never found the right moment. So, uh… can you tell me a bit about yourselves?

"Sure, I wanna know about Gojō too! They call you the 'Pyro Magus,' right? What kind of magic can you do?"

After that, I managed to talk a bit, but mostly got grilled with questions. I barely got to ask anything important at all.

And the day of departure arrives...