The Ordinary Me is Worshipped as a Deity by the Extraordinary Them-Chapter 6 - I Should Get Used to Darkness

Can anyone… do anything they want to do…

Egbert and Euphia stood in the middle of the road, pondering this question for a long time.

The former had already decided he didn’t want to get involved in the unnecessary conflicts of the Order of the Knights of Light. The latter was thinking about how most mercenaries actually don’t want to take on tasks with high mortality rates, but they are forced to choose them because those issuing the tasks always assign such missions, leaving mercenaries with no choice.

Euphia, as the daughter of the Mercenary Alliance Guild Master, shared her father’s desire to change the current positioning of mercenaries.

The Mercenary Alliance Guild Master, praised by Egbert for his foresight, had discovered the drawbacks of the mercenary system after establishing the Mercenary Alliance in this city and guiding the spread of mercenaries throughout the continent.

In everyone’s eyes, mercenaries were not seen as collaborators who could be hired with money when needed, but as tools that could be controlled with money.

While everyone saw it as natural to work for pay, when human warmth and the importance of life were completely ignored, death numbers became just numbers.

They couldn’t represent the many broken families left behind.

Euphia had posted some relatively mundane tasks, such as tidying up city streets, repairing damaged houses, or cleaning homes for elderly people with limited mobility. While these tasks were quickly accepted when posted, no one would learn from her example and post similar tasks.

When asked, the conclusion was always: “If a house is damaged, we can just patch it up ourselves. As for cleaning, the three elements of wind, water, and fire are all shortcuts for housekeeping.”

As for tidying up streets, it would turn into another type of combat mission.

Streets become dirty and messy because others break the rules, and those who violate rules… just need a good beating.

This was the mindset that mercenaries couldn’t change.

Was Su Li’s appearance a sign that what she had done before was meaningful?

Euphia herself felt it was strange to seek answers from a child. But neither she nor her father knew how to change things.

As for the other higher-ups in the alliance, they always told her and her father: “You’re doing unnecessary things again.”

To be able to do anything you want to do…

Do you need to think of it first to break through the dilemma?

Euphia suddenly thought of a feasible point: What if they required all task issuers to post three daily tasks for every one combat task?

As for those who issue tasks being dissatisfied… for mercenaries spread across every corner of the world…

This was absolutely a seller’s market! The mercenaries of the Mercenary City, from the moment they registered as mercenaries, would never violate the saying in the alliance hall.

“Loyalty and trustworthiness are the foundation of a mercenary’s existence.”

Euphia’s eyes suddenly lit up like light bulbs.

Then Euphia took out a golden key and thrust it into Su Li’s hand. She cheerfully said to the confused Su Li. “Thank you very much for your insight. The rent for the house is only one silver coin per month. The house is located about a hundred meters ahead. All doors in that building can be opened with this key. You can try to choose any room to live in.”

“And the rent for the entire small building adds up to only one silver coin.”

“Now, I have to go do something else. Goodbye.”

Su Li: ?

Su Li: ???

The person in question was completely bewildered, unable to understand what was happening.

Do people in this world generally have some strange riddler-like quality? Just a moment ago, Euphia was curious about why he issued such a task, and now…?

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Su Li was confused, but finally thinking about the house with a monthly rent of only one silver coin, he cleared his throat and said, “Cyril, it seems there are still good people in this dangerous world.”

Cyril was baffled, Cyril said nothing.

Egbert, probably due to reasons that were completely indescribable, seemed to connect with Euphia’s train of thought.

The Son of Light naturally knew the daughter of the Mercenary Alliance Guild Master. He was also aware of what she and her father were doing, or rather, many people knew.

However, in the past, his evaluation was the same as others: “They’re doing unnecessary things again.”

But now, Egbert suddenly felt a bit envious of Euphia. After just a few words with Su Li, Euphia seemed to have found her path forward, while he, also defined as a genius in the past, was just in a daze, thinking that by following Su Li, he could understand more concepts.

This subtle sense of sourness made Egbert blurt out, “In your opinion, is Euphia much smarter than me?”

Su Li: Who’s Euphia? Sounds like a girl’s name. Why are you comparing yourself to her?

Although he didn’t know what happened, comforting seemed like the right thing to do, right?

Unconsciously having mastered the art of deep diplomatic speech, Su Li said something that instantly made Egbert happy.

“Men and women do indeed have differences in thinking, but each has their own advantages.”

Comparing things without understanding the truth is essentially the same as a pedant saying that one banana plus one apple doesn’t equal two, right?

Su Li calmly walked towards the three-story red brick house that Euphia had just pointed out to him.

Cyril…Cyril said, “Su Li is really amazing.”

Although he didn’t understand, that sister with seemingly super awesome combat power must have been impressed by Su Li, right?

And big brother Egbert too.

Even though they had met two strange people in just one day, Cyril still accepted it well and quietly chose a secondary bedroom on the second floor of the red brick house.

Later, they went to cancel their hotel room.

Su Li, who felt that things he wanted to do were happening with extraordinary efficiency, was extremely confused about the situation of renting a house and being able to move in in less than two hours.

This was completely different from modern society.

In the following days, Su Li felt that the most distinct difference between this other world and the world before his transmigration wasn’t in people’s appearances or the look of buildings, but in how light elements could charge things like light bulbs.

How nice, a living, walking power bank.

Feeling uncomfortable under Su Li’s gaze, Egbert forced a smile and asked, “Is there something you want me to do?”

“No, I’m just thinking that elements are much more powerful than I imagined,” Su Li waved his hand.

After all, human-shaped walking power banks were just everyday applications of elements. Hearing mercenaries always talking about magical beasts and such, this world must have monsters comparable to human-shaped walking disasters.

And…

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Su Li wrinkled his nose, wondering what skills he had in this world that he could use to work and earn money.

Before transmigrating, when Su Li was working hard 24/7 instead of completely giving up, he mainly did game outsourcing, taking on tasks commissioned by game companies. Game copy planning, event planning, character modeling, character illustrations, and other jobs – Su Li had knowledge of all these, but in this other world, he couldn’t see how any of this could be useful.

These past few days were spent learning about this world, and Su Li discovered that schools did exist here, but tuition fees were shockingly expensive.

Ten gold coins per semester, and most of the knowledge taught was related to elemental cultivation.

Egbert had also voluntarily mentioned before that different elementalists couldn’t provide cross-elemental guidance, and cultivation methods varied among elementalists. Even within the same system, it was impossible to casually instruct others, which was why tuition fees were so expensive.

The most he could do was to train Cyril in physical techniques.

When Su Li mentioned the scene of Euphia crushing iron blocks into powder, Egbert explained. “Any elementalist who has reached the Order level can achieve this.”

In simple terms, those seemingly ordinary people on the street could, at any moment, kick over the foundation of a modern society building if they suddenly erupted.

When Su Li learned about this, he was a bit worried about the red brick house, but later found out that buildings were actually reinforced with wind elements, so it wasn’t likely for people to be buried by collapsing buildings.

Seeing that his life was somewhat secured, Su Li began to worry about the children’s education.

Having never had a girlfriend or children, and always wanting to live with cats, Su Li fell into deep thought.

Seeing Su Li with another “contemplating the great matters of life” expression, Egbert sighed inwardly, wishing that one day he could keep up with Su Li’s train of thought.

Over these few days, Egbert had heard Su Li say during meals. “Food is a necessity for life, yet it can also be something that countless people fear and dread.”

Egbert had no thoughts about the “Stargazy Pie” he made, but he was guessing that Su Li seemed to be hinting at something through food. Although he couldn’t judge what it was now, Egbert thought it must be something very profound and meaningful.

In reality...

Su Li: Never in my life did I imagine that the most painful thing I’d face after transmigrating would not be the inability to access this other world’s power system, but having to eat “Stargazy Pie.”

Later, after spending an afternoon in the toilet, Su Li sighed through the bathroom door. “Physical pain has a limit, but mental suffering is endless.”

Egbert: Look, Lord Su Li is guiding me again!

However, in reality…

Su Li: How can I subtly hint to Egbert that “Stargazy Pie” is only suitable as an offering to the God of Light or the God of Darkness, or any god for that matter… but should never appear in the human world?

Just thinking about those dead fish eyes made Su Li’s scalp tingle.

Even worse!

When Su Li came out of the bathroom, he saw Egbert with extremely bright eyes and an expression that clearly said he should have followed Su Li into the bathroom to closely record every word he had said.

Su Li’s vision darkened, and he muttered to himself. “I should get used to darkness.”

TN:

“Stargazy Pie,” a traditional Cornish pie where fish heads stick out through the crust, appearing to “gaze at the stars.”