SSS-Rank Awakening: My Talent Multiplies Everything novel Chapter 19

Chapter 19: The Spectre Guild.

Kael pulled out his phone and opened his banking app. The glow from the screen reflected faintly in his eyes as he entered the transfer amount without hesitation.

One million credits.

His finger tapped the confirmation button, and the transfer instantly went through.

At first, he had considered going shopping for Lyra himself. Buying proper equipment, protective gear, emergency supplies, maybe even a weapon or two for her upcoming tutorial. But after thinking about it carefully, he realized that was probably a terrible idea.

Knowing himself, he would most likely end up buying the heaviest armor possible. Thick layers of reinforced metal, absurd defensive capability, enough weight to cripple mobility entirely. The kind of equipment meant to survive explosions rather than actual combat.

He could already imagine it clearly in his head.

The first edition of the Lyra Iron Bucket Series Version 1.0.

Kael almost laughed at the thought.

No, letting her choose according to her own fighting style was definitely the smarter option.

That did not mean he had completely abandoned the idea though.

Just as he was about to type a message to explain the sudden transfer, his phone immediately began vibrating in his hand.

Lyra.

The corners of Kael’s eyes twitched slightly.

Does she ever put her phone down?

Still, he accepted the call. Thankfully, experience had taught him something important over the years. Whenever Lyra entered full panic mode, her voice could reach terrifying levels, so the moment he saw her calling after sending that amount of money, Kael already knew better than to place the phone directly against his ear.

So instead, he wisely kept it a few centimeters away.

The next moment, a sharp, panicked voice exploded from the speaker.

"WHAT THE HELL, KAEL?!"

Even with the distance, he still winced slightly.

"WHERE DID YOU GET THAT MUCH MONEY FROM?!"

Kael opened his mouth to answer, but Lyra did not give him the chance.

"What did you sell this time?!"

She suddenly paused for a second as though realizing something.

"...Wait, no. That doesn’t make sense."

Her voice became even more alarmed.

"You don’t even own anything worth that much."

A bad feeling immediately rose in Kael’s chest.

"What did you do?" she asked quickly. "Don’t tell me you did something illegal. Did you steal? Did you scam somebody? Did you—"

"Okay, Lyra."

Kael finally interrupted before her imagination got any worse.

"You’re panicking right now."

"I’m not panicking!"

"You sound very panicked."

"I am being reasonably concerned!"

Kael rubbed his forehead tiredly.

"Take a deep breath or something first."

From the other end, he heard her inhale deeply.

Then silence followed.

Temporary silence, but silence nonetheless.

Kael already knew calming her down halfway would not be enough. Lyra was smart. Too smart, honestly. There was no way she would easily accept a random million-credit transfer without questioning it.

"I didn’t do anything illegal," he said calmly. "Or anything dangerous."

"...Then where did the money come from?"

Kael paused briefly before answering.

"I got lucky during my first Tower trial. The rewards were better than expected."

The line instantly fell silent again.

This time, the silence stretched much longer.

Clearly, she did not buy it.

Honestly, Kael did not blame her. Rewards worth a million credits from the First Floor sounded ridiculous. Most newcomers would celebrate getting rewards worth a few thousand credits. Tens of thousands was already considered extremely lucky.

But a million?

Nobody with common sense would believe that.

Kael himself understood that much.

Unfortunately, he had no better explanation.

There was no way he could tell her about the strange entity that had interfered with his tutorial. Nor could he explain his Reward Multiplier talent. The entire situation was still filled with too many things even he himself did not fully understand yet.

There was also the Tower Master to consider.

A being capable of creating something as vast and mysterious as the Tower was not someone Kael wanted to offend carelessly. If another existence had truly managed to interfere with his tutorial right under the Tower Master’s nose, then who knew what kind of implications that carried?

Too many variables existed.

Too many unknowns.

Until he figured things out properly, it was better to keep Lyra in the dark.

The silence finally broke with a long sigh from the other side.

"...Okay."

Kael blinked slightly.

"If you say you didn’t do anything illegal, then I’ll believe you."

Her voice softened afterward.

"You probably have your reasons for not telling me everything."

A faint smile appeared on Kael’s face.

A trace of amusement entered his tone. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

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