Sacrifice: Time of Mine

Chapter 104: Extremely Ugly

"It worked?" the Guild Master was pleasant at this. After this, he would reward Mettany for her hard work.

This was really pleasant!

Not only does the Rank Bih Elesp was successfully used, but Mettany's potential surpassed his expectations.

Her Initial Rank was Rank Eeh, meaning, there's a large possibility that she could reach Rank Cee in her lifetime. Seeing that she just used a Rank Bih Elesp Book meant that she has a great capacity to learn and maybe reach Rank Bih!

Although the Rank Bih Elesp Book was special and was made to easily be used.

One only needs to be a Rank Bih Earth Elementalist, even without practice, they could easily activate it. And that condition is also unnoticeable. It only needs to consume Elementalist's physical stamina and a small portion.

That was the reason that even though it is a Rank Bih Elesp Book, a Rank Bih Elementalist such as the Guild Master couldn't pay for it.

But that's the thing, it is meant for Rank Bih Earth Elementalist and Mettany was only a Rank Dih. She made use of her Conditioned Elesk to achieve the power of a Rank Bih. The small portion of energy for Rank Bih, however, was all of her pent-up energy in equivalence.

That was why when she caught Avion, as she gasped, she fell onto him too.

The Guild Master with a delighted expression helped Mettany up and made her on the couch to rest. He noticed her shocked expression and didn't think much about it.

But when he turned back to Avion and looked at his face, the Guild Master realized and gasped, 'Ugly!' he inwardly shouted.

"Don't worry, Guild Master, I wasn't hurt." Avion said, noticing the Guild Master's ghastly expression.

"I-is that so..." the Guild Master quickly hid his expression.

"But is Mettany okay?"

"Yeah... she just needs some rest. Don't worry about her. She will have a lot of rest from now on since her punishment of cleaning service will be alleviated... Mettany sure is hard-working so I think that she needs to rest..." the Guild Master explained, wanting to prolong the inevitable.

"So did it work?" Avion smiled as he pointed at his face with excitement.

"Urgh..." Guild Master Gon grumbled before nodding with a calm expression on the surface.

Immediately, Avion stood up and looked for a mirror. He went in front of it and was stunned.

Mettany and Guild Master Gon frowned, wanting to destroy the mirror quickly.

Avion stared at his face.

It was largely different from the one he had before. It was as if his blood was taken from his face.

His eyes and cheeks were sunken. His eyebrows were like... how can it be explained... it was as if a child was given a razor and played with them. His lips were pale and dry. If one looked closely, the skin was torn and if it was plucked, it would be ripped off.

Not just his face, his body color turned from silky white to one that is darker. Dark skin was not ugly in itself but the thing is, Avion's new skin color was inconsistent. A little more and it was as if he has some sort of skin disease.

His body wasn't that skinny, only his face looks like one.

When he smiled, it could be seen that his once white, aligned, and clean teeth have changed. One could just imagine them as simply chaotic. Also, it looked like Avion had yet to brush his teeth all his life.

On top, his hair was messy. It was messy before too but it was 'good' messy. His hair before this was silky and bouncy. It was also wavy and thick. It looked like if one touched it, they would feel it fluffy. But now, except for being messy, everything else was the opposite.

"I'm..." Avion was stunned at his appearance.

To this, the Guild Master thought that maybe because the last step was forceful. It wasn't actually anyone's fault. If there was anyone to blame, it was Avion's fault for giving Mettany additional strength without notice and at the crucial moment.

But the Guild Master didn't mention this and only said with an apologetic tone, "Don't worry, you still have your original appearance behind it. With just one thought, you can break the Identity Change elesp!" but he inwardly sighed while he had the look of positivity.

Breaking it just because of this one aspect was too much of a shame. After all, this one is a Rank Bih Elesp Book, specially crafted by a Rank Ey Bookmaster. Additionally, it was already successfully used!

The Guild Master went through all the trouble just to get this in his hands.

"I will speak to the Bookmaster at once, she may know a way of modifying it."

Avion then frowned at the Guild Master and asked, "Why, I thought it succeeded? I mean look, my face is really different." he smiled.

Guild Master Gon's brows, "You're not troubled by this?"

"Troubled?" Avion asked as if he didn't know that he was super ugly, "Why would I be troubled?"

"Because... you're extremely u-" the Guild Master was interrupted as Mettany forcedly shut his mouth. With difficulty, she went there just to put her hand on the Guild Master's mouth.

"Extremely what?" he then asked Mettany. Her action was too obvious.

However, she had no strength left and her hand was easily removed by the Guild Master, "He needs to know this." he then gave a solemn looked and voice, "Avion, you're extremely ugly."

"Oh..." Avion looked at the mirror and commented, "You're right. I mean my looks are a little disgusting." he lightly laughed.

"You're fine with it?" Mettany asked in disbelief. If that was to happen to her, she would grieve.

"It's just... I don't really care." Avion casually replied.

'Maybe because he was assured that it's not permanent.' the Guild Master sighed. Since Avion himself was fine with it then there's not much problem.

The only problem was that others won't think like that. There are a lot of shallow people out there that would judge him just because of his appearance. After all, he wasn't just ugly, he looked like a lizard.

"But if it's fine with you then if it can be modified, we will try."

"Sure" Avion nodded, not expecting anything, "So... what do I do next?"

"Identity is not all about the appearance. You should create a false background and pick a new name for yourself. Then I'll order someone to buy you some new clothes. You are the only one who has that kind of clothing.." the Guild Master then added;

"For the false background, we have already set up one for you. From now on, you're a secret child of an old maid in the Romen Family. Actually, we can add that you're hidden because of your deformed- I mean your... ehem... strange appearance."

Avion smiled, showing his unaligned teeth, "Oh, then my new name is Relle!"

'Unbelievable...' Mettany thought as she felt helpless, 'He's still making my heart throb.'