Seeing Ellie pose for a long time with no reaction, everyone looked at Ellie with great curiosity.
At this moment, Ellie was drenched in cold sweat. What should she do? At this critical juncture, just as she was about to show off, she had forgotten the most important thing.
This was truly embarrassing!
Hmm? Wait a minute! She was currently using a mercenary scroll to impersonate a summoning spell, not the legitimate summoning magic of Clementine, the dead blond older brother from Black Scripture. It was only natural to take an unconventional path.
And besides... the thing she was going to summon was something that could scare everyone present, so it definitely wasn't ordinary, right! In that case... she had it!
After a long silence, Ellie took out a gold coin from her pocket. This gold coin was exactly her salary for this month in Theocracy. So, Ellie placed the gold coin on the box.
"Hark! Holy Heaven's Radiant Dragon, the offering has been made. Please heed my summons and appear!!" Ellie shouted, striking a very chuunibyou pose.
However... nothing happened. After all... summoning this thing required a minimum of twenty thousand gold coins, and the one she had was only one, so it naturally wouldn't work. Ellie knew this too.
"Uh... Bell, do you have any money left? Lend me some first." Ellie turned her head and asked Bell, who was beside her. Bell honestly took out her purse, which only contained a dozen silver coins and many copper coins. Just as she was about to pick out a few silver coins, Ellie snatched the entire purse.
Ellie rolled her eyes at the tear-faced Bell, put the purse down as well, and then once again shouted the same lines as before. Still, there was no reaction. It would be a miracle if there was any reaction with so little money.
"Uh... still not enough? Then there's nothing to be done. Never mind, I won't summon it." Ellie feigned a disappointed look, intending to retrieve the money and the box containing the scroll.
Good, this way she could smoothly retrieve the money and the scroll, and pretend nothing had happened. Although she didn't get to show off this time, at least she didn't lose face.
"Clementine, does your summoning spell require money as a medium to summon? If so, I can provide the money!" Fire Chief Priest Bernice, who was at the side, enthusiastically called out to Ellie, and she also pulled out her own purse.
"Yes... it's just that my memory is a bit hazy. I only remember that it requires money, but I don't remember the exact amount. Losing my memory is quite troublesome!" Seeing that old woman take out her purse, Ellie could only bite the bullet and continue acting. Anyway, she couldn't produce enough money to summon, so she just needed to repeat the summoning incantation from before, right?
"Is that so? Well, I have ten gold coins here. Take them and try." The old woman generously gave Ellie ten gold coins.
The result... was still the same. After Ellie shouted the summoning incantation again, there was still no reaction.
"This isn't enough? It seems it must require a lot, a lot of gold coins. Never mind, if it's not working, I shouldn't force it. I can only walk, I just hope it doesn't delay Shu'enbeimu Uncle's march." Ellie shrugged, feigning a very disappointed look.
The old woman also said that this was probably the only way. Just as the matter seemed to be perfectly resolved, a Priest ran over from not far away and called out to the old woman.
Ellie was just about to retrieve the mercenary scroll when the old woman, after listening to what the Priest whispered to her, replaced her regretful expression with a smile.
"Clementine, please wait a moment, don't rush to put it away. I will find a way to help you with the money you need for the summoning. Please wait here for a moment." After the old woman finished speaking, she left with the Priest.
Ellie was a bit puzzled. What else did this old woman want to do?
She said she would solve it, but could she alone come up with twenty thousand gold coins?
Hmm? She alone couldn't, but that doesn't mean Theocracy couldn't, right?
That old woman should have given up just now, right? She only said that after the Priest ran over and said something. Does this mean that those old foxes in Theocracy are currently monitoring her?
Oh ho! It seems they want to see what she can summon to understand her abilities, right?
Just like the last time they made her fight six, in order to force her to use her full strength, they made the six members of Black Scripture fight her alone. So this time, they are also observing her in secret. After discovering that she could also use "summoning" magic, they want her to successfully summon and gather information, right?
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