"Correct answer.
"Reward being issued..."
No sooner had Abner spoken than two lines of text appeared on the blackboard. Then, accompanied by a cold laugh, a bottle of unidentified liquid appeared on the desk at the front of the classroom.
"Hmm... It's bottled, but this is definitely the hot spring water from the Words of Tenderness hotel. It even has what Cecia added to it." Abner picked up the bottle and studied it, quickly forming a theory.
"So the so-called rewards for correct answers in the Quiz Maze have to come from whoever holds this Sealed Artifact. He probably can't break that rule, or he wouldn't have given me a bottle of water...
"Of course, he might also be trying to get under my skin so he can plant a Seed of Desire."
When facing a Desire Apostle, he absolutely could not let his emotions surge or show any obvious desire. Otherwise, a "seed" could be planted at once, then used to control him remotely or be catalyzed and detonated outright.
In a sense, the Keeper of Knowledge's Mechanical Mind truly was the Desire Apostle's natural enemy.
"Also, while I'm answering questions, that Mirror Apostle may not be able to see inside the classroom. Otherwise, he would've spoken up earlier to put pressure on me.
"Hmm. The Transmigrator who came before me probably didn't want outsiders to know the questions... So they either die trapped here, or they're one of his own and can answer all ten...
"That's easy to test. If I answer several questions in a row, I'll know whether he can only appear between them!"
With that thought, Abner set down the hot spring water and told the blackboard he was ready.
He soon answered the second and third questions with ease.
Unlike the first, these weren't