episode_0089

Even if dogs bark, the train runs.

No matter how much Fenrir hates fakes, in the end he will have his own appearance based on Soultaker’s blueprint.

That’s all.

Lavender.

Soultaker would be the most suitable suit for Lavender, and even against Shingung, she would definitely have a 50:50 chance of winning.

Yes.

It’s a half fight.

Although he said in front of Lavender, ‘You will be able to win,’ he did not say that he would win unconditionally.

Education is really difficult.

When giving praise, you need to be ‘appropriate’, and when telling the harsh reality, you need to control the truth to some extent.

Especially in the case of a new person like Lavender who is just starting out and carries a lot of responsibility.

Some people may say that she has grown enough after playing as a pilot for 3-4 months, but Lavender was an ordinary high school girl until last year.

A stage where genius talent is now blooming and seeing the light of day.

It wouldn’t matter if Lavender just defeated Shingung, but I have to prepare for ‘when Shingung wins.’

For that, I need to get insurance.

Current time, 11:11.

Strangely enough, the times indicated on the panel are all set to 1.

Ordinary students need to sleep for their health, but busy people tend to work even at 11 o’clock.

smart.

“Ah.”

Stand in front of the door and knock.

“Instructor Aria. It’s me, the cloud.”

It happened often on the battleship, but I never thought I’d come knocking on the door so late at night after returning to the colony.

But it shouldn’t be a problem.

I have already visited Instructor Aria’s room a few times, and on the other hand, Instructor Aria has also visited my room.

It’s rude to come here so late at night, but I had to be a little late today because I was helping Lavender with her simulation.

If there is no response from within-

Rattling.

The door opens.

The lock is released, and the light of fluorescent lights welcomes me from inside.

“…….”

Putting on my sunglasses, I carefully enter the room.

The instructor’s room in the annex building built for Green Camp platoon members and instructors is not just a simple room, but is like a house, so it’s actually like entering the entrance of an apartment.

The lights were on in the living room, so I changed into slippers and headed to the living room.

“Have you made a decision, Instructor Aria?”

“…….”

Inside the living room, I made eye contact with Instructor Aria, who was coming out of the master bedroom.

“…….”

“Wait a minute. Something is strange.”

I thought about the situation just now for a moment.

I knocked, the door opened from the inside, and then I came inside.

But why is Instructor Aria only wearing a white shirt?

Why aren’t you wearing anything underneath?

‘You must have seen it wrong.’

okay.

You saw it wrong.

It looks like the skin color has slightly rubbed off somewhere, and instructor Aria is blushing and twisting her legs, so it’s hard to see now.

In common sense, who would wear just a shirt and nothing else?

“…You got the timing wrong. I’ll come back next time.”

“No. it’s okay. The reason I couldn’t say anything for a moment was because of the instructor’s attire.”

“My outfit?”

“Yes. It’s not a uniform, but it’s the first time I’ve seen him wearing civilian clothes.”

“…That’s right.”

It would definitely be awkward to wear a black t-shirt and jeans.

Because I always wore a suit even if I came late at night.

“After talking, I was going to leave for a while.”

“You’re leaving?”

“Okay. To check the patrol situation for a moment.”

“…If you want to go see Brain Mattress by midnight, I will go with you.”

“No.”

I extended my hand towards Aria who was about to come out.

“In that outfit?”

“…….”

“Surely you didn’t notice?”

“…….”

Aria looked down at herself for a moment.

“Well, it doesn’t matter, right?”

“What?”

“It’s not like the cloud instructor is going to attack me.”

“Wait, what?”

“It’s okay, instructor.”

As if it was no big deal, he came out of the main room, took out a drink from the refrigerator in the kitchen that was connected to the living room, and placed it on the table.

“Please sit down. My legs hurt when I stand.”

“…….”

“Are you curious?”

Aria twitched the corners of her mouth and gently fiddled with the buttons of her shirt.

The wind pushed up my shirt a little, and I had to close my eyes even though I was wearing sunglasses.

“I didn’t know you would pull a prank like this.”

“I didn’t know I would pull a prank like this, senior.”

“Senior?”

“You are a senior as a Chang Sesu rider, so at this moment, I will comfortably call you senior.”

“I like the title of instructor more.”

“In that case, I will continue to call you an instructor.”

Aria sits at the table.

I also sat across from her and grabbed the canned drink she offered…

“Wait.”

“Yes.”

“Isn’t this alcohol?”

“It’s okay. It is non-alcoholic.”

“…….”

“If the alcohol or carbonation is a bit strong, should I get something else?”

“No. He’s not that sick. On the contrary, I sometimes drank it when I was alone.”

“I have never seen the instructor drunk…”

“I quickly sober up from alcohol.”

I opened the can and held it towards Aria.

“Ta-da, don’t do it. Cheers.”

“……Ta-da.”

Ta-a-an.

A refreshing sound rang out, and I lightly sipped my canned beer.

“It’s a bit awkward to talk about work while drinking, but I believe that instructor Aria will remember the story well tomorrow even if she’s drunk.”

“Of course. I, surprisingly, am a strong drinker.”

“How much do you drink?”

“I drink 500 cans at least once.”

“…….”

Slightly, strong.

“I see. Actually, I sell makgeolli.”

“Makgeolli?”

“It’s one of the traditional drinks from my hometown. It’s a bit hard to call it a drink, but it should be said to be similar to fermented liquor made with alcohol.”

“Aren’t you drinking now?”

“Expensive.”

There are not many ways to obtain makgeolli in space.

“A bit much, expensive.”

“How long…?”

“It’s more expensive than wine. On Earth, in my hometown, I can buy a bottle at a convenience store for 2,000 credits, but in space, I have to pay a whopping 200,000 credits to drink it.”

I understand.

If makgeolli is to be delivered from Earth outside of the Jupiter region, it would be more economical to just make makgeolli directly in the colony.

“Ujusan Makgeolli is tasteless. Makgeolli made on Earth is real. The thing that says space acid tastes like ether fermentation.”

“Ether fermentation taste…?”

“Later, if you find local makgeolli, let’s drink it together. Just to taste it.”

“…Earth.”

Aria sips a can of beer and lowers her upper body.

For a moment, the shirt part split open and my white skin was visible, so I had to change my sunglasses.

“I want to go there once. To the instructor’s hometown. Come to think of it, have you ever been to Earth?”

“I went there often during my active duty days.”

“Often?”

“I don’t know about you who were born in space, but what should I say about Earth…it wouldn’t be strange to call it a demon world.”

Was it a problem that the Creation Trees fell to Earth?

Or did the Earth originally have such demonic properties?

“In the history of mankind, numerous undiscovered alien life forms often attacked the Earth by jumping into dimensions. As a result, some of our units were stationed on Earth. I also occasionally stopped by Earth when I received a request for support.”

“How long have you been there?”

“Well. I went and fought whenever I needed to, so in terms of time, I guess the time I spent in space was longer, right?”

“……Wasn’t it difficult to come and go?”

“As a senior who deals with Genesis Water, let me tell you a story.”

I stretched my hand forward and pretended to flick Aria’s forehead.

“Chang Sesu’s rider can go anywhere as long as the coordinate system is set.”

“Coordinate system…?”

“Red Moon will know. It’s like a dimensional leap.”

“Ah.”

Instructor Aria claps her hands and opens her eyes wide.

“Are you saying you can go anywhere? What if I only have the power of the Creation Tree?”

“That’s right. Instead, since the Creation Water is moving, a huge wormhole is created, so if possible, you have to jump dimensionally to a location that does not affect the surrounding stars or orbits and then move quietly.”

In fact, when going to Earth, they would jump dimensionally to a location about a week before the Earth’s orbit and then move to Earth.

“Then….”

“This means that you can go to Virgo Colony whenever you want. It’s surprising, but.”

“…Can you tell me that?”

“Is there anything that can’t be done?”

This is something you can quickly understand if you study the function of Genesis Water just a little bit.

“In the beginning, I saw Fenrir moving around from space to space.”

“…….”

“Because I didn’t intend to do that, my thoughts didn’t reach that point. If you were going to do that, the red moon would have told you a long time ago, right?”

“……I see.”

Aria smiled slightly and shook the can.

“If I had gone somewhere else, I would have wanted to come back here, and then the red moon would have opened the spatial coordinates for coming here through dimensional leap. I understand.”

“You’re coming here again?”

“Yes. Where else would I go but here?”

“The colony has so many demands from you?”

“I can’t handle that request alone, right?”

Aria drank the can in one go.

“The instructor should also do the same. Yes.”

“…Huh?”

“It went well. I already had a problem to discuss with the instructor.”

“No, what I want to discuss is-”

“Fighting with the shrine.”

This is the main point.

“If the situation arises, I will have to step in, but even if I fight alone, the shrine will be reluctant. Lavender is the instructor’s student, but if Lavender loses and I step up, Shingung will not fight.”

“Why?”

“I already lost once.”

Aria smiled bitterly and pulled out a video.

“This is…?”

“When I was 17, I got involved with Shingung once.”

“……Although it was a friendly match, we ended up losing 1:1.”

“Yes.”

“It is a gas car.”

“But, I can’t deny that I lost.”

Aria tapped the table with a stern expression.

“So, I would like to ask the instructor for a favor, or rather, for cooperation. This is my aircraft.”

“Gas…have you decided?”

“Yes. I decided, but I’m not riding alone.”

“Sleep, what?”

“My aircraft.”

Aria grinned and tapped her panel.

“It is a double-seat type. The instructor can ride behind you.”