Chapter 10: Reunion with the Teacher was the Worst – 1

A week after the academy entrance ceremony, It goes without saying, but I never had a dramatic academy life like the protagonists in novels.

I’m not a protagonist in novels or games to begin with, so I never had encounters with heroines, protagonists, or hidden pieces.

Besides, I’m the type of person who locks myself in my room and focuses on Rudeira development after academy classes, so it’s not surprising that I don’t have new encounters.

Also, considering that the Lichten Academy gathers most of the nobles from the entire continent, my status as a duke probably didn’t mean much.

But still, isn’t it strange how few people approach me?

Even though I come from a noble background.

“Hey. Did you enjoy the class?”

As I left the classroom after the class ended, a blond handsome man with tan skin approached me, raising one hand.

“Wald.”

Still, I wasn’t completely without friends.

On the day I first arrived at the academy, before entering the dormitory room, I met Wald, a friend from the Republic.

“Phew. Finally done with the last class of the first week at the academy. Shall we go get something to eat?”

Since our first meeting in the dormitory, Wald has continued to talk to me for some reason.

Given his peculiar sociability, it was inevitable that I wouldn’t be without other friends, and thanks to him, I didn’t have to eat alone.

The restaurant was filled with the bustling atmosphere of numerous people.

We entered one of the restaurants prepared for academy students, found our seats, and ordered our food.

“I’ll have the sirloin steak with cheese fondue.”

“I’ll go with the beef stew.”

“Order received. Please wait a moment.”

“Hey, did you hear about it?”

As the waiter returned with the menu board, Wald wiped his hands with a tissue and asked me.

“What are you talking about?”

“The story about the 2nd floor of the Labyrinth Tower.”

“Ah, that.”

Labyrinth Tower, a large-scale content newly added to Rudera, surprassing my expectations.

“You heard about how King Briand of the Demihumans declared that from now on, all Demihumans would serve the sole god, GM, continuing the will of the fallen god, Duamutef?”

“Well, yeah.”

Dozens of players had prepared a capture corps to clear the content for the content was newly added to Rudera, Tower of Labyrinth.

The Demihuman King was caught in misunderstandings, but when I thought that the new NPC I had created was actually mistaken for a god, it was a very big thing.

It seems that I underestimated the virtual reality that the people of this world accept as reality.

If the truth of this misunderstanding is revealed, how much would the wrath of the Demihumans be?

It’s dreadful just to imagine.

“Of course, regardless of how it goes with religion or faith, what’s important is that the Demihuman King gained a huge territory within Rudera at once. So! How about we climb the Labyrinth Tower together?”

“The Labyrinth Tower?”

“Yeah! After today, there are no classes for the next two days since it’s the weekend. So, we have time until next week starts!”

A proposal to play Rudera together.

It’s the first time I’ve heard of it.

From the start, family or Carthesia who might make such proposals wouldn’t do so since they knew I was the master of that world.

“If you’re worried that the Tower of the Labyrinth might be too difficult, don’t worry. Do you know who I am? I’m a rare class owner. I’ll protect you, so it’s okay.”

Wald puffed out his chest and said.

“Really?”

Perhaps this could be the first time since my reincarnation that I could properly enjoy playing a game with friends.

Why did I create Rudera?

Wasn’t it to escape the boredom of this seemingly tedious world?

Until now, I’ve been too busy creating, maintaining, and repairing that world to properly enjoy it, but maybe I could finally achieve that dream.

“Great! Then let’s go back to the dormitory and head to Rudera right after dinner!”

Oh?

Wait a minute.

If I’m going to adventure with my friend, shouldn’t I create a new noob account instead of using my GM account?

….I need to quickly create a noob account.

It shouldn’t take too long since I can change everything in Rudera as I please.

“By the way, the Demihuman King said that the god of Rudera temporarily revived their god, Duamutef. Is this GM so amazing to be able to revive a god who has been destroyed?”

“Oh come on. There’s no way. There’s no way a god who can’t even come out of the game world is that amazing.”

That GM is me….

Due to the perception of the players of Rudera about Rudera, their perception of GM was becoming increasingly strange.

It was burdensome to me, the actual GM.

What a god.

Except for fantasy magic in reality, I couldn’t even use proper magic.

“The faith of the Demihuman tribe in GM is completely wrong.”

“Wrong?”

“Yeah. Maybe Demihuman ruler, Brigand, was mistaken. In fact, all the gods and whatever are just figments of GM’s imagination….”

Bang!

Suddenly, a slender hand appeared and knocked down the table we were sitting at.

Plump plump.

“!?!?”

When I turned my head, a round and cute Demihuman girl with cold eyes was looking down at me.

“Tiger tribe!”

A Demihuman Tribe known for having the strongest combat power among Demihumans.

In the past, the Demihuman King Brigand, who annihilated the army of a nation in a short time, was also a Tiger, so for humans, Tiger was no different from a walking slaughter weapon.

“Um… W-who are you?”

Wald asked without an answer.

“Perizet, a faithful follower of GM. As a servant of my saviour, GM, I cannot overlook insults to Him. Human. Retract your remarks just now and apologize immediately.”

“…What?”

Did I hear wrong?

Do I have to apologize to myself?

No, what the hell is this….

“If not….”

On the skin of the girl who revealed herself as Perizet, yellow and black tiger stripes began to appear.

An ability unique to Demihumans, transforming into combat form.

“I will eliminate the enemy of my Lord here.”

“Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa!”

Wald spread his arms wide to block Perizet from interfering with me.

“Hey! What are you doing!”

What is this woman.

Are you really going to kill me for insulting GM?

Isn’t this insane!

I’m just a nobody!

The situation was so absurd that I felt I had to react quickly.

This isn’t Rudera but reality.

With no power like GM’s, there was no way I could survive an attack from that murderous weapon.

I immediately stood up and stretched out both hands.

“I retract! I retract! I unknowingly insulted the sanctity of the great GM! I offer everything I have to apologize!”

Apologizing for insulting myself.

There was no greater comedy than this.

“……”

Gradually, Perizet, who had transformed into a half-beast, returned to her original form.

“…Fine.”

She nodded satisfactorily.

“Do not insult the Lord again.”

“…Phew.”

With relief at her seemingly genuine change, Wald and I could finally breathe.

“But having committed the sin of insulting the Lord, I cannot simply wash it away with this repentance. Human, you must repent in the sanctuary of the Lord.”

Perizet crossed her arms and spoke.

…… Sanctuary?

Was there even a sanctuary?

This was the first I had heard of it.

“GM’s sanctuary? Where is it?”

Wald asked her.

“Rudera. The world created and ruled by Him.”

“Rudera?”

Is she telling me to connect to Rudera right now?

***

Bzzt

Adelina watched from afar as Perizet conversed with her brother, while hiding completely to others.

“Tiger Tribe…… a woman.”

Adelina, Albus’s sister had completely concealed herself to protect her fragile younger brother from this dangerous world.

Her method was to intimidate and block any entity attempting to approach him.

Because Albus himself, with his beautiful appearance, had captured the hearts of many female students due to his frailty, there were many who needed to be stopped by Adelina.

She was willing to do anything to protect her younger brother.

Thanks to that, she had succeeded in blocking everyone so far.

“I missed it.”

She couldn’t stop a female Demihuman who spoke to him, as if being friends and laughing together.

“How dare you…… dare to my Albus………!”

Although it wasn’t a good atmosphere, it seemed to Adelina, whose love had already been distorted.

Bzzt

A complete exclusion of the cute little brother from that thief.