episode_0068
by adminAfter a short phone call with Aleister, I walked towards the vice-chancellor’s office where Odd Spartium would be located.
Even if you have a plan, executing it is another matter.
Likewise, Aleister accepted my offer, but there was nothing I could do about it right now.
Even though the association has a lot of unresolved tasks piled up, I needed time to sort out which tasks would be appropriate before handling them.
Therefore, it is enough for me to carry out the mission myself after Aleister took various factors into consideration and selected the missions I needed to handle.
‘So now is the time to acquire the skills I need.’
Although it is a very useful magic that has a high preference in this world, I plan to acquire a skill that was not included as a subject of inheritance in the game due to its limitations as it was a job-only skill.
Space magic.
The power to manipulate and move space at will sometimes shows tremendous strength, but if you had to choose just one reason why space magic is so popular, it would most likely be convenience.
There is no need to think of something grandiose.
For a space magician, long-distance movement through a gateway and storage of objects using a subspace pocket are everyday techniques that can be used as long as one has magical power.
I am also similar.
Learning space magic will not only be beneficial to the overall barrier, including the area, but instantaneous movement and similar inventory will be a huge advantage in my future activities.
‘Thanks to the fact that I’ve been accumulating grades all this time, the grades I have now are probably high enough to be counted among Eden’s.’
There will be so many that you can exchange at least one item at the credit exchange where you can purchase rewards with credits.
Items that are above a certain level are handed over directly by Vice President Odd Spartium, so I plan to use that to summon him and ask him to teach me space magic.
Odd Spartium was only a master of space magic, and did not have his own unique abilities or vision.
Although he may not be able to learn techniques using the mystery of the void, which he was born with, he will be able to learn magic such as teleportation and subspace manipulation.
‘Among the items in the credit exchange, there are some that are a waste of money… Still, I can’t help it.’
Deciding to obtain the artifact I was coveting, I put on my cadet uniform and headed to the credit exchange center.
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The credit exchange center was crowded with more diverse cadets than expected.
Is it because it hasn’t been long since the final exams ended? It seemed like there was a mix of cadets trying to use the credits they received from the final exam and cadets who had been accumulating credits for the semester.
“Cadet 137, please go to window 11!”
“Ah, yes!”
After taking a number, some time passed, and it was finally my turn at the reception desk.
When I went to counter number 11 and sat down, I immediately felt the same atmosphere I had felt at the local office or bank counter in my past life.
This is the atmosphere of the civil servants at the counter who seem to be overworked and the employees beyond who are busy doing their work.
“Is this the purpose of using the credit exchange?”
“Yes.”
“Please fill out your student information and name on this document, and also accurately check the exchange classification in the last column of the document.”
With familiar movements, I took off a sheet of paper and handed it over to me, filling out all the documents as instructed by the employee and submitting them.
Of course, submitting documents does not mean you can use the exchange right away on the same day.
Since the items handled at the credit exchange center are mainly artifacts and hunter equipment, security is thorough and the procedures required for entry and exit are also strict.
So I submitted the documents and came back.
“… Already?”
But is it because the content is what I applied for?
Less than a day later, I received a call that I could use the exchange.
It was during dinner, but what does that mean?
I finished my meal as quickly as possible and hurried towards the credit exchange office.
“You are Cadet Seong Yu-jin, right? Please follow me.”
“Okay.”
As soon as I arrived in such a hurry, the staff guided me somewhere as if I had been waiting.
The place I was guided to was in front of an ordinary door with nothing particularly special about it, but I was amazed and laughed inside.
If it were me just a short time ago, I wouldn’t have noticed, but with my current skills, I was amazed at the state beyond the door.
‘The area beyond the door is shifted to a completely different place.’
Just like the barrier spread to divide the reality and the imaginary world when developing a territory, this gate is merely a border to separate the credit exchange center from somewhere beyond the gate.
And, as soon as I saw this, a memory came to mind.
It was the same in the vice-chancellor’s office, which was like a private room in Odd Spartium.
“If you go inside, the Vice President will be there.”
“Okay.”
As if that was the end of his role, he left behind the employee who had turned away and opened the door.
The scenery I saw was, as expected, a familiar one.
It is a place where the vegetation is lush, and the sound of the stream and the scent of nature gently pass by your nose and ears.
“Vice President Odd, I will go in.”
For the first time since the midterm evaluation, I once again set foot in the vice president’s office.
As I looked ahead, enjoying nature, which was still full of the smell of grass and the pleasant coolness, I saw Ode Spartium sitting on a rock next to the stream.
As I stared at that figure for a moment, Odd Spartium noticed my gaze and smiled slightly, tapping the side of the rock he was sitting on.
It meant to come and sit down, and since I wasn’t too dull to notice, I naturally sat down next to him.
Only after I sat down did Odd Spartium cautiously open his mouth.
“Cadet Yujin Seong.”
“Yes.”
His voice and expression, which seemed to be steeped in sentiment, created a strange atmosphere that I had never felt before from him.
When I reflexively responded to him softly calling my name, Odd Spartium smiled bitterly.
And what he said next contained quite shocking content.
“Not long ago, I received a call from President Othinus.”
“President… ?”
Othinus is rarely active externally.
The reason is simple. The dungeons she solves and the monsters she hunts only go to remote areas untouched by humans, especially cases that have not yet grown in size.
At the time of the mid-term evaluation, the eighteen original runes shown by Odd Spartium.
Othinus also uses the rune to go around nipping incidents and dungeons that could pose future threats in the bud.
Othinus contacted Odd Spartium directly.
I hadn’t yet heard what it was about, but I at least had a vague feeling that it had something to do with me.
“He said he was mistaken. She said that before she foolishly altered the timeline, she almost destroyed the insurance she had taken out on her own.”
He was still muttering words that were difficult to understand, but now the information received from the voice naturally interpreted the meaning of Odd Spartium’s words.
This is because the information I received from the voice was not the memory of a specific person, but rather a list of events that occurred in that world line.
“There is no need to say it again. The last thing she told me was that Cadet Seong Yu-jin knew everything about the previous world.”
When I heard that, my eyes widened a little.
My guess is that the ‘everything about the previous world’ I learned that Othinus mentioned is information about a world that was once destroyed due to Ragnarok.
Although this information was given directly by the voice, how on earth was she able to recognize that fact?
But before he could continue his thoughts, Odd Spartium started talking first.
“I have read the documents written by Cadet Seong Yu-jin.”
At the same time as he said that, a document appeared in his hand.
The identity of the document is an application form that I filled out at the credit exchange office.
Odd Spartium’s expression changed as he placed the documents on his lap.
His expression was full of determination, as if he had made up his mind for something.
“My class will be harsh.”
“I know.”
There is no knowledge learned without effort, and effort is always accompanied by pain.
I am not so ignorant as to not know that fact.
However, after hearing my answer, Odd Spartium shook his head.
The moment I made eye contact with him who calmly shook his head as if to say that wasn’t true… I felt something.
It was difficult to explain what it was.
Because I saw, heard, and felt something at the same time that cannot be described other than as just felt.
And then I noticed.
“… That’s what it meant.”
Only then did Odd Spartium nod as if it was true and looked at me with narrowed eyes.
What was blurred over his eyes was one of the eighteen original runes he had seen earlier.
“According to the President’s orders.”
Odd Spartium slowly got up from his seat, took three steps forward, and turned around.
He looked down at me to sit on the rock and declared to me in a stern voice.
“We will make you perform even stronger.”
For what?
“To be able to overcome events that cannot be overcome with a simple amount of magical power and physical strength.”
Moreover, to what extent?
“Stronger than anyone else, including me and Othinus.”
why?
“Only then can you completely shake off the apocalypse, and only you can do that.”
After speaking to that point, Odd Spartium handed me a watch. It was an artifact with various complex techniques built into it.
While analyzing what kind of technique was planned, he announced that from now on, all classes will be replaced with practice with him.
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