episode_0077

It doesn’t really make sense to think about where things went wrong now.

I tried my best, and this is the result. Honestly, if I had to go back a few days and do it again, I wasn’t sure I could do it. Even though I knew the process, the thought of having to go through the same thing over and over again wasn’t very good mentally.

I don’t know about anything else, but I don’t want to go back to the battlefield for a while. The smell, the dampness, and the loud noises are all things I don’t want to hear.

So, right after I broke up with Lucas, I just went back to my room and laid down on the bed.

And then I fell into a deep sleep.

Because my head was so overheated that I really didn’t want to think about anything for at least the next few hours.

*

When I opened my eyes, my body felt incredibly light.

And based on that fact, I was able to know a few things for sure.

Even if you learn meditation and are able to relieve fatigue, it is ultimately much better to just sleep than to meditate. Meditation itself helps maintain the state of the body, but it does not make fatigue itself disappear.

In order to maintain your mind through meditation, you need to take proper breaks in between, and your physical strength needs to be at a certain level.

Up until now, I actually didn’t like exercising very much.

There were some things I personally didn’t like, but more than that, it was because I didn’t know when or how much time would have to be turned back.

No matter how hard you train, if you have to turn back time because of a sudden accident, all that effort will be wasted.

I tried to turn things that could be solved with habits into habits over and over again, and the same goes for knowledge.

Even so, I had to follow the main characters, so I forced myself to do the minimum amount of training, but I had no intention of catching up with the main characters who were at the level of a human.

… … But seeing that he caused a ruckus on the battlefield yesterday and followed the group around to carry out quests without fainting, it seems that even that minimal training and meditation was of great help in many ways.

If I hadn’t learned meditation, I probably would have gone straight to bed when I got home and not gotten up until the next morning.

I guess it was thanks to my teacher that I was able to hold out for a few more hours.

I wondered if Leo and his party had returned. I wondered if they might not have returned yet.

The training of the group that went to meet Geomseong couldn’t have been that short. Even if they studied all night, they would have learned only a little.

Well, the significance of this event lies in the fact that it shows the face of the Black Sword.

Gulp.

Maybe it’s because I fell asleep without eating dinner last night, but my stomach is already growling.

I looked at my watch; it was nine o’clock in the morning.

Should I wash up and go eat?

*

No matter how disciplined a person may have been in their daily lives, most people, except for the very few who are truly sincere, will quickly lose that discipline the moment they are let go.

At the Academy dormitory, students wake up by 7:30 AM, get ready, eat, and then report to class by 9 AM.

But Jennifer, who was in charge of this area, wasn’t the type to force students to do that.

If you want, you can stay up late and stay up late. Jennifer doesn’t care how long you sleep or how much fun you have and rest, as long as you maintain your grades.

The students must have known that too, which is why they studied so hard yesterday. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have even gotten the minimum score.

Maybe that’s why the Winterfield Castle restaurant felt deserted. There weren’t many students in sight.

If it were a game, I would have thought it was because they couldn’t handle that many resources, but considering that they were only visible as students wearing academy uniforms, it doesn’t seem like that reason had any effect on reality.

There were two people whose faces I recognized. They were from the same noble class A. I had seen them in games and read about them in the setting book. It wasn’t like we usually had deep conversations. In fact, they weren’t named characters who were greatly involved in the story.

A boy and a girl were sitting across from each other eating, but considering their last names were different, they didn’t seem to be siblings. But they didn’t seem to be dating either… … Maybe there were a few more people in the group, but they were still spread out in the dorm.

And besides those two, there is one other person… … .

… … .

uh.

Who is it?

That girl, who had dark brown hair cut short, had a handsome face despite her short hair. Well, even though her hair was short, it was longer than most boys’ hair.

Not only the hair, but the uniform she was wearing was also a female uniform.

She had taken off her coat and neatly hung it on the empty chair next to her, so the school uniform she was wearing underneath was clearly visible, and no one would have mistaken her for a man upon seeing her.

Was there a kid like that in the noble class?

As I said before, the noble class kids in the game, even if they were supporting characters, all had different models. Even though I played the game several times and read all sorts of books, such as setting books and strategy books, the list of them was still in my head.

And that kid wasn’t on that list.

It’s hard to think of them as commoners. They must have gone to another place to do field training. You could think that they came from a nearby place, but if there was really information that needed to be delivered by sending someone, they wouldn’t have entrusted it to a student.

This may be considered prejudice, but… … there was also a somewhat noble aura that I felt from him.

“… … .”

hmm.

I had a really bad feeling about this.

Wouldn’t it be difficult if we get entangled?

After all that I had been through yesterday, I wanted to spend today at least in peace, so I deliberately sat down somewhere far away from her.

This isn’t a place where you can order a variety of dishes from a menu. This isn’t a restaurant that someone is paid to run.

If you sit down and wait, a waiter will come right away, give you the menu, and if you tell him what you want to take out or add, he will bring it to you. If breakfast is too much for you, you can have a cup of coffee to start.

I was sitting blankly, staring straight ahead, waiting for the messenger to arrive, when I heard footsteps.

It was a very neat and regular footstep. Moreover, it was different from the clanking gait of the attendant. The shoes the attendant was wearing were literally ‘shoes’ that office workers would wear. The shoes that students wore were also shoes, but they were much more comfortable to move in and made of softer material than formal shoes.

That’s why I can’t hear the footsteps clearly even when I walk. Even inside the school, the difference between the footsteps of teachers and students was clearer than I thought.

The footsteps I could hear just now were those ‘students’.

“… … .”

I’m anxious.

Somehow I had a bad feeling that something unexpected was going to happen again.

“Princess.”

And my hunch turned out to be absolutely correct.

It was fortunate that I didn’t flinch. Perhaps it was because I had seen such horrible things the day before and had been sick of the sound of bombs exploding and gunshots that I wasn’t able to be startled.

I slowly turned my gaze and looked up at the person who had called me.

The face of a handsome young girl was there.

I didn’t know it when I saw him from afar, but if you look at him with his upright posture, his face looked a little young. He looked younger than the many young faces I always saw at the academy, which meant he was at least a year younger than me.

He was taller than I thought, and his body itself was quite developed, but I couldn’t completely erase the childish aura that I felt from his face.

chuck.

And that young, pretty girl saluted me so beautifully. She didn’t just raise her hand, she even clicked her heels together so that I could hear a “thump!” sound effect.

The salute was not imperial.

“… … .”

“… … .”

As I looked up without saying anything, the child also froze in the saluting position and did not move.

… … Ah, is this what you’re saying now?

“You can be comfortable.”

Only after I said that did she lower her hand in a controlled motion. This time, too, her clothes moved and I could hear a ‘thud!’ sound effect. That was a sound that could be heard in real life.

“Can I ask you something?”

“Old!”

“… … .”

I almost raised my hand to my forehead at that awkward answer, but I held it in.

“My name is Lena Meyer!”

So who is that?

That question almost popped out.

“Are you a student at our academy?”

“Yes.”

My question was answered by Lena Meyer.

“I came here to say hello because I recently transferred.”

“… … .”

I am speechless.