episode_0057

1.

“Ughh …

I woke up taking a deep breath.

I took a slow breath and calmed my pounding heart.

“Haa, haa… haaa…..”

A sense of relief, as if returning from the dead, washes over me, and another emotion creeps in.

The vivid content of the dream evaporates in real time, and the bittersweet feeling also becomes blurred.

However, it is a really unpleasant feeling that the aftertaste of that emotion lingers and makes my mouth taste bitter.

“Ka, Kai….? Did you have another nightmare?”

Yuli also woke up from her sleep because of my seizure and sat up.

He trembled with his eyes filled with moisture.

If it were normal, I would have comforted Yuli first by saying things like, “It’s just a dream, so it doesn’t matter,” “It’s okay,” and “I’ve forgotten everything now.”

But I was momentarily taken aback by the thoughts that were filling my head right now.

‘Would things have been different if Yuli had been there?’

Yuli is the holy sword.

The strongest Ego Sword in this world, obtained as the warrior party neared the final stage of their journey.

[Evil will surely be destroyed]

A sword with [absolute power] to punish evil.

If I had used Yuli, wouldn’t I have been able to fight the enemy more confidently?

Even thinking about it now, it brings back useless thoughts.

“Ka, Kai… Are you okay? Huh? Say something… I, I’m sorry…”

“Ah.”

The random thoughts that continued from my dream were cut off.

It was when Yuli’s anxiety reached its peak that she felt like she was going to burst into tears.

“Oh my… I’m sorry for worrying you. It wasn’t a dream.”

“Really? You really didn’t have a bad dream, did you?”

“Yeah. Isn’t it closer to a good dream? So don’t worry.”

“Heeeing….”

Yuli had almost burst into tears of anxiety, but now she was shedding tears of relief.

And this time, like a puppy meeting its owner after a long absence, he hugged me tightly.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry… I’m sorry… I just don’t know everything… Ugh…”

“Hey. Don’t cry. What did you do wrong? ”

Seeing Yuli being ruined like this makes me feel like I’m going to get PTSD.

I tried to calm down Yuri somehow, keeping my mind from getting dizzy.

But no matter how much I patted his back and moved around, it didn’t seem to get any better.

So I hugged Yuli so tightly that I couldn’t breathe and I heard a squeaking sound.

“…Kuuk….”

“It’s okay, it’s okay. Stop crying. I’m fine, so why are you worrying and making a fuss?”

“Mi, I’m sorry Kai… I’ll wake up earlier from now on….Ugh, Lee, let go now…”

He tapped my back and signaled that he was out of breath.

Seeing that she seemed to have calmed down to some extent, I also relaxed the arm that was holding Yuli tightly.

In detail, Yuli will have to go back to bed.

“…”

He was hanging on like a koala.

…This is probably a protest asking for more hugs.

The cat Yuli, who was a little embarrassed after crying and making a fuss, has become bashful.

I think I hugged Yuli like that for about 30 minutes.

I was barely able to get to work at the training center on time.

‘…Today is the midterm exam, so Srenia won’t be at the Rukia River, right?’

I felt something was missing and thought of Srenya, but I ignored it, thinking that she might have missed her walk on such an important day.

…

“…Kai oppa, he’s not here.”

Srenya went for a walk naked along the Rukia River.

I had to experience great expectations turning into great emptiness.

It was Srenya who just walked around in vain and turned back.

2.

Starting today, I will be going to work at the academy’s training center.

The composition of the academy’s training grounds is more diverse than you might think.

Due to the nature of the academy, which prioritizes interpersonal combat, most of the testing grounds are circular.

And an open space like a parade ground that can accommodate a large number of people.

A warehouse for storing various weapons and ammunition.

A special testing site for experiments or tests that can only be conducted outdoors.

Etc., etc…. Various facilities are located in a wide space.

As I entered the training center, I saw students walking around in groups of three or five just like usual.

And there are a lot of such student groups packed into the training center.

‘Ugh. There are a lot of people…’

“Even first graders are like this.”

He stands awkwardly holding a broom among the crowd of students who look like bean sprouts.

The training center was still noisy, perhaps because the exam was just about to start.

“Did you prepare well for the midterms?”

“I’m so sorry. I fell asleep early last night so I didn’t prepare anything.”

“Kalia, how did you prepare for this exam?”

“Well, I’m just judging by your usual skills… What were your grades like last year?”

…even if it’s another world, its foundation is students.

I had the experience of hearing the same lines I had heard at school before Bing here as well.

To roughly interpret it,

‘Oh, I guess I didn’t prepare much this time. I guess this one didn’t prepare either?’

‘First of all, I got better grades than my classmates. It would be frustrating if I lost after staying up all night.’

‘Kalia… I think I was wrong… I wanted to get high grades like you, Kalia…’

‘Eww. I hope you have good luck with the draw, please… I want to see you better than me, Unnie!’

Maybe that’s about it.

After a brief moment of distraction, I got to work.

Take your weapons out of storage and put them in storage.

Identify the location of the health club to prevent any accidents that may occur.

And this year, there will be students who will take the test in a direct healing manner, so we will also identify their locations.

I was so busy preparing for the test that I didn’t notice, but before I knew it, students were lining up in rows.

Yuli whispered that she had also seen the sight.

‘I guess they’re making a bracket.’

Professors are seen making a matchup list in the large square inside the training center.

Based on previous experience, once the bracket is drawn up, the test schedule will be automatically drawn up.

It is the process of handling which district, which time, and which student’s grade you will face.

That means the exam will start soon.

…

Many students cried and laughed as they took the test on the test site.

Luckily, there are students who have a good matchup and smile like winners.

Some students were unlucky and got bad matchups and ended up with results that were far below their abilities.

There were also children who accepted defeat and developed friendships with the winners.

There was a student who refused to accept defeat and tried to continue the test until it was a matter of life or death, but was barely stopped.

“Whew… I always have to be careful…”

Helping with midterms itself isn’t hard work.

At best, it’s just chores, and at best, it’s just mediating between overheated kids.

But it was hard work to stay focused and prevent the children from getting hurt.

I prepared for the next test, feeling a little tired.

The rules for the Academy’s midterm exams are simple.

Either neutralize your opponent or admit defeat yourself.

Then you will have a chance to advance to the subsequent tournaments.

“What? You’re my sparring partner? Ha!”

“…Key, Key Chile….!?”

A boy swinging a sword in a rough manner and a boy timidly picking up a weapon clashed.

My role is simply to provide simple guidance.

Since I had no room to intervene in the actual fight, I quietly watched the two of them fight.

-Chaeaaeng!!!!!

“Ugh!”

The test was so easy.

I rushed in with curiosity and tried to split a few rounds, but the gap in skill was significant.

The timid child dropped his sword and fell on his butt, rendering him helpless.

I assumed that the test was over and tried to guide the students to the next test.

-puck!

“Eww!”

“Get up.”

I heard a sound that I shouldn’t have heard during an exam.

I looked at the testing room in surprise and saw a student named Kichile looking down at the losing student.

In most cases, it is natural to portray the image of the winner helping the loser.

“Don’t give up. Fight more. You haven’t said surrender yet. Can you do more?”

“I, I lost….!”

-puck!!!

“Get up?”

One-sided assault.

It is an exercise of power that is simply committed to confirm one’s own superiority.

“Hey. Wake up. Or else say surrender. ”

“Ha, hang…”

-Pfft!!!

It doesn’t even give you a chance to express your intention to surrender.

Rather, it opens the corners of the mouth and prevents the words from continuing.

The timid child trembled at the brutal violence and wiped away tears.

“Hey, student. I think the test is already over…?”

test.

It is played in a way that pits each other’s strength against each other.

“What? Can’t you see I’m taking a test?”

Struggling to gain power is more complicated than you might think.

It’s just a matter of whether it’s violence or skill.

“The student already won… That student can’t resist…”

“Fuck. Don’t talk to the janitor. I want to rip his mouth off.”

“Hey, stop it…”

“If you barge in while I’m still testing, it’s not my fault if something gets ripped. Okay?”

Then he raised his sword as if he was going to cut it down at any moment.

It is dangerous to arbitrarily intervene in students.

As a janitor in charge of guiding students through the exam, there is only one way to restrain students.

Physically intervening between students who are in conflict.

“Ha, student…”

“What if he’s my comrade on the battlefield? Will you take responsibility if my life is lost? Ah, get out of the way!!!”

That alone is enough.

“…”

The boy named Kichile stopped talking, perhaps sensing something was wrong.

Oh my.

There’s a lot to say about Aesongi, the battlefield and his comrades.

“Student, please come down now because the next test has to start…”

I asked politely again.

“Vicky!”

He thought I was looking down on him and his pride was hurt, so he tried to push me away again.

“…What, what is it.”

whatever.

I pretended to look restless, but from that student’s perspective, it must have felt like he was facing a mountain.

“Tsk…”

And then I got off the bus and came down to the testing room.

I unknowingly acted like a weak person due to unknown pressure.

The courage to rush at a strong person even on the battlefield?

And I have never experienced battlefield.

I guess that’s something a student can say because he always has the illusion that he’s strong.

In the end, he was a student who fell into his own hands before he could even start a fight.

‘…Is there any problem with the janitor?’

I had a brief doubt about that though.

Kai was the one who always wisely solved the Academy’s ever-present bad clichés with his own unique solution.

‘If your head is bad, your body will suffer.’

If your body is good, your head doesn’t have to suffer.