Ch.3030 – I’ll Decide Which Supporting Character Passes

by fnovelpia

<30 – I’ll Decide Which Supporting Character Passes>

Until they caught up with the examiner and the leading group, the party had thought:

‘How confident must they be in their skills to be in the lead group without even attempting the supplementary tasks?’

‘They must be clever little mice? Definitely masters who’ve completed all tasks and gathered together.’

‘If we’re having stir-fried shiitake mushrooms for dinner, what should we eat tomorrow? I want to gather more ingredients.’

The leading group – hope edition.

A club of men.

Confident and powerful experts.

Killing intent pouring from all directions at the appearance of new competitors!

The reality they faced was completely different.

“Should I go do the supplementary tasks now? But there are so many competitors? Yet I’m scared not to go? But I’m not confident I can win?”

“What if I lose sight of the examiner while doing the supplementary tasks? I’m not confident I can follow? What if I get lost and become a missing child? How embarrassing! I couldn’t face my father back home?”

“I’ll decide with these petals. Go, don’t go, go, don’t go, go. Hmm. Hmmmm. The violet doesn’t have enough petals? Fine, let’s try with another flower.”

The leading group – despair edition.

A den of super cowards.

Fearful and indecisive weaklings.

Gazes that slink away at the appearance of new competitors!

“I guess my imagination was excessive.”

“Aren’t they idiots?”

“Hey, if you’re not going to eat that violet, would you give it to us?”

The Oknodie party, which had caught up to the leading group by diligently tackling the supplementary tasks, was now at the level of the leading group’s top contenders.

‘Only about three people seem to have any composure? As expected, they’re all main character material.’

Northern Grand Duchess Irene, following examiner Minerva with an expressionless face.

Eastern swordsman Sing, who suddenly acts like a madman by cutting down trees while walking normally, then smirks with satisfaction.

Pirate mercenary Zigoku, spinning a revolver in his hand with a bored expression before firing shots into the sky.

‘I should absolutely avoid going near them.’

Each one is a ticking time bomb that could explode at any moment.

Zigoku is especially problematic.

Irene and Sing are indifferent powerhouses who don’t care about their surroundings as long as you don’t invade their territory.

Zigoku is the complete opposite – a malicious powerhouse who enjoys stealing and plundering from others!

If you approach him, seduced by his flame-red hair and passionate personality, you’re likely to get involved in incidents and die screaming before even graduating.

“Oh.”

That’s why I said don’t come this way.

“You guys seem pretty relaxed? Got some points, huh?”

“Why. Want to fight?”

Son Ocheon, with his aggressive tendencies, snapped back.

Bang!

As soon as the words left his mouth, the revolver spat fire.

Clang!

Son Ocheon deflected the bullet with his staff.

He made a dumbfounded face.

“Is this guy completely insane?”

“You didn’t die, so it’s fine, right? Kekeke.”

Zigoku put away his gun and pushed Son Ocheon’s staff with his hand.

“Move.”

“Huh?”

While Son Ocheon was pushed back, making a stupid sound as he lost in terms of strength, the crazy person suddenly thrust a sparrow he had just shot in front of me.

“Here.”

“Are you giving this to me?”

Why are you giving this to me?

“Little one. Kids need to eat a lot to grow big.”

“!!”

“At times like this, you’re supposed to say ‘Thank you, big sister.’ Oh, and keep the ‘big sister’ part a secret from others, okay?”

After stirring things up as if that was truly her purpose, Zigoku went on her way.

“A dangerous person. She’s famous in the South as the red-haired beast who rose from hell, a pirate mercenary.”

“Pirate mercenary? Why would someone like that show up at the Academy entrance exam?”

“She reportedly said only ‘I’m sick of it’ before liquidating all her assets and coming ashore. She’s a hot-blooded eccentric mentioned even in black market connections.”

“Don’t speak ill of Ms. Zigoku!”

“…Miss Oknodie? If you admire pirates or think guns are cool or think triangular pirate hats are stylish, such thoughts…”

“She shared food with me.”

“…Ah, so that’s it…”

Should I be relieved, or worried that winning her favor is too easy?

Mr. Giselle couldn’t hide such complicated feelings.

So people who share food are good?

I can fill my food catalog without lifting a finger.

From a player’s perspective, anyone who helps others become stronger is a good person!

‘From today on, Zigoku is good-aligned!’

* *

“Alright, two hours of rest. Hunt, take a nap, or go take the final supplementary task – do as you please.”

Minerva’s march stopped.

Exhausted applicants collapsed here and there.

Now’s my chance.

“Let’s find the duo who betrayed Dorothy.”

“Ah. I’ve already found them. Over there.”

Where Giselle pointed, there was a woman with braided hair wearing an expensive white blouse and corset bustier that emphasized her chest, and a man with a gloomy face.

You’ve found the betrayers who abandoned Dorothy.

Let’s teach them what karma means!

…If your financial situation is a bit tight, you could also request hush money in exchange for turning a blind eye to this matter!

The specialty of merchant NPCs – ‘bribery.’

Judging by the guidance text hinting at its existence, this must be Dorothy’s hometown friend who fled with the merchant woman.

“How did you find them?”

“Look at their expressions. They’re mixed in with anxious applicants so it’s hard to notice at first glance, but a face suffering from ‘guilt’ has a different texture.”

“You can tell the difference?”

“Reading emotions is basic for a merchant. A person’s face reveals surprisingly much.”

“Then look at my face too! What am I thinking?”

Giselle smiled and said:

“You’re looking forward to when you can roast that sparrow you received earlier.”

“Gasp! Mr. Giselle, you’re amazing!”

“Hahaha! I can read the thoughts of a little mouse like you too. If it’s related to food, I’m 90% accurate, right?”

Don’t treat me like a glutton!

…It’s not wrong, but it’s embarrassing to be hit right on the mark!

Anyway, the problematic duo.

The footprints around Dorothy’s betraying hometown friend matched in shape, depth, and stride length with the footprints I had been tracking.

[Successfully compared traces by remembering the target’s trail.]

[Tracking experience +1]

[Memory experience +1]

Dorothy had said:

Her cowardly childhood friend abandoned her when she got the disadvantageous role of “it” in the exam, and left with the child of a merchant guild master who had been helping their adventure since their hometown.

I had my suspicions when I heard “child of a merchant guild,” but seeing them in person confirmed it.

‘I remember now. They’re the upper-class supporting duo that’s often hired for forest field training.’

Originally, they would have passed the second gate and the entrance exam.

If I, Oknodie, hadn’t intervened, that is.

“You two!”

“My, what a cute little miss. Look, Rockpell.”

“Sigh… I don’t know what this is about, but little one, we can’t help you.”

“Is that why you didn’t help Dorothy either?”

“H-how do you know that name!”

“…Little one, did you meet Dorothy?”

The merchant woman Yuie turned pale.

Rockpell wore a pained expression.

Their eyes trembled busily.

The one who stands out is the busty Yuie.

In the original game, she was an NTR heroine who would abandon her companion Rockpell and come with you if you completed her affection event.

-I deserve it.

Rockpell, who would let his woman be taken with frustrating words like that, was in the typical NTR male protagonist position.

Everyone wondered why he would so easily let his woman be taken when he was handsome, capable, and not even small down there, but now I understand.

This man just took it because of his guilt for abandoning his hometown friend during the entrance exam.

What a fool.

If he was going to regret it so much, he shouldn’t have abandoned her in the first place.

Poor Dorothy, what a stupid thing to do.

“Sob sob. Poor Miss Dorothy.”

“Dorothy……”

Yuie shed tears and Rockpell suffered like a broken man.

Looking at them, I made my decision.

“Hah!”

“Y-you! Don’t tell me! Tag?!”

“That’s right. I was ‘it’.”

[Score Change Before]

[Score Change After]

I grabbed busty Yuie’s arm.

To be honest, I disliked her.

The man may become a wreck after sending away the woman he chose by abandoning his hometown friend, but who are you to act like this?

You encouraged him and now you’re pretending to be the victim?

And in the original game, you become an NTR heroine who gives body and soul to a capable alpha male player and even marries him!

The term “foxy woman” fits you perfectly.

If I were still a male character with my brain in my lower half, I might not care, but as a female character now, my brain is properly in my head.

“I hope you fail after struggling for Dorothy’s share too.”

“R-Rockpell! Hurry and catch that little girl.”

“Yuie.”

“What’s with that look! If I fail, no one will remain by your side. Is that what you want?!”

“You said it yourself. That ‘it’ is just a burden. That even if you’ve built a long relationship, to pass the exam and revitalize our hometown, we must abandon even precious friends.”

Rockpell didn’t interfere with us.

He coldly turned his back on Yuie.

“Thank you. But this is as far as we go.”

“Without me!!”

Yuie shouted as if throwing a tantrum.

“Do you think you can find the Black Hat instructor in time without me?! Don’t you realize you can’t pass without my help?!”

“…That, somehow……”

“Little girl, think again. This sister has a lot of money. Her father is a merchant guild master’s child. If you help her pass, she’ll give you a thousand gold coins. How about it?”

The “bribery” that was foretold in the event notification has arrived.

It’s an offer that might have tempted me if I had a poor papa in dire financial straits.

How difficult would it be to turn down a thousand gold coins for the sake of loyalty to Dorothy, who might or might not pass?

Even I, who started as a noble, had an initial support of only a hundred gold coins, so a thousand gold coins is an enormous sum.

“I have a lot of money too. And I can earn more. And…”

However, compared to admission to the Academy’s upper class, a thousand gold coins is nothing.

[You have become the Black Hat Instructor (one-time use).]

[All applicants who touch you can finish the game of tag.]

“I don’t even need to find the instructor.”

I put on the black hat I took out from my pocket.

“Little mouse. Did you need to show that here?”

“You were too hasty.”

Sorry, Mr. Ocheon. Mr. Giselle.

I just realized I had this method.

“Since it’s come to this, I want to give that man one more chance.”

When I was a male character, I only NTRed Yuie and took her with me, but as a female character now, I could reverse it and NTR the always-abandoned sucker Rockpell?

Busty NTR heroine Yuie, who ranked in the top 20 popularity list among original game players.

Her face turned pale as she suddenly lost her companion and was about to be abandoned as “it.”

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