episode_0011

I placed a group of penguins, guard warriors with scary scars on their beaks, in the front row of the pink shelves.

A pink shelf displaying numerous items to suit your growing desire to collect. Lots of plush soldiers standing there. They were examining and waiting with bated breath for the general’s order.

‘I’m coming, penguin. Protect well for 3 days and 2 nights.’

-John name. Please bless me.

A penguin who followed orders with me.

He flashed his buttons and waved with a determined expression.

Although it all happened only in my imagination.

That force could truly be said to belong to a general protecting a nation.

I looked around the room again and put on my pink backpack.

The backpack contained only spare school uniforms, underwear, training clothes, and emergency food, so it was very light. There wasn’t anything important enough to take care of in the first place.

‘Anyway, I stayed for about 3 days and 2 nights.’

was a much better off school that could not even be compared to ours. It was advantageous to use the items they gave out to customers. Moreover, this time I was able to get there via the ether floating train, which I couldn’t normally ride…

‘… It’s a limited one-way ticket, and according to train regulations, bicycles are not allowed, so getting there is a problem.’

But I didn’t have much to worry about.

At , there was one guy I could call an acquaintance.

Director of the architecture club .

‘Maya’, a student at .

We actually became close friends by chance.

She only appeared as a quest NPC in the game, so she was a person I never thought of meeting even when I first arrived in Academy City.

In fact, I haven’t been able to contact him often since he went into hiding, so I couldn’t know the details of the current situation.

‘The last news was that Maya was scheduled to become the head of the in the last semester of her second year.’

Still, if you look at the settings in the game, he was a guy whose position couldn’t really change. If he is a guy with a lot of affection, he will do you a favor.

‘Unlike Hilde, there’s no need to make a fuss about the fighting festival with that guy.’

often had to travel around the by car to install materials and equipment. On our way back, we may be able to borrow a vehicle from a club that operates close to here.

Even the hardships of the way back and forth have disappeared.

It is truly an ultra-luxurious move that allows you to come and go without even a speck of dust on your body. Moreover, this time, all I had to do was participate in an event at and persuade a problem child to come along.

‘The difficulty level has become much easier than originally planned.’

To receive such a reward for just one good deed makes me bow my head and express my gratitude to the heavens.

With gratitude in my heart, I put on my shoes and walked out into the hallway.

Albit and Lotta were already waiting in the hallway of the dormitory building with their luggage.

“Sorry―☆ Did you wait?”

“As expected, you don’t have much baggage either.”

“We are a school of cute and poor girls―☆”

“Can we not say such sad things on days like today when we go out to play?”

Albit chuckled, perhaps because he felt the same way when he saw my small backpack.

She was also carrying only a small backpack containing some simple luggage. This was because he was dressed simply, wearing a practice sword from around his waist.

For your information, after the day of the chase, Arbit freaked out and hid my remaining practice weapon every time I tried to touch it.

“Ahaha☆ I’m sorry for making you sad~ And actually, we’re not going to have fun―☆”

“Yes… ?”

“One girl’s secret―☆ We are actually the cutest girls in ! Just to let you know! We are attacking ! A declaration of war! Wow – bold♡”

“Ugh, it was my fault for listening seriously.”

That time when I was having a meaningless conversation with Arbit.

Jjongkeot

Jjongkeot

“… ”

For some reason, Rota keeps moving his cat ears and looks at me with a restless look. Because her back pack was at a level that could be considered worthy of being called a military leader.

humming-

humming-

So much so that one wonders how Lotta can hold up on his two thin legs.

Along with its huge presence, the sound of a tightly packed backpack splitting the air was menacing. Looking at the shape visible from the outside of the backpack, it seemed like he was also carrying magic tools and miscellaneous books.

‘Bringing a book means you’re really a novice traveler.’

A day to go on a picnic.

A girl who was very excited and packed all kinds of luggage.

I thought it was cute, like a child.

“huhu☆”

Because Lotta saw my empty laughter, he became even more restless and embarrassed.

“I… Is this okay? ?”

“No~ You can just go on as is―☆ Cute girls tend to have a lot of secrets and travel luggage☆ That’s right, that’s right☆”

“Then your senior is not a cute girl.”

“… ”

“… Don’t suddenly close your mouth and stare. Because I’m scared.”

“Yes―☆”

Suppressing Arbit’s cute defiance.

We leave the campus, making a lot of noise, while the cool air of the early morning lingers.

A large playground connecting the main building of , the main auditorium, and the dormitory building. Lock all facility doors. Lastly, check the front door thoroughly.

Clap-

We left the school with the sound of the front door closing completely.

The white coats of three high school girls walking side by side flutter in the chilly early morning wind.

So go down the hill to .

The moment you cross the shopping street and walk towards the city where the Ether train station is located.

It finally felt like we were going on a trip together for the first time.

“… ”

The sounds of Albit and Lotta talking loudly next to me.

Dwarves in the shopping district wave their hands and say have a good time.

The bustle of a city you don’t usually go to often.

“… ”

There were many moments when I went outside of school. I always go out riding a red horse alone at dawn. It was a repetition of silently returning late at night with the product.

This noise was refreshing and enjoyable.

“Huhu―☆”

I hope we can often go on picnics like this in the future.

That’s what I thought.

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“Yes. The invitation has been confirmed. Have a nice trip.”

“Yes―☆”

A dwarf female employee wearing a suit, the uniform of the Ether Train Station. She flicked the hat she had placed on the machine’s head for the last time and retreated out of the cabin.

Grumble-

Silence returns.

Albert, looking around in the quiet room, was impressed.

“Wow… This train seems to be much cleaner and better than the train I took on the day I entered school. They even gave us a separate room for 4 people instead of a group room… ”

“Although it is a short-distance route, is a rich enough school to be able to sign an exclusive operation contract with regular trains―☆”

“Ah… Now that I think about it, even on the day I entered , the seniors seemed to be arrogantly boasting that they would exclusively operate the route across the eastern part of .”

“It’s a long-distance route, so it’s surprising☆ It’s surprisingly expensive! Wow―☆ It’s definitely the richest school in ☆”

“I’m jealous… Exclusive operation.”

“You~☆ Wake up from your dream―☆”

“I didn’t say anything.”

Literally, the exclusive route refers to the school’s regular route that has an exclusive contract with the Ether levitation train company.

Friendly staff.

Quiet room.

Clean seats.

As a train that only carries a limited number of passengers, the facilities were much more comfortable than those of a regular ether train. The students’ voices, faintly heard through the room partition, were also much more sophisticated.

‘I couldn’t take the regular route because it was expensive.’

As the name suggests, it is a vehicle that incorporates magic engineering using ether conductors. Like the trains and subways I rode in my previous life, it wasn’t a price that I could afford to ride.

‘In my experience, it was slightly more expensive than a low-cost airline flight… ‘

However, considering the attacks by delinquent students encountered when traveling on foot and the wide-spread population density unique to , it was inevitable that it had to be used.

Therefore, most schools provided basic welfare to students on their own exclusive routes.

‘For me, there was only a red cuttlefish.’

When I was reminiscing about the time when I was roaming the world with Red Toma. An announcement was made from the loudspeakers connected to each room.

[Hello, passengers. This train is an exclusive train that goes directly to . Please check the train ticket you have and pay attention to safety when moving between rooms.]

[The train doors will close soon.]

Ttareung-

Ttareung-

Ttareung-

Bleep-

Along with the sound of a whistle on the platform in the distance, indicating that there are no more passengers getting off or getting on.

Jieee…

With a slight sense of floating felt throughout the train, it slowly begins to glide out of the train station.

That’s how the trip started.

A slower pace than the train in my previous life.

Albit looks out the window blankly and begins to doze off.

Lotta rummaged through his bag and then took out a grimoire and read it.

Sometimes I eat the snacks I brought and sometimes look out the window.

Leisure time.

When about two hours passed like that.

The scenery of the site of slowly began to appear through the window of the train.

‘It seems like something has just happened again.’

As expected, it is a mecca of architecture and facility engineering in .

When I returned to the site of after about a year, huge buildings that I had never seen before were sprouting up all over the place.

Unlike the surrounding grounds and shopping streets of , which are basically built in white, the gray square buildings are built densely and massively. And a street scene where female students of unusually tall height on average are walking around in work clothes.

Numerous seasonal shops.

Various heavy equipment coming and going endlessly.

A city built more solidly and functionally than any other school city.

The place was busy with a welcome event for new students.

We arrived at .

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Same time.

A factory at was busy.

A site where numerous dwarves move and transport various basic materials and materials. Among them, the mustachioed dwarf, who was in charge of the work crew, urged the employees around him in a loud voice.

“Hurry! This time, I have to stay up all night to deliver the additional items ordered by and on time!!”

“… Hey, over there.”

Meanwhile, a young dwarf wearing a bread hat timidly raised his hand while holding onto the pocket of his work apron.

“What!! Can’t you see I’m busy?”

“Please go to the bathroom… ”

“Don’t say anything like that, just get there quickly!!! The guy is timid!!”

“Hiik… ?! Sorry, sorry.”

Patter-

A bread-hat dwarf passed by, clutching his bulging stomach and bending his back unnaturally. The busy factory workers could not help but focus on their work.

“… ”

Tat tat tat

The place where the bread-hat dwarf arrived, teasing his short feet, was not the bathroom.

A place filled with huge containers that dump factory waste.

The bread hat dwarf knocked on a container located there.

dripping

[What about the pigeon?]

“ degrees, to the east.”

[What is the color of the flag?]

“Pa, red.”

suddenly-

“Business?”

What came out of there was a tall female student with navy blue hair and wearing goggles.

“Nothing, thing… I brought it.”

“Welcome your visit, revolutionary comrade.”

“What do you mean by that, Kara?”

“It means brothers who have a red star in their hearts.”

The girl smiled brightly, like a light bulb turned on.