episode_0022

A month has passed since I entered the world of images.

It was the day when the six strokes of the character Jeong (正) carved into the oak tree were filled.

As it is an imaginary world, lifespan was not shortened due to the ‘curse of the tongue’. Time was fixed.

I frowned.

The large rock that Faberde had erected on the first day was still firmly in its position.

Let alone breaking the rock, it couldn’t even make a scratch.

I started jogging like I was used to, glaring at the rock.

After finishing jogging and taking a short break, I swung my sword according to her instructions.

After repeating this for about a month, I think I’m used to it.

As I eat only chicken breast and vegetables, I am losing weight and my facial features are gradually revealing.

“Whoa, whoo…”

No, but I’m a magician, so why am I training like only swordsmen do?

There are many reasons for that.

“Hoo… You mean you can manipulate ‘spirits’, that is, souls. That’s special.”

First day. When I told Faberde about [Ghost Communication], he responded that it was interesting.

“I haven’t seen anyone who handles ‘spirits,’ but I’ve seen quite a few necromancers who handle undead.”

“Anyway, I’m a wizard, so I won’t engage in such drastic training.”

“That can’t be in my class, trainee A. On the contrary, necromancers boasted powerful bodies. Because mana would be sucked out like crazy.”

“It looks like I committed a sin and fell into hell, not the world of images. I will find a way to return.”

“It may have been up to you when you came in, but not when you leave, Mr.”

shit. let me go

Contrary to my wishes, Faberde forced me to train.

Christina, who was the only person who comforted me, also went on to Buddhahood a week ago and had a tearful farewell. It is said that, unlike humans, the souls of animals are light and disappear quickly.

Faberde sent Christina off with a sad expression, but after a day, she became as active as usual.

Well, if you look at it from a different perspective, is the topic of living with a silver-haired beauty a deception? You can say that… If you go through the pattern of training-eating-training-sleeping-nagging for just a week, you can realize that Faberde is not a woman, but just an instructor who is crazy about training.

And above all, we don’t sleep together, we sleep separately in my room. I cook all three meals a day and do the laundry.

I didn’t understand why I had to do laundry in an imaginary world.

It’s much better than when I was sick, though.

Moreover, surprisingly, Faberde did not interfere with private matters at all. It could be said that the reason he still doesn’t call me by my name is in that context.

I put my thoughts aside for a moment and moved my body. In order to escape the terminal condition and live a stable life, I needed to be more sincere.

I continued my training, ignoring Faberde’s nagging.

Faberde was a good instructor. It’s because I nag so much.

What is the training content…

“Faverde…that’s enough,”

“Not yet! I didn’t do it!”

“It feels like it’s real now,”

“conflict!!!!”

My body has never been pushed to its limits to this extent.

Nevertheless, I kept moving my legs.

In the end, even the arrogant Dyers jumped to the point where curses came out.

She smiled brightly, as if she was satisfied. It was an annoyingly beautiful and strong smile.

“Fuck!!”

“You can curse. You can say shit! But you can’t give up. Keep running!”

“Aaaah!!”

“Good spirit!”

….

What upset me the most was that I felt like I was dying while running, but Faberde, who was running next to me, was perfectly fine.

Two months have passed.

Faberde’s nagging continued.

“Trainee A! Your back is twisted! Straighten up.”

“Trainee A! Wake up!”

“Trainee A! Didn’t I tell you to leave the carrots out of the curry?!”

Just eat it!

I looked at Faberde with dumbfounded eyes.

She had a truly hostile look on her face.

Honestly, this was the first time I met someone who didn’t like putting carrots in curry.

And when did you tell me to take it out? When cooking, you don’t even have to remove your nose!

“…Just eat some. Carrots are so good for your health…”

“I hate it! I swore the moment I grabbed this sword. I would only eat curry with meat!”

“Then you can eat carrots this time! Just eat them! And don’t be rude!”

“You’re the one who crossed the line, so why are you mad at me?! I won’t eat until you apologize!”

“I’m sorry! Now please eat some.”

“It’s already too late. I heard that if you eat food with carrots in it, you will definitely die within one hundred and fifty years. You can’t eat food like that!”

Faberde was definitely a mature woman, but she sometimes acted like a child like this.

This was especially true in the food-related area. Whether you eat carrots or not, you will die in 150 years.

In the end, the training intensity increased significantly compared to usual that day. I quietly gritted my teeth and vowed revenge against the treacherous Faverde.

A gentleman’s revenge was never too late even if it took 10 years.

I’ll have to add bell peppers next time.

“Anyway… I still haven’t been able to destroy the rock.”

Even after two months, the rock remained firmly in place like an iron fortress.

However, there was no change at all.

Although I was still a bit bulky, I was losing weight to the point where I could feel it, and I was also gaining muscle.

It was a body created by hitting rocks for over 8 hours every day.

I swung my sword at the rock, remembering the posture she had corrected for two months.

visor! bang!

“shit.”

It only scratched the side of the black rock but did not penetrate deep into it.

Since it was an image world, I couldn’t bring up the status window, but my power had definitely gotten stronger. But that was all.

The rock was alive and well.

I was shocked for a moment and swung my sword again.

This time too, it was fine, with only a few scratches.

“Only about rocks.”

He swung his sword once again.

It was fine as expected.

“The path ahead of me,”

Once again, he swung his sword towards the rock with his blood-covered hand.

“Don’t stop.”

Side cut.

For this skill, which was clearly one of the most basic skills in the game.

I swung my sword like crazy to learn that one thing perfectly.

There are people who learn one thing and then learn ten.

I’m not.

It was a daunting task to learn one thing and use it properly.

For that one purpose, I grit my teeth and take my stance with the sword again.

Slowly raise the sword and take a breath.

Blocking the air flowing through my mouth and nose, I straightened my posture while thinking about the ‘most efficient side slash’ she had told me over and over again.

Open your eyes and take a step forward. Just like that, feeling the drops of sweat falling.

swing the sword

As the rock and the sword meet, a refreshing sound and a deep sense of pleasure begin to come.

The rock splits into several pieces with a crackling sound.

Where the sword left, there was no rock that looked like an iron fortress.

It’s been two months since I received her training.

I cut the rock.

I just laughed.

.

Dyers immediately looked for Faberde to announce this good news, but could not find him.

I’m sure I was watching it just a few hours ago, but that’s strange.

She never approached Dyers personally. During the two months we lived together, we didn’t even mention his name or have essential conversations, to the point where I thought it might be some sort of obsession.

Dyers also didn’t bother to bring up personal stories with her.

So, in this situation, there is no way to know where she went.

There were more than one or two times during my training that I felt like double bathing, but I wonder if it was something I felt the need to do.

Since Faverde is not in this situation… I feel a little bitter.

Even if he doesn’t have to look for her, tomorrow morning she will wake him up with a cheerful smile.

Because that person is always active and noisy. If you were to test MBTI, you would definitely get an E.

“……”

Let’s go find it.

Dyers took a step forward. It was a very shameful woman to not be around when her student achieved such results.

She was neither at the training center nor at home.

Dyers recalled that she goes to the mountains once a week.

Since it was already dark at night, I packed up my simple luggage and headed straight to the mountain.

After climbing the mountain and wandering around a bit, I found her.

“Hmm? Trainee A. What is it?”

The place where she was standing was a graveyard. Among the several graves, there was Faberde, staring at the grave with a blank expression.

Unlike Faberde, who usually talks a lot, there was something a little strange about it.

“I asked what was going on here.”

The tone of his voice was not high, and his eyebrows, which were always raised, were not raised. His expression wasn’t much different, but he looked somewhat depressed.

There’s no need to bring up the rock topic now.

“Whose grave is it?”

“Ah. These are my old colleagues.”

Faberde smiled softly and said. I’ve seen her laugh several times, but this was my first time seeing such a helpless laugh.

Dyers looked between the grave and her with an expressionless expression, then bowed briefly.

Faberde, who laughed at his student’s cute imitation of an adult, also briefly bowed his head towards the grave.

After a short tribute, Faberde opened his mouth.

“I know I’m weird. There’s only you and me in this world.”

He knew very well that there was no way the graves of her colleagues could be found in the world of images.

Probably made by hand.

You must have missed it.

It must have been lonely.

Alone here for 57 years until I came.

It occurred to me that this grave might be her own memorial.

Dyers made eye contact with her for a moment and then briefly opened his mouth.