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Clara.

Abyss City S-class limited character. At the time of release, the highest sales ranking was #1 in the store.

The number of character PV views exceeded 2.7 million when Rohan last saw it.

Compared to Ichinose Yui and Noah Frozenheart, the period of time she was in Rohan’s party was relatively short.

This is the third S-class character that Rohan raised to reach full breakthrough, and he is a character that he received just as much affection as the previous two.

That’s why I clearly remember only the settings that were revealed.

‘Clara’s origin is Zeno.’

Zeno is a small, isolated country located in the west that does not interact with the outside world.

And at the same time.

Unlike the South, which is listed as the homeland of Rohan, it is also a country on the path to destruction due to internal strife.

I recently found out that with the deaths of leaders continuing one after another, the country is in a state of anarchy, and surrounding countries are starting to intervene under various pretexts.

Perhaps Clara also knows this fact.

Anyway, unlike Zeno who took an exclusive attitude towards foreign countries.

Internally, they devoted all their efforts to training spies for the purpose of assassinating key figures, gathering information from other countries, and extracting technological prowess.

Clara was one of the vagrants who was educated and raised there.

‘The name called there wasn’t Clara, it was Number 11.’

As you can see, he was naturally passive, so it wouldn’t have been surprising if he had been kicked out at any time like other vagrants who came after hearing that they would give him food.

I heard that even within Zeno, expectations were high because his talent in martial arts was so great that it overwhelmed everyone he was training with.

‘It’s really strange.’

But, isn’t it true that the ups and downs and changes of fate come so unexpectedly?

One day, Clara was given the task of finding and dealing with a gang that had amassed wealth by smuggling foreign goods into Zeno, while also confiscating their assets…

What can I do if I speak long and hard?

The girl who had been living under the burdensome words of self-sacrifice and service without even knowing English, came into contact with foreign culture that day and began to vaguely learn about the outside world.

Smartphones, laptops, colorful books, and external hard drives filled with animations and movies are all piled up without their owners.

There was a moment when I initially denied it as a low-level propaganda intended to confuse the people of Zeno.

Clara was not stupid even though she was timid in interpersonal relationships, so she stole some of the items and returned them to Zeno.

‘There were two major mistakes made by the person in charge of teaching Clara here.’

My first mistake was that I assumed Clara didn’t have the guts to run away after seeing her passive behavior.

The second mistake was sending him on that mission before he could even receive proper mental education based on that idea.

That’s how the time of suffering began.

Would the heavens have been merciful to see a girl who was just waiting for her chance to gain knowledge and escape?

An incident occurred that shook the foundation of the country and created a crack as if telling it to come out.

The peasants who lived in a society so poor that they were ridiculed by other countries as a poor country rather than a genocide, rose up and formed military organizations or bandits.

Without a leader with overwhelming power, the leadership began to clash with each other, and the small country began to gradually crack apart.

The day one of the leaders sent the spies he had been training to suppress an uprising in his own country, rather than for their original purpose.

Clara then escaped without hesitation and without looking back.

“···.”

Rohan looked at the girl facing him.

‘It’s a different feeling to learn information from a game and see someone who actually experienced it in front of you.’

Rohan even understands why Clara sticks to her unique fashion.

I fell in love with her at first sight after seeing her in a fashion magazine that I had stolen while wearing only a black tights-like outfit every day.

‘I heard that I got addicted to games while learning about the outside world.’

There was something that Rohan, who had kept this information about Clara, didn’t know.

That is the ‘present’.

I know the moment I left Zeno, but the gap from then until I met the protagonist who was now a second-year student.

So Rohan wanted to know what situation Clara was in now.

I was also glad that this girl volunteered to share her personal story.

“But you still don’t ask anything? Why is it like that every day···?”

Rohan answered the topic Clara started with caution.

“Honestly, I was curious, but I thought it would be a burdensome question.”

“I was curious···!”

The girl’s eyes grew wide and sparkled.

It gives the illusion that the twintails are waving like tails.

‘That’s the happy part.’

Rohan was curious about what kind of personal story Clara would tell, so he decided to ask her subtly.

I thought it would be okay if it was at least a little bit of distance to make it a topic.

“Will you tell me?”

“But··· That, it might not be fun.”

Rohan, who had been quietly watching Clara swishing her drink with a straw, reached out his hand.

He tapped the back of Clara’s pale hand with his finger.

“!!!”

Because the startled girl met my eyes that she had been avoiding.

Only then did Rohan smile and say.

“Is fun important between us? It’s just getting to know each other.”

“···!”

We meet almost every day, share hobbies, belong to the same guild, and hang out together after work.

Where can you find a friend this close?

“I think it would be nice to talk comfortably now. What do you think?”

“Oh! Huh? What, what···?”

Clara couldn’t take her eyes off him as he let out a strange voice.

Although he looked quite embarrassed, Rohan watched him quietly, appreciating his refreshing reaction, as if he wasn’t going to run away.

Charuk!

The melted ice cubes inside the cup make a sloshing sound.

“Between us··· Between us···.”

The girl, who had been thinking about what Rohan had said for a long time, seemed to have made up her mind.

He straightens his back, places his hands on his knees, assumes a respectful posture, and nods with a sense of gravity.

“Joe, okay! Take it easy···!”

“Then is it okay if I just call you Clara?”

The girl gave a small nod of approval.

He asks her awkwardly, using informal language, “How am I doing?” But he still remembers her age.

“I··· No, I can’t enter the academy until next year···.”

“What’s wrong with a one year age difference? You can call me by my name, so call me whatever you want.”

Even though they were only one year apart, Clara felt strongly that Rohan was older than her.

The title ultimately went one way.

“Then Rohan oppa···?”

“I’m fine. Just listening to it makes my ears feel refreshed.”

Clara, who was still awkward about speaking, twitched the corners of her lips.

Rohan liked the ticklish conversation, but he wanted to get to the main point now, so he changed the subject.

“Are you talking about Clara now?”

“···Yeah.”

Clara continued her personal story, assuming that not all of them were true.

“I came from a little far away··· I, I came.”

“I see.”

That means his home country is not one of the three great powers that run the Academy City.

There is no need to mention Zeno.

“This, first of all, there is no place to work until the status comes out··· and I just like bookstores···.”

“Status?”

“I went to the police station and they said that my situation was the same as a refugee, so I should apply for immigration first and then get my status recognized, so I went to the government office··· No, I went?”

“Ah.”

“While receiving counseling on that floor, I met the store manager who was visiting for another matter···.”

A picture was already neatly drawn in Rohan’s head.

‘That’s where the store manager told me to come to the bookstore and play.’

With conviction.

Focus and listen to Clara’s voice.

“It’s hard to explain in detail··· but in my case, the process of getting an ID card seems incredibly complicated and takes a long time···.”

“Once you have that, you can look for work or anything else, right?”

Nod nod.

Clara, who had confirmed it was true, told Rohan a story she had heard at the government office in response to his request for more details.

Rohan took in all the information without missing a single word.

The conditions for obtaining status seemed simple at first glance.

The first is to enter the Academy, which is a symbol of the school city Elysium.

The second is that you must be a citizen of one of the three great powers that run Academy City: the Samhwa Kingdom, Tigrova, and Sepia Archipelago, or an honorary citizen recognized by that country.

The third is to pass the examination to become a member of Academy City itself.

Clara is said to be the third case among these.

In addition, there are other ways for companies with business purposes or individuals who want to do business to pass through, but this is not relevant to Clara.

‘The third one is too vague and comprehensive… If you look at it, it’s complicated.’

Because I couldn’t learn the institutional aspects in detail even after playing Abyss City.

It was new information to Rohan too.

as a result.

Obtaining an identity to use in Academy City was incredibly easy for some, but for others it was an unimaginably difficult task.

“So how are you doing now?”

“Seo, until the document review is over, the school city will provide food and lodging··· and since I do as the store manager tells me for the phone bill, the subsidy is just right···.”

“Hmm.”

Rohan’s expression became serious.

Because it wasn’t a pleasant story for the character I loved to go through.

Even though the Academy City is a collection of great countries, how great can the food and shelter provided to Clara who waits be?

‘Could it be that I continued to live like this and still didn’t get my status, so I entered Orion Academy?’

It’s difficult to give a definitive answer.

But, if you think back to Clara’s appearance in Abyss City, the possibility itself was high.

Just looking at your abilities, you will have no shortage of things to gain admission to the university.

“Is the room you were given warm? Is there hot water?”

“Oh, you don’t necessarily have to wash it with warm water. Oh, um, no···? And I don’t feel the cold that much···.”

He answers in a low-level tone that is still far from fluent.

In the end, it means that even in the middle of winter, you had to wash with cold water and sleep in a cold room with no heat.

“Hmm.”

Rohan’s worries only deepened.