episode_0049

“How is the atmosphere among the students?”

“There are no children in our class who have lost family members, but unfortunately, the situation is different in other classes. Everyone is sad. “There are a lot of kids who are scared.”

Most brothers and sisters of the same age would have been soldiers.

And although there may be people who were lucky enough to survive this disaster, there are also those who did not.

“It must have a mourning house atmosphere.”

“There are surprisingly many students who actually returned to their families.”

You will return to the family home for the funeral and then return to the academy once it is over.

However, it was unclear whether the students who returned would be as motivated as before.

Didn’t your family die in the military?

‘You’ll be scared. ‘You don’t want to die.’

Everyone is like that. Because it is natural to want to live rather than to want to die.

“Your feelings must be complicated.”

“The pollution started moving again. According to sources from the family, the time for military service is also scheduled to be increased again.”

“Reservists will be called back soon.”

“I feel like I’m in a hurry because it happened so suddenly.”

“how about you?”

Perhaps the students who have to deal the hardest with the threat of pollution will be students similar to Shine.

I plan on graduating soon and enlisting on active duty.

As in the past, the enormous amount of money and human resources needed to prevent pollution is beyond imagination.

This means that the number of people dying will begin to pile up again.

“You’ll have to enlist soon, aren’t you worried?”

“I have to worry. “I’m also human, so how could I not?”

Shine tells us that he is surprisingly mildly worried.

“But fear fear fear? Rather than feeling like that, I feel more like I want to go to the field and show off my abilities.”

“Are you serious? “Students your age definitely wouldn’t want to enlist.”

“no. It’s not just me who thinks this way, all the kids in my class think similarly to me. From a young age, we have been told by our parents what duties we have. “Being afraid is a bad thing.”

His attitude was more dignified and calm than expected.

It would be nice if other students imitated this attitude.

The reality will not be so easy.

“Oh, speaking of my classmates, there is one friend in my class who is bullied.”

“Bullying in Class A? I don’t think it will be easy. “Isn’t he bullying you guys in reverse?”

“hmm… His personality seemed very gentle and kind. It may look a bit gloomy, though. “At least it didn’t seem like he hated meeting people.”

“But why is she doing this again?”

“I don’t know how I should treat her.”

“I don’t want to be friends with her, but ignoring her makes me feel bad because it feels like I’m sympathizing with bullying?”

“Keu… Should I say that? I don’t know how I feel either. I don’t want to see anyone being ostracized, but… I guess it would be a bit difficult to say that.”

Just as there is a saying that all people’s lives are similar, what happens in class is also bound to be similar.

It was okay to watch him being bullied, but he seemed reluctant to step forward and build friendships.

“No matter how much you think about it, isn’t this something you should discuss with the general store guy?”

“Okay, I guess I’ll just listen. “Who asked you to tell me how to solve it?”

At that time, the door to the general store suddenly opened.

Shine paused as if he thought a customer had come, but since I knew that there were no customers coming to our general store, I checked to see who was there.

After opening the door and confirming the identity of the customer who came in, I felt fortunate.

Even if that wasn’t the case, I had planned to introduce the two of them at some point.

Since we met by chance, I thought we should introduce each other and get to know each other.

“mister… uh? sorry. “You have a guest.”

“no. come in. A long time?”

“I’m sorry I couldn’t stop by sooner. “There were some circumstances.”

“I understand you must have been busy.”

There would have been a lot of work to do.

The biggest task would have been to organize the denomination, and I was very curious to see if this task was resolved well.

But it was impossible to ask that in Shine’s presence.

“Looking at your face, you seem to be doing well.”

The baby’s condition wasn’t very good, but he seemed to be eating well now.

“It’s thanks to you, uncle. You are my benefactor. thank you.”

There will be someone who noticed.

Of course, the person who opened the door to the general store was Fran.

This was the first time I had seen it since it was borrowed from me.

Seeing that they appeared safely like this, they must have succeeded in taking over the church using the holy relic.

‘I’m really curious about what happened with the cult leader.’

I don’t think the Fran I know would have gone as far as killing the religious leader.

However, external activities would have been blocked.

I was planning to ask later how strong the range of activity would be.

“It just worked out. “I had a friend who I could introduce you to.”

“yes? Friends? To me?”

I wonder if the idea of me introducing someone to him would be such an embarrassment, but he is startled when Shine suddenly points his finger at Fran.

“you!”

“!!”

Shine was the first to be surprised, but that surprise spread to Fran as if it were contagious.

It seems like the two people know each other.

There was no need for me to introduce the two people separately in the first place.

“What, do you two know each other?”

“How do you know him?”

“How do you know? You just know. “It’s a general store, here.”

A place where anyone can come in.

Isn’t that what a general store is?

“How do you two know?”

“uh… ”

“hmm… .”

They pretended to know each other, but when I asked how they actually knew each other, they told each other inside and out.

“What on earth is it?”

Not knowing what was going on, I just shrugged my shoulders.

* * *

“Are you the outcast?”

“yes?!”

“Ah, uncle!”

Was it shocking that they asked me so openly in front of me if I was being bullied?

Shine and Fran’s eyes shake violently.

“Well, it’s even weirder that a cult can make friends.”

“that is… .”

“Mister…!!”

“I thought I was at least doing well at the academy, but I was being bullied for having that ability? “Did you proselytize to them?”

“… … .”

Looking at the fact that you can’t answer, it’s clear that you’ve hit the nail on the head.

“Using common sense, who would be friends with a boy who spreads false religion?”

“Hey.”

“You said something… “I think he’ll be hurt.”

Shine fidgets and rolls his eyes.

But I had no intention of choosing my words.

Honestly, I think this is a very gentle way of speaking.

“If I wanted to make friends, I shouldn’t have preached. Put your hand on your heart and say “Don’t you think so?”

“Hmm.”

I looked at Shine and asked him, but he couldn’t answer.

I guess you can’t deny what I said.

“Look, he can’t even protect you. “You’re not a piece of trash who gets angry when your mistakes are pointed out, right?”

“…yes.”

If Fran had ears, they would probably be floppy by now.

“Because their academy life was already ruined, they didn’t even think about fixing it, right? They thought they were just going to endure it and break up once they graduated and enlisted.”

“Mister… .”

“But will it change just because I enlist? “You’re not going to proselytize just because you enlist?”

“It’s a good place for our denomination… .”

Fran’s timid resistance.

As I expected, it was clear that he would not stop his missionary activities even after enlisting.

And I don’t know yet, but the missionary work will be quite effective.

‘Isn’t it strange that someone who is on the verge of death is brought up in a hurry and they don’t follow suit?’

But that hasn’t happened yet.

When I was so discouraged, I thought I should have given Fran a proper warning.

You need to be aware that your missionary activities may cause trouble to other people.

It is natural for an ordinary person to find the word ‘pseudo’ foreign and repulsive.

At that time, Shine spoke to Fran for the first time.

“It’s bad to force something you like when you say you don’t like it.”

“yes?”

A barrier to entry called pseudo.

If I were Shine, I wouldn’t have wanted to get involved, no matter how much Fran seemed to know me.

However, Shine was already interested in Fran, who was being bullied in class, as if she had already come to me for advice.

Didn’t you say you didn’t know how to deal with her?

‘Let’s put the two together at this point.’

Meanwhile, the two were talking seriously.

“Okay, I’ll say whatever I want to make it clear that this has already happened. Do you know why kids feel rejected by you?”

“Hmm… Maybe it’s just that I felt uncomfortable?”

“What’s so uncomfortable about it? You’re an idiot. It’s because when you talk to him, he only talks about the church.”

“Ah…I’m in the church after all?”

“No, no! That’s not it. He didn’t talk to me because he was interested in the church. He talked to me because he was interested in you, but you kept talking about the church, so the kids started to be reluctant.”

Fran didn’t seem to have even thought of such a thing.

“You were interested in me…? I never thought of that.”

Franc’s mind was so full of religious denominations that he didn’t seem to know that there could be people who were interested in him.

“Isn’t it obvious? Besides, you are in the therapy field. It’s normal for there to be a lot of kids who want to get along.”

“I didn’t know that…”

As I listened to Shine speak, I could tell that his interest in Franc was greater than I thought.

Doesn’t the fact that he knew such things mean that he personally investigated Franc’s situation?

match!

“good.”

“??”

“??”

I applaud you! I hit it and both of them looked at me.

“Since this has already come to an end, why don’t you two become friends?”

“yes?”

“Eh?”

“Even though he is a member of a cult, he is in the field of therapy. It will be good for you to make connections like this for a long time. It is not good for you to be isolated too much at the academy. Wouldn’t it be good if we help each other?”

When out in the field, Fran will use his abilities to save someone’s life and will be protected by soldiers like Shine.

The situation in Shine is not much different.

Injuries were inevitable when working in contaminated areas.

So, if you build friendships with talented people in advance, it will be good for both of you.