episode_0052

“Did you hear that?”

“Speaking of a battlefield? Everyone is going crazy about it right now. “Have you heard anything new?”

Loud, loud, loud.

Gossip and gossip

The academy was noisy from the morning.

Monster Wave.

Although we succeeded in preventing an attack on the city, we could not be optimistic about it.

This is because contamination is bound to reach places where monsters exist, and the places they invade will rot at a rapid pace.

Humanity had been violated by the Maginot Line of 40%, and was trembling with fear of losing as much as in the past again.

The best way to relieve the people’s fear was for the awakened people to kill all the monsters and purify the pollution.

So the country actually dispatched a large army to fight the monster wave.

“They say the entire army we dispatched was completely wiped out. So, I heard we are in trouble right now due to a lack of manpower?”

“Hey, that’s not it. From what I heard, it wasn’t annihilation, but rather a retreat. “The rumor was inflated because they retreated.”

“Yes, the annihilation figures are a bit overblown. That’s ridiculous. “No matter how serious the monster wave is, there are so many nobles who have enlisted.”

Nobles are proud of the fact that they are the saviors of mankind.

And I also have pride in my skills.

Aren’t these ‘weapons’ raised from childhood to deal with monsters?

But you were wiped out because you couldn’t catch the monster?

It was a tremendous disgrace, and a truth I did not want to believe.

“Oh, we weren’t completely wiped out? thank god.”

“Anyway, why did you retreat? Until now, there has never been a case where you retreated because you couldn’t catch a monster. How well were you holding the line? .”

Students who had to graduate from the academy and enlist soon had no choice but to look at the situation even more sensitively.

Won’t it soon become a thing of the past?

Because of this, most of what students talk about these days as soon as they arrive at the academy is about how the battlefield is going.

“You idiot, don’t you know? “It is much more difficult to catch a monster wave when it explodes than to catch the original monster.”

“why??? Killing monsters is the same thing. Rather, I thought reinforcements would come and solve the problem more easily.”

“How is that the same? “There are a lot of monsters.”

Dealing with a group of monsters and dealing with a wave of monsters can never be the same.

There is a clear difference between one or two animals and dozens of animals. Isn’t this a situation where hundreds of animals combine to turn the battlefield upside down?

‘Isn’t it senseless to ask because you don’t know that?’

Fortunately, the student who said such pathetic things was not a Class A student.

In theory classes, students from Class A and Class B, which have a small number of students, take the class together.

The teacher who soon joined the class also hastily changed the content of the class, perhaps intending to teach information about Monster Wave, which has become a hot topic among students these days.

Of course, the content of the class was about monster waves.

Why do monster waves occur?

Why can’t the monster wave be easily stopped?

How big of an impact does it create when you fail to stop a monster wave?

As the class progressed, the students’ expressions became more and more serious.

The more I learned about the monster wave, the more I realized why the military had been unable to stop it until now.

Students who had heard about Monster Wave in theory class entered the practical class without being able to hide their gloomy faces.

Fortunately, the students in Class A had some knowledge about Monster Wave, so they were able to control their facial expressions.

“Why are everyone’s faces so grim?”

I didn’t expect that Rebecca, the teacher, was so perceptive that she noticed the sagging mood.

“Teacher, do you know anything about monster waves?”

“What about Monster Wave? There’s no way you don’t know. “I know.”

Teacher Rebecca’s face hardened in response to a student’s question.

“When I was really young, there was a monster wave. At that time, I had to abandon my hometown and run away. “To live.”

“omg! I did not know. sorry.”

“No, it’s an old story. “It seems like everyone is worried about the monster wave that occurred this time?”

“After all, we are in a position where we will have to enlist soon.”

Until then, it was unknown whether the monster wave would be resolved.

“Can you predict when the monster wave will be resolved?”

“I don’t know that. “It depends on how big it is.”

“I heard that if the military continues to be unable to stop the monster wave, it will be a big problem if one area is breached.”

“That’s right, the monster wave must be stopped. “If we don’t stop it, humanity will soon have little land left where it can survive.”

I also learned new information that the reason humanity lost the most land to pollution was because of the monster wave.

I raised my hand and asked Teacher Rebecca.

“Shouldn’t we have actively taught students about the dangers of monster waves a long time ago? “Why isn’t there anything about monster waves in the class?”

There was something like that, but I tended to just summarize the concept and move on.

“Monster waves are not something that happens easily, and they are no different from the biggest black story of humanity, so I tend to shrug it off. And honestly, as soon as you heard it, you thought it was scary, right?”

“… … .”

There was no student who could say no.

It’s best not to show it openly.

“Monster Wave can be too scary for young students. That’s why I didn’t mention it in class. “Anyway, even if you know about the monster wave in advance, there is no helpful information.”

Excessive information only causes unnecessary fear and panic.

It is better to ignore it than to cause unnecessary emotions.

“Whether you know it or not, the only way to solve monster waves is to fight them. “There must be an omen, but recognizing it is no different from hoping for a miracle.”

Is it really necessary to make people afraid by letting them know?

Are we going to make them fight without knowing?

I spit out what was inside me without even having time to think.

“It’s absurd.”

“… “It is something that cannot be helped for humanity.”

The atmosphere becomes gloomy.

Teacher Rebecca said that although she was in a bad mood, that didn’t mean she could completely ruin the day’s class.

“Everyone, come to your senses. Are you just going to be afraid and you’ll get hit? “What you need to do now is not to be afraid, but to attend today’s class diligently.”

That was correct.

What good is it if you jump out of fear of a monster wave?

“One hour of effort can create decades of future.”

To live, you must become strong.

That was a proposition that has never been shaken since entering the academy.

“Now let’s start class again. “Does anyone have any objections?”

“doesn’t exist!”

“Please teach me!”

Everyone was full of motivation.

As much as I was afraid of the monster wave, it was natural that I had to study harder.

* * *

“Fran, what did they say in the teacher’s office? “Why are you suddenly calling me?”

After being introduced to Franc by my uncle.

I had a decent relationship with Fran.

If you ask someone if they are a close friend, they will smile awkwardly, and if you ask them if they are a friend, they may answer yes.

So, we became friends enough to ask Fran, who was suddenly called into the teacher’s office, what was going on.

“hmm… “I guess I don’t have enough hands.”

“hand?”

“Yes, a conscription request has come from the military.”

“omg!!”

Fran spoke so calmly that it was not easy to understand right away, but what he said was truly shocking.

“W-Conscription?! “You said you’re being conscripted now?!”

I jumped up from my seat and spoke loudly.

Thanks to this, everyone in the class looked at us.

If it were any other time, I would have apologized and moved on, but there was no time to do so now.

Isn’t the child being taken to the military?

“There’s still a year left??? So what did you say?”

“They say I need it, but what can I do? I said I would go. “It’s compulsory conscription anyway, so I can’t refuse it.”

“Even though… .”

There’s still a year left… .

I was out of my mind.

I knew that the situation on the front line blocking the monster wave was not good, but I never thought that they would take the students with them.

“Maybe it’s because I’m in the therapy field. So don’t worry too much. “I don’t think other people will be conscripted so suddenly.”

Franc knew very well that he was a special case.

What is always considered insufficient is the awakening of the therapeutic field.

However, I wasn’t shocked because I was worried about that.

“hey! Do you think I’m saying this because you’re worried about me? It’s too much to be suddenly called to the battlefield like this! “You are still a minor!”

“what?”

“I heard you were conscripted?”

“Shine! Conscription? What are you talking about?”

“They said Fran was drafted, not me. This is the treatment field. “You can’t refuse because it’s compulsory conscription.”

“!!!”

Even if Fran was something of an outcast among them, no one could say that it was a good thing that he was drafted.

Moreover, haven’t there been cases of people directly touching and harassing people just because they are in the treatment field?

“Really? “Really long in the military?”

Fran was embarrassed by the children’s attention, but he answered cheerfully.

“yes.”

“when?”

“I think we should pack up and move right away.”

“The situation is that bad?”

“It’s too much. Suddenly being dragged away… .”

Still, the kids who were taking their time because they thought there was still a year left were heartbroken.

Originally, the first time was difficult, but the second time was easy.

The conscription of the therapy class was no different from proof that the rest of the students could also be conscripted.

“Weak! Tsk!”

At that time, among the crying and worried students, someone said, Tsk! He made a clicking sound.

“ah… Ariando.”

The eyes of the students who suddenly heard that they were weak turned to the student who clicked his tongue.

I wanted to protest right away, but I couldn’t.

This is because the person who said that was Ariando, who had all the cuteness of the children.

There was no student who could glare at Ariando and show signs of discomfort just because he said something he didn’t like.

First of all, his appearance was enough to make the students lose their will to fight.