episode_0056

Shine did not come to the general store after that day.

I didn’t bother to look into Shine’s whereabouts.

If Ariando had visited again, he would have asked questions, but other than that, he did not intend to search for his whereabouts.

‘There must be something going on.’

If Shine has become stronger much faster than before, I don’t think there’s any need to worry.

Rather… I was now able to enjoy the rest that had been ruined because of Ariando.

I made a hammock at the back of the store and laid down.

“Fuck, this is bullshit.”

A leisurely afternoon.

Let’s put aside worrying about money and the future for a moment.

I close my eyes and smile happily as the breeze plays with my hair.

A thought occurred to me and I opened the item window.

And among the piled up items, I took out a new item that had appeared a few days ago.

There was a difference in size between the bead containing the soul of Shine, an SSR, and the bead containing the soul of an R-rated character.

‘No matter how much I think about what I’m using this for, I don’t know.’

When I was bored, I put it in my hand and started rolling the marble around.

I tried dropping it on the floor, pretending it was a mistake, but it didn’t break.

The most likely method is to point this bead at a character that appears overlapping… .

“Do I have to go to the academy to do that?”

Anyway, I had to go to the academy at least once for Franc.

It was fate that I had to go to the academy because I would be able to learn about the uses of this dictation.

“Let’s rest for a bit and then do it.” “After resting.”

However, contrary to my wishes, the main scenario was progressing faster than expected.

* * *

“Welcome, patron.”

“I’m sorry for asking you to visit in such a chaotic situation.”

“no. “It’s not difficult to make time for your sponsors.”

“But it must have been difficult for the dean to find time.”

A messy situation.

The military, which had made the worst choice of replacing its soldiers to deal with the monster wave, was painfully paying the consequences of its wrong choice.

They tried to resolve the monster wave through quantity VS quantity by ignorantly sending soldiers in.

‘I wonder how long it has been since we achieved peace.’

Peace is not permanent.

However, the nobles hoped that peace would never come to an end, and when conflict finally began again, they postponed responsibility to others and turned a blind eye.

‘If you get beaten up, you’ll eventually come to your senses.’

It’s truly something to sigh about.

The fact that they somehow succeeded in blocking the monster wave may have been poisonous to them.

“welcome. “This is Sarman, Dean of Tringer Academy.”

“This is Suhan. Thank you for accepting my sudden request.”

If I had not supported him consistently for 10 years, I would have had no way of meeting Academy Dean Sarman.

He and I have a difference in status that cannot be overcome, and Sarman is also a person with a great past who was called a hero of humanity.

“You are someone who has supported the Academy for a long time, right? Rather, I wanted to meet him and suggest a meal. “I can’t tell you how embarrassing it was for me to hear that you wouldn’t even receive a medal.”

“I was busy making a living, so I received invitations, but I couldn’t attend.”

We greeted each other politely and sat down.

“I was surprised that someone I hadn’t seen in person for 10 years wanted to meet me. “You have something to tell me.”

“I’m not going to waste time talking about it. “Soon, the military will be conscripting students.”

“… “The military is conscripting students?”

“I believe they have already taken the therapy students. However, the situation will not stop there.”

There will be cases where students who are not yet ready are taken and used as battlefield words and then thrown away.

The situation isn’t as bad as the main scenario, but that doesn’t mean I’ve drastically changed the battle situation, right?

Even if an awkward situation arises and you buy some time, the military will soon consider taking the students away.

“The students are not yet ripe to fight against monsters.”

Dean Sarman first denied what I said, saying it couldn’t be true.

“We have already conscripted and brought in therapy students, and we have already seen the results. “We know that the military needs talented people to fill the vacant positions of soldiers who have died, and that the easiest place to find talented people is the academy.”

“It’s just a guess.”

“That’s why you need to prepare even more in advance. “There is even a slight chance of that happening.”

“… … .”

Dean Sarman is troubled.

It was a pity that students were conscripted into the military, but the place nobles had to go to protect their country was enlistment anyway.

“It’s a shame to enlist unprepared, but when the country is in crisis, nobles have a duty to fight for their country.”

Because Dean Sarman was thinking like this, many students died.

“The dean wants students to fight against pollution to save the country, but doesn’t he want them to fight on the battlefield with chess to make up for the mistakes of their superiors?”

“!!!”

“If the academy surrenders its students like this, they will perish on the battlefield without any protection.”

“I can’t believe we’re being divided by words of chess. What terrible things are you saying? “The military is not that kind of place.”

“Look at us dealing with a monster wave. We are trying to overcome the monster wave with volume. Do you think this is a decision a normal commander would make?”

“… … .”

When it comes to fighting monsters, the person who has more experience than me is the Dean.

Even in the game, the Dean appears as a fairly important NPC, so I knew he could do something.

“Think about a time when you were fighting monsters. Under such an incompetent commander, students’ lives will be sacrificed in vain. “Mr. Dean, these are the talents that this academy has nurtured with care for many years.”

“… “I don’t know what you want from me.”

The dean asked me, saying he didn’t know why I was saying this.

What reason would I have for saying this?

“Please move for the students. This is to prevent the military from using students as their talent. “If the dean takes an active role, the military will not be able to use students as throwaway purposes.”

There is a big difference between having a guardian and not having a guardian.

What kind of condition will the students who are suddenly conscripted into the military be in?

Of course everyone will be scared.

Wouldn’t the soldiers be dizzy at the thought of taking such children with them into war?

As the situation on site was not good, there was no one who would kindly care about the students.

In the end, they will be treated as a nuisance with no answers and will be treated as a waste of time, and then they will be driven to the battlefield in vain.

Many students will be sacrificed senselessly there.

‘It became a bait.’

I could never watch something like that.

Now at the academy, the R-class students I summoned and the SSR students are mixed together.

Class R are also talented people who, if they grow up well, will be able to achieve meaningful results on the battlefield.

If we lose such talent in vain, the future will become even more bleak.

Dean Sarman, who had been thinking about what I said for a long time, opened his mouth with difficulty.

“I think I should first say thank you.”

“yes?”

Is this a sign that you are going to think positively about what I am saying?

“Didn’t you say this for the students? I was impressed. “I can feel that he truly cares about his students.”

“It’s not that big of a deal. “I don’t have the ability, so I’m passing the burden on to the dean.”

What I can’t do.

But Dean Sarman could do it.

If I could make him take action with just a few words, it would be of great benefit to me.

“I don’t think so. I’ve never had anything like this before. The person who asked me to make a sound for the students. Isn’t everyone just thinking about putting students into harm’s way in the name of saving humanity? In fact, if you hadn’t pointed this out to me, I would have thought it was natural for students to be conscripted. “It’s not about speaking up for them.”

“If students grow well now, they will be able to do great things for humanity in the future. “It is not right to kill the goose that will lay the golden eggs.”

The analogy may be a bit flawed, but in any case, there should never have been a change in students to stop a monster wave.

“you’re right. That’s correct. I knew for sure what you wanted from me. Thanks to this, I feel like I have a clear idea of what to do as dean of the academy.”

Dean Sarman’s expression brightens.

“Because I am no longer a soldier.”

yes.

If you are the dean of an academy, you must act like a dean.

We must understand that actively pushing students into a battlefield to die is not for the good of the country.

I was worried that I might be able to persuade him because he was a dean who was deeply haunted by memories of his past as a soldier, but things were resolved easily.

I felt like I had a strange misunderstanding, but I decided to ignore it because I didn’t think it would have a negative impact on my image.

“I will see you off to the school gate.”

After finishing my meeting with the dean, a staff member politely offered to see me off.

“no. it’s okay.”

Since I had no intention of going to the academy right away, I politely declined the staff’s offer of consideration.

“It would be better if you schedule your time to worry about me. I don’t want to cause any more unnecessary trouble. I have enough right now. “Okay then.”

I was worried that the employee would follow me, so I quickly left the place.

There were still two things left to do after entering the academy.

The purpose was to resolve the rumors about Shine, which has no news, and the curiosity about beads whose use is unknown due to duplication.