episode_0083

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The students who completed the admission ceremony were quite excited. This is because the heroes here showed such remarkable strength that it was meaningless to say that the hero power was weakened.

In particular, the one that was talked about a lot was the one-armed swordsman who cut down a giant monkey monster with a single sword. In Seoul, it’s hard to see an S-class hero swinging a fist, but here, it was a common sight.

Here, they too can become stronger. I would have gained that confidence.

… I don’t know if that enthusiasm will continue even after the experiential learning is over.

Well, now is not the time to worry about others. Because I have to do difficult things on my own.

The challenge of creating a main heroine for the protagonist of a harem novel awaits me.

“So, you are asking us to place it as far away from Hwain as possible?”

“As a bonus, place Raon near Hwain.”

At most, there are about 13 or 4 students who come to the experiential learning experience. Since there were only a small number of people, this time they were assigned to executives individually rather than as a team.

It would be nice if I could step forward and do something myself, but I’m not that talented of a person. I’m sure he’ll make a mistake or go overboard and show off that he’s trying to force two people together.

In that case, my strategy is to create an opportunity for the two people to naturally become closer. Power is meant to be used in times like this.

“It doesn’t matter. As expected, I’m a bit behind the curve here. May I ask why?”

Not to mention Emperor Lei, the top person here, there were quite a few people at the top who had longer careers than Xia. Even if you are a Shia, you won’t be able to do whatever you want like in Cheonmyeonggo.

However, I was a little reluctant to explain the situation. What is that? Hwa-in seems to have a crush on me and wants me to drop it. Isn’t it a bit like I’m overly self-conscious? .

If what I guess is true, it would be recklessly revealing someone else’s romantic feelings, and if what I guess is false, it would be my mistake, which is also very embarrassing. Isn’t there some good excuse?

” These days, I feel like Hwa-in relies too much on me. ”

“If that’s the case, you can say it directly. Even though Hwa-in is dumbfounded by the senior’s words, it doesn’t mean she doesn’t have her own thoughts.”

“Well, that’s… .”

“The senior’s job is to supplement Hwain, so shouldn’t he fall too far?”

Sia’s expression as she tilted her head showed no signs of interrogating me. I’m just stating a question that naturally arises.

Nevertheless, because it was such a straightforward opinion, it was difficult to find an excuse. From the beginning, I knew that if I suddenly said something like this, as I was close to Hwain until very recently, it wouldn’t work.

Should I force it or explain the reason? After thinking for a moment, I chose to trust Sia more.

“So, it seems like Hwain likes the senior. Like this?”

“Okay, so I’m going to keep my distance for a while.”

“Hmm. okay. Hwain is a senior.”

Sia nodded her head loudly as if she understood. I explained it as briefly as possible, but did it work?

“Senior, I feel bad. I’m overly self-conscious.”

It didn’t work at all.

“No, really, this is a bit… . Is this a devilish woman who made a man fall in love or something? Have you been admiring something like that?”

“Is that possible?”

I really wish you would stop looking at me like you’re sick of me. Even though I already think it might be a bit like that, it’s hard to bear it if I get looked at like that.

I was reluctant to talk about it because it felt like privacy, but there is nothing I can do about it. When I told her what happened yesterday, Sia’s expression went from disgust to suspicion.

“Well, um… . Of course, if you suddenly grab your wrist in that situation, you might think that.”

“Right? It’s not because I’m overly self-conscious that I overestimated it, right?”

“Still, it’s not good to force yourself to fall, senior. You know very well that this place is dangerous. There is a possibility that it is our mistake.”

Sia doesn’t know about the original work. Of course, they don’t know the importance of heroines. Therefore, Sia’s judgment without nervousness will be a little more objective.

Above all, it was undoubtedly true that this place was dangerous. Since it was such a place, I was hoping that an event would occur, such as a swing bridge effect… The risk of things going wrong for Hwain or Raon would also be just as high.

“Well, what I felt from his gaze was similar to yours. I might really be mistaken. Please pretend you didn’t hear this story.”

Can not help it. Should I give up this time and go back to Seoul and plan a safer strategy?

As I was thinking that, Sia held my shoulder tightly. Something seems very urgent.

“Ji, what now?”

“Huh? Please pretend I didn’t hear it.”

“Before that.”

“Before that? Ah, what you felt from Hwain’s gaze was similar to yours?”

That part was ambiguous. My potential can feel emotions to some extent, but it is not easy to distinguish between emotions with similar directions. In the case of Hwa-in, it can be seen as camaraderie or as goodwill.

So there’s no need to take it that seriously.

“Good. It falls. I will distribute it end to end of the wire.”

“Huh!? No, isn’t it better to quit this time? For a moment, I thought about it based on my standards, but wires are dangerous after all.”

“No, it’s okay. Instead, how about deploying it to a battle zone?”

“You could really die!?”

I don’t know why Sia’s attitude suddenly changed. It’s fortunate that I was able to separate from Hwa-in as intended…

“Hehe, we can easily reduce the number of people by one.”

Seeing Sia making phone calls asking for placement made me nervous for no reason. This is okay, right? It’s not like Hwain falls in the middle of a high-level battle line, right?

Even after thinking about it, I couldn’t come up with an answer, so I decided to trust Sia. He also says he gave up thinking about it.

… Fine, cheer up!

***

“Etchwi!”

“What, do you have a cold?”

“It’s not really like that.”

While answering Jeong Young’s words, Hwa In looked around. As the men gathered in one room and chatted, it felt like we were on a school field trip.

As the situation occurred immediately after arrival, the full-scale experiential learning was decided to begin tomorrow. I was given permission to move around freely inside the hotel, but what was the point of wandering around? Most students chose to play hard.

Among the male students, the only exceptions were Yangachi and Ami. Painter thought that it was surprising that Ami was not visible since he was a boy who hated group action.

“I need to go to the bathroom for a moment.”

“Melona when I come.”

“Do hotels also sell melonas?”

“You should have checked it earlier.”

Fain left the room, leaving behind the guys who were talking nonsense. The first thing I thought about was where to go, but no place in particular came to mind.

There were usually heroes and their families in the lobby and restaurant. Aside from that, I walked around wherever I could, but I couldn’t see the face that the painter was looking for.

‘What on earth did I expect?’

Suddenly, the painter felt a sense of self-destruction and laughed. There’s no way Ami would be wandering around a place like this. Those who stayed in the room would have had a higher chance of meeting each other. Maybe it’s on the girls side.

Either way, if it stayed like this, there would be no income. Let’s buy some snacks and go back to the room. It was the moment when Hwa-in thought that and turned around.

“Ah… .”

The woman approaching from the other side of the hallway made eye contact with the painter. We ran into each other? The painter felt a sense of discomfort at his own feelings that suddenly came to his mind. The woman did not open her eyes.

She was a beautiful woman with long black hair tied up in a bun. The contrast with the white plain clothes might have made you feel like a virgin ghost, but the woman’s benevolent atmosphere allayed that.

The feeling of having seen it somewhere also tickled Hwa-in’s nerves. The moment when the painter passes by the woman, wondering if they are lovers or something.

“I have what you are looking for.”

The woman said that to the painter.

“Yes… ?”

“If you want to find it, follow me.”

With only those words left, the woman walked in the direction the painter had come from. The painter’s head was filled with confusion at the attitude of not giving him time to understand.

What you want to find. That’s right, Hwain went around looking for Ami. But how on earth do you know that? What does it mean to have ARMY?

It could have been dismissed as nonsense. But when I remembered that I barely saw Ami today, I couldn’t ignore it.

“Wait!”

In the end, the painter decided to follow the woman.

Even as he was following along, all kinds of thoughts came to his mind. Is that woman an ally or an enemy?

I was concerned about the fact that I casually entered this space full of heroes who could not be considered enemies. Since this was the front line, there was no way security would be lax.

However, it was too suspicious to even be considered an ally. How can you say that you ‘have’ ARMY? No matter how you look at it, it’s not something you use when you’re friendly.

Either way, if that woman had tried to harm her, there would have been no need to ask her to follow. With that determination, the painter approached the woman who had stopped.

“Now, come this way.”

The woman was standing in the center of the hall, looking at the painter. Around it, all kinds of strange patterns were drawn on the floor. These were clearly things that did not exist when the admission ceremony took place.

“Before that, I have something to ask you first. Where is ARMY?”

Although he did not decide to be hostile, he was the one who said he was taking Ami with him. Naturally, hostility was mixed into the Chinese’s tone of voice.

“Ami, who is that?”

“Don’t act like a fool. You said you had the person I was looking for.”

“What does it look like?”

“Yes? Uh, what does it look like… .”

Hwa-in felt that the stories were not coming together. The sight of the woman tilting her head looked vague.

At this point, the hostility of the Chinese began to crumble. This is not right. While thinking the same thing, the painter answered the question without hesitation.

“So, Ami has blonde hair and horns, and is a very pretty girl. It has red, vertically slit eyes… He is quite short.”

“Ah! I’ve seen it before.”

“… ! Of course!”

“After the emergency bell rang, I went somewhere else. I don’t know where he went after that.”

It’s been a while since the incident occurred. At this point, it should have been assumed that this woman had little to do with Ami’s whereabouts.

“Were you looking for that child?”

“Yes? yes… .”

“Oh my, oh my, oh my!”

The woman approached the painter, as if she had forgotten that she had asked her to come. Tap, tap, tap. A wave of hands that seemed to be in sync with the rhythm hit Hwa-in’s shoulder.

Judging from their reactions, it seemed like they knew ARMY well. However, he said he did not know the name. How on earth do you get into a relationship like that?

However, the woman did not give the Chinese a chance to ask any questions.

“Did you say that girl was Ami? What is your relationship with that child?”

“Yes? Hey, you’re my friend. And we are also members of the same team.”

“Ah, now that I think about it, you were a student. Doesn’t he get into trouble at school? I’ve probably never even been to school.”

“No, I’m doing well. I have many friends. Yes.”

The mysterious woman suddenly became like an old lady you see everywhere. Because the beautiful appearance remained the same, the difference felt even greater.

It’s strangely annoying and repulsive, but it’s an atmosphere where I can’t help but answer. I wondered if this would be the feeling if I had a relative, an ajumma, that I don’t have.

If things continued like this, it seemed like the conversation would go to hell, so the painter forced himself to stop talking and opened his mouth.

“Wait a minute. Didn’t you say you had what I was looking for? He told me to follow him if I wanted to find it… .”

“Ah, I’m sorry. When I was a student, I thought everyone wanted to become strong. So, I was just trying to create an atmosphere that said, if you want to find strength, follow me.”

It’s not like I’m doing something that doesn’t suit me. As she said that, the woman smiled shyly.

In the end, it was just a guess and a misunderstanding on the part of each other. The painter held his head in despair.

“When I see you say that, do I force myself to be that ARMY? I guess they thought you had a kid named . For some reason, the atmosphere was a bit sharp.”

“No, over there… .”

“Do you like that child? Oh, of course not as a friend──”

“Sorry! The person I’m looking for doesn’t seem to be here, so I’ll just leave!”

If things continued like this, it seemed like all the resources I had would be wiped out. What kind of shameful play is it that you reveal your romantic feelings to someone you meet for the first time?

Anyway, now that he knew that Ami was not involved in an emergency, Hwa-in quickly tried to leave the hall. However, the moment he went through the door of the hall, the painter was back in the center of the hall.

“Sorry, I still have some business to attend to.”

‘Be careful, Fine. This person is very strong.’

The painter had no idea what the trick had just been, but Sarah seemed to have seen it. The only ones Sarah described as ‘strong’ when directly confronting them were the Sword Demon and the Thunder Emperor. If you include the modifier ‘awesome’, it is reduced to just ‘brain’.

But what really surprised the painter was what happened after that.

“That’s right, it’s very strong. So, if possible, don’t go against me.”

“… Can you hear Sarah?”

“There is not much in this world that I cannot see or hear.”

The woman spoke lightly, but it was the first time this had happened to Hwa-in. Because no teacher at Cheonmyeong High School, not even Ami, who had predicted Sarah’s existence, could see or hear Sarah in person.

A little while ago, Fine thought, ‘I think I’ve seen this woman somewhere before.’ A slightly stronger sense of déjà vu than before gave the painter a clue.

In his mind, the painter changed the woman’s plain clothes into fancy clothes and put a mask on her face. Then, an image of a hero that Fine knew came to mind.

“Excuse me, but may I ask your name?”

“This is Princess Bari, the hero. This body will be your teacher for a few days, so please treat it well.”

Looking at the smiling priestess, Hwa-in thought back to each and every rude act she had committed.

After a while, a scuffle continued for a while between the boy who was kneeling down there and the woman who was trying to stop him.

***

The erosion of cracks changes the world. Winter Castle was at the center of a world painted over by otherworldly erosion.

The cold that freezes everything prevents things with skin from even approaching the winter castle. It was a castle like a giant tombstone, with the only moving things being golems and undead.

However, there are exceptions to some things. The drawing room, which is questionable as to how many times it had been used since the castle was built, was fulfilling its function at least for today.

“Is it cold?”

A blue-haired man spoke to a green-haired woman. Both were pairs with distinctive features in their appearance. Men had horns and scales, and women had long, thin tongues that occasionally stuck out of their mouths.

“It’s okay.”

For Chae Sa-hee, Cheongwoon was not someone she wanted to talk to. ‘Father’ cannot treat someone coldly when he shows extreme respect, so he only responds as necessary.

Even if something went wrong, it wouldn’t have been a relationship where they would cover each other up.

“What are you doing now?”

Chae Sa-hee turned away from Cheong-woon, who was trying to cover her with her coat, and scolded her with cold eyes. It was a natural reaction, but Cheongwoon expressed doubt as if he had not expected it at all.

“Don’t women like this kind of thing?”

“Where on earth did you pick up such nonsense?”

“What nonsense. It is definitely grounded knowledge.”

Cheongwoon said so and showed his basis. A book titled ‘13 Popular Methods for Women’ made Chae Sa-hee lose her mind.

“… Why on earth did you buy that book?”

“There was a human in my fiancé’s body. So, as a husband, I am researching things that my wife might like.”

Then it’s not your fiancé, it’s someone else. Even though they are engaged, why is the husband and wife acting like they are already married? Is it true that he was my fiancé in the first place?

Chae Sa-hee swallowed all those questions. The opponent is not a different country, but a race from another world. At the very least, I wanted to evaluate the effort to understand the other person.

“That book won’t be of much help.”

“What!?”

While I was doing it, I also helped. It was very frustrating to see people so strongly believing in such a book, and I didn’t want to become a laboratory for that book.

“That can’t be possible. If this book isn’t helpful, why are you selling it?”

“That’s… .”

Why? Until then, I had never even thought about Chae Sa-hee. Isn’t it common sense that what is written in such a book is useless?

It was a case that was difficult to explain because it was so obvious. However, Cheongwoon further questioned whether Chae Sahee’s silence was interpreted in a different way.

“Do you have a husband?”

“No, there is none.”

“Then what about your fiancé? No, have you ever had a lover?”

“… None.”

“Then there is no way to know whether this book is helpful or not.”

As expected, it was nonsense. Cheongun said and opened the book again.

Chae Sa-hee was trembling with the urge to rip off all the scales from that lizard right now.

“Haha. See you next time.”

[joy. Make sure you keep your promises.]

The huge door next to the living room opened and a man in a business suit came out. A man whose entire body is stained black and there is no light or dark. It was a concrete shrine.

“Thank you for your hard work, ‘Father.’”

As soon as the sphere gentleman came out, Chae Sa-hee stood up and bowed her head. On the other hand, Cheongwoon did not even put down the book he was reading and only glanced at it.

“Did the work you went to end well?”

“Thanks to Cheongwoon, we were able to finish it easily. Wow, how should I repay this favor?”

“Hmph, it was something I didn’t even mean to say. If that were really the case, it would have been fine if they had brought the religious leader instead of me.”

“As you know, this is not for Genesis, but for my personal research.”

The power of the individual Sphere Gentlemen was insufficient to pressure the Elder Lich. Cheongwoon’s willingness to step forward was an unexpected harvest for a concrete gentleman.

“That’s it. I heard that it was thanks to you that I found my fiancé. I will accept this amount of trouble. Where should I go next?”

“Please stay as you please for the time being. As for the next matter, I feel too sorry to ask for Cheongwoon’s help… .”

“… … .”

Cheongwoon and Guche gentleman leave the reception room side by side. Chae Sa-hee followed behind him as if he was performing.

Another seed of evil was sown here.

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