episode_0095

The weekend passed quickly. I couldn’t keep up with the progress of half of the writing, but time passed like a flowing stream.

Although I was a little anxious about the practical performance during the midterm evaluation, thinking about it now, I was quite anxious about the written exam as well.

The low level of handwriting was not a reason to feel at ease.

I was already as weak at handwriting as I was at practical skills. But now that progress has been pushed back like this… I’m worried about the future.

I sighed and opened the closet.

It’s been a while since I took out my cadet uniform and put it on.

‘hmm…’

I examined the body with the power of observation. There was nothing wrong except for the saggy left arm sleeve.

There is no unnecessary decoration, and there is something strange about wearing a neatly designed cadet uniform.

It feels like it’s been a long time, or it feels like I wore it just yesterday… an ambiguous feeling.

When I headed to Sifnaha, I wore civilian clothes, which I rarely did, and for the few weeks I spent in the healing room, I spent the few weeks wearing hospital clothes.

The time was definitely long, but most of the time was so urgent and crazy that I felt like my perception of time was slow.

At the same time, the tight tension was gradually loosening.

Ever since I left the poetry cradle, my nerves have been on edge.

This is because I was anxious because of the embarrassment I experienced as soon as I left the poetry cradle in the 7th session.

In fact, he was beaten to death in Sifnaha. If you’re not careful, a tomb might actually have been built there.

In the healing room… strangely, I felt anxious and irritated without Professor Atra by my side. I just felt repulsed by the facility called the healing room.

My nose twitched arbitrarily and my toe was tilted. I just hated being there.

[Reluctance]

[no]

[Smell of alcohol?]

It stimulated bad memories.

As I was thinking that, the necklace spewed out thoughts of its own accord. I didn’t try to control it just in case, but it was still the same.

No, but they say they don’t spit out deep consciousness, and that smell of alcohol… doesn’t trauma belong to deep consciousness?

‘Tsk.’

A bad memory came to mind for no reason. After gathering my clothes, I glanced at my face.

…Even when I thought about it, my complexion didn’t look very good. It felt like the shadows under my eyes had become a bit darker, and my entire face was drenched in fatigue.

It’s because I can’t sleep.

Even when I lay down in bed, I couldn’t sleep. To be precise, I fell asleep, but I couldn’t fall asleep at all.

My consciousness could not subside. An inexplicable feeling of anxiety pushed away sleep.

I had those symptoms even at the beginning of the semester. The world around me had changed and I was as anxious as ever, so I couldn’t sleep well.

So, I stuck to my policy of rolling over and falling asleep as if I were passing out, even if I had to force myself to do so… Now, even though my head was tired, I didn’t pass out.

However, I was afraid of Professor Atra’s threats to make a move…

There is no place in the world as safe as here, so I don’t even know why I feel so anxious that I can’t sleep.

I just feel empty…

[lonely]

[professor]

[In my arms, bebebebebebebebebebebebebebebe]]

‘What the fuck.’

I was startled by the words spit out without filtering and grabbed my necklace tightly.

Words that were vulgar and outrageous almost came out.

Even if I thought about it to myself, I would go crazy with shame, but if I thought of others hearing that… I didn’t have the confidence to hold my head up and live…

My fingers were shaking. An impulse arose in my mind.

[Destruction]

…I suppressed the urge. If I destroy the reward given to me by Elia and my family, I will become a miserable person.

I brushed off the heavenly feathers that were hanging over my shoulders and left the dormitory.

Poetry… I can’t even count how many weeks it’s been.

There are two weeks left until the midterm evaluation.

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As announced in the group chat, most of this week’s public lectures are filled with lectures on spirits taught by Professor Liana.

Therefore, in the morning, instead of going to Ipchunsil, I headed to the second natural park that I had been informed about in advance.

Arrival didn’t take long.

After leaving the dormitory and boarding a self-operating bus, it delivered me to the entrance of the 2nd Natural Park.

Contrary to its name, a natural park is not a convenience facility for relaxation.

This facility is strictly a training facility prepared for cadets.

Also, as you can see from the name ‘Nature’, although it is a facility, it is an area where many natural sights are preserved.

‘oh…’

After getting off the bus, the observation range was greatly expanded. The range easily exceeded the previous maximum range. But fortunately, there was no major strain on my head.

[headache]

[Nosebleed]

[Retinal hemorrhage]

As always, my head hurts.

‘This works well.’

I also practiced using my powers over the weekend.

Observation and space. Powers I don’t know why I have.

I had built up some level of proficiency in spatial perception, but when I forcibly broke things back together, I started to stutter here and there.

The power of space had that feeling even more.

To be honest, I’ve been using spatial perception in the sense of observing, not in the sense of perceiving space.

Fortunately, the power of observation was less stuttering. As soon as I became aware of it, I used my spatial perception similarly.

‘…the power of observation’

A power granted by the Tower of Observation.

The Observation Tower is one of the towers that is even evaluated as supporting the current world order.

How many people’s lives are still being saved thanks to advance notice of accidents caused by demonic scenes, dungeons, villains, etc.

The reason such a notice is possible is because there is an observation deck built by the owner of the observation tower.

24 hours a day, 365 days a year. This is because the observation tower surveys the entire world without a moment’s gap.

Of course, there are realistic limitations, so most of the observations are focused on the occurrence of demonic scenes and dungeon runaways.

Because of this, they were not very active in internal crimes.

The only help is indirect, providing support to magic tools that are granted a small amount of observation power.

However, even if it is indirect, if it were not for this, the arrest rate of villains who commit crimes using all kinds of unique abilities would have fallen.

‘hmm…’

The park was clearly visible through the observation range.

Among them, there were not many traces of artificial origin. There was little human touch, such as pruning.

Even if it is a trail, it is only a path that leads near the lake.

There was a large lake in the center of the natural park, and the water was often clear without any trace of turbidity.

Also, although it wasn’t early morning, it was still early enough so there was a bit of light fog, giving it a unique atmosphere.

The surroundings were similarly clean and didn’t feel uncomfortable. Even if I roll around right now, I don’t think there will be any dust.

At the entrance there was a path studded with stones. This is almost the only artificial trace that can be seen here.

As I walked along the path leading to the lake, the feeling of popularity getting closer.

I showed up early, but there were people who showed up before me.

They are cadets from the same spring class. Professor Liana has not arrived yet.

As the distance got closer, a few people turned their heads when they sensed that they were popular.

Their eyes opened wide. As soon as he knocked on the cadets next to him, they also turned their heads and their eyes widened in the same way.

My eyes were focused all over the place. It was different from before… My body trembled at the rather intense gaze.

“……”

“……”

I swallowed my saliva.

The feeling of seeing something great… and yet seeing a pitiful person…

It was difficult to accept that unfamiliar gaze.

The good news is that no one tried to talk to me.

Hong Yeon-hwa and Elia have not arrived yet.

The same goes for people like Attila, Aiden… and Nam Yeon-jung, who are a little close to each other.

That meant there was no one for me to talk to.

After looking around, I sat down with my butt a little away.

Perhaps because there was so much grass, the ground wasn’t as hard as expected. Also, it wasn’t that cold, so sitting wasn’t uncomfortable.

I had thoughts of lying down on the wings of the sky, but I sat quietly, conscious of the real-time stares on me.

– Wooow

The wind blew past my body. The wind was quite cool.

Did you sit like that for a while?

As the cadets were arriving one by one, a cool sign of popularity slowly approached us.

“Hayul, you came out early?”

A familiar voice and presence. Above all, a cool energy that cannot be mistaken.

“It’s been a while since I visited you in the hospital!”

Contrary to that, Baek A-rin smiled brightly and greeted him.

It was a bright and gentle smile that made the surroundings feel refreshed, but I, who had information about the original work, did not let down my guard.

‘but…’

I hesitated and lowered my head.

I also remembered Baek Arin’s actions of being considerate to me.

It was the same when we met during public lectures. The Tower of Growth also helped me a lot. After meeting him, I was able to see that he was considerate in various ways.

Therefore, I did not feel unconditional rejection.

It was pointless to just refuse something that I didn’t even do to someone who had always cared for me, let alone harmed me.

But I don’t just believe it either. If the knowledge of the original work is correct, you never know when you might get stabbed in the back.

I did some guessing about the story, but it wasn’t accurate.

Still, I was nervous just in case. I was conscious of the control of the necklace to an unprecedented degree.

Here, the snout… If you make fun of the necklace incorrectly, a disaster like the 11th time will happen.

[hello]

[Baek Arin]

[nice to meet you]

The confession necklace was activated. The words I muttered in my mind were expressed in a blunt voice.

“Oh.”

Baek Arin’s eyes widened. Her surprised gaze landed on the necklace around my neck.

Lee Chae appeared in her eyes. It looks like they recognized that it was not just a magic tool, but an artifact.

“It’s an artifact? Is the effect a manifestation of the voice?”

[yes]

“Aha. This type is rare…”

I nodded to myself at those words.

Among various artifacts, the Confession Necklace had a unique function.

It’s unique, not superior.

The confession necklace was not used much in the original work.

Even if you try to use it for interrogation, it can be controlled by the wearer, so information is filtered out, and because of the imprinting function, if it changes hands a few times and is used overloaded, it gets damaged.

In that case, it is much faster and safer to just use magic to open the head.

‘But is Baek Arin so amazed?’

If you are from the Changhae family, you must have seen all sorts of artifacts.

In particular, considering the top-class artifacts that the head of the family would wear around, or the artifacts that are active in the main family, wouldn’t the necklace of confession feel ordinary?

[Thank you for coming to visit me. I didn’t even get a gift… I enjoyed it]

What Baek A-rin brought as a visitation gift was high-quality candy. After seeing Hong Yeon-hwa handing me candy, she chose some candy for herself as well.

Of course, it was the same candy, but the type was different.

If Hong Yeonhwa was a sweet fruit candy that mainly tasted like apples, Baek Arin was a traditional snack called Okchundang made by mixing rice flour and taffy? He gave me candy.

The colorful thing looked very delicious on the outside.

On the outside, it was like that.

“I’m glad you enjoyed it! If you would like to eat more, please let me know at any time.”

While I’m thinking about that.

Baek A-rin, who had exchanged a few words with me… and the necklace, sat down next to me.

Then, he pulled his spread legs together and hugged him with both arms.

Baek A-rin led the conversation as if there were no problems.

‘hmm…’

It was a normal and common posture.

– Ugh…

Now, such an ordinary posture felt very uncomfortable.

This is because Baek A-rin’s chest is naturally shriveled as her legs are pulled towards her chest.

I didn’t really care, but… Baek A-rin’s chest was very huge.

Because Baek Arin is so tall, her proportions look good, and even to me, who doesn’t have any knowledge about the subject, I thought her chest was enormous.

My chest is being compressed so hard that it’s difficult for me to breathe.

That was just the thought. I tried to keep these thoughts out as much as possible.

After gaining the power I thought was spatial perception, I became more careful.

After I developed fear through unconscious homogenization, I had to be even more careful because I kept getting strange impulses.

The power of observation is extremely capable of acquiring information.

Because of this, there was a bit of strange information flowing in.

We paid special attention to ensure that the information was not misused.

It was like that this time too. He was controlling the power of observation. I spilled unnecessary information.

The information came in little by little, and the wild thoughts that arose from it were immediately put away.

It was the same as always.

[My breasts are so big]

If it weren’t for the necklace losing control for a moment while paying attention to the power of observation.

[uh?]

“Huh?”

‘?’

What did I just say?

No, what was the necklace all about?

My brain stopped. The blunt voice in my ear was not properly interpreted.

But what is certain is that it seemed to be a very rude and rude remark.

After a moment passed, my mouth opened. The blood drained from my face.

Baek Arin blinked.

His wide-open eyes blinked several times as if he had heard something unexpected.

And soon.

– Smirk

The eyes were nicely curved like half moons, and the corners of the mouth were raised. A mischievous smile appeared on his face. It was as if they were looking for something to make fun of.

“My breasts are a bit big. why? Do you want to touch it?”

She laughed heartily and poked my cheek.

I was frozen, startled, and desperately shook my head.