episode_0117

Vacation is over.

To be precise, this vacation at the Academy is a rotation system, which is a crew work type in which half and half of the personnel work in order to prepare for emergency situations, so it may be the beginning for some, but

Anyway, it was true that it was the end for some people.

“Ha.”

As Han Sejun came out of the fast food restaurant in the shopping district, he sighed heavily, rattling the paper packaging container in his hand.

The vacation wasn’t particularly long compared to regular campus life, but after experiencing the outdoors, it was bittersweet to have to return to the academy and live in a dormitory.

It’s like military life. That’s what Han Sejun thought.

I didn’t miss the fast food in this shopping district, which I quite liked, as much as the food at the bulgogi restaurant in front of the training center.

Of course, if Northmund had known that thought, he might have been called arrogant even though he had never even served in the military.

“It’s been a while since you last saw each other. Do you sigh as soon as you see each other, Sejun?”

“Huh? Oh, it’s not like that.”

Of course, the meaning of the sigh was that the vacation was over and one’s free time was limited, but

Nakajima, who received that sigh in person, would not be able to understand its meaning. Look at this guy? The natural reaction was to make an expression and slightly twist the corners of the mouth.

Meanwhile, Sejun desperately tries to avoid the Himecut girl trying to poke his waist.

Anyway, Sejun is now a professional in his own right.

As he attended the academy, fighting skills were drilled into his head to a sadistic level, so avoiding the playful attacks of Nakajima, who was almost a non-combatant, was not even a task.

“Evil.”

Of course, being a professional, I knew that I had to distinguish between public and private matters.

It’s also true that pranks like this are just natural.

In some ways, he seemed like a naive and frivolous boy, but he really knew how to do it.

“Oh. Sejun is also a class A hunter? Instead, my fingers stick out. Hmm… To be honest, I put in a lot of magic power to make it a little painful.”

“What, were you trying to use a finger gun from that cartoon?”

Sejun said casually and nodded. Nakajima also just smiled, as if he had no intention of delving deeper into the matter.

‘Now the flare is being emitted unconsciously.’

As I was feeling a little proud in my heart because I had unintentionally blocked Nakajima’s finger with a magical barrier, I saw some happy faces approaching from afar.

“Oh, Muriel, Tania! The leader has also arrived.”

Of course, it wasn’t that long and we occasionally talked on the phone or chatted with each other, but seeing each other face to face was the best.

Sejun waved his hand vigorously to greet the faces he hadn’t seen in a long time.

“Jun! It’s been a while! Is it only 3 weeks?”

“How have you been? Sejun.”

“Sejun, it’s been a while. Looks like things are going well? I see your face blooming.”

“Uh… .”

Han Se-jun paused for a moment and shook his hands when he first greeted him warmly.

I felt that the faces of the girls smiling at me as if they were really happy were not a feeling of happiness, but rather a playfulness as if they were holding a toy in front of their eyes and just before holding it in their hands.

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“Oh, I’m full. I guess I packed too much.”

“There were 4 people, but we really barely managed to fill it all.”

“Sure. Aren’t you being pretentious?”

“It’s noisy. Honestly, it’s too much.”

Han Sejun laughed off the blunt voice directed at him and looked down at his empty lunch box.

On the other hand, the hamburger he had just bought had been put in the same bag as it had been brought out and was cold.

It was a waste of food and a bit of a waste, but what can you do? It’s impossible to refuse food that the other person has prepared with great care.

In fact, rather than a lunch box, it was just food sent by the residents of Muriel’s village to bring to their friends, and the amount was so large that it seemed somewhat malicious.

When I saw that amount, I even had the impure intention to think that there might be a spy from the Circular Church who was trying to assassinate the person with this ability by attacking his stomach.

After enjoying various dishes with difficult-to-pronounce names unique to Germany, such as Schweinhaxen or Wurst, everyone was rubbing their bellies and sighing leisurely.

It took quite a while to get here from Germany, so the food was reheated after it had cooled down, so it may not have the original taste, but it was still tasty enough.

Still, Sejun feels a little grateful to Muriel for thinking of them, and when he looks at her, their eyes meet.

“What makes me feel bad.”

“… There’s no need to feel bad. I was going to say thank you.”

When their gazes crossed, Sejun saw Muriel giggling, squinting a little and scratching his head in reply.

Seeing those two, the Himekut girl looked a little displeased for some reason, pouted a few times cutely, and turned her head away.

” Did you all enjoy your vacation? How was everyone? Did you enjoy your break?”

Just then, as if Jang A-hyun was trying to evoke a topic, she brought up a new topic and evoked a strange atmosphere.

Now that I think about it, why does Jang A-hyeon feel so happy? From the time I saw you earlier, there seemed to be a strange joy on your face that you couldn’t hide.

Did something really good happen during vacation?

“I feel like it might ruin the mood, but honestly, I wasn’t that happy.”

Suddenly, Muriel clicked her tongue and spoke in a quiet voice.

“Because it was vacation, I went there full of anticipation to see my family for the first time in a long time. Ha, what can I say. To be honest, the situation wasn’t that good.”

“Agree. I felt that way too. I didn’t feel it well inside the academy, but… When I actually went out, the situation was quite difficult.”

Tania took her word. It seemed like she was trying to act like her usual self by pretending to be blunt and with an expressionless face, but I could feel that there was a lot of sadness in it.

“When I visited my hometown, the entire village was devastated. It was attacked by the military because it was a place where infections broke out in the early stages before the Corruptor’s countermeasures were discovered. It was bitter. Even though I was an orphan, it was still a place where I had fond memories of my childhood.”

“Yes, I also went to the band members’ funerals. Although the band itself disbanded due to my absence due to Academy work, we were good friends over the past few years.”

“Oh, I’m sorry, Muriel and Tania. I brought up a pointless story. I’m sorry for making you bring out painful memories.”

When the women started talking about sensitive topics that would embarrass the listener, Jang Ah-hyeon waved her hand with a very embarrassed expression and offered an apology.

“No, it’s not the leader’s fault. Honestly, the Corruptor was like a natural disaster. Still, I think it was a good thing that I visited my hometown during vacation. When I went back, they said the hero had returned and the gloomy town came back to life. So I got some food.”

“Well, still.”

“Honestly, I think we have a lot of work to do in the future. I have to help the professor stop that demon. I promised myself that I would no longer allow this kind of sadness to surround the world.”

“That’s right. In fact, it is true that before seeing the destroyed site, I thought it was miserable, but it did not really affect me. But this time, I felt the same way when I saw people really close to me suffer disaster.”

Sejun also clicked his tongue.

Perhaps by coincidence or fortunately, Sejun’s neighborhood was located in a place where the aftermath of the Corruptor’s disaster was not that severe. When I heard about other people’s sad stories on such a topic, I felt sad and felt sorry.

However, for some reason, when Jang A-hyeon hears that sound, her eyes become sharp and she begins to glare at Se-jun.

I thought he might have taken it to mean, ‘Don’t you have that kind of consideration?’

And he said, ‘Were things bad for you too?’ ‘Do I have to say something too?’ I answered in a haphazard manner.

“It’s done. I’m not very curious about your work. Anyway, nothing much happened. When it comes to things happening in Korea, I know it well, right?”

“… Oh yes.”

As the atmosphere was sinking without much happening, Sejun felt a strange sense of despondency and followed the trend to calm his mood.

Now that I think about it, what happened to Jang A-hyeon?

Looking at the news, I heard that Jang Yeon-ho, former president of Taesung Electronics, became the group’s chairman and probably visited Northmund at the inauguration ceremony.

Of course she was there too, so maybe there was something going on between the two.

I was thinking of asking that, but it felt like I was interfering too much with the other person’s personal affairs, and the atmosphere was so calm that I didn’t feel anything, so I had no motivation to ask the reason, so I just swallowed the words.

“Oh, that’s right. I heard that among the new students coming in this time, there is one with healing abilities.”

“I see. Finally, I have the ability to heal. So, can Muriel’s scar also be healed?”

“Ah… That will be difficult. From what I’ve researched, it seems to be more about the ability to speed up cell regeneration rather than a healing concept. Therefore, even if the wound is healed, a scar remains. It is not a special ability that has cosmetic effects.”

“I see.”

Upon receiving Tania’s gaze, Muriel opens her mouth and rolls up her sleeves as if she is somewhat annoyed.

“No, I don’t really care about this. This is like a medal. Of course, I can’t say I’m glad it happened, but I’m still not that worried.”

During the previous Tbilisi incident, Muriel received a very deep wound on her arm by monsters.

And that wound became a deep and large scar that remained on her arm.

She says she doesn’t care, but seeing as she always covers it up with something like a t-shirt, it doesn’t mean she doesn’t care at all.

He’s trying to force himself to appear bright, but in reality, he must be really upset.

“Yes. And to explain what will change in the future… .”

Jang A-hyeon clenches her right fist and tells the following story.

Seeing the magical energy stirring around her, Sejun intuitively realized that she too had reached a similar level to his own.

She was one step behind compared to herself before, but what happened during the vacation?

Suddenly, a huge step forward was being made.

“From now on, our first-generation students will also perform some of the roles of assistants at the academy.”

“Huh? Are we?”

“Yes. We lost a lot of people after the incident. So, we will also help educate new students.”

After hearing that, everyone hummed and started massaging their chins.

Because they had doubts about whether they could properly perform that role.

Of course, it would be more correct to view the first generation of Elada as veterans who have gone through many hardships, not just guys who came from nowhere.

After all, isn’t this a generation that has experienced enough battles with monsters in this short period of time to get sick of it?

I have seen many of my colleagues die, and I have endured the miserable sight of cities collapsing and being devastated.

However, even in the field where it teaches, it cannot be said to be a veteran.

Doesn’t being a good fighter necessarily mean a good educator?

As if she had caught their doubts, Jang Ah-hyun denies them.

“Don’t worry. Well, it’s not that you become a professor, but you just play the role of a teaching assistant.”

“Umm.”

“Ah, from what I heard, if your future dream is to become an academy professor, it would be a good idea to decide on your career path here. I think we’ll probably get a lot of picks.”

“Ahyeon, now that I think about it, I have a question.”

Yue, who was listening to Jang A-hyeon’s story, looks at her and opens his mouth.

Jang Ah-hyun met his gaze and nodded, meeting his gaze. It is a gesture asking you to talk.

“Will the mentor system continue? that… It’s a shame, but my mentor junior didn’t come back from the last battle. So will you be selected again?”

“Oh, that’s right. I should also tell you this. I told you about that healing power earlier, right?”

As if waiting for Yue’s question, Jang Ah-hyun looked at her and raised her voice.

Sensing Yue’s eyes looking at her face with wide eyes, Jang Ah-hyun turns her gaze to everyone who is looking at her and continues speaking with a voice that says, “Oh.”

“That child will probably become your junior mentor. It is a great resource, so make sure to nurture it well. That healing ability would be really useful.”