episode_0064

“Well, that might be more concerning to you.”

Memories stroked her hair for a moment, gathered her thoughts, and then said.

“To be honest, the atmosphere in the circle right now isn’t that good. Because of this incident, it seems like there are quite a few kids who are thinking about dropping out, not only among the first-years, but also among us, the second-years, and the third-years.”

On the first day of class, Darcy said,

Half of them will probably leave the circle before the end of the first semester.

But back then, what she said and what she is saying now were a bit different.

If what she was talking about was shards of gemstones being cut off during the cutting process, then this situation was similar to a few gemstones being broken by their mistake.

‘Not bad.’

However, Do Yu-jin accepted this as a fairly positive situation.

‘The Circle will continue to have all sorts of incidents in the future anyway, so if you can’t even endure this much, then it’s right to just get out now, as quickly as possible.’

That way, we can avoid the numerous incidents that will occur in the future and live in some peace.

“Well, it’s not that I don’t understand. I faced the mine’s attack head-on.”

As she said that, Memori glanced at Do Yu-jin.

And next to him, Tantan also looked at Do Yu-jin with eyes that seemed somewhat uneasy.

Do Yu-jin smiled and said, looking at the two people’s eyes filled with anxiety and worry.

“You don’t have to look at it like that. I have no intention of dropping out.”

“Really?”

“Yes, really.”

Do Yu-jin added to reassure Tan-tan.

“If you were planning to drop out from the beginning, you wouldn’t have been interested in the situation of the circle. You could just leave and it would be over.”

“Well, I guess so.”

Tantan finally nodded his head in relief.

But Memories still spoke in a worried tone.

“Are you sure it’s okay? We’re in our second and third years, so it was an easy decision, but you’re freshmen. You should think about it a little more and decide… … ”

“Well, I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t nervous about the villains coming… … ”

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“I have my own circumstances.”

It was an incredibly important matter, with the fate of the world at stake.

“Um… … ”

“I see.”

The two nodded with serious faces, wondering how they understood Do Yu-jin’s words.

‘As expected.’

In addition to students who took the exam and entered the circle, there were also many students who entered through professors’ recommendations.

And for those students, there was a pretty high probability that there was some tragic circumstance or reason why they could not give up their power.

“I won’t quit either.”

At that moment, Erio spoke firmly in a small voice.

The two people changed their expressions and smiled slightly at the voice that sounded like a small cat meowing loudly.

“Anyway, it’s fortunate that you didn’t quit.”

“Honestly, I was really worried.”

After the two of them finished talking about their concerns, they started talking in earnest about the rumors that had been spreading recently.

“Oh, right! Did you hear that Principal Ellis is back?”

“Yes, I know.”

Not only did I know about it, I almost encountered it myself.

“Haha, but you don’t know this?”

While Do Yu-jin was secretly wiping away the goosebumps on her arm, Tan-tan said with a smile.

“I heard this too, but it seems like they’re planning to run some new program for some students.”

“Huh? Really?”

“To be honest, I don’t know much because I just overheard the professors talking.”

“What is that?”

Memories reacted as if she had lost her temper, but Do Yu-jin, on the other hand, showed interest and her eyes sparkled.

‘It’s a new project… … I’m a little nervous because it’s an event that hasn’t been done before in the game.’

Well, I had a rough idea of what he was going to do.

‘First of all, as an educator, I liked nurturing talented people.’

Even Ellis had a talent for nurturing students.

If I had to point out a problem, it would be that they were raised very roughly.

“Is this a program aimed at kids with good grades?”

“Um… … ”

At that moment, Tantan’s eyes turned towards Erio.

“That’s right, maybe Erio could do it? I heard he was incredibly active against Mine this time too.”

“Huh? Are you active?”

In fact, Do Yu-jin had already roughly confirmed this through the Circle community, but Do Yu-jin tilted her head as if it was the first time she had heard the news.

I thought it would be better to say it that way, given the mood.

“Huh? You didn’t know? It was a huge topic of conversation, because the freshmen were taking on the struggling student council member.”

“I heard you’re going to get an award too?”

“Oh, that’s great.”

When Do Yu-jin said that, Erio showed a slightly pleased expression.

“Erio, so what? If you could get into that project, would you participate?”

Dori dori-

“I don’t want to go in without Eugene.”

“Really?”

After hearing Erio’s words, Memori looked at Doyujin with a pleased smile on her face.

“That’s what they say, but what about you? Aren’t you interested?”

“There’s so much to do even if you don’t go there.”

The two nodded as if they understood Do Yu-jin’s words.

“Well, just taking classes is incredibly difficult.”

“I always feel like my feet are on fire.”

I said this not in class but as a reminder of things to do in the future, but I didn’t necessarily correct their thoughts.

First of all, it would have been better for Do Yu-jin if she had misunderstood like that.

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“But you said your camera broke? Then what happened to the pictures you took yesterday?”

At Tantan’s question, Erio stopped mumbling and lowered his head.

“, huh?”

Tantan was taken aback when Erio, who rarely showed his feelings, showed signs of being blatantly depressed.

“Ho, did I do something wrong?”

“Oh, that’s not it.”

Do Yu-jin tapped Erio on the head.

“Actually, I was curious about that too, so I asked briefly on the way here, but it looks like I blew it all away.”

“You blew everything away? Even the memory card was broken?”

“Yes, I guess he was so excited because the camera broke that he exerted too much force.”

In a world where over-technology like devices exists so naturally, at first Do Yu-jin thought that maybe she could copy data.

However, he gave up on his expectations when he saw the pile of debris that Erio was keeping as remnants.

‘Not only was it shattered to powder, it was also blackened by lightning.’

No matter what, it seemed like there would be no technology to extract data from such a lump.

“Then is Erio acting like that because he’s sad that all the photos are gone?”

“That’s right. I guess taking pictures was pretty fun, I was walking around taking a lot of pictures of different things yesterday.”

“Hmm, then that’s good.”

Do Yu-jin looked at Memori with a puzzled look at her words that suddenly interrupted her.

Memories said with a smile and a V sign with her fingers.

“Actually, I think you gave me that camera yesterday without unlinking it from my account.”

“Hmm? That means… … ”

“That’s right, if I log into my account, all the pictures Erio took yesterday might still be there.”

Suddenly-

“Is that true?”

Erio, who had been quietly bowing his head at Memori’s words, got up from his seat and looked at her.

“That’s… … Honestly, I shouldn’t be saying this, but I haven’t checked it yet, so I can’t say for sure.”

Chuuk-

Erio’s shoulders, which had been puffed up with anticipation, dropped again.

“Senior, shouldn’t you usually check that first and then let me know?”

Tantan raised his eyes as if asking why he was killing the child twice.

Memories, who saw him, protested in a voice that it was unfair.

“Ugh, but since it’s an old camera, I’m not sure if the account sync is still there. And you can’t look at other people’s photos without permission.”

The two whispered like that and then looked at Erio and asked.

“So what? If it’s okay with you, I can check it out now?”

“Yeah… … Check it out.”

Erio nodded with a nervous expression.

Memories then made a nervous face and carefully took out the device.

“How is it?”

“Hoo… … ”

Memories let out a small sigh.

The moment Erio’s eyes began to tremble as if an earthquake had occurred at the sight.

“Yeah, it looks like everything is there, nothing is missing.”

Memories changed her expression and smiled brightly as she spoke.

“Ugh!”

Erio, who realized the situation belatedly, looked at Memori with a mixture of joy that the photo was safe and betrayal at having been deceived.

Do Yu-jin looked at Erio like that and thought quietly.

‘You look funny.’

I wonder if a cat that realized that someone mixed medicine into its chewable gum would make an expression like that.