Chapter 108
Translator: True Detective
Chapter 108 - How to Welcome the New Semester (5)
Kangyoo was the first to attack.
BAAAAM—!
A strong column of water slammed down on the spot where Park Siwoo had just been.
Kangyoo shot water continuously like a cannon, as if he would never allow Park Siwoo, who was a close-range type, to approach.
BAAAM—! BAAAM—!
Park Siwoo quickly dodged the densely pouring water cannons, yet he couldn’t get close to Kangyoo.
He took out several short spears from his inventory and grabbed them.
He threw the spears at the water cannons flying towards him, and at the same time, he quickly ran towards Kangyoo.
“It’s my turn next.”
Shhhhhhh—!
The spear filled with mana and the water mana collided.
The water tried to push the spear away, but the spear sharply pierced through the water and crushed the water mana.
Splash—!
The water, which had lost control, fell to the ground.
“Whoa…!”
In the gap, Kangyoo urgently gathered his mana to stop Park Siwoo who had come close to him.
Brrrrr—
A large amount of water gathered in front of Kangyoo again.
Just before the quickly gathered mana was fired, Park Siwoo disappeared.
“Where—?!”
The moment Kangyoo looked around in confusion, a sound of air being cut through high in the air was suddenly heard. The whip that Park Siwoo had swung had caught Kangyoo’s upper body.
As his arms and upper body were tied and his body was pulled back, Kangyoo lost his balance and staggered.
“EUAAGH—!”
Park Siwoo, who had landed on the ground, supported Kangyoo’s back and poked Kangyoo’s neck with a small wooden dagger.
Then he smiled gently and said,
“I won. Right?”
“Oh, y-yeah…”
“Park Siwoo wins!”
As soon as Na Yuhan declared the winner, I ran towards them.
“Are neither of you hurt anywhere?”
“No. Don’t worry.”
“Yeah…”
Kangyoo made a blank expression for some reason, yet soon began to look at Park Siwoo with sparkling eyes.
“Brother, you’re cool! How strong! How do you use so many different weapons? I always get told that I just use my mana dully, but I want to be like you, Brother!”
“I’ve practiced for a long time, but… it’s also thanks to my skills. I think I can help you train to some extent. Shall I help you?”
“Yeah! Please, Brother! I like you!”
Well, it seems like Kangyoo likes Park Siwoo.
Soon, he started asking Park Siwoo to show him how to use other weapons.
After watching the weapon demonstration, his eyes filled with curiosity eventually turned into eyes of respect.
He must look really cool.
“Sister, if you were to date someone, this Brother is fine!”
“…Huh?”
“Thanks.”
For some reason, a strange sound came out in the middle, but anyway, it was fortunate that the two of them seemed to have become close.
“Nyahahaha~ Junior, cheer up!”
“I mean, I told you that’s not it… .”
Choi Soojung still seemed to be full of thoughts about teasing us.
Even after Park Swoo and Kangyoo’s sparring was over, they continued sparring with various combinations.
Everyone seemed to have gotten much stronger during the vacation, so I thought to myself that I should train hard too.
After the last sparring, there was a short break.
“If I shoot water mana first, will you freeze me with ice mana?”
“Yeah. The question is how well our breathing works together.”
After sparring for a while, Kangyoo should have been tired and wanted to rest, yet he seemed to be fine and was now thinking about a method for a joint attack with Lee Hana. He was really passionate.
The moment the discussion was heated, the door to the training room opened roughly.
SLAM—!
Everyone’s eyes turned to the entrance of the training room.
A large man they had never seen before was leaning against the door, smiling. He seemed to be a mermaid half-blood, judging by his bluish skin and gills instead of ears.
By the way, Yggdrasil was riding a wooden horse on top of him.
“We’re here!”
“I came as my same-blood junior is here!”
“Same-blood?”
Choi Soojung’s expression distorted strangely as she chewed on the word ‘same-blood’, and then quickly returned to a blank expression.
She must have recalled unpleasant memories, but Kangyoo seemed happy to hear those words and ran straight to the man.
“Wow! A mermaid half-blood! Are you my senior?”
“Hmm! Thou! I heard that thou art my junior!”
“Now that we’re here, get me off.”
“Got it!”
The man carefully lowered Yggdrasil onto the training room floor. He then introduced himself, pounding his sturdy chest.
“This is the first time I have beheld thee! Call me Sion! I’m a second-year student! To think that I’m meeting such cute juniors. There was a cause as to why my fortune score this day was 100!”
When I heard the name, I remembered that he was a character that appeared in the original novel.
A superstitious, mermaid-half-blood senior character with a strange way of speaking that you would see in a historical drama.
I remember that he was a reliable ally who often appeared.
The novel said that his way of speaking became strange because he learned Korean through Korean historical dramas…
“Nice to meet you! My name is Kangyoo!”
If he becomes close with Kangyoo, he will become a good senior.
I smiled faintly as I watched the two of them start talking cheerfully and Yggdrasil smiling happily.
The other kids seemed to have become interested in Sion as well and quietly approached their senior and greeted him.
“Say hello. I will buy you a drink.”
“I-It hath been a while, Hana!”
Lee Hana seemed to already be familiar with Sion. When she stood up, saying she would buy drinks, Na Yuhan followed her.
“Let’s go together.”
“You can stay here.”
“I have something to do.”
“Okay, then.”
The two went out the door together to buy drinks.
And in the meantime…
[Story Fragment added!]
[Currently collected story fragments: 10]
– Academy’s Genius Commander: 4
– ???? ??? ???? ?? (Locked): 6
…This message appeared.
In addition, the newly added story fragments weren’t related to question marks, but seemed to be related to <Academy’s F-Class Commander>.
I guess I’ll have to check it out when I return to the dormitory later.
While I was thinking that, a strange conversation drifted into my ears.
“Ah, junior! Are you interested in the tower and our future?”
“I have a lot of thoughts about future plans!”
“Good! Then how about joining the Tower Sect religion?”
“Tower Sect religion?”
…This crazy senior attempted to do missionary work.
I snatched the pamphlet between Sion, who was handing over a pamphlet with a picture of a ten-tailed fox and a tower, and Kangyoo, who was trying to receive it.
“I’m sorry, but I think we need to think about it slowly. Our Kangyoo is still young.”
I don’t buy fakes.
I wanted to say that, but I held back because he was my senior.
“Is that so? What a pity, but I’ll give you a gift instead!”
“…What’s this?”
“It’s a lucky letter! It’s trendy these days! If you have it, it will bring good luck to the owner, but you must give it to someone else within three days!”
“Thank you…?”
I tried to control my expression as I watched Kangyoo receive the letter with a bewildered expression.
…What kind of cursed letter are you giving him as a gift?
…Everyone seems to have been a bit of a freak. The students of this Academy. Except for me and Kangyoo.
By the way, strange things have been happening lately with cults.
I remember clearly that Sion, as depicted in the original novel, didn’t preach religion…
Is Tower Sect religion a new variable that appeared after I possessed this body, or is it simply one of the elements of this world that isn’t depicted in the novel?
“We’re here—”
Just then, Na Yuhan and Lee Hana, who had gone out to buy drinks, returned.
Sion accepted the drinks that Lee Hana handed him and thanked her, but then disappeared, saying that he would go.
“See you again!”
As I watched Sion smiling brightly and greeting us, I somehow felt my energy draining away.
And as soon as I confirmed that he had gone far outside the training hall, I said to Kangyoo.
“Kangyoo.”
“Huh?”
“The letter you just received, later… No.”
“Don’t worry, Sister.”
Kangyoo smiled brightly as if he knew how I felt and said.
“What could happen? But since you thought of me, I’ll keep it with gratitude!”
“Yeah…”
I stared at the letter with a heavy heart, then turned to Yggdrasil, who was calling us.
Today’s training was also difficult.
However, seeing Kangyoo so happy the whole time, I finally had no choice but to admit that my younger brother was a crazy training fanatic.
I think it’s a good thing, well…
***
After finishing training and having dinner, it was already night.
I returned to the dormitory and was lying on the bed, checking my future plans.
The content of the novel had already changed somewhat.
Furthermore, the bigger problem was… I was slowly approaching the point where I had gotten off.
The point where it would be difficult to utilize even the remaining knowledge would soon come.
From now on, I really had no choice but to rely on the metasystem and my abilities.
While doing so, I had to protect Kangyoo and my orphanage family… Is it possible?
…No, it’s not about whether it’s possible. I have to make it possible.
[Meta Point: 24000]
I stared at the meta system window in front of me for no reason.
The Seventh Key… So, I was thinking of exchanging Cheonho’s key for meta point right away, but then it would be hard for Na Yuhan to make excuses when he finds the key.
However, if I had 20 million points, I thought I wouldn’t have to move with Na Yuhan, so I tried to buy ‘Prevent the Flood of Disaster’ as a twist.
“Great. Let’s stop the flood of disasters!”
[The Flood of Disaster Will Never Happen Again.]
[200000000 points]
[You do not have enough points!]
‘What the…’
But it costs 200 million.
I thought it would be cheaper to just run around next to Na Yuhan and stop the disaster.
In reality, I thought this would be the best option if I didn’t get eliminated from the main character’s party.
“Whew…”
I let out a small sigh.
The conclusion is that I have to work hard to gather information, collect points, and train.
Should I gather as much information as possible? I decided to read the appearance part that I had put off little by little to get a little more information.