Chapter 51
Translator: True Detective
Chapter 51 - How to Adapt to a New Environment (13)
I broke the locked doorknob with my gun and headed outside. Obviously, it said north.
The way I can find out where north is in the current situation is,
[Permanent Compass – 10 points]
All I have to do is use meta point to buy an item that shows north.
I quickly bought a compass. And I started running towards the north where the compass pointed.
It was a truly strange space with endless white walls. No matter how much I ran, I only came across the same wall, so I was suspicious that I might be running to the same place over and over again, but I decided to trust the compass.
After running for a long time until I was out of breath, another pure white wall finally blocked me.
I stopped running and quickly looked to see if there was a door to get out of. The moment I turned my head, I heard clap, clap, clap.
“Oh my, has the brainwashing been broken? As expected of the Irregular. Incredible!”
Sharp fangs stood out between his lips as he grinned.
…It’s Park Yoola’s older brother, Park Yulhan.
And,
“Still, if you go out carelessly, I’ll be in trouble! I’m the one who’s being scolded, me!”
He was the worst enemy I could ever meet in this situation. For no reason, I rubbed my cold fingertips against the hem of my clothes.
“Is it my business? Why do you get so angry after kidnapping someone at will?”
I fixed my gun. I can’t get caught again like this! I had to buy a little more time until Calmy came.
I urgently activated the magic bullet skill.
—bang! —bang! —bang!
Although I fired a gun, Park Yulhan stayed still as if he thought it was funny. He said with a leisurely smile.
“Is that it?”
…Park Yulhan is a mixed race who inherited more vampire characteristics than Park Yoola.
Therefore, the only thing that can hurt him is the attribute power. But my mana is a non-attribute with no attributes whatsoever.
The moment I thought that wasn’t possible, Park Yulhan’s appearance suddenly disappeared.
“…!”
But I immediately rolled on the floor because I felt the presence of a person behind me.
“Oh, your instinct is good, yeah?”
Park Yulhan grinned, snapping his sharply grown fingernails. I raised my middle finger without saying a word.
A fierce battle began again.
Bang—!
No matter how much magic I put into shooting the bullet, Park Yulhan didn’t even dodge it and came towards me.
Hush—!
Every time his sharp hand reached towards me, I had to frantically roll my body to escape his grasp.
“Oh my! Not the items!”
If I try to drink the potion, he quickly destroys the bottle. He gradually put pressure on me, as if he was toying with me.
“It’s teasing…!”
Before I know it, my mana is slowly running out.
I was conflicted. Should I use the meta system in front of this guy?
The moment I paused to think about that, Park Yulhan suddenly appeared in front of me and grabbed my neck. I was instantly pushed to the floor by his strength.
Why is he so unnecessary fast…!
Park Yulhan said, grinning as he overpowered me.
“Do you know that? Your magic is very beautiful.”
“Get rid of those annoying eyes.”
“For you to say it like that, it hurts.”
Park Yulhan, who answered calmly with a completely unhurt face, jabbed his sharp teeth into the back of my neck.
“I guess I can get a little bonus now that it comes to this~”
When things come to this, I have no choice but to use meta point…! I gritted my teeth.
“Bon appetit~!”
However, the moment I tried to summon the meta system, a blindingly brilliant blue light split the wall.
Baaaam—!
Fragments of the shattered wall fell down and stained the pure white walls and floor.
“Who is it? Who is interrupting my happy time?”
What I saw beyond the broken wall was someone I knew.
Blue Twilight. The blue holy sword of the hero who annihilates evil. He spoke while holding the sword that gave off a brilliant light.
“I came to pick you up, Nahyun.”
Really, it couldn’t have been the best timing. So she started laughing without realizing it.
In an instant, a blue slash was aimed at Park Yulhan.
Park Yulhan, who was extremely fast, managed to avoid the slash.
Crack—
A crack appeared in the floor following Calmy’s slash.
“What on earth is this…!”
Park Yulhan, bewildered, wrapped black magic around one of his hands.
As soon as his new form, holding a black magic hand resembling a pitchfork, disappeared, I heard the sound of something crashing in front of my eyes.
Clank—!
Every time the sword covered in holy magic and the rake covered in black magic intersected, the rake crumbled little by little.
“Ugh…!”
Park Yulhan’s expression hardened.
Calmy spoke after seeing him like that.
“Don’t think you can win easily.”
Calmy’s cold face and low voice showed that he was truly angry.
“Haha, this won’t do!”
All in speed. Other than that, he’s a guy who lives proudly due to his characteristics. That was Park Yulhan. If he faces a force with pure and dense attributes like Calmy, there is no way he can win.
Perhaps deciding that the situation was unfavorable, Park Yulhan eventually gritted his teeth and backed away.
Calmy’s sword quickly headed towards him, yet his figure instantly melted into the darkness.
Calmy, who was glaring in the direction where Park Yulhan disappeared, slowly sheathed his sword and approached me.
His mood as he looked at me was softer than before.
“Are you okay?”
“No problem.”
I grinned, and only then did a relieved smile spread across Calmy’s face. He extended his hand towards me as if to help me up.
“Thanks,”
I tried to stand up while holding his hand, but my legs stumbled and I fell down, probably because I had lost all my strength from the fight a little while ago.
Calmy carefully supported me.
“Sorry, I guess I got nervous.”
“Lean on me. And…”
His eyes softened.
“Let’s go back.”
“Mmhm.”
It was time to return to the Academy.
***
As I walked out of the building following Calmy’s lead, I ran into a group of people who were suppressing the remnants of the Wild Hunters.
“Miss Nahyun!”
Nayuri, who had been mercilessly slashing her teeth at the remnants, cried and clung to me as soon as she saw me.
“…That’s a relief.”
In addition, Lee Hana, who hugged me and didn’t move for a while,
“Senior, my arm…”
“Hmm~?”
“… Arm…”
“Don’t wanna~”
For some reason, there was a lot of commotion, including Choi Soojung, who wrapped her tail around my arm and wouldn’t let go until I arrived.
With the group, I dragged the fallen remnants and went out of the building.
As soon as I went outside, what caught my eye was a cloud of people. The crowd of hunters who came for support, plus the onlookers, were all mixed up.
Scammer was talking to the hunters and police officers I had called, showing them some photos.
“This friend’s… name is?”
“Kang Nahyun.”
At that time, I turned my head to check the surroundings and saw Scammer walking towards me from afar.
At that moment, his expression became strangely distorted. There seemed to be strange tears in his eyes.
The moment I was bewildered by his crying, he came running towards me. He immediately ran over and hugged me tightly.
“You’re safe… that’s a relief…!”
“Yeah. Thank you, Yuhan.”
I smiled and patted him on the back, telling him not to worry.
And I tried to pull him away, yet for some reason he just couldn’t get away from me.
Even you, why are you like this?
Although it was late, the police arrived anyway and quickly resolved the situation.
The main characters quickly fled, but the remnants were captured and interrogated.
As a result of the investigation, it was discovered that this group called ‘Wild Hunters’ had committed several acts of terrorism and kidnapping, and was blacklisted as a dangerous group.
And my position is… It was subtle, but I heard that what I did could be taken into account to some extent because I was a minor and, if I were to be honest, a victim of brainwashing.
“But the Academy’s opinion will differ.”
“Yeeees…”
After completing the investigation while listening to the police’s new instructions, I returned to the people who were worried about me.
For reference, the brainwashing was solved by briefly borrowing the tinker given to Lee Hana.
As the brainwashing was lifted, shame and anger rose.
Tiger bastard. They did it shamelessly well, in our orphanage!
Through the device, I asked Yggdrasil, who was checking to see if I was fine through the screen, to help my orphanage family just in case. Fortunately, Yggdrasil was willing to help.
The problem was next.
As soon as I arrived at the Academy, I was dragged in front of the teachers without even having a chance to talk to my companions.
I was treated purely like a criminal.
No, even though I was brainwashed, I committed a crime, so am I a criminal?
I quietly looked down at my hands.
Am I really sane to deliver something that could have possibly killed countless people with a smile? I felt filthy.
Several teachers were looking at me and whispering.
“Once they’ve had contact, there’s a chance they’ll have contact again in the future.”
“Is it true that the brainwashing has been completely resolved?”
“Hmm…”
“This is why those government-supported awakeners.”
All kinds of things were said about me.
When I was just standing there looking at the floor with nothing to say, the door to the conference room where the teachers and I were was opened roughly.
“This is it, geez, am I the only one being bullied?”
Long flowing silver hair. Green eyes filled with the forest. And small stature.
It was Yggdrasil.
Yggdrasil declared as soon as she entered the classroom.
“What’s there to argue about? Not guilty because she was taken advantage of! The end! Let’s go, kid!”
“Wait, Yggdrasil!”
“This is why we didn’t call you…”
When voices of protest came out, Yggdrasil instantly furrowed her brows and glared at the people with a scary expression.
“Why are you trying to do whatever you want with me as her homeroom teacher? Withdrawal from the school? Suspension? I’ll tell you in advance, I can’t tolerate something like that as long as I keep my eyes open.”
When her cold eyes touched that fellow, they froze and couldn’t say anything.
“But Yggdrasil! Kang Nahyun is—”
“—Someone that needs to be protected!”
Hmm! Yggdrasil said, nodding her head. Her eyes turned to me.
“So let’s do it like this.”
Yggdrasil frowned slightly as if in pain for a moment, but continued speaking.
“Kang Nahyun, I’m ordering you to be subject to intensive surveillance.”
Yggdrasil said and tapped my leg.
“Protection and surveillance! If this is the case, there will be no problem!”
“T-That’s right, but…”
“What is that’s right but? It’s solved! Get out!”
Yggdrasil kicked the other teachers’ butts and kicked them out of the classroom.
A quiet classroom.
She looked at me and said with a sad expression.
“I’m sorry, I didn’t notice.”
“It’s fine.”
“…I won’t let something like this happen again.”
“Thank you.”
The moment she said those words, Yggdrasil had a very weak expression.
That face, which was completely different from usual, couldn’t be erased from my mind for a while.
…Anyway, you damn tiger bastard.
Anyway, because of that kid, I suddenly found myself under surveillance.
I avoided being treated like a traitor right away, but feeling dirty means feeling dirty.
No, should I at least thank them because I don’t think I’ll ever be kidnapped again while under surveillance?
Even during the surveillance period, I had to study in a class where only those subject to surveillance gathered.
…No. Let’s think positively.
This is the time to distance myself from Scammer for a while.
From previous appearances, it seemed like that kid was a little out of his mind.
When I turn on the appearance part, it’s full of his thoughts. So, it has become possible to know Scammer’s 24-hour schedule.
No. This isn’t good. Even if it means losing meta points, I think I need some time away.
And… It’s hard to excuse the use of story twists.
I thought about the meta point.
[Current meta point: 8020 points]
Let’s just think of holding on until Scammer’s extreme dependence on me disappears.
At this level of growth, I can soon buy a bottle of elixir for a child suffering from a congenital disease.
Since his feelings for me will remain for a while, I will appear in the appearance parts and accumulate more points.
If he hangs out with a cooler heroine who will appear soon, those feelings will cool down quickly. It’s definitely a temporary emotion created by the swinging bridge effect.
If I go back, I will still treat him as a colleague. Because I’m pretty good at it.
So it’s just an opportunity to keep an appropriate distance, an opportunity! Today’s Scammer is a bit scary.
I walked down the hallway thinking seriously.
I felt even dirtier as people in black suits surrounded me and made it impossible for me to escape.
It wasn’t long before I saw the van where I would be staying.
Who wants to be there? I thought of students who might be in this class in my head, but there weren’t any.
Feeling somewhat relieved, I opened the door and…
“H-Hello…!”
I was so surprised that my heart almost jumped out because of the unexpected person who suddenly appeared.