The Academy's Savior

The frenzied piss show was over.

Choi Dayeon rose from her place with composure. She stripped off her pants and top and hung them on the clothes rack.

"A nude show?"

"Don't talk nonsense. I took them off because I need to wash off this filthy mess."

She turned on the faucet right beside her. Cold water filled the basin. Unfortunately, there was no shower here.

Choi Dayeon scooped water with a ladle. I didn't miss the slight tremor in her hands.

Still, she's got a nice ass. I want to grab those cheeks and fuck her right this ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠second.

I held back the impulse racing through me like a runaway train.

Jumping her here would be easy. Now that I knew Choi Dayeon was a lewd woman, I was confident I could conquer her. But I wanted to play with her a little longer.

Splash.

She poured water over her head as if she meant to shower properly. Soaking wet, she radiated a different kind of allure.

I approached her and ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠presented my cock.

"What now?"

She asked irritably.

"Wash mine too."

"Wash it yourself."

"Choi Dayeon. Don't piss me off. Do you not know which of us is on top here?"

"......"

Choi Dayeon glared at me, then scooped water and splashed it over my lower body.

"You're not planning to stop there, are you? Wash my cock thoroughly. That's an order."

"W-who takes orders from the likes of you...!"

"If you don't follow orders.... you're the one who'll be in trouble."

"...Fine, I'll do it!"

Squatting on the floor, her trembling hands took hold of my cock. Choi Dayeon sucked in a breath. She stared fixedly at my dick.

In the suffocating silence, her hands kneaded my cock.

I told her to wash it, and she's just fondling it.

My cock hardened. Choi Dayeon's eyes grew hotter.

"The balls too. Properly."

"O-okay."

She fondled my balls. Even though it was enough, she didn't stop touching my cock. The urge to cum welled up from within. I didn't hold back.

In place of the shower that wasn't here, I sprayed a refreshing stream of white liquid. The fluid spattered onto Choi Dayeon's black hair and white flesh.

"Ahh, that feels good."

"...Ugh, filthy...."

She had been dazed, then hurriedly scooped water and splashed it over herself. The semen washed away. Her hands grew busy. She was rushing to end this situation.

She wiped the water from her body with a towel.

I had been waiting. I pulled her into an embrace from behind. Before the flustered woman could escape my arms, I seized the initiative with a kiss and kneaded her breasts. Choi Dayeon resisted weakly. Meaningless resistance that might as well not have been there. After mixing tongues a few times, even that resistance vanished. My other hand went to her pussy.

For a while, the bathroom was filled with the sound of water.

Noon arrived.

After eating the lunch the village elders had prepared, we headed for the contamination zone.

"I trust you won't show me that pathetic display from yesterday."

Seong Ha-ri said. The subtle pressure in her words made the party's expressions harden. Especially Ryu Hana and Kim Cheonwoo looked as serious as warriors about to fight to the death.

I tensed my body as well.

Today was Sunday. We had to return to Maruhan Academy in the afternoon.

Not much time left.

If things go wrong... I'll have to ask Seong Ha-ri for help. If Seong Ha-ri gets serious, she could clear this contamination zone in under thirty minutes.

Of course, that came with the condition of knowing the strategy. And I naturally knew the strategy.

We entered the contamination zone.

At first it ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠was a distorted forest. Ground and trees that looked like they were melting. The start of this contamination zone was always the same.

Boing.

A rabbit hopped out.

Kim Cheonwoo at the front swung his greatsword. The rabbit's body split. The first few rabbits that appeared didn't multiply. We kept advancing.

Wobble wobble wobble.

Space rippled and changed. It was a place filled with marble floors and marble statues. The statues were distorted. You couldn't tell what they were meant to represent, let alone which way was front or back. I tried to touch a statue. It felt hard. But I could say for certain the texture was far from marble.

It's the texture of wood.

I took my eyes off the statue.

A rabbit appeared up ahead. Time for combat.

I swung my sword. Two rabbits were cut down as they were. Another rabbit charged at me. But I didn't respond and waited a beat. Two arrows flying from behind pierced the rabbit. Choi Dayeon's arrows.

I turned my head slightly to look at Choi Dayeon and smiled. With a haughty expression, Choi Dayeon snorted. She paid no mind at all to what had happened yesterday.

"Seong Yujin!!"

Ryu Hana called me. I strode toward her and swung my sword. Her dual swords and my blade wove a chaotic pattern. Among them, not a single trajectory of sword and blade overlapped.

It wasn't that she and I had an especially good synergy. Through training, she and I had come to know each other's sword paths.

Fighting in cooperation with others? Nothing special. Just grasp your allies' positions and don't get in the way. If you do your own job well, that's cooperation.

Definitely easier than yesterday.

With someone covering my flank, the drain on my concentration was less than half. My activity level was lower too, so I had stamina to spare. And yet we were killing rabbits faster than yesterday.

The power of cooperation... but also, we've gotten the hang of it. Rabbits multiply, but their attack patterns are simple.

Wobble wobble wobble wobble.

Space rippled and changed.

My eyes lit up. The space I'd been waiting for had appeared.

Cracked earth, a ruined village.

At its center, a massive tree.

"Another new space. Nice. Shall we head toward that big tree this time?"

Seong Ha-ri said. The party nodded as if it were obvious. The tree at the village center looked anything but ordinary.

"Mom. Let's go around the back."

"Huh? You want to turn back?"

"Not turn back—go around behind it. I've got a feeling there's something back there."

"Yujin. Acting on your own isn't good. Kids. What do you all think of Yujin's opinion?"

"I'll follow Yujin's opinion. Yujin has good instincts."

Lee Si-eun said without hesitation.

"I don't mind."

That was Ryu Hana.

"......"

Choi Dayeon said nothing.

"Yujin isn't ordinary. There's probably something back there. I also agree with Yujin's opinion."

Kim Cheonwoo gave me a thumbs-up as he spoke.

Ma Jinbae and Lee Ganghu's opinions didn't matter much either way.

In the end the party moved according to my opinion, and we discovered an old well. I smiled. Now that we'd found the well, the clear was as good as done.

"Mom. Look inside this well. There's a passage."

"...There really is. Yujin. Did you know from the start?"

"Instinct. Just instinct."

Seong Ha-ri stared hard at me. I just shrugged my shoulders.

We went straight down the well. There was an artificial passage. One-way. The direction was toward the village.

We walked the dry underground passage. Holes were bored here and there in the walls. White tufts of fur peeked out from the holes.

Before anyone could say a word, we raised our weapons. Combat began.

"Huff. Huff. Guys. Let's take a break."

Kim Cheonwoo said. Everyone nodded.

"...By the way. The space isn't changing."

Choi Dayeon wiped the sweat from her brow as she spoke. Normally it should have shifted to another space by now.

"If you look at the walls, there are tons of rabbit burrows connected. This underground is probably the real space."

I said. No one objected. The party was thinking along similar lines.

We finished resting and advanced again.

Rabbits poured out.

Rabbits here. Rabbits there. Nowhere my eyes landed was free of rabbits. A flood of rabbits. The party's faces grew grave. Even in this moment, the rabbits were multiplying.

Seong Ha-ri gripped her spear tightly and stepped forward.

"Fall back. There are too many for you to handle. The contamination medium is probably... here."

Crackle crackle crackle.

Lightning flashed from Seong Ha-ri's spear. She swung the spear blade charged with blue lightning at the rabbits. Lightning clung to the rabbits and spread in all directions.

Crackle, crackle, crackle.

Rabbits multiplied. Two became four. Sixteen becoming thirty-two didn't take long.

But the lightning clinging to the rabbits didn't vanish—it chained. Rabbits multiply? The lightning chains that much more.

A contest of multiplication versus chaining.

The winner was lightning. After slaughtering thousands of rabbit monsters, the lightning clung to the ground, writhed, and vanished.

"......"

Everyone watched Seong Ha-ri with faces of awe. I was the same.

...Chain Lightning magic...? No. Seong Ha-ri can't use magic. She applied the power of lightning. So this was possible too.

I quietly marveled at Seong Ha-ri's power.

"Ah, it's been a while since I used it, so it's a bit awkward."

Seong Ha-ri shook her head as if something displeased her.

Anyway, thanks to Seong Ha-ri, the most troublesome part was resolved. I advanced faster than anyone.

There was a pillar ahead.

It was a tree trunk that looked like a pillar. Roots dug into the floor, and branches pierced the ceiling.

"Is that the contamination zone's medium? Something seems a bit off."

Seong Ha-ri approached my side.

"Mom. This is a Sacred Tree. It's the medium of contamination and at the same time it's blocking the spread of contaminated mana."

"...Indeed. You're right. Yujin, how did you know this?"

"I got the information from a reliable person."

"...A reliable person? Who?"

"It's a secret."

"Even from Mom?"

"Even from Mom."

"......"

Displeasure showed in Seong Ha-ri's eyes.

Soothing her displeasure could come later. Right now I had to do what needed doing.

In the original game, two choices were given. Rewards differed depending on the choice. One was to burn the contaminated Sacred Tree. Then you could obtain Sacred Tree Branches, an A-rank special material item.

I took a water bottle from my pocket. Inside the bottle was not ordinary water but holy water.

I sprinkled the holy water on the Sacred Tree.

The Sacred Tree's trunk glowed.

Seong Ha-ri's eyes went wide as she grabbed my shoulder. She was wary of the Sacred Tree. The Sacred Tree only glowed.

I don't want to bow my head to a mere tree... but I have no choice. That's the choice.

To get what I wanted, I had to follow the choice.

I bowed my head to the tree.

"Thank you for protecting the village until now. It's all right now."

The glowing Sacred Tree crumbled and vanished. On its remains lay a single straw rope about a handspan long. I picked up the straw rope.

Until durability runs out, immune to curses. A simple yet excellent effect. The downside was there was no way to restore durability.

"The contamination medium is gone. Let's get out. The contaminated land will recover with time."

The party looked curious about what I'd obtained, but soon prepared to head outside.

No ownership dispute arose. We'd already agreed when bringing the students.

The party would be satisfied with this experience. They'd received advice from Seong Ha-ri. It was as good as receiving a reward more precious than gold.

With this, the showdown with Suzaku is over. Even if I tried to lose, I couldn't.

Heh.

A laugh came out.