Chapter 192
Chapter 192
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 192
Chapter Title: Big Trouble
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Isekai Destruction Gallery Episode 192 (193/467)
[Title: Big Trouble]
Author: Cute Puffy Saintess
(A meme of a rural village)
(A meme of crouching by a nearby tree)
Made it to the destination.
But this isn't Adrian.
It's Adrie rural village.
I have no money...
Can't take a carriage.
I'm so hungry I don't even have the strength to walk.
About to cry.
Someone help me...
[Upvotes 12] [Downvotes 10]
- Ugh, another bait post.
- What's your name, meme girl?
ㄴ Author: It's me. I said it was me from the start, why don't you believe me?
ㄴ Lol total scam ㄴ
"No, at this point it's confusing."
The gallery's supernova, the affection-nick Cute Puffy Saintess.
She posts steady updates with a speech pattern that doesn't match her nickname at all.
The meme details and ever-changing angles made it seem unlikely to be an impersonator.
"Where the hell is Adrian anyway."
Turns out it was some remote village totally unrelated to Adrian.
The kind of backwater so far out even the war skipped it.
- Judak*) (Delivered 2 tuna cans, 1 bottle of 300ml water, 100 gyungdan!)
Felt bad for her, so I made a charitable donation.
So what if it's a real begging post?
"If she went all the way there just for two tuna cans, she deserves them."
I didn't even know Adrie was a real village.
Almost immediately, replies came back lightning-fast.
ㄴ Puffy Saintess: Judak saw right through me again!
ㄴ Puffy Saintess: Judak best
ㄴ Judak*): Don't be weird, just go safely
ㄴ Puffy Saintess: Will do
"The memes aren't even stolen."
Subtle platinum blonde hair, sea-blue eyes.
No idea why someone that pretty is living like this, but none of my business.
"She's trying hard at least."
Felt like I was playing a saintess-raising game.
Her grateful reactions to even a little help were like watching a wholesome reaction stream.
- Ugh so annoying giving handouts fuck [1]
- If you're an adult, have some shame [5]
- Using connections to cut in line? Preserving 4 of them [51]
Meanwhile, applicants for Judak Academy enrollment kept piling up steadily.
"But way more people than expected?"
A long line stretched out, men and women of all ages.
Surprisingly, more adults than kids.
Obviously not for enrolling as students.
- If I pass... life reversal!
- Let me graduate life once too
- Please please just let me shine once for real
To work at Judak Academy.
Plan was to hire them as probationary staff for a month, then full-time.
Pay was low.
Just a bit above minimum wage, dorms, meals provided. That's it.
- Gallery staff? Bureaucrats step aside! Knights step aside!
ㄴ Meals provided ← ends there yeah
ㄴ Judak this fucker doesn't know minimum wage lol
ㄴ ??: Below the floor is the basement, right?
Everyone rushing in made the line endless.
But final decisions were mine.
['Academy Enrollment/Hiring' prefix posts: 5921+ existing.]
To stop the line from growing, I'd weed them out myself in advance.
For example...
Applications to the student enrollment section that clearly stated orphans only...
[Judak Academy Enrollment: lol]
Author: zl Groundstorm Mage
(A selfie meme thumbs up)
I want to enroll as a student too
Yes or no?
Cases like the Kelleyton Magic Tower Lord.
Gallery users throwing in applications just to poke and see.
Main culprits making the line longer.
- Judak*): For real?
ㄴ zl Groundstorm Mage: Why not?
ㄴ Judak*): Announcement said orphans only. And why are you applying as a student?
Affection-nick zl Groundstorm Mage.
Despite the casual speech, an outstanding mage who'd built her own magic tower.
Once even grasped a high-voltage battery barehanded and gained enlightenment, approaching archmage level.
But applying as a student?
ㄴ zl Groundstorm Mage: I am an orphan though?
ㄴ zl Groundstorm Mage: And if I go, won't the Tower Lord teach classes?
"Me?"
Why me.
I had no plans to build Judak Academy myself.
Was gonna run it casually then hand it off to the kingdom and bail. Lectures?
ㄴ zl Groundstorm Mage: Like interpretations of ancient magic tomes...
ㄴ zl Groundstorm Mage: Principles of grand magic execution and mana storage methods...
Watching the ground explosion mage spout nonsense, a flash of inspiration hit.
"Magic? Even better."
Magic here was efficient but not for everyone.
Needed understanding and talent, but finding good teachers was the real hassle.
No wonder it's the hobby of the rich.
"Then I'll just make it easy."
ㄴ Judak*): You
ㄴ zl Groundstorm Mage: Yes?
ㄴ Judak*): Enrolling you ㅇㅇ
ㄴ zl Groundstorm Mage: For real?
ㄴ zl Groundstorm Mage: Explosion yippee!!!!!
ㄴ Judak*): Sign here
ㄴ Judak*): (Delivered one contract sheet!)
No sooner had I sent the contract than it came back signed, even with a thumbprint.
I checked the contract and smiled in satisfaction.
"Got one teacher."
ㄴ zl Groundstorm Mage: Thank you so much... You finally granted my wish...
ㄴ zl Groundstorm Mage: I'll give my all, no my soul to teaching thank you...
Sent a simple reply to the still-misunderstanding ground explosion mage.
- Judak*): Looking forward to it lol
ㄴ Judak*): Sending contract copy, check pay and schedule
ㄴ zl Groundstorm Mage: Yes really... Wait? Pay what?
The ground explosion mage finally caught on late.
But too late by then.
"Never underestimate modern contract scams again..."
Dragon contract infused with Yongyong's mana.
Impossible to break.
- Ding!
- Ding ding!
Gallery notifications buzzed annoyingly, but I ignored them.
This way I could trim the line and scout talent too. Pretty great.
"Alright, off to snag the next slave?"
That's when I clicked the next post looking for clueless resumes.
[Judak Academy/Title: Application]
Author: 4.444.404
(A meme of a girl making a V with a blank expression)
Judak
There you are?
"Huh?"
An application from old Penny's IP.
She'd used this IP before when Envy crossed over too.
"Another Deadly Sin?"
Checking the gallery on a hunch, trouble had already erupted at Judak Academy.
[Title: What's going on with everyone here?]
(A meme of people collapsed on the ground)
(A meme of a girl standing in front of a passed-out guard)
Waited in line like 10 hours, suddenly the front goes quiet.
Looked and there's some girl standing there?
What? Am I missing something?
[Upvotes 2911] [Downvotes 5]
- What everyone lying down
- That girl seems off, post a proper meme
ㄴ Author: Yeah I'll do that hahahaha
ㄴ ???
ㄴ Why she suddenly like this?
People around the yawning girl collapsed without resistance.
Looked dead, but actually just asleep or staring drowsily at the ground.
Seemed fine at a glance.
But that was the problem.
[Title: Do I even need to stay alive?]
Do I really need to go to the academy?
Life's just endless hardship and pain anyway, might as well die, right?
[Upvotes 3] [Downvotes 12]
- What's this sudden bullshit?
- Then why bother chatting?
ㄴ Fr lol then why bother breathing?
ㄴ Author: True
ㄴ Huh?
Goals vanish.
Then even instincts fade.
Even if danger looms, you just watch like it's someone else's problem.
"Sloth."
The Deadly Sin that popped into my head: Sloth.
That girl was Sloth.
Like Envy's immortality that wouldn't die, Sloth made everything around her slothful.
"Need to isolate her first..."
[Title: ]
[Upvotes 0] [Downvotes 0]
- What?
Anyone meeting Sloth's eyes turned slothful.
Too lazy even to post, losing all motivation.
"Good thing it doesn't apply through the gallery screen."
No one to stop Sloth.
Unrestricted, she slowly entered Judak Academy.
But didn't fully enter.
"Too bothersome?"
Too lazy to cross the garden, she just lay down on the lawn.
[Title: Judak]
Author: 4.444.404
Got something to say
Not threatening
No no no
Just meet once pls
Incomprehensible post went up too.
Time for suppression.
"Gun, grenade?"
No, needed something more reliable.
Good thing Sloth didn't just affect others.
She seemed to be consuming herself too.
"Then might be easy."
I started buying pre-planned items from the shop.
*
Don't wanna move.
Don't really want to eat anything.
No goals.
Don't even want to think.
.
.
"Ah."
Sometimes stopping thoughts meant decades or centuries flew by.
Each time, the outside filled with more and more new things.
"Not interested..."
Not her concern anyway.
Just sleep.
Even if the ground was bumpy and air cold—not ideal for sleeping—nothing to be done.
"Don't wanna move..."
She was Sloth, after all.
But those days were gone.
Ever since the outside world failed to be devoured, everything went wrong.
-Crunch!
Failed invasion rifts spawned and vanished repeatedly.
"Kieeeek!"
Monsters got reverse-farmed, new ones born outside wailing.
"Hey, get up already!"
"Why..."
"Stop sleeping all day and go outside!"
Wrath, furious at failing to devour the world, poked her toes daily to ruin her sleep.
"Need a place... to sleep..."
This wouldn't do.
Couldn't be slothful outside.
Only one option left.
"Judak..."
Overheard as the reason for failed invasions.
Stick to Judak then.
"They say he has interesting powers too..."
Maybe he'll help her sleep better?
So she fled outside blindly.
Made it to the city fine.
Just need to talk.
Say she's no enemy, doesn't care about invasions.
"Too bothersome..."
Problem was the hassle.
Convincing Judak seemed way too much work.
In the end, the Sloth will dragged out after dozens of eons broke on the Judak Academy lawn.
"Hueeng..."
As she dozed with a deflating whine.
- Pop!
Something appeared from the sky.
And it hit Sloth right in the face.
"Ubup!"
Insanely fluffy.
"This...?"
Square, cloud-like cushion.
Didn't know what, but had to grab it.
Sloth instinctively hugged it with her body.
But items kept falling from the sky.
-Flutter, flutter.
This time, blankets big enough to cover her.
"Hueeng."
Overwhelmingly violent comfort.
Sloth couldn't resist and fell fast asleep.