A Wild Man Has Entered the Academy - Chapter 512



Surviving in the Mountains (2)

Most people live in civilization and end their lives in civilization, but there are cases where they end up in the wild.

Sometimes you go on an expedition on your own, sometimes you get stranded in an unexpected situation, and sometimes you give up everything and come in.

If you have entered the wild for any reason, there is something you need to be careful about: survival.

In civilization, you can take care of food, clothing and shelter, but in the wild, you have to do everything with your own hands.

So what is the most important thing to remember when living in the wild? There are many things that are important, but just two things to remember:

If we can maintain body temperature and drinking water, we will not face any major crisis in our survival.

Water is an essential necessity for survival that needs no further explanation, and maintaining body temperature is the first step toward storing energy.

Since humans are homeothermic animals that maintain a constant body temperature, they expend quite a bit of energy to maintain their body temperature.

So, the more you fail to maintain body temperature, the more energy you have to expend, and the lower your chances of survival become.

To make matters worse, those two are essential, and when you consider everything else, it’s nearly impossible for a frail human to survive in the wild.

“Our goal is not survival, but exploration. We just need to make sure we have the bare minimum to survive.”

“It’s hard to survive like Shivar, right?”

“Yes. Even for me, it’s almost impossible.”

It was to the point that even the saint, Lize, concluded that it was impossible.

Let’s think about why humans first left the wild and created a new fence called ‘civilization’.

The wild is such a difficult place that we have to build fences to escape it.

“Your Majesty, you are much stronger than Mr. Shivar. Is that a separate issue from survival?”

“I don’t know about combat, but I’m not fit for survival. I don’t have the stomach to chew on tree bark like Mr. Shivar.”

“You don’t have to do that······”

“Besides, I eat a lot in a day. If I fail to hunt, my survival will be in great danger.”

As Rize said, Shivar can even eat tree bark with relish.

This applies not only to silk tree bark, but also to mushrooms that should never be eaten in the wild.

Even people with a high tolerance for poison should not eat mushrooms indiscriminately.

There are mushrooms that are poisonous just by touching them, so eating them is nearly impossible.

On the other hand, Shivar is not. Did he accidentally eat a mushroom that was so bad it melted people’s intestines?

You’ll just end up with diarrhea all day long. Plus, you’ll develop a tolerance to that mushroom.

In effect, Shivar was ‘evolving’ in real time within the Forest of Chaos.

“I don’t have the same adaptability as Brother Shivar. Strength and adaptability are two separate things.”

“I see. In the end, I guess we have no choice but to take everything into consideration.”

“You don’t have to worry about water, right? I’m just walking along the river right now.”

As Kara said, they are currently moving along the river to ensure a smooth supply of drinking water.

It was optimal because it was somewhat aligned with the compass direction and there were big fish living in the river.

“No, you can’t. You have to boil it once and then distill it again, because it might cause endemic diseases.”

“Is it really necessary to go through such a cumbersome process?”

“You absolutely must do this if you don’t want to get dehydrated from diarrhea.”

“I realize anew how great Shivar is.”

Even water was not safe. Purification and purification were essential unless it was an extreme situation.

Still, the group learned everything that could be helpful, such as being taught various survival techniques at the academy and going into practical training.

If I hadn’t done the internship, my future would have felt bleak. It was a great help in many ways.

“But Ms. Grace, can’t you create water with magic?”

It was Ellie’s question. She stared at the water flowing in the river and asked Grace.

Grace looked at her like that and then said, “Ah,” and then said the right words.

“Do you know the Eastern proverb, ‘Pee on your own feet’?”

“I know, but is it going to get worse?”

“Yes. It’s better not to do it unless it’s a really urgent situation. Magic consumes a lot of mana.”

“aha.”

Ellie is a non-combatant. Therefore, unlike combatants, she has no knowledge of survival.

Even though I was from a rural village, I wasn’t close to survival. In fact, it would be safe to say that I was far from survival.

If it weren’t for Shivar, I would have been crushed to death by a giant monkey monster, or I would have suffered something even worse.

Now, I can feel at ease because Ratatosk is by my side.

“It’s starting to get dark. I think we should camp nearby.”

Lize said, looking up at the sky. The sun was setting and the sky was turning blue.

The sun sets early in the mountains along with the forest. Knowing this in advance, the group started preparing for camping without delay.

The camping supplies were prepared in advance, so everything went smoothly. The same goes for the campfire that kept everyone warm.

“But what if all the emergency food supplies disappear?”

“What should I do? I have to hunt them myself.”

“There’s a river nearby, so obtaining food won’t be difficult.”

And so the relatively smooth first day came to an end. Camping preparations and dinner were completed, so all that was left was to prepare for bed.

“I’ll take care of all the night watch. You guys, save up your energy for tomorrow’s journey.”

“Then we are so unscrupulous······”

“Have you by any chance reached the realm of the blue one?”

“··· ···”

She has already reached the realm of the blue, so her body hardly needs sleep. She has long since left the realm of humans.

Sometimes, when we recall that the masters fought for days and still remained unharmed, the group reluctantly accepted.

Of course, accepting it and being able to sleep are two different things. Of those, the one who couldn’t sleep the most was Luna.

‘Is it okay to stay like this?’

While everyone else was already breathing evenly, Luna had a hard time falling asleep.

There was so much to think about. Right now, I’m worried about not only Shivar but also the situation in the East.

What will happen to the East while they are gone? It is almost impossible to obtain information in this situation.

‘I’m worried about Shivar more than anything… I hope something happens there, right?’

Shivar is always causing trouble wherever he goes. I’m worried that he might cause trouble at the Cheonmasin Church too.

Of course, there is a Heavenly Demon who is greater than Lize, but isn’t there such a thing as “what if”?

‘I see that Cheonma is a woman. Surely she won’t seduce me?’

A flirtatious nature, perhaps, but will that work on the purple Cheonma?

First of all, the gender is female, but I’m not sure because it’s purple. Furthermore, the demon side showed great interest in it.

The more you peel it like an onion, the more surprising facts emerge. What on earth is Shivar’s true identity?

‘There’s something about the purple attention… I don’t know what it is.’

Sometimes I wonder if Shivar is actually purple.

Because in my previous dream, Shivar had purple eyes.

Unless it was a dream, it was certain that it had something to do with purple.

‘I don’t think I’ll be affected by being close to purple, right?’

It was when Luna was having a lot of random thoughts.

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A shadow fell over Luna’s head. Someone had obscured the campfire.

At this, Luna blinked and turned her head. When she turned her head, a familiar face came into view.

Silver hair that flows down in a flowing manner, blue eyes. An appearance that makes you think of her as beautiful.

“······Your Majesty?”

“As expected, you’re still not asleep.”

“Uh······How did you know?”

“I can’t help but notice that you’re sighing deeply.”

Is that so? Luna stammered without realizing it.

I was so lost in thought that I didn’t even realize I was sighing.

‘No. It’s a good thing this time.’

It was so sleepy that Luna slowly got up from her seat.

Lize also didn’t urge her to sleep, perhaps because she sensed that she had something to say.

“Can I stay with you until you feel sleepy?”

“Do as you wish, but please speak quietly for the sake of others.”

That’s obvious. Luna nodded and moved to her seat.

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They didn’t forget to bring a blanket to keep warm. So the two sat down in front of the campfire.

At first, there was only awkwardness, and no words were exchanged. Lize also quietly maintained the campfire by adding firewood.

“······Your Majesty.”

“Please speak.”

“What on earth is Shivar?”

“··· ···”

If it was Luna, then it was Luna-like straight ball. Even Lize flinched for a moment at that.

Luna then stared blankly at the campfire and opened her mouth as if she was frustrated.

“He’s been strange since birth, and the demons are interested in him… and now he’s a different purple color. He doesn’t seem like an ordinary person at all.”

“··· ···”

“Do you know what kind of being Shivar is, Saint?”

Luna’s question that had thrown away all the information. Lize hesitated slightly when she heard the question.

Then she checked if everyone else was sleeping and opened her mouth in a small voice.

“······Yes. I know.”

“I can’t answer the question of what kind of being it is, right?”

“Not now. But······ Sister Luna seems to have noticed something.”

“Yes. What······”

Luna didn’t deny it either. She had a dream about it, and the circumstances were too clear.

Especially since she knew his hidden past. Luna scratched her head and opened her mouth.

“That······what should I say? It’s like a mixture of all sorts of things? It’s a feeling that I can’t just define. It’s not red, it’s not blue, and it’s not purple either.”

Luna pondered how to summarize this and then said coolly.

“It feels a bit like a hodgepodge? The choice of words is a bit odd, but that’s what it feels like.”

“··· ···”

Lize smiled bitterly. Luna’s choice of words was fine, as she had experienced it many times before.

“Rather than a hodgepodge… you’re more like an empty bowl. Brother Shibar.”

“An empty bowl?”

“Yes. It’s not a mixture of this and that, but something that can be mixed.”

Then she said:

“The important thing here is taste.”

“How does it taste?”

“Yes. Just as using bad ingredients will result in the worst taste, using good ingredients will result in a good taste. Brother Shivar is that kind of person.”

It was a strange explanation. Luna didn’t understand and immediately asked a question.

“Have you ever tasted it?”

“··· ···”

“No. This isn’t it······”

Lize’s face turned red in real time.