The Academy’s Time Limit in a Novel Written by a Friend - The Academy’s Time Limit in a Novel Written by a Friend chapter 72

72 – Episode 72 Academy Isn’t that what traveling on the water is all about? (9)

To be honest, I was embarrassed myself, so I don’t know what I said, but when I think about it, it wasn’t completely absurd.

Yes, I was actually a lifesaver who saved me from being threatened by a higher species, and the purpose of coming here was to test Lilac, so they provoked me by using me, who had fallen into a state of suspended animation.

…What kind of bullshit is this?

Are you a little dizzy?

Originally, if Lilac awakens even a little bit of a different talent, she was going to pretend to be surprised and run away, saying “Did she hide this power…!?” .

Ah, this is why test driving is so important?

From now on, I will not do things that go straight into the real world without practice.

– I am reflecting. To be honest, I ignored it a bit, but my individual skills were much better than I thought, so I used up a lot of energy.

Honestly, I want to argue a bit, but what am I going to do if I ask Son Oh-gong now?

Right now, getting out of this situation was more important.

To be honest, I have something prepared, so running away is something I can do at any time, and the problem lies elsewhere.

If you are attacked right now, let alone take the same invincible match as you just did, you will have to be hit without being able to resist. If you think that way, it seemed like a good choice to turn in a direction that would please you.

Think positively.

Yeah, I said it casually, but it wasn’t as bad as I thought.

No, it’s rather good.

“You mean to believe that?”

Of course, this is assuming that others believe in it.

Ah, to be honest, I don’t even believe in myself hahahaha

[Hmm, is there any reason not to believe it?]

Professor Cathy’s face immediately crumpled after receiving my question.

Yeah, honestly, that’s a fucking rant. There are so many reasons not to believe it.

A man wearing a horned goblin mask and a tailcoat was provoking while filming Musou until just now, and suddenly, ‘Tada, actually, I’m the benefactor who saved your precious friend.’ Who would believe that shit?

Even our lilac was on guard with a suspicious face.

Aren’t you fucking overbearing?

But I had a trick to turn this situation around.

[Then why don’t you ask the person who happened there?]

Yes. I am the perpetrator and I am the victim, so it is of course me to come to an agreement.

Some eyes turned from me to another me.

Please take care of me, another me…!

Of course…! Another me…!

The alter ego stopped coughing and looked around with a blank face before meeting my gaze.

“Sohyeon, is everything that person just said true?”

Professor Cathy, who had approached me faster than anyone else, asked.

“Yes? Oh yes that’s right When I was in danger, he showed up and saved me. And after that, I remember hearing the voice that grows when it hurts…”

As he frowned in pain and grabbed his head, the startled professor patted him on the shoulder, saying it was okay.

I feel a little sick because it seems like you’re using favors…?

[Hmm, can we say that the charges are cleared now? It doesn’t matter if you do more, but the great one doesn’t want you to leave yet. It’s just that he told me to test it and come back.]

“…Thank you for protecting our group. However, I cannot send it away like this.”

[Oh, why?]

When it was revealed that what I was saying was true, the hatred and anger in the eyes of the party diminished a lot, but they still didn’t seem to have any intention of letting me go.

“You have to reveal who you belong to, what organization you belong to, and who is behind the fact that your purpose is to test our cadets.”

Yes, it will be like this.

Well, I’ll have to come to an agreement in a reasonable way.

What is an excuse not to break the character without provoking the opponent?

[They speak as if they are in a position to do favors, Professor. Don’t you think these are the words of those who were being treated one-sidedly by me just now?]

Oh, it’s a big deal.

Why did I provoke in this situation?

As expected, isn’t this mask cursed…?

-I’ve said it a few times, but I can’t feel any intimacy. It’s just your nature…

A curse that Son Goku couldn’t feel must have been a very serious curse.

-Yes, this time it’s my fault too, so don’t just move on.

[Keep in mind. It’s me who watches You must not forget that you are able to survive here only because he has not yet decided what to do with you, and that your party is safe because I have shown you favor.]

There was tension on the faces of the group.

How did you manage to coax it all the way here?

Now all I have to do is set the mood and run away, but I don’t know how this should end.

“Can I ask you something?”

It was the lilac that ended the suffocating confrontation.

The guy who confirmed that I was alive seemed to have calmed down a bit, and was talking honorifics again.

“What do you mean you came to test me?”

Okay, Illak. Thanks. Thanks to you, I think I can finish it a little plausibly…!

[That’s literally it. You don’t look very great in my eyes, but the Great One is wary of you. I’m weak right now, but someday I’ll grow up and stand in my way.]

“…Then isn’t it more advantageous for you to take care of me when I’m weak?”

The party looked at the lilac with surprised faces, but I smiled as if I heard something funny and then looked at the lilac.

[Yes, I’m not entirely wrong, if you really deserve to be his adversary, it might be a comfortable and safe way for him to do so. By the way. What does that mean?]

“…Yes?”

I took the form as much as possible, put the black spirit on my hand, and poured out the remaining seoncheonjingi ‘all’.

[What is the meaning of such a safe and comfortable road?]

The dark spirit awakened in the dragon’s shadow, and the brilliant darkness that burst out began to swallow all the light and magic around it.

[He is the only rule in this world someday, and he will be the center. No matter who he is, he cannot stand in his way, and if something gets in his way, he will surely destroy everything and prove himself.]

As soon as I lost all my innate vitality, I felt dizzy and at the same time my body began to collapse rapidly.

Unbelievable pain surged through me, and my body began to tremble with visceral fear.

[If you really are his adversary, be strong. He must become stronger than anyone else and be the hope of the world. He will trample on even the small last hope you have and overcome all trials.]

The moment when the darkness that swallowed all the sparks of life left in me became a curtain and took away all the light in the world.

– Remaining HP has fallen to the lowest level. Capture nearby transferable targets. The exchange of the alter ego and the main body is compulsory.

My perspective has changed.

All I could see in front of me was a deep and brilliant darkness, and when I opened the subspace ring in the darkness, the artifacts were sucked in.

When the veil disappeared and sight was restored, the evil masked villain had already disappeared.

We survived a mighty enemy.

…Is this the perfect crime? Nobody knows, right?

*

“Sohyeon, are you okay?”

His party, including Lilac, approached me.

No, I think I’m going to search.

I have lost all of my innate abilities except for the few left in my alter ego.

Since there is a Resurrection, I will gradually recover, but the experience of being forced to transfer to an alter ego after dying in the first place was not very pleasant.

The feeling of losing all of your innate vitality is something that is difficult to express in words beyond pain or discomfort.

I’ve used it almost to the limit, but this is the first time I’ve really used it completely, and it’s a feeling I don’t want to feel again.

Fuck. I won’t even die in the future.

But I can’t honestly express my feelings.

“Oh, it’s okay.”

Of course, no one will believe me when I say I’m fine.

I said it was okay, but pitying eyes poured out.

I thought I would never get used to that lukewarm gaze, but I’m getting used to it because I keep getting this too.

As soon as he tried to stand up, Professor Cathy, who ran like lightning, grabbed his right arm, and his sister, who ran a beat later, grabbed his left arm.

I-I know you intend to support me, but how am I supposed to get up when both arms are caught?

“Sohyeon-ah, what if you suddenly wake up? What are you going to do if you get dizzy and fall over…!”

I know you’re worried about the professor, but you know the kids are watching too, right?

“Yes, Sohyeon. Listen to Cassie.”

No, why is your sister doing this again? I don’t know what the hell happened between them, but I’m really scared.

I looked at Hani Kang and Lilac with the intention of asking for help, and they each grabbed my leg.

…What is this? Why the hell did you get a limb? In fact, you’ve been caught playing villains, and you mean that you’re going to pull it out and torture it like this?

Then who is pulling my hair out? Kim Autumn? Or why?

“…Cadets? Let go of this. In preparation for any unexpected danger, Instructor Kang will protect Cadet Kang So-hyun.”

…Professor? Am i really okay?

“No, I think Professor Cathy should be free just in case, so I’ll carry her on my back.”

Illak. You may be doing it with good intentions, but the professor has a very bad expression right now.

“No, the monsters here don’t work well with slashes, so I’ll carry them.”

Hani. I don’t really like touching men, and it’s touching to do so, but you’re really not good at this.

What if I accidentally touch a tough spot?

Guys, can’t you just let me walk on my own legs?

I looked around to see if there was anyone to help, and it seemed that I couldn’t expect Kim Ga-eul, who was hesitant and unable to join, and that the other seniors didn’t seem to understand the situation.

How can there be so many people and no one to help?

The moment I was about to despair lightly, a warm light enveloped my body.

It was a recovery spell.

“Uh, Yuna?”

Lilac looked at Lee Yu-na as if surprised.

Yes.

The one who cast a recovery spell on me was Yoo Na, a pink chihuahua.

Actually, the reason why I was dizzy was that I lost most of my innate vitality, so the recovery magic didn’t have much meaning, but I could tell just by looking at her expression that Lee Yu-na didn’t really use the recovery spell to recover me.

Looking at her smiling face, she made an excuse for me.

Yes, this is mutual aid.

I usually make good impressions, but the day will come when I will receive help from Lee Yu-na.

“The effect is good? Thank you.”

Actually, it didn’t have much of an effect, but after receiving the recovery magic, everyone seemed to reluctantly agree after showing the body moving around.

Hey Yuna…! Thanks…!

“…I think it’s all over now, right?”

The moment one of the seniors said that, the atmosphere of ordinary people who had been protected brightened in an instant.

It’s over, it means you can go home soon, and there are no victims, so it wouldn’t be unreasonable to relax.

“No, it’s not over yet.”

But it’s not over yet. Is there anything important left?

“Huh?”

I smiled at the people who were surprised by my words.

“There is still room for compensation. Because this is a dungeon.”

The biggest reason I didn’t stop this incident is because of the reward here, but I can’t just go, can I?

*

After clearing the dungeon, the disposition of the reward can basically be decided by those who have cleared it.

Well, in the case of special dungeons managed by the state, you may not be able to claim the right, but that’s a very special case, and it doesn’t even belong to the state in the first place, right?

The alchemist of the rose.

The treasure house filled with treasures created by a great man in the other world by devoting his life was so splendid that simply saying it was splendid was not enough.

“Wow…”

Usually, the remarks of an alchemist have the image of a workshop full of dust, but the alchemist of the rose is an unusual nobleman with a little mysticism, so his repository and workshop are kept neat and clean.

As well as various beautiful ornaments, reagents and tools related to experiments were neatly arranged to the extent that it could not be thought of as an alchemist’s workshop.

“I don’t think there are any special traps or hidden boss monsters.”

Professor Cathy, who was vigilant about the surroundings, signaled to his party that it was okay to enter after checking the safety.

Well, there are no dangerous things here.

In the first place, the alchemist of the rose is a poor man who went mad because of an accident in his later years. That’s right, he likes humans.

Most of them were distracted by the fancy decorations, but the main actors were looking for the things they needed, no matter what.

Lilac was looking at the sword and shield decorated with white roses on the wall, and Lee Yu-na was looking at the tiara with a rose vine-like design that was set with it.

I’m even proud to see him showing interest in the things I secretly tried to give him.

I like all lilacs, but I’m a little behind on the tempo until I find a real weapon. Lee Yoo-na also has a good compatibility with that tiara, so it’s like she’s found something that suits her well.

My sister and Professor Cathy seem to be looking at the reagents while being wary of their surroundings to see if there is any good medicine as it requires a lot of body work.

“…How about this, sister?”

“Not bad. I think it will be good for your health.”

“This looks good too.”

…That’s what they want to eat, right?

Hani was looking around to see if she wasn’t interested, and was interested in finding another world’s swordsmanship. Lastly, Kim Ga-eul…

“Wow, these decorations are so pretty…”

I was just watching fancy decorations with the other seniors.

Yes, our fall is like that.

Me?

In the first place, I approached the goal, pretending to look around roughly to see where the things I wanted were stored.

Three things I am aiming for here.

The first is a chance to heal my body.

The second is the Philosopher’s Stone, which is needed to seduce Professor Park Ah-ram.

And the last one is a bit odd, but they were all gathered in one place anyway.

“…Found.”

The deepest place.

He tried to divert the eyes of intruders with other flashy things, and even used his lover’s memento as a fake to hide it.

The real treasures of this dungeon will be behind it.

As I pushed the bookshelf and opened the shabby door, I naturally smiled.

A beautiful woman floating in a crystal clear glass tube with treasure on either side.

-Who are you…?

The seemingly unconscious woman spoke to me.

“Hello. Nice to see you.”

Nice to meet you.

My third villain candidate.

“He’s a villain.”

A little man in a flask. Homunculus.