The World After the Bad Ending - Chapter 14



13 – Already Revealed

After the morning run, training with Aisha.

Morning martial arts class, a little scratch on Isabel.

After lunch, paperwork with Nikita in the student council.

Afternoon joint class, ignoring the cards and focusing on the class.

Before dinner, preparation and information gathering for the mock battle.

Sometimes, additional student council work following Nikita.

After dinner, review of classes, assignments, and training.

Night sleep.

This has been my daily routine recently.

If it were the old me, I would have been exhausted and just slept the next day.

But Vickerman’s stamina is beyond imagination.

In my opinion, this body could stay up for three days and nights and still be fine the next day.

That’s how extraordinary the stamina and recovery speed of Vickerman are.

‘Vickerman, this guy should have trained his body instead of learning useless magic.’

Why did he insist on learning magic?

Of course, I am not completely ignorant of Vickerman’s story.

Vickerman’s family, Niflheim, is originally a family of wizards.

Magic learned desperately, overshadowed by his brother who excelled in magic.

But Vickerman had no talent for magic.

Even his younger sister mastered the ‘Ancestor’s Magic’ and showed the reincarnation of a great wizard.

Vickerman felt miserable and became more obsessed with magic.

‘He couldn’t develop his strengths due to envy and jealousy.’

In the end, what’s regrettable is regrettable.

Anyway, his strength is now a great help.

Stamina is national power.

I realized what that meant as my stamina increased rapidly.

“Senior, today I added a training routine that strengthens both arms and chest!”

Maybe that’s why.

Recently, Aisha’s training routine has been getting more and more bizarre.

Aisha, with her iron stamina, seems to be quite delighted to have a training mate.

Every morning, she comes out earlier than me, setting up the training tools with a bright smile.

It seems that training alone all this time had been quite lonely for her.

“Senpai, today is leg training routine. Let’s wear this and run together before the jog!”

The tools she brings are becoming more and more unusual, despite her innocent face.

But seeing her so happy, I didn’t feel too bad about it.

Moreover, Aisha’s training was definitely helpful.

“Training together is fun!”

Today, after finishing the training, Aisha looked at me, who was sprawled out, and gave a refreshing and healthy smile that could be in an ion drink commercial.

Aisha’s stamina really didn’t seem to diminish at all.

That’s why she has energy to spare, swinging around a greatsword for fun.

She used to have a slightly cold image.

Now, I realize how innocent and reckless she is.

Thanks to her, I was able to stagger to my feet.

Watching Aisha, who has more stamina than me, ignites my competitive spirit.

Someday, I will build up enough stamina to swing around a greatsword for fun too.

“Senpai, it seems like the training is paying off. Your body is getting better recently!”

“…Can you see that with your eyes?”

“No. The muscles are telling me.”

Hey, what kind of scary thing is that to say?

But Aisha’s words were true.

Whether it was due to the training or not, my body was definitely improving beyond the bandages of the curtain.

Seeing how quickly my body was shaping up, it must mean I have a different natural physique.

Indeed, Vicarment should have gone into martial arts.

“Thanks to you.”

“Oh, hehe, no. It’s more thanks to your hard work, Senpai.”

Aisha, with an embarrassed laugh, swung the greatsword even harder to shake off her embarrassment.

I hope she stops swinging it soon, or it might fly away.

“By the way, Aisha, I want to have a mock battle soon to prepare for the upcoming mock battle.”

Before Aisha could really blow me away, I spoke.

“Can I do it with you?”

“With me?”

Aisha’s eyes widened.

Then she slowly put down her greatsword and soon smiled.

“I won’t go easy on you just because you’re my senior. Are you okay with that?”

“Of course, that’s what I want. You can be as rough as you like.”

“I look forward to seeing you unable to get out of bed the next day, with your legs trembling.”

“Don’t you think it might be you who ends up like that? Aisha, don’t even think about coming out of bed that day, crying your eyes out.”

“What on earth are you two talking about!”

At that moment, an unexpected voice cut through our conversation.

When Aisha and I turned our heads, there was a girl with short, bright red hair like the sunlight.

Isabel Luna.

The main heroine of the Flame Butterfly arc and the one I’m struggling to prevent from taking the suicide route.

Isabel was looking at Aisha and me with a face that was red from her ears to her cheeks.

It seems she got heated just by seeing my face in the morning.

We’re steadily becoming enemies.

I’m satisfied.

“Isabel Luna, what brings you here this morning?”

When I called her by her full name and asked, Isabel caught her breath and glared at me fiercely.

“…You and I are on morning duty today.”

Oh, right. I almost forgot because I was so engrossed in training with Aisha.

“Aisha, let’s continue our conversation later.”

“Yes, senior. Thank you for your hard work today.”

Receiving Aisha’s polite bow, I walked towards Isabel.

“I need to stop by the dormitory because I look like this.”

No matter what, I can’t go like this, covered in sweat and dust.

Then Isabel sighed deeply and suddenly threw a bag at me.

I realized belatedly that it was my bag.

When did you bring it?

“…I gave it to you on the way to the card this morning. I told you that you were here. Your uniform should be there.”

So that’s why you came here.

But even so, the problem still remains.

I looked at Aisha with an expressionless face.

“I told you just now. I can’t go like this.”

Just because there’s a uniform doesn’t mean I can wear it covered in dust and sweat.

“I’ll take care of that.”

Then, another person appeared from the bushes.

With small star-shaped tattoos around her eyes and earrings dangling, she looked at me with sleepy eyes.

You came with this one.

One of Isabel’s close friends.

From the Department of Magic, Sharin Sazarith.

She is the top student in the second year of the Department of Magic.

Weak to morning sleep, she yawned long and took out her wand, gesturing.

Then, water droplets that bloomed from my body absorbed the sweat and dust and disappeared.

A skilled water magic.

“Clean now? Bell, let’s go. I want to go to the classroom and sleep.”

As Sharin clung to Isabel, calling her by her nickname, Isabel nodded.

Then she glanced at me with a disapproving look.

She must be telling me to follow since she solved the problem.

Though a rebellious spirit surged, I held it back.

I don’t want to be late for my duty and get penalized.

Even if not to the students, it’s beneficial to build a diligent image with the professors.

So I slung my bag over my shoulder and turned around.

Then Isabel frowned and grabbed my clothes.

“Where are you going? Even if it’s your duty?”

“I’m going over there to change clothes. Why, are you going to follow and watch? What a perverted hobby.”

“Oh, no, sorry for grabbing you. Go ahead and change.”

Apologizing in this situation.

Even if someone is like an enemy, you can glimpse her true nature when she sincerely apologizes.

Leaving behind Isabel, who was fumbling in embarrassment over her mistake, I headed towards the forest.

Then, from a distance, I felt Sharin’s gaze on me for some reason.

With her languid eyes, she had an expression that made it impossible to know what she was thinking.

Sharin is also an unpredictable factor for me.

From the beginning, her character trait itself is capricious.

To the extent that she would suddenly say, “I quit,” and retire in the middle of a battle.

Sharin’s capriciousness was severe to the level of a debuff.

However, her skills and stats were unparalleled, so in urgent times, I would sometimes hire her as a mercenary and pray for the best.

Please, let Sharin’s capriciousness not flare up today.

Now that such a game has become reality, I can’t grasp the extent of Sharin’s capriciousness.

‘It wouldn’t be good to get involved right now.’

I changed my clothes and went outside.

Then, as if she had been waiting, Isabel turned around and walked away.

After exchanging a glance with Aisha, I immediately followed.

The three of us walking had almost no conversation.

There was no need to mention the relationship between Isabel and me.

Sharin, who was weak in the morning, kept yawning and dragging her feet the whole way.

“Sharin, you need to walk properly.”

“Uuuh, I’m sleepy.”

Because Sharin was weak in the morning, there were many events where Isabel forcibly woke her up and took her along.

Originally, Lucas would have been the one to join in here.

If Lucas had been there, the atmosphere would have been harmonious.

We would have enjoyed chatting about today’s classes or the latest rumors circulating in the academy.

‘But because of the duty, it ended up being me.’

What we had was a desolate atmosphere.

The one who first broke the uncomfortable silence was Sharin.

She was about to part ways as we arrived at the entrance of the Magic Studies building.

“Have a good class today, and don’t doze off in the morning.”

“Mom, just five more minutes, please.”

“Sharin, Mom isn’t here.”

Isabel soothed her, stroking her hair as she clung to her.

Isabel seemed a bit better when she was with Sharin.

But even Sharin couldn’t fill the void in Isabel’s heart left by Lucas.

Isabel’s drastic choice was inevitable without Lucas.

As I watched her intently, Isabel turned to look at me.

Ah, it’s time to pick a fight.

“You’ll be late for your morning duty.”

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“…Is that something you should be saying?”

True enough.

But I shamelessly continued.

Destined to be hated, I must be thoroughly hated.

“Your friend Lucas must have been as laid-back as you.”

Isabel’s face turned icy in an instant.

She bit her lip tightly and then let go of Sharin.

“You won’t be able to say things like that for much longer.”

She glared at me with eyes full of hatred and then turned and walked away briskly.

The stack of hatred is steadily piling up.

Let’s keep it up.

Today’s duty will be in a very chilly atmosphere.

‘Let’s just go.’

By now, I was quite used to it, so I followed Isabel.

Thump!

But I was immediately stopped.

And by an unexpected person.

“…Sharin Sazarith?”

“Hey, hey, listen.”

She held my wrist tightly, drawing out her words.

Then, the indigo hair, shining like the Milky Way, tilted to the side.

“Why are you disguised like that?”

Oh my, Schwal?