NOVEL NEXT chapter 19
19 – 1. Academy (19)
#19
[A mysterious aura permeates ‘S body.]
[The possibilities of Are expanded.]
[I captured a mysterious scene where a secret meets a secret.]
[You have acquired the title [Leak of Heaven].]
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[Name: Sky Leak] [Rating: Rare] [Classification: Title]
[Description: A secret calls for another secret. It is a title given to those who have discovered the obvious yet important secret of the labyrinth. Now you can find out other secrets related to the secret just by looking at it!]
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His eyebrows twitched at the system message that appeared belatedly as if he were confirming the kill. After all, there is no change in the fact that Kalion ate the hidden reward.
“…Are you alright?”
“Greung!!”
At the sight of this naive guy jumping up and down in response to my question, I completely lost my desire to get angry. Yes, Carlion is a baby. Eating well and growing well is the best.
Did you know that, because he ate a hatchling’s eggshell, Kalion might evolve from a sub-dragon to a dragon? The system also openly pointed out that the possibility of Kalion increased, so this must mean that the options for evolution have increased.
Since it was a reward that she wouldn’t have known if Hong Soo-ah hadn’t informed her anyway, she decided to just dismiss it as something she hadn’t found. No, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is rather a better result. Thanks to that, I got the title.
I thought about raising Karion’s level a bit more, but I was running out of steam, so I decided to just leave. There was nothing else to do, so I decided to invest in the ability points I gained from leveling up.
His prowess and intellect are already high enough to overflow, but he has just acquired a large amount of weapons and body-related skills this time. Even if you don’t use points separately, your strength will increase.
Thus, I gave all 3 points to the luck that the means to raise right now are limited. This brings my luck to 20.
The title of Gyeomsa Gyeomsa was also changed from [Burner] To [Transformation Material].
The effect of [The Burner] Is also attractive, but the effect of [Transformation Material] Suits me better. For me, who can change weapons without risk with magical power, the ‘Attack power increase when switching weapons’ buff is no different from being able to inflict 40% more powerful attacks at all times.
There are still only 4 weapon-type skills, so it is 40%, but if that number increases, in theory, one attack will be able to inflict more damage than two attacks.
Since I still have a lot of work to do myself, choosing the latter is a must, not an option.
My confirmed status window was like this.
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[Name: Shinwoo Jang] [Occupation: Summoner Lv 11, Researcher Lv 8]
[Title: Conversion Material]
[Abilities]
[Muscle: 14 (+ 5)] [Skill: 36] [Intelligence: 35 (+ 13)] [Luck: 20]
[Possessed Skills]
[Summoning Book Lv 4] [Tame Lv 7] [Record Lv 6] [Speed Reading Lv 7]
[Charisma Lv 3] [Observation Lv 4] [Battle Command Lv 2] [Dismantling Lv 2]
[Endurance Lv 5] [Bond Lv 4] [Sadism Lv3] [Spear Lv1] [Sword Lv1]
[Blunt Weapon Lv1] [Set Trap Lv2] [Riding Lv 1] [Escape Lv1]
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[Possessed Summons]
[Hive (Guild Raven) Lv 4]
[Growl (Berserk Wolf) Lv 2]
[Carlion (sub-dragon) Lv 1]
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Remaining points: 0 (*2)
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As usual, I would have been proud that I had grown this far in just three days, but I couldn’t confirm whether I was doing well or not, perhaps because I had continuously encountered monsters like Reus and Kang So-seon.
So I was thinking of making an elixir out of it if I got the eggshell this time, but that guy, Carrion, ate it all up.
I wanted to tell him to spit out as much as he ate over and over again to peel off his scales and restore it with magical power, but as a result, it was going to contribute to increasing his strength, so he let go.
Next, it’s Hive and Growl’s turn.
They only leveled up by one level, so Hive invested in intellect and Growl invested in strength. Hive’s Intellect increased to 15 and Graul’s Strength increased to 28.
“Hmm…”
Certainly, after evolving, these two leveled up slowly. It was me and Kang So-seon who made the main move this time, but aside from that, I dealt with quite a lot of monsters, but only that one rose.
If the mechanism of experience is clear, I will adopt a more efficient method, but it felt like everything was at the discretion of the system, so it was ambiguous. There were papers that studied this, but all of them were only abstract hypotheses.
Was it that the increase in experience is higher when you fight someone stronger than when you repeat it? Looking at the system window that popped up after fighting Reus, it is a fact that cannot be completely ignored.
I thought that there was nothing more to do and everyone would have left by this point, so I received the clear reward.
“Receive rewards”
As soon as I said that, I grabbed four iron ingots the size of large sneakers in my hand.
I gathered them all together and shoved them into a pouch made roughly out of shadows. Although the shape is rough, it was made with plenty of magic so that it would not be torn by the weight of the ingot.
You wouldn’t even know I’d been to a dungeon unless I told you otherwise.
After that, when I closed and opened my eyes at the dazzling glitter, my body was outside the dungeon. There were not completely no people around, but there were also classes that were over, so there were only a few.
Perhaps it was because the lunchtime bell had already rung, the people seemed to be deciding whether or not to go to the restaurant after finishing the distribution.
“Looks like he’s gone”
Kang So-seon, who was worried that he might be waiting, was nowhere to be seen. She didn’t show it, but even said goodbye like that, but I thought it would be a bit awkward if we met right away. Of course, I would have ignored it and went about my business.
‘Let’s eat’
As soon as I turned on the device I had turned off to enter the dungeon, the phone rang. The sender is Ban Tae-woong. When I checked, it wasn’t even a text message or phone call once or twice. I answered the phone with a disgusted expression.
“What”
[Uh, I got it. Hey! Where are you?!]
“I’m going to a restaurant to eat now.”
[Ah, you carefree bastard! Wait, I’m coming too!]
Drop!
The bastard just says something and hangs up. And who cares about whom?
I moved my steps and arrived at the restaurant, and I saw people standing in line, showing their devices, and then getting their food. In middle school, it was a food service, but there are many multinational people here, so it seems that it is a way to exchange food vouchers.
When I opened the device and recognized the QR code at the entrance of the restaurant, the academy application turned on and automatically moved to the page to purchase meal tickets.
The food was diverse, starting with Korean food, Chinese food, Japanese food, Western food, fast food, etc., Which I had seen in my previous life, and there were also some that looked like monster food with plenty of fantasy characteristics.
The feast of various foods was astounding, and the prices were crazy, too. There were at least 5,000 won, and there were even more than 1 million won.
I just laughed because the gap was this big.
The surprising thing is that the popular sticker is attached to the food that costs 1 million won. It’s amazing that there is a bastard who burns 100 in just learning. Even the ones that cost more than 200,000 won were mostly made-to-order.
I read the name because I wanted to know why it was worth 100, but there was a list of mana-rich dinners praised by the archmage, as well as healthy meals recommended by the sword master.
This is a popular menu that sells well…?
After thinking for a while, I just chose the plain Bulgogi and Baekban set meal. The price was ordinary at 6,700 won, but it was a considerate meal that could take care of the four nutrients evenly.
Honestly, I do have enough wealth that it doesn’t matter whether I spend 100 or 200 every day, but it was a bit wasteful to spend money on such things. It would be more efficient to save that money and get one elixir or equipment.
After completing the purchase, the expected cooking time appeared along with the waiting list. It’s like using a delivery app.
The waiting time was 15 minutes. It seemed longer than I thought, but I sat down in an empty seat near the window, thinking about what to do with the short time. Looking closely, I was able to confirm the country of origin and how it was cooked.
It was a needlessly high-quality academy app. I was able to do pretty much anything that could be done inside the academy. Housekeeping service for adding furniture? There is also something like this. Do you think it will be delivered for real?
I looked it up just in case, and it was real. There was a separate item called ‘Academy Delivery’ on the side of the restaurant. It seems to be a service operated in conjunction with the restaurant.
Well, you can’t miss delivery in Gukbbong.
I was freer than I thought, perhaps because I had free time after a long time. I manipulated the device and looked around the webtoon platform, but nothing looked particularly interesting. So was the novel.
Looking at it, it should be fun, but I didn’t see anything as interesting as my current situation. That’s right, my current situation itself is a novel or a game. I have no idea what the original is, though.
The name Ban Tae-woong and settings like Gwangilgyo aren’t common, but strangely I didn’t remember them. Is this really a world I don’t know about? When I think about it again, it only makes my head complicated, but I can’t recall any proper memories.
I was trying to blow away my complicated thoughts while looking out the window against the background noise of a bustling restaurant, but I saw the main character running hurriedly after seeing me from afar. The heroines 1, 2, and 3, who sighed and followed him slowly, were also there.
Blonde, silver, and black hair, in order. Among them, when our eyes met with the blond owner, the inside of the wall was torn sharply and the twin wicks were lit.
“Ugh”
No, if you’re going to come, come alone. Why are you carrying them around?
“Hey! Shinwoo Jang! Who are you?!”
“That’s what I want to say…”
“Apart from beating Reus, why did you withdraw after that?!”
The guy who showed up splendidly from the start and drove all the aggro at the restaurant hesitated and clung to me tightly as if telling me not to even think about going over, grabbing my shoulder and starting to shake it. Hey sh*t let go Let go.
I thought as I slapped the guy’s arm and rubbed his dizzy head. What excuse do you have? If you tell them that you skipped the dungeon and went to the dungeon, it is obvious that they will ask you to join them because it looks fun. After thinking for a while, I remembered meeting Hong Soo-ah in the infirmary.
“…I exhausted my magic while fighting.”
Magic exhaustion. In exchange for using one’s mana to the limit, one’s mental power is depleted, putting one in a kind of burnout situation.
Regardless of one’s will, one has to wait for the naturally overheated magic circuit to recover because the body loses power and cannot generate or accept magic for a while.
I had this happen once while researching the EM series, but it’s no joke, the world has turned white and I can’t think of anything. However, there is only a certain amount of sh*t left in it, so I feel a little suicidal.
So there is an unwritten rule in the Awakener industry that you shouldn’t touch a man who has exhausted himself.
It’s a stressful job, but if you touch it wrong and Pinto goes out, you’ll die and I’ll die.
“Ah, well, that Reus was my opponent”
Ban Tae-woong nodded his head in agreement, probably because it was a fact that Ban Tae-woong was also familiar with. Nice It went well. It was rather good because the opponent was outside the standard.
Yeah, Reus Bagh I’m sure he’s a strong opponent I’d never be able to defeat if he didn’t do anything weird. He won against such a bastard, and there’s no way the rumors won’t spread.
This must have been the reason for the glances he had been looking at me while pretending not to show off.
If you do a little research, you’ll find out that I walked out of the arena on my own two feet, but this guy is smart enough to be stupid, so he easily understands in strange places.
If Heroines 1, 2, and 3 heard the excuse just now, it would be a word with holes drilled enough to tilt their heads, but what do you know? They’re now inside the restaurant. When I was notified that the food was ready, I got up.
“I am served.”
“Ah, then I’ll settle down there in the back! It is too narrow here.”
I know. I either kicked you out and ate alone, or I made a one-hundred step concession so I thought it would be just the two of us and decided to come here. Who would have known it would follow like that?
After receiving the food, I was going to go to the exact opposite place the main character said, but people in black suits began to lead me directly. Unless you know my personality very well, very few people can predict this.
The second generation of the goddamn conglomerate. Don’t use bodyguards for things like this. When I arrived, I was greeted by the main characters who spread out a 5-cheop lunchbox on the table that made my white rice set look shabby.
As he frowned at the blonde, he looked at the other side with a fierce look as if he would not lose.
“Tsk”
“Hey!”
At the same time, when I turned my head and cleared my eyes, the main character who was watching it smiled with accusation.
There is only one conscience left here. Inwardly, he vomited a bitter sorrow at that fact.
After the fight, I sat down next to the empty main character and put down the tray. Then, as if aiming for the gap, the beautiful woman sitting across from her, who seemed to have drawn a model of the typical Yamato Nadeshiko, opened her mouth.
“That, Taewoong. This person is?”
“Ah! I must have seen Eri for the first time today. This is Jang Shin-woo, my childhood friend. He is my best friend who has been with me since childhood. Shinwoo, this is Erika Onohara. Didn’t she say she accompanied Sia to the group’s New Year’s party before coming to the academy? I met you there.”
I know. A New Year’s party held at the Onohara Group. An unnecessary fancy party held every year by the 7 groups that the monstrous woman did not destroy, taking turns every anniversary.
You were terrorized there. To be precise, he was caught up in a planned terror attack to undermine the status of other groups, including the Onohara group.
Was the name of the terrorists [Sombrio Sol]? Literally translated, it means ‘black sun’. It’s an organization created by a combination of the Russian Mafia and the Spanish Mafia. I don’t know the details of how the terrorism took place and how they ended.
All she did was follow me and tell me roughly that she had seen something quite interesting.
I don’t really have much interest in it, so I only heard it with one ear, so I don’t remember much other than the name. It was as if their fate had been decided at the point of drawing her interest in the first place.
After Ban Tae-woong’s introduction, Heroine No. 3 First bowed his head and asked for a greeting.
“Nice to meet you. My name is Erika Onohara, a student in Class 2 S.”
“Nice to meet you. My name is Jang Shin-woo, from Class 1 S.”
I didn’t say anything special about asking you well. It’s because she is a person who would get tired if she was involved in the main character’s harem.
But then, as if she was startled when I said her name, she shook her shoulder and began to stare at my face.
“Oh, come to think of it, today…”
At those words, cold sweat broke out on my back.
Ah, that’s f*cked up. At the point she said she was a sophomore, I had a slight doubt, but was this girl there too? Doesn’t she feel like she saw it firsthand? No, even if she wasn’t there, she might have heard the story through someone else.
A cheeky freshman came to practice today. After discussing something with the teacher, he entered the dungeon with the vice president. Is she a special treatment by any chance? Oh, is he the rumored guy? Murmur, murmur, etc.
Her legless horse runs her way, her chatter follows her tail, and it’s possible that even if she wasn’t there, the story about me was relayed to her. In an instant, bad families swept by.
Annoyed, she sighed. You hear it like this? That’s not right. Never
“Senior”
“Yes?”
I calmly cut her off.
Then she started listening to what she said while putting on a puzzled expression at my sudden call. She was genuinely relieved that she was a caring person.
“Since you’re a sophomore, I think it’s appropriate to call you senior.”
“Ah, ah… A title. Certainly, I didn’t even think about it because I’ve been living with Tae-woong in a half-speaking way since some point.”
At that, Taewoong and Heroines No. 1 And 2 nodded in agreement.
“It’s a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of
“Yeah, we’re so close, but if you suddenly change to an honorific, you feel a sense of distance.”
“Bullying, no good!”
“But, uhm… Senior! It’s a bit different.”
She started exchanging stories while expressing each other’s opinions. Since they are basically people with insiders as a basic base, when we threw a topic, we quickly moved on to the next topic.
“Senior Erika! No. If it’s Japanese style, Onohara-senpai, would this be right for you?”
“Ugh…! Certainly, this is a little bit different.”
Heroine No. 3, Erika Onohara, slightly blushed at the sight of Ban Tae-woong smiling broadly and speaking as if acting, covered her mouth with her hand to cover her slightly rising mouth.
Nice is the main character. Now is your chance to shine!
As for Heroine No. 1, It seemed that she was puzzled by my sudden interruption, but fortunately, her eyes were drawn to the pink air created by the two people who were caught in the circumstance that turned into the flow of unconsciousness.
Whew, I was sweating for nothing. I hadn’t even eaten yet, but my stomach was already full. Still, I can’t skip rice.
I started to eat, ignoring the people who continued to chat on their own. At that moment, the white hair stuck out.
“What is that?”
It was Heroine No. 2.
If #3 manages to get into the strike zone, this girl is completely out. Her body type was what people say about Lori.
There is no sense of incongruity even if you just change your clothes and enter elementary or middle school and lie that you are a freshman or a transfer student.
I couldn’t believe that she was the same age as me in the present life with that body and appearance.
“Bulgogi Baekban Meal”
“Delicious?”
“Good enough”
I’ve known him for quite some time.
Maybe it was in the second year of middle school. Heroine No. 1 Said that she would buy the main character’s attention, and she forcibly dragged the main character to play on a private beach professionally managed by her family.
Perhaps it was embarrassing to go alone, he brought me along for no reason, and I followed him because it was time to teach the main character.
Studying is a bonus, and in fact, I really wanted to get out of the slow study and cool my head.
We met this girl there. To be precise, the protagonist picked up something that was drifting on the beach. When I saw that, I felt it. Oh, it’s f*cked up. I mean.
Pure white hair and transparent eyes. It was like a snowflake that would melt any moment you touched it. Now she speaks her thoughts, and although she doesn’t show it well on her face, she has a lot of emotions, but when we first met, she was a real empty doll itself.
Thanks to that, the vacation spot she should have enjoyed quickly turned into a war zone. He was a test subject that secretly escaped while secretly conducting human experiments in a laboratory somewhere.
Who would have known that going to cool off would get me involved in something more troublesome.
Are you sure the name was an artificial archmage training plan?
It was an inhumane project to artificially create a lumber to become a great wizard even if there is no innate talent by capturing a large number of children in infancy and repeating experiments and education within a limited space.
She was the only successful member of the project. The reason why she was able to escape from the laboratory, which was cut off from the world, was also thanks to the talent of the great mage she had acquired.
Of course, it looked like fun, and after wiping out all the bastards involved in the hardliners and the leadership who forced them to catch the sane kids, she collected only the net waste and absorbed it.
Among the researchers who helped me when I was working on the Exile project in earnest, there were quite a few guys involved in the project, so it was easy to work with.
The girl, who was not even given a proper name other than her number 14, felt the emotion of anger for the first time when she saw the protagonist struggling to protect herself from her laboratory’s pursuers.
Then, she unleashed the power of a great sorceress who had developed and saved the heroine in crisis, and then gave herself the name Linus Riequia and revealed it to her heroine.
The meaning is [14Th winter] In ancient runes. Even so, she was told by the person herself to shorten it to ‘Li-ri’, saying that it is difficult for her to call her by name.
What have I been doing?
While the main character and Heroine No. 1 Ran to rescue the girl who was dragged away ignoring the guard, I dutifully fell back and was safely protected by the guard.
Still, I didn’t do anything, so I made sure the chain of command was secured, then I contacted the Ministry of National Defense and sealed off the area so that there would be no secondary damage. .
Because the most dangerous thing in a melee is the misfire of allies and the transmission of false information.
In that respect, it’s as if I’ve done everything I can. It was fortunate that the beach was owned by Heroine 1’s group, but if he had done something wrong, he would have been arrested as a criminal for using magic recklessly.
Even though a long time has passed since then, her growth has stopped at that time. To be precise, it would be correct to say that all of the nutrients necessary for the growth of her body have been turned into magic.
According to the person himself, it is a price to pay for twisting fate and forcibly approaching the truth of the archmage.
She eats more than most food fighters even when she eats her food to make up for her gas mileage somewhere else, and she always carries high-calorie candy in her mouth even during normal times.
According to her, she naturally has a lot of appetite, so there are times when she expresses excessive interest in eating like this. That expression right now is closer to ‘I want to eat bulgogi right now’ rather than curious about the taste.
“I’ll give it to you too”
“Eat yours”
“Looks delicious”
“Then buy and eat”
What do you call a person who makes and sells magic tools and makes more money than me? Despite the warning, how is the guy who reached out with his chopsticks and stole a piece of bulgogi and ate it all? ‘ She said smugly.
The image of her strangely overlapped with the image of Carlion that I had seen earlier, and a feeling of bubbling came to my mind. Ban Tae-woong might have looked at it, but not me.
As a punishment, I blew a chestnut on his forehead.
Magic power was not included. Anyway, no matter how much magic you put into it, if you wield it with the will to attack, it will disappear before you even touch her body. She sleeps with understanding, and her body is made that way.
In that case, it would be wiser to hit with my strength level of 14.
Perfect!
“Beep?!”
Lili let out a bizarre moan, like a bird’s, and held her forehead with an expressionless expression on her face (?). Even so, the change ends when the eyebrows are slightly furrowed. It is a difference that is hard to distinguish unless you are very observant or have been together for a long time.
“Violence, opposite love”
“Don’t say sh*t, just eat.”
“Ugh, Tae-woong… Help”
Heroine 1 pouted her eyes again at Lili, who crept closer to Ban Tae-woong, whining like a child, and Ban Tae-woong, who accepted it with pleasure.
Yes, Lili is in a position closer to her sister in any way. Her personality is also close to nature, but she is also vicious enough to use her extraordinary intelligence sparingly as long as she truly wants to achieve.
Yeah, she understands that she can easily approach her half Tae-woong by using her own appearance, so she uses it like that.
Heroine 1 is envious of Li-ri, who makes her skinship so simple that she can’t easily do it herself, but she is jealous and does that for no reason.
“What are you doing in a restaurant in a bad way? Lily”
“Right. This is Lily bad. I should have changed the side dish instead of stealing it.”
“Equivalent exchange, the price of failure is terrible…”
No, it’s an equivalent exchange, so you can sleep and eat only your own. Why are you eyeing others? Heroine 1 isn’t like that, but she’s making the same stupid expression.
Then, when he suddenly realized that I had created this excuse, he began to give me a piercing and sharp gaze. Oh wow, that’s scary But did you know that they are holding live people?
I ate my meal, completely ignoring my gaze without giving up.
“Whoops…”
Erika Onohara, who was watching the prank that wasn’t a joke, suddenly let out a hearty laugh.
“Eri?”
“Oh, sorry. I didn’t laugh at it. I just wanted to see you guys having such a good time, so we got along really well.”
I really envy you because it feels like a warm family. Swallowing those words briefly, she looked at Ban Tae-woong and us with a vague expression. Ban Tae-woong made a serious expression on his face, and Heroine No. 1 Said with a sad expression.
“Why are you talking like a bystander? Erica, you are with me too.”
“Lucia is right. Because Erica is already our friend.”
“Don’t mind. Eri”
“Everyone…”
Erika Onohara smiled tenderly with tears in her eyes as if Puck was also moved. Ban Tae-woong, who saw that, also began to smile warmly.
Of course, I put on an expression that I was tired of being stuck in that corner.
What is it? Why is the mood suddenly like this? You don’t even drink and say embarrassing lines like that? Is there alcohol in the 5-cheop lunch box? Sniff sniff. I tried to smell it, but it only smelled delicious.
Wow, so you’re saying that embarrassing line sober? It’s really great.
Is it possible to become a main character only when you can confidently say such things without any shame? I never wanted to.
In order to escape from this space as soon as possible, I forced rice into it.
Bulgogi, which should be salty to be normal, felt slightly sweet. I thought I would get sick if I kept eating, so I forced myself to swallow it with rice, but my mouth was so dry that I couldn’t get my throat down.
Still, I somehow managed to shake it all off.
…I’m going to get sick while eating.
I can’t stand this lukewarm atmosphere. If I stayed here any longer, it seemed that my limbs would shrivel and disappear beyond the storm of time and space.
How did I see something like this in my previous life? Ah, did you watch the arrogant struggle in bed at that time while getting hurt? To be honest, my memories of my previous life are fuzzy now. It’s a memory I want to forget quickly, but life here has to be so dense.
I deliberately pulled out the chair to make a noise, then got up and picked up the food tray.
“I go first.”
“Uh, huh? Already?”
“Lunch is already over soon.”
I chined at the watch. I guess I didn’t know because it was a corner seat, but the restaurant was already empty. Most of the remaining people are just enjoying dessert or chatting after dinner, and this is the only one who is still eating.
Ban Tae-woong, who confirmed him, began to take over the lunchbox in a hurry, saying, “Ouch, it’s really late!” At the same time, the busy heroines were embarrassed and started to eat.
After watching them for a while, I got up from my seat, gave a light bow to Erika Onohara, the only elder in the room, and left the restaurant.
…Did you sell Cass Whal Myung Soo at the store?
I let out a deep sigh at the reaction of my body, which started to seriously want digestive medicine.