Chapter 10
I got off the circular wagon and walked effortlessly.
The sun went down a long time ago.
I walked only relying on the light of a flashlight.
Crackle, prickle-
In the quiet forest, only the cries of insects echoed regularly.
The eastern forest is free for general students to enter.
Of course, there are no monsters.
There is no tension whatsoever.
rather sad
If there was someone walking next to me, it would be less of an enemy.
Is that what you think?
I feel like something is following me.
So I looked back several times, but there was nothing.
‘It must not be a ghost.’
There are actually ghosts in this world.
With mana, anyone can see ghosts.
Of course I can’t see it, because my mana is zero.
gulp, gulp.
After walking for about an hour as before, I drank water.
There is still plenty of water left.
When you go anywhere in this world, the most important thing is drinking water.
So I brought a lot, and I think it will be enough until I go back tomorrow.
Maybe because my tenacity went up by 1 yesterday, my body seems to be spreading less.
“Uh-huh, uh-huh.”
After a 10-minute break, I stretched out and started walking again.
The current time is 2 am.
I got off the circular wagon at 6pm, so I walked for about 8 hours.
Now it’s time to come out…
With that thought in mind, I found a sign while illuminating the front with a flashlight.
proof that everything has come.
If you walk like this for 3 more minutes, you will find the place where the first Hidden Peace is sleeping.
The first hidden piece is not equipment such as weapons or armor, but consumables.
it’s a drug
It is a binding item that is applied when you drink it.
Tick, tick, tick.
As expected, after walking for about 3 minutes, you will see an unusually large rock.
As if to prove the traces of time, on the surface of the rock, many things like grass were gathered and entangled.
I cut off all the tangled grass with a dagger.
Then the appearance of an intact rock with several holes in it was revealed.
There are more than twenty holes drilled in the entire rock.
There were 23 barons counted in this work.
I counted them myself, but the locations are all the same, and the number is the same.
Now all you have to do is fill in three of these holes at the same time.
Whoops!
I put my finger straight into the hole.
Then the rock trembled slightly and split in half.
Inside was a small glass bottle of brown liquid.
The first hidden piece, Natural Power.
As the name suggests, if you drink this liquid, you will have power.
In other words, it increases stats.
A special effect that increases the stat increase for a certain period of time can also be used.
However, when the stat is 15 or higher, both the continuous and special effects disappear, so they are useful only at the beginning.
At the end of her sophomore year, Nike reached all stats of 15 on the spearman route.
Even if Nike takes this, it will take about a year and a half to see the effect.
It is from the third year that the destruction of the Academy, where students, instructors, and professors are dying, pick-and-pick, begins.
In other words, Nike doesn’t care if she doesn’t have natural power in the spearman route.
But it will be of great help to me, who has 7 strength and strength.
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For reference, information on Hidden Peace is not shown in this work.
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I can’t see it either
I carefully wrapped the glass bottle with a handkerchief and put it in my arms.
I will go back to my room and drink.
After taking Natural Power, you will be forced to fall asleep for 12 hours.
There are no monsters here, so it’s not dangerous, but sleeping for 12 hours in a dark and damp forest is the norm.
Now that we’ve secured the Hidden Peace, let’s close our eyes for a moment and get out of the forest.
I immediately set up camp.
He picked up branches scattered all over the place and made a fire.
My body warmed up quickly.
I also brought a thick down jacket and blanket for fear of being cold, but I don’t think a blanket is needed.
After putting on my jacket, I sat down and leaned my back against a large tree.
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Falling asleep quickly
Well, I took a little break in the middle, but it was because I walked for over 8 hours.
I’m trying to sleep like that
Russack, rustle-
The sound of stepping on leaves was heard nearby.
I held the bare dagger around my waist with one hand, and with the other hand I lit a flashlight where the sound was coming from.
“…
There was a girl with long silver hair who looked like me.
“·············· Aisha. What happened so far?”
I lowered the flashlight and looked at Aisha.
Without making eye contact with me, she spoke naturally.
“Ah… I had nothing to do over the weekend, so I followed. Isn’t it natural for a child of a step-family to help the deficit of the immediate family?”
······There would be no such setting.
Without a word, I looked at Aisha tiredly.
Again, it was a lie.
Aisha’s physical condition was honest.
His silver hair, which had been calm and shiny just a few hours ago, is scattered here and there, and his neat uniforms are stained here and there.
Above all, lips.
Lips that looked soft and moist were cracked like hard ground after the rain.
It’s a sign that you haven’t been drinking enough water.
“under.”
He let out a low sigh.
She flinched, averted her eyes from me, and bowed her head.
As if waiting for disposition.
“·················ogue.”
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Frankly, I was angry.
In a way, I was forced to be stalked.
I said, looking at the bonfire.
“Aisha.”
“······yes.”
Aisha’s voice was trembling.
“Sit down.”
After a moment of silence, Aisha countered.
“······Yes Yes?”
“Sit down. Don’t make me say it twice.”
Aisha crawled and sat down where she was standing.
······ Of course you should come and sit near the bonfire.
The night air in the forest is chilly.
If it stays like that, no matter how strong the physical abilities are, even a student of the Department of Heroes can get sick.
I guess I really don’t like it.
Are you so upset that your meal offer was turned down?
“I was told to come and sit near the bonfire.”
“Ah yes… yes!”
Aisha crawled over and sat down near the bonfire.
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Flashing flames light up her face.
The ball appears to be quite thin.
Her dry lips were also dry.
I looked at Aisha for a moment and said.
“I didn’t prepare anything to help.”
Aisha’s face visibly reddened.
“···························“I am wrong with-”
“Drink.”
I handed her a bucket of water.
“······to?”
Aisha blinked and looked at my face and my hand holding the water bottle.
“My arm hurts.”
“Ah, yes, yes!”
Aisha hastily received the water bottle.
And then.
gulp, gulp, gulp, gulp—
How thirsty he was, he inhaled with his mouth on the other person’s water bottle without courtesy.
After drinking water for a long time, she let out a pu-ha-aah and opened her mouth from the water bottle.
“Go, thank you, Te, Theo.”
Aisha returned the water bottle to me.
·········.
After that, there was silence for a while.
What broke the silence,
rumbling-
It was the sound of Aisha’s stomach.
With her eyes wide open, she gibbered.
“ah! This, this, this! It’s no different, that, that…”
She couldn’t blush, like a strawberry.
······· In this work, Aisha is a rational strategist who always smiles and moves the people around her according to her intentions.
However, her bewildered appearance was very different from the character Eisha Balderk in my head.
How could such a young girl kill me?
this is true
Hearing her gibberish, I pulled out a frying pan and food from my bag.
“Wait while you eat this.”
I handed Aisha a biscuit and baked sausage and bread.
* * *
[It’s a family thing.]
Aisha did not forget what Theo had said.
It was an excuse, but it was strange that he even mentioned the authority of the family.
Clearly there is something
I don’t know what’s going on, but her intuition said.
I need to figure it out quickly.
After Theo left the classroom, Aisha immediately followed.
And I rode the same circle wagon.
Carefully, we got off after going one more stop from where Theo got off.
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Fortunately, there were traces of him, such as footprints.
It is said to be one stop away, but it is a 20-minute walk.
At the same time, trying to trace the traces, the speed did not come out as expected.
······ At this rate, you will miss.
Aisha raised her mana to strengthen her eyes and legs, and then ran.
However, her physical strength was still immature.
Mana wasted was much more than mana was utilized.
Mana decreased rapidly.
But she followed Theo without taking off her body strengthening.
‘Where the hell are you going…’
A few hours later, Aisha was out of mana.
It looked like he was about to fall, but he managed to hold on with his mental strength and opened his eyes not to miss his trace.
However, there was a limit that could not be overcome even with mental strength.
They followed me straight away, so I didn’t even have water or food.
I’m thirsty, I’m hungry, and my body is shaking from exhaustion.
It’s not strange to pass out right now.
There was no speed.
Suddenly, Theo disappeared from sight.
‘Yeah, just a little… Let’s rest for a while and then follow again. The footprints will remain.’
With that in mind, Aisha leaned against a large tree and closed her eyes.
Then Theo found out.
What I asked to close my eyes for a moment, I fell into a deep sleep.
When Theo lights himself up with a flashlight, he says, ‘It’s over… It’s ruined.’
could not be judged rationally.
I just mumbled whatever came out of my mouth.
…but Theo did not reproach himself.
Rather, he took care of himself.
His tone was stiff as usual, but he was very kind.
He was full, and the warm fire made him drowsy.
‘Ahhh······. good night.’
Aisha’s taste is as high-end as Theo’s.
Instead of having lunch at the student cafeteria, he eats a high-quality lunch box made by his attendant, and for dinner at the restaurant.
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For Aisha, delicious food was a great source of vitality in her life.
The sausages and bread Theo baked were tastier and warmer than any food I had ever eaten.
I almost shed tears while eating.
glimmer.
Aisha turned her head slightly to look at Theo.
He was cleaning the frying pan with leaves.
“Ah, I, I will!”
“No, it’s done. rest.”
He glanced at her for a moment, then wiped the frying pan again.
‘Was he someone who knew how to do such a thing?’
Thinking about this and that, I glanced at Theo.
He pulled something out of his backpack and handed it to him.
“Take it.”
it was a blanket
“······thanks. Theo…”
“I’m going to sleep. Good night.”
Having said that, Theo leaned his back against the tree and closed his eyes.
sassy, sassy—
He fell asleep quickly.
A regular breathing sound is heard.
Aisha looked down at Theo’s sleeping face.
He is a distant relative who resembles himself a lot, but it is safe to say that he is someone else.
Hundreds of years have passed since her family was separated from the direct line.
Theowa was only mixed with a few drops of blood.
Aisha hugged the blanket.
I could smell his scent.
“…you sleep well too.”