How to get on the protagonist’s flower path

Chapter 49 - How to Adapt to a New Environment (11)



I felt my mind going completely blank. My eyes quickly scanned the arena.

In the sky inside the barrier, I saw places where the space was distorted. And there were more than one or two.

‘Protruding Gate!’

The protruding gate was expanding uncontrollably.

The monsters appeared from the protruding gate toward the arena and the audience section.

The barrier, which was activated to separate the audience from the arena, prevented us from escaping outside.

The teachers and various hunters in the audience were trying to respond urgently, but there were too many people.

The trickster looked flustered, his eyes wavering.

“First, let’s deal with the monsters inside the arena!”

He shouted with great effort, and the children around him immediately rushed out.

Nayuri and Lee Hana shot flames and ice, and Choi Sujeong’s wind cut through the monsters.

Fortunately, the monsters inside the arena were weak. There were just many of them.

The problem was the monsters on the audience side.

Even though the veteran hunters in the audience were continuously eliminating the monsters, more monsters kept popping up endlessly.

There were too many monsters, and they were too close to the people. The hunters couldn’t protect everyone.

Knowing this well, the monsters trampled the audience, devoured them, and melted them whole.

In that chaos, people ran away in a frenzy, not knowing where to go. But soon they were blocked by the barrier.

Bang-!

Someone struck the barrier and looked at us desperately, only to have their upper body blown away by a monster’s attack.

I felt like I was going to throw up.

People were getting tangled up.

People were dying.

The hunters couldn’t save them.

Screams echoed.

Blood splattered. Just like that time.

Do I have to watch people die again from a safe place?

“Nahyan?”

No, no, no…

It can’t be!

“Pull yourself together, Nahyan!”

I think someone called my name.

At that moment, a monster charged at us with its jaws wide open from the side.

Ah, the monster.

That’s right. There were monsters here too…

The monster that was about to devour us was frozen solid by Lee Hana’s ice attack.

It’s okay. I’m okay.

Just like that time.

But how can I save those people?

My mind was spinning. Can I really do nothing? Really?

In that moment, a flash of realization crossed my mind.

I can do it.

That’s right. I have the ability to create miracles!

With trembling hands, I opened the meta system window.

Please, please, please!

I shouted.

“The gate and monsters that appeared in the audience disappear, and the people are unharmed!”

[The gate and monsters that appeared in the audience disappear, and the people are unharmed!] [10000 points] [Would you like to purchase?] “Execute it immediately!”

“Nahyan! Pull yourself together!”

Ah, did I say that out loud?

I don’t care about that. What matters more is that this must never happen again, that’s all!

And a miracle happened.

Finally, a miracle happened.

The moment I felt something immense draining from me, everything vanished.

Literally, all the tragedies that had occurred outside the audience vanished.

Like stitching up a burst wound, the gate disappeared. The distortion of space gradually faded.

The monsters turned to dust.

As if the tragedies they created had never happened. As if they themselves who caused the tragedies had never existed.

The blood and corpses of the people disappeared. Like rewinding time, the red blood that had covered the arena returned to its owner’s body.

Thus, people regained their breath and came back to life.

Coughing sounds and dazed expressions filled the air.

Just as I finally relaxed and was about to sit down—

“I see. You are the ‘Irregular’ that the Black Scale spoke of.”

I heard someone’s voice behind me.

At that moment, I instinctively turned to respond to the familiar voice, but he covered my eyes. I felt a force striking the back of my neck as I tried to react.

Strength drained from my body.

No, I can’t fall asleep now…

For a moment, I thought about that, and then my vision went dark.

***

When I opened my eyes again, I was in an unfamiliar room.

I had been in the arena just a moment ago; why was I lying in bed?

It seems this has been happening frequently lately. I quickly sat up from the soft yet unidentifiable bed.

“Are you awake? How’s your body? Are you okay?”

Toto was sitting in a chair, helping me up.

My head hurt.

“Sponsor, where is this—”

“Torniito.”

Toto suddenly said one word.

“That’s my name. From now on, call me by my name.”

“Uh…? Yes.”

I nodded, dumbfounded. I had no idea what was going on.

Toto, or rather Torniito, quietly turned around and poured me a glass of water. After I drank it and gradually regained my composure, he finally spoke.

“First, your unidentified power that you were hiding caused the gate in the audience to disappear. Do you remember that?”

“Yes…”

I remembered everything, even screaming in a frenzy…

I internally cursed my past self for acting like a fool. What was I thinking!

“Because I didn’t know you had that kind of power, we were planning to take appropriate measures. But then strange humans suddenly tried to forcibly capture you.”

“Strange… humans?”

“Yes. Humans. So I temporarily evacuated you…”

“Oh, thank you.”

Torniito nodded silently.

After a moment of silence, he spoke again.

“And to protect you from those dangerous humans, we decided to keep you here for a while.”

“Here?”

“Yes. I’ve reached an agreement with the orphanage teacher.”

Then there’s nothing to worry about. The teacher must have taken care of everything related to the school.

“I see… um…”

“…I’m sorry.”

“It’s okay! You’re trying to protect me! I’m a bit disappointed we couldn’t have the celebration party together, though!”

When I smiled brightly, Torniito showed a moment of a complex expression.

The emotion emanating from his face resembled… guilt.

What is it?

After a brief silence, Torniito gently patted my head with his large hand. I smiled unconsciously, feeling happy.

“…If there’s anything uncomfortable, let me know anytime.”

“Yes. Thank you!”

“Make sure to rest well.”

“Yes!”

After seeing off Torniito, I lay back down and stared blankly at the ceiling.

What was I thinking when I shouted out the meta system commands?

I had decided to be calmer. What was I thinking to make such a mistake?

Thinking back to the situation at that time, luckily there were only our party members nearby to hear me, but… it must have looked really strange.

How should I explain this? My head throbbed again.

I don’t know. Since it has come to this, I’ll eavesdrop on the trickster’s reaction and tally up the overdue appearance part and reader reactions.

Anyway, I opened the appearance part for the first time in a while.

…I’m scared to see it. I can’t even imagine how messy it became because of my ruckus.

I flipped through the chapters of the battle tournament and began watching from the point when the gate appeared.

[Chapter 43 Appearance Part] 085 At that time,

Bang-!

The sound of the barrier set up for safety being activated echoed as a monster appeared.

The monsters appeared from the protruding gates toward both the arena and the audience.

Is it a pincer attack…!?

The barrier that operated to separate the audience from the arena prevented us from escaping outside.

I gritted my teeth. Damn it, who would do such a thing!

Just as I turned to give orders—

“Nahyan?”

Nahyan was trembling.

“Pull yourself together, Nahyan!”

Something was off.

“The gate and monsters that appeared in the audience disappear, and the people are unharmed!”

Nahyan screamed as if to shout.

“Execute it immediately!”

What’s going on?

I felt like I had to stop this.

“Nahyan! Pull yourself together!”

Just as I thought that—

—a miracle happened.

The monsters outside the audience, the gates, and the lives that were disappearing returned as if it were all a dream.

As I stared blankly at the scene—

“I see. You are the ‘Irregular’ that the Black Scale spoke of.”

I heard a familiar voice. Turning my head, I saw the cloaked figure that had intruded during the midterms.

However, the moment I turned around, he picked Nahyan up and vanished in an instant.

“…!”

Damn it…!

I wanted to chase right away, but that wasn’t the situation. There were still remaining monsters.

I gritted my teeth and issued commands to eliminate the monsters inside the arena.

It took us several hours to finally exit the arena.

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What the heck? Who is Kang Nahyan???

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What’s with this sudden turn of events;

…What? The situation is completely different from what Torniito explained.

I felt a huge sense of unease.

Because the ‘appearance part’ never lies. It cannot show me falsehoods due to its nature.

Then, could it be…

Was Torniito the one who lied?


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