chapter 4
4 – transaction(1)
There are several places with unknown uses in Arena Academy.
The most famous of these is the place named ‘Infinite Labyrinth’.
A wall of huge bushes growing away from all the facilities of the academy.
This bush maintains a fresh green color regardless of the season and produces pure white flowers that do not wilt.
However, if you are enticed by the beautiful flowers and set foot inside, you will be in great trouble.
“Okay… … .”
The girl sniffed, squatting on the ground with her back to a huge bush.
The girl raised her wrist with a smart watch. The battery is intermittently
It’s a product that can catch radio waves even inside cracks, but for some reason, an out-of-area sign appears on the screen.
The girl cursed at her past self who had been laughing hahahaha two hours ago.
-It’s really wide.
―This is where we will be going from next month.
-Did you see the dormitory? It was only the living room of our house.
girl. Kang Han-na awakened her abilities at the age of 15 and graduated with excellent grades from a special high school for awakened people. And I took the exam and passed the Arena Academy here.
She came on a field trip to look around the academy where she will be living from next month with her classmates who passed, and the tour itself was extremely satisfying.
Except for the fact that someone started talking strangely while the only thing left was to return home.
―You know it’s an infinite maze, right?
-What is it. Myrondee, why is it infinite? Has the kid you made changed?
-What did you say. It’s not like that, my sister heard from a friend who goes here… … .
infinite labyrinth.
A mysterious place that exists in Arena Academy.
There is a rumor that there is a huge artifact stored at the end of the academy like a legend among academy graduates and current students.
The labyrinth was given the name ‘infinite’ because even famous graduates couldn’t see the end of the maze.
Even such graduates have not seen the end, but can we see them as just entering the school?
Of course you are right to think so. However, the thoughts of the girls in their prime were a little different.
perhaps… … ?
Among well-known Awakeners, stories often follow that they became stronger or obtained special equipment through ‘giyeon’.
And most of the awakened people wanted to be the protagonists of such a chance.
These girls also belonged to that category.
“I am crazy… … great.”
Kang Han-na sniffled the runny nose as the wind pierced her bones.
Obviously, even when I entered the maze, I was with my friends. But one step, two steps. It was exactly when I took three steps.
I didn’t even blink, but the friend who was walking in front of me had disappeared. So did the friends who followed.
That alone was already embarrassing.
However, the maze showed no mercy to the intruders.
Scattered magic power.
sealed ability.
Kang Han Na, an awakened person, went back to being a normal person after 5 years.
The first thing she did when she woke up from the cold she hadn’t felt in a long time was to go back the way she came.
only three steps.
A street that is embarrassing to even write the expression “going back.”
However, I took 10 or 20 steps, but I couldn’t see the entrance I came in. The next action Kang Han-na took was to climb up the bushes.
Even though her magical powers were gone, she did not neglect to train her basic physical strength and climbed up without difficulty holding on to the bushes.
Climbed, climbed and climbed again. So her feet touched the ground.
I must have reached the top of the high bush, but when I came to my senses, she was down to the ground.
The last method she chose as her stamina gradually began to decline.
breaking through the maze.
But after walking for about an hour, she sat down on the floor. And I realized
‘Ah, that’s fucked up.’
I tried to remove the white flowers to indicate whether they were circling the same spot, but I couldn’t remove a single petal, let alone a single flower, or even a single leaf from the bush.
There, Kang Han Na, a girl who was drunk in a dream, returned as Kang Han Na, an awakened person.
Waking up from a sweet dream, she immediately faced reality.
The fact that there is no way he could break through a place where even great graduates couldn’t break through, which is a sin to compare himself with.
Kang Han Na had no intention of becoming a donkey chasing a carrot hanging from above.
Fortunately, this maze is said to send people inside in time for the sunrise the next day.
Until then, conserve your stamina as much as possible and hold on.
This was the reason why Kang Han Na was sitting on the floor.
“Okay… … .”
It was while she was staring blankly at the screen of the smittwatch that was gradually shrinking.
Swoop-
Kang Han Na raised her head at the sudden shadow.
Untidy, messy black hair.
Sharp jawline and sharp nose.
Her shoulders and chest were so wide that the coat on her body was taut.
long legs.
‘I want to take it off… … .’
A man who suddenly appeared.
Originally, it was right to be surprised and wary of the other person at the same time, but Kang Han-na, who looked up at the man, was filled with thoughts of wanting to take off the glasses covering his face.
Just as Kang Han Na was looking up at the man, the man was also looking down at Kang Han Na.
The first to speak was the man.
“I am strong.”
“… … !!”
Kang Han Na, who was distracted by the man’s face, came to her senses, startled by the profound voice that would melt her ears.
thud-! thud-! thud-!
As soon as I came to my senses, my heart started beating like crazy.
Kang Han Na cleared her throat and carefully separated her lips.
“I-know me… Yo?”
“nameplate.”
With a short answer, the man pointed at Kang Han-na’s chest with a thick but long finger.
Kang Han-na’s head naturally followed the man’s fingers and bowed down.
“ah… … .”
She was able to find a temporary student ID hanging around her neck.
Kang Han-na’s face turned red like a volcano about to explode.
‘Crazy bitch!! What do you know!!’
She couldn’t lift her lowered head, biting herself inwardly. It was too embarrassing to see the man’s face again.
A man’s clenched hand entered her eyes.
To be precise, the black ring wrapped around that finger.
“Professor… Are you?”
The man did not answer her question. Instead, he held out his hand towards her.
Kang Han-na blinked blankly as she looked at her outstretched hand.
‘money… … You’re not asking for it, are you?’
I read in the community that there are more people who commit eccentricities when there are outstanding professors.
“Are you not going out?”
“… … ah!!”
The man’s voice melted Kang Han-na’s ears and at the same time erased the obsessive delusion.
“That, sir, excuse me… .”
Kang Han Na carefully held the man’s hand, worried that her heartbeat might be transmitted through her hand.
The man’s hand was large and warm.
‘I must be crazy!!’
Practices held quarterly. It is very common for protective gear worn during the process to be torn and damaged. Of course, being exposed to the opposite sex is also common.
However, in a situation where one’s life is at stake, is there anything to turn a blind eye to? As a result, Awakeners, male or female, were indifferent to seeing the body of the opposite sex.
Kang Han Na also thought that way until she held the man’s hand. And he realizes that he has been greatly mistaken.
“Wake up.”
“Ah, yes, four!!”
Kang Han-na had always known that she was sitting on the floor, but when she heard the man’s words, she quickly got up and brushed her butt.
‘Wow… … .’
I stood with both feet on the floor. That’s why Kang Han Na was able to feel how tall the man was.
With a height of 175, she was one of the tallest among women and could only close her chest.
“Goes.”
“Yes, yes… … .”
Kang Han Na held the man’s hand tightly and followed him, feeling as if she had returned to being a child.
**
“Go, thank you.”
With the help of a man, Kang Han-na was able to get out of the infinite maze before the smart watch turned off.
“there… That, I’m really sorry… … .”
Kang Han-na raised her head after expressing her gratitude, wiggled her fingers, and struggled to open her mouth.
“There are some of my friends inside… … .”
“Who forced them in?”
“Yes? Oh no! we just… … .”
“With choice comes responsibility.”
“… … .”
Kang Han Na closed her mouth and nodded timidly.
‘Then why do I… … .’
When I had such a thought, the man said.
“Do you know which direction to go to the street of light?”
“Yes? Ah, yes, ah, I know… ?”
street of light.
It was a name referring to the area where the temples were gathered.
“Which one?”
“Uh, that… … .”
A thought flashed through Kang Han-na’s head as she tried to give her directions.
“I will guide you.”
I wondered what to do if I refused, but luckily the man accepted the favor with a single nod.
“Come this way… … .”
The classmates trapped in the maze in Kang Han-na’s head were erased from her mind the moment the man refused help.
instead.
“Gyo, what’s your professor’s name?”
“Which subject do you teach?”
“Did the professor come in to challenge the maze too?”
In order to know even a little bit about the man, he constantly worked up the courage to chatter. But.
“You can apply for freshman year—”
“noisy.”
“… … yes.”
The man didn’t even answer a single question.
Kang Han Na did not utter a single word until she reached the street of light.
“This is the light… … .”
“Good work.”
As if he had nothing to see anymore, the man passed by Kang Han-na and quickly walked away.
She looked at the man’s back, which was getting smaller and smaller, and muttered softly.
“… … Did you have a black ring?”
**
‘Is it Kang Han Na in her student days… … .’
The character’s face, which I have always encountered through writing, was still a girlish face, but it was not very different from what I had imagined.
Also, the street you are walking on right now.
A street lined with temples of different sizes and decorations.
I moved to the largest and most splendid temple there.
There was no one standing in the way.
If you make a fuss in the temple, you will receive a divine punishment, so there is no reason to keep it.
Instead, a woman who had been praying near the entrance approached.
Waist-length blonde hair, blue eyes.
Features that create a cool atmosphere overall.
A pure white priest’s uniform without a single speck of dust on it.
‘Clerbin Asen.’
“What business did you visit?”
The priestess, whose voice felt cool, asked me.
“A private prayer room.”
“… … Come this way.”
It was a very brief moment, but the priest shook his shoulder at the same time as I parted my lips.
She took me upstairs. Then he pointed to the wide hallway and said.
“You can freely use any of the rooms without a signpost. then.”
The priest went down quietly, leaving only a greeting.
‘I don’t have the slightest suspicion that it will cause trouble.’
Actually, I don’t think so. However, in the near future, a lot of blood will be shed because of this blind faith.
‘It’s none of my business.’
I went into the nearest empty room.
One hanger, one cushioned chair. Lastly, there is a prayer room where a stone statue of a beautiful child, hard to tell whether it is a boy or a girl, is placed.
I wasn’t going to be there for long, and I wasn’t here to pray, so I sat down on the chair with my buttocks on without taking off my coat. Then, he took his smartphone out of his pocket and stood in front of the stone statue, taking off his glasses.
woo woo woo-
From the eyes that had not yet recovered, the strong will of nothingness that hated God flowed out and began to surround the stone statue.
Wow-!!
The moment a small solid line was formed on the stone statue of a child.
beep-
The smartphone placed in front of the statue cried loudly, and the dark screen turned on.
【 (ᗒᗣᗕ)՞ What kind of behavior is this all of a sudden!!】
[ (ᗒᗣᗕ)՞ What kind of behavior is this all of a sudden!!]
Sentences that match perfectly in memory.
I put my glasses back on.
[ (⇀‸↼‶) Rude person!!]
It cries loudly, and messages that are not the same come and go in a mess.
A frivolous and light-hearted tone. However, he is the owner of this huge temple and the greatest among many gods.
‘You Hee Shin Vuir.’
An oddball who is the only one who has the ability to find a girl at this point in time, and who does not oppose her even after the girl awakens to her god-killing powers.
[(。ŏ_ŏ) Hey, tell me something.]
I said to the geek.
“I have come to make a deal.”