NOVEL NEXT chapter 72
72 – Episode 67: There are people in the flask! – 2
“… … I will turn, really.”
There is nothing in sight.
It seems that each of them has been moved to a separate place.
Only my voice echoed weakly in the empty space.
This must be the ordeal the skeleton kid talked about.
He grabbed his head and took a deep breath.
While lamenting like that, I started to hear Richie’s voice from somewhere.
“Now, from now on, you will be tried.”
What’s so fun about it, the voice that actually splits.
I couldn’t stand the screaming voice and aggressively asked Richie.
“What is that ordeal? Don’t drag it out, just start quickly.”
It’s not like playing with people.
In the first place, they threw us here for a nonsensical reason.
Perhaps they too will be tried.
I don’t know what it is, but I’ll break through somehow.
“Now, this guy is full of confidence. great. Let’s go straight in without delay.”
Richie continued with a slightly embarrassed voice.
“The trials that will be given to you… That is, facing the terrible events I experienced.”
“What happened to you… ?”
“Yes, even now, thousands of years later, when I recall that memory, every bone in my body hurts… .”
Richie’s voice trembled.
“I don’t know how far you guys can solve it, but try as much as you can.”
Richie’s ridiculed words came to an end, and my vision darkened little by little.
what a difficult ordeal
Anxiety came ahead. It’s definitely not going to be a simple ordeal given that Skeleton’s twisted personality.
Along with the feeling of uneasiness, my vision began to brighten again.
* * *
The eyes light up.
A garden appeared in the brightened field of vision.
“Where are you… .”
Turning around, a huge building appeared.
Students in school uniforms passed by me, chatting harmoniously with each other.
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Judging from the scenery, this must be a school.
A strange window popped up in front of me.
[You have entered into the memory of the past. ]
[ – Overcome the ordeal. – ]
This is the Rich’s past.
In other words, it seems to be a landscape from when he was still a human.
Why are you giving me a hard time here?
“No, what was that ordeal in the first place… .”
What should I tell you to start with?
I sighed at the extremely unkind explanation.
Then an arrow appeared in his field of vision.
It seems to be pointing somewhere.
He’s also strangely kind at this point… .
There was no choice but to go.
I just moved in that direction.
The arrow was pointing inside the building.
Climb the stairs, walk a little, and see a door.
Seeing that the arrow disappeared, I guess this is the right place.
Turning the doorknob and opening the door, a large lecture hall appeared inside.
It seemed that class had already started.
Everyone’s eyes were focused on me for an instant.
After bowing his head toward the professor, he hurriedly went inside and sat down in an empty seat.
Everyone kept glancing at me.
“Hmmm, then let’s start again. In order to understand the basics of creative magic… … … .”
The gray-haired professor started his lecture at the blackboard.
Surely, listening to this lecture is not an ordeal, and I don’t know what an ordeal is.
While I was contemplating for a long time to infer the contents of the ordeal, the professor spoke to the students again.
“Now then, let’s begin the evaluation of the group assignment for magic arts given last time. Let’s start with the first group.”
Group assignment… ?
No, I don’t even know the contents, but what kind of announcement should I make?
However, once you meet with the same team members and do something, the ordeal will not be affected.
“Hey, skeleton kid. Hey, are you listening? I need to know who my crew is. what are you going to do… !”
I spoke in a quiet whisper.
I’m sure Rich is watching the situation, so if you ask me a few questions, he’ll answer.
As expected, letters began to appear in my field of vision.
[ no… … . ]
what kind of bullshit is that
“What bullshit is that? It’s a group assignment, but how can there be no groups?”
I was taken aback, and after a while, a long message began to appear again.
[No, it’s not that I didn’t have friends, what should I say… That’s right, I missed the timing and couldn’t make the group. Oh, if only the timing was right… … … . ]
Oh, I get it roughly.
What to overcome in this ordeal.
“Let me ask you one more question. Hopefully, the content of this ordeal will change your gloomy school life! … Wouldn’t that be the same thing?”
There was no answer from Richie for a long time.
“No, really? You crazy bastard! Why do I have to relieve you of the grievance you didn’t have in school!”
It was absurd.
No, what the f*ck, there are all these bastards.
It’s the first time I’ve ever seen such an absurd ordeal.
[Yeah, what can I do? it’s my heart If you twist it, do you think it’s transcendence? Overcome the ordeal calmly. No more help now. figure it out yourself ]
After sending a sharp message, Rich didn’t send any more messages.
Oh, you stupid skeleton kid.
Seeing that even Joe couldn’t make it, it’s obvious that he has no friends or even acquaintances.
“yes… Is student Kang Joo-hyeok here?”
“Ah yes! Here you are.”
“Why aren’t you presenting?”
“uh… I couldn’t find Joe… .”
The professor took one look at me and tilted his head.
“Well, you don’t have Joe… ? uh, yes… This time, submit it as a personal report. Please sit down.”
I sat down without a word.
Then I thought. What can I do to brighten up this guy’s school life?
I’m not proud of it, but I had quite a few friends when I was in college.
If you use that experience, you will be able to solve this ordeal well.
Think back to when I was in college.
“… But no matter how much I think about it, I haven’t done anything special.”
I don’t know why, but even if I was just sitting still, people would come to me first. I’ve never experienced a situation like this before.
After thinking about it for a long time, the class was over.
It’s time for a break.
To get out of here, you have to make friends with this guy.
Then, someone spoke up.
“Um, by any chance you don’t have Joe yet… .”
I turned around and saw a female student standing there.
I was puzzled by the way she looked at me with a rosy face.
“Yes… I don’t have Joe… .”
“Then come join our group! Mr. Joo Hyuk! We’ll get points together for the next presentation.”
No, I don’t know English.
Obviously, people approached me like this when I was in college, but I didn’t do much.
Well, if you come to me, thank you.
“really? Then let’s go in. I wish you well in the future.”
I replied with a smile.
Her face turned red as she nodded.
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After that, several days passed in this world.
People approached me one after another.
All of them who approached me kindly were kind.
As a result, I became friends with whom everyone could joke around.
I don’t know why, but this time, as always, people willingly approached me, so I was able to make friends easily.
“You know when Joo Hyuk was late. The door opened, and wow, something glowed from her face.”
“Haha, why are you suddenly flattering me like this? I don’t have that money.”
“No, I’m serious, I wonder if Mr. Joo Hyuk doesn’t have any sense… .”
When I laughed awkwardly
The world started to turn gray.
A familiar window immediately surfaced.
[ Congratulations. You have successfully overcome your ordeal! ]
What, is it over already?
When I checked the window that appeared in front of me, I felt something sad.
Soon my vision brightened, and I was able to return to reality.
* * *
“Kyung… .”
When I opened my eyes, I saw Misha running towards me with a worried look. Holding Misha in my arms, I walked toward Richie in front of me.
I didn’t understand so I asked.
“Hey, is this the end? Something fresh… .”
“This is not… … .”
“No, what is it? You overcame the ordeal.”
Lich grabbed his skull and trembled.
“f*ck this makes sense!”
Before long, the lich shouted loudly into the air.
In a voice that seemed to be unfair, he continued.
“Don’t cheat! How did you stay still and people were just approaching you! At that time, I was sitting alone, but why didn’t you come to me! There must be something wrong with this!”
“No, I didn’t do anything… .”
“That’s the problem! Does it make any sense to overcome the ordeal with just that face without making any effort!! Because of that, after graduating, I locked myself in a small room and focused only on things like immortality magic, and ended up like this!”
The appearance of Richie who denies reality until the end.
I spoke to him as if I was pathetic.
“But did you approach people first?”
“You, on the subject you were also quiet!”
“That’s right. I approached those who did not approach first. Because each person has a different personality.”
Not everyone came to me.
Clearly, the clear condition is to be friends with everyone in the same class, not just one or two friends.
I had to be friendly with people I hadn’t approached first.
There was no other way. I have no choice but to go and talk to you first, and get to know each other little by little.
“Have you ever tried such a basic method?”
“uh… … . that is… … .”
“You weren’t just sitting around waiting for someone else to come to you first, doing nothing, right?”
I shook my head and added.
“That’s real… I can’t hear any excuses. He didn’t even make an effort to make friends.”
At my words, Rich lost his words for a moment and looked at me.
“Why why… Do you cowardly win with the truth!! And I don’t want to hear that from you! You deceiver!”
Richie covered both of his ear canals.
Then he pointed to the two flasks and said.
“And the three of us aren’t done with the ordeal yet! All four must pass the ordeal for real success. You may have succeeded the dirty way, but the rest of us will never pass the test!”
I let out a sneer.
Surely there is not one of us who will not pass through such an easy ordeal.
It was an easy mission that anyone with a normal human relationship could do. There is only a difference in time, but in the end, no one will be left out.
You cannot fail unless you are a person who has never had a social life and has no friends and is not a person who has been confined to a corner of a room.
“Oh, wait.”
Suddenly, a person popped into my mind.