After breakfast with those strange gazes, we started moving again.After all, we were already behind the scheduled arrival, and it would be problematic to be delayed too much for Euan and his business.Just like yesterday, today too, Hannah invited me to travel with them, and I didn’t refuse her either.But since we woke up pretty late today, Shauna and I couldn’t train.Aside from the strange atmosphere in the truck, everything seems pretty normal.From the looks of it, Euan wants to say me but can’t put them in words since he is looking at me from time to time.It seems like he was a bit worried about possible repercussions I might face in the future, and his daughter may be involved in them as well.Well, it is not like I haven’t thought anything about that.In the first place, nobody will take action just for some sort of kids getting beaten.Normally speaking, this world has technological advances, but this is not because this world is developed in the scientific field.No, it is
After all those discussions about the world and how I should view humans etc., we kept traveling.And it was pretty much uneventful travel for the group. Until the evening, we traveled for quite a distance while stopping only for lunch.In the daytime, we have already traveled deep enough into Republic, so I think we won’t be attacked by any of the bandits anymore.It is acceptable that there were bandits out there on the border side of the country, but I don’t think the officials would stay idle if all those bandits were to operate in the middle of the country, although they can ignore a bit if they are operating on the rear side.And it seems like I am not the only one who thought like that.Pretty much all the tension in the group from the events of yesterday vanished, and everyone started to return to their usual selves.With that, the convoy’s atmosphere is also improved, and it feels less boring with all those cheerful people around.In the evening, we dined with everyone togeth
With that, I kept scrolling through the news until I heard the girls calling me.It seemed like they finally managed to finish their girly talk and remembered me as well.“Hey, Darius, come here for a bit.”Shauna called me over.It seems like they want to ask my opinion on something.When I got there, they showed me a picture of a familiar person.Yes, I am saying familiar because this guy was a character in the game, a pretty important one at that.“What do you think? Does he look handsome or not?”Hannah asked me while others were also expecting my answer.I must admit he is a very handsome person.This guy, Frederic Hael, is the main rival of Percy in the game.He was a very talented person, but his family was a bit weird. He grew up thinking that he should be the best at everything, and since he was a very talented person, he was really the best in his childhood, and everybody knew him as a genius.However, things changed when Percy joined the academy. Since Gungnir chose Percy a
Today was the last day of the travel, and we were expecting to reach Millennium City in the evening time.And, I must say I am glad that I have traveled with this convoy.Training with Shauna is very efficient, which is the reason I am progressing with my way in archery.And at the same time, I think I figured out the identity of this mysterious Katie.Yes, I am pretty sure the name Katie is also a synonym, and she is hiding her identity.I made this assumption from my observations of her behavior, how she reacts a bit late when we call her Katie, or sometimes she tries to avoid the topics related to her past, or some of the stories she was telling also have a lot of loopholes, which means she is making them up.There are other reasons as well, but they are not that important right now.Since today was the last day of traveling, Shauna and I decided to start the training earlier and make the best out of it.So right now, at 3.30 am, I am walking to the training spot we decided to.Not
While I was inspecting the status window and thinking about the changes in it, I suddenly heard a knocking sound out of my tent.It seems like someone is here, and it shouldn’t be Shauna since we decided to keep our distance not to make anyone suspicious about our relationship.So, it is either Katie or Hannah, but I don’t think Hannah is awake right now.So that means the person should be Katie.And as I expected from this, it was Katie.“Hey, Darius. Can I have a talk with you?”She asked directly without beating around the bush.“Okay, wait for me for a bit. I will get ready.”I said that since we had just finished our training, she must also know I was taking a shower.With that, I finished cleaning myself and opened the door of my tent.“Come inside; let’s talk here.”I said and invited her to my tent since the topic she would talk about must be private because she didn’t choose to say it in the truck.“Then, pardon my intrusion.”She said and went inside.After that, we both sat
With that dialogue, I pretty much managed to strike a deal with the villainess.You need to know that, even though she was a villainess in the game, she was one of the characters that I could relate with at that time, and she and I are very compatible types of people in case of our professions.Know that since I am a ranger, I need to have good tools at my disposal, and she is one of the best engineers you can find out there.In the game, she somehow got contact with Gorsaeth and became his disciple of him.Later in the game, she became the weapon supplier of the evil society to have her revenge, and she was damn good at that.And since in my past life, I have been an engineer, and even though I was just a second-year student, I still have considerable knowledge of engineering.She probably got to know Gorsaeth while he was running away from the gang at that time.However, since I dealt with the thing about Gorsaeth, I don’t think she will be able to encounter him naturally anymore.I
After I got the deal with Euan, the travel was pretty much the same as other days, except for everyone’s enthusiasm to end this travel soon.Because everyone is bored of sleeping in the tents and being stuck in the same truck for the whole day, I can see the happy expressions on everyone’s faces.While I was writing my novel, Hannah suddenly sat near me and put her head on my shoulder.Normally speaking, I wouldn’t let someone just simply intrude into my personal space like that, but since it is Hannah, I don’t mind.“Tired of talking?”I said since it looked like she was dead tired and sleepy.“I couldn’t sleep well last night, and all those talks made me sleepy. Is it okay if I put my head here, it feels really comfortable?”She asked while yawning for a bit.It seems she is pretty sleepy. And, well, I won’t decline her advances like this since there isn’t any loss in that for me.“Okay, you can put your head here, but don’t sleep for too long, okay? I will need to put your head in
After we reached Ohario City, we went directly to the rest since we were traveling non-stop for almost 15 hours.And neither Darius nor I am accustomed to sleeping while traveling, so I couldn’t sleep in the truck; therefore, I was pretty tired when we reached the room.Thanks to Catriona’s thoughtfulness, she let me have the first turn to shower, and with that, I went to sleep not long after to wake up with a pleasant surprise.The next morning, when I woke up, there was something different from my general lonely mornings.It was the existence of Catriona.Although I know about her quite a lot since she was a villain in the game, I don’t know much about her daily life habits or what she does in certain situations.But right now, I can observe one of them.She sleeps like a koala.Yes, like a koala.Right now, she is above my abdomen, sleeping while hugging me. Her arms are wrapped around me, and she is occasionally sniffing my body.To be honest, it feels a bit weird to see one of th
No matter where you are, listening to a lecture that you know about is always boring.Since I had already studied those things beforehand for the entrance exam, that was basically boring. However, it is still the attitude that makes the change.If you are aiming for a good future where you are improving yourself, listening to others, no matter how knowledgeable you are, is a very important thing.That was the reason why I was still trying to listen to the boring lecture even though I was on the verge of sleeping.“Now, let’s talk about affinities. Anyone who wants to explain what affinity is?”Asking the question, Miss Delfina turned her attention toward the classroom.“No one? Then, Student Darius. Can you answer?”Looking into my eyes, she asked with a curious tone.“Affinity is basically the type of mana generated by the person’s own body, which is decided from birth. It is defined as the identity of the person’s will at the time of birth, and according to the affinity, one can com
[Darius, can you come to the sparring rings? Things may get messy here.]Seeing the message coming from Hannah, I made my way toward the sparring areas in the middle of the training grounds.Since there are those that like to spar with each other, the academy made an arena in the middle of the training grounds for those who wished to do so.And those four were headed there, too, to spar with each other.With my eyes open, looking around, I made my way there.“Hey, leave me alone.”“Come on. We just want a friendly spar here.”“We don’t want to.”“Heh? Are you scared of us?”“What?”“Just as I said before, I just wanted to have a friendly meal with you. We didn’t want anything else, right guys?”“Yes, yes. We just wanted to have a chat with you. Who would have thought you would refuse us like that? We are embarrassed, you know.”“So what? It is not like we needed to accept your invitation. Don’t you understand this…. We. Don’t. Like. You and your group. Leave us alone. I don’t have muc
Waking up early in the morning, I got up from bed and grabbed a morning drink.Yesterday, seeing the training wasn’t that effective just by running around, I ordered a bunch of weighted bracelets to harden the difficulty.Since they were yet to arrive, I just ran around for a while.Today is the day when the classes will start, so some of the students have already started their training.Returning back to my room, I trained with my sword for a while and took a shower to get ready for the class.Putting my clothes on, I left the room and started walking towards the class.Since Hannah is in Class A, she has her own place to attend classes. She messaged me yesterday, saying she had made some new friends from her class.It is pretty normal, considering she is already a friendly person, but still being a commoner might bring trouble, so I will be vigilant.When I left my room, I saw a pink-haired girl waiting in front of the dorm building.‘Hmmm?’Seeing me coming, she turned her head tow
Once there was a girl that was trying her best to survive in the harsh world.She was a girl with no parents, no one to rely on, and no one to get help from.Ever since she could remember, she was always alone.Those who live in a warm house with warm meals and warm baths would not understand the difficulty of life for those who don’t have anything to rely on.Alicia Lincoln was such a girl.Abandoned at birth, trying to survive on the streets, she was always alone.It was cold. It was hard. Her head was spinning. Her vision was being lost; her stomach was empty. She was slowly dying, mixing in the crowd of yet another dead oppressed.At the age of seven, an old couple found her on the streets starving and gave her a meal and a warm place to live.However, life kept being harsh to her.That old couple later died at the hands of a disease, leaving her alone in this world again.But this time, she wanted to stay strong.She wanted to be a good person to help others, just like that old c
Of course, when the term ‘noble’ is established in a world setting, that means there will be discrimination.It is how it is.In the first place, the fact that there are different segments of statues that comes from birth itself without achieving anything is a discriminative thing.And when there is discrimination, there are bound to be some dogs who think they own everything, like they are the ones that deserve all of the good things in this world.Elitism.This is what we call those types of actions.And elitist faction.Those are the ones that think blood matters.To be honest, it is a pretty cliched setting. However, the game has it, so it is what it is.And they are the ones that I didn’t like in the game most.Because they have some sort of ego that clouds their judgment, they can’t see the bigger picture.The danger is approaching, and the continent is reaching its end of safe days. This is pretty obvious from the increased rates of higher-rank gates appearing.Then, what shoul
After getting out of the shower, I started putting on the uniform that was delivered to me just now.‘As expected, magic is convenient, huh?’‘They are using spatial manipulation for deliveries.’Thinking that I finished putting on my clothes.A blue colored jacket, underneath a shirt and pants. On my collar, there is an ornament showing I am a member of the S-class—a normal type of uniform, I can say.However, there is a catch. Being the world’s best academy, the uniform is also a good one, differing from normal clothes.It has the function of changing shapes according to the lessons, cleaning students, and, most importantly, protecting the user from a lethal attack up to the A-Rank for once.That is basically what the uniform does.Anyway, putting everything on me and doing my hair, I left the room with my elevator.Getting outside, a calm breeze passed through me again, but this time being a lot warmer.Slowly making my way to the orientation gathering, I reached a huge stadium.An
After the announcement ended, I left the hall with Hannah.Out there, Euan was waiting.“How was it?”With a smile, he looked at his daughter.“I passed.”“This is my girl.”Seeing them hugging each other like that, I decided to leave them for the time being.‘Let’s leave the father and daughter duo to themselves. Once school starts, they won’t be seeing each other for months.’Thinking that, I started walking away.“Darius, where are you going?”“I will see you later.”Waving my hands to Hannah’s question, I left the place and started walking towards my room.‘Now, what to do?’Since the time was basically around noon, there was nothing to do anyway.‘Should I train again?’Thinking that, I started looking at the newly admitted students trying to find their way to dorms.Nowadays, I feel like I am becoming more and more of a training maniac, though it is necessary for my survival.Since everyone got their watches from the academy for the entrance exam, which was the one I got after t
Three days have passed by a breath. In the first place, aside from training like a maniac and watching some stuff on the Mananet, I didn’t have anything to do.So, it is just as it should be.If you have nothing to do, if you are free, then the time will pass at a fast rate.This is how it is.And right now, here I am, waiting in my room for Hannah to call.I am pretty sure she passed the exam.But the important thing is not passing the exam.It is that with what kind of score you have passed it.This is the place where the tricky part comes.Depending on the situation, I might even need to lower my rank forcefully.We will see.“Hmm, she doesn’t seem to be calling. What should I do?”“DING!”As it were to shut me up, my watch started ringing.“Hannah.”“Darius.”“Is the exam finished?”“For me, it is.”“I see. Wanna talk?”“Yes.”“Where are you?”“I am waiting in the same place we entered.”“I am coming.”“Okay.”Just like that, I left my room.Reaching the place where we gathered fi
Survival.It is a very harsh concept for children to be tested at the age of 14.However, if you are the Millennium Academy, this is a normal thing for you since they are the ones preparing the new generation for the possible incoming wars.Giving tools for the basic requirements in the wilderness will leave the children all alone, making them feel the hardness of life.And, of course, it will also have fights among the students.One by one, everyone got out of the scene, and I was left alone with those who wouldn’t need to participate in the event.In the practical exam, the main character and those who have practical experience will destroy every other person. It is inevitable since this is basically how this world works in the first place.Slowly making my way to the entrance, an instructor came beside me.“Hello. Are you the student Darius Nightborne?”“Yes.”“Firstly, I congratulate you on your admission to the academy.”“Thank you.”“We will conduct an academy tour. Please join