First-year Class 12.
Gang Hanbyeol’s class held their morning lesson in the Training Hall that day.
“Not a single person is late.”
A square lecture room with not a single furnishing to be seen.
The instructor in charge, Su Hoguk, checked the attendance of the students gathered around him, then opened his mouth.
“We did take time to introduce ourselves on the first day of school, but I still don’t think I have a complete grasp of you yet. The same likely goes for you. You probably don’t have a deep understanding of one another either. So today, we’ll be taking time to learn about each other.”
“…”
“Of course, I don’t mean that we’ll simply be playing around and getting friendly. I can’t treat you, who entered the Academy to become Hunters, the same way I would ordinary middle school students. We’ll learn about each other in the way of Hunters.”
Having said that,
Su Hoguk took a fluorescent ball out of the box he had placed at his feet.
It was small enough to be held in one hand.
He raised the ball in his hand high so that all the students could see it.
“It looks like a softball, but this is an artifact. If I infuse it with mana, it moves according to my thoughts like this.”
Su Hoguk infused mana into the ball.
With his palm open, he supported the ball, and when he withdrew his hand, the ball did not fall under gravity but hovered in place.
Then, when he lightly waved his hand, the ball floating in the air flew about or rolled across the floor.
“By the end of today’s lesson, you need to take ownership of this ball from me. I won’t ask how. I don’t care whether you come at me alone or cooperate in groups. However, I hope you’ll attack within the bounds of common sense as Hunters.”
“Instructor, when you say take ownership…”
“I mean exactly what I said. Whether you take it physically or seize control of it, you just need to make the ball yours by any means.”
Su Hoguk withdrew the mana he had manifested and caught the ball as it fell from above his head.
As if provoking the students, he tossed the ball up and caught it again and again.
Their gazes followed the ball, gradually sharpening.
They were eyes searching for an opening.
“…”
The students’ hands each slowly moved toward their devices.
They exchanged wordless glances with the students positioned near them.
Su Hoguk grasped their movements and hung a smile on his lips.
He accepted the gazes and momentum pouring toward him without the slightest tension.
If anything, he provoked them even further.
“If there is anyone among you who manages to seize ownership from me…”
“…”
“That person will receive five bonus points on the upcoming midterm exam.”
“…!”
People charge in more fervently when there is a reward for their efforts.
The students’ momentum changed drastically.
Their eyes flashed.
Starting with someone taking a step forward, the students gripped their devices and rushed at Su Hoguk.
“Yes, come.”
Su Hoguk did not panic and accepted the situation with satisfaction.
Holding the ball in one hand and a sword in the other, he took the students into his view and lifted the corners of his mouth.
Before long, he and they clashed.
Gang Hanbyeol was among them.
‘Instructor must be strong, so I’ll go all out from the start.’
There was no need to hold back.
Blending in among the students and taking his stance, Gang Hanbyeol swung his sword in one breath.
Moonlight
It was training he had often done in the mountains.
Having run all over Mount Taebaek as his stage, having had to take objects from Seo Jeongjin, Gang Hanbyeol was well versed in this much.
Compared to back then, taking a ball in a confined space was not difficult.
The moment he swung his sword, he was certain he had caught Su Hoguk off guard.
However, the man who bore the epithet Punishment Sword was no easy opponent.
“Even if you hadn’t, I wanted to check your skills most of all.”
“…!”
Su Hoguk’s and Gang Hanbyeol’s eyes met.
Immediately after, as if neither could be said to have moved first, they both kicked off the ground.
Their swords collided, scraping against each other, and sparks flew in the aftermath.
* * *
The students walked barefoot through the desert.
The sight of them taking one step after another across the sand while manifesting the mana within their bodies was utterly unstable.
Hong Yena and Yu Noeul sat on folding chairs beneath a shaded parasol, watching them.
“The kids seem to be having a really hard time. It’s already been ten minutes since they started, but they’ve only gotten that far.”
“It’s only natural they’d find it difficult. They’ve probably never operated the mana inside their bodies with this much precision before.”
Since they were students with enough skill to attend Geumgang Academy, most of them would know how to manifest the mana within their bodies for long periods.
However, they likely had never thought of maintaining the same state for a long time.
Much less a manifestation that was not their usual method, but one that required detailed and precise control all the way between their fingers and toes; of course it would feel unfamiliar.
Even someone born into a prestigious family would find this training abstruse.
It was only natural that the students showed no noticeable progress even as time passed.
A distance of only 3 km would feel as far as 30 km to them.
That was how difficult it was to keep the same state while taking steps.
The first few steps might be easy, but it grew harder as time passed.
It was the same principle as holding one’s breath to keep the strength from leaving one’s muscles.
Naturally, as humans, there was no way they could hold their breath for long.
Moreover, concentration was bound to break.
Hong Yena was essentially teaching the students to maintain such a state without the slightest disturbance.
That was why she had not expected them to succeed from the beginning.
Furthermore, the desert environment was a variable.
“The sunlight in this desert isn’t strong, so it’s not too bad, but when I walked barefoot a little while ago, it was still really hot.”
“They should be able to endure that much. In the first place, if they manifest their internal mana, they should be able to offset it sufficiently.”
“But instead, they’ll be so focused on their feet that distributing it evenly will become difficult. Don’t tell me you chose this Gate after calculating even that, Instructor Yena?”
“I chose it because the sand here is special. I didn’t think that far.”
Not only was the sand hot.
In a desert where the ground was not firmly packed, even walking was difficult.
Each time they stepped, they were swept up by the sand and pushed backward, or they slipped.
They had no choice but to grow exhausted and shaken.
In a situation where they had to distribute their internal mana evenly without losing composure, that was not a good thing.
Even the smallest mental factor affected mana control.
And this desert did not miss even the slightest change.
“Kyaaa! W-why is this happening…!”
“Ah, she sank again. But if she does that, she’ll sink even deeper…”
“From the looks of it, that’s what will happen. If she responds calmly, she can get out.”
The moment a change occurred in the internal mana of someone walking through the desert,
the desert keenly detected it and dragged the target into an antlion pit.
Struggling to escape in that situation had the opposite effect.
Mana tended to be influenced by emotions, and the more one did so, the more severe its fluctuations became.
The desert would react even more.
It was a continuous vicious cycle.
‘So if you sink, all you have to do is relax and wait quietly until the sand remembers the current state and stops…’
There was no way the students could do that.
They knew it in their heads, but when they felt themselves sinking into a bottomless mire, they instinctively rejected it.
They were seized by fear.
Hong Yena gave a bitter smile as she looked at the female student whose deep pit had formed to the point that only her fingers could now be seen.
“Should I go save her?”
“No, there’s no need.”
Hong Yena snapped her fingers.
A gentle breeze that formed behind her pulled the female student, who had been floundering in the antlion pit, out.
She carried her voice on the wind and delivered it to the female student, who was coughing up sand.
“You start again from the beginning.”
Even if they fell into an antlion pit, if they could climb back onto the sand under their own power, they could continue as they were.
But if they could not climb out on their own and received the instructor’s help, they had to return to the starting line.
Hong Yena took her eyes off the female student, who lowered her head and turned back.
Perhaps because quite some time had passed, students approaching the Gate began entering her view one by one.
Among them, the student in the lead was Min Arin.
It was what both she and Yu Noeul had expected.
“As expected, Arin is in first place.”
“She entered through the magic track, so of course that would be the case. She likely received similar training from her family as well.”
Min Arin finally reached the turnaround point.
Having arrived at the Gate, she turned around and began going against the flow of students.
Her form in manifesting and maintaining her internal mana was the most stable.
However, that did not mean there were no problems at all.
“She’s being very careful. And slow.”
“She’s probably being cautious so she doesn’t sink. Even so, she is slow.”
Like a stray cat.
Min Arin was tiptoeing across the desert as if she did not intend to leave even a footprint.
Her stride was markedly narrower than those of the other students.
She was paying attention so she would not misstep while treading on the sand.
The sight, which could have been frustrating, was impressive in a way.
‘I don’t think she’s sunk even once so far… She’s maintaining it quite well.’
Walking meant pushing against the ground one was stepping on.
With the force that acted then, the body could move forward.
Naturally, with each alternating step, the center of gravity also shifted.
Therefore, in order to maintain internal mana in the same state, one had to be able to account for action and reaction as well.
It might look as simple as walking, but in truth, even taking a single step required advanced calculation.
In that sense, Min Arin’s skill in minimizing her stride and making a round trip through the desert could not be ignored.
However, a crisis came for her as well.
“Ah…!”
“Ah, she was doing so well… Looks like her concentration finally broke.”
“What was surprising was that she’d managed to maintain it all this time.”
Min Arin must surely have been expending far more mental strength than the other students.
Unless she was a machine, her limit was bound to come eventually.
In the end, that moment arrived, and she misstepped, sinking straight into an antlion pit.
Hong Yena and Yu Noeul clicked their tongues in pity.
Meanwhile, the pit she had fallen into seemed exceedingly deep.
Her hand, which had been stretched toward the sky, disappeared into the pit in an instant.
“Screen Eye, can you move it?”
“Yes, I’ll give it a try.”
Hong Yena gave Yu Noeul an instruction, having her control the Gate Eye that had been filming footage from the sky.
Soon, footage of Min Arin appeared on the monitor sitting on the table.
[Ugh… damn it…]
Min Arin was struggling with all her might to crawl out of the pit.
But each time she only slipped, and the pit grew deeper.
“Wow… She seems to have sunk much deeper than the other kids.”
“That’s probably because she has a lot of internal mana.”
At a glance, it might seem that having a lot of internal mana would be advantageous in class, but that was not the case.
Just as the higher one flew, the greater the shock when one fell.
Once balance collapsed, the degree of change was extremely large.
The fact that Min Arin had fallen deeper into the pit than the other students was proof of that.
“What should we do? Should we go save her? I don’t think Arin can get out with her own strength, so wouldn’t it be better to save her?”
[Do you… think I’ll give up like this? I’m Min Arin. Min Arin!]
“…She seems to have the will to continue, so let’s put it on hold for now.”
Yu Noeul’s opinion was not wrong.
With Min Arin’s athletic ability, escaping the pit was close to impossible.
However, after agonizing over it, Hong Yena decided to leave her alone.
She had decided to respect her will.
‘Looks like first place will go to someone else.’
Meanwhile, while she was clawing her way out of the pit,
someone had reached the turnaround point and was passing by the pit she had fallen into.
It was Do Gyeonu.
‘He may be irritating… but he has skill. No, wait, did I raise him to be like that?’
He was not as stable as Min Arin, but he was controlling his internal mana in his own way.
Even when he occasionally fell into a pit, he handled it skillfully and escaped.
In that regard, he was worthy of taking first place among the students.
“Maybe because he’s from the Divine Sword Do Clan, Gyeon-u is good at using his body. At this rate, it seems like Gyeon-u will take first place? A-rin looks like she’ll have a hard time no matter what, and the gap with the students following behind has grown too large.”
“If nothing unexpected happens, Gyeon-u will probably be the first to return.”
Yu No-eul predicted Do Gyeon-u’s ranking.
Hong Ye-na nodded without objecting.
With Min A-rin effectively eliminated, not a single student who could catch up to him was visible.
The distance gap was that large.
Afterward, they watched him for a while, then also checked on the other students’ situations.
It was then that Yu No-eul stood up.
She dusted off her bottom and said,
“Whew! A lot of kids seem to be struggling to find their way, so I was thinking of helping them. Would it be alright if I went and gave them some advice?”
“I was actually just about to ask you to do that, so thank you. I’ll stay here evaluating the kids’ skills, so Instructor No-eul, I’ll leave the teaching to you.”
“Yes, yes! Just leave it to me! Oh, and Instructor Ye-na. Would it be alright if I gave Gyeon-u some advice too?”
“To Gyeon-u?”
“Yes. It looks like he could improve even more than he is now if he put in just a bit more effort over there.”
“Hmm… Sure, do as you see fit.”
“Yes! Then I’ll be off!”
Click.
Like a soldier, Yu No-eul saluted and headed toward the desert where the students were.
I Became the Childhood Friend of the Mid-Boss
(109) [Illustration]
Class 8, First Year.
That day, the morning class of the class Yeon Ha-neul and Go Eun-bi attended was cops and robbers.
Unlike a children’s game where they simply divided into the roles of cops and robbers and enjoyed a chase of pursuing and being pursued.
“Scatter! Bunching up is only disadvantageous for us! We need to disperse their pursuit as much as possible!”
“Don’t forget that we only have a chance of winning if as many of us as possible survive!”
The roles of cop and robber remained unchanged.
Cops had to arrest the robbers and take them to jail, and robbers had to run away and evade the cops.
However, since they were students aspiring to be Hunters, the use of force during the arrest process was permitted.
In other words, cops could subdue and neutralize the robbers to arrest them.
Conversely, robbers could engage in combat with the cops to shake off their pursuit.
However, the use of devices was prohibited.
The manifestation of internal mana was limited solely to enhancing physical abilities.
Magic could not be used.
The students had to fight their opponents using only martial arts.
But their opponents were not their fellow students—another party was involved.
[Beep. You are under arrest. You do not have the right to remain silent, and for reasons undisclosed, you will be imprisoned forever.]
“Ugh… Guys, don’t mind me and run!”
Mechanical dolls created through the collaboration of the Yeonseong Nam Clan and the Mado Min Clan.
The students had to switch roles with them at one-hour intervals.
If they accumulated achievements fitting their role, they could receive bonus points.
Because of this, the students currently assigned as robbers were desperately running away from those who had become cops.
[Beep. Fleeing only gets you so far. Put your hands behind your head and turn around slowly. If you comply quietly with the arrest, no further harm will come to you. Don’t worry too much; the bean rice you’ll eat in prison is delicious.]
“Damn, is this the end….”
“Who programmed these lines….”
[Unfortunately, seolleongtang and kkakdugi are not provided. There is no information to extract from you.]
At a glance, the situation seemed favorable to the numerous students rather than the mechanical dolls.
However, the mechanical dolls born from the collaboration of the Yeonseong Nam Clan and Mado Min Clan betrayed such expectations.
They were specialized in martial arts, and grew stronger by analyzing the students as they fought them.
On the other hand, the students who couldn’t use devices were mostly weak in martial arts.
As a result, as time passed, the number of students being taken to jail only increased.
‘I have to save the kids somehow.’
The situation was unfavorable to the students.
At this rate, they would all be arrested before the hour was up.
To turn the tide, they had to somehow orchestrate a jailbreak for the imprisoned students.
To this end, Go Eun-bi made a decision.
She would break them out herself.
[Beep. 23 counts of violent acts, 11 counts of forced molestation. Requesting reinforcements to arrest the heinous criminal Yeon Ha-neul.]
[Beep. Surrounding. Surrounding.]
[Beep. Permission to use rubber bullets granted.]
[Beep. Firing rubber bullets.]
[Beep. Never before have I tasted such….]
[Beep….]
The opportunity was now.
The mechanical dolls were swarming Yeon Ha-neul.
Unable to use her iron mace or magic, she was dealing with them using swift movements and martial arts.
[Beep. There is nowhere left to run….]
Thud! Swish! Smack!
While the mechanical dolls surrounded her from all sides and gradually tightened the encirclement.
Yeon Ha-neul didn’t panic in the slightest, and before the encirclement could shrink any further, she charged straight at a mechanical doll nearby.
She used the mechanical doll’s chest as a foothold and leaped into the air.
Curling her body into a ball, she performed a somersault to escape their encirclement.
Immediately, she started running, and they rushed after her in a swarm.
Thanks to that, there were no mechanical dolls around the prison at all.
‘Ha-neul, thank you.’
It was the opportunity Yeon Ha-neul had created.
She couldn’t miss this chance.
Go Eun-bi approached the prison as stealthily as possible, avoiding the mechanical dolls’ eyes so that not even the sound of her footsteps could be heard.
“….”
The students locked in the prison had the sense not to let on that they recognized Go Eun-bi.
Rather, hanging from the iron bars, they kept watch behind her back in her stead.
And so.
Squeak! Clang!
“Kids, let’s go! To rescue our ace!”
The prison door opened.
The students responded to Go Eun-bi’s cry with cheers and broke out.
[Beep. Jailbreak detected….]
[Beep. All criminals have escaped….]
It was then that the mechanical dolls Yeon Ha-neul had been luring reacted.
They hurriedly changed direction to recapture the students.
The situation had returned to square one.
No, with little time remaining, the tide was tilting in the students’ favor.
‘Good, everyone escaped.’
Confirming that the last student was leaving the prison.
Go Eun-bi was proud of herself.
And the very moment she too tried to leave after accomplishing her mission.
[Beep.]
“….”
Someone grabbed her shoulder from behind.
Go Eun-bi froze on the spot.
A cold mechanical voice was heard.
[Gotcha, you rascal.]
“….”
[The heinous criminal Go Eun-bi. You deserve the death penalty, but unfortunately, we do not have such authority, so we will confine you forever while wearing restraints.]
“N-No wayyyyy….”
Another mechanical doll brought out a box-like object that looked like a coffin from somewhere.
It was an Iron Maiden.
Of course, the inside was simply a coffin.
The problem was that inside the coffin were a blindfold to cover the eyes, a gag to put in the mouth, and handcuffs.
Go Eun-bi’s face turned deathly pale at the sight of the restraints.
She tried to break free from the mechanical doll, but she couldn’t match its grip strength.
[Beep. Please give up.]
[Beep. Giving up makes it easier.]
[Beep. This is your crime.]
[Beep. Pay for your sins.]
The mechanical dolls approached, pulling out the restraints one by one.
Tears welled up in Go Eun-bi’s eyes.
She shook her head this way and that, but it was no use.
She hoped someone would help her.
That was why she cried out desperately.
“I want to live!”
[Beep. We shall grant you life.]
“Take me with you too, Ha-neul!”
Unfortunately.
Go Eun-bi’s wish was not granted.
Led the students’ jailbreak: +5 points.
Arrested on site: -1 point.
Iron Maiden confinement: -3 points.
Wearing restraints: -2 points.
That was the evaluation for her.
* * *
After completing course registration, if I were to recall how the game progresses.
By now, Gang Han-byeol is probably fighting the Suho Guk Instructor with a high probability of trying to steal the ball from him.
‘In the game, if you defeat Suho Guk, the next scene shows that you stole the ball, but….’
Since he can’t fight like in the game, surely Gang Han-byeol is struggling with the intention of stealing the ball.
I’m anxious about whether he’ll be able to earn bonus points by gaining Suho Guk’s recognition, but there’s no need to worry too much.
With Gang Han-byeol’s skills, he should be able to steal the ball one way or another.
Moreover, Lisa and Baksa-gun are there too.
‘From the game’s perspective, it was an episode that taught the player how to do party play.’
If there are no changes to the story.
Gang Han-byeol, who had been struggling while fighting Suho Guk alone, would join forces with Lisa and Baksa-gun to steal the ball.
So I wasn’t worried much.
Even if Gang Han-byeol failed to steal it, it wouldn’t affect the story much, and the world wouldn’t end, so it was fine.
What I needed to worry about was my own situation.
‘My feet keep getting swept away….’
I was focusing hard to walk across the desert.
Even between my fingers and toes.
Since I had to pay attention to body parts where I normally didn’t manifest mana, and maintain that state evenly, it was no easy task.
Moreover, it wasn’t just about holding a proper posture; every time I took a step, I had to calculate the shifting center of gravity while maintaining the mana inside my body.
The difficulty was too high.
If my concentration faltered even a little.
“…Fuck.”
The sand beneath my feet would suddenly crumble and collapse.
An antlion pit, a sinkhole.
My body tilted forward, and I fell straight into the pit.
If I forced my body to move here, I would only sink deeper for no reason.
Having learned this through several experiences, I surrendered my body to the sand flowing downward.
I didn’t know how deep I had fallen now.
‘The Gift isn’t much help either….’
Perhaps because it didn’t recognize the situation as serious enough to threaten my life.
My Evasion Instinct activated weakly, helping me relax my body and be swept away by the sand in comfort.
It couldn’t provide dramatic help.
In the end, getting out of here was something I had to do entirely with my own strength.
‘Wait, isn’t Evasion Instinct my strength too?’
Setting aside that absurd question.
Once the antlion pit stopped deepening, I carefully raised my body.
Then focusing my mind, I distributed the mana inside my body evenly, and slowly moved my hands and feet to climb out of the pit.
The sand was so fine that grabbing it required considerable care.
“Phew….”
Sand covered me from head to toe.
Sand had gotten into my school uniform and underwear too, giving me a subtle sense of discomfort.
But I had no leisure to brush off the sand.
If my concentration slackened even for a moment, I would fall in just like before.
Taking a deep breath and composing my mind, I placed my foot forward again.
‘Relying on the sensation of my soles, carefully so as not to get swept away by the sand….’
The soft texture of the desert was felt across the entire sole of my foot.
Sand swelled between my toes.
I probed the feeling of the desert and moved forward.
After passing the turnaround point, I seemed to have grown somewhat accustomed to paying attention to areas I normally didn’t consciously think about.
Then, Min A-rin, who had been quite far ahead of me, disappeared into a pit.
‘The depth is no joke either….’
Even at a glance, the scale of the pit was enormous.
I widened my distance from the area to avoid getting caught up in it for no reason.
Before long, the center of the pit came into view.
“Shikbbang, shikbbang, shikbbang….”
“….”
With her red hair covered in sand.
Min A-rin was crouching in the center of the pit, striking the ground with her hands repeatedly.
Perhaps because her frustration was intensifying, her voice contained a sob, and she even spat out curses without hesitation.
However, since her voice was choked with emotion, her pronunciation wasn’t clear.
I stopped walking when I saw her.
“Want help?”
“You….”
Hearing my voice, Min A-rin soon raised her head.
Her yellow eyes were brimming with tears as if she would cry at any moment.
An emotion that seemed like hesitation flickered across her face.
But she was Min A-rin.
“No thanks. You don’t need to help me, so just go on your way. This is something I have to solve myself.”
“Is that so. Alright then. I’ll be going.”
Min A-rin turned her head away with a huff.
I decided not to press the matter any further.
There was nothing to gain from needlessly provoking her pride.
Instead, I decided to cheer her on.
“Hang in there, Min Arin! If it’s you, you’ll definitely be able to climb back up.”
“…Hmph, I know that too, you know?”
Min Arin sharply turned her head away.
Having expected that reaction from her, I chuckled and hurried my steps.
The starting line wasn’t far now.
‘Once I get there….’
I could rest comfortably.
As the starting line gradually came into view, my heart grew excited and impatient.
That feeling affected my mana.
“…!”
The mana inside my body fell into disorder.
At that moment, a spiral vortex surged up from beneath my feet.
I had no choice but to be helplessly swept up in the flow of sand.
‘Calm, calm, calm….’
My Evasion Instinct activated.
Following the faint urging of my Gift, I relaxed the strength in my body.
I lay down on the sand, staring up at the sky, and waited for the sand to settle.
“….”
How much time had passed?
The sand was no longer flowing down.
I roughly brushed off the sand stuck to the back of my head and crawled up the pit.
The pit was quite deep.
It wasn’t as deep as the one Min Arin had fallen into, but it seemed like it would still take quite a bit of stamina.
But as someone who wielded a sword, it wasn’t enough to be a real burden.
Somehow, I managed to crawl out.
And so.
“Ah, my head hurts….”
I was able to return to the starting line.
I had made a round trip across the desert.
Stepping onto a stone that looked like a paving block, I immediately lay down in the middle of the sand.
My head throbbed.
It felt as though my brain was drying up and shriveling.
That was how hard I had overworked my mind.
It was then that a message appeared.
[Your body has broken through its limits.]
[Magic Power has increased by 1.]
My Magic Power, which had stopped rising through training at some point, had gone up.
My Magic Power was now 51.
If I added the effect of the Ring of Clarity, that made it 55.
Satisfied, I lifted the corners of my mouth.
All the suffering of having my head squeezed dry and swallowing sand had been worth it.
Then, suddenly, into my field of vision—
“Congratulations on arriving first. As expected, I knew you’d come in first, Gyeonu. Here, this is your reward from me.”
Yu Noeul’s face leaned in.
Blocking the sky and casting shade over me, she looked down at me.
Soon, with a smile on her face, she placed something in my mouth.
Her finger briefly touched my tongue, and then a sweet, savory flavor followed.
It was a nurungji-flavored candy.
“After using your head until it throbs, you need to replenish your sugar.”
“So that’s why it’s nurungji-flavored? I’d prefer chocolate….”
“Sorry, I don’t really like things that are too sweet. Want one more?”
“…Yes.”
Yu Noeul placed another candy in my mouth.
Still looking up at her, I rolled the nurungji-flavored candy around in my mouth with my tongue.
Then she smiled brightly and clapped her hands.
“Well then, now that you’ve replenished your sugar, shall we resume class?”
“Pardon? What did you say?”
“There’s still class time left, so it would be a bit of a waste to just rest like this. And who knows when you’ll be able to come in here again? If we can use it, shouldn’t we make the most of it while we can?”
“….”
Ah, this…
It was a scene that often appeared in the game when Kang Hanbyeol took her class.
Yu Noeul would assign a more difficult task and recommend that the player try the class content again.
In my previous life, I had always pressed the “Yes” button without question for the sake of efficiency, but…
‘Is there no “No” button?’
Now that I was the one who had to take the class, all I wanted was to rest comfortably.
Unfortunately, in reality, unlike the game, there was no “No” button.
If only to build a friendly relationship with Yu Noeul, I had to follow her suggestion.
‘Still, well… I’ve already done it once and gotten the hang of it, so I should be able to finish faster next time.’
As if reading that thought of mine,
Yu Noeul suddenly opened her mouth.
“You succeeded in making a round trip with just your body, so this time, shall we try dragging a tire?”
“…Pardon?”
“You have to think of the tire as part of your own body too, and manifest your mana evenly.”
“….”
Yu Noeul smiled innocently.
I was at a loss for words.
“If you make the round trip, your instructor will give you a tasty candy as a reward. So let’s do our best!”
…Can’t I just not take the candy and not do it?
I felt like spitting the candy back out.
I Became the Childhood Friend of the Mid-Boss