Episode 138: What does this look like?
Although it was confirmed that the hostile forces had successfully infiltrated Dungeon Island, there was no need to panic right away.
‘It’ll be quiet for a while anyway.’
During the mentoring period, graduates are scattered all over Dungeon Island, so their activities are considerably limited.
Any incident that occurs will be quickly suppressed and over, so you will have to wait for the right time to maximize the damage.
Until the first mentoring period ends and all graduates leave.
‘I guess I’ll start taking action around the midterms.’
The date written on the password was also around that time.
So, the only thing I can do now is to cultivate my skills.
So I called Dang Gyu-yeong over the rest of the weekend and had a sparring session.
When I kept nagging him, saying, “Senior, let’s spar, let’s spar,” Dang Gyu-yeong grumbled that it was annoying, but he still couldn’t help but play along.
However, even as a mentor, I couldn’t take away the time of a third-year department head indefinitely, so I spent the remaining time training on my own.
If your top priority is skill ranking through mentoring events, then your next priority is to refine your core in the Mana Workshop.
The elixirs I received from Kim Gap-du were [Taecheongdan] and [Sambaek-nyeon Sansam]. I first took the Sambaek-nyeon Sansam, which had relatively weaker energy, and then started the Ungijosik.
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Of course, it is ‘relatively’ weak, but the energy contained in a B-rank elixir is truly enormous.
NOVEL ･ Fantasy
Lupin the Weekly
I stayed up all night in the special performance studio on the weekend and even on Monday morning I still couldn’t finish it.
Unfortunately, it seemed like I had to complete my academic schedule first and then continue with my Mana training at night.
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Participation completed
As usual, I was going to wake up the calligrapher and ask her to eat together.
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Why did I get a message?
[Calligrapher: (Peekaboo cat emoticon)]
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[Calligrapher: (tap tap cat emoticon)]
‘The sun rises in the west… … .’
I The thief is coming. Let’s cheer up, sloth. But both Dang Gyu-young and Seo Ye-in are so charming. Hahaha
That human sloth wakes up early in the morning and contacts me first.
Of course, such cases are rare, but they do exist.
[Calligrapher: (Peekaboo cat emoticon)]
[Calligrapher: (tap tap cat emoticon)]
‘The sun rises in the west… … .’
That human sloth wakes up early in the morning and contacts me first.
[Kim Ho: Did you bake cookies?]
[Calligrapher: ㅇㅇ]
[Calligrapher: (Chef Cat Emoji 1)]
[Calligrapher: (Chef Cat Emoji 2)]
[Calligrapher:!!]
[Kim Ho: (cat emoticon that makes me hungry again)]
[Kim Ho: What about food?]
[Calligrapher: Not yet]
[Kim Ho: Let’s start with rice]
* * *
I took a seat in the student cafeteria and sat across from the calligrapher.
Today’s menu is a simple fried rice omelet rice.
A very thin layer of egg wraps around the rice that has been stir-fried until it looks fluffy.
The kitchen’s skills were fully demonstrated, and the food was comparable to other restaurants.
However, the calligrapher ate a little slower than usual, but rather than saying that it was not tasty, it seemed like she was already a little full.
I must have eaten a few while baking cookies.
I thought it was because I had the mindset that as long as I filled my stomach and got enough nutrition, it didn’t matter.
Meanwhile, when I looked behind the calligrapher,
“… … .”
An Jeong-mi sits quietly in a corner a little way away, out of sight.
It’s hard to tell whether she’s eating or not because she’s in such a quiet position, but if you look at her plate, you can see that the omelet rice is quickly disappearing.
As the spoon moves at an invisible speed, the omelet rice is reduced by a bite.
While simultaneously performing the contradictory actions of maintaining dignity and eating quickly, he occasionally glances this way to check if the calligrapher is eating well.
It was truly multitasking to the extreme.
I sent both respect and sympathy to An Jeong-mi.
‘I should never become a butler.’
And you shouldn’t even think about joining Hyesung Group.
After we finished eating the omelet rice, we moved to a quiet place.
As we sat side by side on the bench provided there, the calligrapher took out a paper bag and rustled it.
Finally, the cookies made their appearance.
‘You baked a lot.’
The envelope is larger than last time and is filled to the brim with contents.
Also, judging from the richer smell coming out than last time, it seems like the taste has also been upgraded.
When we went to a downtown bakery together, I took home a package of cookies of each type, saying it was for research purposes. It seems like the research was successful.
In terms of quantity and taste, you can expect good things.
However, if there is good news, there is bound to be bad news.
‘The types must have increased as well.’
The increased variety means that the cookie shape matching challenge has become more difficult.
Besides, Go Hyun-woo, who was supposed to be the bullet shield, is not here either.
I felt a little nervous and turned my head quickly.
And the moment the calligrapher took a cookie out of a paper bag and handed it to me, I was struck.
“It looks delicious. Your skills will improve as you go. I’ll enjoy it.”
After a quick thank you, I quickly took the cookie and stuffed it into my mouth.
If the cookie is gone, there is no challenge.
It’s called the ‘kill it before you ask’ operation.
But the calligrapher, as if he had anticipated this, grabbed my hand just before the cookie went into my mouth.
And then he looks at me intently and asks.
“What does this look like?”
Operation Hatch Before Asking Failed.
This time, I was forced to participate in the shape-matching challenge.
I observed the cookies with a rather cautious attitude.
“This curve looks like a crossbow… … A penguin? No. It doesn’t have a beak.”
I’ve felt it time and time again, but it was truly a mysterious form.
However, there is a time limit for this quiz.
If you drag it out, it’s almost like saying you don’t know, so it’s better to just take a guess.
After much thought, I decided to answer that I was a penguin.
“… … .”
The air behind the calligrapher rippled, and An Jeong-mi quietly appeared, releasing her transparency.
Then he exchanged a secret glance with me and nodded his chin, as if he had noticed that I was in trouble and was trying to help me.
And then, after one look at the cookie, like a veteran butler, he immediately figured out the answer.
The question is how to convey it to me.
“… … .”
An Jeong-mi looked serious for a moment.
Soon, as if he had made up his mind, he slowly moved his body.
And he recreated several movements using hand and foot gestures.
As always, he had a businesslike expression, but his face was flushed with embarrassment.
‘Butler… … .’
I decided to reveal the correct answer for the calligrapher and me, even if it meant risking my shame.
Because I couldn’t let that sacrifice go to waste, I also diligently interpreted the movements that An Jeong-mi had recreated.
Swimming, playing with a ball, clapping.
If we combine these with the cookie form… … .
“A seal. Right?”
“… … .”
The calligrapher stuffed a cookie into my mouth.
It means correct answer.
But the cookie-shaping challenge was just beginning.
Alien creature number 2 pops out of the paper bag.
“What does this look like?”
‘… … Brachiosaurus?’
But dinosaur is a word that already has a history of failure.
When I asked for help with my eyes, An Jeong-mi crossed her arms.
And with one hand he was pinching his nose, and with the other hand he was waving and pretending to grab something.
Also known as the elephant trunk pose.
When the calligrapher turned around, he quickly stood at attention, but Ahn Jung-mi’s message was fully conveyed.
“elephant.”
Correct answer this time too.
The calligrapher nodded slightly and stuffed a Brachio-elephant cookie into my mouth.
The cookie shape matching challenge continues.
Of course, the essence has long since changed to a game of guessing words by observing Ahn Jung-mi’s hand and footsteps.
Anyway, after I got a few more correct answers, the calligrapher, satisfied with her aesthetic sense, didn’t ask any more questions and started to read the cookies with me.
Meanwhile, An Jeong-mi kept fanning herself with her hand, her face getting even redder.
When our eyes met, I slightly bowed my head.
“thank you.”
“… … No. Rather, it is I who should be thanking you.”
When I asked with my eyes what that meant, An Jeong-mi continued speaking.
“Actually, when Miss and Mr. Kim Ho went out to the downtown area, there was an opposing opinion that it was excessive to give out B-rank coupons.”
Previously, An Jeong-mi had given me one B-rank item exchange ticket as a token of appreciation for helping and motivating the calligrapher in her training, and had asked me to find her an item that the calligrapher would be attached to.
But it seems that the opposing faction within the Future Strategy Office was not very pleased with the idea.
There was also a risk of wasting precious B-rank exchange tickets for nothing.
“But thanks to Mr. Kim Ho, you have achieved results that exceeded my expectations, so I have saved face. Thank you.”
Not only did he find a bracelet that would please the calligrapher, but he also gave her a B-rank coupon and gave her an A-rank, which is one level higher, so the opposing faction had nothing to say.
If I continue to achieve meaningful results from calligraphers, I expect that the Future Strategy Office will continue to provide support even after the mentoring ends.
“I heard that Mr. Kim Ho also got the same bracelet.”
“Yes, they dropped as a set of two.”
As An Jeong-mi’s gaze descended to my wrist, I summoned dark clouds as if nothing had happened.
-Boom!
Fist-sized dark clouds float around.
The calligrapher, who had been staring blankly at the sight, raised his index finger and poked the dark cloud.
The dark clouds were pushed back a little in the direction of the stab, then returned, swirling around again and hovering nearby.
-Boom!
The calligrapher also summoned white clouds.
The white cloud approached the dark gray cloud as if it was happy to see it, but the gray cloud did not look very pleased.
As the cumulus cloud approaches, he shrinks slightly, then slams his body into it and knocks it away.
But the cumulus cloud paid no attention and continued to chase the dark cloud.
The cumulus clouds and dark clouds bumped into each other and bounced around, playing tag.
After watching it in silence, I asked An Jeong-mi.
“How was your mentoring last week?”
“It was very successful.”
[Feather Step] The rank has been rising steadily in just a few weeks and is already at C rank.
It is said that he has surpassed the average for a first-year student and that his skills have been raised to a level where they can be used in real life.
I heard that with such a greatly increased mobility, he was able to avoid Gwak Ji-cheol’s attacks and approach him, firing his shotgun.
If we just keep going like this for the last week, it will be fine, but
“only…….”
An Jeong-mi looked at the calligrapher with worried eyes.
There was something I noticed the moment I saw it in the morning.
“You seem to have lost a lot of motivation.”
“… … Yes.”
The first week of mentoring caught the calligrapher’s attention by learning a new skill, [Feather Step].
The second week, I motivated myself by promising to go out to the downtown area together on the weekend.
I managed to get through the third week with the energy I gained from the busy city, but I don’t know what will get that human sloth moving this week.
This is a problem that cannot be solved by stability alone, so you will need my help again.
I thought for a moment with the cookie in my mouth and then answered.
“I will find a way.”
If I compare this week’s strategy content with my schedule.
Maybe we will see a breakthrough.
