Episode 101
A room with the lights off, a window covered with curtains, and a single candle softly lighting up the room.
I spoke to the meeting executives(?) with a serious expression and my hands clasped together.
“Our club now has a reason to win.”
“It’s not us, it’s you?”
“That’s not the point. Look at this.”
-Huh, huh huh huh… … .
The dark figure who had been secretly providing information smiled sinisterly.
The executives checked the information, puzzled.
They, like us, were amazed by the beautiful beaches and the huge hotels.
“This, this is… … !”
“It’s a reward for winning the club competition at the summer festival.”
Knock knock!
Ash stood up, roughly pulling back his chair, his eyes shining.
“Vacation! Date with Eugene!”
“Date! Vacation!”
“Skin! Beach! Sun tent!”
The same goes for Genela and Adria. They started getting excited and shouting out what they wanted.
I looked at them with a pleased expression.
Yeah. So you guys wanted that too?
“But Eugene.”
“?”
“If whoever wins gets 3 or 4 tickets, then can any of us do it?”
"uh?"
Is it a thousand?
“And how many people will there be in the club? Are you saying that everyone will travel around in groups of 3 or 4?”
“Uh… I don’t really know…”
“Then, even if we win, we can either take the 3 or 4 people with the highest contribution, or have a majority vote… something like that.”
“But it doesn’t matter.”
“?”
“Everything is powerless before power!”
“Is this the age of the best swordsmen?”
“Ahem.”
Adria, who was looking at me with pitiful eyes, took the materials away.
“Anyway, let’s make a bet.”
“?”
“If you look at it, the person who leads the club to victory is the one who takes all of us with him. That’s why he’s the big shot!”
Adria's silver eyes sparkled.
“So, just for that day, let’s grant that person’s wish! How about that?”
Oh, that's good? I imagined Adria wearing some kind of ridiculous mask or costume.
That's perfect.
I'll let you wear a doll mask in the middle of summer. Hehe.
“… … But will this school really send me this properly?”
Suddenly, Genela spoke out of the blue.
"uh?"
“If you’re sending this, your exams must be over. Do you think this school will let you play around just because your exams are over…?”
“… … .”
The atmosphere cooled down in an instant. The candles went out with a “Pick.”
I turned on the light right next to me.
Adria, who felt uneasy at Genela's words, spoke hopefully.
“… … Even if it’s this academy, they won’t make you study hard when it’s almost vacation time. If they didn’t, they wouldn’t send you… right…?”
“… … Actually, isn’t it restricted to only use during vacations?”
Creepy!
I felt goosebumps all over my body.
Hey, no way.
But would they make you do that at school?
If you have a conscience!
* * *
Wednesday lunch time, club time.
“Okay. You little rascals. Are they all here?”
I sat on the chair that Mosik had brought and slung the wooden sword over my shoulder.
Normally, no one would have come (except for the guys who came to play), but today everyone showed up.
I tapped the arm of the student standing next to me.
“You’re doing a good job.”
“Oh, thank you… … .”
A student with shaking legs.
It's not that you're scared of me, it's that you were doing the schematics and exercises a few minutes, no, a few seconds ago.
The club members were looking at the current situation with bewildered eyes, and the largest student among the sophomores stepped forward.
“Ha… What are you? I was resting, why are you calling me all of a sudden? You cheeky-”
Bam!
He just stabbed the wooden sword into my head. What was the name? Uh, what was it?
Oh, I don't know.
My club of justice doesn't care about status.
“Okay, okay. Anyone who opens their mouths without my permission will get hit once. Do you understand?”
“This arrogant-”
Bam!
“This bastard-”
Sigh!!
“Okay. Are there any more guys who want to try?”
“… … .”
The second-year students who had rushed at me all fell to the floor with swords lodged in their heads.
I smiled broadly as I watched the students trembling like snails.
“No more?”
“… … ”
“We’re starting special training today. From what I hear, you guys are such fiery filial sons.”
I burned my eyes.
“I will really burn everything.”
“… … .”
“Why is there no answer?”
Bam!
As an example, I stabbed a student in the head with a wooden sword as he tried to come to his senses.
Oh my, second year senior.
Your hair is really lovely~
“Ah, no, I told you not to answer… … !”
“I gave permission just now. Oh. Didn’t I say anything? Just read the mood and answer appropriately.”
'
“You whispering brat, if you catch me you’re going to lose.”
I put the wooden sword back on my shoulder. I spoke, swinging it like a stick.
“We will win.”
“What kind of championship… … .”
“No objections permitted.”
Adria's doll mask. Must see.
“We will win.”
“No, what about winning… … .”
“Schematic!”
"yes!"
“Training begins!”
“Okay! Everyone, squat! If you don’t hold on, I’ll hold on to you. Don’t even think about protesting.”
The model fluttered and threw several pieces of paper.
“I already received a written statement from your parents.”
“… … .”
"practice!!"
“Poetry, implementation… … .”
“Small!! Bigger!! Do it!!!”
“Poem, do it!!”
“Louder!!!”
"practice!!!"
“Okay! 1,500! Let’s do them one by one to the beat!”
Oh, how funny. Other people's misfortune is my happiness.
“Oh, right.”
“?”
“Don’t take off your bandage. I don’t want to see it.”
“No, it’s hard to breathe… … .”
puck!
"posture!"
“Okay, posture!!”
I nodded with a satisfied smile.
* * *
All the classes started out with a very intense pace.
History?
Don't be ridiculous. I'm going crazy and going crazy. If the Academy wasn't the type that never touches the weekends, I would have worked myself to death a long time ago.
'No. It might be better if there was a weekend in between… … .'
No matter what you do, you have to finish your assignments within the week you are assigned them, so you can't really have any time to relax.
Still, there were some better classes.
“Today, I’m going to spend some time getting to know a new person I’m meeting for the first time!”
In general, the new math class wasn't that intense because it was a time to interact with new numbers and animals.
Rather, there were many cases of healing.
Moon moon!
“Oh, yeah, yeah. How have you been? You missed me? Me too~”
At first, he was a wolf who didn't listen to Ash and got beaten several times, but now he listens very well.
The wolf spread its belly and lay down, sticking its tongue out. Ash stroked the wolf's belly and fed it food.
The wolf chewed its food while flicking its tongue like a large dog. Then, as soon as it made eye contact with me, it quickly averted its gaze.
“Hey. Why are you avoiding me?”
Month after month.
“Ash. Is he scared of me?”
“Oh, then I can’t use it. Aren’t you going to give me a snack? I think I gained some weight.”
Squeak… … .
I snickered as I watched the wolf waving its hands and whining at the mention of gaining weight.
That big dog was cute. Maybe it had a wild instinct, but it knew who was above and below.
Rather, it was the little kids who didn't listen to what I said.
“I told you not to ask.”
Moon moon!
The little puppy that had been dragging the end of my cassock with its mouth bitten barked.
Hey, it's noisy.
Again, reveal this! Then, when the professor approaches, he becomes a gentle puppy, but the moment he moves away, he becomes a mad dog.
“Tch. Hey. It’s dark. You stop me. Isn’t this what you sucked on yesterday?”
-Oh my!
A dark creature with a similar body appeared and bit me.
-Kkiyaaaaak! It hurts! It hurts! There are teeth marks all over my body! Ugh! It smells like saliva!
Growl!
“Ugh, that guy.”
How can a slime not beat a puppy?
I clicked my tongue.
The puppy that was biting, tearing, and tasting the dark squirrel suddenly raised its head.
Moon moon!
“Okay, okay. Everyone stop and come back.”
Following the words of the professor who was his master, he stopped asking and quietly returned to his arms.
The professor smiled warmly as he returned the puppy to its original place using special magic.
“It looks like you’ve all become quite close. Is that so?”
"yes!!"
"yes!"
-no….
“Oh, my. That slime friend looks really sick. Come back later and I’ll give him a snack.”
-!!!
“Okay, then. From today, let’s learn about ‘spirits’.”
government ordinance!
The noisy atmosphere suddenly became quiet. In that atmosphere, the professor chanted an unknown spell.
“Môi bị nứt nên không ăn cơm được!”
Mulberry!
Something appeared on the professor's palm with a swooshing sound.
A whitish shape. But something that gives off a strange feeling of 'hot' the moment you see it.
'Is that a spirit?'
I thought it would look like a child or something, but no. Um… more like an animal?
“Everyone. Can you see it?”
“Yes? No.”
“Can any student who sees please raise their hand?”
I raised my hand. Ash raised his hand. Darksini also raised her hand quietly.
What? You only see me and Ash?
But the professor smiled brightly, as if nothing had happened.
“You two have a very high affinity for spirits! If you were looking for a spirit to contract with, you would be able to find one very easily. You have the qualities of an excellent spirit master.”
-I can see it too… … .
“The original appearance is normal.”
-Ugh.
Leaving the wrinkled dark room behind, the professor recited the spell again.
“Hôm nay mình không ăn được bít tết.”
The spirit's previously whitish appearance becomes darker.
Oh, now I see it clearly.
Um… a ghost? No. This is copyright. It really looked like the image that comes to mind when you think of a 'cute ghost'.
It's cute.
"and!"
“Show me!”
"yes!!"
“Does this guy seem nice?”
"yes!!"
“Is that so? Then do you have a friend who wants to come and touch it?”
“Me!!”
As the students started to rush out, the professor lightly raised his hand.
“Please come out slowly.”
"yes!"
For some reason, he listened well and kept order.
The student at the very front reached out to the spirit with his cheeks flushed red.
The spirit stared at the approaching hand and then opened its mouth wide.
Puhwaaaaaaaah!
A tremendous breath was emitted, blackening the student's hands and face.
The professor chuckled as he looked at the students who were blackened as if they had been splashed with ink.
“How is it?”
“What, what is this… … .”
“For a spirit, it’s like a human being they’ve never seen before comes up to them and tries to touch them. Even the kindest of friends have this much caution?”
The professor gently stroked the spirit's head with his fingers.
Unlike the students, the spirit did not refuse the touch at all and smiled pleasantly as he made a grumbling sound.
“Why, why me… … .”
“The spirit is quite an expensive friend. I don’t know how much trouble I had to go through to become close to this friend. If this friend wasn’t so gentle, I might have gotten a few burns.”
The student's face turned pale.
This is reality, baby.
The professor, who had sent all the students back to their seats, smiled and floated the spirit above his head.
“Spirit is similar to divine being. Divine being is born from ‘divine power’ and spirit is born from ‘mana’, but fundamentally, they are born from ‘energy’. Both are important energies that make up the world. That’s how sensitive they are.”
"yes……."
“But since I’m here, it shouldn’t be hard to become a little closer. So, let’s make it our goal to become close to the spirits this semester?”
“Excuse me, Professor?”
“Yes. What’s going on?”
“How do you make a contract with a spirit or something like that?”
“Usually, you go to a place where there are many spirits, become friendly with them, and make a contract with the spirit you are most familiar with. This is why spirit masters are so rare. Spirits are extremely sensitive, and there are more of them than divine beasts, so the danger is high. So you have to be able to protect yourself at least once.”
I thought back to the spirit masters I learned about in history class last time.
I wondered why all spirit masters had such strong muscles, and this turned out to be the problem.
"hmm."
I stared at the spirit. The spirit must have sensed my gaze as well, because it stared at me.
The spirit who was about to stick its tongue out at me stopped.
I don't know if the spirit will hear me, but I smiled and spoke quietly.
“Are you a bad boy too?”
The spirit's eyes shook wildly as if it were about to cry at any moment.
“I’m here.”
… … Buzz! Buzz!
When the spirit began to cry, the professor looked embarrassed and tried to calm it down.
I looked away, pretending not to know anything.
I didn't do anything! Why are you scared!
-Hehehe, what is this poor spirit?
He approached the spirit who was sitting at the desk, holding his back. He smiled like a wise man and spoke to the spirit.
-Are you afraid of my master? Don't be afraid. He's just an ordinary, bad-tempered person…
The spirit opened its mouth wide at the approaching darkness.
uh.
You should avoid that… … .
Whoosh! Whoosh!
-Ouch, hot!! Ow! Oww ow!!
Oh man. If that wasn't slime, I would've died.
Tsk tsk. When will that guy grow up?
-Ugh… … .
The late Eoduksini died in a fire.
