Episode 30. Who was swearing?
What would I think if the guy I cursed at saved me?
A righteous person will correct what he has done wrong, and a mean person will repay what he has done wrong with ungrateful acts.
Or, a person with a cool personality will obviously make a comment that provokes sweet potatoes by saying that he has never asked for help.
I’m not sure if it’s exactly the same, but it still applies today.
“Did you just say a dog?”
There was a low-level suspicion that the protagonist was neglecting his duties.
But when faced with a crisis, all the swearing just poured out.
When doubts turn into resentment, people become infinitely crazy. No, now is not the time to be thinking about such things.
– Acting Lv5
– Sense Lv5
– Action Insight Lv5
“Dog… … What the heck? What did I just say?”
I tried to overcome this situation by using all my deception skills.
He stared blankly at Lyman with his eyes wide open as if he really didn’t know anything.
No matter how sharply Lyman stares at you, you must never take your eyes off him.
All the skills speak for themselves.
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“I just heard it clearly.”
“I just screamed. Nothing else… … .”
“Are you saying I’m deaf now?”
“Then what should I do? I really didn’t say anything.”
There is no evidence! There is no confirmation!
Even if Lyman takes a threatening stance, you should not lower your head even an inch, even if you tremble.
I am innocent! I am clean!
If you lose your cool even for a moment, your lies will be exposed without a trace!
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“… … .”
“… … .”
Silence flows. Breath is held.
The opponent is a monster that can deflect Ruska’s ultimate attack with just one kick. It has the protagonist’s compensation, but it has the flaw of not having any stamina.
You’re turning that Lyman Vegilius into your enemy? You might as well say he can’t tell the difference between shit and soybean paste.
Even if you apologize, he’s not the kind of guy who’ll just let it slide. At least at this point.
“Tsk. You really are confusing people.”
Lyman clicked his tongue and turned his head away in resignation.
No matter how sharp a guy is, he doesn’t show a thorough attitude towards trivial matters.
A single word can repay a debt worth a thousand nyang! If you let this go… …
“What are you talking about, Radon! You just swore at Lyman.”
“Huh? Hey, wait a minute… … !”
Jenny, who was lying down with me, suddenly started talking. And it was completely useless.
“If you lie again, I can’t use it! Apologize right now.”
“Shut up! Don’t say anything else!”
Did this guy boil the pot and eat it?
I wonder if the ability to read the mood was lost while trying to control the Silver Age rampage.
“Oh, I didn’t mishear?”
Lyman turns his head again and gives me a blank expression.
Her smiling face was like that of a kind kindergarten teacher, but there was no need to tell what was hidden inside her.
“See you on the rooftop after we finish.”
“… … .”
Lyman turned his head back to Ruska as he left those words. The express train to the afterlife was booked.
“Apologize to Lyman on the rooftop.”
“Jenny, does the idea of meeting on the rooftop just seem like an apology to you?
“Isn’t that so? There’s no other reason to call you.”
Well, that’s not wrong. I was the one who swore in the first place, and even if it was accidental, it definitely upset Lyman.
After the exam, I should have been scolded on the rooftop. But I was a little pissed off, so I just hit him hard.
“Ouch!”
Jenny rubbed her forehead and said, “What are you doing?” The two of us decided to watch the situation from a distance.
“Are you done chatting?”
“… … .”
“Why are you bothering me? Is it because we’re friends?”
Ruska tried to shake her head, but there was no answer.
Lyman just let out a sigh of relief and slowly approached.
Ruska, angered by that attitude, shot an arrow.
From one to ten, from ten to a hundred, they fired at a rate comparable to that of a machine gun, but Lyman dodged them all with movements that left afterimages.
Yet, the quiet approaching steps continued.
[Break Lane]
[Buster Arrow]
Ruska, who sensed a crisis, tried to use all of her skills, but it was no use.
Either they get caught or they lose momentum as they are passed over by Lyman’s monstrous reflexes.
I tried to draw the bow again, but the important arrows did not appear. Running out of arrows meant that I did not have much magic left.
“Huh!”
Feeling threatened, Ruska began to slowly back away.
The moment when the expectation that he, who had already been through many hardships, would be the strongest among the first-year students was shattered.
This was the first time I felt afraid at the Academy.
In a last desperate attempt, he transformed it into a double-edged sword and swung it, but it was caught and lost.
Eventually, Ruska was cornered and had to endure the overwhelming odds while leaning against a rock.
And I gave up.
“Okay, do whatever you want.”
Ruska, who had prepared herself to take the same hit, quietly closed her eyes. It was natural to give in when meeting a stronger opponent.
Lyman, who just sleeps during class and slacks off during training.
At first, I wondered why a guy like that was in class A. I didn’t expect that his true nature, hidden by his indolence, would be like this.
Clank-
It took a split second for Lyman, holding the sword at his waist, to destroy something.
Boom!-
The aftershock caused the rocks to shatter into pieces. There was a loud noise, but Ruska slowly opened her eyes to find that she was fine.
Lyman had shattered the face of the golem disguised as a rock, not Ruska’s.
At that moment, the monster opened its mouth wide to eat Ruska.
If Lyman had been even one step late, he would have been out immediately.
Even when Lyman destroyed the golem, he used a scabbard. He swung the sword without drawing it.
“There are still 30 minutes left until the exam ends. Why don’t you stop obsessing over useless things and do something that will help you in the future?”
It was like advice from a grown man. Lyman left with just those words and leisurely walked away.
Ruska, who was completely played around without being able to exert even a single bit of strength, will be sitting there, internally distressed.
“Amazing.”
“I know.”
Jenny, who was watching the scene from afar, was greatly impressed. In the main story, Jenny sits and watches the battle that just took place. That’s why she was made to watch.
The battle is the same as the main story, except I’m involved. And Ruska must have just gotten angry after hearing Lyman’s words.
Help for the future? For Ruska, who had nothing since birth, such a concept was a problem of another dimension.
In order to save his mother, he lived with weapons and blood instead of a teddy bear, but everything ended up in ruins.
To Ruska, a lone wolf who yearned for revenge, such words would have sounded like empty talk from someone who knew nothing about the subject.
“I think it’s over now. Should I talk to Ruska?”
“No, I don’t want to associate with a lunatic like that. You’ve been through it yourself.”
Unfortunately, the characters at this point don’t know Ruska’s backstory. Because of this, they have no intention of understanding Ruska’s immoral actions.
“Oh, right! Thank you so much for helping me earlier. I don’t know what would have happened if you hadn’t stalled for me back then.”
“I guess my fishing line helped.”
“As expected, Radon’s technology is unique. I wonder how he made it.”
Jenny stuck her head out as they walked along the hot road together.
There was no other girl more curious than the one who looked at me from head to toe.
Then Jenny asked.
“But by the way, why don’t you come to the lake to fish these days?”
“Why all of a sudden?”
“Well, after school, you always go fishing there. A few days ago, you even caught a big puffer fish.”
“Oh, that puffer fish back then? I had a bit of a hard time because of the poison… … But how did you know that?”
“Huh? That’s… … .”
At that time, I was clearly alone. I was immersed in fishing in an atmosphere like Myeonggyeongjisu.
Jenny hesitated, as if she realized she had misunderstood something.
“Have you been spying on me by any chance?”
“No way! What the… … I heard it from Mary! She goes to the lake every day to play. Didn’t you meet her then?”
Well, I could always see Mary’s strange behavior whenever I went fishing there. But I didn’t see Mary when I caught the giant pufferfish?
I couldn’t help but look at her with suspicion. When I looked at her like that, Jenny tried to act as if nothing had happened and walked along, humming a song awkwardly.
As I continued to give her hints, water droplets began to form between her eyebrows.
“Are you sweating a lot all of a sudden?”
“Ahahaha. The test field was chosen to be in such a hot place. Isn’t Radon hot too?”
“It’s hot, though. The sweat has already dried.”
I wondered if it was fun to see Jenny looking flustered. I drew a line at the corner of my mouth.
But the girl’s resourcefulness in the face of crisis could not be underestimated.
“But why did Radon curse at Lyman?”
“uh?”
“No matter how much I think about it, I can’t understand it. Why did Lyman come out of Radon’s mouth?”
How can I answer this by changing the premise in that direction?
This time, Jenny seemed to have seized the opportunity and smiled like a fox.
“Why did you do that?”
The question is secondary. Right now, Jenny’s only goal is to watch me struggle. She wants to enjoy the fun I just felt.
“that…….”
Now that it’s come to this, it’s a do-or-die situation. Let it be.
“I wanted to get some attention. I like that guy.”
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“… … ?”
Jenny tilted her head after hearing those few words.
* * * * *
After 30 minutes had passed and the test was over.
I was dragged to the roof of the student union building by Lyman without being able to run away.
As expected, he asked me why I cursed. Then I gave him the same answer I gave to Jenny.
“So… … you wanted to get my attention?”
“huh…….”
“Now that you and I are close, you believed that if you cursed at me, I would come to your rescue?”
“huh…….”
“Hahahaha… … !”
“Ahahahaha… … .”
I burst out laughing just like Lyman.
Even I thought it was ridiculous. I was so embarrassed that my laughter gradually died down.
And then he quickly bent his knees, placed his forehead on the rooftop, and shouted.
“I’m so sorry! I’m sorry for blaming you for my helplessness!”
I knew through my skills that excuses were useless.
Trying to fight back in front of him is like adding fuel to the fire.
“I apologize for pretending not to swear!”
Lyman scratched his temple head at the plaster cast of sin that contained my whole heart and soul.
He seemed to be wondering how to deal with the matter, but then he spoke kindly.
“Tsk. I’ll let you off the hook just this once.”
“Thank you so much!”
“If you make me suffer one more time, I’ll really die.”
“……huh.”
Although it was a warning bordering on threatening, you’re lucky if it ended like this.
Luckily, I became close with Jenny and Mary. If it weren’t for that, I’m not sure if things would have gone this way.
“Then can I go now?”
“Wait a minute. Let me ask you something before that.”
He tilted his head, wondering what was going on. It seemed as if he was asking to resolve a curiosity he had been harboring for a long time.
“Do you know what the angle of the sandstorm is?”
Those words gave me a little goosebumps.
That was because it was the identification code of the Shadow Troops of the Kingdom of Papyrus, the target of Ruska’s revenge.
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