I Realized It Was An Academy Game After 10 Years – Chapter 27

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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It had been three days since I killed my archenemy, the hydra.

The island was truly peaceful.

Although there were some zombies wandering around.

Still, after digging a pit in front of the dungeon and bringing acidic poison from the swamp to create a corrosive bog, there weren’t many zombies roaming the forest.

“When will I get a bite…”

I sat on a chair made from the hydra’s bones, resting my chin, and gazed at the beach. Sitting like this made me feel like a king.

No, it’s not wrong to say that. Thinking about it, since I had sent the leaders on a one-way trip to the afterlife, I could shout that I’m now the king of this island and no one would deny it! Of course, if I actually shouted that, I would be treated as a weirdo, but who cares. There are only 3 people here anyway.

No, are there as many as 3 people?

Anyway, I was enjoying this rare holiday.

Had there ever been such peaceful days in my life on this deserted island?

No worries, no need to painstakingly manage traps, and just absentmindedly looking at the beach from a protruding rock was enough to make me feel good.

Ah, I got a bite.

As soon as the fishing rod started to shake, I immediately grabbed it and pulled.

“Oh, it’s a big catch.”

I licked my lips at the sight of the wide-bodied fish. This fish was quite delicious. I didn’t know its name though.

There’s no need to call it by name anyway.

I just needed to divide them into safe fish and dangerous fish. By the way, dangerous fish either remain poisonous even when grilled, or have an obnoxious amount of bones that make them hard to eat.. I despise fish that have a lot of bones.

It’s bothersome to pick them out one by one while eating. The best fish are ones with bones that are soft enough to eat together or few enough to easily remove.

“Should I head back?”

I caught 4 fish just this morning. This was enough for today’s lunch. Although Renny and I eat a lot, grilling these and making a stew would be enough to fill our stomachs for lunch. And for dinner…

“Let’s grill a bunch of hydra meat.”

They say aged meat doesn’t taste good, but hydra meat is a different story.

The chewy texture overflowing with savory and light flavors, as if it was born to be eaten, was the driving force that made us endure all sorts of hassles and make all kinds of dishes for three days. Fortunately, there was also a generous amount, so if we salted it well, we could eat it for another month.

Maybe it was just my imagination, but I felt like my body was overflowing with energy.

Still, it’s good to have more ingredients to add flavor to delicious meals, so I was leisurely fishing to take a break.

“Johann. Did you catch a lot?”

“I caught four.”

A melodious voice came from behind me. I awkwardly answered and got up from the unnecessarily flashy fishing chair. I could have remained seated, but talking to Karina still made me nervous. It was too difficult to have a conversation with a beauty.

I didn’t even know what to talk about.

These conversations only happened because Karina kept talking to me.

How did Karina view me?

I believed she didn’t dislike me, but… I couldn’t gauge the distance between us. After meeting people for the first time in 10 years, it was hard to accurately measure the distance with people during those 10 years.

“What’s the name of this fish?”

Karina pointed to the fish that looked like a flatfish I had caught last.

“I don’t know. I’ve never thought about the names of the fish caught here. As long as the fish is edible, that’s all that matters.”

“I see…”

The conversation between me and Karina ended. This uncomfortable silence could only be broken by leaving the area, but both Karina and I knew that it wasn’t the best solution every time. So, in this awkward silence, Karina and I tried to read each other’s expressions.

“Karina.”

“…Ah, yes. What is it?”

“I have a question.”

“A question?”

Karina looked at me as if asking what I meant. Was it strange for me to ask a question like this? Come to think of it, this might be the first time I talked to Karina first like this.

“Why were you crossing the sea by boat?”

“Ah… I was crossing the sea to enroll in Kalon Academy. But the ship…”

Having finally gotten an answer to a question I had been curious about for a long time but had put off due to being busy, I turned my gaze back to the beach, lost in thought.

So it’s before the game starts.

Since attending the entrance ceremony was the content of the prologue, the game story hasn’t started yet… No, since she’s been here for over half a month, it might have already started.

Then what would happen?

An academy without the main heroine. There would be huge holes in the story progression since Karina played a major role in the early, middle, and late parts.

I felt sorry for the protagonist, whoever it was, for having to endure that hardcore school life without a healer.

If Karina couldn’t return like this…

“Umm, Johann?”

“Do you have something to ask me?”

“How did you end up stranded on this island?”

“I don’t know either. I opened my eyes and found myself on this island, and started a desperate struggle to survive.”

It was 100% true except for the fact that I was a transmigrator. I really did open my eyes on this island, and from that moment, I started a tear jerking tale of being stranded on a deserted island.

Back then, I thought I wouldn’t even last a month, let alone 10 years, barely surviving day by day, but now I had dealt with all the long-time residents of the island and was leisurely fishing.

You never know what life will bring.

“Do you not remember your past?”

“I don’t remember, but I don’t really care about it. At this point of living on this island, it wouldn’t be something important.”

“…If you leave here, I’ll help you find your past.”

“There’s no need for that.”

What was her intention in saying that? It was difficult to gauge the intent behind Karina’s words. Conversations between people were too challenging for me. If she were simple-minded like Renny, it would be somewhat better, but it was hard to say that having a conversation with a complex person like Karina was easy.

…More accurately, it would be that I stumbled over my words simply because she was a beauty.

But it couldn’t be helped. When an extremely attractive beauty smiles with her eyes and looks at me with a gaze full of goodwill, how could I not stutter? Even a true man would have no choice but to do so. It’s not like I could blatantly say, “Wow, you’re so freaking hot.”…

“Jo, Johann?”

Ah.

Ah…

Ah……

I kicked the ground and immediately jumped into the sea.

I’m going to the continent right now. Right this instant!

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“Johann?!”

Karina was startled to see Johann abruptly jump into the sea.

It was a baffling situation. Suddenly jumping into the sea. Karina, who was about to call Renny with a bewildered expression, closed her mouth upon seeing Johann disappearing while flailing in the water.

“Gor…”

Karina hurriedly closed her mouth, unable to utter the crude word, and chased Johann’s retreating figure with her eyes. Her face felt hot. It was the first time in Karina’s life that she had been teased so directly.

‘It’s understandable since he lived alone for 10 years…’

He wasn’t just anyone, but her savior. Karina could understand even if he said such things.

Just imagining living alone for 10 years was enough to be surprised that he didn’t go crazy. Moreover, considering what had happened in the past few weeks, it wasn’t strange for him to say such things.

Even Karina occasionally sneaked out of the temple and went sightseeing in the city when she was stressed. If she thought of it as an occasional deviation, it wasn’t such an unusual thing… Karina convinced herself.

If he had lived alone for 10 years, it wouldn’t be strange to have such thoughts upon seeing a woman…

‘What am I thinking.’

Karina took her eyes off him, who was now almost out of sight, and looked at the sapphire-like horizon. As she gazed at the endless blue horizon, a sudden thought occurred to her, and she turned her gaze back to Johann.

‘How does Johann think of me?’

An ambiguous relationship.

That’s how Karina defined her relationship with Johann. She felt gratitude towards him as her savior, but he was someone difficult to get close to beyond an acquaintance.

But he was the first person she could rely on since meeting Renny.

Too close to be called an acquaintance, too distant to be considered a friend.

In this halfway relationship, Karina pondered whether she should take a step forward or wait quietly.
It was the first time she had gotten this close to a man, so Karina couldn’t gauge it.
If she could cleanly reject him, it would be more comfortable, but she didn’t want to do that.

Karina turned her gaze and stared blankly in the direction Johann had disappeared.

Unlike the land where she was surrounded by the gazes of countless people and couldn’t move freely, only her heart mattered on this deserted island.

‘Time will solve it, right?’

Anyway, whether they leave this island or not, they would have to stick together for a long time.

Karina turned around, holding a bucket with a flapping fish inside.

“I just hope he doesn’t come back too late…”

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