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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Wjin
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‘She wants me to just kill her, out of the blue.’
Killing Libero wasn’t something I had intended to do in the first place.
I had actually wanted to save him.
It was just that the situation at the time had been unavoidable.
‘He was satisfied on his own.’
If he wanted to save the Kingdom of Lodreim, he should have done it himself.
Instead, he pushed that onto me and left.
And Freya was saying such things, not knowing any of this.
Moreover…
‘She doesn’t even know what her own purpose was.’
At her request to kill her, I asked her to tell me what her purpose was first.
The analysis of Freya’s character had been completed among the users, but nothing was known about her purpose.
And I found out why.
“Purpose? I don’t have one. Can’t you just kill me now?”
She didn’t have a purpose in the first place.
Of course, just killing her without knowing her purpose wouldn’t make her smile and die like Libero.
Besides, I didn’t come here to kill her, I came because I needed her.
‘Because I needed to transfer to her team.’
I wasn’t in a hurry for SP right now anyway.
And killing Freya was something that needed to be carefully considered.
Unlike the numerous spies on the Demon King’s side within the church, she was the only spy the church had on the Demon King’s side.
‘Thankfully, the conversation went well.’
I couldn’t kill her right now.
So I gave her the task of finding her purpose for now.
In addition, I also informed her about me, Yuseora, and a few other students who might try to trade.
It was roughly settled for now.
Now I just had to wait for the results of the trade.
With that thought, I put down my plate on the table.
Mealtime, twice a day.
The food wasn’t as good as Weiss’s, but it was the next best thing.
It was a time of healing in the midst of a busy school life.
‘Come to think of it, I can’t use the excuse of eating alone anymore.’
It was a time when I had become somewhat close with the new people I had met.
‘Not that I care that much.’
I had a lot of things to worry about anyway.
I didn’t even have enough time to practice archery.
So I wanted to be alone at least during meals.
‘And to plan for the future…’
But today wasn’t the day for that.
A plate was casually placed in front of me.
I looked up to see who it was.
‘Wilhelm?’
He was someone who always ate alone, just like me.
Why was he sitting in front of me now?
‘What’s going on?’
After sitting in front of me and awkwardly taking a few bites, he finally spoke.
“Thank you.”
What?
I tried to recall anything I had done that would make him thank me.
The only thing that came to mind was the embarrassing excuse for a consultation I gave him last time.
‘And I even rushed off in the middle of it to go save Yuseora.’
But that was the only thing I could think of.
He didn’t seem like the type to come and thank me just for handing him water in the archery range sometimes.
“Is it because of the consultation last time?”
Wilhelm nodded.
It was that.
But…
“But I hardly did anything. I just said I would look for the cause?”
And I hadn’t even found that cause yet.
I only heard that it was under the jurisdiction of the God of Chains, and that he had performed some work related to it.
It only raised more questions.
“Did you manage to contact your constellation again?”
“No, that’s not it.”
It was a shame, even though I had hoped.
Then what was the reason?
“I haven’t been able to contact him, but I don’t think he would want me to be depressed about it.”
“And that’s related to my consultation?”
“The effect of a consultation is surprisingly great. Just by simply telling someone else my worries, my thoughts were organized.”
I still didn’t understand how that was something to thank me for.
I just listened to him, it was he who organized his thoughts.
If anything, I wanted to thank him.
‘Thanks to him, I was able to save Yuseora.’
If Wilhelm hadn’t asked for a consultation that day, would I have been able to realize in time that the connection with the constellations had been severed?
The probability was extremely low.
It was a close call when I saved Yuseora.
Then it wouldn’t be wrong for me to express my gratitude.
“Actually, I also…”
Just then, someone placed a plate next to Wilhelm.
My mouth froze mid-sentence.
It was Yuseora.
“It’s the archer duo from team 2.”
She smiled brightly at Wilhelm and me.
Come to think of it, she had a stiff and cold impression until recently, but she seemed to have brightened up a bit after that incident.
Well, it was natural since the biggest worry she had was gone for now.
But that didn’t mean that the sudden closeness wasn’t awkward.
Moreover, this was the first time she had joined a meal.
It seemed like she was able to join naturally because Wilhelm was already there.
“What were you going to say?”
“Oh, it was nothing.”
Yuseora tilted her head and looked at me.
I casually put food in my mouth.
“By the way, didn’t you two always eat separately? Don’t you have any friends?”
“Gack…!”
“Of course.”
Unlike me, who choked, Wilhelm answered casually.
I had a newfound respect for him.
“Anyway, how about we eat together as team 2 from now on?”
Honestly, I wanted to decline.
But while I was thinking about how to politely refuse,
“I’ll pass.”
Wilhelm stood up.
He had sat down later than me, but his plate was already empty.
“I don’t have enough time to train.”
You don’t have enough time when you spend all day in the archery range?
Anyway, Wilhelm was more of a man’s man than I had imagined.
Yuseora, who had been sitting next to him, stared blankly at Wilhelm’s retreating figure.
‘Should… should I also refuse coolly like that?’
Then Yuseora spoke.
“This is even better.”
Did I hear that wrong?
I thought she said that, but I wasn’t sure.
“What did you just say?”
“Huh? I didn’t say anything?”
She smiled at me.
“Well, since it can’t be helped, let’s just eat together, the two of us.”
It was definitely uncomfortable.
At the same time, I started to have a dangerous premonition.
As I felt my stomach churn and was about to get up,
Thud.
Someone put their hand on my shoulder.
It was a small hand, but it had quite a bit of strength.
For some reason, I started to get chills down my spine.
The strange sense of fear I had felt since the swordsmanship bet with Yuseora had arrived right next to me.
“Oh? You still have a lot of food left?”
I carefully turned my head to check who was standing next to me.
“Elsie…?”
She was smiling, but for some reason, it didn’t seem like a smile.
She eventually put down the food she was holding next to me.
Yuseora’s expression wasn’t good either.
‘I’m fucked.’
Up until now, I had a feeling that I might be fucked, but this time I was really fucked.
Two people who had become bitter enemies after the last mock battle had met.
I needed to escape from here as soon as possible.
‘Ugh…’
But Elsie’s grip on my shoulder was stronger than I thought.
The strength that came from the playable character’s unique stats had a destructive power that contrasted with her relatively slender arms.
When I gave up on getting up, she sat down right next to me.
“May I join you?”
I had considered refusing Yuseora.
But Elsie was different.
I quickly nodded and affirmed.
“Of course.”
It was a fixed fate the moment I failed to escape.
The only thing left to do was to finish the food.
As I hurriedly put food in my mouth,
“No? This is our team 2 A team’s combination. Please move aside.”
“Gack…”
I choked again.
Elsie looked at me as if I deserved it, which made my heart ache even more.
“Right? Seo Yoo Rang.”
I nodded for now.
Then Elsie tilted her head and asked,
“Oh? When did you two start speaking casually to each other?”
“We’re on the same team, of course.”
“You seemed awkward until the last mock battle, though?”
It seemed like Elsie wasn’t here for the food in the first place.
The aura she was emitting was the same as the madness I felt during the mock battle.
But Yuseora, who had been overwhelmed by that aura back then, wasn’t losing this time.
“Anyway, please move quickly.”
“What are you talking about? Weren’t the teams going to be changed with today’s trade event anyway?”
“That’s…”
I desperately gave Yuseora a look as she was about to refute Elsie.
I had told her that I would somehow negotiate with Professor Fraira.
But if she brought that up here, it would be troublesome.
“Do you have something to say?”
“…”
Fortunately, Yuseora followed my lead.
Instead, she brought up another topic.
“By the way, what’s your relationship with Seo Yoo Rang? You seem to know each other?”
Then Elsie looked at me and said,
“Why don’t you answer that, Seo Yoo Rang?”
No, I couldn’t understand why Elsie was obsessed with me in the first place.
It made me wonder if she had noticed my true identity, but that didn’t seem to be the case.
So how was I going to answer?
“Then I’ll be going now.”
I had finished eating.
I quickly got up from my seat.
Then both Yuseora and Elsie looked disappointed.
It was an unavoidable choice for survival.
‘I hope the trade goes well…’
I had asked Fraira to send Elsie to another class as much as possible.
Since Elsie had performed quite well in the mock battles, I judged that there would be many professors who would want to take her.
And I had felt it before, but I felt it clearly just now.
‘Yuseora and Elsie should never be put together.’
Then afternoon came.
After seeing the results of the trade, I immediately ran to Fraira’s office.
“Why is Elsie still here?”
Then Fraira smiled as if it couldn’t be helped and said,
“Ah, for some reason, everyone was reluctant to take her. They said she was difficult to control?”
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