I Became the Terminally Ill Character in My Friend’s Academy Novel – Chapter 64

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: JayM
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I woke up feeling absolutely terrible for the first time in a while.

It was fortunate that I only ended up in such a bad condition after taking a named character’s main skill head-on, but still, that didn’t make the terrible condition any better.

“Oh, you’re up? I’m almost done preparing, so go wash your face first.”

But I couldn’t miss the breakfast made by my cross-dressing roommate.

No, honestly, I shouldn’t get used to this, even if it was only out of guilt, but I was completely addicted to the magic of having a warm meal and soup every morning.

The balanced side dishes and the mildly flavored soup prepared with ingredients that were easy on the stomach had already completely captured my heart and body.

I couldn’t go back to the days when I didn’t eat with Ha-ni.

“I’m really sorry for always being treated by you.”

“Are you seriously going to say the same thing every day? Stop with the nonsense and wash up already so that you can eat.”

As I sat at the table and drank the clear soup, the warmth spread throughout my weary body.

This was what mornings should be like.

“Pfft, your expression right now is like an old man’s.”

“…I’m not old enough for that yet.”

“What are you talking about? We’re the same age. Of course, I’m joking.”

A minor question, but how did she make this while I was sleeping? Shouldn’t I have woken up from the noise?

“Ah, right. Lilac said he’s having a ranking match after-party.”

“We have that every season, do we even need an after-party?”

“Lilac is treating us to celebrate him maintaining the joint top rank.”

“Then that’s a different story.”

“Anyway, he also said that we should have a barbecue on the travel club trip this weekend.”

Come to think of it, why did she join the travel club?

I couldn’t point it out now, but she probably had her reasons, right…?

“But the seniors are going too. It’s not just us, so can we even call it an after-party?”

“Hey, it’s just an excuse to hang out, so does it really matter? This guy, was Ga-eul right with you? Should I try it too? Loser~”

“Ah, not you too with the loser thing. Kim Ga-eul is enough.”

“Okay~ Touchy, aren’t you?”

Ha-ni giggled as usual.

Considering she had drawn a sword called a cursed blade during the practicals, she seemed fine right now.

“Hey, let’s get going. We’ll be late if we delay for too long.”

“We can’t be late for Professor Cathy’s homeroom class.”

“Whatever~”

Today, too, seemed like it would be a peaceful day.

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Transmigrator into an academy story special.

If you expect a peaceful day, something big is bound to happen.

An incident occurred without any warning.

Instead of the butt, who would usually be sitting at my desk with a strange smirk, there were piles of vegetable boxes on my desk, and a familiar-looking farmer was standing guard.

Thanks to that, the butt who had become Kim Ga-eul was trembling near my desk.

What was this crazy sight?

Was I still dreaming?

“Oh, you’re finally here! I was worried that the fresh vegetables I prepared would go bad!”

I went to school, and there was a terrorist in my class.

He was even wiping a cucumber.

He flexed his tanned muscles, delicately wiped the cucumber, and then held it out to the person in front of me, Kim Ga-eul’s friend.

“You don’t eat cucumbers even though you don’t have any allergies. And you threw food on the floor, didn’t you?”

Ah, shit. I remember now.

This bastard had said that he would leave after seeing me today, so he intended to finish his business first.

For some reason, that bastard Lilac wasn’t even thinking about intervening and was just watching while Cheon Yoo-hak was completely isolating himself from the incident with earphones in his ears.

“Eat this cucumber. It’s because you haven’t tried a delicious cucumber yet. A nicely chilled cucumber is delicious just with the refreshing sensation and the moist texture that bursts in your mouth. If you pickle it in honey, it tastes similar to melon…!”

He was a madman.

“It’s fine if you have unavoidable reasons. It’s also fine to simply run away because you dislike it. But if you’re just running away without even trying, I feel sorry for you.”

He wasn’t shirtless today, so he looked like a handsome, well-built man, which made the scene even more surreal.

“No, I…”

“Open your mouth! Eat the cucumber I grew…!”

It was such a crazy sight that Kim Ga-eul covered her mouth and frowned… No, looking closely, the corners of her mouth were turned up.

I did call him for this, but seeing him like this made me feel a bit strange. Did this feel satisfying to me?

“You’re the only one left! Everyone else has accepted the vegetables! Once your turn is over, I’ll be busy with scouting offers, so eat this cucumber…!”

Screams echoed throughout the classroom, and a girl’s mouth was violated by a green, bumpy vegetable with a crisp, refreshing sound.

“…Lilac, why didn’t you stop him?”

“Well, he doesn’t seem like a bad person.”

For the first time since I possessed this body, I questioned this guy’s sense of justice.

Was he a psychopath too?

“Oh, it’s delicious.”

However, after savoring the long, green cucumber, she looked at the farmer with a surprised expression.

“See, it’s delicious, right? Don’t waste food from now on. I won’t be as lenient as a cucumber next time.”

“See?”

What “See?” you bastard. A normal person would stop a terrorist from doing this the moment they entered the classroom.

Why are you trying to act as if you were touched and inspired? That doesn’t work on readers these days…!

But I seemed to be the only one who thought that way, as the classroom was already filled with a strangely heartwarming atmosphere.

Huh, am I the weird one?

Is this the average sensitivity of the characters in this messed-up novel…?

“Phew, now let’s get down to business.”

The madman’s gaze turned towards me.

“You seem to have had a hearty breakfast. I can see the nutrients rejoicing.”

For the record, his talent couldn’t see such things. In other words, it was his delusion.

“You still haven’t wasted any food…! Come to our farm after you graduate from the academy! The successor training will start right away!”

His intimidating muscles rippled under his clothes.

It was better than seeing them ripple while exposed, but it still wasn’t a sight I wanted to see.

“That’s enough.”

And it wasn’t Lilac or Cheon Yoo-hak who stepped forward to stop him, but Ha-ni.

Ah, Ha-ni…! I knew I could count on you, damn it…! You’re so cool…!

“Ah, I got too excited. You can come see me when I donate vegetables again, I was too hasty.”

Ha-ni reached for Snow Fang at her waist while looking annoyed.

“…Hmm, by the way, I thought about this the last time too, but are you a man?”

…I thought we were going to move on quietly, but the madman suddenly changed the subject.

An anxious look appeared on Kang Ha-ni’s face as she moved her hand to the sword at her waist.

“Your body fat and physique are just like—”

But then, an urgent voice came from outside.

“Here! Professor!”

“Mr. Ban Ki-san! You said you were here to donate vegetables!?”

It was the guard with an eggplant in his mouth and Professor Cathy.

“Oh dear. I have to go! Think seriously about my offer, boy!”

With those words, he opened the window like a cartoon character and jumped out.

At least he didn’t break the window, which made me feel like he was a mix of crazy madness and common sense.

…I did need a guy like him among the villains.

I decided to think that way since I had already made the scouting offer and couldn’t take it back.

Professor Cathy seemed to be contemplating whether to chase after him or to proceed with the homeroom class while we stood there blankly, but in the end, she stood in front of the blackboard.

“Good morning, everyone. Today is the day the latest rankings are released, reflecting the results of the ranking match. You’ve all been waiting for this, right?”

And she started the homeroom class as if nothing had happened.

I understood. No one wanted to be associated with a real madman.

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“So-hyun, what rank are you?”

On the way back to the dormitory after all the classes were over, we were chatting amongst our usual group, and the topic naturally turned to the rankings.

“Me? 336th.”

“Huh? That’s lower than I thought.”

“Really? I think it’s higher than I expected.”

Ha-ni asked, surprised, but actually, it wasn’t bad by my standards.

I had used up all the points I initially earned and the points I earned from the Jin Kyung-tae incident, so this was the result calculated purely from the ranking match points. 336th out of 400 freshmen was a decent ranking.

“Lilac, what about you?”

“Well, I’m still 1st. Yoo-hak is 2nd.”

“Oh, top rank. That would have been my spot if the matches hadn’t been interrupted.”

“I wasn’t planning on losing that easily either.”

“What rank are you, Han-hee?”

“Me? I messed up the written exam during the entrance exam, so I’m 6th right now.”

“Ga-eul?”

“I’m 140th. Hehe, loser, I’m closest to you.”

Was that such a good thing…?

“Yoo-na?”

“I’m 17th.”

The pink chihuahua smiled brightly and wagged her tail at Lilac.

She was a cold city chihuahua, and she was infinitely warm only to her owner.

“I see.”

But Lilac didn’t seem to notice the difference.

It seemed like Yoo-na had also moved on, thinking of it as her karma since she wasn’t at the stage where she would be stressed about such things anymore.

“Ah, right. So-hyun, you agreed to come on the travel club trip this weekend, right? No changing your mind.”

“Ah, I said I’m going. How many times are you going to confirm that?”

“Ah, just in case you try to back out again~ You want to go, don’t you?”

“Are you that excited? Midterm season is right after the trip.”

“Hmm? What does the exam have to do with the trip? So-hyun, exams are about what you’ve done usually.”

“That’s true~”

Lilac was a genius, so he didn’t struggle with studying, and Ha-ni didn’t really care about the written exams in the first place.

Yoo-na and Kim Ga-eul seemed a bit dumbfounded by their attitude, but perhaps due to their anticipation for the trip, neither of them said anything.

“I’m so excited. I’ve loved traveling since elementary school!”

“Really?”

I already knew that from the settings book, but I responded vaguely.

“Ah, right. I’m going to grill the meat on the trip, so no one can touch it. Just relax and eat.”

Ah, for the record, there was a description of Lilac being exceptionally good at grilling meat, to the point where some heroines were said to have been seduced by his grilling skills.

“Oh, are you good at grilling?”

“Of course, I’m good enough to confidently say it’s something to brag about.”

“Lilac is good at grilling. His father loves to travel, so he learned it from following him around.”

With Yoo-na joining in, Lilac became even more excited and started bragging about his grilling skills.

It was heartwarming to see them all laughing and chatting together, but at the same time, I felt a little sorry for them.

With how the first trip in academy stories went, this one was an event ripe for incidents.

In the novel, besides the Twelve Zodiac, there were several villain alliances, and this first trip of the travel club was the episode where one of them made their first appearance. It was also the episode where the protagonist and his friends were stranded in a dungeon.

This event was also forcibly held around the same time in the original story, so there was no way it would change.

Well, still…

Since I was here, I wouldn’t let it become such a terrible trip.

I would make sure that they could grill meat, have fun, and that the incident in the dungeon would just be a surprising little event, so they shouldn’t worry too much.

What unexpected variables could there be?

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“Hmm? Where are the travel club kids going this time?”

“Since it’s before midterms, we’re planning to go somewhere simple, domestically.”

“Ah, I see. Then is there anything we can help with?”

“Ah, I’d be happy if Professor Cathy could come. The young ones will like you more than me. Besides…”

“Yes, I’d also like to help prevent any incidents from happening to the academy cadets.”

“Inspector Kang Na-hyun is practically a celebrity! The kids will be surprised.”

“Really? Thank you for allowing me to join.”

It wasn’t until the day of the trip that Kang So-hyun realized that his group had grown a bit without him knowing.

“Sister, what if So-hyun doesn’t like a professor joining the kids’ fun?”

“Don’t worry. You know So-hyun isn’t like that.”

“I’m just worried.”

“I guarantee he’ll like it.”

“Really?”

“Of course.”

With this unexpected variable joining in, the first academy trip began.

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T/N – So-hyun should really learn his lesson by now about not raising such an obvious flag. Then again, it wouldn’t be entertaining if he did.

So it seems like both Professor Cathy and Kang Na-hyun will be joining the trip. It would definitely keep them safe from the villain alliance and trivialize the dungeon, but it would make it harder for the MC to claim the opportunity he was aiming for.

Lastly, I really love Ki-san and his innuendos. Rock on, legendary farmer!

If you find any mistakes, feel free to point them out in the comments.