I Possessed a Character in an Academy Without a Protagonist – Chapter 65

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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“Damn it, why is this happening?”

Something was strange.

This is Vafe, right?

I had just confirmed it for sure using Examine.

“Why is it being absorbed into my body instead of transforming into a weapon?”

Vafe was supposed to transform into the most suitable form of weapon according to the user’s aptitude and abilities.

I was expecting what kind of weapon it would transform into for Schlus, but suddenly it said it was absorbed into my body?

I checked repeatedly to see if it was a glove covering my hand or a suit-type weapon.

However, I couldn’t find any trace of Vafe anywhere.

It had been completely absorbed into my body.

Or it had disappeared.

“Ha. What the hell is this?”

What on earth was going on?

Could it be that the settings for Vafe had changed?

No, that shouldn’t be the case.

Although this world threw outrageous situations and quests at me, it had been perfectly implemented without contradicting my novel.

There was no way it would suddenly change the setting of Vafe, which hadn’t been touched by human hands for hundreds of years, without any plausibility.

Then it meant Vafe was working properly…

“Is it strengthening my fists or something?”

Was it like, the most suitable weapon for Schlus is his bare body?

So Vafe didn’t transform into the form of a weapon separately and instead went into Schlus’ fists to strengthen them?

I thought of it myself, but it sounded quite plausible.

Should I try it out?

Bam!

“Ack!”

As soon as I drove my fist into the cave wall, a despicable scream echoed.

It was a scream that Trie would have laughed and mocked if she heard it.

By the way, there was no trace left on the wall.

Not even a piece of rock fell off.

Damn it…

It seemed it wasn’t strengthened at all, just weakened due to fatigue.

“Damn it. I should at least know what’s going on.”

In the end, the only thing I found out was ‘the fact that I don’t know anything’.

Seeing as I absorbed Vafe, it seemed I did become the user…

But I had no idea how this was supposed to be a weapon or how to take it out again.

I couldn’t just stay holed up in this cave trying to figure it out.

The monsters would soon be upon me.

I put the luminous artifact back in my mouth and hurriedly exited the cave.

“Ugh… Ugh…”

Climbing back up while leaning against the wall was twice as hard as going down.

Even though I hadn’t climbed much, my arms and legs were already trembling and gasping breaths began to escape me.

I should have exercised more and built up my strength if I knew this would happen.

When I was going down, I thought I would die if I slipped, but now I just felt like dying.

I desperately wanted to use Selection and Concentration, but I couldn’t use it here.

I had no choice but to endure with sheer will.

“Aaaargh!”

Finally climbing out of the crevice, I rolled my heavy body on the ground and lay down.

My arms and legs weren’t listening as if they were broken, and my chest kept rising and falling repeatedly.

I gasped for breath like that for a long time.

Until I noticed the unsettling surroundings.

“Grrr…”

“Ah, shit.”

As soon as I turned my head, I faced a drooling rabid dog.

It rushed at me as if to tear off my face-

“Grrr!”

“Hah!”

“Kyaaak…!”

As I rolled my body to avoid it, it fell into the crevice.

Phew.

That was close.

That was close…

“Grrr… Grr…”

“Grrrr…”

“Haha. I’m screwed.”

Pitch-black bastards were everywhere.

Black hounds.

They were low-grade monsters with low intelligence.

If it were just one or two, I could handle them with my bare hands.

But this many was absolutely impossible.

It would have been impossible even if I had a sword.

That was because those damn dogs were swarming the rocky mountain as if to completely cover it.

This won’t do.

I couldn’t endure it even if I used my ability.

Then there was only one way.

“Damn it!”

I immediately turned around and started running.

The encirclement was thin on the steep rocky side behind me.

Dodging three or four that rushed at me with their eyes rolled back, I was able to immediately reach the cliff.

There was no time to hesitate.

Without slowing down my running speed, I jumped off the cliff just like that.

‘Selection and Concentration. Use 1 second on Endurance.’

Just before smashing into the ground after falling dozens of meters.

I used Selection and Concentration to reinforce my body to the extreme.

Boom!

“Ugh!”

I let out a small groan as I landed like a superhero in a Hollywood movie.

Dirt flew around and a crater was created, but my joints didn’t shatter and my bones didn’t break.

Because the endurance of my body right now was comparable to black steel.

The problem was that the impact was transferred to my body as vibration.

Due to the ringing tremor that paralyzed my whole body, I couldn’t get up for a long time.

“Kiyah!”

“Kang! Kang!”

“Kaaang!”

Black figures fell behind me.

The black hounds were scattering brain matter and blood as they smashed their heads on the ground.

Occasionally, unlucky ones were crawling towards me with their legs twisted, their mouths wide open.

Fortunately, I had jumped far enough that blood didn’t splatter on me.

Before the ones walking down from halfway up the rocky mountain caught up, I quickly ran towards Whist Forest.

The mana energy concentration had definitely thickened.

My whole body felt heavy, my eyes kept closing, and I felt sleepy.

If I closed my eyes here, I would really die.

I kept my mind straight and didn’t stop my feet.

Gradually, my body seemed to feel lighter.

It was a sign that the forest was ending.

Before long, the tall trees became sparse, and the lodging could be seen in the distance.

Now it seemed there were no black hounds chasing me.

Phew.

I almost died trying to steal one enlightenment.

“Don’t be too resentful, Hertlocker.”

Come to think of it, Hertlocker probably didn’t even know there was something called Vafe right now.

I felt a little sorry for a moment, but not anymore.

Come to think of it, I had saved ‘Selection and Concentration’ in case I encountered monsters, but in the end, I only used 1 second.

If I knew it would turn out like this, I should have used 2 seconds each when going down and up the crevice.

Well, I didn’t know it would turn out like this back then.

But let’s think positively.

Since there was time left for Selection and Concentration, I would be able to handle it even if there was an unexpected attack tonight.

I mentally consoled myself and naturally returned to the lodging.

I had also locked the door to my room, so if I made up a good excuse, it wouldn’t be discovered that I had been to Whist Forest.

Unless Trie proudly blabbed about being trapped in the mine-buried area and being rescued by me.

“Schlus. Where have you been?”

As I was trying to sneak back to my room, I ran into Ainz.

He was sitting in the same chair as when I left.

Don’t tell me he had been here for hours.

“I went for a walk.”

“Trie came back from a walk a while ago too…”

“…”

Ainz said, narrowing his eyes at me suspiciously.

Damn it.

It seemed he had really been sitting here the whole time.

Why didn’t he go into his room?

“But you came back at a good time. They’re having a barbecue in the backyard right now.”

“Is that so?”

Right.

Dinner today was barbecue.

I went to the backyard with Ainz, who looked haggard today.

The students were already sitting around.

Large pieces of meat that would only appear in comics were skewered on metal skewers and spinning over the fire.

Seeing it in person, it really looked appetizing.

“Come here! Teacher Schlus! We saved you a seat!”

“I told you not to call me teacher…”

Trie noticed me and waved her hand vigorously.

As I approached the fire with a wry smile, Ainz was looking at me with a strange gaze.

What is it, man?

What’s wrong?

Now that I looked, the students’ gazes were all focused on me.

What’s going on?

Why are they all like this?

“Sch-Schlus! Nosebleed!”

“Ah.”

Only after Trie shouted in a panicked voice did I realize.

Red blood was flowing down from my philtrum.

As soon as I became aware of it, my head suddenly felt like it was spinning.

“Cough!”

“Schlus!”

Suddenly feeling something rising from inside, I lowered my head and blood poured out of my mouth.

Damn it…

The mana energy erosion seemed to be stronger than I thought.

It felt like my internal organs were all being sliced and popping out through my mouth.

My legs were shaking, but I wasn’t about to collapse or lose consciousness right away.

I was barely able to hold onto the thread of consciousness.

“Ugh…”

“Mr. Schlus! Are you alright?!”

As I kept vomiting thick blood, Sergei was by my side before I knew it.

Damn it.

This won’t do.

If it was Sergei, he would realize this was mana energy erosion as soon as he touched me.

‘Selection and Concentration. Use 1 second on Mana Resonance.’

I immediately raised my Mana Resonance stat and decomposed all the remaining mana energy in my body into mana in an instant.

Right after that, Sergei firmly put his hand on my shoulder.

Now he wouldn’t feel any residual mana energy at all.

“Are you okay? Spit out everything you ate today!”

“It’s not poison.”

“Then what is it?”

“I have a chronic illness. I’ll be fine after resting a bit.”

“First, drink a recovery potion. Quickly.”

It was the first time I had seen Sergei’s face so flustered.

By the way, I wasted one of these precious potions.

Damn it.

There would be quite a lot of casualties tomorrow or the day after, so I wondered if there would be a shortage of potions because of me.

“I’ll take him to his room!”

“Okay, Trie. I’m counting on you.”

“Give me your arm, Teacher Schlus.”

“Don’t call me teacher…”

“Geez. Is this the time for that?”

I didn’t remember well after being supported by Trie.

I definitely walked in a daze, but seeing as my memory was spotty, it seemed to have an effect similar to being drunk.

Ah.

I wanted to try the comic meat.

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“Chronic illness… I see.”

Looking at his hand, Sergei had a dumbfounded expression.

It was because the information he had just read with this hand was hard to believe.

Schlus’ body condition was in tatters.

The blood vessels all over his body were melting, and his internal organs were all severely damaged.

‘It’s like… Yes. It was just like the body of someone exposed to high concentrations of mana energy.’

One would have to be exposed to mana energy to be this wrecked.

But not a bit of mana energy was detected from Schlus’ body.

He had definitely said it was a chronic illness.

There was something that came to mind as a similar illness.

He didn’t know what it was called, but it was a terrible disease where the body’s immune system would sometimes malfunction and attack itself.

He had heard that those people also vomited blood due to internal organ damage when the disease flared up, just like Schlus a moment ago.

And unfortunately, the cure for that disease was not known.

“An incurable disease…”

Sergei muttered quietly as he watched Schlus being supported by Trie and going inside.

There was a sharp-eared student who heard that-

‘Schlus Hainkel has an incurable disease?! I must report this to Lady Erica quickly!’

It was the red-haired girl who was collecting information about Schlus at Erica’s request.

Erica had particularly said to find out a lot of information about Schlus’ health.

As expected, there was a reason why she emphasized health.

She decided to immediately send this information to Erica by express mail.

“Hahaha. Then shall we continue the fun barbecue party?”

Sergei turned around and clapped his hands.

But the once dampened atmosphere didn’t boil up again.

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