I Realized It Was An Academy Game After 10 Years – Chapter 33

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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“Ish sho delishioush… More pleash…”

“Swallow what’s in your mouth before speaking.”

I looked at Millia, who was eating the salted hydra meat while shedding tears, with pitiful eyes. The way she ate while crying pitifully made me feel somewhat sorry for her. Maybe I should throw it more gently next time.

“Hey, Milla?”

“It’s Millia!”

“Right, Millia. I have a question… Where does the food go when you eat?”

“Obviously, it goes to my body!”

Just what kind of structure is she made of? Is it a structure where the food warps to the stomach when she eats? We looked at each other, filled with curiosity about how Millia’s body, which ate the salted meat as if it were the finest steak, was connected.

It felt like we had encountered a difficult problem. A pointless one, though.

We sat in a circle on top of the camp after finishing our meal. Naturally, Millia was placed in the center. Millia opened her mouth with a face that showed she was bothered by all of us looking down at her simultaneously.

“I absolutely won’t say anything about the dungeon!”

“We even gave you food.”

“Do you want to be purified?”

“Looks like you want to be stuck in the dungeon wall again.”

“…What should I start with?”

Persuaded by the peaceful conversation, Millia lowered her tail like a frightened puppy.

What should I ask first?

“Who is that guy?”

“Uh…!@*$#!&”

“What was that?”

“!@*(&$(!&(*#! He’s a jerk! Traitor! Pervert! Can’t even open a wine bottle by himself!”

“Did anyone understand that?”

When I alternately looked at the two of them, they both shook their heads. Is it some kind of security measure?

To prevent information leakage? Then what’s the point of bringing her here and even feeding her?

“What’s at the bottom of that dungeon?”

“At the bottom, there’s (!*@()!#$&(!@$ㅛ(!#!”

“Did anyone understand?”

Is everything related to the dungeon getting censored? Then regarding the corridor… Ah, I got it from the eye gesture.

Should I use her like a portable navigation then? I couldn’t hide my disappointment at the fact that I couldn’t obtain information even though I had an information source.

In the end, the most important thing for survival is information, but the information provider can’t provide information. It felt like I had encountered another obstacle. In that case…

“I guess we have no choice but to dive in ourselves.”

“Since I provided information, just one more! Just one more!”

“I couldn’t understand a single word you said. Hey, did that guy you’re talking about do something to you?”

“I don’t know! That guy !@*!#)(!), so I was immediately stuck in the wall!”

Damn that censorship. Whoever it is, it’s clear they’re thorough with security. Those are the most troublesome opponents.

Now that it’s come to this, it seems we have no choice but to slowly descend floor by floor. Before that, I need to bring some more supplies from home.

Since that chatterbox is gobbling up our food.

“I’ll go get some supplies for a bit. You two rest here.”

“Can you carry it all by yourself? I should…”

I reached out my hand to stop Renny, who was trying to get up. I silently pointed my finger at Karina and Millia.

Fortunately, Renny noticed my message and immediately sat down, looking up at me and said,

“Have a safe trip. Shout if there’s danger.”

“I don’t think that will happen.”

Since it’s not easy to encounter danger on an island where all the dangerous elements have been eliminated.

Unless I stupidly get caught in my own trap.

“Be careful on your way.”

“Bring lots of food!”

Did I ask for food? I punched Millia’s head, who was boldly shouting, and opened the camp door.

The forest, which until recently had reeked of a foul stench, now only had the fresh air unique to a forest.

I stuck my head out to check the ground and stepped on the ladder.

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“Today, we’ll explore the second floor. Did you pack your luggage properly?”

“Yes! I packed everything!”

Karina answered with a bright voice and nodded her head. She’s so cute no matter when you look at her.

I immediately turned my gaze and looked at Renny. Renny was looking at me as if asking when we would depart, with a bag almost as big as her body on her back.

“Wait, you’re going like that?”

“Is there a problem?”

“Isn’t it a bit… improper to go in a state where you’re not wearing anything on top when we don’t know what might happen?”

“That’s right! Why aren’t you wearing a top? There are three women here!”

It was the umpteenth time they pointed it out.

What she said wasn’t wrong. Since we don’t know what dangers might be lurking inside the dungeon, it’s proper to at least wear leather clothes that can provide minimal defense.

“Alright.”

I took out the leather clothes I had made before from my bag and put them on.

Since I made them using the bear leader’s family, they should provide at least minimal defense.

When I looked at Renny again after putting on the clothes, she was looking at me with a surprised face.

“You really put them on?”

“Who do you think I am, a barbarian?”

“Uh, but… You didn’t put them on even when I asked every time…”

Did I? I don’t remember well.

Well, it’s not a big deal, so let’s just go down quickly.

“Anything else to bring? If not, let’s depart.”

We left the camp and walked straight to the dungeon.

Only the occasional chirping of birds and the sound of the undergrowth rustling in the wind could be heard in the forest.

The weather was so nice that it felt like a picnic.

Even though we were going to the dungeon.

The dungeon entrance was closed, just like yesterday.

It seemed the door hadn’t been broken while we were sleeping.

It felt strange that the dungeon, which had always been so noisy, was quiet.

Is it a structure where zombies no longer come out once you clear the first room?

I didn’t open the door right away in case of any unforeseen danger and knocked on the door with the back of my hand.

Knock knock knock.

“It’s quiet.”

It seemed the zombies hadn’t respawned. Come to think of it, how are zombies created? I picked up Millia, who was mumbling while eating dried meat, and made eye contact with her.

“Millia. How are zombies created?”

“I don’t know either!”

…You’re not very helpful, are you?

I hung Millia back on my waist and opened the door. The dark path, same as yesterday, revealed itself with the sound of the hinges scraping.

I thrust my body into the darkness, holding the shovel, and surveyed the surroundings.

There were no signs of movement.

I immediately turned around and signaled to the party that it was safe.

Following that, three lamps illuminated the dungeon.

“Let’s take a lap around the first floor and then go down to the second floor.”

The cave retained the same appearance as yesterday, right after I destroyed the lights.

It was only natural since only a day had passed, but this place wasn’t where common sense applied.

Even this place was a trap that made you wander around with a bizarre illusion.

After a tedious lap, we descended the stairs leading to the second floor.

The stairs going down were quite long. How long had we been walking on a path where only darkness could be seen? The lamp’s illumination was blocked by a wall.

No, this is a door.

I grabbed the doorknob that reflected the lamp’s light and turned it.

And we reflexively covered our eyes.

“It’s blinding…”

“This place is…”

The light embedded in the ceiling was dazzling.

The brightness was on a different level compared to the first-floor corridor.

And…

“It’s swarming with undead.”

“What is this…”

Undead here.

Undead there.

Zombies, skeletons, and ghost-like beings were wandering around a field of tombstones.

This seemed to be the place where zombies and skeletons were created.

Fortunately, we emerged on a hill quite far from the cemetery.

When we turned around after exiting the door, it appeared as a door floating in the air.

I think I’ve seen this in an old animated movie.

“This place looks larger than this island? Wow, how can such a space exist…”

“I’ve heard that dungeons are completely separate spaces from the world we live in. That’s why they said the size and shape can be unrealistic.”

Since there’s a status window and skills, it wouldn’t be strange if the dungeon follows the instant dungeon format commonly found in RPG games.

In that case, it wouldn’t be strange to see the dungeon’s interior and exterior as separate spaces, as Karina said.

“Millia. Recite what you know about the second floor.”

“!*@&*!(#$”

“Just keep your mouth shut.”

I still couldn’t understand.

I seriously thought about abandoning her somewhere or purifying her as Karina said, considering I brought her thinking she would be useful.

“Why?”

“Don’t you know how your voice sounds to others?”

“What are you talking about? You’re saying weird things again. Anyway, I said it, so give me something to eat!”

Millia seemed genuinely clueless.

If it’s like this, it would be difficult to obtain information verbally.

Ignoring Millia’s demand, I squatted on the hill and scanned the second floor’s scenery once again.

Regardless of what happened here, the row of tombstones and the hands popping out of the ground like a scene from a movie.

And even the zombies pushing away the dirt and getting up. It was a floor filled with quite classic zombies.

Even with a rough glance, the number of zombies seemed to easily exceed three digits, wandering around the cemetery in full swing.

Hmm.

Where would the path leading to the third floor be?

No matter where I looked, I couldn’t see anything resembling a door.

There must be a gimmick to solve for the door to appear.

I lifted Millia’s head and made eye contact with her. Millia looked at me as if asking why and opened her mouth.

“Why? Are you going to give me something to eat?”

“Where is the door to the third floor?”

“Hmm~!*@&*#$(!$!”

As expected. And Millia was also as expected.

I didn’t miss the moment Millia’s eyes moved. To the right. The direction Millia’s eyes pointed to.

I turned my head and looked to the right.

It was a land lined with tombstones, just like the front.

There seemed to be no difference on the surface. But since Millia looked that way, the door was probably there.

She could be deceiving me in a high-level psychological warfare, but seeing Millia drooling and looking at me as if asking why I wasn’t giving her food, that thought vanished like melting snow.

There are other things to doubt.

No matter how you look at it, she has the intelligence level of a neighborhood mutt, so what psychological warfare?

“Wh-what? Why are you looking at me like that?”

“…It’s nothing.”

I put the dried meat into Millia’s mouth.

“What are you going to do now?”

“Sweeping them all away doesn’t seem like a good method.”

“For now, we should find the way down. But before that, we should hide.”

I wonder if there are any other passages for the zombies to go up to the surface besides here.

It would be fortunate if there were, but unfortunately, it didn’t seem to be the case.

I pointed to the zombies and skeletons that suddenly started walking towards us.

“They’re coming.”

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