I Realized It Was an Academy Game After 10 Years – Chapter 56

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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“You look good with your beard shaved!”

Is that so?

I looked in the mirror at Millia’s words.

A face that still bore the traces of life on the deserted island.

Honestly, I hadn’t paid attention to my appearance for 10 years.

It was only natural.

What crazy person would care about grooming when they had to secure food for the day?

In the face of survival, such unnecessary actions were no different from cutting one’s own lifeline.

In the first place, even if I wanted to manage my appearance, there was no way to do so.

Could my skin remain intact while living a life that required moving under the scorching sun?

Even Karina, who was surrounded by holy power and could quickly recover from most injuries, had slightly tanned skin.

Speaking of tanning, I think the slightly light brown skin looks quite nice…

“Johann! Johann!”

“…Why did you call me?”

“Why are you suddenly spacing out? Are you hurting somewhere? Want me to blow on it?”

“It’s fine.”

I roughly ruffled Millia’s hair as she looked at me with worried eyes and turned my body.

Since I wasn’t wearing anything on top, it was time to put on a top.

I took out a suitable shirt from my bag and put it on.

It was a fairly decent shirt.

“Wait! Take that off!”

“What’s wrong with the clothes?”

“It’s been washed a long time ago! It smells! Here, wear this! Wear this!”

I caught the clothes Millia threw at me.

I didn’t know where she got them from, but they were clean clothes.

Where did she really get them?

Did she bring them from this mansion?

I asked Millia, who was staring intently at me.

“Where did you get these?”

“The older sisters living here gave them to me!”

Did the servants managing this place give us clothes that were good enough for them to wear?

For now, since we were guests, it seemed they provided this level of service.

But a suit… I didn’t think the first thing I’d wear after coming to the academy would be a suit.

Touching it with my fingers, the quality of the clothes seemed quite good.

Well, the clothes given to guests in a building used by the saint had to be of good quality.

If they gave cheap stuff and rumors spread, they would only be embarrassed.

I roughly placed the clothes on the bed and told Millia,

“I’m going to change, so go out.”

“Okay! You have to wear it, okay?! If you come back without changing because you’re lazy, I’ll get mad!”

No matter what, I’m not that lacking in common sense.

I stared at the closed door for a moment and changed my clothes.

It didn’t take long to change.

Even though I had been stuck on a deserted island for 10 years, I hadn’t forgotten how to dress… I buttoned it wrong.

I unbuttoned the buttons that were off by one and rebuttoned them.

When I finished dressing and stood in front of the mirror, there was a guy who looked like a sharp-featured gangster.

If I unbuttoned the top two buttons, I might look like a hitman.

Since I possessed someone in this game anyway, couldn’t they have a better-looking face?

Even if I had been a pretty boy, it wouldn’t have meant much at this point when my whole body was covered in scars.

Still, I think I look better than before I was possessed… Or not?

Honestly, I can’t remember my face before being possessed.

I’m sure I was a male and a college student, but my face was particularly blurry.

“…Forget it. What’s the point of thinking about the past now?”

Forget about me before the possession.

The only thing I need to remember now is information about the game.

“Can I come in~?”

“Come in.”

As soon as I finished speaking, the door opened and Millia came in.

Renny, who must have arrived at some point, was with her.

Renny, with a smoking pipe in her mouth, glanced at me and whistled.

“You look decent when you dress properly too. Keep dressing like this here. Don’t go around with your top off saying it’s uncomfortable.”

“I have no intention of going around without clothes here either.”

I have that much common sense too.

In the first place, I had been wearing clothes the whole time while coming here.

Although I wore them a bit roughly.

I took my eyes off Renny and looked at Millia, who was approaching me with sparkling eyes.

Millia naturally grabbed my hand, pulled me, and said,

“Let’s go out quickly! I want to tour the academy!”

“I get it, so don’t rush me.”

“Have fun. I need to prepare for Karina’s enrollment procedures.”

“Okay, Renny! Work hard!”

As soon as Renny finished speaking, she turned around and disappeared.

I stared at the spot where Renny had disappeared for a moment, and when Millia kept urging me, I had no choice but to head outside Yeomyeong-gwan.

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“Look over there! A fountain, a fountain! What kind of statue is that?”

“It’s a sculpture of Kalon’s lion.”

I recalled the tooltip I had read 10 years ago.

How do I remember this?

Is it because I saw the description dozens of times while madly clicking to find items inside the fountain?

“Really? So that’s what a god’s apostle looks like?”

Millia circled the fountain, fascinated by the large statue at the top of the fountain.

Seeing it in person, it was indeed majestic.

The fountain was the size of a pond, and the statue was even bigger than me.

Considering that I had a physique that could be called huge, it was quite a large size.

And in the original work, it was also a poor statue that was constantly destroyed at every opportunity.

It was only natural since it was in such a conspicuous place… But it was a strange statue that was always restored with magic, so it would return to its original state roughly after each incident ended.

It was probably a kind of game system tolerance.

I took my eyes off the fountain and looked around the path leading to the main building and the surrounding gardens.

There were a few people who looked like students here and there, but most of them had gloomy expressions.

Was it the aftermath of the hellhound’s rampage still lingering?

The school was currently on a break too.

“Johann! Let’s go tour the school now!”

“Yeah, yeah. But lower your voice a bit. The school’s atmosphere isn’t very good right now.”

“Okay!”

Millia made a gesture of closing her lips with her fingers and smiled playfully.

What a cute kid.

Then, shall we slowly head to the main building?

We walked side by side towards the main building.

The path to the main building was well-maintained, so the sound of our footsteps hitting the ground was clearly audible.

I enjoyed that sound of civilization and reached the front door of the main building.

Fortunately, although the school was on break, the door was open.

It was only natural since the magic department and alchemy department, which mainly focused on research, wouldn’t stop their research even on such a day.

By the way, would I be able to meet the original heroines if I walked around the main building?

The knight department, magic department, alchemy department, political science department, administrative department… And what else was there?

There were one or two more.

It was a game with so many heroines that it was hard to recall.

I roughly remember there being blonde hair, red hair, silver hair, and black hair.

Well, if I actually encountered them, the memories would probably come back to me.

For now, let’s focus on walking around and memorizing the structure.

“The lobby is huge too! Ah…”

I quietly placed my finger on my lips.

Being inside the building, if we made a commotion, we could attract the attention of others.

Although nothing would change much even if we drew attention, it was still better to be mindful.

We passed through the lobby and entered the hallway.

Although I said hallway, it was a large hallway where about eight people could stand side by side and pass through.

Perhaps because it was a school that received an overflowing amount of donations every year, each and every facility was so luxurious that it was a sight to behold.

At the same time, it made me hesitant to touch them.

We quietly entered an empty lecture hall through the hallway.

Perhaps because it was called an academy but was essentially no different from a university, the lecture hall felt similar to the college lecture halls that were dimly remembered.

Except for the chairs and desks that looked so luxurious that it was burdensome.

“Do they take classes here?”

“I guess so.”

“I want to take classes too…”

When I looked at Millia at those words, I could see an undisguisable envy on her face.

Was it only natural?

Millia probably had never experienced a normal life.

“…If you study hard, you might be able to attend school.”

“Really?”

“If you really work hard.”

Although I felt like I was giving her false hope, there was still a sufficient possibility, right?

This academy welcomed talented individuals, and depending on one’s efforts, there was enough potential.

The hurdle for the liberal arts department was relatively low too.

“I’ll work hard!”

“Yeah, yeah.”

I patted her head with the feeling of a father who saw his commendable daughter saying she would study hard.

When I patted her head, Millia instead moved her head around and clung to me like a puppy.

“Hehe.”

“Let’s slowly go tour other places.”

We left the lecture hall and walked down the hallway again.

Perhaps because it was an area where lecture halls were gathered, the rooms lined up along the hallway all had the same structure.

It seemed we had to leave this hallway to see something different.

We walked aimlessly like that and reached the end of the hallway.

At the end of the hallway, there was a door leading outside.

Come to think of it, even in the game, was it divided into main building – department buildings – dormitory?

To tour the departments, it seemed we had to leave the main building.

“Millia. Do you want to explore more of the main building? Or do you want to tour the specialized department buildings?”

“Let’s go see the other department buildings~”

“I recommend not going to the knight department.”

“Wha?!”

At Millia’s strange scream, the female student who had spoken to us flinched.

Judging by her reaction, she seemed startled.

I asked in the softest voice possible so as not to startle the female student.

“Did something happen…?”

The intellectual-looking female student, who was holding a large book against her chest, glanced around for a moment and then spoke in a quiet voice as if telling us to be aware.

“Several new students from the knight department died… The atmosphere is not good.”

“New students… died?”

“Yes. Elena, the top student of the knight department, and a few other students were protecting people and…”

…Elena?

I had heard that name somewhere before.

Where did I hear it?

Elena… Elena… Elena… El…

Ah.

Damn it.

…She was the heroine of the knight department.

I froze at the unexpected butterfly effect.

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