Episode 13. Special Field Practice (1)
Neverland in Yongin.
This time, it was the place we decided to visit. As you can guess just by hearing the name, it was a theme park.
“It’s nice to be able to roam freely. Instead, you have to return to the lodging we booked by 6pm~”
Cha Seong-mi, the lead teacher of this practice and the teacher in charge of the 1st grade class 1, said with a clear face.
It was under the pretext of visiting adults active in society, but in reality they came to play. Everyone knew that, so the atmosphere was infinitely light.
“Hey. What rides do we want to ride?”
“I want to ride the Double Soul Spin first.”
“Everyone showed up and sat down at the amusement park for the first time. Of course, H espresso should be brewed first!”
As I was looking at the atmosphere for a while, I saw Nayeon Eom beckoning towards me.
“uncle! What are you doing standing there? Come here quickly!”
Min Seo-eun was also by my side, and I could feel her looking at me with strange eyes.
“Does it seem like the members of the last joint class are getting together?”
“Did you feel it too? That’s why I also called my uncle to gather with the members of the group.”
However, in our case, Seolchaehwa did not join. He left first, saying he had something to talk with the Neverland official who lent him this seat.
“Mmm.”
“what’s the matter? Everyone is in a good mood, but the face alone looks like sh*t.”
“I don’t like noisy things.”
“aha. i know that type I heard that such a person is usually called a badass?”
“It’s not like that.”
“It’s not like that~ It’s just pretend! If you care, can I be your friend?”
“It’s okay dude.”
The mid-boss of the first episode, Glenn, was a very tricky enemy.
It is unknown what time of day it appears, where it appears in Neverland, and how it hides its identity.
‘In the original, it was an element that was added to prevent boredom from repeated play, but… … .’
It was an unpleasant variable for me, who had to deal with the incident in reality.
“Ah, Yurim! Are you alone? If you don’t have anyone to go with, would you like to come with us?”
Even Glenn wasn’t the only thing to care about.
Originally, a character who should not have appeared in this section, and a pyoyu-rim, who should not have appeared in the special field practice due to being eroded by depression, were added.
“… … huh.”
Pyo Yu-rim looked at me for a moment, then accepted Na-yeon Eom’s proposal.
“uh? Are you really coming?”
“no?”
“no no! I knew I would definitely say no! I heard from your friends that you are very shy.”
Still, it was fortunate that she joined. Rather than letting Pyoyu-rim wander around on his own, it was much easier to keep him by his side.
“Your uncle is blessed.”
“What blessing?”
“Aren’t the three pretty beauties hanging out together?”
“OK.”
“Chit. reaction is not fun Woo~”
Not to mention me, Min Seo-eun, and the newly joined Pyo Yu-rim were not particularly dominant. Perhaps because of that, we toured Neverland as if being dragged by Nayeon Eom.
“Let’s rest for a while.”
“Why is that, Uncle? How long have you been around? Are you tired already?”
how much time has passed Fatigue accumulated more quickly than usual, probably because of the constant vigilance of walking around.
“I want to rest too.”
While Pyo Yu-rim expressed the same intention as me, he approached and sat down on a nearby bench to catch his breath.
“okay. Then Uncle and Yurim are resting here. I’ll buy something delicious with Seo-eun. What would you like to eat?”
“It’s hot, so I’ll ask for something cooler.”
“Who is Yurim?”
“I do not need.”
Eom Na-yeon and Min Seo-eun finally left.
Pyo Yu-rim and I kept silent in an awkward atmosphere.
‘I’d rather just be quiet.’
Glancing at me, I saw the restless figure of Pyoyu-rim. It seemed that he wanted to talk to me.
For me, it was a thrill. It’s hard just to care about Grein, but I have to pay attention to Pyo Yoo-rim.
“oh! Hey, look over there.”
“Where are you going to look?”
It was then.
“Can’t you see the woman over there standing by the bench? your dog is pretty Shall we go and hunt?”
“I don’t know who you are talking about.”
“no. There’s a girl over there who just looks cool and s*xy. Looking at the school uniform, it looks like a signal student?”
“uh? is it real weird. Why didn’t I notice that such a beauty existed?”
Amidst the chattering crowd, a group of men looked at me and started whispering. To be precise, I was looking at the driftwood near me.
“Tsk. It looks like an adult who doesn’t work with cognitive impairment magic… … .”
While Pyoyu-rim was muttering something, a group of men who had been watching her closely approached soon after.
“Are you alone? Won’t you play with us?”
My brain went blank.
Coincidentally, it was an event that happened in the original work as well. Although the situation was slightly different, there was a flow of saving the heroine from being hunted by a group of men.
‘Anyway, such an event happened to Pyoyurim?’
It was as if options were floating in front of my eyes. Obviously, in the original work, there were two options: ‘solve it through dialogue’ and ‘try to overpower it’.
“I am not interested.”
“Ah~ don’t bounce like that. play with us huh?”
The stray forest is not an attack target. You shouldn’t even attack. Even knowing that she wasn’t weak, it was right to leave her alone.
“I said no.”
“Will it be a while?”
The man who was actively pushing forward grabbed Pyo Yu-rim’s wrist.
“What are you guys?”
At that moment, she squeezed between the pyoyurim and the man and pushed the man away. It was the result of the body moving first before thinking.
“Huh? What are you interfering with? Will you be my boyfriend?”
I glared at his eyes and showed my nature with all my might.
[Activates ‘Emotion Implant’.]
I stabbed the feeling of fear into his head as hard as I could.
“her… heh heh heh Kuck!”
The guy gasped for a long time and eventually collapsed with his eyes wide open. A phenomenon that occurs when a person receives a shock beyond the limit. It was a so-called fainting.
[Activates ‘Emotion Implant’.]
[Activates ‘Emotion Implant’.]
It didn’t stop there, but injected the same feelings into his colleagues.
“Take your friend and go away.”
I was able to breathe a sigh of relief after confirming that they were running through the crowd.
‘This guy’s nonsense is really… … .’
The relief was only momentary. Realizing what I had done, I closed my eyes tightly.
“Thank you for your help.”
As I was regretting it inside, Pyo Yu-rim alludedly opened her mouth.
“okay.”
I answered briefly and went back to the bench.
Swoop.
She naturally came and sat next to me. Earlier, he noticed and distanced himself, but this time he came closer to me. Her desire to close the distance was palpable.
“I. I heard about it.”
“What story?”
“I heard something unpleasant happened on the day of the Signal Entrance Exam?”
Suddenly, an unexpected topic came out of her mouth. Normally, it would be a subject I would not want to discuss.
‘for a moment. Could this be better?’
Things were different now.
I decided not to deny it.
“okay. It happened. I couldn’t control my cravings.”
On the contrary, it was my intention to take advantage of my notoriety.
Realizing the truth, I hoped Pyo Yu-rim would hate me. Then I can wait for her fate with a much more comfortable mind.
There was a risk that my bad rumors would be further inflated, but it was bearable enough. If the uncertain future is stabilized with this, there’s nothing I can do.
“Then what about me?”
but.
“what… ?”
The answer that came back was truly beyond imagination. It was to the extent that I stared at the wild forest for a long time in silence, wondering if I had heard it correctly.
“I meant if you identified a woman, what about me?”
My brain was dizzy.
Like when I was dealing with the hunting man earlier, I looked at him in a bad mood, or I tried to keep my distance, etc. Why doesn’t the reaction that should normally come out?
[Activates ‘Emotion Implant’.]
I quickly poured cold water on my beating heart.
‘Calm down. There’s no fuss.’
In my more calm mind, I pondered on ‘why is Pyo Yu-rim doing this?’
Until now, there were things I tried to simply dismiss as the realm of possibility and move on.
When I wake up every morning, I seem to be the only one who remembers the wild forest, where I should forget everything… was about a hypothesis.
Assuming that guess was true, I predicted what would happen in the future.
‘Then it’s not usually a big deal… ?’
The reason Pyo Yu-rim is eaten by the darkness of the heart comes from ‘loneliness’.
A fate no one can remember, and therefore no one can get close to. What would happen if she had the only person she could remember?
‘Of course he would try to rely on that person.’
That way, you won’t be corrupted as the final boss of the first episode.
What should happen doesn’t happen. This was a very serious situation. The result could have been a snowball or a butterfly effect.
In other words, the best weapon I have. There is a risk that future knowledge will be greatly unstable.
Abandoning the sure path to save the world in order to save just one person. At first glance, it’s a very romantic story, but I was a person looking at reality.
‘Don’t panic. Just ignore it like usual.’
Like I felt last time, I save because I feel pitiful. If that was simply the case, there were too many people in this world to save.
I didn’t have the confidence to save the world while enduring their tragic fate. Because I am not the main character of the original work, Yooseong, who was praised as a hero.
“I’m sorry, but you’re not interested.”
“Do you hate me?”
… I honestly don’t hate it.
Isn’t there a saying that if you look good, everything is forgiven. Pyoyu-rim is famous for its enormous wealth. It is even possible that he hates this kind of opponent even though he is strong.
‘But I can’t tell you the truth.’
In the end, there was only one thing I could say.
“You are not my taste.”
“… … .”
She froze with her mouth slightly open. Seeing her sullen face made me feel guilty for no reason.
‘no. Let’s eat heartily. You promised yourself many times not to be shaken.’
I said as I got up from the bench.
“I’ll go to the bathroom in a minute.”
It was hard to bear the awkward silence.
I almost ran away and entered a nearby toilet building. I washed my face repeatedly to cool off my overheated head.
“Whoa.”
I stared blankly at myself in the mirror with my hand on the sink.
He calmed down his complicated feelings slowly. Emotion implants were not used.
[Remaining Spirit: 78%]
I haven’t even met the mid-boss yet, but I’ve already consumed 1/5 of it. It was because he said he would save his mental energy, but then he ended up spending too much because of the gang of bullies.
In the future, this kind of situation will happen again and again. You shouldn’t be shaking already. I pressed my temples hard. I needed to be more sober.
‘Cold, cold… … .’
By the time your mind has been sorted out to some extent. I was in the middle of wiping the moisture from my face that I had washed with a tissue.
Bubbly.
People rushed into the bathroom.
clap.
It was the sound of the door being locked.
“… … .”
I felt it intuitively.
Those who barged into the bathroom were not ordinary theme park guests. Even they are all the same gang. The proof was that they all banded together and guarded the entrance as if blocking it.
“Hello. Irregular.”
One of the gang slowly walked out in front of me.
A black mask with white fang teeth. Ten rings worn on all the knuckles of the fingers.
In my memory, there was only one person with such an impression.
‘That, Glenn? Why did he appear here?’
It was an unprecedented situation.
I remembered how the middle boss met the main character of the original work for some reason.
The power of Meteor is a power that grows stronger as you have a heart for justice. He had the nature of being a ‘hero’.
Septagram, the source of all evil in the Psychic Age, judged that meteors with such abilities were dangerous elements that would interfere with their feat. So I approached the meteor to remove it while it was still sprouting.
‘I’m different. It doesn’t have the power to hinder their purpose like a meteor.’
Rather, if you look at it, it’s the exact opposite.
“Know the glory. Because the Septagram executive, Glene, personally came to scout you.”
My natural ‘influencer’ is the ability to make evil organizations drool. It was a power that could be exploited.