200 – Many Ways – 4
I was disappointed, but not frustrated. That alone gave me peace of mind.
“I’ll go to the Vatican and do some research.”
In Hero Academia, there was an event to find out information through the Vatican.
Of course, the process takes quite a bit of time, but anyway, the information they give you is to find the angel’s feather.
If you get an angel feather through the event to meet Azazel and use it, you can shorten the time.
“Yes! Grandpa!
With a small number of people, he managed to conquer the ruins, and even conquered the black dungeon that mankind had not conquered. As such, no one can deny the fact that Elizabeth is Class A.
When you reach A rank, the monsters you face become stronger and the number of dungeons you have to go to increases. Instead of having the duty to attack them, you have the authority to do so. She confidently said that she would use it and looked back at me.
“John! What are you going to do?”
“Nothing will change for me.”
Until Choa Yoo is contacted by the association, is there any other answer besides building up her strength while waiting patiently?
Laughing at me like that, Mr. Breath operated the terminal, and after a while something arrived at me.
“What is this?”
“You will have more fights now. Since your name is well known by attacking the black dungeon, there will be a lot of villains attacking you. This is a list of villains currently registered as dangerous people, so check it out.”
Well, even in Hero Academia, when you go up to Class A, the villains’ attacks used to intensify.
Especially in the case of me.
Because I was the key to clearing the black dungeon.
Being able to strengthen heroes through buffs would be quite a headache even for villains. That’s why they want to lower the morale of the heroes by kidnapping or removing me.
“Because you have almost no fighting ability…”
That’s right too. Old Man Breath looked at me with a serious expression, then turned his gaze to Elizabeth.
“Ellie. Take care of yourself.”
“Yes!! Leave it to me!! Ohohohoho!! Yohan! From now on, we’ll be together everywhere!!”
But aren’t they almost together already?
But when I saw his twinkling eyes, he didn’t know what to say, so he just stayed calm.
“Then… Thank you!! You’ve been holding on too long! Let’s get out of here!!”
Old Man Breath got up from his seat and looked at me as he was about to go outside. Seeing the gaze as if asking me why I was here, I immediately got up from my seat.
“hahahaha. I will return to the academy now. Elizabeth. Then…”
“Ah. Yes. Grandpa!! I will come and see John off!!”
“Sure.”
Surely, I went out with Elizabeth. After walking some distance out of her mansion and toward the gate, Elizabeth let out a small sigh.
“Ho-ho-ho! I almost got caught by my grandfather!”
“I mean. hahahaha… Um. I’m sorry about this.”
Because of me, it’s as if Elizabeth is having a secret affair with her. She was sorry and had nothing to say.
“Don’t say that! I’m prepared for everything! And…”
After catching her breath for a moment, she gently held my hand. I looked at her, feeling her touch and her warmth, and her green eyes twinkled, and she took my arms with her kind smile.
“…I’m always grateful. Your support… Has been a big help.”
“What did I do?”
Without my support, Elizabeth would have been out of her frustration. She has her own personality, and the help of others.
“Mmm! No!”
But she rejected my opinion outright. And she spoke in a light tone, holding her arm tighter.
“Didn’t you teach me that there are many ways? And… He also told me not to give up! That’s enough!”
“Thank you for thinking so.”
“Hohohoho!! With something like this! Isn’t it kind of like talking about things like that between us?!”
Is that so? I looked at Elizabeth’s bright face and nodded her head. When she patted my back and arrived at the gate, she took a step back.
“Grandpa knows a lot of people in the Vatican… He’s sure to find a way. Owl Grandpa knows a lot too…”
“Yes. I can definitely find a way.”
“Is that so? Ho-ho-ho! Maybe because you told me, I’m a little more energized!”
“Because I can do anything like this. If you’re having a hard time, lean on me. Because I’m your lover.”
“Ohohohohoho!! That’s a very nice word!”
She smiled brightly and held my hand. She smiled and waved her hand. I too waved her hand at her and went into her gate.
When she returned to the academy and arrived in front of her dormitory, dozens of letters had arrived.
It doesn’t matter whether it’s after graduation or before graduation, so please come to their guild.
“Hmm…”
It wasn’t a particularly attractive proposition. Of course, there were guilds that could be recognized just by hearing their names, but they were not much different from Jinga or the Taylor family.
So I quietly stuffed them into a box and lay down on the bed.
Let’s do some skill training.
I closed my eyes and started practicing my skills as usual. By the time I practiced for several hours. A knock was heard at the door.
“Yes!”
“Hey~! Cadet Kim Yohan, the hero of mankind! Sorry for disturbing you while you were resting!”
“No. What are you saying so loudly?”
“Now, take this.”
“What is it?”
Hogwan Dormitory Director came in with a smile and handed out two letters to me. I wanted to write a public relations letter, but one was a letter with the academy’s seal on it.
“In honor of your achievements, I will move my dormitory to Seonggwan from the second semester… Mmm.”
“Anyone like you deserves to enter the castle.”
“I see.”
“Are you going? When are you unpacking…”
“Not right now.”
There is no word on when to go, so let’s go when I feel like it. I put down the letter from the academy and looked at the next one.
“…Hmm.”
“The executive director came to see me earlier.”
Joo Sae-hee, head of the executive department. After she said that she had come to visit her, the headmaster let out a small sigh.
“Your expression didn’t look so good… What happened in the black dungeon?”
What happened? I did have work.
I shook my head after reading the contents.
“I did, but you don’t have to worry about it.”
“I wonder if there will be friction.”
“hahahaha. No way.”
I put the letter aside, and the director said a few words of congratulations and left.
“Hmm…”
I read Ju Se-hee’s letter next to me again. The content was nothing. It was a story that we would see each other later around midnight.
I can roughly understand what you are going to say. And since we should have talked about it at least once… There’s no need to avoid it.
I closed my eyes and continued training until the appointed time.
Around midnight, I stopped training and went outside. It was late, but there were cadets training, and there were also those who were busy running around. Thanks to the lighting using the energy core, I passed the road as bright as day and arrived at the bench with the vending machine.
Is this right?
“…It’s not too late.”
I was thinking about practicing while sitting on a bench waiting, when I heard a blunt voice. It was Joo Se-hee.
“What’s going on. At this late hour. I don’t think I called because I had a scary dream.”
“No way.”
She shrugged her shoulders and sat down at the end of her bench. End to end of a wide bench. We were close in the past, but now it feels like we’re showing a gap.
“First, let’s say thank you.”
She got up from her seat and came over to me and bowed her waist.
“Thanks to her, I was able to save her life. I will definitely repay this debt.”
“Yeah. Did you call to say hello anyway? Then I’m about to leave.”
I slowly lifted my back. Showing a confident attitude to everything as always, Joo Sae-hee asked me seriously.
“Why did you do that?”
“What. You mean to prevent you from sacrificing yourself?”
“Yes, and you suffered greatly in the process.”
That’s right. Anyway, it’s true that I moved with a human shield.
“Thanks to you, I saved my life… But I don’t think my method was wrong. I didn’t help fight Baphomet at the time. So it was right for the party, for the sake of humanity, to die there. .”
“I guess so.”
“And you should have known that too.”
“Yes.”
“Then why did you step out? If you had stayed still, you wouldn’t have to suffer like that.”
“If you want to say the reason, there are many things. It was better that no one died during the first black dungeon raid. The method I chose was also the one that minimized the damage.”
“Is that all?”
“It can’t be. And the biggest reason is.”
With my hands in my pockets, I looked straight at Ju Se-hee.
“You think your choices are always right. But I just wanted to let you know there are other ways.”
“…..”
“Because you don’t have to sacrifice someone to get what you want.”
“Ha.”
She shook her head and sat down on the bench again. Still, she kept her distance from me.
“Are you saying it was wrong for me to banish you?”
“I don’t really have any complaints about that. Because I came out of the student council, that’s what I am now.”
This is an undeniable fact. By coming to the Student Council, she met Elizabeth, and since her relationship with the executive was cut off, she was able to become friendly with Jin Shi-yeon.
Yucho knows … She must have met somehow.
Despite her consequentialism, she had no complaints about her.
“I see…”
Muttering a low voice, she rose from her seat.
And. She said in a low voice.
“…That’s not the only way I thought it was right.”
She didn’t answer that. Because it seemed like she already knew.
“I hate villains. I think monsters are terrible and dungeons are a disaster.”
“Hmm…”
“That’s why I pursued efficiency. If necessary, I abandoned someone and aimed for something bigger. I thought that was the only way to get rid of the things I hate.”
“I guess so.”
“…But there must have been another way.”
After muttering briefly, she turned around and walked away.
I, who watched that, returned to the dormitory as well.
I could hear it the next day as I headed to the classroom for class.
The news that Joo Sae-hee, the executive director, announced that he would resign from his position as executive director and go down as a member of the executive department.