3 – Introduction to the buffer, starting with exile – 3
“Wouldn’t it be nice to have a cafeteria for cadets?”
The full meal at Cadet Restaurant costs 15,000 won. I bought him a full meal with the money I had, 30,000 won.
I should just buy a bowl of ramen.
Assuming that the remaining 10,000 won is used for living expenses until earning money.
I found out that the subsidy for living is paid out on the 10th of every month…
Live on 10,000 won for the rest of your life?
Let’s try something small!
“Uh. Yes. It doesn’t matter.”
Even though the nape of her neck was still red, Elizabeth responded in a dignified way, and we headed to the restaurant under Gwaneumsa Temple without much conversation.
“What would you like to eat? Ah. I heard that the set meal here is delicious.”
“A set meal… Ohhh. I see. A hamburg steak set meal… It’s fine.”
A hamburg steak set meal. Fifteen thousand won.
With the remaining 5,000 won after purchasing a meal ticket, I ordered a ramen set meal with a bowl of rice, a good value for money.
“Can I just eat that? It has no meat.”
“Uh. I’m the original news.”
Actually, I don’t have any money, but it’s embarrassing to talk about it.
Still, if you receive the subsidy and participate in the dungeon attack, which is the academic schedule, you will be able to breathe.
Until then, let’s tighten our belts and live.
“It is also my duty as a noble not to refuse people’s favor!! I will not refuse your favor!!”
How long did you have to wait at the table after paying for the meal ticket? The vibrating bell I was holding rang.
As I brought it with Elizabeth and tried to sit down again, I felt the eyes of the people around me.
Elizabeth is the head of the freshman class.
Her writing and practical skills are all close to perfect, and her family is also from a prestigious aristocracy. She was also talented, so even before she entered school, she became the center of admiration for many people… There was a setting.
She actually did.
As if to prove it, I heard murmurs of jealousy from some of the cadets.
“But why with a guy like that…?”
You’re talking too much.
A guy like that.
“I’ll eat well!”
Elizabeth, who cuts a hamburg steak with her grace and culture, begins to eat it quietly. Watching her, I shared her ramen into her empty bowl.
“Eat ramen? Eat this too.”
“Oh, isn’t it not enough?”
“But you haven’t eaten your lunch properly, have you? Wouldn’t it be better to have some time to spare?”
“hehehe. Did you see it?”
“I was right in front of you, couldn’t you see it…”
There is no way that Elizabeth, a carnivorous woman in name and reality, could be satisfied with just cutting grass.
“That. I won’t refuse the favor. But if I received it, I’ll have to return it. Now. Here.”
With a relaxed smile, she took my bowl of ramen and cut up a hamburger for me. And she starts eating ramen with dignity.
This is the first time I’ve ever eaten ramen so beautifully.
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.
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“Good meal!!”
“Not much to say. I’ll have a good drink too.”
After the meal, Elisabeth bought two cups of her coffee and handed it to me, saying that she would buy the coffee herself.
A whopping 20,000 won per cup.
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No matter how much the game had cold protection effect and energy recovery effect, what kind of coffee is more expensive than the price of a meal.
As expected, Maxim’s coffee is the best.
Anyway, perhaps because coffee, which is more expensive than a meal, entered the body, it was still keeping the body warm despite the early spring evening breeze.
My body, which was tired from 3,000 pears, is gradually recovering.
“Anyway, why did you try to learn the Diamond Sutra?”
“Me? Didn’t you hear that?”
While we were eating, we heard whispers around us. A low-level healer with insufficient healing.
The hairiness released from the student council.
Useless bastard.
Others and so on.
Most of the whispers were slander against me, and they weren’t particularly wrong.
“I’m not interested in other people’s stories. You should tell your story, right?”
“It’s not a big deal. It’s true that the amount of healing is insufficient. That’s why I’m trying to go in a different direction.”
“Oh, is that so?”
She smiled and stared at me before opening her mouth.
“My mother said, ‘A miracle only reaches out to those who do not give up.’ You were treated like that, but you worked so hard to get the Diamond Sutra. That means… You didn’t give up, right?”
If I had given up, I would have already left the academy.
“I wish you a miracle! Hohohohohoho!!”
Elizabeth covered her mouth with the back of her hand and smiled like a young lady, just like the one I saw in the game.
It’s nice to see that confident figure.
“Then see you next time.”
“Yes!! If there is a fate, next time!!”
Parties are essential to grow as a buffer.
In that respect, it would be good for her to be with Elizabeth, who is considered to be the avant-garde in Hero Academia, but she couldn’t reach out to her right now.
As people around her say, the difference between her and me is really the difference between heaven and earth.
And she may or may not be in the same class, but what.
The important thing right now is not Elizabeth, but learning the Diamond Sutra.
I said goodbye to her briefly and went back to her dormitory, sat down at her desk, and opened her Diamond Sutra skill book.
In the game, I was able to learn the skill just by reading it thoroughly.
Hmm… Is this a biography of the Buddha?
It’s thick and the text is small, so it will take some time to read it all…
But what if the previous life’s yellowish temperament and the current life’s yellowish temperament were combined?!
I can finish it tonight.
[Skill: Obtained Diamond Sutra.]
[Effect: Increases the target’s defense for the duration based on mental strength.]
I only learned the Diamond Sutra after thoroughly reading the life of the Buddha three times.
It is simply an option to increase defense, but this cannot be ignored.
Considering the number I had risen when I practiced meditation and 3,000 times at Gwaneumsa earlier, and the growth bonuses that existed for each character in the game, my growth bonus could be said to be mental strength.
The Diamond Sutra increases defense power based on mental strength, so I wonder if I can lightly block attacks from low-level monsters when I use it.
If you meet Azazel there, change your aptitude to strengthen, and fill your proficiency to the maximum, you can change it to a higher skill through some quests, so let’s train hard.
– Serung.
One of the basic equipment given to Academy cadets.
I took out a sharp combat knife and designated myself as the Diamond Sutra.
And.
“Suck!!”
As hard as I could, I lowered the dagger toward the back of my hand.
-Taeng!!
My strength is low, and even though it’s basic equipment, I can’t feel any pain, let alone damage.
It’s definitely fine.
I’ll try to use it later when the curriculum starts in earnest.
Come on. Then practice. Training.
Beads are treasured even if they are stringed together.
If the skill proficiency is low, you cannot see the proper effect.
Especially, the Diamond Sutra can be changed to ‘Adamantine Buddha’ when the proficiency is maxed out, so you should raise the proficiency as much as possible whenever you have free time.
Anyway, is this going to happen?
The way to increase the proficiency of a skill is basically to use it a lot.
In other words, in theory, writing on yourself can also be treated as a skill increase…
In the game, skills could only be used while in battle, but now that it’s a reality, there’s no such restriction.
…Shouldn’t have.
[The Diamond Sutra proficiency has increased.]
This is it.
Then this is tonight.
I continued to use the Diamond Sutra on me until my mental strength allowed it, and around 3:00 in the morning, I was at my limit, so I fell asleep as if I had passed out.
But this isn’t enough.
I continued to use the Diamond Sutra even after waking up, washing, and going out.
At first, it was a bit awkward to use skills while doing other things, but after doing this, I got used to it.
After all, humans are animals of adaptation.
There’s nothing you can’t do!
After training like that, when I arrived at the cathedral, my destination for the day, I met eyes with a girl with shoulder-length dark orange bobbed hair and green eyes.
“Choah! Come quickly!”
“Huh? Yes. I’ll go.”
There was an exchange of glances for a while, but it didn’t last long.
A girl who smiles at me and then goes inside the church with the other girls.
The owner of ‘Zero’ aptitude who can learn all skills without restrictions.
The heroine of Hero Academia.
It was Yoo Choa.
Obviously, only one of the male and female characters appeared in Hero Academia…
So, is this world a world where female protagonists appear?
But that doesn’t change anything.
It was very clear what I had to do, and I couldn’t change whoever the main character was.
“Welcome.”
[Recruiting volunteers for Lent celebrations.]
While reading the placard attached to the entrance of the cathedral, I saw some cadets entering the cathedral. While they greeted the nun at the entrance, I also stood in line and wrote my name on the application form.
“Thank you very much for participating in the volunteer activity. If you complete the volunteer activity score, we will provide a small reward.”
This part was not much different from the game.
If you volunteer in the game, you can get volunteer activity points through failure, success, and great success judgments, and you can get additional rewards when you judge great success.
Perhaps the other cadets are participating in volunteer work to obtain the holy relic.
But I am different.
Because the ‘Blessing of the Holy Spirit’ skill, which is the first reward you can get, is also one of Buffer’s feeding skills.
I have to learn everything right now, but I can get the skill to feed my family for free, but I can’t give it up.
“Cadet Kim Yohan… Um. Cadet, please clean up the warehouse in the back.”
The clerk at the reception must have heard about me to some extent.
Originally, I, who can wear heals, should go towards recovering sick people, or those who were injured or exhausted from work, but I saw that I sent them to the warehouse instead.
But there was nothing wrong with it. It’s better to organize the warehouse alone and increase the Diamond Sutra mastery than raising the Heal mastery.
“Okay.”
I nodded and went to the back of the cathedral, but I heard whispers again. Now it’s something I’ve heard enough to stick in my ears, so I don’t even pay attention to it.
It feels like pressing the skip button.
I just listened to it with one ear and let it go with the other and went to the back of the cathedral. I found a nun looking at documents alone there.
“Oh, are you a cadet who came to volunteer?”
“Yes. I am Yohan Kim.”
“Nice to meet you, Cadet Yohan Kim. Hmm. Today, Cadet Yohan Kim is alone in organizing the warehouse. Then, let’s start right away. I will guide you to the warehouse.”
Huh? Do I have to organize that warehouse by myself?
Then if I do well, I can eat all the contributions by myself…
Is there such a honey?