Episode 65. neighbors (1)
A white crack appeared in the consciousness dyed in pitch black.
low-.
The light coming through the small cracks awakened Yuri’s deep sleep.
“Um… … .”
A grumbling moan as if he didn’t want to wake up.
Along with him, Yuri’s long eyelashes trembled.
Finally, Yuri’s eyes, which had been closed for a long time, slowly opened.
At that moment when accidents began to circulate little by little, the first thing that reacted among Yuri’s five senses was her sense of smell.
‘… The smell of cigarettes?’
This smoky smell was obviously smoke from burning cigarettes.
I was twitching my nose like that when I heard a blunt voice.
“If you wake up, stop falling asleep and get up, right?”
Yuri opened her eyes at the familiar voice.
‘uh? Where is this?!’
Yuri jumps up in surprise at the unfamiliar ceiling he has never seen before.
“Ouch… Aren’t you?”
He groaned in anticipation of the excruciating pain that would occur throughout his body, but strangely, there was no pain.
And that wasn’t all.
“… Why are you so cheerful?”
You worked so hard on your body, but it doesn’t hurt?
Can’t this be like this?
Originally, I should have been struggling to breathe properly by now.
But now, even though I feel refreshed, I feel so refreshed.
Even the empty mana core is fully filled.
It’s like eating something good and sleeping soundly for several days.
And as if he had heard Yuri’s intentions, the voice came again.
“If the corpse is treated like that, the fat will come out.”
Yuri’s head swung back to where the voice came from.
With that, Yuri’s eyes widened.
“uh? cocoa… … .”
“Write!”
“… Seed?”
“madam? Are you about to leave?”
“Oh, miss?”
“It’s too rude to be called a lady at my age.”
“… Mr. Coco.”
“okay.”
A black woman with a lit cigarette.
She was none other than Coco, the canteen owner I had seen a while ago.
The only difference from that time was that this time she was wearing a white gown for treatment.
At this, Yuri tilted her head and asked.
“… Is the canteen out of business?”
“I saved a dying guy, so why is my store suddenly being treated as a ruined store?”
“So, what are you doing here?”
“What do you ask? You run a side job.”
“… You have so many jobs.”
“In an organization that originally lacks manpower, one person has to do the work of many people.”
Hu-wook-.
Crossing her legs, Coco exhaled smoke with an annoyed face.
At this, Yuri made an impression.
“Well, anyway, isn’t it a bit like smoking in front of a patient?”
“patient? Where is the patient here?”
“Yeah, of course… … .”
For a moment, Yuri stopped.
Then I turned my shoulder.
“hmm… … .”
Shoulders that rotate much more smoothly than usual.
Not stopping there, he got out of bed and turned his back.
Even that wasn’t enough, and Yuri jumped from her seat.
plump-.
“Huh, really… … .”
The body, which was bent so lightly, aroused bewilderment.
In response, Coco took out a new cigarette and asked, looking at it.
“Where is the patient?”
“… There is none. But really, why are you doing this? Are you in good shape?”
“You know you are lucky. Just what you ate after you fainted will be worth millions of points.”
“yes?”
“There was a special order from the captain. I want the sword lord to take care of our promising prospect so that he doesn’t get hurt.”
“… … .”
“Originally, it was supposed to be a matter of just applying medicine for a while, but well… The way you showed me that day was also very impressive, so I specially took care of it for a few days. Originally, medicine should be used by an expert, and medicine is more effective.”
“… Didn’t you say it was a side job earlier?”
“It’s a side job, but I didn’t say it lacked professionalism, right? Are you actually in great shape?”
“I do, thank you.”
“Goodbye.”
After saying that, Coco got up from her seat and took off her gown.
“Now then, let’s go back to our main job and start basic training for the 50th class of Yuri Holland.”
“… … ?”
“What, you look at me like that?”
“Wasn’t Coco-san’s day job as a shop lady?”
“That is also a side job. My main job is to be a Black Swordsman slave that I have no choice but to take off from above. At this age, I eat this jjambab and am only babysitting a new chick, tsk.”
Hu-wook-.
The smoke from the thick cigarette she exhaled was full of irritation and lamentation.
“ah… yes.”
“If you understand, why don’t you sit there? I’ll finish the explanation quickly and get off work.”
“yes!”
Yuri, intimidated by the unknown atmosphere, quickly knelt down on the bed.
Afterwards, Coco gave Yuri some brief information about Yoram’s life.
“First, the name of the silver coin given at the cradle is a point… I’ve used this once, so you know? It just goes over.”
Hwihwi waved her hand and continued with the next words.
“Second, there will be end-of-month evaluations every month. The evaluation method is to collect the most points, and if you don’t want to be kicked out of the cradle, collect points diligently.”
“yes.”
“And lastly, this is where we help our first-year jockeys. From now on, you have to be self-sufficient and survive.”
“Yeah yeah.”
It was really just an absurdly simple piece of information.
Of course, Yuri, who already knew that the cradle would come out like this, nodded lightly.
At this, Coco’s eyes flashed.
“Aren’t you surprised? As soon as the other guys heard it, their faces turned blue like a corpse?”
“Ah, this isn’t that surprising, well.”
Yuri shrugged his shoulders as if it was not a big deal while bluffing.
Then, realizing something, he straightened his complexion and raised his hand.
“I… May I ask a question?”
“Try it.”
“The fact that the other guys’ faces turned blue like a corpse as soon as they heard it… The other guys have already heard this, right?”
“yes.”
“why?”
“Why, because you slept alone for five days when everyone else woke up?”
“all… five days? Did I sleep for five days?”
“huh. By the way, you woke up last out of 50.”
Yuri’s face crumpled at her answer.
‘Damn it, you slept for five days?!’
Somehow, my body felt strangely refreshed!
If you slept for five days, even the dying corpse would wake up and flutter!
Well, normally, it wouldn’t matter much whether I slept for five days or a month.
The only problem was that while he was asleep, the other 50 riders scattered and started moving first.
‘As expected, I should have set up a base in advance at that time!’
Yuri, who arrived on the mainland earlier than others, tried to preoccupy the base, but all schedules were twisted when he met the pervert.
Jump-.
Coco sent a mocking smile toward Yuri, who jumped out of her seat.
“Oh, by the way, the regular gathering day for your jockeys in the first year is every Monday at 9:00 am.”
“… What day is it today?”
“sunday.”
“… … .”
At Coco’s answer, Yuri threw her gaze out the window.
The sun rising in mid-heaven.
In other words, there was less than a day left until the regular assembly day.
There was no more time to mumble.
Anyway, the body is in excellent condition.
You just have to move right away.
“Aye! I’m coming!”
“Yeah, good going.”
Leaving those words behind, Yuri ran out.
And not long after, I saw Yuri running hard outside the window.
In response, Coco took out a new cigarette and asked.
‘It’s unique.’
The reason she has been attached to Yuri for the past few days is to take care of him, but for another reason, to observe.
‘That child’s skills are on the border between an unofficial 1st class and an official 1st dan.’
It is already close to the official 1st degree, so if given a small opportunity, it will enter the state of the official 1st degree.
But that was it.
As far as she looked, nothing else was unusual.
‘How on earth did he take 15 steps?’
Unaccredited 1st class.
It was not a very high ground among riders.
Even if you pick out a few right now, it is the rider of the cradle that there are overflowing children with certified 1st grade.
However, he took 15 steps to reach an unofficial level 1 level?
that was impossible
Even within the 50th period, did not the children who were similar to Yuri fall down after only 3 or 4 steps?
‘Of course, even if they are at the same level, their skills vary greatly depending on the person… … .’
Yuri was even worse.
A guy who couldn’t even handle a strong sword, the symbol of a certified 1st dan, was doing something he couldn’t even handle a certified 1st dan, so I couldn’t help but pay attention.
‘He’s a fun kid in many ways.’
In the thick smoke of a rising cigarette.
Coco’s eyes sparkled with interest as she watched Yuri enter the forest.
* * *
Yuri eagerly ran through the woods, looking for possible hiding places.
The criteria were the same as before.
It would be good to prepare for an outside invasion.
Not too far from the central district.
There should be a training space that is disconnected from the outside world.
Recalling those three conditions, he quickly looked around, and whenever he did, Yuri’s face distorted.
‘Damn it, it’s really late.’
The last time I came, the place I liked was already occupied by the 49th class.
But now, aren’t the newly deployed 50 units taking their places one by one in places that look good?
‘Wow, these kids, why are their eyes so high all of a sudden? In the forest of the beginning, the things that just dug in the snow and lived there?’
Apparently, the month they spent in the Forest of Beginnings was not a wasted experience for them.
Or maybe they did their best to find a base because it was a place where they would spend the next two years.
Their change was extremely unfavorable to Yuri, who was 5 days late.
Wherever Yuri went, there were always people in places where he felt he could be used.
In particular, this 50th class has an unprecedented number of successful candidates.
Since 299 people except for Yuri were put in at once, it is natural that the lack of usable places would have decreased even more.
‘… Is it my karma?’
The culprit who made 299 people survive in this 50th class felt so guilty.
Turn around for a long time like that.
Yuri, who was trying to find a base by lowering her eyes a notch, shook her head when she saw that there were people even in the cave behind the waterfall, which she had treated as substandard.
‘There won’t be an answer like this.’
The only way is to lower the standard, stay anywhere, and then move to a decent place later.
The moment you made that decision.
‘ah!’
There was a place that passed through Yuri’s mind.
‘The very crack I met with that perverted playboy!’
Not too far from the central district.
It is clearly hidden from the outside world.
Above all, the cave inside the crack was considerably wider than expected.
‘It was enough to exchange swords with that pervert… Enough for training.’
It was the only place where all the conditions fit perfectly.
Just one thing that bothers me.
‘What if that was the pervert’s den?’
Although the residence of the 3rd year is the western sector, it cannot be guaranteed that all 3rd year cars live there.
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Maybe even after 3 years, there may be people who do not enter the residence and live outside.
‘Well, even so… Let’s go and have a look.’
Whether it’s a pervert’s den or not.
Anyway, to complete the ‘deal’, I had to meet the pervert once.
So, Yuri turned around.
after a while
“hmm… … .”
Upon reaching the rift, Yuri bent down and looked inside.
The sun was still up, so it was much easier to look inside than last time.
‘… Isn’t it?’
Unlike before, there was no light leaking out.
Of course, it was possible that the last mistake had sealed the entrance to the cave properly to keep the light from leaking out.
‘I’ll have to go in to find out.’
After looking around for a moment, Yuri threw herself into it without hesitation.
fault-.
Glass down the crack in exactly the same way as before.
Inside the crack where the silence drifted, Yuri had a slight sense of anticipation.
‘If the cave is empty… … .’
No more roaming the woods looking for shelter.
In fact, there is no better place than here.
So, I quickly fell down the crack, hoping that the cave would be empty.
Yuri’s anticipation grew more and more as he couldn’t feel the presence of people.
widely-.
The moment I arrived at the entrance where I exchanged knives with the perverted prostitute the other day.
The thing that greeted Yuri this time… … .
Sheek-.
It was a life-threatening silver flash.