Episode 11
Because the transaction took longer than expected, the distance between the institutions has already become quite dark.
There’s no specific curfew, but given the fact that I’m staying in the woods, I’d like to go back as soon as possible.
“Shall we take the shortcut?”
The map I had memorized in my head was drawing out the familiar road.
It is this way.
East of the Islands.
If you go straight and look around, you can go straight to the forest where my base is.
This is the route I used the most when I was returning to my feet before establishing a means of transportation.
but.
‘I’m probably the only one thinking about going there, but.’
That’s because it’s usually not the way to go.
The darkest street in the Islands.
I looked in that direction.
‘The slum… … .’
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It would not be an exaggeration to say that Jedo was the most prosperous and splendid city in the empire.
‘The bigger the scale, the bigger the dark shadow it has… … .’
If the splendid and magnificent appearance of the system is emphasized, what about the shadowy figure behind it?
‘… … I never thought a place like this would be the same as a game.’
As I passed through the slums, I looked around and had complicated thoughts in my mind.
Originally, this body’s owner, ‘Xian’, was born in a slum, so I wonder if it’s the feeling I feel.
‘I guess I feel sick of this kind of distance.’
Originally, Xian accepted admission to the academy because he wanted to escape from this distance.
‘Did I come to the slums for no reason?’
It felt good that a good deal was made after a long time.
I’ll have to practice training and figure out how to live here, but I think I need to understand myself a bit more.
(Sian, there are quite a few people watching. Be careful.)
I heard Emily’s voice in my head.
To communicate by sending only voices into flames instead of not materializing.
You can hide it like this by turning off the summoning state.
(Is it really okay to go alone in such a dark place? Wouldn’t it be better to go with this older sister? Huh?)
‘If I take you out, it will have the opposite effect.’
Carrying Emily through the slums would only cause unnecessary trouble.
She also seemed to understand, and was obediently hiding herself.
However, the gaze towards me is not good.
jealousy and envy.
Or the gaze aiming for a gap. Of course I don’t know
‘Ignore it. They don’t have the guts to touch a child who looks dangerous.’
The reason why I am so sure is because of my experience as ‘Xian’, not me as ‘An Sihan’.
Basically, the guys in the slums don’t bite if you don’t touch them.
Because I know very well that touching a suspicious guy will only make you run away.
Even if you die here, the law of the empire doesn’t judge you right or wrong.
‘I have a lot of pride in my appearance, but if I don’t do something to stimulate it, it’s no big deal.’
(Stimulus? Are you talking about that?)
‘… … huh?’
I immediately knew what Emily was seeing and talking about.
something is flying
‘It’s a person.’
A dirty-looking man rolls his eyes and flies this way.
Let’s step back lightly to avoid it, and it rolls ridiculously.
(People fly in from the slums…. Isn’t that fun?)
‘It can’t be. It’s not some circus troupe.’
After revealing my bewildered feeling to Emily, who was admiring it in a strange place, I watched the direction from which it flew.
“… … Is it like that?”
Obviously, when you think of it as a game, the slums are prone to all sorts of annoying events.
A scene that seemed to prove it came into view.
Someone is being chased.
‘hahahaha, slums are a perfect place to have an accident.’
A slum, be it a game or a novel, is a perfect place for some rather troubling events to take place.
Because it is dark and lawless, it is a place with many corners that can be used in various ways.
“Is it a fight?”
A fight is going on.
Many thugs roaming in the slums were chasing someone.
“This year! You look at us funny!”
“Don’t look at me as a b*tch!”
“Show me the example!”
Maybe it’s because his colleague was beaten and knocked out, but his life is full of life.
I followed the scene with my eyes and pondered.
(To watch the fight?)
‘I’m not particularly interested. It’s annoying.’
Above all, the instinct of ‘Xian’ does not like this kind of commotion.
In the slums, survival instincts say it’s best to get away from the riots.
But my feet stopped because of the opponent they were chasing.
“That guy… … .”
A female student wearing an academy uniform.
It was difficult to recognize his face because he was wearing a hooded coat.
Avoiding their punches, I didn’t miss the moment when my face was glimpsed under the hood.
“… … no way?”
(You know Annie?)
“I don’t have any particular diet. … … Maybe I know one-sidedly.”
The important thing is that it became difficult to just ignore this scene and move on.
‘I wonder if I’ll chase after you.’
As soon as I made my decision, I immediately went after the group that was after the girl.
(Shall I help? If this older sister stepped forward, it would be easy to subdue.)
“I do not need. If it’s more than that, Emily, don’t step out.”
If you use Emily, you can easily clean up those guys, but if you get caught by demonizing civilians, it becomes a nuisance.
There are people who pay attention to such behavior.
‘Let’s watch for now.’
At that time, the girl was surrounded by ghouls in the slums.
“… … !”
Like driving a beast.
The thugs who drove him to such a dead end laughed meanly.
Looks like they are mistaken for an advantage.
“Know that you can’t run away anymore.”
“I’ll make you pay for your mistreatment of us.”
Seeing this as an opportunity, one of the bullies rushes at the girl.
‘… … Shall I intervene?’
It was prepared a little while ago.
I reached out and raised the mana circulating in my body.
– Windshot.
Magic corresponding to Common Magic Circle 1.
It is a simple attack magic that fires bullets wrapped in wind to hit.
Casting is fast and consumption is low, so it’s perfect for containment.
(You don’t use black magic?)
‘Do you have anything to say about who wrote it? The number of warlocks is still low.’
Above all, the black magic I have learned is mainly poison and acid.
I didn’t want to write about it against people.
‘This is the one to be beaten.’
The bullet of the flying wind hits the target’s side accurately.
Fain!
“heheheh?!”
The guy goes out with a scream.
At the same time, the eyes were also focused in this direction.
“Okay, I got the aggro right.”
If you aim, just as you aim!
“Is this guy one of them too!”
Hostility is directed this way. On the other hand, the girl has a bewildered look.
“… … It’s not really a team, though.”
Since I only knew that girl one-sidedly, there was no need to elaborate.
“At first glance, they look like garbage that you couldn’t eat. If you want to fight, come fight me. how is it?”
When I send ridicule as if to argue, they attack as if they can’t stand it any longer.
It’s good that I have no patience.
“Pretending to be proud!”
One guy pulls out a dagger and runs at it screaming.
“How stupid.”
Muttering, I deliberately waited for him to approach first.
Because I didn’t even feel the need to run.
“Dooo!”
Without even looking at the dagger, he lightly lifted it with his hand and bounced it off.
Kwajik.
The sound of his wrist breaking.
Because of that, the dagger that had lost its place in my hand bounced into the air and I quickly grabbed it.
don’t borrow this
“You don’t even know how to hold a knife.”
It’s a crude item without a blade, but the moment you hold the dagger, your arm moves naturally.
Skills Xian learned while growing up in the slums.
《The effect of the dagger technique is activated.》
“The knife is used like this.”
Xian is a guy who lives in the slums and is fed up with trivial disturbances.
How to survive in these messy streets?
‘I must be poisoned.’
Xian’s dagger technique could be said to be a skill that revealed such an evil spirit.
He tried to pull out another dagger with his free hand, but before that, the blunt dagger I swung slashed his hand and wrist three times.
Awesome!
and finish.
Fu-wook!
The dagger that struck him from behind pierced his shoulder blade.
Kick him before he even screams.
“If I don’t forcefully pull it out, it won’t be destroyed.”
He gave me advice and immediately cast a second wind shot and blew it backwards without turning my head.
“Heuk!”
The one who pounced from a blind spot is struck and knocked down, and he quickly lunges at another, who hesitates at the sight, and strikes him down with his fist.
A fighting method that always relied on the habits that were ingrained in this body.
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It was a fight that was far from graceful, but it would be good enough against these guys.
There are already a few of them, and when my gang collapses, the remaining guys lose their motivation.
“What are you doing? No more attacking?”
I step on the head of the guy who just happened to be rolling at my feet and snap my hand.
Let’s wait while erasing even the ridicule we used to make at the corners of our mouths, it’s only natural that they chose.
“Keugh!”
“… … Two, let’s see!”
escape.
He doesn’t take care of the fallen party and runs away with his back turned. There is no loyalty.
(Should I go after it and deal with it?)
‘Leave it. I can’t do anything anyway.’
They are not even a threat enough to fear repercussions.
This kind of thing is common in slums, so even tomorrow morning it won’t be a hot topic.
“Is that better than that?”
When I asked the girl who was staring blankly at me, she nodded as if she finally understood the situation.
It didn’t matter if I ran away taking advantage of the commotion.
He seems to hesitate for a moment about how to treat me, but then his gaze stays on the school uniform I am wearing.
It seems that they have finally realized that they are students of the same academy.
“… … thank you.”
I bow my head and say thanks.
That moment.
The wind blowing on the night street blew off the girl’s hood, who was relieved for a moment.
“… … ah!”
I was already certain of his true identity, but with this, I was able to properly engrave it in my eyes.
Along with the light blue hair, what catches the eye is the beast’s ears on the girl’s head.
The startled girl puts the hood on again, lowers her head repeatedly, and disappears as if to run away.
(Beast person? No…… that kid…….)
Emily muttered as if she noticed something.
I have no desire to explain.
I too was busy pulling other information out of my memory right now.
‘Was it really her… … .’
It wasn’t out of some stupid sense of justice or kindness that I got into the fight.
It’s not even a whim.
It’s just because I know that girl’s face.
‘Celidia Milonil.’
It’s one of the characters belonging to the heroine of this game.
‘It looks like he’ll be busy from the first day of class.’
I thought about the meaning of meeting Cellidia at an early age.
It’s definitely not a coincidence.
《Sub Quest Occurrence》
《Goal: Intervene in the fate of that person, ‘Celidia Milonil’.》
A quest that suddenly appeared in front of me as if I was going to ignore it and not let it go past.
“It’s fate… … .”
I checked it out and put on a bitter expression.
what kind of world is this
The world in the f*cking game.
And I am a child destined to become the villain of this world.
“Classes haven’t even started yet, but it’s already like this.”
I can’t seem to get past it without being tied up.
And the harem?