Due to a sudden change in schedule, the academy could not hide the chaotic atmosphere after the invitation meeting was over.
The invitation, which would have normally lasted for five days, ended hastily in three days, so it was natural in a way.
So, for the two days I was blown away, I thought I would just go on to a normal class, but that wasn’t the case.
There are so many external-related matters, and there are many professors and staff who have gone out or left for various reasons, so it is difficult to conduct classes normally.
So, in the end, I studied all day long.
And another day, an unexpected decision was made to temporarily close the school.
I was just guessing that there was a movement of its own within the academy in relation to the raid at the invitation conference.
It was also because there were several professors who were certain to be in the academy but were not called to the supervisors of self-study classes.
My professor, Alice Blesbuck, was one of them.
“Whoa.”
I don’t know if it was because I fell asleep early yesterday, or if it was thanks to the roots of mandragora, but my body was very refreshed.
Even after finishing the preparations, there was still more than an hour left, and I immediately went out of the dormitory as I would normally have just lied down.
In the process, I could see the mandragora in the tank making a look as if the sky was falling.
It was the moment when he first noticed that he also had a change in his expression.
The first place I went to was none other than the archery club.
Just before the guild invitation meeting was held.
There was a time when Professor Grossman gave a one-to-one class to Lee Yu-na, Jin Ye-seul, and me each day.
And then, what I asked her to do was none other than archery.
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Of course, unlike daggers that entered the beginner stage, it was just an introductory stage after learning it, but it could be said that the room for growth is limitless just by having a mastery skill.
You should train yourself from time to time when you have time.
With that in mind, the archery hall was very quiet, but there were at most ten people shooting bows.
And I found a familiar face among them.
It was Ivan and Yeeun Lee.
The two were sitting and talking, which was a strange sight for me.
Was there an opportunity for the two of you to become friends?
With that thought, I approached the two of them and greeted them.
“Since when have you two been friends?”
“Oh, Jihyuk. good morning.”
Ivan’s expression in reply was that of tiredness.
He looked at Ye-eun Lee for a moment and sighed a little.
“Actually yesterday… … Because my mother was indebted to my seniors. So I was just saying thank you and apologizing for that.”
“He was a fun guy.”
Ye-eun Lee nodded her head with a slightly subtle expression.
Seeing that, Ivan rubbed the corners of his eyes with a sign that he was so tired.
“The same goes for wean and sheep… … I’d rather die early because the invitation ended sooner… … .”
“So you have been here since morning? Do you want to calm your mind?”
At my playful words, Ivan nodded with a depressed expression.
Perhaps his mother was the only one who could make this serious guy look like this.
‘… Well, if you let it go like this, things will get better later.’
Belluna, who is childish and selfish now, achieves spiritual growth later.
She was the one who inherited her power, so she took care of Ivan with half duty and half curiosity.
… Of course, it was a story in the distant future.
“Did your juniors come to practice too?”
“Yes. Yes.”
As she nodded to Yeeun Lee, who spoke in a soft voice, she got up from her seat as if rejoicing.
“Then I’ll give you some guidance.”
“Yes?”
“Come on, where can we see your skills?”
Yeeun Lee said so and gently grabbed me and led me.
And she nodded, handed her a carefully selected bow and asked her to give it a shot.
To be honest, I was a little embarrassed, but it was a good opportunity if I thought about it.
I took a deep breath to shoot the bow as she said, calming my bewildered heart.
For some reason, the distant target seemed too small.
After holding the arrow on the string and waiting for a while, I fired the bow as it was.
He hit the target, but he only hit it to the end.
As I was feeling embarrassed that I barely fit it on the edge, Yeeun Lee next to me gave me advice in a serious voice.
“it’s okay. Yes, because of the wind. Calm down and try one more shot. You are doing well.”
He shot another arrow, but it only hit the center a little more than before.
I felt like I had to do something out of embarrassment, so when I looked at the status window, the proficiency of archery, which was still at the introductory level, had hardly risen.
Then, suddenly, Yeeun Lee came close to me and grabbed my hand holding the bow.
“Excuse me for a moment.”
“I… … Senior?”
“Shh. Concentrate.”
Yeeun Lee, who had become as if hugging her from behind, spoke with a harsh voice as if scolding her.
His attitude so serious made me wonder if this was weird.
Ivan, who glanced at him, also had a surprised expression on his face, so fortunately it didn’t seem like that.
“Your junior has only recently learned how to bow, so it’s only natural.”
Yeeun Lee said so and took my hand holding the bow and moved it little by little.
“Usually it takes months or even years of practice to hit a target 100 steps away with a bow. And it requires constant practice and persistence to maintain the senses. On the other hand, a crossbow takes a day if you have the talent, and a firearm takes a few hours.”
She muttered to herself in a quiet voice.
“Nevertheless, most of the sniper class chooses the bow in an overwhelming proportion. Most of them are absolutely not talented. You can get ahead in the beginning, but in the end, nothing can beat the bow.”
And as if she had promised me several times, she emphasized her voice with an accent.
“Especially in the World Tree clan, everyone uses a bow. Sometimes they choose a spear or a sword as their secondary weapon, but the whole clan shoots bows as they grow up. Bow, don’t forget that this is the identity of our World Tree clan. The World Tree clan shoots a bow.”
“Uh, yes… … .”
As she nodded in response to her sudden rush, she seemed satisfied and said, ‘That’s fine,’ and held the arrow in her other hand.
“Come on, focus. Whatever it is, you have to stick to the basics.”
Saying so, she carefully handed the arrow to my hand.
Then they shoved it into the protest and had it pulled.
She ordered not to shoot, but to keep it going.
“When you endure the pain that feels like your fingers are going to fall off, and you get to the point where you can’t hold your breath any longer, ironically, you can only see the target in the distance.”
widely!
As she finished her words, the arrows shot stuck in the center of the target.
It wasn’t right in the center, but it was a huge improvement compared to the two shots I had just shot alone.
“Come on, one more time.”
The arrow shot this time was a little more centered.
Then she let me go and told me not to forget.
“We must never forget the basic principle. I see that my juniors give me too much strength, but I can’t do that. For simplicity’s sake, let’s assume you have a marshmallow in your fist.”
“Marshmallow?”
“yes. marshmallow.”
She nodded as if she hadn’t heard anything wrong.
“Don’t forget to hold the marshmallow in your hand so it’s light enough not to crush it, yet it doesn’t fall to the ground. If you fix that, it will be a lot better.”
Lee Ye-eun, who had said that far, glanced at me and said.
“So, by the way, if you have time after today’s class… … .”
“Hmm, hmm.”
Meanwhile, Ivan coughed in vain.
When Lee Ye-eun and I were focused, he pointed to the watch and said.
“Now if you don’t go, you will be late. It’s good to focus on the bow, but let’s not forget the more important thing is that we have class today.”
He added quietly, but with caution.
“And it’s not just the two of us here.”
It was only then that I and Yeeun Lee were able to notice that the eyes around them were focused.
And when she realized that most of them were looking at Lee Ye-eun with a surprised expression, her face went red as if it was about to explode.
* * *
There was nothing special about self-study time.
A professor he had never met came in and left immediately, telling him not to talk and study what he wanted to do. Naturally, the students gathered around three or five and started talking lightly.
And, as always, Hyun-woo Choi, Su-young Han, and I sat together like this.
As soon as I saw the faces of the three, the words I spoke out were related to their teacher, Nam Hyeon-hwa.
“Did he go down well?”
“Oh, I still called you yesterday.”
Choi Hyun-woo muttered with an expression full of affection.
“It’s been a long time since I’ve seen you, but it’s a little sad. Suddenly the invitation ended… … .”
“It’s unavoidable. ‘Cause there’s been a riot Still, where was the last time I saw you in person?”
“It is not.”
At Han Soo-young’s words, he nodded.
Hyun-Hwa Nam.
Their teacher was actually a person many people expected to be a hidden black screen.
That’s probably because in the original story, she didn’t show any hidden facts or details.
In a way, it was also a real reversal in that he was just one of the strong men in the past and sincerely raised and taught these two.
‘… And later died trying to protect the two of them.’
It was a very memorable scene, so it remained vivid in my memory.
Nam Hyeon-hwa, who appears to save the two of them after encountering the Red Case boss, sacrifices his life to save the two.
In fact, it was unavoidable.
No matter how strong he was, even if he was strong enough to be close to the top ten, it would have been suicidal to deal with the Seven Devils alone.
‘… right.’
The seal was released a long time ago, and there are currently two Chilak Bells roaming around.
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One devoured the Red Case from the inside out, and the other is secretly working with the head of the Thorn Cross Society.
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Originally, these two would only appear at the very end, and they believed so firmly until a few days ago.
Since they appear at the end of the day, I thought that we should pay more attention to the seven evil bells that appear first than them.
It was a moment when I realized once again how unrealistic I was in the past.
“… … .”
As he felt his mood sinking for some reason, Choi Hyun-woo was looking at this side.
Not only Choi Hyun-woo, but Han Soo-young as well.
What the hell did they do wrong that they look at me?
‘ah.’
Am I supposed to think that my feelings are complicated when I see their family member, Nam Hyeon-hwa?
When I thought about it that far, I fully understood why the two of them were doing that.
It was a time when I felt embarrassed about this as it seemed to have calmed the atmosphere for nothing.
“Oh, right.”
Han Soo-young said, applauding with excessive movements.
“From that day on, he said he didn’t come out of the training center.”
“Who is he?”
“Who is it, Hyeonu, the one who fought you?”
“ah.”
“Honestly, I was shocked. Considering my usual personality, I thought I was going to go crazy… … .”
It was not difficult to recognize that it was Ahn Do-hoon’s story.
It was also the flow of the original that the one who loses puts more effort into training no matter which side wins.
The only difference was that if Choi Hyeon-woo felt inadequate after adapting to the results, Ahn Do-hoon couldn’t forgive himself, so he devoted himself to training.
Either way, there was no change in the fact that this defeat served as an opportunity for them to grow.
“Oh yeah.”
Just when the story came out, I wanted to tell these two.
“I’m going to apply for sick leave for about a week.”
“What? Why all of a sudden?”
He answered Choi Hyun-woo’s question as if hesitantly.
“Just for personal reasons.”
“okay… … .”
“Then what about class?”
“What do you do? It’s just being dismissed early.”
When he answered with a light smile, Han Soo-young pursed her lips and seemed to be contemplating something.
“… Then I’ll take notes for your share. It’s because we’re the same team in dungeon exploration.”
“If you do, I will thank you.”
“Then why all of a sudden… … .”
That was then.
The moment Han Soo-young asked, the door opened and the professor entered.
We quickly straightened our posture, as if we were talking.
“… … .”
I could feel Han Soo-young staring at me for some reason, but I had no time to understand why she was suddenly doing that.
* * *
“I wonder what day it is today.”
“yes?”
“Nope. Just this story.”
It was the first word I uttered as if complaining when I met Ye-seul Jin by chance while I was on my way to see Professor Blesbuck.
I wondered if it was from her side, but when I saw the appearance of running towards her with a surprised expression on her face, it seemed that it was a meeting that Jin Ye-seul did not expect at all.
“Where were you going?”
“speech.”
“ah.”
Jin Ye-seul covered her mouth with one hand and nodded as if understanding.
“Okay, why did you send that dagger?”
At my sudden question, she gave a rare bewildered expression.
“Oh, you didn’t like it… … Hmm, hmm! No, you didn’t like it? Still, it was the best thing I could get… ?”
“No, it’s not that I don’t like it.”
What should I say?
As I was thinking about it, Jin Ye-seul was looking at me like a child watching her parents.
When she made eye contact with Jin Ye-seul, she was startled and said as if she was telling me she was wrong before a child was scolded.
“Ah, I haven’t been able to properly gather the information yet… … There were so many people that day, and there were many things with enhanced security, so if you wait a little… … .”
“no. done.”
I kept my mouth shut, as saying more would be of no use.
And with an anxious expression on her face, she spoke as if vowing to the restless woman.
“Don’t send it like that. because it is burdensome Okay?”
Jin Ye-seul quickly nodded her head.
“and… … .”
I let out a small sigh as I watched her concentrating on what she was going to say.
It seems like it will be more extreme than now if I tell you, but a promise is a promise.
“Look carefully at the antique shops on Fifth Street. It’s an unusual bird statue, and if you find it, you’ll get what you want.”
“yes?”
“It’s a clue to the legacy. Anyway, because you did what you promised. And I’m busy, so excuse me first.”
With those words, I passed Jin Ye-seul, who was standing blankly.
Jin Ye-seul continued to stand there blankly until he came back from business later, surprising this side, but it was a good story.