9. Unavailable Heroine(完)
** 9. Unavailable Heroine(Complete)
There is a term called bug character.
If you look at the warriors who were summoned to the middle dimension and entered the academia, most of them led the world or were active in the center of similar events.
However, sometimes there are beings that can be said to be out of the blue, far from the worldview.
I don’t know where the name came from, but some people used the term “Bug character” For such people.
I did it, and Orien did it.
“Sometimes when I look at the heroes, they seem to forget that they were just characters in a game. Well, that’s the limit of those who were born that way in the first place.”
That was something I didn’t quite understand.
“What is the problem?”
“No problem. It’s just that even I find it frustrating… “
Orien said that she felt very skeptical when she started having nightmares.
“I thought I was out of there a long time ago, but I was still there when I saw the original world appearing as a nightmare again. Even if I strayed from the designated path, it must have been not enough.”
However, Orien’s remorse didn’t stop there.
There was still a spark sleeping in her eyes. It’s just that it hasn’t ignited yet, waiting for the right time.
“Alem.”
“Yes?”
“You said that you saw the beasts of Eros that attacked that day, and you cut some of them yourself.”
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A few days after the incident, Orien had also heard about what Lisbeth and I had been through.
I also heard that Orien was attacked by ex-terrorists from Eros.
“And the roast… Did you say she was Winds’ twin?”
“I definitely said that myself. Even her face was perfectly the same. The first time I saw her, I mistook her for Wins-senpai.”
Thinking about it again, their faces overlapped perfectly.
With this, Wins couldn’t help but understand that she hated me so much. Even I would feel her hair stand on end when I thought that a guy who might be of the same class as the guys who erased half of her had entered the school.
Orien sighed.
“Winds’s twin sister’s name must have been Oz, from what I heard. She seems to be being manipulated by her peers under the name of Lost now.”
“How did that happen?”
“On that day, Oz must have died. She was liver.”
Gan-sal.
I was breathless at the weight of the word itself.
“Among the beasts of Eros that were summoned to the middle dimension that day, there was a guy named Damian. He was clearly a bug character, far worse than you or me when it comes to danger. It was to the extent that even the seal of the chairman was incapacitated. It was only for a moment, but Damian and the Eros beasts next to Damian were able to use their original abilities without incident.”
It was the first time I had heard of it.
I never asked because everyone was silent about the helplessness of the day, but there was a leader of Eros’ beasts named Damian behind it.
“In the beginning right after the terror began, the warriors had no choice but to be lethargic. Of course, I was also at risk. The chairman recognized the situation and immediately released the seals of the warriors, so the terror was suppressed shortly thereafter.”
“But in the meantime… “
“Yes, there were many incidents. Among them was the death of Oz. In front of her twin brother Winds, she… “
After a brief sigh and a cup of her tea, Orien continued her words.
“Winds has mastered qigong magic, and her older sister Oz has mastered teleportation magic. It was like each had one specialization. I don’t know if they knew about it and aimed at it, but seeing that Oz has been reduced to a teleportation tool for the Fear faction, she seems to have figured it out through some means.”
Orien’s voice calmly continued her words, filled with extreme anger.
“I don’t know where else the warriors who died that day are being used as their tools. And I’m going to dig into that from now on. Even if forced.”
This situation pulled the trigger on Orien. I felt it.
“Is there a way?”
“As you may have heard from the chairman, the truth is that everything is nearing its end. They came in with the determination to put an end to it this time. How did the chairman defend it so well?”
“You mean the loss is big on that side.”
“Okay, so it’s our turn to attack this time.”
Orien finally emptied his teacup.
“Soon there will be an all-out assault.”
She foretold her decisive battle.
It was not a joke or a lightly spoken word, but a true intention to kill.
“They cursed this body and the life it lived, and everything in the middle dimension in the same way. I don’t think I’ll be able to ascend unless I pay this old grudge. Those who ascend to heaven must have no regrets, so I am going to erase all regrets right now, with my own hands.”
I nodded silently.
Unlike me, who was discriminated against a little at best, there were others who had to hold true grudge against the beasts of Eros.
The request the chairman made to me must have been related to this one.
I touched the back of my hand.
The words of the chairman that I can ascend to heaven at any time linger in my mind.
Would you be happy just because you ascended to heaven or went to an unknown island?
I don’t know if it was the original world where everything had already ended, but the middle dimension I’m in now is different.
Ascension is no more than a minimal way to save my life. As I entered the middle dimension, I met new ties, and now I have a feeling that if they don’t have a proper ending, it will become my regret.
“I will help too.”
The answer came out without thinking.
**
Academia regained stability as if it had never happened.
Classes resumed, the campus was always lively, and there was little concern on the faces of the students coming and going.
Behind the scenes, there was an outcome of arbitrarily manipulating influence to prevent peers from becoming stronger.
Orien and the chairman predicted an all-out attack in the not too distant future, and they told me to take a little break while I could.
It is said that it will take about three months if you go through various preparations.
It may differ depending on your point of view, but it must have been a sudden free time for me anyway.
I feel like I’ve been living a busy life and then I’m suddenly blown away. I didn’t have anything to prepare by myself, and as a result, there was nothing to do other than receiving training in the peer response class during the day.
And in those empty times, Winds was always by my side.
“Alem, look at this. The Sapeng kids must have made something weird this time. Originally, the chairman did not approve these things.”
“Safeng?”
“Cyberpunk, what if you’re young and don’t even know the abbreviation?”
“No, one year difference… “
“Enough.”
Winds suddenly held out a small rectangular piece of metal to me.
I was looking for something, and when I looked it up, it was a black metal plate that seemed like it would have no use.
“What is that?”
“Look, if you press this here… “
When Winds manipulated the flat side of the plate, the black plate called the screen suddenly lit up.
She was startled internally, but managed to swallow her saliva secretly before opening her mouth.
Still, she couldn’t hide her expression, but Wins looked up at me and she smiled.
“How about it, isn’t this amazing? They say it’s a smartphone, but in their world, this has become commonplace.”
“…Where are the artifacts used?”
“Hmm, well? First of all, I heard that we can communicate in various ways regardless of distance.”
“Telepathic magic?”
“It’s similar, but they say there are more things you can do. Even if you can’t use magic, anyone can use it. Anyway, I heard that they plan to distribute this so that not only warriors but everyone can use it?”
“Innovation.”
Originally, I didn’t approve it, but recently, it was meaningful to say that the chairman approved this kind of thing, but I kept it inside.
Instead, Wins focused on manipulating the screen and introducing this or that newspaper. All sorts of screens flew past every time Wins flicked the screen with her finger, as if she had captured and saved this and that moment with her smartphone.
Academia’s campus, warriors busy inside the vigilante, leisurely afternoon, Professor Lisbeth brewing coffee, pictures of yawning cats…
In the picture of the cat, Wins was also in the picture. She was petting the cat.
Her eyes twinkled as Wins found her treasure.
“Ah, this was taken by Makia.”
For some reason, I laughed out loud.
“Now, how about it.”
After retrieving her smart phone, Wins raised the corner of her mouth majestically.
“This is a prototype. Originally, it shouldn’t be, but they say that they take care of it because they’re the vigilantes, and they say that the Safeng kids have this kind of sense anyway?”
I conveyed my honest impressions.
“It would be nice. It’s an artifact that goes beyond novelty and seems like it would make life easier in many ways if spread.”
“Would you like one too?”
Hmm?
I opened my eyes wide at the suggestion.
Winds laughed softly.
“Actually, they got one more, they got the approval of the chairman after a long time, so it seems like they went out of their way. I made quite a few prototypes, so I packed a few more because I had room to spare. I want to keep in touch with close people.”
“Ah… “
As if she had already prepared, Wins pulled out a smartphone that looked identical to her.
Then she manipulated the screen and handed it to me. I don’t know what he did, but his expression looks very satisfied.
“Come on, take it. Um, do you think you can enjoy the luxury of being close to the vigilante?”
“Oh, better, yes, yes… “
I got a dumb phone.
I had never touched an artifact in my life, so the light metal in my hand felt like something I should handle more carefully than a treasure.
As I was fiddling with my phone in wonder, I heard Wins muttering over my smartphone.
“You must have received the phone… Then can you do me a favor?”
“Oh, yes.”
Since you have received something, it is only natural to return it.
I nodded calmly. Then Wins said with a flushed face.
“Picture me with that.”
“…..?”
I tilted my head for a moment thinking I might have heard it wrong, but Wins’ expression was sincere, so I grabbed my smartphone in reverse.
As I lifted it up to the sky, the stunned Winds desperately clung to my arm.
“Oh no! Taking pictures doesn’t mean taking pictures like that! Other than that, pole, that’s what I mean!!”
After that, there was some commotion.