Chapter 110 – To the Black Forest
There is no time to think of anything else.
Because the most pressing issue right now is [Erosion].
The remaining period is 1 month. Even if you investigate, you are at a loss as to what to do.
“Didn’t you get any information from the association?”
“I heard that they succeeded in identifying the place where they were supposed to be behind by examining it with the corroded body captured a few days ago… ….”
Park Se-rin blurted out her words.
“Because that’s a bit, very dangerous place.”
*
“… The Black Forest?”
“I’m not sure, but I’m assuming there’s a hideout there.”
In this world, there exists a place called the Five Forbidden Zones.
The mountains of Mer, the Blue Swamp, the Golden Garden, the Sanctuary, and even the Black Forest.
There are mainly two reasons why these places are banned.
It is a sacred space, so outsiders are prohibited from entering, or it is too dangerous to enter.
Actually, except for the Golden Garden and the Sanctuary, the three places are notoriously dangerous.
People who dare to enter there are only idiots who are intoxicated with their skills, or those who want to commit suicide.
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If it wasn’t him, he risked his life because what he wanted was there.
Perhaps the people behind [Erosion] Are there because they want something.
“… So, should we go there?”
“That’s the association’s job, not us. People are dying like this, and the Association cannot stand still.”
Those were the words Rukia, who replaced Park Se-rin, said.
“It’s not another place, it’s an association, so they’ll do something on their own.”
Until then, all we have to do is avoid the corroding bodies… Rukia muttered with her tired expression, and turned her head away as if she had nothing to say.
It was the same for Park Se-rin.
However, there was still one unheard story.
“What if the association can’t deal with it within a month?”
“… ….”
Neither Rukia nor Pak Se-rin moved at all, but her expression hardened slightly.
“If the Association fails to deal with it by then.”
She turned her eyes and looked at Park Se-rin.
I can see that Park Se-rin’s eyes are trembling faintly.
“What will happen to Serin sunbaenim?”
Her eyes slid shut.
I didn’t ask because I really didn’t know.
If the association doesn’t get things done on time, Pak Se-rin will become an eroded body.
This is a self-evident fact that even a fool can know.
That’s why I turned her words around and asked.
Would she really turn her back on her and leave her own life to others?
She just wondered if she would be waiting for that.
I can see her chin quivering.
The fact that she did not appear in [Oeyeong-do] Is tantamount to saying that she died here.
The reason why there was no mention of [Erosion] Must be because the association only succeeded after Park Se-rin died.
I can never let her die.
To be honest, it’s a bit unreasonable to say that we’ve known each other for a long time.
Looking at the length of time, he was the longest person I had known, and the first person I became close to after coming to this world.
Above all, he is also a master who taught me his own swordsmanship, which can be said to be more precious than anything else to a swordsman.
‘Rather than dying while waiting for others to solve it, it’s better to try hard to live even if it’s a little more dangerous and difficult.’
So she said no more of her and held out her hand to her slowly.
Why don’t you go to the Black Forest with me?
To be honest, it would be very absurd from her point of view.
Although I have grown a lot, I am still a young child.
Such a kid puts out his hand and invites us to go together to one of the most dangerous places in the world.
Even I infer that she died here by [Her erosion], But from her point of view, she has no idea what the outcome will be for herself.
If you wait, you will have faith that the association will solve it.
Nonetheless, she.
Crap.
“… ….”
He held my hand silently.
I don’t know what made her trust me so much.
In the first place, I only received her grace unilaterally, but I never did anything that would earn her trust.
But apart from that, if you have this kind of trust, you should do your best.
Se-rin Park and I head to the Black Forest together.
Then all that’s left is…….
Se-rin Pak, who held her hand, and I simultaneously turned her head to look at the last person, and Rukia trembled.
“Why, why?”
With a panicked voice, he looks at me and Park Se-rin alternately.
Well, maybe she doesn’t want to take the risk…….
“Ah.”
Se-rin Park and I didn’t have much conversation with each other.
That’s why Rukia, who was looking the other way, doesn’t know what we were thinking while holding her hand.
In the end, we had no choice but to tell Rukia a conversation that she hadn’t bothered to say.
“If that’s the case, just ask if you’re going with me…….”
Since the two of us stared at each other, you knew I had done something wrong.
Rukia, who grumbled, nodded her head and looked at Se-rin Pak.
“I will go with you. I am worried about you too.”
Park Se-rin stared at Rukia with eyes that were moved by those words.
Rukia tried to look away from that gaze and looked at me and asked.
“Are you really going with me? It would be very dangerous.”
“I will go too. I was the one who seduced Se-Rin to go in the first place.”
Seducing me to walk a dangerous road and then falling for myself with the excuse that I’m scared is the trash of the world.
She put on a disapproving expression, but eventually she sighed and nodded her head in agreement.
Since I became a target, there is no safe place for me anymore.
Returning to the still unstable academy would only do damage.
But if I were to be found alone, I would be dead.
In the end, no matter what you do, the risk is the same.
Park Se-rin stretched her body and said.
“Then… Shall we go to the Black Forest now?”
“That’s right. The faster you move, the better.”
At those words, Rukia nodded as well and raised her body from her leaning against the wall.
But I still have one question left.
“… However.”
“Huh?”
“How do I get to the Black Forest?”
“… ….”
“… ….”
We didn’t talk for a while.
*
Contrary to the words that they will fight against a huge enemy, they are huddled together and looking at their phones.
I was thinking of turning on the map app and finding out where the Black Forest is…….
Perhaps it was to prevent people from accessing it unnecessarily, but it was not found through the search function, so I had no choice but to scan the entire map to find it myself.
Fortunately… It’s probably because everyone who knows the location of the Black Forest already knows it, so it’s not covered on the map.
“I found it!”
Rukia shouted and jumped on her pole.
“Finally… ….”
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“It took a long time….”
For some reason, Se-rin Pak, who seemed already tired, melted into place, and I looked at Rukia, who was jumping up and down excitedly.
“So where are you?”
“It’s not as far away as I thought! Look at this.”
Rukia abruptly held out her phone to us.
Closer than I thought… Is it luck? This?
Rukia said with a smile.
“I think you will arrive if you run for about 4 days without resting?”
“… ….”
For Awoken people like us to run for four days without rest, it means that it is filthy far.
“It might take a little longer considering the erosions are blocking our movement.”
And then, with her lips pouted, she pondered for a moment….
“A… About a week?”
He said refreshingly.
I couldn’t even curse at him when he said that he would go through hardships in the future.
“Ha…… Then let’s go right away.”
The time given to us is about one month.
And it takes a good week just to get to the Black Forest.
There was no time to delay.
I got up and looked at Rukia as she warmed up.
“Then can you do what you did before?”
“Which one?”
“The one that made her body transparent.”
“Ah~ that?”
Rukia smiled sweetly again.
“I can’t.”
“… Yes?”
I must have heard wrong?
“I told you earlier. It would take a week considering the erosive bodies to follow.”
“… Right.”
“If I could have done that again, would I have calculated and considered the erosion bodies to follow?”
That’s it too.
In the first place, the premise of her calculation was to exclude her own fantasies.
“I could do it if I wanted to, but… ….”
Rukia tied her shoelaces neatly and kicked her toe on her floor.
“I can only hold it for a short while, and my stamina wears out quickly, so I won’t be of much help after that.”
Uh… ? This person is not very useless…… ?
While I was thinking about that, Rukia saw my expression and glared at her as if she had penetrated her heart.
“It’s just that I can’t use that level of fantasy, can I do a lot of other things?”
Yes.