Chapter 112 – To the Black Forest (3)
….”
Rukia groaned and touched her forehead as if she had been drinking the night before.
“Are you okay?”
She carefully asked Rukia, who was struggling as if she had a hangover, and she raised her hand as if telling her to be quiet for a moment.
And after a while, she came to her senses.
“Ugh… I thought you were going to die.”
Raising her body, she looked around her as if trying to guess where she had come, and looked at us and asked.
“Where are you?”
“… ….”
Well, she must have been on her first trip, but it was an overestimation to think that she would figure out where she was just by taking a quick look.
“… Let’s go to sleep.”
Pak Se-rin, showing her dismay as well as me, pulled out one of her sleeping bags from her own sub-space bracelet.
‘Is it the same as what teachers use?’
The colors and designs were subtly different from those used by students.
I wondered why she was wearing her teacher bracelet….
‘Actually, it wasn’t for teachers, but for academy graduates?’
Most of the teachers at the academy are graduates of the academy.
If it’s a subspace bracelet that is picked up by graduates, it’s no wonder that Se-rin Park has it.
As I followed her and took out her extra sleeping bag, which I had tucked away in her bracelet, Rukia, who had been standing still, pointed at herself and asked.
“… Mine?”
“Yes?”
“What about my sleeping bag?”
Why are you looking for that on me?
Park Se-rin looked at Rukia with an expression that she was tired of.
“I heard you are the head of the academy.”
“Right?”
“… But you don’t even carry a sleeping bag?”
“Yes? What does the chief have to do with the sleeping bag?”
Rukia tilted her head.
She seemed to have ‘Really Don’t Know’ written on her face.
It’s true that the academy doesn’t tell you things like ‘bring your sleeping bag’, but….
Since there is a possibility of being caught up in all sorts of things as an awakened person, it is essential to carry a sleeping bag, emergency food, and various tools.
The academy even gave me a subspace bracelet to take care of those things.
However, since the student who is said to be the head of the academy doesn’t know that, Pak Se-rin’s point of view must be heartbreaking.
… Of course, I wouldn’t have known if I hadn’t read it in [Oeyeongdeo].
Pak Se-rin, who put her forehead on her forehead and let out a deep sigh, said in a small voice as if she was tired.
“Because I have to stand at night in turns anyway…. As for the sleeping bag, let’s share her junior’s and mine.”
It was late, and I had to go to bed early to get up and move tomorrow.
I decided to stand the first night watch. The second was Rukia, and the last was Park Se-rin.
Pak Se-rin went into her own sleeping bag and Rukia went into her sleeping bag and asked her to sleep.
I leaned against the wall with the stairs leading up to the rooftop and looked up at the sky.
Anyway, if something is approaching, it’s much faster to notice with the [Sixth sense] Than to see with the eyes.
Looking at the starry night sky with [Sixth Sense] Activated, I hear the sound of stars that I haven’t heard before.
Maybe it’s because it’s a rural area where people are sparse, the sound of grass insects, owls chirping, and the occasional breeze brushing through the grass.
You can hear all sorts of sounds, including the peaceful breathing of Park Se-rin and Rukia who are sleeping there.
Since I had nothing to do, I felt like I was the main character in a martial arts novel as I sat cross-legged and rotated the purple star.
In fact, it’s also a process that’s no different from building skills in martial arts novels.
Normally, I would sit cross-legged with the [Sixth Sense] Closed as much as possible because the surroundings were noisy, so activating the [Sixth Sense] And practicing mana was a unique experience.
I can clearly feel the magic flowing through my body, as if it were really water.
It moves its mana around and rotates it to every nook and cranny of its body, as if washing the body clean.
If you make a mistake and the mana escapes from your body, Pak Se-rin and Rukia may wake up, so be careful as much as possible….
Then, when I came to my senses, it was already past the time for me to stand up for vigil.
It wasn’t that something had been accomplished.
However, I learned something new.
If you rotate your mana with [Sixth Sense] Activated, you can see a slightly bigger effect.
Probably because you can feel every inch of your body in detail that you wouldn’t normally feel.
Of course, you can’t activate the [Sixth sense] In a noisy place, so if you’re going to do it, go to a quiet place….
But if you decide to hide in a quiet place for a few days, use the [Sixth sense] To the fullest, and use the mana training method, it seems that the purple star can quickly grow to four stars.
Since it was an unexpected harvest, the desire to continue was like a chimney… I also had a lot of overwork, so I chose to wake up Rukia, the next night watch.
“Rukia-senpai, wake up.”
“Ugh… ? Who is this… ?”
It took Rukia a long time to get out of her dream, no matter how soundly she slept in that brief moment.
Rukia, who came to her senses, belatedly felt ashamed and quickly threw her temper at me.
“I have to get up soon anyway, so go to bed quickly!”
I went into Rukia’s sleeping bag and lay down.
Rukia’s warmth was still there, and the warmth was just right for her, so she quickly fell asleep.
She had no choice but to open her eyes right away, as she said.
Because of something unexpected.
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“… Ship! Seniors!”
I was sleeping and a familiar voice was calling someone in an urgent voice, so I woke up rubbing my sleepy eyes.
“…… !”
Seeing Park Se-rin’s [Erosion] Spread in an instant, I fell asleep in an instant and jumped up.
“Senior!”
Rukia was waving her shoulder to Se-rin Park, who couldn’t come to her senses, and was calling her anxiously.
“Senior Park Se-rin!”
However, Park Se-rin still did not answer.
When I went closer and carefully lifted her clothes, [Erosion] Had spread more than expected.
It wasn’t enough that [Erosion], Which was like a wound on the back, covered the entire back, and there were traces of [Erosion] On the cheeks and arms.
‘Is it too much work today?’
She said Se-rin Pak told her that she was suppressing [Her erosion] With her own magical power.
What she said was no different from saying that if you use magic power excessively, it will become difficult to suppress [Erosion].
‘I wish I had known in advance that this could happen.’
Then I could have been a little more dangerous, but at least I wouldn’t have brought Pak Se-rin.
The only reason I wanted to get involved in this was because I didn’t want her to die.
Other people may ask if I don’t care, but what can I do?
I am a weakling who is too afraid to protect only my precious things.
‘This is not the time to be thinking like this.’
What is urgent right now is Pak Se-rin’s [Erosion], Which is still spreading rapidly.
Then, suddenly, a method came to mind.
‘I’m sure you said you were suppressing it with magical powers, right?’
I don’t know if this will work or not.
I just want to hold on to even a small hope, so I just try it once.
I raised my hand behind Pak Se-rin’s back, which was filled with red shadows because of [Erosion].
Rukia, who was next to me, had a puzzled expression on her face, but she didn’t bother me, as if she noticed that I was trying to do something.
‘My magical power is different from ordinary magical power.’
It’s a bit distorted, but it’s a magical power that has been ‘blessed by the stars’.
Park Se-rin’s magical power was also not ordinary… It can’t compare to my magical power.
If Se-Rin Pak’s magic could suppress [Erosion]… If it’s my magic power, wouldn’t it be possible to stop even if it’s impossible to get rid of [Erosion]?
She put her finger to the corner of her mouth to send a signal to Rukia to be quiet, and activated her [Sixth sense] To the fullest.
Due to the amplified senses of the frighteningly quiet surroundings, a huge wave of information rushes into my head in an instant.
But right now, the only thing I have to focus on is Park Se-rin.
Consciously erase the things that get in your way from your senses one by one.
The wind brushing my cheeks and the sound of the swaying grass.
After erasing even the sound of bugs chirping and Rukia, who was holding her breath with a nervous look next to her.
In this world, only Park Se-rin and I are left.
The last three remaining stars in the world begin to rotate intensely in the heart.
If it had been earlier, the mana would have run out of control just by rotating it this much, but the sense amplified by the [Sixth sense] Made it possible to control even that mana.
Then, push that mana into the palm of your hand.
I hit Park Se-rin in the back.
Koo-woong!
However, her magical power could not enter Pak Se-rin’s body at all and bounced off helplessly as it hit the [Erosion].
‘One more time!’
Koo-woong!
‘Until it works!’
Koo-woong! Cooong! Cooong!
Like a strong wave crashing into a rock and trying to carve it away.
But.
‘Damn it!’
It can’t be like this.
If I had more time, I might have continued to try this method.
However, it seemed that Pak Se-rin did not have much time left.
‘Then… ….’
The reason why my mana cannot enter Pak Se-rin’s body right now is because an overwhelming amount of [Erosion] Is blocking it.
Then, what if I could transfer some of the erosion to my body and dissipate it separately?
Quad Deuk!
“Ugh!
The red shadow that covered Park Se-rin’s back covered my left hand.