138 – We defeated the Demon King and disbanded without any conflict_2
The sentence made at Lane’s request is hugely embedded in the front of the newspaper. The sentence ‘There was a 5th person in the group of first warriors’. Beneath it were written in small letters that said that the 5th person would make a major announcement today.
Quite a few sentences have been written in which scholars who have heard the name a few times speculate about its identity. Occupation, ability, age, gender, etc. I was guessing everything, but everything except gender was wrong.
I’m sorry to those who are excited to speculate, but I don’t have monster-like powers, and I don’t have any magical powers like rat poop. The singularity of using curses also disappeared, so there was nothing to highlight.
“Are you sure you’re okay?”
I replied with a nod to Lian’s words of concern. I could now humbly accept their concerns.
It was the last gateway to go, embracing the past and the parts of oneself that were lacking. I had to do this entirely on my own, so it was a situation where I only asked them to do the bare minimum.
We are now inside the dean’s office. Even though everyone else is not acting directly, they seem more anxious than I am.
He said that seeing someone who trembles more than me calms down a little bit. That seemed right.
Lian is moving busily, repeating the action of clashing teeth to the extent that it makes a clicking sound. Solar, who saw it, said, ‘I’m crazy’, but Solar, who did that, continued to recite three or four sentences as if she couldn’t calm down.
To some extent, I could understand and adapt to Solar and Rian reacting so loudly. Because there was a time when I showed this side of myself normally.
I turned my gaze elsewhere. Lane was sitting in her seat scribbling something with a quill. I sneaked closer to him, wondering if he was doing the dean’s job.
“Ah. Uh. Um…”
Lane mumbled a little and yanked back the thing she was using and blatantly hid it. I’m sorry, but I’ve already seen it all.
What she was writing on the blank paper was a sentence expressing her anxiety as it was. The tightly written anxiety and behavior patterns for unexpected situations were written in random order without order. The handwriting was also not the usual neat one, but a type of pressing and flowing.
I turned my gaze to the place where I could feel the breath mixed with mana. Odrox was exercising. As if only Thor was exercising when he was concentrating.
Well, Odrox would have taught only Thor, so he would have no choice but to do something similar.
The tattoos on his body start to glow blue. When I saw it with my own eyes, the sight was so majestic. To the extent that any monster with even the slightest intelligence to make judgments would roll up its tail and run away.
I’m glad I didn’t incur Odrox’s hostility. If so, he would have ended his life long ago with his joints folded in the reverse direction.
It was a little surprising that Lane and Odrox were so impatient, as it was a rare sight to see. Originally, Odrox would have centered himself here and Lane would have stepped in and calmed the other two.
“Guys.”
As soon as I spoke, the eyes of the four people focused on me as if they had been waiting. If it had been in the past, the moment I received this gaze, I would have reacted, but not anymore. I really appreciated being able to look at their faces and read their expressions.
Even though I talked about this improved physical condition, they did not believe it easily. It was natural. Even though I said it was okay from before, it eventually exploded and the incident exploded, so even if it was me, I wouldn’t have believed it.
But since I brought it on myself, I had to deal with it. Now that we can understand each other, time will be the medicine. Of course, with this as the starting point, I have to show that ‘I’m really okay’.
Lane hurriedly looked away. Every time I saw her with the naked eye, it seemed that I had a memory of scratching the corners of my eyes. Thinking so, all I could think of was how grateful I was to Lane. To see the extremity of the rejection reaction toward you and still be by your side like this.
Of course, I was grateful to all of Rian, Solar, and Odrox. So, what I was going to do was to feel very sorry for Odrox.
“Don’t worry. I’ll prove that I’m okay with this.”
“Shall I use that magic? Covering the skin on the face…”
“It’s okay. I’ll show you what I decided to reveal.”
“still..”
After stopping Sola from frantically reciting a sentence, she sat down on the sofa.
2 hours. It is the time remaining until the announced time. To be honest, I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t nervous. I can still hear people talking outside the window. He probably came early to see it up close.
Even now, just talking about the party of the first warriors is a topic that makes the world go wild. After the journey to solve what they missed, they suddenly announced that there was another important party. There will be a young boy from a rich family from another country who uses a teleporter, and there will be people from Hidin. It means that people gathered in one place from all over the continent will look at me.
Even an ordinary person would be nervous to stand in front of such a large group of people. I was going to do it anyway. It’s because it’s to end what I’ve been neglecting so far.
You can feel the sweat coming out of your hands. As I clenched my fists, sweat pooled and ran down my palms.
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No one likes this scarred face, and no one likes a mentally handicapped person. It was because the first warriors in the heads of the people who respected them were the kind of existence that couldn’t be without a flaw.
It’s funny how you regret everything now. There is no magic to turn back time. Sora also said so.
1 hours.
Everyone is waiting with their legs trembling, probably taking all my tension. The cookie that was taken out has not been touched by anyone and is moving busily, sitting and standing up. Seeing that, the tension is relieved.
It is the appearance of Rain, Solar, Lian, and Odrox that can be seen because they are colleagues. Now I have to stand up proudly in front of people and walk with them.
I came to realize that what is needed is not the strength it seems on the outside. It’s much better than not realizing it too late because I was trapped in childhood.
It was a little funny to see Odrox, who always stood solemnly, sitting on the sofa and dropping one leg.
30 minutes.
I hear people’s voices outside. Among them, there were people who screamed in anger at the way Rain and I looked at Eormigin. There were also people who were caught up in the current and expressed similarly blind anger.
“..Sorry. Because of my arbitrariness.”
Lane said at the blatant profanity. My will was not involved in what she did. From a third person’s point of view, it was as if the first hero hugged a man he didn’t know and kissed him from his side.
It’s understandable that people who respect and like Lane scream loudly.
“It’s okay. Instead, can I act on my own just once?”
“Huh? When? Now?”
“No, in 30 minutes.”
“..Yes. If you want.”
With Lane’s permission, silence enveloped us. Occasionally, when the voices of the people grew too loud, Odrox opened the windows to silence them. Of course, since there were so many people gathered, even Odrox’s affairs did not become completely quiet.
3 minutes.
There are so many overlapping voices that you can knock on the window. They stepped out first and began to calm the crucible of chaos.
I didn’t plan something humorous like a surprise appearance. Lian’s ‘It’s going to be very noisy anyway, so we’ll go ahead and make it quiet. It was followed by the opinion, “If you signal, please come out.”
He cleared his throat and cleared his voice. Because it’s important to put the first button well.
I took a look at the mirror in the room and adjusted my clothes. I stroked the scar on my face once. I prepared my mind in advance by roughly thinking about the reactions of people who saw me.
I held up a piece of paper on which I wrote down how to start, how to proceed with the conversation, and how to answer questions, and put the contents into my head.
You won’t be able to enjoy the things you can enjoy at the academy. It’s a bit unfortunate, but it’s something we have to endure.
The constant noise from outside begins to subside noticeably. When I think it’s starting soon, my heart starts beating loudly.
I took a deep breath and exhaled. The smell of books inside the dean’s office fills my lungs and then escapes.
great. I think I can.
“I think you can come out now.”
“Yes. I’ll go.”
After nodding once to Rian, who was talking with his knees shaking, he clenched his fists once to try to calm himself down, then opened them. In the past, the curse would have been activated at the same time as something circulated through the body, but I didn’t feel anything.
I feel empty because I don’t have one. It feels like an old comrade has left. It was the biggest culprit that bothered me, so it would be more accurate to see it as bad luck.
Everyone will be staring at me when I go out onto the balcony. Numerous eyes will fly as if they will pierce me with so many emotions, and I have to reveal everything in front of them.
The reason for revealing now, what has happened, their help, and everything about the past.
If I hesitated once, it was obvious that I would continue to make excuses and postpone it. I’ve already done the work, and I couldn’t take it out even for the sake of those who gathered in one place for me.
After applying saliva to my dry lips once, I went outside. Countless people’s faces caught my eye, and all of them were looking at me from the inside.