Chapter 70 – Choose to Netori or Lag

The taste is bitter after a storm has passed.
I didn’t think that I would do well in school now.

I’ve already experienced failure once, and I wasn’t good enough to do well the next time based on that failure experience.

But it goes out before it even starts.
I didn’t think I would be recognized from the start, but I thought I’d be able to get along just awkwardly, but what is this…

Only this sweet chocolate drink and cake that went into my mouth were soothing my heart.
But this is so fucking delicious.
The discomfort from earlier is gone.

You’re such a simple bastard, I think.

“Delicious?”

Had I been eating too much?
Elle was looking at me with her chin resting on her hands, not even thinking about touching the food in front of her.
She got embarrassed and put down her drink.

“Yes. It’s delicious.”
“There are guys who don’t like sweets.”
“At least I really like it.”
“Okay? Then, why don’t we go to the next recommended store together?”
“L. Aren’t you going?”

Gold interrupts El.
Incidentally, he had been staring at El with a disgusted expression from before.
Maybe it’s because they’re both blonde and beautiful, so they look like siblings in real life.
El easily swallowed Gold’s words and continued.

“Gold, I’m not interested, so I don’t know if this is the only dessert shop, but I know a lot of hidden places because the kids tell me a lot.”
“I wonder if the Heart family doesn’t know about the mall. I just don’t go there because I’m satisfied with this store.”
“It’s noisy. It’s nice to show you around the floating island, but why would a guide make a guest experience unpleasant things?”
“Noisy.”

She snorted and asked her gold quietly.

“What happened to Layette?”
“I don’t know. Why are you asking me? Do you and I look close?”
“No. You don’t seem to get along. You have a fierce personality, so you don’t seem to get along with anyone except your lover.”
“…”

The two stare at each other coldly.
Then Gold jerked her head annoyedly and said to me:

“It’s about the story.”
“A moment ago?”
“They said that every beautiful woman they meet has a dirty personality.”
“Oh, that’s it.”

To dismiss it as a mere coincidence, his personality was completely ground.
If there was a personality beauty contest, they would be in last place.

“That, that’s me too…?”

El raised her eyes while asking anxiously. You’re so cute.
To tell the truth, yes, but there is no need for a cruel truth.
What is needed now is a sweet lie.

“No. I think El-sama is kind.”
“Really?”
“It will be true.”

What. Why is gold… ?
L looked at him suspiciously as well.

“If you look at your appearance objectively and make a judgment, then if you interpret your brother’s words well, the answer will come out.”

…
Does that happen?

El growled.

“…Do you want to try?”
“Huh? Sounds like fun.”
“So Gold-nim, why did you say that all beauties have dirty personalities?”

I said hastily.
If these bastards are left unattended, they will really come into conflict, so I can’t leave them alone.
Gold, who reaped speculation in my question, said.

“Not everyone in the academy is like that. Yes, there are certainly many people who pursue practical things such as skills and backgrounds, but there are many people who are not.”

Gold’s earnest fight, El also reaped his speculation and was lost in thought.

“Because there are some commoners who only take care of themselves…”

The guys I saw were from aristocrats, but it’s not that only aristocrats aren’t cheap.
So after all, aren’t they all bastards?

It’s a harsher reality than you think.
But Gold’s words continued.

“After listening to my older brother, I think it’s mostly like that, but among the beauties I’ve met, there are some with good personalities.

Disrespect? Him?
Even though Gold’s identity is Viscount, he has a background of a teenage family, so just saying it is disrespectful?
Who are you talking about?

“Asita doesn’t want to show it, but she’s nice.”

It was El’s words. That agrees
But you have a boyfriend
All I said to them was that a beauty has a dirty personality, and I didn’t say the condition of being a beauty that has no owner, so Ashita has no choice but to be included.

“Clarire… She’s tick-tack, but she’s fine on the inside.”
“It’s because of Blizzard’s name, but Clarir has a good personality compared to her position. And again… Mayal is definitely nice.”
“Ah. That’s right.”

L agrees with Gold’s words.
It’s a rare scene.
But who is Mayal, you motherfuckers.

L noticed my gaze and said with a bashful smile.

“He’s also the heir to a teenage family. He said he’d go somewhere during vacation, so we’ll see him on the first day of school. He’ll be back right before school starts, so maybe we can see each other at least once?”
“Is that so.”

Don’t expect much
To be honest, Eldo and, I hate to admit it, Clarir are fundamentally good guys.
But even those girls ignored me when they first saw me.
She will definitely ignore me and look at that May Yal or whatever.

Come to think of it, it seems that most of them, not just the beauties, started ignoring me.
…Do I look like a dick?

Of course, on the outside, he is an Asian boy with dirty eyes, dressed in loose clothes by the standards of a high school girl, without a single muscle…
…What?

Do you think it would look like a dick?
Except for her eyes, there were only negative factors in her appearance.
After that incident in the past, I didn’t invest in my appearance, which I didn’t care about, and suddenly…

Yes, I was going to exercise, but let’s start today.
It’s going to be a muscle bump.

While I was making my decision, Gold was still thinking about a case that was pretty and had a good personality.

“I don’t know, but isn’t Repelt pretty? They say so.”

Gold said unconvinced.

“Ah, Mr. Lehfeldt is really beautiful. He works hard and has a good personality.”
“…”
“…”

What the fuck
Why do you look like that
Gold showed interest after surprise, Elle her complexion slightly pale.

“Brother. Are you interested in Refeld?”
“Shut up Gold.”

Gold growled at L’s tackle.

“What? Why are you suddenly angry? There’s no reason for me to listen to your insistence.”

The two glared at each other more fiercely than before.
I’m still in a bad mood because of the Layettes, but why is that?

“By the way, L-sama. Can I go alone without an escort?”
“Ah? Are you worried about me?”

She blushes slightly and tucks her hair behind her ears.

“It’s just pointing out the insufficiency.”
“What are you saying. Shut up Gold.”

After snorting, Gold raised her mug and took a sip of coffee in an elegant motion, narrowing her eyes.

“Where are they really? Wasn’t Remy always following them?”
“I don’t know. It’s going to be somewhere out of favor anyway, and Remy is lying on the bed feeling sick.”

…

Do you still have a stomach ache…?
It’s an unfavorable topic for me, so let’s pass it on.

That damn beach bitch.
Even though she had to grind hard, she was beaten so that there were no after effects. It’s so damn tough.
She said nonchalantly, recalling the damn beach bitch.

“I thought about three people were looking at this place, but you must have been El-sama’s escort.”

At my words, the two rolled their eyes.
Gold groaned and he asked.

“Older brother.”
“Yes?”

Now, the title brother is not awkward at all. After all, humans are creatures of adaptation… Amidst the futile thoughts, Gold asked a question.

“I’ve been curious about it for a while, but where does your brother’s strength come from? It doesn’t seem like a skill.”
“…Am I strong?”

At my words, Gold gave a slightly puzzled expression.

“If the one who stopped the existence is not strong, then who is strong?”

Since it is a secret, he will not recklessly mention Frostia’s name.

“That was, to the last, a compatibility issue.”

And the technology that established the compatibility is not available now. You can use it, but if you use it, your body will collapse completely.

Then, what is my level without the Jipi keeper?
Maybe… If Gold or L did their best, wouldn’t it be a good match with me now?
It could also be that you unconsciously beat yourself up.

“At least I can’t find it easily if a person who has learned martial arts tries to hide his presence and tries to hide his presence. But my brother finds it so easily.”
“Hmm… That’s probably because I feel a certain power.”
“What power?”

The explanation was lacking.

“In this country, you can call it mana or Ryunar. I am confident in detecting such an unknown aura.”

Ki, Mana, Ryunar.
When it comes to feeling the unknown energy, analyzing and controlling it, it can be said that it is definitely excellent from an objective point of view.

This is a skill from a game I played in the past.
Yes.
As far as my strength goes, it’s just that I reproduced the skills from the games I played in the past.

If the reason why the skill could be reproduced was because of the skill [Incomprehensible Sense], Then it was wrong to say that it was not Gold’s skill.

However, I don’t know what a sensation I can’t understand, so it might just be that my experience in virtual reality games in the past became possible to materialize in conjunction with Ryunar, the world’s representative energy.

Whatever it is, if I look strong, it’s because of my experience in the game.

However, if I said that the source of my strength is a game, would I be treated as a madman?
In the end, I had no choice but to say this.

“There were a lot of situations worth experiencing.”
“Is it an experience beyond the World Tree?”

Gold didn’t ask for more, but L seemed to want to hear more.
Still, it was the sign that I didn’t want to say more, and I naturally changed the topic to small talk without showing it.
L. She’s also good at leading conversations.

Then Gold said.

“Brother. Speaking of Layette.”
“Yes.”
“I’m not originally that kind of girl. Although she has a strong side, she’s considerate and leads others. Even if she’s not verified, she’s not the kind of girl who will give in to instructors… I don’t know why.”

As she said that, she glanced at me.
You must be concerned about what I said.
A story about your boyfriend cheating on you.

The woman, Raies Fleur, is now in a state of desperation.
The contents of the set-up were as follows.

[Ryes Fleur.

Heir to the imperial duchy.

She was born into a family that rivals the reputation of a teenage family, but she is not arrogant, leads others well, and has excellent skills.

Unbeknownst to her, she cherishes her fiancé very much, feeling love even in an arranged marriage.
But her fiancé had several other lovers out of her, and she recently found out.
I don’t know what conversation she had with her fiancé, but her personality seems to have changed 180 degrees since then.]

It says.
Unlike the first set of settings I saw before coming to this world, it is a bit disappointing that the entire body is not shown, and only the chest and face appear like a portrait.
Where is this anyway?

Anyway, Laiet is currently feeling extreme stress because of being sleepy.
She feels sympathy, but she takes her anger out on stern people.

While I opened the setting book, I checked to see if it was Miyael or Mayal that Gold and L mentioned earlier, but there is none.
There’s a similar name, but I’m not sure.
Instead, El’s father found out. He is a very young looking handsome man.
By the way, it is classified as a main character…?
What role do you have?

She tilted her head and reflected.
This world is not a game, so it is meaningless to think about it with a game brain.

Anyway, I received help from work earlier, and should I read the setting book thoroughly?

There are many other things to see besides the setting book, but I deliberately postponed it because I thought it would be more fun to deal with the situation according to the situation rather than making plans one by one.
My problem is my habit of putting my head first and liking difficult games.
Well, it’s reality.
The cold reality that the body may soon collapse.

“…”

But it didn’t feel real either.
Is your body really collapsing…?
While I was in doubt, Gold stood up.

“Then brother.”
“?”
“Shall we go to Prunar Academy?”
“Didn’t you say it was closed because of an accident?”
“I think it would be fun to watch from a distance.”

Is that too
I’m going to go to school for a while, so let’s look at it in advance.

“Then I’ll go to the bathroom for a while before that.”

I got up and went to the bathroom.
However, the toilet in the store is full.
I was just about to go to the bathroom, but it was 10,000 won. It’s an annoying coincidence.

I came out of the bathroom and asked the clerk if there was another bathroom, and he said there was one outside.
I walked out of the store and immediately went to the bathroom.
And the moment I tried to enter the entrance, I bumped into someone.

…
Do you think you bumped into it on purpose?

“Sorry.”

When he apologizes while feeling a bit suspicious, the other side also apologizes.

“No. I didn’t see it. I’m really sorry.”

You are a polite person. He thought so and raised his head.
And I felt my face harden.

An incredibly handsome guy my age with a good laugh. So, he was a guy who looked like he was in his 20s.
Why didn’t I just say that he was my age, because this person is probably in his 40s, contrary to his looks.
I know the man in front of me

That’s right, I’ve seen it before in the setting house.

“Eh. What’s on my face?”

The blond-haired man smiling and tilting his head was L’s father.

Head of the Gryze family. Leo R Grise.

He stood in front of me
What was this person in front of me thinking?

“…”

And, the presence of a glance at me near the women’s bathroom, this Ryunar knew.

Could it be that you were beaten up not too long ago?
Remy?

***

“Is this here?”

“Long time no see.”

Sword Worker and the White Wizard arrived at the Valley of the Gods.
After that, the white mage said he felt something and headed somewhere on his own, and Geomil silently followed.
But the only place I reached was an empty lot.

“Isn’t it quick to just ask people if they’ve seen dragons?”
“…This area must have originally been a cave.”
“Huh? What?”
“They can destroy the Valley of the Gods so mercilessly…”

A smile crept across the white wizard’s lips.
Indeed, here he was.

The dragon of destruction, Prostia.

“What are you laughing at? Let’s get to know each other.”

That moment.

Chuck.

Something stood behind the two of them.
I knew about Baekmaju and Swordwork a long time ago, but the other side didn’t show any signs of hiding their presence, so I stayed still until now.
The figure of the other person who turned his back to check…

“Golem…?”

Sword’s uncertain voice.
Soon, a voice flowed from the golem made of stone.

[What… Isn’t that a guy.]
“…!”

Sereung.

The sword he pulled out without realizing it.
The existence in front of his eyes, that golem was too weak and insignificant compared to himself.
However, it was only a story about the golem in front of me. Something within, or beyond…

Gulp.

Sword work is such tension.
He has never been through this tension of being overwhelmed and eaten just by standing in front of him.
Eight kings.
When confronted with the avatar of Askatlov.

I felt the same way as back then.
The white wizard spoke in a trembling voice while salivating with nervousness.

“I dare you to ask.”
[Hmm?]
“Frostia-sama, is that right?”

Golem’s answer to that question was dry.

[Die.]

After a while, a loud roar rang out.