Chapter 144 – Defense of Jeju Island (3)

After the battle, I immediately checked the stat window.

Magi, who became 44 after catching the golden sun, became 45.

Of course I couldn’t help but be satisfied.
There is no way to upload directly, so I feel better every time the number increases.

There, even the magic stone of the devil.

“Do you want to rest for a while?”

“Are you okay. I hardly did anything, so it’s not hard.”

Yuri shook her head and said.

“Because you did well.”

“Okay, let’s go catch the next mine right away. I need to make money.”

Yuri patted me on the back and said.

∴

After that, I hunted a total of 5 more demons.

1 low level, 3 low level. 1 lower middle class.
A total of 1 Magi stats rose, and we were able to prove that we also participated in the defense battle.

After that, we returned to the hotel and parted ways with the promise of tomorrow.

“How have you been?”

“West!”

I used the spare key I had obtained in advance to enter Ayeong’s room, and Laysha hugged me.

“Have you been?”

Chloe followed her and greeted me.

“Huh. I’m gone.”

“Are you injured anywhere? What happened to you…?”

Laysha, held in my arms, looked up at me with worried eyes and asked.

“Huh. Look, there are no scars.”

The only wound I received was from being brushed by the ball by a mace of an intermediate level demon.
As much as I healed it with a heal, my condition will look fine no matter who sees it.

“Thank god…”

“Thank you for your concern. Did you guys have a good day too?”

“Yes, there was no fuss.”

Chloe answered my question.

“What about Ayoung?”

“Not yet…”

Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to have recovered yet.
Of course, I thought I wouldn’t come to my senses soon, but I couldn’t hide my regret.

She hoped that when she returned, she would be greeted with her healthy self.

“Good work so far. I will be watching now.”

“We will be with you.”

Laysha, who fell from my arms, said.
Chloe also nodded his head from behind.

“Okay.”

I want to be with you, but what can I do?
I nodded meekly.

After confirming that Ah-yeong’s complexion had improved, I only wished that she would wake up as soon as possible.

∴

“You came today too.”

When I returned to the Hunter Association after hunting for mines with Yuri, a male employee greeted me with a bright expression.

“Yes. There are seven of them today.”

I handed him 2 low-grade, 4 low-grade, and 1 medium-grade magic stones.
And my magi reached 48.

“You hunted more than yesterday.”

“Yes, I was lucky.”

“If we continue like this, we will be able to escape soon.”

He said in a voice that gave off hope.

Over the past 4 days, Yuri and I have killed a total of 22 Mine.
I’m not sure about the progress of the other hunters, but I’m sure they’ve dealt with at least 100 demons.

First of all, the level of the demons was not high, and the general public did not aim.
I don’t know what level their main unit is yet, but if they go to this state, they will be able to get out of Jeju Island within a month.

“Yes, I checked all the magic stones. Please visit us again when you wish to pay later.”

“Thank you.”

After saying hello to him, I left the association and Yuri was waiting for me.

“Let’s go back.”

“Huh.”

After putting her in her back seat, I went straight back to the hotel.

The hotel was no different than usual.
An unknown B-class hunter was guarding the entrance of the hotel.

After showing him my student ID, I entered the hotel and parked my motorcycle appropriately.

“Whoa… Today was also hard. Right?”

“I know.”

It was exhausting enough to deal with an intermediate level horse.
Of course, now that my Magi stat reached 49, it was an enemy I could deal with on my own.

As she and I entered the entrance of the hotel building, we realized that the atmosphere was unusual.

Hotel lobby.
All first-year students gathered in front of the homeroom teacher.
Some of the faces were not visible, but those were Ayoung and Seoin.

“There was a response to the barriers spread across Jeju Island.”

The homeroom teacher said while looking at the students one by one.

“That means…”

One student murmured softly.

“Okay. It means that the outside is trying to lift the guard.”

At his words, the faces of the students turned bright.
Among them, there were some students running around hugging each other as if they had already succeeded in escaping.

Five days have passed since I was imprisoned in the barrier.
If it was late, it felt like it was late, and if it was fast, it felt like it was fast.

“But don’t let your guard down yet. There is no way that the enemies are unaware that the vigilance is shaking. This is like the real beginning.”

The atmosphere that had begun to be excited by his words began to subside again.

“To protect yourself. Disband then.”

He turned his back and ran out of the hotel, and the shy students seemed to be going back to their dorms.

“Have you been?”

Laysha, who found me and approached me, glanced at Lee Yu-ri, who was next to me, and said,

“Yeah, how are you?”

“Yes, Ayeong-sama is still…”

“I guess so. Let’s go to our room.”

It seems that he didn’t wake up today either.
You don’t know when Ahyeong will wake up.
When she woke up, she hurried to Ah-young’s quarters because I was by her side.

Ayoung’s condition was not very good.
She let go of her groan with a quivering brow and kept her face grimace.
When I checked the stat window, her mana was all restored.
Originally, even if she opened her eyes right away, she wouldn’t be in a strange state, but she couldn’t wake up.

“Are you having a bad dream?”

Laysha muttered anxiously as she looked at Ayoung lying on her bed.

“I guess so.”

I sat down on a chair next to Ayoung’s bed and stroked her hair.

‘Shall I go in?’

I thought that if she was having her nightmares, she might be able to solve them with my dreaming skills.
But while I’m in the dream, something might happen, and if she doesn’t take control of the dream, she’ll be locked up in the dream until she wakes up.

But over the past days, I’ve gained a lot of energy from Seoin, Laysha, and Chloe.
If something goes wrong, if you raise the skill level, it will be fine.

“I’ll go into my dream for a moment.”

What then?
I had no basis for it, but I had a hunch that if I could solve her nightmares, she would wake up.

“All right.”

Chloe calmly nodded her head as if she had already guessed what I would do.

“Do you have to come back soon?”

“Huh.”

If something happens, it’s enough to raise the dreaming skill.

I immediately used the dreaming skill on Ayoung and entered her dream.

∴

“Can you tell me if you need any help?”

Large training grounds.
There was a scarecrow for training.

“Yes, Thanks. Sister.”

Ah-young answered with a smile, and Na-yeong swallowed her bitter smile, nodded her head, and left the training ground.

After confirming that she had left, Ah-young swung the wooden sword she was holding in her hand again.

Her sword hit all over the training scarecrow.
She swung without stopping.

Until the sun goes down and the world turns yellow and then black.

She swung her sword with her fine, small hand that wouldn’t be strange if her blisters were caught.

Just silently, looking at the scarecrow and the level of his swordsmanship ability that never leveled up.

She swung her sword once more.
As the wooden sword struck the scarecrow, her hands vibrated and her bones trembled.

“I’m sorry…”

After a brief moan, Ah-young let go of her sword in her hand.
Only then did Ah-yeong, who regained her senses, look around her.

I realized that the sun that was shining brightly on the world had disappeared before I knew it.
She noticed that her hands were red and swollen.
Her cold wind brushed her own cheek.
As she lost her concentration, a terrible loneliness came over her again.

“Whoa…”

Ah-yeong let out a sigh and picked up her wooden sword again.
She knew that this was the only way for her.
She was acutely aware of the fact that she had no talent for swordsmanship.

But other things were added.
Whether it’s magic, spearmanship, or recovery.
No matter how much she practiced, she couldn’t develop any ability.

At least swordsmanship.
Even though he had the ability, he was only at level 1.

This was an unconvincing fact for Ayoung, who wielded her sword 12 hours a day.

Still, she swung her sword again.
In order not to become a disgrace to the family.
Sometimes she said it was a pain but she was always caring and caring for herself and for her older sisters.

‘Entrance Ceremony…’

Right now, tomorrow is the garden entrance ceremony.
She barely managed to get into one of the best academies in the world.

She didn’t want to be weeded out anymore.

∴

“This is…”

It was a familiar place.

To be precise, it was the academy’s auditorium that I had come to on the day of the vacation or opening ceremony.

I looked around.
The uniforms worn by numerous students, as if they were new, were clean, and a sense of anticipation and elation was felt on their faces.

‘What…?’

Shouldn’t she be having a nightmare?
The lights were bright and the atmosphere was exhilarating to call it a nightmare.

I looked around once more.
Seo-in could be seen near the auditorium wall, and Laysha and Chloe could be seen over the other students.

And the image of Ah-young, the princess in our sleeping hotel, caught my eye.

I was glad to see her come to her senses, but her expression was never bright.

And a man came up the podium.
It was Jang Yeong-sik, the principal of the garden.

“We will start the garden entrance ceremony from now on.”

He said into the microphone.

‘The entrance ceremony…?’

Ah-young’s nightmare began at the entrance ceremony.