232. Gulliver’s Travels (1)

The next day.

Me, Ichika, and Gaeul-senpai visited the academy’s library together.

“······This is the library?”

Ichika tilted his head as he looked at the entrance to the library.

An educational institution that produces the best talent in the world.

It looked too shabby to be the Velvet Hunter Academy’s library.

“It’s different when you go inside.”

I smiled and responded to Ichika’s reaction.

“Really?”

“Yes. No matter how much Velvet Academy focuses on practical skills. “I don’t neglect academics.”

Suddenly.

Let’s open the door.

An interior that was completely unexpected from the outside appeared before my eyes.

“Wow.”

Ichika let out a short exclamation.

In a 50-story space, there are spacious desks and chairs on each floor where cadets can sit and study or read books.

Light as if sprinkled with stardust fluttered through the air, illuminating the surroundings.

And overhead, all kinds of books were moving silently.

Ichika, seeing this scene for the first time, widened her eyes in surprise.

Senior Gaeul may have been somewhat familiar, but he didn’t have a particularly impressive face.

“······It looked very small from the outside, but it was incredibly spacious.”

“Because Director Lina’s space expansion magic is in effect.”

I answered Ichika’s question in a calm voice.

I was also a little surprised.

This was my first time encountering a library implemented in a game in reality.

‘It’s definitely a bit different.’

Let’s look around and go inside.

“······Welcome— Wow!?”

The woman who was sitting at the desk and greeted me in a bored voice suddenly got up from her seat.

“Ji, Jin Yuha!? Also, why are you in the library—!?”

A gesture that seems to express with the whole body the words, ‘Why are you here?’

Okay. I understand. It’s been almost a year since I entered the academy, and it’s my first time setting foot in the library.

“I’m going to read some books. Me and these two together.”

“Ahh! Yes, yes!”

She looked at Ichikawa Im Ga-eul next to me, then hurriedly touched the hologram screen.

Then he handed me three cards with leashes.

“Here, your admission card.”

“Ah, thank you.”

Take the card and wear it around your neck. She spoke in a fast voice, as if she was spitting out her rap.

“Well, let me explain the rules. There are no restrictions on usage time. However, eating and drinking inside is prohibited. Also, books cannot be taken out without permission. If you have a book you want to rent, come here and check it out before you borrow it! Uh, again. “You must be as quiet as possible!”

“I see.”

“Of course! I know well that utopians won’t do that! It is a rule to give guidance like this…”

“Are you okay. “It’s natural.”

“Thank you!!”

I grinned and nodded.

She lowered her head as if she was grateful.

As I was entering the library with my admission card around my neck,

Senior Gaeul lowered her voice and spoke.

“······They say you have to be quiet in the library, but that person is louder?”

“They say you have to go inside and be quiet.”

“So, benefactor. What should we do from now on? Even looking at the request, I’m not sure.”

Ichika said in a low voice.

“So, investigate and solve the secrets inside the library? I’m not sure about that either. “Do you have any guesses about your junior?”

“Well, I heard something else.”

In fact, Lina only gave me a request, but she didn’t give any more information.

I nodded and said so.

Chairman Lina’s library quest.

This has been one of the popular quests since Velvet School Life was a game.

It was a quest that felt like a lot of effort had been put into it, as the branches changed depending on who you took to the quest and how you solved it.

And it was kind of fun.

What can I say? I guess you could say it felt like a game within a game.

The background of this quest is as follows.

In the past, when the Gate incident broke out and the world was in chaos, Lina was active as a savior and a unique hero.

At some point, she became aware that her power was limited.

Because of this, she had no choice but to reduce her direct activities and turn to nurturing her successors.

However, at that time, everyone in the world was only looking at her and relying on her.

It was such a fatal hiatus for Rina to suddenly reduce her activities.

‘But we caught all the people who were dangerous enough to lead the world straight to destruction. However, that doesn’t mean the remaining ones aren’t dangerous.’

If they continued to be released like this, many people would be sacrificed.

So the means she chose.

‘First of all, put these guys in a book… What if, in the future, you leave the matter to those who can see their wits?’

That was the whole story of the library quest.

Of course, even he had no choice but to limit himself to three due to his limited power.

I explained everything to Autumn and Ichika except for the part about Chairman Rina’s current power being limited.

That’s a world secret and shouldn’t be revealed carelessly.

Then, a light of enlightenment appeared in Senior Gaeul’s eyes.

“Ah······. The Chairman wants to strengthen his successor! “So instead of killing the monsters of the past, you kept them in the book?”

“Yes that’s right. All you have to do is find the three books containing the monsters here and solve it. Of course, the book can only be opened if there is a request.”

Ga-eul Lim was arbitrarily misunderstanding, but I immediately nodded in the affirmative.

“Three, three books!? So there are three monsters?”

“Yes. That’s right.”

“But what book?”

Ichika asked, but I didn’t answer the question and headed straight for the space transporter.

Originally, this quest started with entering the library, collecting clues, and finding the books.

But, well.

‘Do I need to do that?’

You don’t need to get any clues, just find the book.

─ It is the 37th floor.

The study room on the 37th floor where we got off was quiet without a single person.

I walked straight to the far corner of the study.

A book full of incongruity, stuck among boring papers that no one seems to read.

Although it was disguised as a book of the same color and material.

It was obviously strange for this book to be here.

『The Providence of Virtual Magic: The Connection between Ancient Shamanic Beliefs and Myths.』

『Gating application of reinforcing materials.』

『Gulliver’s Travels』

『Gate era, development of sustainable civilization.』

『On the ecology of goblins.』

『Summary of unique level monsters.』

Yes. Gulliver’s Travels.

It was a children’s book that was famous all over the world, even in the world I was in.

An anecdote that occurs when Gulliver visits the Lilliputian Kingdom.

That was when I picked up the book.

Duwoong.

‘Wow, this is causality?’

For some reason, I felt like I shouldn’t explain the content in advance.

When I pick up the book, that feeling becomes even stronger.

Although I did allow myself to find books using my game knowledge.

An intuition that seems to be warning me that no more can be done.

‘Use it. I understand why Chairman Rina does not use her her power her her carelessly.’

I pulled out the book and turned my gaze towards Lim Ga-eul and Ichika.

“Hmm… I won’t say anything else. Just remember, there is a reason why I chose these two people.”

I smiled and opened Gulliver’s Travels.

* * *

Hwaaagh─

Jin Yuha opens the book. Immediately, light filled before her eyes.

“Your Majesty!!!”

For a moment, Lim Ga-eul, who was frowning at the bright light, suddenly opened her eyes when she heard someone’s voice.

“······Eh?”

“Your Majesty, we must kill that giant immediately!!”

‘Your Majesty? A giant?’

I was embarrassed.

Because some older women with gray hair were shouting at them.

‘But who on earth are these people and why do they call me Your Majesty?’

Lim Ga-eul’s eyes widened as she glanced down at her body.

‘What is this!!’

The body is wrapped in some kind of brilliant silk,

The place where she sits is a throne made of pure gold.

Isn’t there even a dazzling jewel embedded there?

“Your Majesty, the food that the giant has consumed so far is already half of the food we have stored up!”

“Even so, while the neighboring country, the Kingdom of Lightel, is trying to figure out what to do with us…! Is it really right to fill that giant’s stomach and squander his treasury!?”

“Please endure the giant and preserve the well-being of the nation!!!”

The old people kept shouting.

‘Let’s stay calm.’

The old people keep spitting and shouting, and they themselves become emperors in an instant.

There was nothing that wasn’t embarrassing.

Lim Ga-eul calmed down as much as she could.

‘First, understand the situation.’

Yes, this is what happened when Jin Yuha opened her book.

So this must be the inner world of the book.

And he felt like he was the king in the book.

‘Therefore······. The title of the book was Gulliver’s Travels, right?’

I remember seeing it when I was young, but I only vaguely remember the contents because I was so young.

There must be a monster here that Chairman Lina kept,

It was dangerous to even confirm that the contents would remain the same.

‘Then, first of all, I should naturally be seen as a king…?’

But, can you really do it?

I’ve never had the experience of being a person in power.

She was thinking for a while with her mouth shut.

A determined expression soon appeared on her face.

‘No, you have to do it.’

Because this was a task that Jin Yu-ha trusted and entrusted to him.

Phew─

She took a long breath and brought up her inner self.

That is, narrow-eyed blackness.

She slowly tilted her head back, rested her head on her chair, and slowly crossed her legs.

And her red lips parted.

“······How dare you raise your voice in my presence.”

A language, low tone filled the space.

“·······!!!”

Then, everyone who was watching her turned pale and shut her mouth and lowered her body.