275. Asa (2)

Exactly.

Exactly.

Exactly.

Water droplets fall from the closed ceiling.

All that comes into view is pitch-black darkness.

Honestly, I still find it absurd.

What on earth does it mean to suddenly lock someone up and make them endure extreme hunger?

‘No, what kind of training is this······.’

I’m not swinging a sword,

It’s not like I’m watching and organizing swordsmanship,

It’s not like I’m training my body,

It’s not like you’re learning how to use mana.

Enduring hunger simply and ignorantly?

This just wears my body down and doesn’t train me at all.

Since there is no end in sight, I don’t know how long I will have to endure hunger.

‘Time is precious.’

For me, who had only ever received strict training from the teacher, this was a training that I could not understand at all.

‘Tseuup, even if you are the Master’s Master, this doesn’t seem right······. I should go out and talk to the Sword Master.’

I made up my mind and stretched my hand forward in my sight where I could see nothing.

The tunnel walls were quickly within arm’s reach, as the space was not that wide.

‘I came here after rock climbing. Well, this is easy. No, I guess I can do this with just one jump?’

When I think of the face of the swordsman who was looking down through the hole in the ceiling earlier,

The hole didn’t look that deep.

Taat!

I kicked my foot right away.

Boom!

But my jump was ridiculously short, only lifting me about a hand’s length from the ground.

“Huh?”

I tilted my head and placed my hand on the wall.

A smooth cross-section, as if cut with a knife.

‘Hmm, there’s nothing I can grab onto with my hands and climb up. Then, use force!’

I tried to make a groove by putting strength into my fingertips and putting my hand into the wall.

Phew!

“Ahh!”

My fingertips couldn’t penetrate even 1cm.

No, rather, the tip of my fingers became cold as a reaction.

“what······?”

Only then did I realize something was wrong, so I pulled out the moonlight and drew it against the wall.

That extreme!

A sword that is swung awkwardly.

There wasn’t even a single scratch on the exterior walls.

“What happened······?”

I opened my eyes wide as I briefly examined my body.

Well, even if it was suppressed to some extent here, the mana that could have been utilized didn’t move at all.

No, I didn’t feel even a trace of it.

The feeling of being completely empty, as if the mana I had always handled like breathing had suddenly disappeared, gave me a strange sense of incongruity.

There, his physical abilities were also so poor that he seemed to have completely dug into a hole.

okay.

It’s like, before I got possessed by this Velvetsra.

It felt like I had returned to being just an ordinary person living in the modern world, without any monsters, mines, or hunters.

“······Are you really leaving like this?”

I scratched the back of my head and spat out in a disgruntled voice.

Am I just going to have to be locked up here?

“No, well, if it comes down to it, there are subspace tattoos too.”

The subspace tattoo has been upgraded several times by Lina and is now large enough to fit most items.

There were quite a few items stored there to deal with emergencies and disasters like this.

It also included food and water.

“Hmm, how much is there?”

I tried to open the subspace tattoo once, but that too was unyielding.

I gave him a look of disapproval.

“Oh, that’s right. Now that I think about it, subspace tattoos are also opened with magic power?”

I forgot about it for a while because I didn’t really need much mana to operate the subspace.

Subspace tattoos also use mana as an energy source.

So, to summarize my situation right now.

– Normal human body.

– No mana.

– Nothing to eat.

– The knife skills aren’t that great either.

In other words, I was in a position where I had to undergo this strange training under the sword without any choice.

When I realized that there really was no way, I started to feel a little annoyed.

It felt like I was being unilaterally forced into this training without even knowing what they wanted.

Without even a single word of consultation!

“Tsk, for now······. There’s no answer. Ha, I don’t know how long it will last, but we have to hang out together.”

I grumbled and sat down on the seat.

Thus began the strange training called black training and read as confinement.

* * *

Exactly.

Exactly.

Exactly.

“Fuck······. What the heck is this······.”

How much time has passed?

Honestly, I don’t know.

In the pitch-black darkness where you can’t even tell day from night.

Only the sound of water drops falling fills my eardrums.

At first, it was okay.

I just sit cross-legged, close my eyes, and organize my thoughts in my head.

I thought this tedious training would be worth it.

Establish the teachings I have learned from the Master.

“Always keep your center of gravity low and pay attention to the direction of your toes as you step back. This will give you freedom for your next move.”

Also, reviewing the main and sub-stories of this world.

“Is Alice’s real personal story about awakening the Sword of the Inquisitor?”

And I thought of the characters living in this world.

“Gookbap, Poppy, Shin Se-hee, Gaeul-sunbae, Sophia, Ichika······. Teacher. Lina······? Let’s leave out Magic Jammin.”

It was quite helpful to have the time to look back on the process I had gone through so far and objectively evaluate whether I had missed anything or could have done better.

“Hmm, even so, that episode of Gulliver’s Travels was a bit too much. I’m glad it ended so quickly······.”

As I looked back on the past and planned what to do in the future, time flew by.

“I’m starting to feel sleepy.”

If you feel sleepy, close your eyes for a moment.

“Hwaaam, what should I think about today······. It seems like there’s nothing more to do······.”

When I woke up, I got up and continued thinking.

but.

At some point, that also reached its limit.

Gulp!

“ah······.”

Because my stomach was protesting violently.

Thirst could somehow be quenched by the water droplets falling from above.

But, it wasn’t hunger.

“hungry······.”

My voice leaked out through my lips without me knowing.

However, no matter how much I felt around, I could only find hard ground and nothing to eat.

My hunger was starting to peak and it was becoming impossible to think about anything else.

All that comes to mind is a fierce desire to just put something in my mouth, chew it, and swallow it.

At first, I denied it.

“Oh, isn’t it time to take it out now? This doesn’t seem to have any particular effect on my training. How long do I have to do this meaningless thing?”

But the ceiling remained silent.

*

Next, I got angry.

“Your Majesty! Take me out now! I don’t want to undergo such ineffective training any longer! What the hell is this! Hey! Your Majesty! Take me out now!!”

I was so hungry and irritable that I screamed at the ceiling.

However, the inspector did not open the ceiling.

*

Next comes compromise.

“Lee Yuri, Kang Dohee! Are you there? It’s been a while since I’ve been in here. Are you looking for me too? I’m here! I’ve been locked up by that woman! Hurry up and open the ceiling! My cell phone doesn’t work right now!!!”

However, the party members did not open the ceiling.

*

Next was depression.

“······Really, what did I do wrong?”

He kept calling out people’s names, screaming for help and rescue, and a harsh, hoarse sound came out of his throat.

I’m tired of sticking my tongue out to catch water drops.

I looked up at the ceiling, which showed no sign of opening, and cursed.

“Fuck······. What the heck······.”

What on earth did I do wrong to deserve this pain?

I’m just a poor stranger who was possessed by this world for no reason.

And yet, I’m trying to somehow save this damn world that’s destined to fail.

Every day, I swing my Death Lion sword, fight those scary monsters, and also fight against those minions who think human life is nothing more than the life of a fly.

Why on earth should I be treated like this?

Ugh.

“Turn it off······.”

Tears flowed out of sorrow.

*

And the final step.

reception.

“I······. Is this really how I’m going to die? Oh, shit······. I’m dying in a really fucking ridiculous way······. This is fucking crazy. This fucking world······.”

I lay on the floor, staring up at the closed ceiling, muttering helplessly.

Now, death was really near.

My head feels dizzy and my vision is blurry.

It felt like all the strength in my fingers had gone out.

No one would ever think that they would die here in such a vain way.

It’s not like I’m getting chewed up by monsters or stabbed with a sword, it’s like I’m dying from hunger.

“ha ha ha······.”

It was so absurd that I couldn’t help but laugh.

That was when.

Bam.

I heard something fall next to my ear.

A dull sound, different from the sound of water drops that had been heard all along

“Are you hallucinating······?”

Still, I weakly reached out and felt the floor next to my head.

and.

Something was caught in my hand.

As I groped for it with trembling hands, I soon realized what it was.

“······T, what on earth is this······?”

What I was holding in my hand was a snack that my teacher always gave me as a meal replacement.

It was a calorie bar.