Chapter 16 – 16.First Friend (2)
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‘Uh, uh, uh, what should I do! Isn’t this strange? No, people like me are inherently weird and unsightly, but… !’
The day after the entrance exam.
Pamela checked her appearance her in the mirror she had brought with her from her inn room her her her.
For Pamela, it was her first time her commissioning her with a friend.
At the very least, I wanted to prevent situations where people feel out of sync with their strange dressing.
But no matter how much she checked herself in the mirror, Pamela couldn’t shake the feeling that she wasn’t good enough.
‘Ho, is it possible that Mr. Sihan sees me… ? !’
Ominous thoughts pass through Pamela’s mind as she remembers her her imaginary Sihan Lee.
-What is that? I’m out of sync with you. The request is canceled, and we’re breaking off relations. I don’t want to call someone like you my friend.
‘Oh, no… ! Ahhh… !’
Sihan Lee was truly like a miracle to Pamela.
The waiting line for the entrance exam made me feel like I was going to vomit from tension.
There, Lee Si-han happened to be standing behind her.
Pamela knew only her her her her own teacher her her her, a kind person who cared about her and encouraged her to persevere through her her exams her her her.
She couldn’t get along with kids her age, and the only thing that comforted her was her teacher, who always raised and taught her.
Pamela grew up without her parents under her teacher and took witch lessons from her.
Pamela had very low self-esteem, as from a young age she was teased by children in her village for being moody, gloomy, or dull.
For Pamela, most of her impressions of herself came from her teasing of herself.
Unless she was spending time with her teacher, she was alone most of the time, so she talked to herself even more.
In order to become friendly with her children, she tried to explain the knowledge of reagents and medicinal plants and insects that she had learned from her teacher.
-It’s not fun.
-Gross! I don’t even want to know that! Go away!
There was no way her children would be interested in something like that in the first place.
Pamela was treated as an outlier by children her age, and she never really had any friends.
For Pamela.
-I consider you a friend. What about you?
Lee Si-han was the only person who went beyond worrying and supporting me and offered me a handshake and considered me a friend first.
Looking back now, Pamela had said things in front of Li Sihan that even she thought were useless.
But Lee Si-han didn’t care and just accepted it.
Why do you talk to yourself so much?
Don’t mumble unpleasantly.
I just said I didn’t want to talk and left.
That’s why Pamela didn’t want to seem strange to Lee Sihan.
He even boasted in a letter he sent to his teacher that he had someone who became his friend for the first time.
If Lee Si-han suggested breaking off relations, it was clear that he would be so disappointed that he wouldn’t be able to eat properly for a month.
Pamela did her best to tidy up her clothes and checked herself in the mirror several times before leaving her room.
When I went downstairs, Sihan Lee was waiting.
Li Sihan turned her head towards Pamela who came down her stairs.
“Good morning, Pamela.”
‘Well, I said good morning first! Awesome! This… Chee, buddy! Oh, I have to say hello too! Choi, as naturally as possible, uh, without being awkward!’
“Joe, Joe, good morning, Mr. Sheehan!”
“Okay. Let’s eat first before making the request.”
“Yes, yes!”
Pamela left the inn and went to the restaurant with Li Sihan. She glanced at her Li Sihan.
‘Oh, since there’s nothing to say, it’s probably okay, right? No, but Si-Han is so kind that he probably didn’t say anything even though I looked ugly… !’
“Pamela.”
“… !”
When Li Sihan stopped in the middle of her walk, Pamela’s heart raced due to her tension and anxiety.
‘Why did you stop? Is it really because I look so strange? Is it too much to bear to ignore? I’m trying to say that we should break off relations… !?’
“Do you have something to say to me?”
“Yes?”
“Isn’t it? I guess it was a mistake.”
“Oh, no! There is one!”
Pamela thought that it would be better for her to hurry up and ask Li Sihan rather than just ignore it.
That way, she thought that if Li Sihan was dissatisfied with her, she would be able to fix it.
“Uh, I’m ah, ah, Isn’t that strange… ?”
“What do you mean?”
“Oh, the clothes, the hair, etc… Don’t you think it’s ugly or unpleasant to look at?”
“Hmm? No, it’s not strange. Did you change your fashion from yesterday?”
After listening to Li Sihan’s words, Pamela could feel that Li Sihan did not think she was strange.
“Oh, no! If not, that’s okay!”
‘Ah, even though I think about it, this is really strange. You probably thought I was a strange kid. They probably thought I was a nasty kid who was asking strange questions for no reason.’
“I see.”
‘Huh?’
Contrary to Pamela’s expectations, Pamela was both puzzled and relieved by Lee Si-han’s reaction as he walked away again without saying anything.
‘I’m glad…’
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I had breakfast at a restaurant with Pamela.
As a user, I was able to greet the morning in a good mood after seeing Pamela’s gloomy and anxious appearance in the morning, which matched her character.
Pamela asks if she looks strange, even though there isn’t much difference from yesterday.
Even though he had no problems, he had so little self-esteem that he was overcome with unnecessary anxiety, just like what I saw in the game.
“It’s delicious.”
“I see. It’s a bit expensive, but… It’s delicious.”
The food at Lucedia’s restaurant was more refined than the food I had at Valendia, and the ingredients themselves were of better quality.
The price was 20% more expensive than Valendia…
‘I don’t think this arrangement will be a big deal to the people who use the academy.’
Considering the setting, students at the academy can use warp stones to travel to various countries and hunt various types of monsters to collect materials.
And since there are places to buy monster stones and endless materials, you can make a lot of money.
After eating a decent meal, I decided to go through the most necessary procedures before making a request.
“Pamela, I want to ask you a few questions.”
“W-what is it?”
“You probably have an adventurer badge, right?”
“Yes, yes! I have it. I made up for my travel expenses by receiving requests to come here. Hey, it was like digging up herbs, but…”
“Okay. Then do you have any combat experience?”
“Well, if it’s just a goblin attacking a carriage… I’ve tried to eradicate it.”
I felt very nervous before taking the entrance exam, so I thought what would happen if I didn’t show up at all, but that doesn’t seem to be the case.
This was the really important question.
“Pamela, when doing requests together, we need to work together as a party. So it would be good to share the skills we use with each other, so I would like you to tell me about the skills you use.”
“Ah, I understand! What I learned from Master…”
Pamela said she wasn’t wary or resistant; she just told me about her techniques.
I was able to learn two facts here.
“The skills I use are the tendrils of tenacity, and the skills of crushing…”
In one, Pamela mentioned her skills.
I thought skill was just a term in a game, but there was a concept of skill in this world as well.
There was no need to be careful not to use the word skill as it was a habit.
And the second most important.
“Whoa, there’s a hand of resentment.”
The gacha character, Pamela, was gaining her last skill.
Originally, all Gachasan characters were unlocked from the first to the last skill, but it was unclear whether everything could be used in this world.
‘There is no cooldown and you can use up to the last skill…’
This way, there are more ways to use it.
However, as the cooldown time has disappeared, other penalties may have arisen.
“How much can I spend?”
“Huh? Oh, that… Even if you use the Sword of Loss continuously, the limit is 6 times. Of course, you can use it again when you rest and recover your magic power!”
‘As expected.’
I was wondering if there was a magical value in the stats.
In this world, it seems you need magical power to use skills.
No, in the case of Pamela, she is a magic type, so she uses magic power, but it may be different to move directly with the body like a spearman’s skill.
‘In the end, I have no choice but to acquire the skill myself and experiment with it.’
“I see. But what are the effects of the skills?”
“S-sorry. If I just say your name, you won’t know what it is! I’m sorry for acting like an idiot and not paying attention! I’ll tell you!”
The effect of Pamela’s skill was similar to what I knew.
The Sword of Loss weakens the opponent’s strength, the Nail of Crushing weakens the opponent’s defensive strength, etc. These are vague effects with no exact numbers, but the fundamentals are the same.
“Hmm, very good.”
“Yes? Joe, are you okay?”
“Yes. Pamela, your skills are compatible with mine. It would be better to go with a combination in which you weaken the enemy and I defeat them.”
“Wow, the compatibility is good. He, hehe, hehe…”
“Then let me tell you about my skills this time.”
If you look at it, the only passive skills are penetration and spear mastery.
However, it is unclear whether passive rather than active will be taken for granted.
Therefore, I explained Lee Yeon-chung, Screw Sting, which can reproduce movements without using any special skills, and Half Moon Spear, which simply swings the spear horizontally.
“Most of my skills are attacking. I mainly take the lead and take down the enemy. Of course, I will make sure to protect you from behind, so don’t worry.”
In Rupan, you can immediately change characters and use them, but not here.
Still, it is basic common sense that the front line must protect the back line.
“Yes, yes! I believe it! We are friends. He, hehe, hehe.”
Pamela grins and smiles darkly every time the word friend is mentioned.
“Okay.”
I looked warmly at Pamela’s characteristic smile of hers, which made me more satisfied the more I saw it.