Chapter 95 – The Meaning of Companion Training (01)

‘What is this…?’

A blurry silver line connecting the stars.

When you look at the night sky without conscious awareness, you see a normal starry sky, but when you fix your viewpoint on the sky and watch quietly, you can see the stars starting to blur as light emanates little by little from between them. Br〉

Although it looks completely different from the constellations I learned about in nature class, I was able to recognize constellations that formed the shape of simple animals, that glowed in the shape of a sword, or that glowed in the shape of a crown.

Originally, constellations were not created by drawing lines to form shapes, but by giving meaning to the arrangement of stars.

But now, my eyes were not seeing constellations created by humans drawing lines at will, but actually moving lines connecting stars.

“So, the constellations were originally fragments of gods with their own will…”

It was something you couldn’t understand unless you delved into the setting book and read it.

“Well, I heard from my father that other people see the stars differently than the people in my family… But it can be explained through the star map created by the [Star Wizards]…”

‘Then is this vision itself created by the [Star Wizard] Trait?’

The original story was about learning about the stars one by one from Alice, who could actually recognize the constellations.

Of course, in the original story, Aren knew the constellations, but could not figure them out while observing the actual astronomical objects, and on the other hand, I could tell the constellations, but I did not know which were the constellations of this world , so either way, I would have to learn them one by one from Alice. There was no bar.

First of all, I had to observe the astronomical objects, so I brought back the mat I had laid out in the tent, sat down on the meadow with the cool breeze blowing with Alice, and started looking at the sky together.

“…This is my first time teaching something like this to someone…”

“You explained mana depletion and pollution well last time.”

“Oh, that… That’s because I stuttered even back then and also explained the content in a very difficult way… “

‘Personally, I think I did better than Teacher Karen…’

In fact, it’s great that he explained it to the end even though I interrupted him in the middle, but that was my fault, so let’s not bring it up.

“Well, first of all, the stars in this world have a structure that rotates little by little based on the central star called the eye of God…”

Is that shining star like the North Star of this world?

It was brighter and larger than Earth’s North Star, making it easy to recognize the constellation with the naked eye.

Or, unlike modern society, which is illuminated by lights even at night, it may be more visible because it is a dark area with no lights around.

“That star is called the Baby Star, and the one below it is called the World Tree Star.”

The baby dragon’s star was shaped like a chubby, round lizard, with its mouth wide open, and the starlight emanating from between it looked like a chubby baby dragon breathing fire.

The world tree’s stars took root on the horizon, looking like they were rooted in the ground and shining toward the sky, and above them, mysterious starlight was shining as if they had become leaves.

At first, it was just a collection of meaningless lines and stars, but each time Alice’s fingers and explanation she continued, it seemed to come to life and reveal its true identity her her her.

Before we knew it, perhaps because we were tired or because we wanted to observe the sky more easily, we were lying side by side on her mat, with our heads close to Alice’s her, and following her pointing finger her, turning her view her and listening to her story her.

Listening to Alice’s voice explaining softly, I strangely felt like I could fall asleep, but the story was so interesting and fun that I had the energy to listen to it until the end even though I was drowsy.

‘What is [Star Magic]?’

Before we knew it, the two were lying together, looking at the sky and talking.

As if a child was listening to a story, I asked each question one by one, and Alice explained the story to keep her interest at bay, and before I knew it, I was dozing off in Alice’s arms her her her her .

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“Hwaaaaam… “

Alice, who explained excitedly until the stars were no longer visible, and I, who listened with interest to her story because it was so interesting, ended up staying up all night.

Even though I was tired, I was able to wake up, but Alice was still asleep and couldn’t come to her senses because her stamina she was weak.

‘But it will be better next time’

If you go out to practice or train with the main character, that is, me, you will receive a bonus to your overall stats, so in the case of Alice, your stamina and vitality will increase when you return after this practice.

I went in right when the sun rose and didn’t come out until after noon. If the sunflower had bloomed today, I would have literally been buried by a monster and been harassed, but fortunately, I didn’t see anything wrong as it was a day when it didn’t bloom.

“Good. It’s dried well.”

Today, my underwear was dry, so I packed mine separately and put Alice’s underwear hanging next to me in my backpack. When I went out, I could see that with the sun rising in the sky, there was strangely warm sunlight gathering in the center of the meadow.

A ray of sunlight was shining in the center, as if a spotlight had shone from the sky, and it seemed to anyone watching to imply that something was going to happen in that place.

Just in case, I pulled out the old iron sword I had kept at my waist and went closer, and saw that the grass around there had dried up with a crunching sound, and only in the center of it was a small flower stem growing.

“Could it be… Is this the [Flower of the Sun]?”

Due to the strong sunlight, the surrounding grass was drying out, but the flowers in the center were the only ones growing well.

As I watched, the stem became noticeably longer and small buds began to form at the end. Within 15 minutes of my observation, the buds were getting thicker and about to bloom.

‘Is it blooming like this? No, but it originally blooms at noon and has to conduct defensive battles until 3 o’clock? If you try to sleep at this time, it’s too late…’

However, while I was observing, the sunlight began to decrease and eventually dark clouds began to form in the sky, and the flower stopped growing and hardened in place, as if it were freezing.

Then, on a basin darkened by dark clouds, sunlight was gently pouring in, explaining the identity of this flower.

– ? –

– It blooms when special conditions are met. But the probability seems extremely low –

– There seems to be a hidden medicinal effect –

“…”

While I was observing, this flower gradually lost its light and was again buried among ordinary grass. If I had not happened to observe it at this time, I would have thought it was ordinary grass and passed over it.

The conditions for solar flowers to bloom are not to be exposed to rain for 30 days, and to be exposed to noon sunlight in succession.

If I hadn’t known that this event was a regular occurrence, it was such a difficult condition that I wasn’t sure I would play it this time.

But I knew after going through the first round and checking the strategy.

This flower will definitely bloom this time.

“It’s tomorrow.”

Right now, the flowering has stopped due to dark clouds, but if it receives sunlight from tomorrow morning to noon, this flower will bloom.

“What… Are you doing…?”

When Alice finally woke up and came looking for me, I showed her the goal of this exercise, the Sun Flower.

“What… Is that…?”

“Flower of the sun.”

Of course, unless you have excellent knowledge of herbalism, even if you know it well, you will not be able to understand it properly because it was a flower that only appeared in legends.

“With just this, I can cure Melissa.”

“…!”

Alice’s eyes opened wide when she heard that story.

Originally, Alice and Melissa were right next to each other in class, and since they had quiet personalities and Melissa spent most of her time at the temple, she didn’t get to talk much.

Still, unknown to others, Alice and Melissa had a very close relationship.

Alice was a bit out of class, and Melissa wasn’t in a position to talk much with her other friends, so she wasn’t known.

In fact, when Melissa fell ill because I didn’t get the Sun Flower in the first episode, Alice was so sad that she disappeared somewhere and couldn’t be found for a while.

Melissa’s soldier is not directly related to the protagonist and is like a natural disaster that cannot be prevented unless the strategy is known and prepared in advance, so it does not make Alice resent the protagonist, but it is still an event that greatly hurts Alice. It was certain.

In fact, the event of Melissa’s death itself was the worst event that ruined the overall atmosphere of the class and made most of the students inactive at the start of the second semester, but it must be said that Alice’s aftereffects were stronger.

“Really…?”

“It’s something I learned while taking the [Compulsory Mass] Class at the temple. It’s definitely true.”

“Then how could Aren have this here…”

Alice expressed doubt for a moment, but then closed her mouth.

Whether I got the information from a temple or from the [Shadow Family], I guess I got the relevant information from somewhere and moved on.

“Then… Can I collect this now?”

“No. It will be in full bloom at noon tomorrow, and from then on you have to let it absorb sunlight for about 3 hours. Only then will the efficacy be complete.”

“Then…”

“But at that moment, it attracts the surrounding monsters.”

The reason why [Flower of the Sun] Is difficult to obtain is because its unique scent attracts nearby monsters. Monsters that eat [Flower of the Sun] Get eaten by other monsters, causing chaos, and after 3 o’clock, the effect expires. The effect disappears.

“We have to stop that.”

Originally, you had to defeat more than 100 monsters or last 12 turns until 3 p.M., But the standard strategy is to use Marian, Cylian, or Ophelia, who was raised as a swordsman, to block the path, and then heal her with a potion from behind. .

But since I brought Alice, this time I planned to go on the offensive instead of wasting time on the defensive.

“We… The two of us…”

Alice’s her eyes her her her, who up until now had just followed me out when I brought her out, turned serious.

When I heard that there was a medicine that could save her friend, she changed her mind and changed her mind, abandoning the passive attitude of just following my orders and actively obtaining the flower of the sun.

“Don’t worry. Alice just needs to wipe out the monsters with [Star Magic].”

“…Ugh…”

“Because I will definitely protect you.”

Alice’s face turned slightly red when she heard those words.

I checked her face just in case, but the [Delusionist] Attribute does not seem to shine, but the affection gauge is steadily increasing.

‘Ah… Protecting meant protecting you in battle…’

Well… It’s a well-meaning misunderstanding, so let’s move on.