Chapter 356 – Episode 356 – Academy (3)

Episode 356 – Academy (3)

My father-in-law’s expressionless eyebrows twitched slightly.

“···You are Helena’s boyfriend?”
“Yes.”

I pressed my forehead as if I had a headache.

“Choi Siura… Yes. I remember my daughter saying this. I thought you were the same age as my daughter. Am I right?”
“We are the same age. Father.”

At the word ‘father’, my father-in-law’s eyebrows narrowed even further. The corner of his mouth twitched as he glanced at me.

As time passed, his expression softened little by little.

“···To be honest, I didn’t believe everything my daughter said. “She thought there could be no greater genius than my daughter.”

I wondered what Helena would say about me. At that time, she listened politely.

My father-in-law, who had been talking several times, suddenly looked beyond the barrier.

Weeeee!

A loud alarm sounded from the wall, and the horizon began to turn white.

A swarm of skeletal four-legged beasts was coming from the north, and there were so many skeleton-shaped monsters that it looked like a sea of ​​white.

But the Northern Grand Duke just sighed. As if it were routine, he shook his head lightly and looked at me.

“···Helena is a wise child, so she must have chosen well. Please take good care of my daughter.”
“Do not worry.”

“Okay. “I’ll see you again next time I get a chance.”

He left with a few words.

Quang!

Soon an explosion began to sound from the wall. Artillery fire rained down on the white sea of ​​skulls.

Kwakwagwang!

All kinds of magic and magic bullets swept away the monsters.

Seeing the bone fragments flying away with the explosion, I felt both admiration and a sense of crisis at the same time.

‘Attackings like that are everyday life?’

Where on earth did it come from? The scale of the monster was enormous. It was literally full of bones all the way to the horizon.

‘···.’

This world was maintained on a balance that was more precarious than expected.

When I was watching the endless battle. I felt a welcome energy from afar.

“Siwoo!”

Her bluish-gold hair fluttered in the wind, and Helena came running towards me with a wide smile.

Wow!

The hand that hugged my back and the warm body temperature felt good. All my worries melted away.

“How have you been doing?”
“Sure!”

He gently caressed her soft cheek and made eye contact with her. She said, examining her face closely.

“Was there anything difficult?”
“Uhm… There was.”
“Huh?”

I stopped at the weak sound that did not belong to Helena. As she waited quietly, the nape of her neck became increasingly red.

“Missing Si-woo, Si-woo, was the hardest part.”
“Haha.”

How can you be so honest even though we haven’t seen each other? I couldn’t stand the trembling voice.

He hugged her tightly and kissed her naturally.

Chureup, Chueueup…

The sound of sticky water continued.

“Hmm.”

Until her escort, who arrived late, cleared his throat. We exchanged breaths for a while.

*

She arrived at Helena’s room and explained to her about the iron bracelet on her neck.

“Is this the artifact you mentioned?”
“Huh.”

She carefully picked up her metal bracelet and examined it for about 10 minutes. As time passed, her face became colored with surprise.

“The method is simple… No, it’s old-fashioned, but the level of will that went into it is incredible. I think at least a 9-star entity contained her self-experience.”

“It contains experience?”
“Yes. You said you were fighting a duel in a fantasy. “It’s probably a fantasy created based on the creator’s experience.”

She was secretly amazed at her explanation. She thought of the countless Sentai masters she had met through the iron bracelet.

‘Were they all people that Mokgido had fought with?’

Unlike me, who only focused on combat, Mokgido seemed to handle the mind and sword in a variety of ways.

“Can I try it too?”
“Hmm···”

After thinking for a moment, I nodded. With Helena’s level of skill, there was nothing particularly dangerous.

“At first, you will be fighting against a third-rate warrior of about 3 stars. If the game is won, it will naturally come out. Oh, if you die there, the psychological shock will be severe, so be careful.”

“Yes. “I’ll be careful.”

Helena’s expression became blank. How long did she wait? She was hot and shook her head.

“···I’ll try it one more time.”

Helena was impressed after using the artifact a few times.

“Wow… That’s amazing. It’s more vivid than I thought. It’s hard to distinguish it from reality. “It’s definitely a great artifact.”

“How is it? “Is mass production possible?”
“Honestly, I can’t guarantee. Still, can you leave it to me? “I will research it with alchemists.”

I nodded. That’s what I brought it for in the first place.

“Yes, I would be grateful if you did.”
“What. Rather, I am grateful. “If we can just mass produce it, it will be of great help to the soldiers.”

I approached her smiling as always. Now, rather than arguing about who is more grateful, I wanted to do something else.

She whispered, hugging her tightly.

“How much time is left?”
“10 minutes. No, about 20 minutes…”

“Then we should hurry.”
“···Yes.”

As she blushed, he picked her up like a princess and headed to her bed.

*

As I lay side by side with the blue-haired beauty in her bed, something suddenly occurred to her.

She had good news to tell her. She originally planned to show off as soon as they met, but she got so caught up in the kiss that she forgot.

“Helena. “I’m now a 9 star.”
“···Yes?”

She, who was shaking in my arms, stiffened.

Creak, creak, creak. She looked up at me like a wooden doll and blinked her eyes.

“9, you’ve become a 9 star?”
“Huh.”

As she spoke casually, she looked at me with a blank expression on her face, and I found her bewilderment, which was unusual for her, cute.

She chuckled and took out a piece of mithril from her inventory.

Ugh!

She warped reality through the Sim Sword. A piece as wide as her coin was stretched out like a thin thread.

The silver thread swimming in the air turned into a butterfly-shaped hairpin. It fluttered its wings and settled on Helena’s head.

“Ah···”

She reached for her hairpin with a mesmerized expression.

She was fiddling with the mithril and it made her laugh. It felt like he was stroking and praising himself.

“How do you like it?”

She asked but there was no answer. I thought it would take time for her to come back to her senses.

She came to her senses after a while, but her excitement did not subside.

“Nine stars! I guess Siwoo is a genius sent from heaven! An unqualified person can’t reach this level even if he endures hardships for a lifetime! Really, really congratulations!”

“Hmm. Thank you.”

I was slightly embarrassed because the reaction was stronger than I expected.

She blushed and hugged me tightly. He even showed her cuteness by nuzzling his cheek against her chest.

“Ha… You don’t know how lucky I am to have Siwoo. “I really rely on you just by being there.”
“Hmm.”

I tried to say something, but she shut my mouth. She just leaned against me and I patted her back.

“It’s really nice…”

She straightened her hair as if combing it, sharing her body temperature without saying a word.

How much time has passed?

“Princess. “It’s time to inspect.”

Her face was colored with regret when she heard a voice coming from outside her room.

“Tasha. Please wait 5 minutes. “I’ll get ready and go.”
“···Yes.”

Helena got up from the bed with a sigh.

A question suddenly occurred to her as she put on the clothes she had thrown on the floor.

“Is the barrier always this busy?”

Saruk.

She was just putting on stockings when she stopped. She smiled bitterly and shook her head.

“It wasn’t like this originally. “I’m busy right now because of the Chinese civil war.”
“Civil war? “The news was quiet?”

As if organizing words. Helena, lost in her thoughts, opened her mouth.

“Our family found out through intelligence, so the media probably doesn’t know yet. This is originally…”

She suddenly closed her mouth and then she opened her mouth. She spoke only after looking around and found the content interesting.

“The trends in China these days are unusual. Normally, a civil war would break out in three years.”

It was definitely something to be wary of as it unfolded a surprising number of details.

‘Originally…Is this a story about before the return?’

It would be a painful story for her, so she didn’t bother to say it out loud.

However, as I related the Chinese civil war to the busyness of the wall, several hypotheses came to mind.

“…Could it be that the civil war spreads to the Northern Wall?”

“It’s similar. To be precise, the monsters that could not be dealt with due to China’s collapse end up flooding here. That’s why I prepare in advance.”

“Her.”

One of the characteristics of China is that there are so many people. It was obvious what would happen if they were killed in droves.

“The cracks will increase a lot, right?”
“Ha… That’s right.”

Helena was busy. What she was doing was preparing for war against monsters.

While tapping my temple and thinking about it, something came to mind.

“Wait for a sec. Originally, it was a civil war that would break out three years later. “Who is playing tricks in China right now?”

“···I guess so. “He is probably an apostle.”

A long ago. She met the phoenix on the snowy mountain with Helena, and she recognized the existence of an apostle.

She was the one who tried to cause a fiery disaster with the energy of the phoenix, and it was not difficult to infer her purpose.

‘It would be to widen the gap and bring in foreign media.’

When he thought of the needlessly sincere terrorist, he could only sigh.

“Siwoo, there are more than one problem that you have solved, right? The demons you dealt with are still intact in Elvenheim. Because of those things, the plan must have been accelerated.”

“Maybe they went to China because the rift wasn’t as big as they thought? Are you trying to start a war?”

“That’s what I think. “That apostle is probably overdoing it.”

I became frustrated as I thought about how to improve the situation. It was much easier to ruin it than to protect it.

Being bullied wasn’t my thing.

“Should I go to China instead?”
“Yes? No way···”

“Shouldn’t we just find that apostle and kill him?”