Chapter 16 – 03. She Is Pink From Head to Toe

The morning of the third day of the regression was very messy. It was the same with Siu.

Although she was tired because she stayed up late, she needed to get up early and get ready as the departure for the warrior training center was scheduled for an early hour. Thanks to her, she was first bathed by her maids, but it wasn’t as uncomfortable as she thought.

‘Maybe it’s because her mindset has changed.’

After having breakfast in such a busy schedule, it was finally time to leave for the training center.

“Then, Queen Charperia, I’ll be back.”

“Yes, Candidate Siwoo. Please come back safely.”

Neither Sioux nor Charperia dared to hide their eyes dripping with honey.

As if the two had expected this to happen, Gook Seo did not show up with an excuse that he was not feeling well. Of course, it was right before they boarded the warp gate that Siu noticed he wasn’t there.

Another hero candidate, Kim Tae-yang and Kim Jeong-gyun, glared at Si-woo with a disapproving expression, but nothing was shown in action. He also played promiscuously, forming relationships with several maids and a maid while staying in the royal castle.

As the queen could not directly show Siwoo’s favoritism, he promised the future. Of course, no one knew if that would happen.

“Warp gate activated.”

Along with the court mage’s words, magic began to concentrate on the surface of the large mirror-like gate.

Even the golden sun, which has not awakened its magic, makes his eyes widen. But no one else was surprised. The rest were not familiar with the gate operation scene, but it wasn’t surprising, and Siwoo had seen it often in the first playthrough.

“The rest of you, please step back.”

With the wizard’s warning, the light begins to leak.

“We’ll be moving in about 10 seconds. 10… 9… 8…”

‘Is it a training camp for warriors?’

Looking at the warp gate where mana is concentrated, Siu recalled his first playthrough.

The number of heroes summoned once every six months is 100. There were 100 people in 17 countries. But this is the maximum. There might be a hero who can’t come to the training camp because of a problem. For example, like the all-back who was dragged on the first day.

‘Then what would happen to him? Well, do I need to care about the man? I hope he won’t do anything strange.’

I don’t know how many such cases there are, but I’m sure there won’t be 100 of them. At the time of the first round, the number of riders for Siwoo was 96. Other jockeys were roughly the same number of people, such as causing a major accident when he was drunk with the words of a candidate for a hero, or denying reality and making a fuss.

‘And there are fewer cases of passing and graduating in six months. I also graduated with the kids after two jockeys. I think there were about 30 at that time, but how many will there be this time?’

It was expected in many ways.

This reverse world where many things are twisted. What kind of changes will happen in the training camp and what will happen. And how the people he knew would have changed.

“2… 1… Moves!”

“Ugh…”

Eyes dazzle with a huge flash of light.

A sensation as if the whole body is being elongated hits the brain and makes the stomach churn. Since he had awakened his magical power, he would have suffered even more if it hadn’t been for nothing. Soon, with the feeling of returning to normal, the light that obscured the front disappeared.

“Movement complete. Welcome to the training camp.”

The voice of a wizard different from before.

Siwoo, who secured his sight, looked at the huge training center building in front of him and admired it.

Next to him, Golden Sun, who probably felt his whole body disintegrate, was gagging, but he couldn’t hear it as he tasted the heightened excitement.

“You seem to have been expecting a lot, Siwoo-nim.”

“That’s what I’m looking forward to. A training center for warriors.”

After moving a few more steps, a middle-aged woman appeared with a small commotion from the front.

“These are the warrior candidates and their companions from the Kingdom of Palania. Nice to meet you. This is Pretzela Elverton from the Warrior Training Center.”

With her smile on her face, Frichella politely held out her hand to shake her hand.

“Nice to meet you, Mr. Preccella. My name is Siwoo Han.”

“Hmm, you must have been Candidate Siwoo Han.”

The blonde middle-aged woman’s eyes flashed.

It didn’t mean much, but it was kind of a test. To filter out trash with poor toughness, which is very rare. There weren’t many people caught, but on average, there were always four or five people per jockey.

Those who treat the other person rudely if they look low in position or status just because they are candidates for a hero. Not knowing the reality that 200 candidates for the hero appear every year, and half of them will not become a hero or stay in the E class.

Of course, Frizzella’s reaction wasn’t because she had passed the test.

‘This person…’

Countess Pretzela Elverton.

She was the countess of the Glazer Empire and the director of the warrior training camp. That’s why she was able to quickly obtain information about the warriors, and of course she got her hands on Siu.

‘They say he’s a great talent, but I’m curious.’

Preccella has been the director of the training camp for quite a long time, and she has seen many candidates for the hero.

The warriors were put in to end the war, but despite the birth of many warriors, the war was still ongoing. Even the wires are stuck to some extent.

She thought that what was needed now was not a large number of warriors, but the best warriors who could lead the war. That’s why I was curious about Siwoo, who was rumored to be full of rumors. How true are the rumors?

“Then let’s go inside. The training center staff will guide you.”

Siu took about 10 people, half of his companions, including Hilde Arr, and moved first. He is the person who will leave after entering the office anyway, but until then, he had to be taken with him.

‘I want to send it back, but I still have to show that I have feelings for the Kingdom of Palania.’

I have no intention of leaving Palania anyway, but that way the conditions offered by other countries will be better. And she can definitely reap the benefits even when signing a conditional contract.

I wouldn’t know if I became an overwhelming power, but now was the time to act after considering various political logics.

“You can stay here until check-in.”

“Thank you.”

“Okay, then have a nice day.”

The employee disappeared and Siwoo looked inside the room.

“It’s a nice room.”

“It’s a room for VIPs. This building was used as a hotel. It’s a room where the royalty and nobles of the Kingdom of Palania stay around the graduation ceremony.”

“Ah, that’s how it was.”

This part was the first thing I knew. Even though they had been in the training camp for a long time, most of them were focused only on training, and there was no reason to come to this room again. He nodded when Hildear explained, but he wasn’t very interested.

However, what she said next was quite enticing.

“Now it’s owned by the Empire, but I’ve heard that the previous owner said he would hand over the entire training camp, including the hotel, to the hero who saves the continent and the goddess. I don’t know when that will be.”

“Hmm, the whole training camp…”

I don’t know if it’s possible, but it was interesting. Anyway, his goal is to lead the war to victory and prevent destruction, which means the end of the war.

The whole training camp alone has dozens of buildings, and if you add the land to it, the price is quite reasonable. It wasn’t such a bad thing to continue belonging to the Kingdom of Palania. It was still kimchi soup, though.

“How would you like to rest here? Or…”

“Hilde.”

“Yes, sir Siu.”

“You need to unpack yours too.”

Siwoo speaks as if it were natural while unpacking the luggage brought by the maids.

“…Yes?”

Hildeard felt sweat running down her back.

“Why. She’s an exclusive lady-in-waiting. That’s enough.”

“Oh no, that’s…”

“I’m sure you’ll be dropped when you officially enter the enlistment, but it doesn’t matter until then, right?”

“Uh, yes, yes…”

She awkwardly nodded her head.

For some reason, it felt more like a punishment than a reward. Punishment for saying she’ll let me pierce her virgin after 6 months. I’ve explained women’s sex drive many times, but sleeping in a room with a man was nothing short of punishment.

“I’m packing my stuff.”

“Yeah… Uh? Where are you going?”

“A little walk.”

“Wait a minute, Siwoo! Together…!”

“It’s okay. It’s okay to be alone. Organize my luggage.”

Leaving her bewildered behind her, Siu quickly ran out of her room.

Even in the first round, it was a training school that he never returned to after graduating. I wanted to enjoy the feeling alone as it is the first time in 10 years. It’s probably different, but it was also fun.

“Shall I show you inside?”

“No, it’s fine.”

“Okay. Let me know if you need any help.”

He rejected the help of the staff and leisurely left the hotel and walked around the training center.

Even if he refutes it, he will not reject his words and follow him due to Hildear’s nature of obeying him. In any case, the only one who can touch a man he sees for the first time in the training camp is the same hero candidate.

After walking alone for almost 30 minutes, Siu muttered in a slightly regretful tone.

“There is no difference.”

Since the training center is large, I haven’t looked around, but surprisingly I didn’t see anything different.

It was a pity for Siwoo, who wanted to enjoy a different taste because it was completely different if he couldn’t use the knowledge from the first playthrough anyway.

“The man over there. Please stop.”

“Yes?”

When he turned his head to the voice he heard next to him, a red-haired knight was standing there.

“Are you saying that?”

“Yes, that’s right. Excuse me, but what about the jockey?”

“A jockey? Uh, so…”

The 98th aircraft that Siwoo remembers in his head. He remembered it clearly because the number of jockeys he attended the graduation ceremony with was only three digits. However, at this point, it was knowledge that I had no way to know, so I couldn’t say anything hastily.

“Don’t you know?”

“I’m sorry. I haven’t heard yet…”

“No, warrior candidate. Excuse me. It looks like this jockey rider. A former jockey candidate who hasn’t graduated yet ran away during the discipline.

It seemed that answering that he did not know the jockey was the correct answer.

“By the way, camouflage? If you didn’t graduate, wouldn’t you have awakened your magical power?”

“That’s… I’m sorry I can’t tell you the details.”

“No.”

“Then, thank you for your hard work. If you find someone suspicious, I would be grateful if you let the staff know. Enough then.”

The female knight turned her back and left with a polite greeting.

There was a person that came to Siwoo’s mind at the word of a candidate for a warrior who could be camouflaged.

“Was that bastard my superior jockey?”

If that’s what he’s thinking, he was quite famous. Because he was one of the few hero candidates who ran away from the training camp and joined the demons.

“The odds are high… But you never know what will happen this time.”

The man’s role itself has changed, but will he run away because he doesn’t want to fight? He was negative. Of course, I don’t know if another reason arises, but I wondered if he would have a reason to kick the honey-like role and go over there.

‘For now, let’s just keep that in mind.’

If he runs away here too, he is a person to be wary of, but if not, it would be a waste to pay attention to the man.

In general, the number of warrior candidates for a rider is equal in number of men and women. Strangely, when I was summoned to the Kingdom of Palania, I only became three males, but usually it is about half. Perhaps this world is the same, but if only the hero candidates weren’t TSed, it would be the same this time too.

‘Actually, what’s more important than the hero is the fellow side.’

Siu turned his head and looked up at the building across the street.

It was a dormitory where those who entered to become members of the warrior party stayed for six months.

In the first round, I spent three months away from them without seeing their faces. But this time it seemed different. As the relationship between male warriors and female members has become important, it is inefficient to drop half of the training time.

‘There are a few people I’ve pre-ordered… I don’t know how.’

A lot of faces you will see soon. My heart was full of anticipation.

‘I really want to pick that damn bitch.’

That expectation wasn’t all positive, though.