Chapter 26 – Treasure Hunt

Episode 26 – Treasure Hunt

While I was training as usual in my personal sparring room, the door opened and Sarah appeared.

“Long time no see!”

“So you came today?”

“Sorry sorry. I’ve been busy so far.”

“Last week too?”

Maybe it’s exam time, but you’re still busy even after the exam is over? Even if she were to grade it herself, Sarah, who has superhuman physical abilities, would probably have been able to finish it in less than a few hours.

When she asked incredulously, she smiled awkwardly and made an excuse.

“Ahaha… I had a date with Professor Verdan last week. Please understand. Huh? I also have to get married before I turn 30. Isn’t that right?”

“I’m not particularly blaming you. It’s not like I don’t have that much conscience. But it looks like it went well? “Let’s go on a date again.”

In the game, it seems that Professor Verdan died before the second year story began and the relationship began properly, but with this momentum, it seems like they will be able to become lovers much sooner than then.

When I hinted, Sarah smiled and said thank you.

“Yes. Come to think of it, you said it. Don’t be pretentious. I really just acted normal and he seemed to like me more. Thank you.”

“Of course I’m right, right? Honestly, I think Professor Verdan was a little worried too? Everything else is fine, but she acts too much like an old lady. “Do you have to repay this debt someday?”

“I know, man. “I’m still here to pay off my debt.”

“Yes? “You came to pay me back?”

“Okay. Follow me. Because I have a place to go.”

Sarah pointed her chin outward and led the way out of her private sparring room.

While I was blank, she shouted.

“What are you doing? “I told you to come quickly!”

“Oh, yes!”

Only then did I come to my senses, stuffed all my belongings into my subspace pocket and followed them.

After leaving the training room building, passing the central fountain, and leaving several buildings behind, we arrived at the academy’s canteen.

Perhaps because it was the weekend, there were no students in the cafeteria, so it was quiet.

“Professor? Why here…”

“Now that I think about it, I don’t think I’ll be able to come here often to teach you the art of boxing. Besides, I’m not a master at it and there are some problems. So, I’m going to introduce you to someone who can teach you instead.”

“I will teach you…” ” ” “People?”

“Okay. Let’s go inside.”

I stared at Sarah’s back as she walked away, then raised my head and looked at the cafeteria.

‘No way…’ ‘ .’

I know people here.

He was expected to be a pleading knight, but he lost his lover 10 years ago and moved around to seek revenge before settling at the academy.

Seong Kwon, Cain Klaus.

If the prediction is correct, I can be taught the art of boxing by Kwon Seong in the future.

With my mouth raised in anticipation, I huffed and followed Sarah into the store.

The inside was plain.

Various items are on display, and at the counter, a man with wild hair is chewing squid legs and reading a magazine.

Sarah went straight to the counter.

“It’s been a while.”

“… What’s going on?”

“I have a favor to ask.”

“Please?”

“Huh. “I wish you could teach this guy here some boxing skills.”

Only then did the man’s head move from the magazine to Sarah and then to me.

Even though I can’t make eye contact because it’s covered by my head, I still get a thrilling feeling. I could tell that my mood was not good.

“Why me?”

“Why? Do you remember that you owed me something before? I think it pays off.”

“…”

The chain of debt is endless.

In order to repay the debt she owed, Sarah passed the responsibility on to Kwon Seong, who owed her debt.

Kwon Seong was silent for a long time.

“I don’t mean to pass on all your skills. “You just need to teach the basics and application skills.”

“Tell me the exact range.”

“Hmm… If you want to graduate, at least you have to get to the point where you can use strength, right? Huh. That much.”

Sarah said something shameless as if it were obvious.

Kwon Seong couldn’t accept such an unreasonable proposal, even though Strength wasn’t the name of anyone’s dog, and he didn’t know if he could achieve it even if he trained his whole life.

He looked at Sarah blankly and then resolutely reduced the conditions.

“I will only teach until this semester. Anything more than that is not possible.”

“Good! Then, let me ask you a favor.”

“What?”

“Luan. Listen carefully too. Although I am a bit lacking in social skills, I will still do my best in teaching. Then I’m done! See you next time!”

Sarah, who accepted the offer as if she had been waiting, finished saying hello and disappeared without any time to correct herself.

Sigh!

The magazine in Kwon-seong’s hand, guessing that Sarah had attacked him, is badly crumpled.

After a while, he stood up.

“Follow me.”

“Ah yes! “Master!”

“… Don’t call me by that name. “Call me Cain.”

“Yes. I understand.”

I tried to reduce the distance by creating my own title, but I failed.

‘It would be nice to become an official disciple.’

I clenched my tongue in regret and headed with Cain to a separate vacant lot inside the store.

Cain took off the restraints that were on his wrists and ankles and threw them at me.

“Take it.”

“Ugh, ugh!”

I grabbed them and lost them, unable to withstand the load on my arms.

However, the restraint ball that fell to the ground quietly landed on the ground without any sound, ignoring my reaction.

‘What the fuck is this?’

As my strength approaches 50, I am now strong enough to lift a 200kg barbell, but I can’t handle this.

As I was massaging my forearm, Cain picked up the restraints and spoke.

“This is a gravity pill. The weight is adjusted according to the user’s physical ability. From now on, wear this every day.”

“Yes? Even on a regular basis?”

“Okay. Even when you sleep. Don’t worry about the bed breaking. Because it has magic added to it, it only works on the user’s body.”

“Huh…”

I looked down at the gravity ring blankly.

If you wear this, even walking will consume as much stamina as running at full speed. Even better, the stronger you become, the more weight you will gain, so it won’t be particularly comfortable.

Until the summer vacation of the first semester begins, I will have to live thinking that I am literally dead.

“You don’t want to do it? Then give up. Because I don’t care.”

Rather, a small light of hope bloomed and sparkled in Cain’s rotten eyes, as if he wanted to give up.

I shook my head.

“… No. “I do.”

I immediately sat down on the floor and started wearing a gravity pill.

Each time one was added, a tremendous pressure pulled my body to the ground. Even though I was sitting still, my muscles swelled to their limit.

Finally, I got up after putting everything on.

“Kwaaaaa!”

This is a similar level of pain as practicing Sarah’s training method for 4 hours. If you let your guard down even for a moment, it feels like you’ll fall over.

As I gritted my teeth and held on, Cain looked around the vacant lot calmly.

“Then first, walk around the vacant lot 100 times.”

“Yes?”

“It’s not that big here. It will be soon. Let’s finish it in the morning. Full-scale technology transfer comes next.”

You damn devil!

A twinge of disgusting rose to my tongue, but I swallowed it with dry saliva.

Emotional appeals to Kwon Seong are of no use.

I set out to persuade logically.

“Cain. I’m sorry, but could you please reduce the number of times?”

“Why?”

“I wore the gravity pill for the first time today. How about lowering the intensity of your training until you get used to it? If you overexert yourself like this, something may happen to your body.”

“No, it’s the opposite. In order to adapt, you have to move for a long time. Then go around the vacant lot. Implementation.”

Cain denied it at a speed that made you wonder if he had even thought about it, and pointed to an empty lot.

In the end, I had no choice but to follow this absurd physical abuse.

─3 hours later

“Huhhh…”

100 laps, finally done.

I fell to the floor after marking the starting line, feeling like I was half daydreaming.

Boom boom! Boom boom!

The heartbeat sounds loudly.

The heart worked extremely hard to quickly supply blood to the entire body. I’m so worried that it might explode like this.

At this time, when I felt happy even the coldness of the dirt staining my face, Cain, who was reading a magazine while enjoying snacks and drinks at the counter, approached me.

“Good. The entire vacant lot has been turned around. “It’s lunch time now, so finish your meal and then come here by 1 o’clock.”

I turn around leaving only those words behind.

What should we have on the menu today? I almost had a seizure when I heard that sound.

I woke up shakeily.

‘I have to eat.’

If I skip a meal because I want to rest now, I won’t be able to last until dinner. If they see this tail, they won’t let you do ordinary training even in the afternoon.

Every time I moved my body, my whole body screamed and I had terrible muscle pain, but I ignored it all and headed to the restaurant.

Today’s lunch is banquet noodles.

*

“Huh!”

Both hands moved alternately and rushed to the vital parts of Cain’s body.

It was a pretty plausible attack.

This was my own martial art that combined the basic techniques I had learned from Sarah and the fighting techniques I had seen on Earth and the boxing techniques of the Friuli Liga.

However, with the ragged martial arts that he clumsily put together, he could not even graze Cain’s collar.

He yawned as if he was bored and dodged all attacks with only the movement of his waist and head without even lifting his feet.

When I attacked him as if he was going to sweep under my feet, he kicked my shin as if he was arrogant.

Wow!

“Aaaaah!”

It was obviously an insignificant kick, but it felt like the bone in my shin was turning into powder.

With a minimum of reason, I stopped myself from cleaning the vacant lot with my back, but I had no choice but to sit down and clutch my shins.

“Sparring ends here. “I knew roughly what level it was.”

“Ugh… How was it?”

“It sucks. It actually had a negative effect on me to have rags and pieces of technology brought from here and there. “It’s only natural that they didn’t even understand the technology and modified it however they wanted.”

I became completely dumb.

I thought the movements would naturally follow in my own way, but I guess that wasn’t the case. When I thought about it, I thought I could definitely reach it, but I felt like my body was moving one beat at a time.

“I need to correct my posture first. Forget everything you learned so far. From now on, I will focus on what I taught you. Do you understand?”

“Yes!”

“And the only time I watch the training is on Saturdays. On Sunday, learn what I told you on your own. Also, starting next week, come early and walk 100 laps of the vacant lot. For your information, if you mess around, I will never teach you again, so just know that. Then, take the basic posture that Sarah Kaiman taught you.”

Obviously, before coming to the store, I decided to learn applied skills rather than the basics, but suddenly I ended up learning the basics again.

‘But it’s not bad.’

Because I’m finally starting to have a feeling that I can truly become stronger.

After overcoming all these trials, how strong can I become? Just thinking about that makes me feel motivated.

When I assumed the basic posture, Kwon Seong corrected my entire body with a stick he had brought from somewhere.

He sat down on the chair next to him and opened a magazine.

“Good. Stay in that position for 1 hour.”

“1 hour?”

“Okay. “If you move even a little, it adds time.”

… I feel like I’m going to lose motivation a little bit.