Chapter 110 – Episode 110. Survival Test (3)

Two or three hours had passed since the test started.

I was now looking for a spot to pitch my tent up along the riverside.

It’s better to find a good place and keep writing.

“Why is it so hot. Oh.”

I don’t know exactly where the island is located, but it seems to be near the equator. The sun was shining and the weather was humid.

“I’m hungry, should I eat something?”

Besides meals, there were many things I brought with me for snacks.

I sat down on a large rock nearby and cracked a potato chip.

Yum.

It was good to bring some snacks too.

“… What is that?”

While I was taking a break while eating snacks, I saw something golden in the corner of my field of vision.

Looking closely, I saw a blond female cadet floating down from the upper reaches of the river.

“Isn’t that… Alice?”

I couldn’t see her face as she came down with her face in the water, but I could recognize her by the familiar shape and length of her hair.

I jumped up, threw out the potato chips, and jumped into the river.

I don’t know what happened, but it wasn’t normal to be unconscious and drowning.

I didn’t know if my life could be in danger.

I pulled Alice out of the water.

Fortunately, it had been hidden for so long.

A cadet with a status window doesn’t die so easily. This is because if you awaken her status window and raise her stats, she will become a completely different body from normal people.

Of course, it is true that I am very fortunate to have found it.

Drinking some water won’t kill you, but that doesn’t mean you’re invincible.

If I had stayed in that state for another 30 minutes, my life would have been in danger.

“… I’ll have to settle down here first.”

She didn’t even bother moving with the water-soaked Alice, so she just settled down here.

Just in case, I swiped Elise’s body with my mana.

There was nothing wrong with her body either. I think I just need to dry my clothes in preparation for hypothermia.

Even if it’s not hypothermia, it’s embarrassing if your clothes get wet.

They brought trees that could be used as firewood and set them on fire.

Then she took off Elise’s cadet uniform.

It’s most effective to take off your underwear and dry it, but if you act like that in a state where you don’t like it like now, you might really try to kill me.

Tadadak- Tadadak-

Hearing the firewood burn, he spread Elise’s mantle over the surrounding rocks.

“…There’s nothing to do, let’s eat.”

I must protect Alice until she comes to her senses.

I put the prepared frying pan on the firewood and started to bake the smoked duck.

“You did well to take care of everything.”

It has an appetizing oily smell.

‘Come to think of it, there must be some kids who come to visit after smelling it.’

Well, if it’s a heroine, give it away, and if it’s someone you don’t know, take away points.

Even the cadets won’t feel hunger properly yet.

It won’t be until tonight or tomorrow morning that you’ll realize what real survival is.

Of course I will sleep in a warm tent.

“Wow, that sounds delicious.”

I was preparing a meal by putting smoked ducks cooked to a golden brown in a bowl, when I heard a bustle.

“Ugh…”

Elise let out a groan as she wiggled her body.

I laid it down next to a wood fire to dry my clothes as much as possible, and it seems that the warmth started to come to my senses.

I continued to observe Alice as I prepared to eat.

“Keep it off… Ha ha, ha ha…”

After a moment, Ellis caught her breath and lifted her upper body.

Looking around her while groping her body with her hands, it seems that her last memory of falling into the water remains.

“It’s okay?”

“Heeek?”

Ellis was startled by my voice behind her and she turned around.

FYI, I was eating smoked duck while reheating instant rice.

“It was washed up in the river, so I got it. Your clothes are drying here.”

She pointed at the rock with her index finger to avoid misunderstanding.

“… Ha, thank you. Then I’ll go.”

Ellis grabbed her cadet uniform, which was still not dry, and she immediately left her seat.

“Your clothes aren’t dry yet. Let’s at least eat while drying.”

“What’s your plan? You’re giving out food?”

“Where’s the plot? It’s the student council publicity department like us. In the first place, there’s more than enough food to give to you.”

I bought a lot to share with the heroines, so why aren’t they accepting it?

“… Done.”

Ellis looked at her meat and turned her away.

“Yes. Call me when you’re hungry. I’ll share your location.”

The uninhabited island where the special exam is taking place cannot be contacted except for the professor through the communication network.

However, once the cadets met, they could contact each other if they wanted to.

Whether it’s a device for alliances, she can also share location information, so she set it all up while Alice lost her mind.

“What the hell are you thinking? Why are you sharing your location with me?”

“No, it’s just… The same PR department. Friends.”

I couldn’t say ‘I’m trying to seduce you’, so I spat out excuses that came to mind.

“… Ha.”

Alice sighed and left her seat, as if she didn’t want to answer.

If it’s that negative, I think it’s true that you did a background investigation on me…. I’m not sure how far I know, so I can’t push it.

Anyway, no matter how hard the test is, Elise will not give up. The expectations she receives from her home country must be quite high. Whether it’s the title of France’s leading prospect or the daughter of the Iris Guild, both will be a huge burden for her.

I know she will never give up, especially because of her inferiority towards her sister.

If it’s hard, I’ll come to you.

It is a huge benefit if you share a little rice and your liking increases.

I can’t help it if you don’t come Gotta wait for the next opportunity

‘Come to think of it, where did you hide the reserve magic stones?’

It wasn’t in the coat pocket earlier, but did you hide it inside your clothes?

*

“…”

Alice wandered through the rainforest, frowning.

Clothes that were wet with water brought discomfort and unpleasantness as well as discomfort, and the sticking insects caused annoyance.

Even though it was getting dark, Elise couldn’t find anything to feed her.

There were sparse mushrooms on the floor, but she hasn’t looked at them since she got an upset stomach from eating mushrooms that looked edible earlier.

‘I should have eaten earlier….’

The smoked duck Lee Ho-yeon was eating hovered in front of her eyes.

“No, absolutely not.”

She was very grateful for saving me, but Elise knew that even so, she was targeting her own body.

Because she knew because of Sebastian’s report that Lee Ho-yeon meets a different woman every day.

She even had promiscuous relationships with her academy’s professors.

‘The Saint and Professor Im Sol… Both are disappointing.’

All in all, Alice couldn’t hide her disappointment at the fact that the two professors she thought were the most proper people in the academy were like that.

And her disappointment in Lee Ho-yeon was also great.

‘I really wanted to get to know you.’

It was so cool to see her working hard even with the same magical disability, but she never imagined that it would be so twisted.

Anyway, thanks to Lee Ho-yeon’s help, she kept her pride, but she was hungry.

To make matters worse, he didn’t even have a magic stone, so he was at a loss as to what to do.

Alice checked Lee Ho-yeon’s location with her smart watch.

Lee Ho-yeon was still there.

“… No. Let’s find the treasure.”

I don’t know exactly what kind of treasure it is, but it’s certain that it’s something that helps me survive.

As long as you somehow survive for a week, you’re sure to be in the top ranks.

Cadet-

Then, a wolf howled from afar.

“…”

Ellis, who cannot use magic properly, decided to hide somewhere for now.

I lost it when I fell into the river. Of course, she could defeat weak monsters with her bare hands, but her physical strength was limited, so it was right for her to run away unconditionally.

Cadet-

Keong kong-

Alice wandered through the forest all night being chased by monsters.

She felt so unfair that she was being chased by those crappy monsters, but she couldn’t help it.

Widely-

“I’m sorry.”

At night, with limited visibility, Elise, who had fallen over a vine, quickly picked herself up.

Even though she was sick she had no time to rest.

Fortunately, she walked a little further and saw a cave.

Alice went into the cave and hid her body.

Crunchy square- Crunchy square-

The eerie noise of her bugs crawling across the floor bothered Elise’s ears, but her monsters were much less of a threat, so it was a relief.

Alice fell asleep in the cave like that.

*

“Eww…”

Ellis wakes up feeling muscle pain all over her body.

She walked around all day without eating anything, and after she slept in an uncomfortable position and in a strange position, her whole body screamed.

“…”

No matter how you think about it, it shouldn’t be like this.

Ellis turned on her smart watch and checked Lee Ho-yeon’s location.

Lee Ho-yeon wasn’t in that position yesterday, but she was motionless around the river. She seems to be still sleeping.

“At least I need to get a magic stone.”

Hoyeon Lee also has a magical disorder, so she must have a lot of magic stones.

‘I should have looked closely at the belongings inspection earlier.’

Elise had belated regrets, but she couldn’t help it.

He packed so much stuff and brought a lot of magic stones.

Her pride is only briefly hurt.

As long as she’s not demanding of her body, she’ll be fine.

Growling-

Elise scrambled toward the location coordinates glowing on her smartwatch, her self-justification.

*

In the special test-only app, the remaining survivors could also be seen.

“There are already dropouts.”

A special test app updates the number of cadets remaining at midnight, the time the day changes.

About 40 of the more than 200 cadets dropped out.

“I’d be halfway there if I just did Jonber. You all are stupid.”

Even if he just hides until the last day, he will be in the top ranks.

1/5 of them disappeared on the first day, so even if you did nothing and passed the first day, you are already out of the bottom ranks.

“But why don’t you run into me? Didn’t I go around too much?”

Of course, it’s not like all 40 of us got eliminated because we fought. Most of them would be people who abstained directly.

It is not easy to endure in this environment without any preparation. There will be cadets who just don’t care about grades and give up quickly.

It is a competition between people who work hard from today.

It’s obvious that you’ll fight hard to get supply boxes falling from the sky, treasures hidden everywhere, and boss monsters that give you a lot of points.

There will be cadets who watch that and conserve their stamina, then attack the cadets who worked hard to accumulate points.

In the end, it’s a skirmish. You may die as a target if you go out first, or you may not get anything if you only look at the opportunity.

“I don’t know~. Do it yourself.”

In the end, the winner is the one who survives last.

And I just found a good spot.

After Alice left, she rested after her meal, and it was the result of moving her feet until nightfall.

It wasn’t a cave, but it was a terrain with a mountain right behind it and a river flowing next to it.

In order to get ready to sleep, I opened the tent and tried to close the barrier, but I heard a rustle and the shaking of the grass.

“Who is it.”

I immediately lit a flame in my hand and was wary of it.

“Ho, Hoyeon-san…”

The one who ran through the grass, trembling at my warning… It was Rumi.