Chapter 41 – Summer Vacation at the Academy (10)

The room was ventilated, Seoyeon drank water and rinsed her mouth, and then a dungeon manager who worked in the intermediate goblin dungeon was called in.

“I didn’t know someone would get hurt like this here.”

“Ahaha… Did you hear anything from Roy or Naen who came with us?”

“Yes. I fought the Hobgoblin without using any skills and won, but I heard that he showed his weakness at the end and was seriously injured.”

I clearly used the skills called calmness and insight that use mental power, but it seemed to Naen that I didn’t use the skills.

“But now, if you come and ask, it’s strange, but this is where that dungeon is, right?”

When the dungeon manager saw Seoyeon holding her hand next to me, I naturally looked at Seoyeon, and Seoyeon, who received the attention of the two people, spoke.

“Yes. It’s a hospital room near the warp gate. Normally, if an accident occurs in the dungeon, you have to be brought to a prepared place to recover and go to Utopia only after recovery.”

“Yes. It’s been a while since I wrote this. The friend I brought with me is good, so he said there won’t be any major problems, so sleep well today and return to Utopia tomorrow. And when something like this happens, the person managing the dungeon will patrol more often and see if there has been a change in the amount of mana inside. I have to report any changes to the dungeon to the dungeon management office, so please consider the increase in work.”

A suitable person was sent from a place classified as a mid-level dungeon, but he was seriously injured.

When reporting the reason, it would be complicated because you would have to prove that you fought without using skills on purpose.

Even if there were no traces of mana, Roy and Naen cut down more than half of the goblins by using their skills diligently.

“Yes. I’m sorry.”

“Yes. Because your body comes first.”

The dungeon manager left the room and Seoyeon pouted her lips.

“There are more people getting hurt in introductory or beginner dungeons than you think.”

“Really? But have you ever applied for a job?”

“Yes. If you have the recovery skill, the first thing you do is recover the lightly injured people in those dungeons. There were a lot of students like that at the beginning of the semester.”

“At the beginning of the semester…”

This seems to be a case of entering the Global Academy, trusting the status window and fearlessly going into the dungeon, but failing to calculate the difference in strength and being caught off guard and getting hurt.

Now that it’s summer vacation, you’ve probably mastered enough skills and formed a group to go through dungeons with, so wouldn’t the frequency of getting hurt have decreased a lot?

“Ah! Sian, it’s only the beginning of the semester, right? Huh? You could get hurt.”

I thought about other people for a moment, and Naeun probably thought I was depressed, so he started talking.

“That’s right, it’s my first time getting hurt today.”

“Hehe. I’m glad…”

“Thank goodness?”

“I wanted to be the one who treated you when you first got hurt.”

I don’t know whether to think of Seoyeon’s thoughts as happy or a little scary.

Should we be glad that Roy or Naen called Seo-yeon?

“Did Roy or Naen go back to the dormitory?”

“Yes. He said he would pick me up tomorrow morning.”

“I have to say thank you. You must have had a hard time because you were caught up in my pressure.”

“That’s right. I should say thank you too.”

As Seoyeon spoke with a wide smile, she started pushing me to the side as I lay on the bed.

“The beds next to you are all empty, right?”

“I don’t want to sleep next to you.”

She pretended to lose and moved her body to the side, and Seoyeon came up on the bed.

“Sleep well. I’ll be watching from the side.”

“Okay, okay. Because I remembered what I have to do tomorrow. I have to go to bed early.”

Seoyeon stroked her light blue hair that covered her forehead once and then closed her eyes.

For the first time in a long time, she felt like she was sleeping while feeling her lover’s body heat.

*

She woke up in the morning and tried to relax her body.

Perhaps because Seo-yeon’s recovery skills were good, she had no discomfort in moving her body.

“Sian, are you okay?”

“Yes. Is the manager sleeping?”

The manager who was on duty because of us came out of the duty room as soon as we mentioned it.

“You look like you’re in good shape. We’ll just have to pack up our equipment and go back.”

“Yes. Thank you.”

After collecting all the equipment I was wearing yesterday, I headed to the warp gate.

I think this is my first time going back for more than a day.

I went in first, and then Seoyeon followed suit.

“Should I do something like report my return?”

“It would have been all done by putting up a terminal on the pass. As a healer, I also returned together.”

I’m not sure because this is my first experience like this.

What I have to do today is start by asking Mr. Torres to check the equipment.

“Let’s eat? I’ll leave some equipment in the dormitory and come back.”

“Yes. I’ll be waiting at the entrance.”

At the same time, Seoyeon was seen touching her smartphone. Are you contacting Roy or Naen?

I returned to the room, organized my equipment, and then came down.

As expected, Roy and Naen were standing next to Seoyeon.

“First, thank you. Ah, can I speak in peace?”

“Okay. Then I’ll make it easy for you too. I think I was slow to react because you fought better than I thought. You said you decided to date again?”

Rather than keeping a bit of distance, I decided to talk more comfortably as it was a lifesaver in some ways, and Naen seemed okay with that as well.

After hearing Naen’s words, Seoyeon came next to me and held her hand.

“Yes. Thanks to you. Thank you so much.”

Seoyeon, standing next to her, smiled brightly and Naen slowly nodded.

“Okay. It will be less annoying now. There are no more foolish women who ask to break up first and end up suffering more, right?”

“Ugh. That’s enough. It’s resolved, so it’s okay now. Xian, let’s go get something to eat.”

We received a variety of healthy foods from the restaurant and ate them together.

Seoyeon seemed to eat as if she saw me eating, and Naen ate the food she received cleanly, just like me.

When she saw that Naen and I had finished eating, Seoyeon started eating a little faster, so she said to Naen.

“Have you ever been disadvantaged because of me?”

“Nothing in particular. There is no reason for the person who went with you to be penalized if someone gets hurt while raiding the dungeon. Besides, the injury occurred after the raid was completed, so it’s an ambiguous situation, right?”

Since I was fighting zombies that stop moving when you explode their heads, or goblins that die when you stab them in the heart, I didn’t expect the tough vitality of the hobgoblin, which moves even if you stab the heart.

It’s important to actually fight against a variety of enemies.

The things you learn at the Global Academy are helpful, but most of them focus on combat using skills.

“Then, Roy or Naen, can you spar with me?”

“Yeah, it’s okay. I thought your swordsmanship was pretty good too. I think it will be a good experience for both of us.”

Seeing as he accepted it right away when I suggested it, I think my battle yesterday must have left a good impression on Naen.

Most of them just stabbed the goblin in the heart.

Is it because I don’t use the skill?

“The two of you have become quite close…?”

Seoyeon stopped eating and looked at me and Naen in turn.

“Well, we conquered a dungeon together once.”

“I… I’ll go with you next time too. Together with Sian.”

At the same time, he seems to be looking at Naen with jealousy, but he said they are best friends?

*

Before sparring with Naen, I went to Mr. Torres to ask for maintenance of her equipment.

She thought about buying bullets as well, but since she still had two spare magazines and hadn’t even used up the standard ones, she decided to do that later.

“You mean you took the Hobgoblin’s attacks head-on three times?”

Mr. Torres said while examining the armor.

In the case of the sword, the blade doesn’t seem to be particularly damaged, but does it feel like the armor is lacking?

“Yes. The third time, I was hit properly with a blunt object, and it hurt quite a bit.”

“To be honest, student Yu Xian has grown too quickly. A student who only recently went to an introductory dungeon has already entered an intermediate dungeon and is now engaging in 1:1 battles with hobgoblins. Without even having proper combat skills…”

“I have an evasion type skill, but… I was a bit hit.”

If I hadn’t had calmness and insight, I wouldn’t have even thought about fighting.

“Buying better equipment is one way, or changing the effect of the armor is one way. Did you know that if you wear all 5 pieces, the effect spreads to the entire body? You can adjust that part to focus on the area where the armor is. If you just focus, you can last longer, but what are you going to do?”

“Can you spare the head? Because that was the area where I got hit first.”

If you hit your head when the armor wasn’t effective, wouldn’t you have been unable to fight?

“Can I adjust it to weaken the effect that protects other body parts except the head?”

“Yes. Please do so.”

It is possible to catch it with the wrist or upper body through calmness and insight.

“Then the cost of the request is 200,000 gold… Um… 100,000… You also have to consider labor costs!”

Mr. Torres glanced behind me and began to lower the price, as if he was noticing Seoyeon standing behind me.

When I looked back, Seoyeon smiled brightly. What kind of expression was she making when I wasn’t looking?

“So, 100,000 gold from sword repair and armor modification?”

“Okay. Next time, it would be better if I leave my girlfriend behind.”

“I’ll bring it again next time.”

I held out my watch, made payment, and left the equipment collection center.

“I was injured due to a problem with the performance of the armor, but you’re trying to get money like that. Aren’t you a pure fraudster?”

“The performance itself wasn’t bad. I expected that the protection performance would be lacking since it was light. It was unfortunate that I didn’t hear about the limit of 3 times.”

Seoyeon looked at me blankly, probably surprised that I spoke so calmly.

“Why?”

“It looks much better than when you just look at the possession and try to do it on your own. Do you feel like you’ve been liberated from the quest?”

To do that, I’m thinking of fighting Roy or Naen to complete the quest.

Because I’m heading straight from the equipment manufacturing shop to the sparring room where Naen is waiting.

“But who did you possess? There wasn’t anyone with the right fit? It must have been stagnant for half a year. How did you find it?”

“I’m going to keep that a secret.”

“You’re going to tell me later, right?”

Perhaps because of the sin she had committed, Seoyeon took a step back instead of digging in like before.

Because I took the lead for this purpose.

“Okay. I’ll tell you later.”