Chapter 13 – Waiting Room

“Ah… Fuck.”

I rubbed my face and opened my eyes with a dirty feeling.

I dreamed of the real world. There I was as helpless as when I first arrived in this world.

A life of being ignored by classmates for being an orphan, and being ignored by teachers as a low-grade student.

‘After all, until I graduated from high school, I only had about 10 friends.’

Seung-hoo, you good-looking swindler bastard.

The guy who was the only one who took care of me when I was being bullied, so I thought of him as a friend, said he was going to make a big business, borrowed the money I had been working hard for 6 years, and went to sleep abroad.

Since then, I have never trusted anyone. Until you enter this world.

“Fuck, life is fucking lonely.”

I don’t want to think about reality. Even if I die by fire, this world is happier for me.

Shaking my head, I looked at the calendar on the wall, and today is the day I will duel with Shion.

“I need to wash up quickly and get ready to go out.”

I felt like my dreams would come back to me if I was bathed in hot water, so I took a military-style combat shower with cold water in 5 minutes and came out.

On the desk, there are two potions and one elixir prepared yesterday, and two bottles of red liquid, a secret weapon that was airlifted a few days ago.

“Shall we try doping first?”

I drank throughout training, and finally drank Senia’s potion, one bottle at a time.

The sour scent and the sweetness that makes your tongue tremble. Drinking it on an empty stomach makes you feel sick, but you endured it.

Next is magic supplement, which is made by pickling the heart of a narwhal who lives on elixir and magic herb, and then drying it for 9 hours.

I came to my room after finishing the camp training early yesterday and took care of it myself.

For something like an elixir, the knowledge and skill of the maker is important. I deliberately chose the narwhal heart, which does not require complicated equipment, because the elixir I make is the most reliable.

Of course, this was also airlifted at the request of Zorba. As expected of the main character’s best source of money, he immediately saved him.

If anyone sees it, they might think that they are throwing their backs for being friends, but compared to what I did for Zorba, it’s just medicine.

“You saved my life more than 10 times, and I even went to trade with you in case the upper ranks were ruined. Compared to that swindler, you are an angel.”

Oh fuck I remembered it again

If that bastard was also drawn to this novel, I’d be confident that I would really harass him every episode.

“Okay… Let’s just absorb the elixir and start.”

He poured the elixir into his mouth and munched on it.

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The magic of the narwhal permeates your body!
The amount of 『Magical Power』 Possessed increases! Acquire the [Level 1 Mana Essence] Attribute.
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As expected, like the elixir I made, it takes effect as soon as I eat it.

Normally, you need to eat and permeate for a few days, but at the time of the 3rd round, it was a body that raised the alchemist level to 8. That’s how easy it is.

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Name: Artin Ludwig
Title: Academy’s Red Madman [Open]
Race: human
Age: 17
Level: Wizard Lv.2, Martial Artist Lv.3
Potential: Flowering – You have crossed the wall one level by training beyond your limits.
Attributes: 『Return』[Opening], 『5th Round Special』[Opening], 『1st Stage Essence of Mana』[Opening]
State: Due to the effect of the potion, mana regeneration and body recovery ability have increased.

He is the third son of the Ludwig family.
Recently, he has been changing himself through training beyond his limits.
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Attribute: Level 1 Mana Essence [Close]
The body that accepts pure mana will hold more mana.
Mana purity slightly increases.
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Looking at the status window, I can see that the training effect has accumulated quite a bit.

I want to raise it to level 5 or 6 at once, but if I rush it, mana itself becomes difficult to control. Mana with high purity is not something that people can easily handle.

“The important thing is that the ability to store mana has definitely improved. Objectively, it seems to have doubled.”

At this level, it is possible to forcefully operate up to the 3rd circle magic. If you squeeze it, you might be able to aim for the 4th circle.

After that, I took the remaining bottles and gloves and left the room.

As I walk slowly with the dumplings Xiao-Mei wrapped for breakfast in my mouth, I can already feel the noise in the first training room that I can see now.

Unlike the other training rooms, the first training room is more like a dedicated arena built outside.

The student council’s presentation of the first training room was, in that sense, more of a bad taste.

Well, I’m thinking of winning, so it’s rather good. I’m sure I can do a bit of tinkering with this.

That buck that buck

As the training room approaches, a member of the lead team who seems to have greeted me approaches.

Even from a distance, it’s harder to spot because of that shiny badge. Did you have any affiliation with the badge making guild?

“Is that Artin Ludwig?”
“Ah, yes you are.”

Since I am a senior, I thought I would speak plain language when I first met her, but when I greeted her politely with an unexpectedly polite attitude, she kindly guided me to the waiting room.

The eyes of the students standing in line to enter are stinging.

“I guess everyone didn’t listen to class and came to watch the duel?”
“No, the professors canceled classes themselves. The student council also recommended it.”

School off to watch me get beaten up?

Perhaps reading my absurd expression, the lead member who guided me smiled refreshingly.

“Everyone is curious about what a student who fights against a knight to the point of rebelling against the student council will show up.”
“Wouldn’t you like to see the mage, who is just in the first circle, covered in blood?”
“Haha, I don’t think there are people like that. Am I expecting too? I will cheer you on.”

I don’t know why he’s such a good person, even though he’s the first person I’ve ever seen.

“Thank you. I will work hard.”

Instead of answering, the leading member smiled, and then she entered an empty hallway and stopped in front of a plainly majestic door.

“This is the waiting room. You can go around if you’re bored, but just be careful not to be late.”

That’s how the leading member, who was a good friend, disappeared.

If she was a woman, she would have asked for her name her, but since she was a man, she would meet her when the kite reached her, and she went into the waiting room.

The waiting room is simply not a facility that a student braggart can use.

There are chairs made of expensive wood, sofas made of high-quality leather, and training tools that can lightly relax the body along one wall with calm music.

However, since it is a space used by professors, outsiders, and royalty, it might be natural.

“But why aren’t there toilets?”

When I looked around to wash my face, there was no washstand, let alone a bathroom.

Come to think of it, it was the same when I came before, so I used the toilet in the hallway.

“Maybe it was right to go out?”

I threw my backpack on the sofa and walked out into the hallway as I remembered.

I went into the men’s room, turned on the water and looked in the mirror for a while.

Perhaps thanks to the fact that he ate well and slept well for the past few days and even poured potions, his height his, which was a little over 160, became a little familiar to his eye level his. Is this about 165?

“It’s still not enough, I think you need to be around 185 to be physically fit.”

I was thinking of getting the next elixir from the body, but I heard a familiar voice coming from the toilet in the back.

‘Is this voice Rexton?’

Why is the guy here who needs to be asked over and over by Xion in the waiting room?

After quietly concentrating, the sound of the running water disappeared from my senses as if it had been muted, and Rexton’s voice came through.

“It’s okay, please. Please get me out of that woman. I will give you my soul.”

Damn, I’m shocked

When I heard what he was doing, he mumbled something strange as if he were reciting prayers.

‘That woman? Who are you talking about?’

The guy keeps begging to get rid of some woman with a tired voice as if he was terrified, but I can’t figure out who it is.

“Our Almighty Father, please give me rest and peace, for which I would even sell my soul to the Demon King…”

What? Devil?

‘Is this bastard talking ominously about the demon king?’

As mentioned before, Rexton is a villainous aristocrat who becomes an executive in the demon king’s army in the original work as well.

But originally, after the midterms of the first semester, he’s a guy who blacks out in earnest, right?

‘Ah…I see.’

Because I beat that bastard, it might be that the blackening hastened a little.

Or maybe I hit that bastard less.

‘Wait, when Zion is over, you too will begin true education.’

I went back to the waiting room from the bathroom, vowing that I would have to make it impossible for the academy, let alone the Demon King Army.

‘If I kill it vaguely, I’ll appear as a ghost necromancer or something, so I’ll have to fucking kill it so I don’t die.’

I stood in front of the waiting room door, thinking of ways to secretly mess with Rexton.

“There is red hair, stop moving.”

At that moment, a chill went down my spine and at the same time, a spinal reflex caused me to stop in my seat.

This voice, this voice that is so familiar, is the biggest reason why I didn’t dream of military service at some point.

“Is it you? That cheeky freshman.”

He swallowed his saliva and slowly turned his head.

I didn’t want to see you right now. I was going to prepare my mind and meet you later. Come looking for me

With orange hair that shines like the sun, and a presence that seems to radiate an aura full of vitality, it loftily shows off its strength and charisma. That look reminded me of a lion.

The gaze, which is still full of intimidation like the eyes of a predator, shrinks the person facing it like a frightened rabbit by giving it a little strength.

“…It is an honor to meet you. Princess Marianne.”
“I thought he was crazy because he dared to fight against the student council without fear, but I guess he’s not a complete idiot?”

When I greeted her politely with her aristocratic manners her, Princess Marianne smiled broadly like her warrior and patted me on the shoulder.

Looking at her outer appearance of her, she is a beauty that cannot be outdone even when compared to Violet, but I know what lies beneath the surface.

Born with overwhelming magical power and body, he beat a bear to death at the age of 10 and cut down a giant at the age of 15, the strongest comrade who shows off his strength until the latter half of the original work.

The first princess of the kingdom, the giant slayer Marianne de Lectour. And my teacher in my 4th playthrough.

‘It’s been a while since I’ve seen you, Master.’

It was so nice to see you in person because we broke up without being able to say hello properly in the last episode.

Fearing that they would follow me if I told them my plan, I left a letter and went to the wall.

“By the way, did you come to see me?”
“Oh yeah, it might be a bit like saying this in the first meeting.”

Marianne scratched her cheek with a shy expression and began to avert my eyes a little.

“Can you lose this duel just once?”

In my previous episode, my master came to ask for a route for the first time.