Episode 44 First Lesson (2)
“Eup...!”
Seo Ina was desperately struggling to keep her breath.
Before I knew it, the 9th level of the mana room.
The thick mana pierced his lungs without a break and choked his breath.
Every time I breathe, I feel pain in my chest and abdomen and dizziness in my head. The breath that rises to the tip of the chin mixes with the mana in the air, making the blood flow backwards.
‘It hurts.......'
Consciousness slowly fades away.
Overwhelming magic enough to knock you down if you lose your mind even for a moment.
Magical energy pouring in from all directions became blades and hacked through every nook and cranny of her body.
Kim Ji-yeon looked at Seo In-na, who was holding on to her chest in a cold sweat.
He seems to be barely holding on, forgetting to signal whether he is tired.
‘Seo Ina also seems to have reached her limit at level 9. Well, it's already an overwhelming score even if it includes freshmen or current students.'
Instructor Kim Ji-yeon watched her silently.
No matter how bad the condition is, it is Milles' rule to respect the opinions of cadets until they raise their hands.
Seo In-na's eyes were filled with miasma.
As if he was not going to back down from here, his eyes were bloodshot.
‘......I don't want to lose... I don't.'
She let out a rough breath and looked at the black-haired boy standing next to her.
Jaehyun Min.
He had a debt from the ‘freshman hunt'.
At the time, thanks to Jaehyun's strategy and military strength, Seo Eana easily collected points and ended up finishing the first event with an unexpected and undeserved 2nd place.
However, apart from her grateful heart, she had a kind of inferiority complex to Jaehyun.
The first opponent who surpassed her, who had never lost with magic.
Min Jae-hyun was the target he had to overcome somehow.
‘If I lose...... No......'
Breathing gradually becomes irregular and gradually tightens the entire body.
Seo In-na twisted her body, clenched her fists, and bit her lip to keep her spirits up.
The faces of Instructor Kim Ji-yeon and Jae-hyun, who were watching from the side, darkened as well.
In fact, there was a reason Seo Eana, who had a mild temper, went this far.
survival.
Everyone who had ever been around her said the same thing.
It's a world where only the strong can survive.
The weak are destined to be servile and eventually be eaten.
An implicit rule that moves the current radar system.
No, it is a guideline that moves the entire society that has changed.
The weak have no future.
It was.
So, Seo In-na's grandmother died, and she became an orphan.
All because I was weak and didn't have the strength to protect my grandmother.
‘......You have to hold on. Somehow.......'
So I didn't want to lose.
Because she had chosen a career path in the magic world and had never lost before.
Also, because I can't be recognized unless I'm here.
but.
The Jaehyun in front of me is looking down at me with sad eyes without wavering at all.
With two eyes that were not overbearing, but just pitiful.
Am I going to lose this far?
I have no place to be recognized other than here.
‘......It's hazy.'
In the meantime, my mind keeps getting scattered and my eyes are closing.
I gradually forget to even think about what to do.
‘This time too... I lost.'
At the same time, her body slammed against the floor, making a pitiful sound.
Jaehyun made a bitter expression as he looked at Seo Ina who had collapsed at his feet.
‘Ina...... what the hell happened in the past?'
Before returning, I heard that Seo Eana had a difficult life before becoming a radar.
But to the point of working hard and working hard like that?
How on earth did he really not want to lose because he lived such a difficult life?
What we are doing now is just a normal test. It's not going to go into grades, but if it's for the purpose of being seen well by the instructor, it's already enough.
Still, she was disappointed in herself.
like that.
Seo Eana passed out at the beginning of the 9th stage of the Mana Room.
A stretcher came in and the assistants took her to the infirmary. Now, instructor Kim Ji-yeon and Min Jae-hyeon are left. Only two.
“Here are 10 steps. Can you keep going?”
Instructor Jiyeon Kim thought that Jaehyun would give up at this point, so he said that.
But the answer she got back was completely different from what she expected.
“yes.”
Kim Ji-yeon looked at his face, startled.
He was still the same as he was the first time.
I felt goosebumps rising all over my body.
Two red eyes filled with determination.
Now Jaehyun was gearing up to take a step forward.
Meanwhile, Jaehyun's head was filled with one question.
‘Why the hell am I not in pain?'
* * *
Jaehyun pondered. Why am I so sane?
He had such thoughts as he passed the 9th level and now entered the 10th level.
‘It's a really strange thing.......'
There was a part that was not clear to just dismiss it as a natural talent.
According to the information that Jaehyun heard before returning, the strength of mana is adjusted from the 8th stage mana room, and in severe cases, mana poisoning is dangerous to life.
But to Jaehyun, there is no problem, except for a very slight sensation of mana filling up in his lungs and then disappearing.
Judging by the normal skin and breathing, it must not be mana insensitivity.
‘What is it?'
When I was thinking about it, Instructor Kim Ji-yeon asked Jae-hyun with his voice suppressed.
“Is student Min Jaehyun okay?”
“yes. What.......”
Kim Ji-yeon was quite surprised when Jae-hyun answered with a voice.
What did he say when he told me the safety rules of the Mana Room a moment ago?
If you go above level 5, you should talk less and talk with a sign.
Didn't I tell you that it would reduce the risk of mana poisoning?
‘In the first place, being able to speak in such a loud voice at level 10 of the mana room is amazing.'
It was strange.
Normally, it would be too much for me to even part my lips.
No matter how A-ranked she is, she can't stop breathing from becoming stuffy from level 10 onwards.
This is a place that emits a level of magic that is no different from an imitation of a B-class dungeon.
She stared blankly at Jaehyun in front of her, forgetting that she was breathing fast.
‘Other people should have collapsed at the previous stage. If you're a normal cadet, the level 10 mana room is absolutely not something you can endure.'
however.
‘Why is that child in good shape?'
Jaehyun, unaware of Kim Jiyeon's shocking intentions, was deliberately contemplating.
He thought while stroking his chin.
‘I want to know how far I can go, but... I can't suddenly go all the way to the 19th level here. Because it might raise some suspicion. I'd better leave it here for now.'
He must hide his hand from Gu Ja-in and the instructors he planted.
It's true that I've already gotten enough grades to get enough.
There was no reason to suffer any more.
“I'm leaving now too.”
Jaehyun raised his right hand lightly as he spoke.
“Then let’s go out with me. Cadet Min Jae-hyeon.”
Kim Ji-yeon's words were blunt, but inside she was filled with shock.
In his own eyes, Jaehyun's face and body are in perfect condition.
‘Just now. I was wrong. Jaehyun Min. This child is not forced to endure.'
She bit her lip.
‘It's just that it's not painful at all.'
What is it?
How is Min Jae-hyun able to show this side of himself one after another?
‘It might be worth investigating more.'
Thinking so, Jiyeon Kim looked at Jaehyun's back as she led the way out of the mana room.
He is in an upright position, without even shaking his legs.
It was constantly moving forward.
* * *
“Is Ina okay?”
Immediately after getting out of the mana room, Jaehyun asked Kim Yoojung.
Kim Yoo-jung must have been quite surprised when he answered with a little hesitation.
“huh. They said it was just a normal symptom of mana poisoning. It was the first day, so I guess I was a bit overworked.”
“I’m still glad.”
Jaehyun sighed in relief.
Kim Yoo-jung asked with a white towel wrapped around her neck and her eyes slightly narrowed.
“Are you okay? I thought it looked fine when I saw it earlier. Well, it's a magic aptitude of 97, so what?”
By the time the magic tutoring was over, Kim Yoo-jung had already heard about Jae-hyun's aptitude.
A whopping 97 aptitude.
‘At the time, I thought it was a malfunction of the machine... but it's like his performance in the freshman hunt, and his sudden change of course. I guess it's real I'm so envious!'
Jaehyun shrugged his shoulders in response to her question.
“are you okay. And take that white towel off your neck. Not even uncle.”
“hey!”
At Jaehyun's humorous tone, Kim Yoojung said with a sincere heart.
“this. Even if you worry, it's crazy. really. I worried about you for no reason, but I only lost money.”
“You? how is it Are you okay?”
“......uh? uh. Well, I don't have any problems either. Originally, my body is rather strong.”
“I'm glad.”
After answering clearly, I tied the untied laces of my sneakers and looked around.
Most of the eyes of the magic cadets are focused on Jaehyun.
In a way, it is natural.
Jaehyun is now in a situation where he has recorded unbelievable grades as a freshman.
10 levels of mana room.
It is generally a section that radars of class B or higher can withstand.
It is said that you can feel intense pain as if stabbing your whole body deeply with an awl, and in severe cases, it can lead to instant death.
A place called Hellheim or Hellheim of wizards.
To come and go in such a place as a cadet, still looking clean and unscathed.
Even if Gu Jain or other people involved in the magic world were present, they would have reacted the same way.
After a while.
Kim Ji-yeon called Jae-hyun to the front and praised him.
“Applause everyone. Cadet Min Jae-hyeon broke through the 10th level mana room. This is equivalent to a B-class radar. Or it means that you have more qualities than that. I hope you will work harder and catch up.”
Then, the applause of the cadets filled with envy and awe is heard.
Jaehyun made a moderately clumsy performance with an embarrassed face before returning to his seat.
Seo Ina, who had been to the health room a while ago, was standing in line as if she had recovered.
‘I'm glad you weren't seriously injured. But with that kind of personality, it'll be difficult to control later...'
Of course, he didn't intend to shake Seo In-na in his hands.
However, Jaehyun wanted to help her grow up smoothly by attracting her to his side. The same goes for Kim Yoo-jung and Ahn Ho-yeon and Lee Jae-sang.
‘I'll have to take some action sometime.'
Iron that has been smelted too hard will break without bending.
If Seo Ina was left unattended, a really big accident might happen.
It's good to seek development in order to take a leap on your own, but if you keep going like this, you might ruin your body.
Of course, as long as Seo Eana's life continues as it did before returning, there won't be any major problems...
‘There's no guarantee that the future will continue as I knew in the first place.'
The biggest problem was that.
What if a situation different from the future you knew unfolded before your eyes?
At that time, will Jaehyun be able to make the right decision?
everything was uncertain.
Encounter with Hel and the Nornir system. Regression and Adversary.
Representation had to find an answer in a series of things that are not linearly connected.
You never know when things will change.
And now, it is none other than Min Jae-hyun himself who is creating that variable situation.
If you don't think of enough coping strategies, you never know what will happen later.
“I need to move up the schedule a bit.”
“huh? what?”
Kim Yoo-jung, who was next to Jae-hyun, opened her eyes wide and asked.
‘Anyway, my ears are bright. I can't say anything.'
While thinking, Jaehyun lightly tousled her hair.
In an instant, Kim Yoo-jung's hair, which had been carefully set with a hair straightener and hair dryer in the morning, swelled up like a lion's mane and became messy.
Originally, Kim Yoo-jung had curly hair and it took an hour to straighten her hair in the morning, so Jae-hyun knew this and played a joke.
......but.
For some reason, today's Kim Yoo-jung's reaction was not very good.
I guess I was joking around a bit. the moment you think
“hey! You bastard... This is because I put so much effort into setting my hair this morning?! do you want to die?”
“......sorry. But it doesn't make any difference anyway.”
“Are you arguing that I'm ugly?”
Even the handsome face was mobilized to cover it up, but it had no effect.
Even if it looks so beautiful to others, it's just a familiar face that Kim Yoo-jung sees almost every day.
Feeling a bit like a disobedient younger brother?
‘......is not it? His birthday comes earlier, so am I the younger brother?'
The moment Kim Yoo-jung was thinking nonsensical thoughts, Jae-hyun was already running away.
Kim Yoo-jung clenched her fists and became indignant at Jae-hyun running.
“hey! Jaehyun Min! You’re not standing there!?”
With Kim Ji-yeon's voice announcing the end of class, the chase between the two began.
Seo Eana smiled slightly as she saw the two run away, raising dust.
“...... I went to the health room, but why does Jaehyun seem to be in more pain?”
During that short interval, Jae-hyeon's pitiful future was pictured very clearly in Seo Ina's mind.
She smiled a little, but for some reason, she had a slightly gloomy face due to a sense of distance.
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