12 – Rope (1)

[No one to relay the fight for the ring?] [57]

[I heard that the test scores of the incoming freshmen this time are the best ever] [12]

[Bitches who haven’t written the 3rd level rift terrain report yet] [67]

“… … I have to move to another department.”

The youngest member of the finance department who came to work two days in a row following yesterday. Nahyeon Kim babbled a little in her chair.

He looked at the small picture frame on the desk.

A framed photo of a half-naked section chief smiling brightly while holding an unknown fish as tall as me.

Kim Na-hyeon said with blatant malice towards the brightly smiling section chief and his bald head.

“All the rest of my hair will fall out.”

Had I heard the exaggeration, it was a curse that would have hit me right in the head, but what does it matter? You are alone here.

“Sigh… … .”

He collapses on his desk, closing the community of current students who have run out of things to read.

―Sa, impersonation!! yes. It might be an impersonation!!

―Professors in the Department of Magic must be quite idiots!!

-what. until tomorrow? Hyun-ah Na Hey. Think carefully. If it was a real bailiff, he would have told me to solve it right away, but why would you give me a day or more time?

-Is not it? Do you think you are right? So, Nahyun. You suffer for just one day.

-uh? Mu, mu, what are you talking about, you bastard!! No, not hiding it. That impersonator… You don’t know what the crazy professors are going to do, so I’m telling you to hold on for a day.

―Ah, anyway, just work hard for a day!! I’ll give you a big one!!

“… … Be it meat rice.”

If you’re going to give it, I’d rather give it in money. What kind of fish are you catching?

After lying down for a while, he got up again. Not for any other reason, just because I was hungry.

“Should I order a beer with pizza?”

In line with the characteristics of the academy, where all kinds of talented people gather, this place was far from ordinary, even the student cafeteria.

It is standard to have dozens of menus, and if you pay an additional fee, they can even deliver to anywhere in the academy.

what. Although the menu always changes depending on the ingredients of the day, chicken and pizza. Those two are fixed menus, so you can order them on any day without worrying.

‘I’ll just hold out until midnight, take a picture, and leave.’

Since all the meals used today go out of the manager’s wallet anyway, Kim Na-hyun added all the toppings called toppings and proceeded with the payment.

smart-

Pizza and beer arrived in less than 30 minutes.

Kim Na-hyun once again connected to the community and spent time while stuffing a luxurious pizza topped with unknown expensive ingredients.

And it was exactly midnight.

“Fuck. Off work.”

Kim Na-hyeon put her hand on the tightly closed doorknob in order to turn on the lights and return to her comfortable nest as if she had waited.

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Right at that moment.

Beep beep-!!

Loud alarm sounds coming from speakers in the ceiling.

Then a mechanical female voice followed.

[I would like to inform you first that this is a real situation, not a training session. Currently, the barrier that has been protecting the academy for a long time has stopped working. The cause is under investigation, and if any faculty members and students remaining on campus find a suspicious object, please immediately capture it and contact the Academic Office.]

[Notice once again. The current situation is real, not training… … .]

Nahyeon Kim pondered as she listened to the broadcast from the speakers hanging from the ceiling.

‘… … Isn’t it?’

I think it’s definitely not, but strangely, my intuition was telling me that my thoughts were right.

“No fuck… … .”

Taking her hand off the doorknob, Nahyun Kim wiped her face.

Even the high-spirited mages of the Clock Tower failed to interpret the Arena Academy’s barrier and figure out its structure. That too, with both hands and feet raised enough to officially declare that they would never challenge again.

No matter how good the professor I saw yesterday was, I didn’t think he would be better than the wizards in the clock tower. By the way.

‘It’s just so right… … !!’

As the date the professor warned passed, a problem arose with the barrier.

It may just be a coincidence. But is this really a coincidence?

The barrier, which had never caused a problem since the academy was founded, caused a problem today?

“… … .”

No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t shake the feeling that it was something. Should I report this upstairs?

However, Kim Na-hyun’s worries did not last long.

He put his hand on the doorknob and vigorously pushed the closed door.

‘What do you know?’

Arena Academy’s defenses are not so lax that even if the barrier disappears, a big problem will happen right away. And above all, even if he was right, the culprit behind all of this would be a fucking bald exaggeration.

‘If that’s true… … I’ll take responsibility.’

What can he do as an employee and the youngest, not an awakened person? It’s just hacking.

-Kim. castle. won. I got a call from you.

Kim Na-hyun looked at her smart watch, which was shining brightly, for a moment, then reached out.

Soon after, the light went out and the smart watch stopped working.

Kim Na-hyun then turned off the power of the phone that was in her bosom.

“It will be resolved by the time school starts.”

way back home.

He thought he should go on a short trip.

**

The academy’s barrier stops working for 6 hours.

Thanks to that, the academy, which should have been quiet, was very noisy from late dawn until now.

Professors and security guards roam around the campus and grounds where the sun has not completely risen and a bluish atmosphere lingers.

In addition, the paladins and priests of each temple were put in, and they were constantly prowling here and there to find any intruders.

The only quiet place in such a noisy academy.

Claire was walking there.

“Mmm.”

Claire remembers the first time she stepped into the infinite labyrinth.

A fearful space that disturbs all senses and scatters magical and divine powers.

But now it was different.

I could touch the tall bushes casually, and the pure white flowers would release a few fragile petals when I touched them.

Above all, magic and divine power did not dissipate.

All of this was a change that occurred after meeting a man named Baek Woo-jin.

‘walk… … .’

The labyrinth of infinity no longer continued infinitely for her, nor did it become a complicated labyrinth.

Any way is fine. She just had to walk and the maze would take her to the end on its own.

like right now

Appearance and color that gives a warm feeling.

A small mansion with a design that doesn’t fit the modern day.

What was at the end of the maze was neither an artifact with great power nor an elixir with some special power.

Just a nest for a man and a child.

A little special warmth for someone.

That was the secret hidden at the end of the maze.

She hesitated a little as she stood at the door of the mansion.

Because the sun hadn’t risen yet.

It had only been two days, but Claire knew how much a man named Baek Woo-jin cherished the child he had collected that day at the underground auction house.

And children of that age sleep a lot. It’s good to sleep a lot again.

‘I’d better wait a little longer.’

If we had exchanged contact information, we wouldn’t have had to worry about this. However, Claire had no intention of exchanging contact information with Baek Woo-jin.

A space where you can walk quietly and calmly.

A place where you can not be conscious of others’ gaze even outside the temple.

She liked this secret space very much.

That is why I will not exchange contact information with Baek Woo-jin.

If you do, you will lose the reason to come here.

Of course, I had to go back to England after The Battle for the Ring was over. if it is original.

【(๑•̀ㅅ•́) و ✧ I think he likes Claire!】

【(*´∇｀*) So, please have Claire take care of him for a while.】

A text message sent to me after I broke up with Baek Woo-jin yesterday.

Claire accepted the will of the god she served and decided to stay at the Arena Academy branch for a while.

“in the heart… … Did you eat… .”

“What did you like?”

“… … ?!”

Claire was startled by Baek Woo-jin’s voice right in front of her nose and jumped backwards without realizing it. And.

perseok-

I ended up getting stuck in a tall bush.

Carrying Baek Ha-na, who was dozing off in the same outfit as yesterday, Baek Woo-jin, slightly retouching his large glasses, approached Claire, who had been stuck in the bushes.

“Fine-“

“it’s okay.”

Claire was the first to interrupt Baek Woo-jin. However, the person concerned was not aware of it at all.

Perseok, perseuk.

As soon as she got out of the thicket, she bowed her head toward Baek Woo-jin.

“The head of the finance department came to visit.”

“… … yes.”

“I will see you.”

Claire quickly turned around and walked forward.

Baek Woo-jin, who had been watching for a while, moved his hand slightly.

Whiik-

A short gust of wind blew the leaves off Claire’s shoulders and ears.

“Maybe it will be okay.”

A faint but sure red ear lobe.

Surprisingly, seeing Claire’s humanity, Baek Woo-jin had a little positive thoughts about entrusting her with Baek Ha-na’s education.

“what… … A little bit.”

Baek Woo-jin slowly moved in pursuit of Claire, who had already disappeared from sight after saying he would guide him.