47 – Joint Practice (1)

click.

-ah… … .

A familiar voice mixed with unfamiliar sounds.

His consciousness, which had gone into a brief rest, was awakened.

He lifted his closed eyelids.

The ceiling of the bedroom caught my eye.

Then, when I turned my head in the direction from which the sound came, I could see Claire’s face, with her ears and cheeks dyed red, with a calm expression.

I asked her as she hid her hands behind her back.

“What time is it?”

“… It’s seven o’clock.”

His voice trembled subtly, but he didn’t care.

Whatever she does, she won’t do anything to harm me.

In the first place, eight years ago, from the moment we first met until now, I had never felt any malice from Claire.

-Piaang… .

“… … .”

I raised my head slightly at the sound that came from below, not from the side.

-Beep… .

The bad boy who should have been in the basket next to me was asleep curled up on my stomach.

Even when I checked it with my eyes, it was so light that I couldn’t feel the weight at all.

“Hmm. It seems that your sleeping habits are a little unusual.”

“Sleeping habits.”

How the hell did I have to sleep to get out of the basket and onto my stomach?

Or, do all children have an unconscious desire to ride on the belly of an adult?

Baekhana also always climbs on top of other people’s boats when sleeping next to them, but now even this guy climbs on top of other people’s boats to sleep.

I checked to see if he had even spilled his saliva, but fortunately, unlike Baek Ha-na, who had to bite his teeth, he was sleeping quietly.

“Claire.”

“Yes.”

“… … move it.”

“It’s okay to sleep for an hour more.”

“… Move.”

“Kuhm, yes.”

Claire coughed lightly, put the smartphone she was holding in her hand into her pocket, and wrapped her hands around the fairy.

I got up and the fairy went back to its nest.

“Breakfast.”

“I just ate and left.”

“is it.”

“Yes.”

After a brief conversation, we left the bedroom and moved to the study.

When I pulled out the chair and sat down, Claire stood in front of the desk and asked me.

“Are you doing it or not?”

“… coffee.”

I don’t know why.

I just remembered the coffee Baek Ha-na used to make every morning.

“A cup of coffee, please. with a stick.”

“All right.”

Claire turned her back and quietly left the study.

‘It’s a body you don’t even know.’

Something that normally doesn’t matter is suddenly pulled today.

It was a phenomenon that I could not figure out the cause, but I thought that it was probably because of yesterday’s decline in body function.

Other than that, there is no change in the body.

As I leaned against the backrest to check myself for a moment, Claire returned with a steaming teacup.

“thanks.”

“no.”

He took a sip of what was placed in front of him.

The taste of instant, nothing special, spreads in your mouth.

“therefore.”

I put down my glass and asked her.

“I would like you to tell me the answer to the proposal that was withheld yesterday.”

I told her to stay at home until she had at least learned how to not devour the contents by tearing the coffee sticks and breaking the honey canister, and she replied, asking for a day to think about it.

“If the professor is not uncomfortable, I will take care of you for a few days.”

Unlike yesterday, when the horse tail was stretched out, the firmness of the answer was felt.

I nodded and said.

“Please use my bedroom as it is. Because I don’t need sleep.”

It is necessary to get a good night’s sleep to recover, but since the period of gossiping like before has passed, skipping sleep for a few days is not too much of a problem.

“That… I will.”

“If you have any necessary luggage, move it today. And if there is a kind that is difficult to consume or causes rejection, feel free to talk about it.”

“There is not.”

After that, I had a short talk with Claire.

Suddenly, Claire lifted the empty teacup and I got up too.

We quietly left the study and walked down the hallway.

I continued walking towards the front door, and Claire briefly slipped into the kitchen to set down the teacup.

As I took off my slippers and put on my coat, Claire arrived at the door.

“There is no need to come out to see you off.”

“no. And I’ve taken care of everything you asked for yesterday. Also, I sent priest Lee Ye-sol as the person in charge, so please handle it comfortably.”

“Thank you every time.”

“It was nothing.”

I was about to leave the front door, changing into neatly organized shoes.

“Me, professor.”

“Let me speak.”

Turning around slightly, I could see a little concern in her eyes, which had been calm until a moment ago.

“As expected, I will accompany you… … .”

Certainly, it is true that her body is duller than usual because of yesterday’s events, but that is not a reason for her to be worried.

The body is a vessel to contain the soul, and nothing more than a tool to help with activities.

Most of all, even if a part of my body is cut off, I can handle magic, and if I can only handle magic, at least humans won’t be my opponent.

But swallowing all those thoughts, I replied to Claire, who was looking at me with concern.

“Thank you for your heart, but today I want the house to be clean when I come back a little more.”

“Kuhmm, if that’s what you mean… … .”

Claire cups a fist around her mouth and coughs shyly.

Of course, it’s true that if she follows me, I’ll have less work to do, so it’s comfortable.

But for today, it was necessary to act separately.

I still don’t know who will do the work in the rift, but whoever it is is likely to change their mind the moment Claire accompanies them. And that was not the result I was hoping for.

My purpose is not to prevent incidents, but to satisfy my interest by finding out who the culprit is and who is behind it.

“Then let’s go.”

“Please come.”

I went out the front door after being seen off by Claire.

**

“Tsk, no matter how great it is, if you’re a professor, you have to come early and take care of the students.”

Yoon Do-sik clicked his tongue briefly as he looked at the clock that was approaching 9:00.

Then I rolled my eyes and saw three priests in white robes and armor.

‘Still, you kept your promise.’

To hire the priests of Yu-Hee-Shin, who had the most power.

I was worried inside that I might be bringing some idiots, but I feel much more comfortable.

But that’s it.

Yoon Do-sik frowned at the students who looked well over 60.

‘The right number of people is 30, but I don’t know what the hell they are thinking.’

Including his own students, he thought the number would be 100.

It wasn’t to the extent that they couldn’t all get in if they repeated going in and out of the rotation by distributing the time, but at least Yoon Do-shik had no intention of turning his students around like that.

It’s hard to stick together and investigate the ecology inside the rift and observe the quality of materials and monsters, but to divide that time into pieces again.

‘If it really comes out like that, I won’t be with you again.’

When Yoon Do-sik was thinking about that while crinkling his forehead.

The students, who had been chatting with each other in whispers, became quiet as if they had promised.

Yoon Do-sik raised his head at the change of such students.

“Ouch!!”

Suddenly, without a trace, he noticed Baek Woo-jin appearing next to him and took a few steps to the side.

Baek Woo-jin did not even look at Yoon Do-shik, and Lee Ye-sol, who was far away, approached Baek Woo-jin with two holy knights.

“Have you come?”

“It must have been sudden, I’m sorry.”

“No. Sometimes you need to breathe the air in the rift. Besides, it was still early in the semester, so everyone was free.”

The students watched with amazement.

Bondi priests were only allowed to bow their heads in front of stone statues of their superiors and attendants.

However, Lee Ye-sol, who had just stood in front of Baek Woo-jin, bowed her head toward him.

Baek Woo-jin ignored the students’ gaze and took out a piece of paper from his bosom and held it out to Lee Ye-sol.

“Let’s divide them according to the list and put them on the bus.”

“I will.”

Lee Ye-sol politely took the paper with both hands and headed to the place where the students were gathered together with the Paladins.

Only then did Yoon Do-shik, who had been stepping aside, approach and ask.

“Look.”

“what.”

Yoon Do-sik coughed briefly at the indifferent but overly pleasant voice.

“If you’ve been through a preliminary investigation, you know very well that the environment within the rift is too small for all that number of people to enter.”

“No need to worry. It will be enough even if you go in.”

“… … ?”

At Baek Woo-jin’s answer, Yoon Do-sik blinked for a moment.

Then he asked again.

“Did the rift change without my knowledge? If that is the case, it is very difficult.”

“It’s the same environment as the green moss grows, so there won’t be any trouble. Rather, they divide the number of people a little.”

“what?”

“There were 20 of them. If you divide them by two, there will be 10 teams.”

Baek Woo-jin took out another piece of paper from his bosom and held it out to Yoon Do-shik.

“… Why did you make this?”

Yoon Do-shik frowned as he received a piece of paper with a list of students in his lecture.

“There is nothing to avoid there, so divide the people according to the list and put them on the bus.”

“… … .”

“Even if you stare, nothing will change, so move quickly.”

“You damn bastard.”

Yoon Do-sik said, ‘How can that face be over forty?’ ‘The world is not fair… .’ He muttered the word and moved.

Not long after, Lee Ye-sol returned.

“All students are seated.”

Baek Woo-jin nodded and got on the bus with Lee Ye-sol.

Because Seongwon Kim had taken care of all the procedures, the four buses carrying the students were able to arrive at their destination quickly.

After going through the formalities at the checkpoint to enter the restricted area, I moved in front of the assigned rift.

Everyone had visited the school several times while attending specialized schools, so the students remained calm even after entering the restricted area.

Baek Woo-jin stopped in front of the crack guarded by the civil servant he saw yesterday and turned around to look at the students.

“The monster that lives inside the rift is a moss turtle. Since it is a non-preemptive monster, there will be no reason to fight unless it is greatly stimulated.”

Unlike the alchemy students who knew the environment of the rift, Baek Woo-jin’s students, who had not heard any information, finally relaxed.

If it was a moss turtle, even if it had to do battle, it could be easily dealt with with the supplied equipment.

“Entering the rift will be entered by 1 team at 1 minute intervals, with 2 alchemy students as a team. What you do is simple. I just need to protect the alchemy department students until today’s class is over. When the time is over, let’s have time to prove the contents of the last lecture.”

Baek Woo-jin turned around and took a step closer to the crack.

“But since it’s a long-awaited practice, let me make a suggestion that will motivate you a little.”

He turned his head slightly and spoke.

“If you reach the core of the rift on your own before class is over, I will give you a perfect score on the assignment given on Tuesday. However, it is recognized only when the consent of the students who have formed a proper team is obtained, so make an appropriate compromise with each other.”

At the same time as he finished his speech, Baek Woo-jin went into the crack.

Then Lee Ye-sol, who was waiting next to her, came forward with a smile on her face and talked to the students.

“Come on, please come to the front of Team 1.”

Eight people came out from basic crack science, and two people came out from alchemy.

“Please hold hands and enter.”

The students looked a little puzzled, but without questioning each other, they held each other’s hands and entered the crack.

So one after another, the students went inside, and in the middle, two paladins entered among the students.

When all the students entered, Lee Ye-sol said to Yoon Do-shik.

“You can go in.”

“… Won’t the priest go in?”

“Please go in.”

Lee Ye-Sol did not answer and just laughed and said the same thing.

At that, Yoon Do-sik coughed awkwardly and moved his steps.

‘No matter how you look at it, it’s a first-level crack, but 100 people are driven into it… … .’

Yoon Do-shik clicked his tongue silently as he looked at the relatively small crack.

The situation inside was roughly predicted, so I quickly stepped into the crack with the intention of taking care of the students.

A deep blue light wrapped around my body, and the scenery changed at the same time as the feeling of floating that I couldn’t get used to no matter how many times I experienced it.

A slightly gloomy cave with bluish light.

Yoon Do-sik blinked several times in doubt as he frowned at the unpleasantly humid space.

A moderately wide street corner that stretches in a straight line.

‘Students… .’

The street corner, which should have been full of students, was very refreshingly empty.

Only then did Yoon Do-shik, feeling something strange, went outside and turned around to ask about the situation.

“… … ?”

blue wall.

A dead-end wall occupied the space where there should have been an exit leading to the outside.