50 – Greenhouses (3)

Yoon Ja-rim.

before I got possessed.

middle school days.

A woman who confessed to a crowd of students.

‘I’ll think about it for a bit… was that the answer?’

and the next day.

Avoid people’s eyes and call her out separately,

As I was about to answer the confession, she said it was a joke, and told me to just pretend I was dumped.

‘It was when I was 14. I think I tried to refuse anyway, but…’

I remember that I didn’t reject it right away because there were a lot of eyes on me.

But no matter how much I tried to refuse.

It seems that he was quite upset when he learned that he had been falsely confessed.

The remnants of the past are still being passed down to me now.

Did Yoon Ja-rim also remember what he had done in the past?

At first, it was a welcome look, but it was obvious.

He was smiling awkwardly and averting his gaze.

“ah···. Well, it might be too late to tell you now… I was sorry then.”

“Okay, don’t worry, I don’t care.”

“······I’m so sorry. I didn’t mean to do that either, uhm…”

with a belated apology.

Yoon Ja-rim paused and stared into the distance.

At the end of his gaze was a woman.

It was Lee Yoo-na, who was next to Kim Soo-han.

Yoon Ja-rim is also acquainted with Lee Yoo-na.

Lee Yu-na was in the same middle school as us, but when she was 14, she transferred to another school.

“I don’t think I’m very close with Lee Yu-na anymore?”

Yoon Ja-rim, who was still staring at Lee Yoo-na, asked.

I nodded and answered.

“I’m not friendly. Why?”

“Then it doesn’t matter if I tell you…”

Yoon Ja-rim muttered something to himself, then met eyes with me again.

“Can you give me some time later? I want to formally apologize again, and explain why I did it even now.”

“···yes. when the time comes.”

I don’t really want to know, but I accepted it for now.

The conversation is cut short.

Yoon Ja-rim spoke first, probably wanting to ease the awkward atmosphere.

“Rather than that, Hyunseong Lee, your personality changed drastically when you were 15, but now it feels like you’ve gone back to the way you were before.”

“is it?”

“···yes. The changed personality was more popular, but I think I look better now.”

“I see.”

“…”

And again the conversation was cut off.

While there was an uncomfortable air current that was difficult to endure.

“Something? What are you two doing?!”

A blinding light of the letter came between the two of us.

Yoon Ja-rim and I swallowed our coughs at the same time and widened our distance.

To Seo Han-bit, it seemed more suspicious.

“Huh!? Maybe your ex…?”

“What?”

Baek So-ah’s eyes widened when he approached.

As if Baek So-ah and Seo Han-bit hadn’t been on good terms, they stood side by side and watched Yoon Ja-rim with wary eyes.

I want why are you doing that

It took a while for a strange atmosphere to form.

“Come on, let’s start slowly.”

Instructor Tak Jae-hwan returned from the meeting with the company commander.

I took my gaze away from them and summoned the Elder Centipede, a group transportation vehicle.

Then, some of the academy students showed interest in this.

“Five. I was crazy about the ride. I want to ride again.”

“What? Are you riding that? It’s disgusting, so how do you get on it?”

“You get used to it when you see it. He has a lot of aegyo, so he’s cute.”

The students who gave favorable reviews for Elder Centipede were the students who had previously teamed up with me in the dungeon practice.

And Cha Yu-ra was also looking at the elder centipede.

I can’t see it well from afar.

It was something of a sad look.

After staring at us for a while, Cha Yu-ra lowered her head and stepped behind her fellow member Kim Soo-han.

It looks like he’s walking effortlessly.

It feels like watching livestock being led to the slaughterhouse.

I don’t know what it is, but I’ll try my best…

***

To be honest.

I was worried about this practice.

It was because the soldiers who showed up in the unit were not trustworthy.

But it was only now that I realized that I was worrying for nothing.

“This is Area B again, there is no problem with safety.”

[Good reception. C Again, Area 2, this side has no safety issues.]

periodic use of communication artifacts,

Soldiers who systematically check the safety of students from time to time.

[This is Sergeant Park Dae-moon. C A high-ranking monster was detected in District 7 again. Before the students arrive, please take care of it in advance in the subjugation squad 3.]

[Good reception. I will apply right away.]

[Sergeant Jarim Yoon. Are you currently on your way to District 9 again?]

“Yes. That’s right.”

[B Change your route back to District 7. There has been a report that traces of werewolves have been detected in District 9.]

“Good reception. We will move to District 7.”

From the moment I came out to the scene, the atmosphere completely changed.

I wonder if the people I’ve seen before are right.

Sergeant Yoon Ja-rim, who was riding on the head of the elder centipede and watching the front, turned his head slightly and spoke to me.

“Student Lee Hyun-seong. Could you turn left here, please?”

“uh···. No, yes.”

Unlike the other soldiers who followed the students at a distance, Yun Ja-rim was accompanying us.

They can’t keep up with us traveling on the Elder Centipede.

anyway.

Is it because he rolls on the battlefield every day?

It was obvious that he was skilled.

“As far as skills are concerned, it is the best place among search units in the country.”

Instructor Tak Jae-hwan, who was sitting next to me, said with a satisfied expression.

Then, Seo Han-bit, who was behind him, stuck out his head and asked a question.

“Oh oh. Instructor Tak Jae-hwan seems to know about this unit well?”

“That’s because the unit I served in.”

“Yeah? Instructor, did you enlist without entering the academy? why?”

“Of course, this is because there is more to learn here than at the academy. The current academy is not a place for learning, but just a show-off institution to introduce the job of a searcher to the public.”

Instructor Tak Jae-hwan hates the academy.

It is said that he was forced to take up the position of instructor in order to establish a private academy.

To be recognized by the state and association.

Is it to build a career as an instructor?

Currently, I have filled my career sufficiently.

Finally.

He explained that he wanted to keep an eye on until this season, when the largest number of students ever enrolled.

“I don’t think you are, but most of the students are very intoxicated with a sense of superiority that they are 5-cost holders. It is truly pitiful.”

Baek So-ah and Seo Han-bit.

And I just listened in silence, neither affirming nor denying.

Of course, monster hunting is above the elder centipede’s head.

Next to Yoon Ja-rim, the iron rice cooker, which went into machine gun mode, was doing well on its own.

-I will kill you.

two! two! two!

Kkaebi also helped.

─Kei!

While devising a way to attack from a distance, Kkaebi brought a bag full of stones in the oversized backpack I gave her.

Usage was simple.

Raise a pebble upwards slightly.

Caang-!

swing the bat

A stone that flew at high speed pierced the monster’s head like a bullet.

As his intelligence increased, he was a kkaebi who fought in a variety of ways.

“I just catch everything while moving…. I’ve seen it on video, but seeing it in real life is even more amazing…”

After seeing the skills of Kaebi and Iron Rice Bowl, how much tension did you have?

Yoon Ja-rim started talking again.

“Especially, is this robot a real monster?”

─It’s an iron rice bowl.

“An iron rice bowl?”

─It is my noble name.

The iron rice bowl answered for me.

Seo Han-bit, who was eavesdropping from behind, looked at the iron rice bowl’s face and said.

“Hyeonseong-nim… Why did you name your summoner like that…? craw···. Poop!”

─···Please do not insult my name. I’ll kill you.

The iron rice bowl, which is still in machine gun mode, aimed all its muzzles at Seo Han-bit.

“Hee! I’m sorry! Mr. Bob!”

─Please be careful. pink lid.

Why are you teasing me with that name?

That’s a nice enough name.

I also noticed that I like it.

Yoon Ja-rim smiled at the iron rice bowl.

That kind of reaction seems to suit your taste.

“It’s an interesting summoner. It’s not like a monster, it’s like a human…”

When I continued to speak like that.

In an instant, a commotion erupted from the communication artifact floating next to her.

[This is D again District 9! The students entered Area F on their own!]

[What? Withdraw immediately!]

[I want to, but I’m being stubborn! To be safe, we ask for additional assistance!]

[This is Sergeant Park Dae-moon! The students ignored the warning and entered the unexplored dungeon! For rescue, I will follow along, so I ask for additional support just in case!]

[Why did you go in there, you f*cking bastards!]

[A I wish to apply for medics in District 5 again! Sergeant Kim’s arm was severed while rescuing a student who touched the ‘Human Hell’, a trap-type monster!]

[Good reception. I will apply right away.]

[C It’s District 9 again! The students break down the barricade and head to Area H…]

Wow.

it’s shit

The impression of Instructor Tak Jae-hwan, who overheard the communication, became even more threatening.

“As ever, first-year students at the academy were full of pride about their abilities. Since high-risk monsters do not deal with them, their safety is guaranteed, and they grow beautifully like flowers in a greenhouse, it is only natural that they become arrogant without knowing that they are frogs in a well.”

Then he made eye contact with me and spoke.

“Hmm···! Of course not all are like that. You are an exception.”

It seemed embarrassing to express his opinion so openly.

Instructor Tak Jae-hwan hurriedly changed the topic of conversation to evoke the tense atmosphere.

“Rather than that, Hyunseong Lee, how much did your summoned beasts experience?”

“ah. Wait.”

unfold the drawing

I checked the experience of kkaebi and iron rice bowl.

The materialized monsters were piled up quite thick thanks to the fact that they gave more experience.

“Kkaebi and iron rice bowl are both about 95 percent.”

“Is that so? Then we can evolve it today.”

“Today? I think I can fill the experience points, but I don’t have any magic stones…”

“I brought it. Of course, not enough to evolve both.”

You are thoroughly prepared.

Looking at it, it seems that Instructor Lee also has extreme favoritism.

Since I was the target of favoritism, I don’t really have any complaints.

─Kei? Evolution?

────The time has come.

The gazes of Kaebi and Iron Rice Bowl, who were listening to our conversation, crossed.

─Kei! I’m first!

─I am first. know the fraction

Kaebi and Iron Rice Bowl arguing over who will evolve first.

The two stared at each other fiercely for a long time.

─Well then! Better than Rock Paper Scissors!

─Good. It is single plate.

The story of rock-paper-scissors came out of nowhere.

Guys, don’t you care about my opinion…?

What···. Honestly, I was worried too, so I thought it was better.

If you name someone here,

You may feel favoritism.

So, Kaebi and Iron Rice Bowl reached out to play rock-paper-scissors.

The result.

cobblestone rock.

Iron rice bowl and scissors.

It was a win for the kkaebi.

─Kei! won!

Kaebi danced and fooled Bobbong.

The iron rice bowl just blankly looked down at his hand.

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Just like a rice bowl can’t accept the results.

The lens on his face rotated a couple of times, then he slowly raised his head and began to argue about the rules of rock-paper-scissors.

─Error. I didn’t support

─Kei? A tin idiot? Rock beats scissors!

─Error. Write a logical statement as to why a rock can beat a pair of scissors.

─Kei! Originally such a rule!

─We didn’t set any rules.

The iron rice bowl was so pushy.

─Rock is right to lose to scissors. I can prove why.

I aimed the hand with the scissors at the kkaebi.

─I’ll show you that scissors beat rocks.

clap.

The muzzle protruded from the iron rice bowl’s index finger.