Admission is a waste of time (112)
Lesson 23. Even if it’s a lie – 7
Ban Yu-won was half-jokingly worried that if things went well, they would have to move to Room 28 and engage in a continent-wide battle, but fortunately or unfortunately, Room 30 was right after Room 27, namely Eden’s Shelter.
“Ugh, I’m tired~!”
Ban Yu-won suddenly threw himself at something that looked like a huge, soft cushion that appeared in the center of Eden.
Then, surprisingly, the fatigue seemed to magically disappear from the part that touched it, and a refreshing feeling spread throughout my entire body.
When I looked closely, all the dirt and dust on my body was disappearing.
“Oh, oh… … ? I guess this is also an object.”
“Really? Eight.”
Ruchel threw herself onto the cushion where Ban Yu-won was already lying, somewhat revealing her desire.
Naturally, her body overlapped with his, but she pretended not to notice and enjoyed the comfort of the cushion.
“Wow, this is really good.”
“You guys, I don’t know what it is, but if it’s that good, I’d like some too… … .”
“Yu-won’s fatigue hasn’t completely gone away yet. Light, please wait a moment.”
“Then, there’s nothing I can do.”
“Yes, I can’t help it. If I just give Yuwon a massage… … Heh… … .”
Ruchel was secretly reaching out and caressing Ban Yu-won’s back and shoulders with her hands.
Light’s question flew to Ban Yu-won, who was seriously contemplating how far he should go to accommodate the beast’s desires that were becoming bolder day by day.
“Ban, is it okay if I didn’t kill them all just now?”
“Huh? Ah, the warm wings of justice.”
The last of room 27.
The Claw Contractors, whose true identity was revealed due to their attempt to forcefully bring about the night, were forced to fight the Wing Contractors, who were also proven to have special powers due to their ability to move without moving even at night.
The Claw Contractors are basically just powerful at night, but no different from normal humans during the day, so they were unilaterally killed by the Wing Contractors.
The problem is after they all die.
Although many of the Wing’s contractors survived, Ban Yuan did not take any action against them.
Naturally, Room 27 was cleared, and a door (shift) leading to Room 30 appeared… … Ban Yu-won ignored Count Durk’s words to go meet the King, and led his party straight here.
“In that situation, I had to do more troublesome things to kill the survivors. You know? There’s a no-preemptive strike condition.”
“That’s true, but I somehow managed to wipe out all of the rooms up to Room 26… … .”
Light is so pure and honest.
There were times when I thought it was foolish, but now I also wished that Light would remain that way.
“I knew that clearing Room 26 would lead to the next room. But this time, I had a feeling that it would be the last. So, it’s not really a cause for concern if I keep them alive, right?”
“Is that why you survived… … ?”
“Yum… … Moreover, they had already lost their hostility towards us. In that situation, even if we had forced our way through, the tower would not have properly acknowledged our achievements.”
Dokgoyeon, who had started eating the fruit of Eden without paying attention to anything else that made up Room 30, interrupted Ban Yuwon’s words.
“Even if it’s fake, there’s no need to kill something that doesn’t need to be killed.”
“The constellations’ resentment would have also grown louder.”
“I feel like I’ve already lost enough.”
“Well, I guess it was embarrassing, but in the end, it was only the NPCs who got hurt, right? If I were that constellation… … .”
Dokgoyeon, who had already eaten a piece of fruit, licked her finger that had the juice from the fruit on it as if she felt regretful, then when she noticed Ban Yuwon’s gaze, she hurriedly hid her hand behind her back and said.
“If there is another opportunity, I will hire Ban Yoo-won as a contractor.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Aside from the fact that you’re a match for me, you’re a perfect candidate. You’re good at handling light, you have a knack for judging, and you’re even intelligent.”
“The last one is something that that constellation doesn’t have.”
Ruchel, who was rubbing Ban Yu-won’s shoulder, added in a joyful voice.
“The constellations also have the same nature as humans in that they search for what they don’t have.”
“That’s true.”
The two women began to giggle, wondering where their hearts had connected.
Ban Yu-won and Light looked at each other as if they couldn’t understand it.
“Oh, Ban, there’s one more thing I wanted to ask.”
“Ask everything, everything.”
Knowing that Light had been feeling uneasy throughout the entire expedition, Ban Yu-won was quite merciful to him.
“Why did you refuse the King’s call? Didn’t the King himself agree to congratulate you if you succeeded in your undertaking?”
“Ah— that’s it.”
What should I do? Light will feel bad again if he hears the answer.
But while he was pondering such things, this time Light figured out the answer on his own.
“Could they have tried to harm us?”
“… … Perhaps. It was a ‘trap’ of the tower disguised as a reward.”
“You finally realized it, Light.”
“Yeah. After hearing the class’s instigation, I also definitely thought it was a bit dangerous.”
The watchman must have thought it was dangerous too.
He gained the support of hundreds of thousands of citizens, had the power to directly subdue the Constellation’s contractors, and provoked them into battle in front of many citizens.
It’s chilling to imagine what would have happened if Ban Yu-won had picked up another noble and declared him an enemy.
So, now that the risk factor of being a contractor for the claws has disappeared, Ban Yu-won would have been nothing more or less than another risk factor in the eyes of the king and nobles.
“I still can’t believe it.”
Light muttered, pouting.
“It was all fake. We had to use our hearts and minds to deal with those fakes.”
“It’s a good thing it’s fake. We were able to simulate it in a way that would hurt our hearts less.”
“Is this also a trial that the tower has deliberately placed on us to help us grow?”
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“Of course. Whether this is growth or just a realization and adaptation to human nature is somewhat open to debate.”
Ban Yu-won got up from the cushion with Ruchel and ate some fruit from the tree.
“It’s delicious. You eat it too.”
“Ban, I’ve decided.”
Light spoke in a strong tone, saying that he would not eat the fruit he was told to eat.
“From now on, even if I meet NPCs on the tower, I will think of them as fakes and not deal with them. I will think of them as real humans.”
“okay?”
“Oh, no, I’m not saying I’m going to stop you. You always do what’s best for us.”
Light, who recalled how he had rebelled against Ban Yu-won during the ‘trial’ in Room 23, said that with embarrassment, then coughed in vain and made a serious expression.
“Just because they’re fake doesn’t mean I won’t kill them easily. It’s not that I won’t kill them when I have to, but… … I want to shoulder the weight of my thoughts and actions toward them and the consequences that come with them properly instead of lightly shaking them off.”
Although his speech was somewhat rambling, Ban Yu-won clearly understood what he was trying to say.
I understand and respect the party’s attitude towards the NPCs in the tower, but I still have no choice but to treat them as they really are.
“I will take all the stress I need and leave it at that.”
“I don’t think so… … No?”
“No, it’s okay.”
Ban Yu-won laughed.
Since he, Dokgo Yeon, and Ruchel accepted the existence of NPCs too easily, he thought it would be good for at least one of the members to approach the virtual being Top had created seriously.
If it had been the previous Light, I would have thought it was dangerous… … but now that I knew he respected the group more than himself, it was okay.
“You might gain something else by taking it so seriously. They say that what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.”
“I’m not going to die!”
“It’s like a snail. It would have been okay to pass by a little faster, but it’s so slow that it keeps bumping into everything and causing pain.”
“what?!”
Light gets excited by Dokgo Yeon’s casual remark.
She let out a yo-yo laugh as Ban-yu-won and Ruchel sat up and crushed the empty cushions with their butts.
“It was kind of a compliment.”
“lie!”
“This cushion really makes me feel refreshed. Can I take it with me?”
“Don’t change the subject… …! And it was my turn next!”
In the end, Light somewhat forcibly intervened and took half of the cushions with Dokgoyeon.
You must be on good terms, right? He chuckled and looked around at the other structures that had appeared in Room 30.
I had a rough idea, but the exploration of rooms 23 to 27 was so spectacular that even though rooms 28 and 29 were skipped, the reward for room 30 was extremely generous.
There was a large cushion that washed away all the impurities from the body and even relieved fatigue (it was stuck to the floor so it couldn’t be removed), and there was also a stream of flowing alcohol that someone from the previous party had mentioned.
[Blood wine, rebirth]
“I knew it would be like this, but this really wasn’t an ordinary drink.”
It’s a simple list of concepts, but these two alone bring something to mind.
The alcohol just looks similar to wine… … .
Ban Yu-won tried pouring alcohol into the water jug he had, and miraculously, the alcohol in the jug turned into water. He gained some confidence from this, but decided not to put it in his mouth.
‘Anyway, I’m telling you to be satisfied with drinking it here. Like the fruit of Eden… … .’
That means, we can extract the concept and compress it like the fruit of Eden.
Ban Yu-won put his thoughts into action and achieved satisfactory results.
Although it has the disadvantage of making you drunk if you drink too much, it was the most plausible potion I’ve ever obtained since coming to this fantasy world.
At that moment, Dokgo Yeon’s voice came flying in from the other side.
“Ban Yu-won, I’d like you to make some jam. There’s something called marmalade, right?”
“I just left it to you.”
But contrary to what he said, Ban Yu-won obediently made a medicinal jam with marmalade.
The difference is that it is the same as the jam I made before, but with a somewhat interesting concept attached to it due to the mutation reaction: ‘poison’.
The effects when you first take it are very good, but if you take it continuously, the effects will decrease quickly and eventually side effects may appear.
In an option that cannot be simply said to be good, Ban Yoo-won had a good opportunity to firmly recognize the negative aspects of mutation.
“What?! That… doesn’t seem like a good thing for us who eat jam every day.”
“Calm down, Dokgoyeon. There’s still a lot of jam left from the 20-room. Besides, it’s okay if you eat this regularly.”
“Oh, that.”
After hearing the explanation of the elixir marmalade, Ruchel looked as if something had come to mind, but she couldn’t say anything easily because she was concerned about Dokgoyeon’s reaction.
Light, who had been enjoying the cushion, spoke without thinking.
“You’re saying that the effect is the best if you feed it just once? Then I guess I can feed it to the club members. It’s a waste to feed it every day, but once is enough, sob!”
“What did you say!”
Dokgo Yeon pushed Light off the cushion, reacting as everyone expected.
Why didn’t Ruchel say it out loud when he had the exact same thought as Light? The answer was easy to come up when he saw Light rolling on the floor.
Dokgo Yeon is extremely sensitive to having her sweetness stolen by others!
“I don’t even have enough to eat, so who are you asking me to give in to? This sweet… no, elixir!”
“You’ll reach room 40 before then anyway, so don’t worry too much, Dokgoyeon. And… … .”
“Are you even saying that?”
“half……!”
Light, don’t look at me with eyes of gratitude as if you were looking at a close friend who sacrificed himself to save you.
“Don’t be too sad, because you might be able to get your hands on the fruit of Eden somewhere else.”
“Somewhere else? No way… … Ah.”
Dokgoyeon barely managed to calm down after remembering that Ban Yuwon had sole investigative authority.
“But I have no part in your exploration, and you want to get me some elixir jam?”
“Why are you saying such sad things? The fact that I am this strong now is half thanks to you.”
“ah…….”
Since there are few opportunities to flatter Dokgo Yeon, when the opportunity arises, he exaggerates his gratitude as much as possible to show his gratitude naturally.
For example, in reality, you think that Dokgo Yeon contributed 30-40% to your strength, but you casually raise the amount to 50%.
Dokgo Yeon’s mood improved considerably thanks to his use of advanced skills.
“Ah, ahem. Well then… … . I don’t feel bad that you think of me that much.”
“Whew, I survived.”
Strictly speaking, he did nothing wrong, but because he provoked Dokgoyeon’s temper for no reason, Light, who had been in charge for ten years, coughed loudly and said.
“Then shouldn’t we start opening that treasure chest now?”
When I asked why he didn’t say that, Ban Yu-won smiled and turned his gaze towards the main dish of Room 30.
Placed in a corner of the room.
A treasure chest made of copper with a gold frame.
The treasure chest, which corresponds to the upper level of the Tower of Babel, was waiting to be opened.
