Admission is a waste of time (78)
Lesson 17. How to clear the Trick Room – 3
On Sunday afternoon, the Rebellion members, including Professor Yumina, gathered in a classroom without doors.
It is to open a reflection meeting on the third exploration.
“From now on, I’ll leave everything to Ban Yu-won.”
In an atmosphere where no one opened their mouths, Dokgo Yeon suddenly spoke in a dull voice.
The witch hunt that took place in Room 23… … no, the trial resulted in the deaths of seven more NPCs, three of whom were murderers, allowing Ban Yu-won to obtain Judgement 3 and Stigmata 0.3.
The problem was that there was no way of knowing how many more murderers would have to be killed before it ended.
‘At that point, people got scared and it became difficult to proceed with the trial.’
It was at that very moment that they came out of the tower.
In the end, I couldn’t get past room 23.
Since I haven’t retired yet, I’ll be able to continue the challenge next Friday…
Ban Yu-won tilted his head and asked her.
“Is that okay? Actually, I quite agree with what you said about the need to improve the party members’ ability to deal with crises.”
“It was greedy.”
Dokgo Yeon answered briefly and glared at the other two party members, Ruchel and Light.
Yeah, I quickly figured out what the greed was.
That’s understandable, since Ruchel and Wright weren’t of any help during the series of trials.
Even if you want to develop your abilities, don’t you need to have at least a minimum of will and aptitude?
However, feeling Dokgo Yeon’s gaze, Ruchel narrowed her eyes and answered her.
“I will always stay by Yuwon’s side. I think I want to fill in what Yuwon lacks, but… … .”
“You’re saying that you won’t bother to get involved in something that Ban Yoo-won can solve?”
“Yes. And I don’t have that ability either.”
Even Ban Yu-won felt embarrassed by Ruchel’s firm statement.
“Dokgoyeon, I think I know what you were thinking this time… … but wasn’t it a waste of time? I’m worried that you might fall down.”
“beast……!”
Dokgoyeon and Ruchel exchanged glances without saying anything.
Ban Yu-won couldn’t understand at all why expressions like ‘flailing about’ came out there.
Even though they are supposedly the masters of the power to manipulate language, why is it that their conversations are sometimes incomprehensible?
Ban Yu-won turned his gaze to Light with that thought in his mind.
His expression was half-rotten.
“I don’t really want to be with you forever, but I don’t want to suffer and do things that you can do yourself! Especially not something like this!”
“Compared to those two, you’re really honest, which is nice.”
“It was so hard! My heart!”
While in Room 23, Ruchel maintained an attitude of simply leaving all judgment to Ban Yu-won, Light was uncooperative with the trial itself from beginning to end.
Even though I knew it was fake, I couldn’t accept that the innocent were being tried.
“I hate thinking complicatedly and catching living people. If I had drawn the Holy Sword, I could have broken through the Trick Room in one breath!”
“The guy who drew his holy sword and charged last time but was defeated in the Trick Room is good at talking.”
“This is really interesting. How did you come up with such a novel exploration… … .”
At that time, the Rebellion members were criticizing each other as usual.
Yumina, who was checking the video taken by Tike, said that with a laugh.
“yes?”
“I didn’t think you’d make a frontal assault here. How did you come up with this idea?”
“Well, there was no other way… … .”
“That’s impossible. Inciting citizens to hold a trial. No one but the anti-Yuwon students would come up with such an idea.”
“””uh……?”””
The group’s gaze was fixed on Ban Yu-won.
Yumina couldn’t stop laughing because she thought something was so funny, and she mouthed the model answer she had confirmed while watching the video.
“In a trick room with limited activities, you should have thoroughly checked all the elements that you can check. Then, you would have definitely been able to obtain the clues necessary to clear the room. But you guys didn’t even search the room properly and rushed straight to the small town?”
“That’s, that’s the fastest and easiest… … Ah.”
Ban Yu-won made an “Oh no” expression only after hearing Yumi-na’s words.
It was only after listening to her that he realized his mistake.
‘I said I’d leave it up to the party members, but I ended up talking about the Mafia game for no reason, and ended up leading the party to do things my way. There was no confirmation that Room 23 was modeled after the Mafia game!’
What if he had never told Dokgoyeon about the Earth game?
The exploration would have naturally unfolded by exploring various places in Room 23 with party members to find clues to progress.
If only he hadn’t come forward and made discordant remarks when entering the small town, then there wouldn’t have been a ridiculous witch hunt where people were hung up for no reason…
Of course, it would have taken much longer, but that’s how other climbers usually clear rooms!
“Wow, this is totally my fault… … .”
“It was a mistake. That’s what makes it more fun. You get to challenge yourself in a unique way that other students wouldn’t even think of.”
How can you say it was funny even though so many innocent people were hung on the spot?
Indeed, it seemed that Yumina also only saw NPCs as NPCs.
“It was really great that they even came up with a ‘trial’ method to avoid the regulations of the Trick Room. If only they had had a little more time, they could have cleared Room 23 cleanly with this absurd trial, but that’s the only regret I have.”
“But that wasn’t the right answer, so you forced it like this―”
The moment Ban Yu-won was about to say something more about the mistake he had made, a heavy sound rang out.
Dokgo Yeon banged her head on the table.
“Ah, ahhh… … !”
“Dokgoyeon… … ?”
“I said it was just a waste of time.”
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While Ban Yu-won and Light widened their eyes, unable to understand her actions.
Ruchelman covered his face with one hand and laughed quietly, teasing Dokgoyeon.
Dokgo Yeon was the rare victim of Lucelle’s teasing, but he couldn’t even refute her properly and just groaned.
“Wow, I’m the one standing above, so I made this stupid mistake… … .”
“Dokgoyeon? This time, it seems like it was my mistake rather than yours. I said I would leave it up to you, but I went too far.”
“No, it was my fault. I was so swayed by your personal words and actions that I lost my normal judgment and rushed into a head-on confrontation without warning… … .”
Yeah, that was a bit surprising.
Dokgo Yeon’s appearance as he charged toward the small town without anyone being able to stop him was like a bulldozer.
Moreover, it was she who led people to start a witch hunt with Ban Yu-won.
But now it’s too late to regret it, and judging from Yumi’s reaction, it didn’t seem like the reaction would be that bad if the video was uploaded as is, so I didn’t think Dokgoyeon needed to blame himself so much…
-Thud! Dokgo Yeon hit his head on the table again.
“This is a complete failure. It shouldn’t have been something that could be swayed like this. That mercenary, I’m going to tear you to pieces one day… …!”
“Huh? A mercenary? What mercenary?”
“Yu-won, please pretend you don’t know. There are times when you have to just sit back and watch a woman.”
“Uh, yeah… … .”
The smile in Ruchel’s eyes as she spoke was strangely alluring, and Ban Yu-won nodded his head in embarrassment.
But Dokgo Yeon didn’t hear those words, or perhaps he had lost the courage to face Ban Yu-won or Ruchel – he fiddled with his pendant and disappeared from that spot.
He ran away.
“I thought about it while listening quietly, but is it true that Dokgo Yeon is an idiot in the end?”
“But of course you’re the only one who’s going to do it.”
“what-?!”
Ban Yu-won, who was just blankly staring at Light, who was trying to tease Dokgo Yeon in some way, let out a short sigh and said.
“Then I guess I’ll have to look for some hints when I enter the tower next week. Since I can’t be active in the city at night anyway, I’ll have to move around outside during that time.”
“You won’t be able to enter the tower next week, Ban Yu-won.”
“yes?”
Yumina, who had been enjoying watching the video, suddenly spoke as if she had just remembered something.
“It’s midterm exam period. Next week, and the week after that. There’ll be all kinds of written assignments and practical assessments.”
“That’s something I really didn’t want to hear… … But isn’t it too fast?”
This week is the 4th week (I couldn’t go in last week because of special activities, so this is the third time I’ve actually been in the top), so the exam period is until the week after next, which means the midterms will be finished in the 6th week.
If the final exam is the same, then week 12.
The story was that one semester only lasted three months.
“The final exams are a little longer, lasting until the 14th week. Our academy has relatively long vacations because we have special activities and tower climbing during the vacation.”
“Aha, I can climb the tower even during vacation. Well then… … .”
“Of course, I’m not saying that it’s possible throughout the vacation. But it’s a long-term expedition that will last a full two weeks, so be prepared.”
When I heard that the highest climbing record was 561 rooms, I thought that it might be too much to only go in on weekends, even if it was until I graduated.
It would be a different story if you could go on a long-term climb during the vacation.
“Ah, midterms… … .”
“Yuwon, I trust you… … !”
Next to Ban Yu-won, whose eyes were shining with anticipation for the vacation, Light and Ruchel were trembling as if they had suffered trauma from the word midterm.
Ban Yu-won stood up from his seat, pushing the guys’ foreheads with his fingers one by one.
“Dokgo Yeon must have run away too, so let’s end this reflection session here. I guess I’ll have to talk to him again later about the distribution of roles among the party members.”
“Ah, Ban Yu-won. There’s something I need to tell you before that.”
“Aren’t we going to have dinner together again tonight anyway?”
“Hehe, that’s obvious.”
As Yumina smiled with her hair fluttering like flower petals, Ruchel watched her with a wolf-like expression, waiting for her prey to take advantage of her opening.
Of course, Yumina continued talking without paying any attention to her.
“Before you upload this video, I want to say something. As you probably expected, this sexualization that happened in Room 17 must absolutely not be captured on video.”
“Oh, I see. Then, the support you received from the two constellations… …?”
“Please edit that cleverly with the information you received from Room 9. They happen to be in the same constellations, right?”
Yumina, who had been talking up to that point, let out a sigh again.
“But why do you only do such ridiculous things? Receive unconditional support from two constellations.”
“Uh… …I guess there’s going to be chaos?”
“It’s not that noticeable since it’s not a combat capability boost, but it’s still two at once.”
Although he didn’t know for sure, Ban Yu-won was convinced that the abilities he received from the two constellations were much greater than his meager fighting skills, but he decided not to mention them now.
“In some ways, unconditional support is greater than a contract with the constellation. Do you understand that?”
“Yes, to some extent.”
“I guess I can still keep quiet about the other students and professors who don’t acknowledge the anti-Yuwon students. But still… … I wish I could hide it if possible.”
Yumina pouts her pink lips.
“Even if no one else knows, the president and Professor Zenon will definitely notice… … .”
“I guess so.”
If you can’t hide it, it’s better to play it proudly.
It wouldn’t be such a bad thing to show off his abilities to the public so that no one would rush at him like Ortima.
“Okay, let’s talk about this again over dinner. Everyone, you’ve worked hard. Get some rest.”
“… … Professor, can I join you tonight?”
At this timing, Ruchel made a bold statement that I had never expected.
In fact, by the time Ruchel returned from her special activities, she had already defined Yumina as her perfect enemy.
It is an enemy that has the word ‘yeon’ (戀) in front of it.
“oh.”
When Yumina heard those words, she smiled with her characteristic jewel-like eyes sparkling.
“I’m sorry. As I said earlier, I have a conversation with Ban Yu-won about constellations today.”
And he lightly shook off Ruchel.
“Let’s have dinner together next time. Of course, Light and Dokgoyeon students too. I’m really looking forward to it.”
“… … .”
“… … .”
But her words only deepened Ruchel and Light’s suspicions.
Ban Yu-won tilted his head as he watched the strange tension growing between the women, but of course there was no answer… … .
―Constellation [Toy Corps Clock] is munching on popcorn, delighted by the unexpected scene.
―The constellation [Breath of Life] is satisfied that you have the qualities to create life.
The timing of these guys popping out is incredible!
