〈 Episode 255 〉 Wow! Double the nightmare! (1)
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Aplia has two doors.
One was the main gate leading to the main street, and the other was the back gate leading to Harmain Forest.
The main gate where people gathered.
The back gate is extremely quiet.
The one I chose was the latter, and Chloe, who was walking behind me, didn’t seem to be very satisfied with that choice. When I slowly turn my head and look behind me, I see Chloe with slumped shoulders.
“Phew…”
Chloe is sighing as the earth sinks.
The face is full of disappointment.
“Why are you so dead?”
“But, Galahal has come.”
“however?”
“But no…!”
Chloe looked at me with resentful eyes.
“Now we’re heading towards the back gate. Directly opposite to the main gate where Galahal is coming from!”
“Isn’t it Galahal who came to the main gate?”
“···yes?”
I blinked.
Chloe also blinked.
“I didn’t say from the beginning that I would come through the front door. “I guess the only thing at the front gate right now is Galahal’s luggage?”
Rox told me the other day.
The arrival of the carriage at the front gate will be the signal for Galahal’s arrival. When the carriage arrives, head to the back door.
“Before all attention is drawn, Galahal said he would like to talk to you first.”
“…Are you Galahal?”
I nodded.
“You can’t talk about whether you’re a warrior candidate or anything in front of the students. Even if we try to prepare a separate space, it will take some time. So we decided to meet here first.”
“really···?”
“Are you going to come all this way and lie to me?”
Chloe’s eyes, which had been losing their shine, shined again.
My shoulders, which had been slumping, suddenly gained a lot of strength. Watching Chloe change her attitude as if flipping her palm, I burst into laughter.
“Did you really think I was going to call you to pick you up, drag you into the forest, and have me train you?”
“Professor Rania would definitely say that… Oh!”
“There’s nothing this can’t be said.”
I fed chestnuts to the top of Chloe’s head.
‘There’s nothing kids these days can’t say.’
Belnoir whined and suppressed laughter every time he heard the word ‘great’, and Chloe seemed to think of me as some kind of nightmare.
“Don’t act too hard and just walk fast.”
“It really hurts…!”
Even though she was shedding tears, Chloe followed behind me at a brisk pace. How long did I walk along the path that led into the forest?
A ray of cool wind tickled my ears.
As I straightened my fluttering hair and looked ahead, I had already arrived at an open space. It was there that she often gathered and chatted with Kalt.
Crispy.
A dry twig was stepped on by my foot.
There was not just one sound that rang out. The same sound was heard from the other side. Chloe and I looked towards where the sound came from.
“oh.”
I stopped walking with a brief exclamation.
“Here he comes.”
The person I decided to meet here.
“The most heroic warrior.”
“It’s undeservedly called that.”
Sungchang, galahal.
Galahar must have heard me mumbling and smiled bitterly. This is the moment when Galahal, who has discovered us, begins to speak as if he is happy to see us.
“Huh, huh!”
I heard a gasping sound next to me.
Galahal and I were silent for a moment and looked at the place where the sound came from. Chloe was there with her eyes wide open and her mouth covered with her palm.
Chloe, whose dream meeting had come true, was holding her breath as if it was not easy to even breathe.
“Kek, clack, keak!”
Although I swallowed too much, I spit it all out as if I was choking.
2.
Special conquests are provided to warriors.
The outfit was based on white, but the appearance was slightly different for each warrior. In Kyle’s case, it looked like he had a piece of armor on his shoulders… and Destel didn’t wear any uniform at all, asking if he wanted to advertise that he was a warrior.
And Galahal.
His conquest was a bit unique.
He had a muffle-like cloth wrapped around his neck. I once asked Galahal about it.
“What does that piece of cloth on your clothes mean? “It really bothers me when I see it fluttering around.”
“Well, listen and don’t laugh?”
“What. “Is this a funny story?”
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What was the meaning of that cloth? I asked Galahal over a drink… and Galahal answered my question by scratching the back of his head.
“It’s an imitation of the hero’s costume from my favorite fairy tale.”
It wasn’t a particularly funny story. I nodded and listened to Galahal’s story.
“What is that fairy tale?”
“This is the biography of the guardian, Ganur.”
“Ah, that Ganur who was said to have been a hero a hundred years ago? He must have been the Redeemer, I think he was called that.”
Ganur of Salvation.
The warrior who saved the most people.
“Yes, this is a secret, but my village is Ganur-sama’s hometown. So, it was easy to find fairy tales about Ganur.”
“Oh, so you imitated Ganur-sama’s outfit?”
“yes. “That’s it.”
After emptying his glass, Galahal grabbed the muffle-like cloth around his neck and waved it.
“Do you know what heroes in fairy tales have in common, Raniel?”
“You mean it’s all exaggerated?”
“You’re stabbing me where it hurts.” “Not that one.”
“You mean it’s cool?”
“Yes, it’s similar.”
Galahal nodded and continued speaking.
“It’s not like that in real history, but as you said, in exaggerated fairy tales, Ganur is like a symbol. “That unique outfit.”
Galahal seemed happy as he spoke.
“Lord Ganur stands in front of everyone, flapping his two-pronged wing-like cloak. Looking back, some people feel reassured, while others feel victory. “Just by looking at your back, you give someone hope.”
“oh···.”
“That’s right, Raniel.”
More than ever.
“Isn’t it really wonderful?”
“is it?”
“Yes, I thought it was really cool. So, I also imitated it in my own way.”
After speaking, Galahal seemed embarrassed and poured another drink into his mouth.
“It’s okay to think of it as a slap from an immature boy. “It’s actually similar to that.”
“Am I in a position to say something like that? “I go out with the same robe I wore at the Magic Tower and advertise the Gray Magic Tower.”
“haha. “I’m sure it will be effective.”
Recalling the memories of that time, I looked ahead.
Galahal’s attire is like a symbol.
Galahal used to joke that he had no intention of changing his clothes and that changing his clothes meant that he was broken.
‘···Fortunately.’
I smiled as I looked at Galahal standing in front of me.
‘It hasn’t changed at all.’
The hem of the clothes fluttering in the blowing wind.
Galahal was standing in front of me just as I remembered. I felt glad to meet his battlefield comrade after a long time.
“Nice to meet you…”
“Hello, hello! Lord Galahal!”
As I was about to take a step forward, Chloe passed me and stepped forward. It’s as if he can’t even see me standing next to him.
“It’s truly an honor to meet you…!”
There is a lot of power in the voice.
Everyone looked nervous.
Galahal looked at Chloe for a moment, then nodded with a faint smile.
“Yes, nice to meet you too. Chloe.”
“Do you know my name?”
“of course. “Aren’t we the same hero?”
Same hero. Chloe covered her mouth at those words. It looked like he was about to shed tears.
Common sense would tell me that she would have come to see you without even knowing your name… but Chloe didn’t seem to have the time to think that far.
“Gal, Galhal!”
Chloe, whose shoulders were shaking, held out the notebook she was holding tightly with both hands to Galahal.
‘huh?’
I think I didn’t even check the open page because I was holding out the notebook with my head down…
“If you don’t mind, at least sign it…!”
“Chloe. “I think that’s the wrong page.”
It seemed to me that it was unfolded a little incorrectly.
The page Chloe opened was not the page with Galahal’s article, but the page with my article. I guess I mistook the page I had between my fingers while chatting at the cafe.
“oh···!”
However, the notebook had already left Chloe’s hand and was in Galahal’s hand.
“Hmm, the ‘supreme genius who insults even the ancient Lich’… That guy, Raniel, is a splendid name.”
Galahal chuckled and wrote down his name with a quill pen given to him by Chloe.
“Here you go, Chloe.”
Leaving behind Chloe, who was crying, Galahal turned his gaze to me. Galahal’s green eyes turned to me. After a moment of silence, he opened his mouth.
“I’ve heard a lot about Rox. Guide, Rania Van Trias. “Rumors were often heard from the battlefield.”
“I’m shy, so you can feel free to call me Rania.”
“It feels awkward for me to be treated with respect by the sister of a close friend. “You can let go.”
It was a welcome sound to hear.
“Is that so?”
“You adapt quickly.”
“I adapt quite quickly.”
I deliberately didn’t tell Galahal to talk to him. Because he knew it was no use to him.
‘Even though I was always yelling at him to stop talking on the battlefield, he always used polite language until the end.’
I nodded and took off my gloves.
He extended his bare hand to Galahal and offered to shake his hand.
“Nice to meet you, Galahal. I hope you have a good rest during your stay in Aplia. “You can come and ask any questions you have about Chloe’s education.”
“Yes, please take care of me too..”
Galahal grabbed my outstretched hand.
Although the body of a warrior recovers quickly from any injury or scar, Galahal’s palms had deep calluses.
‘Kyle used to be like this too.’
With that thought in mind, this is the moment when I try to let go. The feel in my hand was strange. A touch that feels familiar yet alienating.
‘this.’
I narrowed my eyes.
I looked at Galahal with narrowed eyes. Instead of letting go of his hand, I squeezed Galahal’s hand a little harder.
“···Um, can you please leave me alone?”
I looked straight at Galahal.
Galahal was laughing as if he was embarrassed, but I saw something beyond the laughter. Only then did I realize what the feeling in my hand was.
Although very subtle.
It’s a very small touch that can easily be missed.
It was a feeling that I could not have known.
Crumbling texture.
The feeling of crumbling and collapsing.
Because it was a very familiar feeling to me.
There was a moment of silence. Neither I nor Galahal easily opened our mouths. They both sensed something strange about each other.
“Uh, Professor Rania?”
It was Chloe who broke the awkward silence.
I let go and took a step back. Galahal massaged his palm and looked at me with a questioning look, but he didn’t have time to answer that look right away.
My head was a little confused.
Putting all the complicated things aside for a moment, I turned my head towards Chloe.
“why? Chloe.”
“Well, what did you just say…?”
“what.”
“The question about my education, that part. “What is that…”
“Oh, that?”
I tilted my head.
“Why would Galahal come here?”
“yes?”
“I look at the next warrior candidate and give advice as a senior warrior. That’s one of the purposes of the visit. “Didn’t you hear from the Dark Tower Lord?”
Chloe’s eyes widened.
It seemed like it was the first time.
“I thought the Dark Tower Lord would have said that.”
“I didn’t hear that!”
Chloe glanced at Galahal with trembling eyes.
Galahal nodded slightly.
“I am inexperienced as an educator, but please be kind to me.”
Tuk.
The notebook Chloe was holding fell to the floor. He looked quite shocked.
3.
Thanks to Galahal’s visit, Aplia’s academic staff went through a lot of trouble. When the students who had been caught in the carriage at the main gate gathered into the main auditorium, Galahal was already standing on the podium.
Then, a light speech and welcome speech followed.
Although it was only a formality, the reaction of the students who got to see the warrior up close was truly explosive. If you think about it, it was natural.
For me, who went around with warriors, warriors were not something that was hard to see, but it would be different for students.
A small number of beings who are called the hope of humanity and blessed by the stars. For students who only heard about their exploits on the battlefield through articles, ‘warriors’ were real, but they were not something that could be felt.
A being in a faraway place.
Such a being appeared right before my eyes.
It’s within reach if you stretch out your hand.
Even children from prestigious families who used to act polite and quiet throw down their masks and shout among the students.
If I were to express my impressions after witnessing it with my own eyes…
To exaggerate a bit, it felt like I was witnessing a scene of collective madness.
“From what I heard, it sounds like you will be in charge of the class.”
“Oh, I received it in advance.”
Mana’s trading professor’s office.
Master continued speaking while flipping through the official documents passed down among professors.
“He loved Aaron so much that he wanted to die. Saint Sarah, warrior Kyle, and this time even Galahal visited, and they made a fuss about this place being a blessed land.”
I guess it wasn’t just the warriors who visited.
As someone who remembers the Skull Gourd knocking on Aplia’s front door twice, I couldn’t help but laugh bitterly at the expression “blessed land.”
“Actually, since it is a magic academy, Galahal, he doesn’t have much to teach you…”
President Aaron is said to have expressed his opinion that he would like to be entrusted with teaching the class. He said that just taking the class would have a positive impact on the students.
“So, they said the class I was assigned to was a basic martial arts class related to the combat magic department. “I heard that McHart, who was originally the professor in charge, willingly gave up his position.”
“oh···.”
This is the basic martial arts taught by Galahal.
‘Shall I observe it too?’
Personally, I was intrigued.
As I was rubbing my chin, Master warned me in a low voice.
“Don’t even think about going and causing trouble.”
“yes? “Are you saying it’s a scam?”
“What I’m saying is, don’t go in out of interest and crash the class in front of all the students.”
“Hey, what am I destroying?”
I waved my hand.
These days, it seems like everyone around me thinks of me as a crazy person who beats everyone down, but I was also a person who was constantly hitting back and forth.
‘Why am I interfering in a class that should be separate?’
There was a lot to think about, so I had no intention of doing something that wasn’t productive. Even though he said that, he still did not look at his Master with suspicion.
“Because you have a criminal record, I can’t trust you easily. “Rania.”
“···what it this?”
“It’s a memorandum.”
“······.”
“Write your name. hurry.”
Only after Master finally got my autograph did he stop nagging me. I sighed briefly and stared at my palm.
The feel of Galahal’s hand.
That was a feeling I had to feel every day before I came into this body. And, as far as I know, there has only been one case where such signs have appeared.
So I have more doubts.
‘Was that even possible for a warrior?’
It would be impossible for a warrior.
It would be an opportunity granted only to humans who were not blessed by the stars.
“Ummmm…”
My mind was complicated.
I felt like I wanted to run to Galahal right away, grab him by the collar, and ask him a question, but my attention was too focused on Galahal right now.
Wherever I go, students follow me.
The number was unusual, so if there was even the slightest hint of strangeness, it was clear that ridiculous rumors would spread in an instant.
‘It was like that during Kelhalm, so…’
I won’t make that mistake twice.
So, I was checking the timetable and wondering when to grab Galahal by the collar.
smart.
Someone knocked on the professor’s office door.
Master winked at me. I stood up and walked towards the door.
It was noisy outside.
The commotion seeped through the door, so it was easy to guess that there were a lot of people gathered outside the door.
‘Is something wrong?’
So I opened the door without thinking much.
“ah.”
I made eye contact with Galahal, who was standing in front of the door.
And, even the countless students who followed.
The sound of students making noise echoed in my ears.
『The brave warrior is Professor Rania.』
『Do you two know each other?』
『Suddenly?』
Amidst the murmur, Galahal opened his mouth.
“Are you okay with the time?”
『······!』
“just now···!”
It was okay, but I felt like it wasn’t going to be okay anymore.
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