Became an Academy Penetrating Spearman

16. First Friend (2)

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‘Uh, uh, uh, what should I do! Isn’t this strange? No, people like me are originally weird and unattractive, but that… !’

The day after the entrance exam.

Pamela checked herself in the mirror she had brought from her inn room.

For Pamela, commissioning with a friend is her first.

At least, I wanted to prevent a situation where I was confused because of the strange way of dressing.

But no matter how much she looked in the mirror, she couldn’t get rid of the feeling that Pamela was not enough.

‘Ho, in case Mr. Shihan sees me… !’

Ominous thoughts run through Pamela’s mind as she thinks of the fictional Lee Si-han.

-What is it like? You’re falling apart, the request is canceled and the relationship is severed. I hate to call a guy like you a friend.

‘Oh no… ! aaa… !’

Sihan Lee was like a miracle to Pamela.

The waiting line for the entrance exam made me feel like vomiting from tension.

There, Sihan Lee happened to be standing behind him.

Pamela knew only her own mentor, a kind man who cared about her and encouraged her to persevere through her exams.

She couldn’t get along with children her age and the only comfort she had was her teacher who always nurtured and taught her.

Pamela, who was raised without her parents and under her mentor, took her witchcraft lessons.

Since she was a child, Pamela, who was teased by the children in her village as mean, sullen, or dull-tang, had very low self-esteem.

For Pamela, her impression of herself stemmed mostly from her teasing of herself.

Since she is alone most of the time, except for the time she spends with her teacher, her self-talk increased.

In her own words, in order to get closer to her children, she also spreads the knowledge of reagents and herbs and insects that are used as medicines that she learned from her master.

– It’s not fun.

– Ginger! I don’t even want to know that! Go away!

There was no way children would be interested in such a thing in the first place.

Pamela was treated as an outcast who didn’t want to get close to her peers, and in fact she never made any friends of hers with Pamela.

For Pamela like that.

-I consider you a friend. How are you?

Lee Si-han was the only person who went beyond worrying and cheering for me and offered me a handshake and thought of him as a friend first.

Looking back at her now, Pamela even thought about it herself, she said in front of Ishihan.

However, Lee Si-han didn’t care and passed it on.

Why do you talk to yourself so much?

Don’t mumble badly.

She just didn’t want to talk, she said, and she didn’t leave.

That’s why Pamela didn’t want to look strange to Ishihan.

She even boasted in her letter to her teacher that for the first time she had made friends with her.

If Lee Si-han asked to break up with her, it was clear that she would be so disappointed that she could not even eat properly for a month.

Pamela took as much care as she could about her dress and checked herself in the mirror several times before leaving her room.

When I went downstairs, Sihan Lee was waiting for me.

Ishihan turned her head toward Pamela, who had come down her stairs.

“Good morning, Pamela.”

‘Mmm, I said good morning first! Awesome! This… Chi, friend! Oh, I, too, have to say hello! Choi, as natural as possible, uh, not awkward!’

“Joe, Joe, good morning, Mr. Sheehan!”

“Yes. Let’s have a meal first before making a request.”

“Yes, yes!”

After leaving the inn and moving to the restaurant with Sihan Lee, Pamela glanced at Sihan Lee.

‘Oh, it’s okay because you didn’t say anything, right? No, but Shi-Shihan-san is kind, so he may not have said anything even if I looked ugly… !’

“Pamela.”

“…!”

When Ishihan stopped while walking, Pamela’s heart skipped a beat with her tension and anxiety.

‘Why did you stop? Could it be that my appearance is really strange? Is it unbearable to ignore? I’m trying to say let’s break up… !?’

“Do you have anything to say to me?”

“Yes?”

“Wasn’t it? It must have been an illusion.”

“Oh, no! That one is there!”

Pamela thought she’d better hurry up and ask Ishihan than let it go.

She thought that if she had any complaints about herself, she would be able to fix it.

“I-I’m ah, ah, isn’t that strange…?”

“What do you mean?”

“Oh, the clothes, the hair… It’s… Uh, it’s ugly or ugly… Isn’t it?”

“Hmm? No, it’s not strange. Did you change your fashion differently from yesterday?”

After listening to her Ishi-han, Pamela could sense that Ishi-han did not think of her as strange.

“Oh, no! If not, that’s it!”

‘Ah, even when I think about it, this is really strange. I would have thought he was a weird kid. I would have thought he was a nasty kid asking weird questions.’

“I see.”

‘Huh?’

Contrary to Pamela’s expectations, Sihan Lee moved her steps again without saying anything, and Pamela was both puzzled and relieved.

‘All right….’

***

Had breakfast at a restaurant with Pamela.

As a user, she was able to greet the morning in a good mood after seeing Pamela’s drowsy and anxious appearance that matched her character from the morning.

Pamela asks if it’s strange that there’s not much difference from yesterday.

Even though she had no problems, her self-esteem was so low that she was surrounded by useless anxiety, just like I saw in the game.

“It’s delicious.”

“Yeah, that’s right. Gee, it’s a bit pricey… But it’s delicious.”

The meals at Lukedia’s restaurant were more sophisticated than the ones I ate at Valendia, and the quality of the ingredients themselves tasted better.

The price was 20% more expensive than Valendia’s, but….

‘For the people of the academy who use it, this arrangement is no big deal.’

Looking at the setting, the students at the academy can go directly to various countries using warp stones, hunt various types of monsters, and collect materials.

And since there are endless places to buy monster magic stones and materials, you can make a lot of money as well.

After a decent meal, I decided to go through the most necessary procedures before making a request.

“Pamela, from now on I want to ask you a few questions.”

“What, what is it?”

“You must have an adventurer badge, right?”

“Yes, yes! I have it. Yea, until I came here, I paid for my travel expenses while being commissioned. Hey, it was like digging for herbs, but…”

“Yes. So, do you have combat experience?”

“Eh, if it’s about the goblins attacking the wagon… I’ve eliminated them.”

Before taking the entrance exam, I was very nervous, so I wondered what it would be like if I didn’t have it at all, but that doesn’t seem to be the case.

This was a really important question.

“Pamela, we have to work together as a party to do the quest together. So it would be better to share the skills each other uses, so I would like you to tell us about the abilities you use.”

“Ah, I understand! What I learned from Master…”

Pamela told me about the technique she uses.

I could tell two facts here.

“The skills I use are Ji, Vines of Tenacity, and Can’t Break…”

In one, Pamela mentioned her skills.

I thought skill was just a term in the game, but there was a concept of skill in this world as well.

There was no need to be careful not to mention the word skill as a habit.

And the second most important.

“Whoa, there’s a grudge hand.”

It was that Pamela, a chasan character, was getting her last skill.

Originally, all gacha-san characters were unlocked from the beginning to the last skill, but it was unknown whether they could use all of them in this world.

‘There is no cooldown and you can use the last skill….’

In this way, there are more ways to use it.

However, as the cooldown is gone, there may be other penalties.

“How much can I spend?”

“Huh? Ah, that… Yes, even if you use the sword of loss continuously, yea, 6 times is the limit. Wh, of course, you can use it while resting. You can use it again if you recover your mana!”

‘As expected.’

I was wondering if there was a magic point in the stats.

In this world, it seems that mana is required to use skills.

No, in Pamela’s case, since she’s a magician, she uses magic, and moving with her body like a spearman’s skill might be different.

‘In the end, I have no choice but to acquire the skill myself and experiment with it.’

“I see. But what are the effects of the skills?”

“I’m sorry. I don’t know what’s what if I just say the name! I’m sorry I didn’t notice it like an idiot! I’ll tell you!”

The effect of Pamela’s skill was similar to what I know.

The sword of loss weakens the opponent’s strength, and the nail of crushing weakens the opponent’s defensive power. There are no exact numbers, but the basics are the same.

“Hmm, very good.”

“Yes? Joe, do you like it?”

“Yeah. Pamela, your skill goes well with me. If you weaken the enemy, I’d better go with the combination I defeat.”

“Sah, the compatibility is good. Heh, hehehe, hehehe…”

“Then let me tell you my skill this time.”

To put things into perspective, the only passive skills are Penetration and Spearmanship Mastery.

However, it is unclear whether passive rather than active will be taken for granted.

That’s why I explained Yeonchung Lee and Screw Sting, which can reproduce movements without using any particular skill, and the semi-moon spear that swings the spear horizontally.

“Most of my skills are attacking. I’m mainly in charge of taking down enemies in the front. Of course, I’ll definitely do it to protect you from behind, so don’t worry.”

In Rupan, you can change characters right away, but that’s not the case here.

Still, it is basic common sense that the avant-garde must protect the rear.

“Yes, yes! Mi, I believe! We are chi, friends. He, hehehe, hehehehe.”

Pamela smirks sullenly whenever the word friend is mentioned.

“Yes.”

I looked warmly at Pamela’s characteristic smile, which was satisfying the more I looked at it.