NOVEL WEB Chapter 35 - How to Prepare for the Exam (10)
She closed her eyes tightly and felt the emotion deeply, yet soon opened her eyes with a determined expression.
“…I can’t just accept something like this.”
“You came to save me, right? Please think of it as compensation.”
Since you, who came to save me, got hurt, I can only return the favor.
“Besides, since you made such a mess, the penalty points wouldn’t be a joke, would they? There should be compensation like this.”
Hearing my playful words, Lee Hana looked down at the plaything she was holding in her hand without saying a word, and immediately squeezed it tightly.
“…It’s too expensive a reward for that.”
“What is expensive?”
I grumbled playfully on purpose. However, she paid no heed to my light tone and continued speaking heavily.
“…I mean, I will protect you from now on. Certainly.”
Thanks.
I laughed helplessly at those words.
I think she’s a really, really upright person.
***
After the noisy lunch hour, training time came again.
The training center was bustling with people today as well.
As if she had heard the story of the commotion in the laboratory, Na Yuri, who continued to wrap around me, became visibly droopy as she got closer to the training ground.
Why is she like this?
“…Excuse me, Miss Nahyun.”
Just as Na Yuri was about to say something, a student with flowery pink bun hair approached her triumphantly. She was the student who first sent a love call to Na Yuri.
“Miss Yuri! Hurry, come here!”
Ah, Na Yuri decided to join that team?
Well, that’s possible… Although I’m a little disappointed.
While I was thinking that, Na Yuri grabbed both of my shoulders.
“MissNahyunpleasedon’tmisunderstandIhavenochoicebuttodothisbecauseofMother’sordersㅡ”
“Calm down.”
I know this is a situation she really doesn’t want. I calmed down Yuri, who was spitting out her words at a rapid pace as if she were rapping.
“Even if we’re not on the same team, it doesn’t change the fact that we’re friends, right?”
“…! Of course!”
“That’s a relief.”
I smiled and saw Na Yuri off. Choi Soojung, who was seeing that, approached me.
“Nyahaha! Yuri is always fun! Right?”
“Yeah…”
I just laughed,
hoho
…
Choi Soojung, who had been joking and looking around, suddenly changed to a serious attitude and lowered her voice.
She had a serious expression that I rarely saw before.
“You know, Junior.”
“Yes.”
“Hana’s curse, thank you for solving it.”
As Choi Soojung said those words, she looked like she was crying a little.
“It was a reward, well!”
I just smiled brightly.
I hope that this will ease the heart of Choi Soojung, who had to put a curse on her dearest friend with her own hands.
One day, if the day comes when I become closer to the two and truly cure Lee Hana’s illness rather than simply resolving it temporarily with an item, will I be able to hear both of their circumstances?
I just smiled sweetly, thinking about Choi Soojung’s painful past.
“Nyahaha! Is that also the case~?”
As if that was all she had to say, Choi Soojung retreated again.
But somehow, her attitude towards me seemed to be more relaxed than before.
Has she become friendly?
And following yesterday, love calls poured in to our team members again.
The difference from yesterday is that Lee Hana declared like this.
“I will only join the team that Nahyun is in.”
I guess it’s to keep her own words,
‘I will protect you.’
I’m grateful, but thanks to you, I also got to hear love calls with Lee Hana as a bonus.
Anyway, we beat all the love calls and arrived at training room 101 like always.
“There are only five people now, so why not just sign up for a team like this?”
When Na Yuri was left out, Scammer quickly suggested a team.
Since everyone had no reason to refuse, the ‘Gate Treasure Exploration Club Team’ was formed for the midterm exam.
After hearing the news, Na Yuri attacked my body, clung to my waist, and cried, but in conclusion, the terrible love calls were now cut off.
It was a happy ending.
…Maybe.
And the readers’ reaction to the resolution of this curse… It was quite breathtaking.
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I support HanaXNahyun~ Supporting HaNahyun~
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GxG OUT
This was at least a good response,
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What is it? Suddenly, out of nowhere, Lee Hana’s curse is resolved? What does the main character do?
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Author, the plot is strange.
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Author, are you crazy?
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Isn’t usually the heroine’s curse supposed to be solved by the protagonist and raise the flag?
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Hahaha it makes me angry
Most people were taken aback that the curse that was the trigger for Lee Hana’s flag was suddenly resolved with the item I gave her.
Fortunately, this time the blame was directed at the author, but if the plot had gone a little further, my points would have been deducted again.
Still, I don’t regret it.
That was my best at that time.
This episode will continue to stick with Scammer, so public opinion will likely calm down a bit as time passes. Let’s work hard.
***
The days that followed were a series of training and a few incidents.
In the repetitive days,
“Miss Nahyun! I’m sorry, but please help me with this experiment again!”
Although Park Yoola sometimes attacked me,
“Miss Nahyun… Me too… Please add me to the team too…”
And Na Yuri came to visit quite often and cried, it was generally peaceful.
A few days before the exam, Scammer gathered everyone and started a briefing. This is probably to prepare for future events in the original game.
And so the incident preparation briefing, disguised as final preparation for the midterm exam, began.
“Everyone knows the contents of the midterm practical exam, right?”
“Monster raid.”
“Yes. The practical test method has been the same for several years. Each team is given a mission to raid the large monster ‘star slime’.”
He drew a lump on the whiteboard.
…It’s slime, right?
“When facing the star slime, our team’s formation will go like this.”
Front rear, Calmy, Lee Hana.
Middle, Choi Soojung.
Back rear, Scammer and I.
It was as expected.
“But just because it’s been a monster raid for several years, there’s no guarantee that a monster raid will appear this time around, right?”
Scammer slowly took action.
“So we will also formulate a formation to prepare for the ‘monster wave.’”
The impostor drew another formation next to the formation for the star slime raid.
First row. Calmy and Lee Hana.
Second row. Scammer.
Third row. Me and Choi Soojung.
However, the first and third rows were slightly slanted, as if they were surrounding the second row.
“First of all, we will aim to fight as many monsters as possible in one sitting.”
His gaze turned to the first row members.
“So this formation is like a castle that surrounds me in a circle. The idea is that the first row will block as many monsters as possible, and the third row will help the first row and deal with monsters that approach from the side or behind.”
“I see! Yuhan prepared meticulously!”
Well, knowing Scammer, he would have had no choice but to prepare several strategies.
There is virtually no way to prevent the gate from opening during the midterm practical exam. Moreover, he probably thinks that he’s the only one who knows the future in which the gate opens, so if he wants to live, he has to prepare even if he doesn’t want to.
“And third, it’s a fusion of raid and wave.”
“Hmm? Will the difficulty level increase that much?”
“Just in case.”
“It’s not a bad idea to be prepared.”
“Yeah.”
“I wish I could wonder, but I really prepared it just in case.”
Unfortunately, that ‘just in case’ is about to become a reality.
I quietly listened to Scammer’s third strategy.
Starting with this incident, the world enters the path of destruction.
So, I plan to use my meta points properly to grow as much as possible.
Because that’s the best I can do right now.
And protect my orphanage family, if possible… I think I want to do my best to help the people I reach to the best of my ability.
Well, no matter how I think about it, right now I am just a powerless aspiring hunter. For now, let’s just focus on becoming stronger.
A few days later, the day of the midterm practical exam finally arrived.
In the basement of the academy’s training center, there was a large gymnasium where all students could gather.
The midterm practical exam was conducted here. As you waited in line in the hallway outside the gym, your group was called in order.
This place itself was the cause of the tragedy becoming even bigger.
Although it was a gymnasium, it was basically a closed space as it doubled as a training center, and a large number of students flocked to it due to exams.
I clenched my fists. Because I wanted to prevent that kind of tragedy.
Because,
[Help me! Please! Open it just for a second!]
Because I know very well how terrible it is to see people trapped in a small space and being crushed by monsters.
I quietly checked the meta points I currently have. The system displayed the points I currently have.
[Current meta point: 1800]
Great. I can do it.
I recalled a practice test situation scenario that I had calculated over and over again.
I don’t know how many times I’ve wanted to take the shortcut of consuming meta points.
But the fact that I could collect meta points that could save people’s lives if I just persevered a little bit made me persevere.
So, the amount of meta points collected so far is finally enough to meet the point consumption for the story twist I want.
Yes.
I had planned to write ‘story twist’ for the first time here today.