Surviving the Reverse Harem

19 – Encounters

Ir-El strolled through the academy gardens with her one and only friend, Helena, and talked.

Helena, the only daughter of the information guild, knows a lot, so she often goes around and talks.

Helena, who was listening to Irelle’s entertainment concerns, opened her mouth, wondering if she was curious about what happened to her.

“How did you start talking to Helios?”

“Just. You started talking to me as soon as you heard the news about making a team?”

“Really?”

Irrel was curious as well as curious about Helios who suddenly approached him. Because she had no contact. Of course, she wasn’t strange.

Helios was a commoner but handsome, and it was natural for him to talk to me, the main character of this world, not unusual.

It was just a little unexpected. That a commoner without any particular point was actively approaching him.

It’s true that Helios is handsome, but there are already a lot of handsome men around him. If it were me, I would have been grateful, but this world is a cartoon and I am the main character.

Relatively inferior Helios approaches.

‘You are me?’

I also thought of it.

Because there are already outstanding men with various charms around me.

‘It’s tricky how to refuse so I don’t get cursed at.’

At first, I didn’t pay attention, but since there were many girls who hated me, I started paying attention to every little thing.

Not too long ago, a noble girl accused me of stealing her artifact. He was almost expelled from the academy because he had already fallen for their group’s trap.

Fortunately, the male leads helped me and I was able to clear my name, but I learned something new from people’s reactions.

‘In this world, men like me, but women don’t like me.’

I thought everyone liked me, so that fact hurt me. It was fine though.

Because I had handsome men.

‘To be jealous of a man who refused to confess to me because he likes me. Everyone is really ugly.’

Among them was the fiancée of the man who was following me, but it was none of my business.

‘I did something wrong.’

He has a fiancee and it’s his fault for liking me. Annoyed by her cursing at me, she slapped her fiancée on the cheek. Shortly thereafter, the man was expelled from the academy.

Unlike the female protagonists in other novels, I did not have a talent for force. At the academy, my swordsmanship was at a low level, and I could barely deal with low-level spirits.

Team members are important for me to explore dungeons, dealing with low-level spirits.

Can a commoner without special abilities explore the dungeon with me?

‘I just accepted it because a lot of people saw it.’

It was more unfortunate because there are many outstanding men who want to be on the same team as me.

All the men who have approached me so far have been special, so I accepted them without much thought.

‘Ah.. I’ll just give up if I get tired of wandering around.’

Academy grades weren’t that important to me, so I decided to take it easy.

Currently, there are five dungeons managed by the academy. Irrel was assigned to the 5 dungeons with the lowest difficulty.

Those who went in first and explored came out laughing.

Everyone had plenty of room, probably because it was a low-level dungeon.

“Let the last exploration team go!”

Irrell, who is the weakest in the academy, sighed and entered the dungeon with Helios.

As soon as Irr El entered the dungeon, he summoned a fire spirit. The spirit lit up the cave with a small light like a lantern.

Since the spirit power is not enough, I only energized the spirit enough to see it.

I was bored while walking, so I talked to Helios.

“Helios, you said you were a commoner, right?”

“Yes.”

“How did you get into the academy?”

“I came in through an acquaintance.”

“Can you enter the academy with an introduction?”

“I guess I was lucky.”

‘That’s right, as expected, you’re not an ordinary commoner enough to approach me.’

By the time Ireel was convinced, a stench that made him vomit emanated from in front of him.

“What is this stench… Salamander!”

When the name was called, the fire spirit lit up the cave, and soon a thumping sound echoed through the ground.

“This… What are you talking about? They said that this place is definitely not dangerous because it is a dungeon that has been cleared.”

“It’s okay, I’ll protect you.”

How can Helios, who has a lower rank in the academy, protect me?

As I was about to turn to run away, the Salamander’s light illuminated the body of a huge monster.

The troll that I learned at the academy appeared with a height that seemed to be 4 meters, muscles swollen to the point of disgust, and a skin with sticky fluid flowing through its body.

“Ah…”

I had to run away after attacking with the salamander right now, but my body didn’t move.

The moment his eyes met the troll’s dark yellow pupils, Ir-El shuddered at him, then his legs gave way and he sat down.

Helios lowered himself and met my eyes.

“I’ll protect you. So should I keep my identity a secret?”

The surrounding magic power fluctuated, and the pupils of Helios’ eyes were torn vertically.

‘Those eyes… Dragon????’

After entering the dungeon and raising my head, I saw a quiet cave.

‘It’s been a while. A cave like this.’

The atmosphere in the unfamiliar dungeon was not awkward. This unique feeling is remembered by the body. I completed the exploration of the dungeon by simply looking around.

It is a low-level dungeon where goblins are automatically summoned through the dungeon’s core.

‘This isn’t fun.’

After looking for a chance, I finally got to be with an interesting person, and I was very disappointed that it was like this.

As I quietly snapped my fingers, a summoning circle appeared from the front of the dungeon.

‘Goblins and slimes are too weak, and if you summon an ogre, you’ll faint as soon as you see it.’

After thinking about it, Helios summoned the troll.

I was curious about how Irrell would react when he talked cheerfully without knowing anything.

A troll appeared in Irelle’s field of vision. Irrel was so frightened that he couldn’t even scream and sat down.

I felt a strange sense of incongruity.

I hated these pitiful people. It was so obvious and insignificant. I was so frightened that I just stiffened up.

But why do I find Irelle’s terrified look lovely?

I lowered my body and made eye contact with Irelle, who was sitting down and trembling.

“I’ll protect you. So, should I keep my identity a secret?”

Unleashing her powers, she waved her hands, and the troll shrieked pitifully and was torn to shreds by the mighty magic.

I was going to end it after watching the reaction while playing around more.

I didn’t like the way Irrell was terrified, so I killed him sooner than I planned.

She patted her on the back until Ir El calmed down.

‘Well, this isn’t bad either.’

It was difficult to find a troll’s body, so she incinerated the remaining troll’s body with magic.

When I first heard the rumors about Iru-El at the academy, I thought she was a dragon who played games with me.

Because I have also dated 10 women at the same time through mental manipulation while playing.

However, the more I lived in the academy, the more strange it was.

Ir El and her companions were people whose talents were not unusual even for a dragon to see.

Even a dragon cannot manipulate the minds of such people.

It is surprising that there are talents that have not been seen a few times while playing, and they are all blindly in love with one woman?

‘This is a spirit demon.’

With this speculation, I approached Irelle to quietly explore it.

And I was surprised. Because Irr El was purely human, and she herself felt her attraction to her.

In order to clear her confused mind, she entered the dungeon with Ir-El and gained confidence.

‘I love Irrel.’

There are already many men by Irelle’s side. Did she even say she has a fiance?

It doesn’t matter. I felt it while playing for a long time. It’s too easy to seduce a human. Because i am a dragon

‘Create a dangerous situation and I’ll save you.’

Until now, there has never been a woman who has not passed on to me.

After a long time, the dragon patted Irelle’s back feeling bliss.

“Echwi”

Suddenly, a cough came out, and the surroundings were suddenly filled with black.

“Are you okay?”

At my cough, the driver around me panicked and said. It was absurd that Sword Expert was coughing.

At first, I didn’t understand what the situation was.

However, it was understandable because each time this happened several times, a new person appeared in the popularity rankings.

My fiancee coughs every time she has a man. It was a strange cliché.

Color returned soon as if the artist was satisfied with the scene where I cough.

I’ve been having trouble with this lately.

‘Robert’s body weakened in exchange for the use of the holy sword.’

I often coughed and this rumor spread as more people witnessed it.

Every day the priests came to check my physical condition, and the number of times I went out on patrol decreased.

When the priest heard that I had coughed, he came running and breathed divine power into my body.

‘I’m really good.’