Healing at the Academy Convenience Store - Chapter 1040
Only Krnovel
1040. EVE EAT EVERYTHING 2
Fifth day.
The rumor was true. I made Eve a meal. Eve, who had tasted my meal for the first time in a long time, looked very satisfied at first. But after she ate seven bowls of pasta and three bags of each of my twelve new candy flavors, she suddenly fell from satisfaction to despair when I told her that I was out of stock.
When asked if she couldn’t eat more than this, she said that ‘a girl’s dream’ also includes ‘eating without restrictions’. If you think about it, a body shape that doesn’t change no matter how much she eats means, on the other hand, that she’ll eat indefinitely as long as her body shape doesn’t change. I couldn’t help but nod when I heard this. Her body shape didn’t change. She was still beautiful.
Sixth day.
Just a student council president with the added ability to binge eat.
I tried to accept it and move on, but another rumor appeared.
If you go near Eve, your energy will be sucked away. This applies to both men and women.
Surely not all girls dream of draining human energy. Isn’t this really a rumor? Honestly, if Eve were to eat like that next to me, I would run away with my energy drained and my appetite gone.
However.
Now that I think about it, I shouldn’t have treated that rumor as just a rumor.
Seventh day.
The second rumor about Yves von Lohengrin was not a rumor either. When you get near that guy, you really lose your energy. How do you know? I know because I got close to him.
A tremendous mana drain. It’s a power that makes a succubus go away. Fortunately, I cut off all of its power with the Mythical Devourer, otherwise I would have been in real danger as I am chronically lacking in mana.
When I asked what happened, Eve said,
I’m hungry. I’m so hungry.
Even after eating that much, you’re still hungry? When asked again, Eve shook her head.
The body is perfect, every girl’s dream.
The one who feels thirsty is magic.
The magic is endlessly telling me to absorb everything. When I asked if the girl’s dream had such a function, Eve looked at me blankly, then nodded as if she had realized something.
I made a mistake.
They didn’t tell me what my mistake was. They just quietly gave me the order to leave, and I was kicked out of the student council room.
The tenth day.
Eve still hasn’t come out of the student council room.
I went to find the only person who could solve this situation.
He frowned after hearing the whole story.
I never thought there could be anything in the world that would make him frown.
Haruk frowned and quickly asked for guidance.
Something, many things were wrong.
***
Now, magical power is being absorbed from hundreds of meters outside the student council room.
The students nearby stagger about with haggard faces.
“Youngjin. How’s your magic?”
“It’s okay. We can just cut it down somehow with the Myth Predator.”
“That’s good. By the way, I’m being sucked in real time. This is serious.”
“Even your magic resistance isn’t enough?”
“Eve and I have equal talent. If that kid starts absorbing with all his might, I should stay still and focus on defense. But now that I’m moving and thinking about my next move, my defense is bound to be weak.”
“That means… .”
“Yes. This is a really, really dangerous incident that could cause serious trouble. This.”
Hark laughed, but I saw a bead of cold sweat run down the bridge of his nose, and I couldn’t help laughing along.
So I went up to the student council building.
It was a magical power absorption that was difficult even for a mythical predator to cut down. The magical power of the surrounding atmosphere and natural objects had already been sucked out, the stairs looked like they would crumble at any moment, the walls were tattered, and stone dust was flying from the ceiling.
“Hark. This is….”
“Magic power isn’t limited to life. Everything in this world is imbued with magic… Eve is currently eating everything around her. The buildings, the atmosphere, magic power, and even the entire world.”
“How… is that possible?”
“The girl’s dream is the dream of ordinary people gathered together and raised to the level of a myth. In other words, it doesn’t end with one person’s dream, but it will never be resolved unless the dreams of all the people contained within it are fulfilled.”
“What… There’s no way that’s possible.”
“Yes. It’s impossible. But what’s more complicated is that if thousands of people shared it, it could happen, but Eve ate it all by herself. In other words, Eve’s body is currently in a state of overlapping dreams.”
“The dreams overlap… Is it a burden on the guy’s body?”
“That’s true, but that’s not the real problem. If Eve never uses magic and just blocks this for the rest of her life, things will work out somehow. Eve is probably doing her best. The problem is that ‘the coordinates that grant wishes overlap.’”
“Coordinates overlap?”
“Yes. For example, let’s say you eat three parfaits while sitting down. Then, there should be three parfaits in your stomach, right? But what about Eve? Even though she ate the parfaits, they don’t exist in her stomach. The coordinates of what she ate overlap, but the actual object doesn’t exist. This is where the problem arises. The girl’s dream will judge that the dream didn’t come true because what Eve ate ‘doesn’t exist anywhere.’”
“crazy….”
So, from now on, even if Eve eats hundreds of millions, hundreds of billions, or trillions of things, does that mean she will forever be starving?
Really, a stomach that can eat the entire universe?
“That’s why I designated [Girl’s Dream] as an ‘unusable’ item in-game. Because it can cause fatal bugs like this… .”
“What should I do…? What should I do to save Eve?”
“Are you going to save me?”
“Isn’t that obvious? The fact that you didn’t try to kill Eve right away… means there’s a way to save her, right?”
“Ha… So that’s why the old man is really… Yes. That’s right. There is. There is a way to save Eve.”
“what?”
“The quick and easy way to fix a bug is to just erase the part where the bug occurred.”
“you….”
“It’s not killing her. It’s sending Eve to another timeline. For example, sending her 100 million years into the future. There, let Eve eat everything on this planet. Then, re-align the timeline so that it goes back in time to before Eve got the drug. Then, everything goes back to the way it was.”
“Can’t we just go straight to the past?”
“Eve’s power is too strong right now, so we can’t immediately turn back the past. So we’ll isolate her and stabilize her for now, and then turn back. If all the girls in this world disappear, the girls’ dreams will also stop. In theory, it’s certain.”
I vaguely understood.
But… does that mean Eve has to fly hundreds of millions of years into the future and eat the entire universe?
“So that guy… should he fly to another timeline on his own and stay there until he devours all the girls’ dreams?”
“That must be the case.”
“… … .”
Isn’t that a bit too much?
Could such a terrible ending befall a guy who just wanted to have a slightly better body?
“Hark. I have a favor to ask.”
“What? Tell me quickly. I’m slowly losing the stamina to use magic that bends the timeline.”
“If everything can come back, then can I add one more person?”
“What…? Huh… Are you serious? You don’t have to take responsibility… .”
“No. I have to lose. I couldn’t stop Eve.”
“It’ll be tough. Eve will be incredibly hungry, and she might end up eating you too. You might get sucked in while she’s eating the entire planet.”
“It’s okay. You said everything would go back to normal? Then… I guess it would be nice to have at least one friend to talk to until the end.”
“… … .”
“Then I’ll go see the guy. Please take care of him.”
He held the Mythical Predator and went towards Eve, breaking open the door to the student council room.
“eve.”
The guy closed his eyes tightly and suppressed the magical power of the girl’s dream as much as possible. He probably couldn’t hear anything because he was controlling everything.
Choaaaak! The guy’s magic is rushing to attack me.
I cut it with the Mythical Predator, but the closer I got, the more obvious its limits became, and I was crushed by its magic and torn apart.
And then, at the moment when my magic power was consumed, a little life returned to the guy’s eyes.
“This magic… the magic of light… Wolfram. Is it Wolfram?!”
“okay.”
“Why are you here! Run away! If you stay here, you’ll get caught up too!”
“Haha. That can’t be.”
I walked right up to him. With each step I took, his power mercilessly bit me.
“You idiot! I told you to run away!”
“I told you, I don’t want to do that.”
Finally achieved my goal.
Eve sat down right next to him. Then tears welled up in her eyes.
“Ah, ah… It’s already too late… .”
“What do you mean it’s late?”
“Idiot… Now I’m stuck, and I can’t escape. Even as a myth devourer, I can’t push away my absorption.”
“That’s fortunate.”
“What on earth are you thinking?”
What are you thinking?
Well, what do you think?
Atonement? That could be possible.
It may have been to atone for my own sin of not being able to stop Eve strongly… .
I don’t think that’s the biggest reason.
“Well. Now that I think about it, I’ve heard all the things I hate about you… I can’t send you away alone.”
“what…?”
Only in this situation could I honestly express my suppressed feelings.
“My little sister is in danger, so how can I just let her go as my older brother?”
“Ah… . Ahh… . This, this… . Idiot… .”
Eve, who had been angry just a moment ago, suddenly stopped and quietly shed tears.
“Have you ever felt such great grace from this brother? There’s no need to cry.”
“Shut up… please. Who would have wanted that… Really… .”
Well, according to Hark, after a little bit of pain, you’ll be back to normal without any problems.
“Lean on my shoulder. It will only hurt a little and everything will be back to normal.”
“Ugh… . Ugh… .”
Eve leaned quietly on my shoulder, crying, and I smiled at the pleasant weight.
“eve.”
“What is it?”
“Honestly, I think kids look cute when they’re a little chubby.”
“What…?”
Something I would never normally say.
Just after making the most embarrassing confession in the world.
The world went dark.
***
When I opened my eyes, I was in a dream.
What was it… . I think I had an incredibly sad and painful dream… .
I don’t remember very well.
That’s what dreams are all about, you know.
“Wait a minute. What on earth are you doing in front of people?”
In front of me, Eve is looking at me.
Why is he angry?
Let’s go back a bit. So… Ayla and I discovered a huge treasure, and we returned to Zephrine six months after graduation to seal it in Zephrine.
But what greeted us was Nephthys and Mille-feuille. And Eve, who had become plump. And when I asked her if she had gained weight, she got extremely angry.
“Do you know who doesn’t exercise because they don’t want to?! They say they don’t have time!”
“I see. That’s true… Exercise is something you have to make time for.”
“Hey, be quiet! Wolfram. Isn’t there some kind of weight loss pill that you can take?”
“… … .”
The jingling potion in my pocket came to mind. If I drink this, I will definitely lose weight.
Eve glanced at me. Eek. I can’t get caught.
“No problem. You don’t need that.”
“what?”
I was dumbfounded by Eve’s unexpected reaction.
Before I could even think back on what he was saying, he continued.
“Huh. You know very well, right? You don’t have to tell me. I’ll take it out on my own. So. Help me out.”
“How can I help you?”
“You’re leaving Zephrine soon, right? Before you do, tell me some exercises you can do indoors.”
“Uh, um… Okay. But… Although indoor exercise is good for your health, it takes a bit of time to diet… Is that okay?”
At my words, the guy opened his eyes wide and chuckled.
“Yes, it’s okay. Someone said that kids my age are cute when they’re a little chubby!”
“Who said that?”
“Well, someone very trustworthy and reliable… I feel at ease when they’re around… Who is he? Uh, umm…?”
Eve tilted her head several times, but in the end she couldn’t remember who had said it.
“Ha. Isn’t it a bit much to create a fictional character and rely on his words?”
“Everyone, shut up. He’s a real person. He’s the one I can rely on in the end, in the end… So…”
“Haha. Right. It would be nice to have someone like that.”
“Oh really!”
I continued to tease Eve after that, but I couldn’t hide my surprise inside.
Because the way of thinking of Eve’s imaginary friend was surprisingly similar to mine.
of course.
I’m embarrassed, so I’ll never say anything in front of Eve.