Memoirs of the Returnee - Chapter 171



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The Regressor’s Notepad 171

Inspection (2)

Wake up… … Wake up… … Wake up… … .

The voice that wakes me up.

Shake shake… … Shake shake… … Shake shake… … .

A body-shaking gesture.

I opened my eyes quietly.

“Wake up… … Huh? Your eyes are open.”

All across my field of vision, I see Raye’s large eyes. Raye is looking into my eyes right in front of my nose.

“Ellie! It looks like Zion is awake?”

“… … .”

How come his eyes are so big? They are so colorful that it looks like they contain the universe.

“Not yet? Not yet?”

The guy tilted his head.

“Are you still sleeping? Wake up!”

It shakes my shoulder again.

I want to say something, but my lips and tongue still won’t move.

Could this be an aftereffect of using Perion and Jeolgeom at the same time?

“Hey hey. Hey wake up.”

slap-

A palm touches my cheek. Raye has lightly slapped my cheek.

“Hey. Hey.”

slap-

The guy hit me again.

“Hey. Hey hey.”

slap-

He laughs sinisterly while hitting.

“Hey. Hey. You try it too. How is it? Hehe.”

slap-

A smile twitching at the corners of the mouth. A palm that keeps hitting the ball.

I stared blankly.

Snap- Snap-

“Hehehe. You hit me on the airship too.”

slap-

“Hey hey. Hey you little brat~ How are you~”

Snap- Snap-

“Hey hey kid~ How’s it feel when you try it~”

slap-

After getting slapped like that, suddenly.

“How is it~ Huh!”

My palm clenched as if it were my instinct. I unconsciously slapped Raye’s cheek.

Snap──!

“Ah! Aaaah!”

The guy’s whole body fell backwards.

“Kkaaaak!”

Raye trembled as if she had been electrocuted.

I slowly raised my upper body. I was still in a hazy state.

“… … .”

“Kuaaaa …

I looked at Raye, shaking my face from side to side.

“Oh, sorry. I was out of my mind.”

“Kyaaaa …

Raye rolled on the ground as she exited.

“… … .”

I looked around inside. Everything was white.

“Where am I?”

“… … Where.”

WHAT-!

The curtain was drawn.

“It’s a dormitory. It’s called the nurse’s office.”

It was Elise.

It was only then that I realized the situation. I belatedly remembered the ‘spirit’ that had attacked us.

“Kyaaaa …

Raye rolled over. Elise kicked him again.

“Kyaaaa… … .”

Raye’s voice is getting further away.

I was just watching, and then suddenly an idea occurred to me.

“What about Soliette?”

Elise calmly pointed to the curtain next to her.

“Solit suffered severe burns. Her entire body was covered in burns.”

“what?”

I quickly pulled back the curtains.

Solliet was lying on the bed.

“… … Are you okay?”

He’s fine. He’s not injured at all. He’s upright with his hands clasped to his chest.

“Rururung… … .”

Even snoring like a lion.

“Rrrrrrr… … .”

If you just put a mane under the chin, it sounds exactly like a lion’s roar.

“What’s surprising? It’s Arcne.”

Elise raised her eyebrows as she spoke.

“At least ‘heat’ can’t kill this monstrous direct blood relative.”

“……ah.”

Come to think of it, that’s true. It seems like I forgot such an obvious fact without even realizing it.

Arcne has an unusual resistance and resilience to fire and heat. Among them, Soliet is said to be able to survive even if she falls into boiling water at 100℃.

Because he is the one who was born with the blood of Arcne thicker than anyone else.

“But who brought us?”

I definitely collapsed right after dealing with the spirit being.

Whoosh-! The curtain across from me opened.

It was Kiely.

“Hey. This is really paying you back. Don’t hurt me next time you see me.”

“Oh. Was it you?”

“… … If not me, then who else? Everyone ran away. Haha.”

Kiely pushed her long hair behind her ears and showed me her profile. I closed the curtain again. I looked at Elise.

“But you guys held on bravely.”

“What I want to say is, how did you survive in that cramped space?”

“It’s thanks to the fruit.”

Augmented fruit obtained from [Bethundun].

It really helped me a lot.

“More than that, what about our survivors?”

“Exactly 507 people. Only about 20% left.”

507 people.

I nodded and asked back.

“Did they eat?”

* * *

I gathered all the food from the dormitory. Of course, it was all the crops from [Ascal Farm], but also everything the seniors brought in for self-sufficiency.

Then, he hired about twenty assistants and cooked in bulk together.

We created a buffet using whatever materials we had available, and other seniors made do with a long table and chairs in the middle of the park.

In no time, the banquet hall was ready.

─Wow, this is so delicious.

─That’s right. It’s almost over now, right?

─Isn’t there still a week left?

─Honestly, this is the end… … If there were more like this, it wouldn’t make sense.

I watched them from behind. 507 people filled the park. Fortunately, most of them liked the food.

─The wall collapsed, but I just blocked it with my body~ That’s it.

This is Kane’s story of bravery. He was surrounded by men and showed off his muscles.

─It was hard. But whatever. You did it anyway, right?

Meanwhile, Escher was flirting with a woman.

─Drink, drink~ Eat and live~

At Raye’s table, where the balls are red, some kind of drinking game or something is in full swing.

No, where the hell did the alcohol come from?

─Kekekeke. You drink it! Idiot shot!

I still can’t quite believe that Raye is a hero.

By the way, Soliet hasn’t woken up yet. She’s been doing too much on her own, so it’ll take two or three more days.

rustling-

At that moment, footsteps came towards me.

I glanced at him.

“Isn’t it noisy?”

Elise. She sipped her glass with a calm, coy air. The color was wine.

“You like noise.”

“… … .”

The guy pursed his lips as if he had hit the nail on the head. I nodded at her glass.

“What is that?”

“Wine.”

Elise shrugged, shaking her wine glass politely.

“More than that, congratulations.”

“what.”

“You. You must be a stable student at Edsilla University.”

Edsilla National University. An academic background I could not have even dreamed of before returning.

“I know.”

I feel it too.

It is now dazzling before my eyes.

“We’re going to the same college.”

Elise flinched. But soon she answered in a humorous tone.

“It’ll probably be different. You’re applying to the Knight Academy. I’ll just do it for a year and then go to the Magic Tower.”

The Tower. It’s not a very honest institution, but it’s a natural path for Elise.

Because she has a great talent for magic.

“You. Libra’s Guardian Knight?”

Elise asked. I nodded, chuckling.

Libra’s guardian knight.

Edsila National University is just one step towards that.

“Then… …Thank you for your hard work.”

Elise sipped her glass and muttered. I don’t know who she was talking to, but I looked back at her.

“you also.”

Then she placed her hand on the guy’s head. Very lightly. Elise shook her head at that moment.

“Hey, how dare you. Are you crazy?!”

It quickly becomes flushed. Not only the face but even the neck becomes as red as tomato ketchup.

Her reaction was so intense that I laughed softly.

“What’s your reaction? Do you like me?”

“Hey, you’re not a crazy person!”

Whoa! Elise threw wine on my face. The red liquid stuck to my face.

“… … .”

“… … .”

Elise also swallowed, perhaps accidentally. I narrowed my eyes and said.

“It’s humor, it’s humor.”

“… … Oh my, oh my goodness. That, that low and too much. That… … .”

Elise coughed, pretending to be calm.

“It’s the first time I’ve seen humor that’s based on excessive speculation. Isn’t humor supposed to be funny? Or… … ”

He hands over the handkerchief and snickers – glancing at him subtly.

“Is it your wish?”

“Are you crazy?”

“… … .”

I just took a handkerchief and wiped it.

“Hehehe.”

Suddenly, an ominous laughter flows from behind.

We looked back at it.

There was a ray.

She was playing a drinking game at the table, and before we knew it, she came over here and looked at us, hehehe-

“Hehehehe.”

“Why is he like that?”

“… … Why didn’t you just kill me then? By hitting me in the face.”

Elise was aggressively brainwashed.

“Hehehehehe… … .”

Elise glared at her, clenching her teeth, as she left with a meaningful smile.

* * *

After the second test, there was peace for a week.

[Ascal Farm] and [Terrence Cafe] were operating normally. However, the overall number of seniors had decreased, so I couldn’t make the same income as before, so I started hunting monsters as a side job.

That was it.

I run a farm, hunt monsters, exchange AP, and play Soliette and [Bethundun] in my free time.

“… … Ah. If it’s going to be like this, I’ll just let you go.”

Late at night.

The last day of the week, after returning from hunting.

I grumbled and made eye contact with Elise in the hallway. She looked well-dressed and comfortable.

“If you gave me a break, why don’t you just take a break? What if I get a second test or something?”

These days, whenever we make eye contact with him, he starts nagging.

“Go and sleep.”

“… … That’s what it’s like?”

Elise opened the door to room 106. I opened the door to room 107, too.

bang-

I closed the door and looked out the window.

The nights in the planarium are dark. At the same time, fireflies or will-o’-the-wisps bloom and dance.

It’s dreamy enough.

I’m sick of it now.

“It’s finally over.”

The second quarter is coming to an end, and the third quarter is about interviews for each university, so it will end in two weeks. Even within those two weeks, the actual interview time will only be about three days.

Finally──this damn entrance exam hell is over.

That was when.

──Are you resting well?

It was that statue. As soon as I heard the voice, I got a slight headache.

──It’s time to go home now!

“oh?”

What? So there’s no third test?

──That’s right! It’s time to go home! It’s the end of the second quarter!

Waaaa …

The entire dormitory resonated with a loud cheer. A faint smile appeared on my lips.

──Good! Then! Escape!

I sat up. Then suddenly a word came to mind.

“……escape?”

However, the dormitory is filled with the sounds of people coming out.

I also packed my bag first. I opened the door absentmindedly.

Whee- A gust of wind blew across my body.

“… … .?”

I blinked.

The hallway was empty.

“what.”

There was no one. It had clearly been filled with the sounds of seniors cheering just a moment ago.

It’s so noisy.

I can’t hear any sound, I can’t feel any movement. It’s so intense that it gives me goosebumps all over my body.

“this……”

I walked down the hallway of the dormitory and opened the door leading outside.

“… … ?”

It was an ordinary night at the planarium.

I started moving. I slowly went down the mountain path, step by step.

No matter how much I thought about it, something seemed suspicious, so I drew my sword and walked around cautiously.

So 10 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, 3 hours… … .

“?”

In the meantime, a familiar silhouette appeared at the end of the mountain path.

──No?!

It was a stone statue. He looked at me with a surprised expression.

“What is it?”

──Zion Ascal… … Did you escape?

“Escape? I don’t know, but I’m already here.”

──Good. First place!

“……yes?

[1st place: +3,000 AP]

3,000 AP appeared on my student ID.

It’s embarrassing, but anyway, I’m first place.

“Is this the end?”

─That’s right. Just go down!

“Then what.”

I’m going down the mountain path again.

Chijijik-

Somewhere, a radio signal rang out.

Chijijijik-

Right behind my back. That is, inside my bag.

I quickly opened my bag. Inside, I held in my hand a fist-sized piece of mechanical equipment.

Chijijijik-

It’s a walkie-talkie. The walkie-talkie is transmitting a signal.

Turned it on.

“hello.”

─Wow! Surprise.

It’s Elise’s voice.

“Huh? Elise?

─Who are you?

“Who is it? It’s Zion Ascal.”

─Sigh… … .

Elise let out a sigh of relief.

─Where are you?

“Where are you? I’m outside now. I’ll be arriving at the train station soon.”

─… … What?

The guy’s voice was hoarse and his eyebrows probably went up as well.

─What are you talking about?

“What are you talking about… … .”

ah.

A thought that suddenly crosses my mind.

When I opened the door to the room, there was a strange ‘wind’ blowing in.

At the time, I just ignored it, but was that magic?

I smiled happily and shrugged.

“I think I passed the third test.”

─What… …Are you crazy? No, are you Zion?

“Hey. Don’t mess with me. I have a huge resistance to magic and other types of sorcery.”

ha ha ha.

I laughed.

─… … Resistance?

“Anyway. I’ll be going, so take care. Oh, I see the train station over there.”

Under the night sky, the lights of the train station are twinkling.

─Hey. Come on. Won’t you help me?

“Even if I wanted to help, I said I was already finished.”

I saw my student ID.

[3rd Test 1st Place: Zion Ascal]

It’s definitely been captured.

I don’t know if it was a stroke of luck or an unexpected stroke of luck, but anyway, this test was designed to be extremely advantageous to me.

“I’m going.”

─… … I’m unlucky.

Elise cut off the radio.

I chuckled and put the radio in my arms. I sat down on a chair at the train station.

“… … Are you not planning on going?

“!”

My body shook.

“Oh, that’s a surprise. Please make some noise.”

Akane was right next to me. She glanced at me while flipping through the pages of the newspaper.

“He asked if I was not planning on going.”

“… … What are you going to do?”

“I mean, a test.”

“Didn’t I pass?”

“That’s true.”

Akane furrowed her eyebrows.

“But I can help you.”

Help me? Me?

More than that, Akane’s behavior is strange. She’s not the type of person to do something like that.

“… … What, is there a problem there?”

Chop!

Then Akane folded her newspaper. She looked at me with a slightly mischievous expression.

“There is a problem.”

She said with a snicker.

“You killed a very important spirit being in the planarium. Everyone is very angry.”