Chapter 69-1: - Item (4)

Chapter 69-1: - Item (4)

Occasionally, Edna dreamed.

A dream where she had pure white wings and flew through a garden filled with iridescent flowers.

She would hold hands with baby angels and wander around in a dreamy state.

She would slide down rainbows as if they were slides, playfully jump on clouds, and swim in a lake filled with jewels.

"Edna! Do you want this too?"

"Um..."

With vacant eyes, she received a gift from someone. It was a golden ring that seemed to radiate its own light as if it embraced the sun.

"You wear this on your head."

A man revealed his snow-white teeth and smiled.

Another man beside him slowly placed the golden ring on Ednas head.

Edna continued to gaze at it with vacant eyes.

*... Did these guys really go crazy and want to die?*

Suddenly snapping back to her senses, she threw it to the ground.

"Hey! If you talk crap like that one more time, I'll pluck all your wing feathers and make a jacket out of them! Didn't I tell you that?

"W-Well, our wings aren't made of feathers..."

This guy is pissing me off. Come and face me in a real fight.

"Hehe! I-I'm sorry!"

Then, the baby angels... or rather, adult angels, quickly retreated. Most of them were male, with three pairs of wings on their backs and golden rings on their heads.

Angels.

They, the most noble race who always looked down from the celestial realm to the earthly realm, bowed their heads deeply at Ednas outcry.

*Oh, I almost got caught*

Edna touched her own head, hoping to confirm if she had an angel's ring.

Occasionally.

More precisely, once a month.

Her physical and mental strength weakened, such incidents would occur.

The angels would try to put a ring on her and take her away as one of the celestial beings.

She would let her guard down, thinking it was just a dream, and end up experiencing it for real.

"Edna... Instead of that, can't we live together in the sky?"

"That's right. The earthly realm is boring."

"... But you guys are even more boring."

*Whats so fun about a mundane life, pretending to play musical instruments and eat fruit?*

"Don't dream until I die."

Upon hearing that, the men hung their heads with gloomy expressions. Despite her slightly weak heart due to their appearance resembling an idol group, Edna was not easily swayed by mere looks.

"Hey, when I graduate, I'll come visit occasionally. I promised, right?"

"Yeah."

"So, wait until then. If you make a fuss for no reason, I'll never come."

"That's not fair!"

"I'm sorry!"

"I was wrong!"

She didnt know why they were so obsessed. Even in the original novel, angels appeared, but their detailed background wasn't described.

If she were to think of it roughly...

Maybe it was because there were no female angels, that was why they were like that. That thought crossed her mind.

She had never seen a female angel since coming here.

But, they said angel blood flew vividly in Ednas veins.

They didnt know the reason either, but if she wore that angel's ring, she could fully transform into an angel and live in the sky.

*I understand that you guys want girlfriends, but I still prefer humans.*

She really didnt think about dating either.

"What?"

Who? Edna couldn't catch the name and the girls continued.

"There's Baek Yu-Seol, you know him? Hes really smart. I don't know how he ended up in last place with that brain of his."

"Maybe he deliberately ended up in last place? I heard getting zero points is harder than getting a perfect score."

"That could be possible. Ah, I wish I could be closer with him."

"Ah, I heard Baek Yu-Seol has a crush on Eisel. That was the rumor going around."

"Hmm... Is that so? But honestly, I think Baek Yu-Seol is more precious. Eisel..."

As soon as they were about to say something negative about Eisel, Edna gave them a warning look.

And they immediately got the message.

Anyway, since the opinions of the female students were the same as the overall academy opinion, a few words of conversation were enough to find out what rumors were circulating within the academy.

"Baek Yu-Seol has a crush on Eisel."

"But Eisel is an outcast at the academy, and Baek Yu-Seol is secretly popular."

In conclusion, Baek Yu-Seol was precious. It was a part that could be easily understood with a little attention.

Baek Yu-Seol tended to excessively care for Eisel, after all.

Just recalling the development of the "original" that only Edna knew was enough to confirm it.

All the hardships and adversities that Eisel should have experienced were mostly blocked by Baek Yu-Seol, and unknowingly, Eisel was able to have a very comfortable academy life with his support from behind.

*Originally, around this time, she should have been looking for a part-time job. It was a period when she would have been working hard.*

In some way, Baek Yu-Seol managed to manipulate the situation so that money would accumulate in Eisels wallet.

He had planned everything meticulously without Eisel even realizing it. It was all in order to block her financial problems.

Thanks to that, Eisel was able to have a smooth academy life without suffering from poverty.

"Oh, by the way, where does Baek Yu-Seol study?"

The girls glanced at Baek Yu-Seol, who was quietly dozing off in a corner. He was always nodding off during class, and no one knew what he was up to at night.

"Does he quietly study in the Class S self-study room?"

"Yeah, sometimes there are students in Class A or Class S who do that. They become so elitist that they don't study with students of lower ranks."

"Oh, but Baek Yu-Seol doesn't seem to be like that."

"Yeah, he doesn't discriminate or anything. He just doesn't have many friends."

"True, his personality is refreshing and interesting. He's cool when he takes on the professors."

"To be honest, maybe it's because he voluntarily becomes an outsider that he doesn't have many friends?"

"But why does he keep his distance from people?"

*Why indeed?*

*After all, in time, he will be forgotten from the memories of everyone.*

*So, maybe that's why.*

Edna smiled wryly. "Alright, here's the next problem."

The Theory of Elemental Attributes class was a series of boredom.

Students, who were dozing off and still made an effort to listen to the class, were truly pitiful.

"A Earth Sphere spell, which requires an investment of 316mf of mana, is racing towards the northwest direction. The Earth Sphere forms a perfect 'sphere' with a diameter of 3.2m and rotates at a speed of 5,700rpm."

Another strange and senseless problem appeared. While the students sighed, the professor didn't pay any attention and presented the problem.

"The mage enchants the 'Acceleration' spell by investing an additional 109mf of mana in magic and the 'Weight Amplification' spell by using an additional 87mf of mana. In order to reach a target 715 km away, how much time will it take?"

At first glance, it seemed like an easy problem, but her head started to hurt because of the 316mf of mana acting as variables.

With an investment of 316mf of mana in earth-based magic for acceleration, the speed would increase.

However, using weight amplification as an additional spell would increase the destructive power but slow down the speed again

What did it mean?

It meant calculating it was incredibly frustrating. To the point where steam seemed to be coming out of Ednas head,.

"Uh-oh..."

"Eek..."

"Grrrr..."

When the students made agonizing sounds, the professor pointed to someone who had been nodding off since earlier.

"Alright, who wants to come up and solve it? Yes, Baek Yu-Seol, you give it a try."