Chapter 2

10 days before the start of school

Sylvania Academy was more like a city than a school.

This school, which was established by purchasing the entire island of Aken in the southwestern part of the kingdom, was so large that there were many places that even graduates could not visit.

What does that mean?

It meant that once you walk, something will come out.

As I walked back and forth with the students’ eyes on me, I came across an undeveloped forest in the northwestern part of Aken Island.

Basically, most academic facilities are located on the southeastern side of the island, while student convenience facilities, welfare facilities, or commercial facilities are located on the southwest side.

In the first place, there were only two bridges connecting this school to the mainland, one in the southeast and one in the southwest, so it was developed around that side.

After walking for about half a day and reaching the northeast corner, I sat down on a tree stump because my legs were sore.

“For now, let’s not leave this island.”

If you walk for half a day and organize your thoughts, you will come to some vague conclusions.

No matter what happens, since I have come to this status, I have to find a way to adapt and live somehow.

Sylvania Academy is one of the most prestigious schools. It is a place where all kinds of noble families are anxious to enroll their children. Overwhelming talent or overwhelming wealth. One of the two is a place where you must be present to register.

If you hold a diploma from Sylvania, you can make a living doing anything. Let’s just grit our teeth and get the diploma. There is no other asset as good as this in this difficult world where we know nothing.

And above all, walking out of this school on your own at this point is literally the same as taking the lead and jumping into an unknown world.

I have already played ‘Sylvania’s Failed Sword Saint’ several times to the end.

If Ed Rosstaylor had just been excommunicated, wouldn’t that be at the very beginning of the scenario?

I am in a position where I have some knowledge of all the things that will happen at this school in the future. At this school, I still have a lot of room to utilize my gaming knowledge.

There is absolutely no reason to leave those advantages behind and go out into an unknown world that has nothing to do with the background of the work.

After thinking this far, the sun was already setting.

Sitting alone on a tree stump in a deserted forest.

I sighed again and wiped my face.

“Let’s see...”

I placed two wooden bags on the grass and opened them.

There were various clothes, textbooks used in class, and magic tools, but they were all output adjusted for learning purposes, so they were not very useful.

I lived in such a gorgeous room, but this was all I had to carry. I realized once again how vain my life was.

Yes... I may have been excommunicated from my family, but I haven’t been expelled from school yet.

It would be impossible to pay the huge tuition fee on my own without support from my family, so it would be virtually the same as expulsion, but the next semester’s tuition would have been paid anyway.

If you grit your teeth and win a scholarship or find a new way to make money, you can continue attending school. However, a time limit was set. Until next semester.

“The scenery is really nice...”

I walked a little further and there was a stream. A stream of water came down from a small hill in the northwest of Aken Island and was flowing all the way here.

Once again, I am intoxicated by the moonlight reflected on the water’s surface and the calm scenery of the forest, where only the sound of insects can be heard.

This is not the time to be immersed in romance. If this continues, you will starve to death.

I picked up a branch and wrote on the floor.

There were a lot of things I needed to live my life right now.

The goal is graduation.

Goal = Graduation was written in large letters at the top.

Ed Rosstaylor is now a sophomore. There are six semesters left until graduation.

The tuition fee for one semester is usually 20 flan gold coins. The price was enough to buy an entire carriage decorated with dazzling gold trim.

And the central part where the supports meet was tied with a leather belt. It was a belt taken from a luxurious tunic in the bag. Then, the central part was supported by the last tree trunk, and the bottom was dug out to secure it so that it would not collapse.

In this way, a dangerous and uneasy, but quite reasonable shelter framework was completed. It didn’t look very pretty. In the first place, the support did not meet at the exact center, and it was made roughly without calculation, so the height is lower than expected.

Still, if you put up something like a tent here, it will provide a shelter that can last the night.

I thought about putting down the clothes that were in the wooden bag, but then I shook my head.

First of all, the volume was so small that I had to tie four or five clothes together, but it was too financially unprofitable to sacrifice the clothes I had to wear starting tomorrow.

Since it is a high-quality product, it may be resold, but since it is used as a tent, it is a bit difficult to get it dirty. As a rough compromise, I decided to tie just one or two together and lay them on the floor. Because you can’t sleep on the dirt floor right now.

So, what kind of cloth should I use to cover the tent? I thought about it, but no matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t find it. So, I went back into the forest and took out a lot of branches from trees with broad leaves.

This process alone took close to an hour.

Another hour to cover the shelter with the branches.

After we managed to complete the shelter, the full moon that had just risen in the western sky was already stuck in the midheaven.

“Whoa... ha... it’s so intense.”

After completing the shelter, I stretched my back and wiped off the sweat. It was hard work, but it got done anyway.

There was a shelter in front that was just enough to lay down. When I was done, I felt good because I had a sense of accomplishment.

[ Production has been completed. Crafting proficiency has increased. ]

[The list of finished products has been updated. ]

It was right after that that I heard that message.

“hmm?”

I tilted my head and was confused for a moment, then went back to the stream and focused my eyes.

Instead of that long information window, another window flashed before my eyes.

[Life Skill Details]

Grade: Novice Artisan Specialty: None Dexterity Lv 4 Design Lv 1 Gathering Ability Lv 1

“Ho?”

I guess Ed was more talented at crafting than at magic. In fact, the stats were more concentrated on talent rather than intelligence or stamina.

[New finished product]

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Wooden temporary shelter A shelter where you can rest your body for a while. It’s crude and shabby. If you don’t regularly maintain it, it will likely end its life soon.

Production Difficulty: ◐○○○○

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This is a fairly welcome window. I didn’t know that the production system would come out as is.

If you can manage your production skills, does that mean you can also manage the other aspects? At least this is good news.

If you think about it carefully, there may be ways to overcome the current crisis. But right now, not only am I physically tired, but I am also mentally exhausted.

It was a time when rest was needed.

I quickly laid down in the completed shelter.

I could hear the sound of leaves rustling and insects crying.

It is completely dark and there is nothing in sight. I decided to close my eyes and slowly fall into sleep.

It’s really hard and there are so many things that need to be resolved.

But let’s rest for now. Let’s rest and see.

Rest first.

When the break is over and the sun rises, let’s find a way to survive at this academy in the long term.