Chapter 8

The day before school starts (1)

“Now... what should I do with this...”

A small lake in the southeastern part of the Northern Forest. ‘Merilda’s Guardian Tree’ located on the central rocky island.

I was lost in thought when I found spiritist Yenika concentrating while leaning against that tree.

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The start of school is just one day away.

There were a lot of things to prepare before going to school. First of all, what should I do from the beginning?

After living in the wild for ten days, my appearance became infinitely closer to that of a natural person. Although I washed my body every day by the stream, I had to shave the beard that had grown sparsely.

I sharpened and shaved the blades of the hinges that I ripped out of the wooden bag, but I was a little scared while doing it. If you cut yourself while shaving with a rusty blade, you may contract diseases such as tetanus.

However, maintaining one’s dignity was essential to maintaining academic life at Sylvania without being noticed. From my perspective, my goal was to graduate without being noticed as much as possible, so there was nothing worse than acting like a beggar and getting noticed by the academic staff.

I guess I’ll have to figure out a way to get a clean razor blade.

It was only after I dressed up neatly and finished preparing for school that I picked up my bow.

————— [Combat Ability Details]

Grade: Combat Beginner Specialty: Bow Bow Proficiency Lv1

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I am in the Combat Ability category. I decided to pursue my specialty without hesitation.

‘Sylvania’s Failed Sword Saint’ has 4 ability items.

Battle Magic Life Pension.

It was a system to determine one’s professional occupation by combining two of them.

If you specialize in combat and magic, you become a magic swordsman or magic warrior.

If you specialize in magic and alchemy, you become an alchemist or animist.

If you are a player who can comfortably choose your profession, there is room to think about it, but in my case, I had already decided on the two ability items that I needed to combine.

In order to survive, training in daily life skills was essential, and because he was possessed as a student at the Ministry of Magic in the first place, magical training became unavoidable.

In other words, specializing in magic and life skills is not an option, but a necessity.

Although the compatibility between the two is not very good, there is an open possibility of becoming a magic engineer or enchanter.

Then, as I mentioned before, there is no other weapon that matches better than a bow.

It is difficult to be good at close combat because abilities such as endurance, strength, and reflexes are low. Attacking the enemy unilaterally from a distance would be the most ideal combat structure...

If your proficiency in life-related skills has increased significantly and you can produce high-quality arrows, you may be able to bestow elemental or magic arrows on those arrows.

Therefore, it would be ideal to specialize in bows as a combat ability and elemental arts as an alchemy ability.

“It’s elemental art...”

However, in elemental art, there is an ability that must be born with it, and that is the ability to perceive spirits.

The ability to respond and communicate with spirits has its limits when it can be honed through training. Therefore, historically, the great spiritists were all born with a constitution that responded to spirits.

“It’s inevitable if it doesn’t work, but... it’s a shame...”

In the first place, there aren’t many alchemy skills that are good for specializing in. At best, I guess it’s just herbalism...

Still, you can’t force a spirit sensitivity that doesn’t exist, so you’ll have to find another method if you’re disappointed.

“Anyway, I’m going to try out the bow I made all night today.”

I was overjoyed when I made a bow with two levels of difficulty, but I had doubts about its practicality.

The only arrow that can be called an arrow is a sharp-edged hinge hanging from a tree branch. I tried making four using all the hinge blades I had, but honestly, I’m not sure if they have any killing power.

It may not be meaningful for large animals such as wild boars, but it may yield meaningful results for animals such as squirrels and rabbits.

She appeared to be well-dressed in Sylvania Academy’s standard school uniform, a red coat and royal blue skirt, but it seemed a bit cold, so she had a fluffy shawl wrapped around her shoulders.

Around the tree I was leaning against, there were a couple of unread magic books spread out in plain sight. It looks like he was reading while surrounded by the trees in the forest.

“I’ve just returned from the dormitory after vacation, so I don’t know why there’s so much to say... I’m revered as a high-ranking spirit and all, but I guess I’m lonely if I don’t have anyone to talk to. I was bored during vacation, so I don’t know how I lived.”

I smiled and made small talk, but from my point of view, it only made me worry endlessly.

Because I didn’t want to get involved.

Regarding Princess Fenia’s matter, it was directly related to my treatment, so it would have been reasonable to try something, but this time it was a completely different story.

“I guess loneliness is the same no matter who you are if you don’t have someone to talk to.”

A grinning smile. It has a warm and friendly appearance, so it is the main culprit that shocks players in the beginning.

She, a trustworthy and kind-hearted second-year senior, sealed and occupied the student center with Glaskan’s curse seal engraved all over her body.

An entity that stabs players who are just beginning to adapt to the laws of this world.

In fact, this is the episode that becomes the starting point for becoming completely immersed in the story. A fucking sound came out of my mouth too.

so.

Why are you talking to me?

That’s the reason, he said.

“You’ve been living in this forest? Ever since you were excommunicated?”

“The owner of this forest told you?”

“Merilda is a bit out of the way. She loves this forest.”

The smiling face looks like blooming flowers fluttering around. He was a person who seemed to be okay with all the worries in the world.

From my perspective, I felt very uncomfortable due to the sense of disparity with the situation in which the student center was occupied.

“You love this forest so much, but don’t you notice the uninvited guest sitting there?”

“Hmm...”

I was very concerned about the two squirrel corpses hanging behind my back. Quite a few trees were also cut down.

“Don’t worry about unnecessary things. It’s nature’s way for creatures living in the forest to catch and eat each other. Do you think Merilda would be uncomfortable with something like that?”

“Even such a huge, craggy wolf seems to have a soft heart.”

“Surprising? Ahaha.”

Merilda, who protects the forest, is a high-ranking wind spirit in the shape of a giant wolf. Although he doesn’t usually appear in front of people, I remember him being more tolerant than I thought.

It’s no wonder that I set up camp and left to hunt and gather.

“Your impression has changed a lot. Umm... Last semester, Ed... I didn’t talk to you much, but what can I say... I felt like my voice was a little more mellow, but you’ve become a bit more serious. Is this an image change?”

“That’s roughly it.”

“Ahaha. Me too. The maid at Ofilis Hall braided my hair on both sides. How do you think? Does it make you look more like a tomboy?”

Even if you pat my head and ask me what I think, I can’t tell you what I think.

I would like to applaud her for being so friendly and able to continue talking to Ed Ross Taylor, who is known to be the most unlucky person in the world, but as someone who knows this girl’s future, I cannot accept it with a cheerful smile.

Anyway, if you want to keep your distance, that’s easy.

I know a magical spell that can make even the most gifted person with an innate personality swallow their saliva and raise their eyes with suspicion.

“Yenika. We met like this the day before school started, so can I ask you a favor?”

“ask?”

“I’m in a bit of a hurry these days for money, so I’m looking for a place to borrow money.”

I naturally uttered that magic spell.

“Can you give me a guarantee?”

Cut.