LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 6 - Academy, dirty and hard to get into. (2)
“I’m screwed.”
-Whoosh…
I’ve been thrown to a height similar to the giant tree I climbed earlier.
If I’ve gone up, what comes next?
-Whoosh!
I have to fall.
“Damn it.”
Thanks to body enhancement, I won’t die from the fall.
But my body won’t be in great shape.
-Roar
From below, mixed with the sound of wind, comes the sound of the monster.
-Flash
A spark passes through my mind for a moment.
‘If I’m going to fall anyway, should I just fall on the monster?’
I can’t change the fact that I’m falling.
But I can turn the situation of ‘me falling’ into an attack.
“Let’s give it a try!”
Normally, my sword could only give minor wounds to this monster.
But what if it’s a sword carrying the weight of an adult man falling from this height?
There’s no guarantee it’ll work.
If that thing dodges at the moment I’m falling, that’s it.
-Roar!
‘Good!’
The monster, with its mouth open, not moving as it tries to catch me as I fall.
-Whir!
The rotation speed of my mana is incomparable to earlier.
“I’ll pierce through you!”
With all my might, I extended my sword.
Just to pierce through that mouth.
‘If I’m not at the level to cut that monster, I’ll give everything I have!’
“Aaaaah!”
At that moment
-Swoosh
I saw an arrow flying at high speed.
‘An arrow?’
An arrow emitting a beautiful light, as if filled with something.
‘So I’m now capable of seeing flying arrows with body enhancement?’
Oddly enough, I was a bit excited in that situation.
What man wouldn’t be excited to be able to see flying arrows with his eyes?
The problem is…
-Boom
That arrow blew away the head of the monster I was trying to pierce.
-Gulp
To the point of turning it into mush.
-Thud
The body of the monster collapsed to the side.
Why is this a problem, you ask?
“My cushion!”
The monster’s head that was supposed to soften my impact as I plunged into the ground disappeared.
In other words, I’m now plunging head-first from tens of meters high without any cushion, with all my mig-
-Crash
—–
{Oh… What an interesting sight.}
“What is?”
{For the contractor to save a mere human.}
Next to the elf who shot the arrow, a mass in the shape of a person made of soil and vines was speaking.
{Could that be the ‘teacher’ you mentioned before?}
“…Yes.”
She lowers her head, as if trying to hide her reddening cheeks in embarrassment.
-Crash
At that moment, a cloud of dust rises in the distance with a ground-shaking vibration.
The mass looked at the elf and the distant dust cloud with eyes like a child who found a toy.
{He certainly seems to be a mysterious man. To have a hobby of planting his head into the ground.}
“……”
Only then does she raise her lowered head, alternately looking at the dust cloud and the mass beside her with a blank expression.
{That looks like it was entirely the contractor’s fault.}
“Uh…”
-Blush
Unlike before, the elf, now red up to her ears, lowered her head again.
-Crunch
While hugging her knees.
{To think you’d show me something this interesting after calling me out after so long.}
“Shut up!”
She seems quite embarrassed.
{By the way, aren’t you going to meet him?}
‘Teacher,’ the person the contractor had been talking about for weeks.
‘Given her reactions so far, I thought she’d rush over right away…’
“I can’t.”
What nonsense is this?
{Didn’t you… want to meet that man?}
“I did. Very much.”
‘Then go.’
What’s with this contractor?
{If you want to meet him and he’s within sight, shouldn’t you go?}
“No, meetings need the right atmosphere.”
‘…?’
“I want to meet Aaron again… like that time…”
The mass beside her, no, the elemental thought.
‘I’ve watched for hundreds of years, but elves are a strange race in many ways…’
{You’re quite the romantic, aren’t you.}
Ah, it seems its thoughts and words got mixed up.
“Just go away!”
-Swish swish
The elf’s hand gestures cut through the air.
-Whoosh
As her hand gestures stop, some kind of portal is created.
“Go back to the spirit realm quickly!”
{Hmm… No matter how you look at it, asking me to go back after just a few minutes is a bit…}
“Please go back!”
{You must be embarrassed.}
“……”
At the elemental’s words, she lowers her head again, her face even redder.
{Well, I’ve seen something fun, so I’ll take my leave for today.}
-Whoosh
As the elemental touches the portal, it disappears as if sucked in along with the portal.
-Thump
As soon as the elemental disappears through the portal, another elf quickly climbs down the tree.
“Sister, did something happen!”
It was her younger brother.
“To think you’d summon an elemental, what on earth…”
The elf seemed shocked that his sister had summoned an elemental for something.
“It’s nothing. I just helped a human.”
She waved her hand as if it really was nothing.
Of course, her face turned away due to her bright red cheeks.
Then,
“Don’t give me that nonsense.”
The elf immediately refuted.
The atmosphere had changed a bit too.
“Sister, what trouble have you caused this time?”
“I… I didn’t…”
She’s flustered because it was indeed trouble.
“Hah…”
The elf in front of her just let out a long sigh.
“How am I supposed to believe that from someone known as the most human-hating elf? It’s more likely that you’re flustered trying to hide some trouble you’ve caused.”
“No…”
“Let’s go back to the camp and talk about this.”
“……”
Since it wasn’t wrong, she just obediently followed along.
—–
“Ah… my head…”
At that moment of falling at tremendous speed, I managed to twist my body just enough to somewhat break my fall.
It’s just that it hurts like hell.
-Crack crack
The sound of me getting up is suspiciously unlike the sound of someone getting up.
“My back…!”
It feels like every part of my body has been turned inside out.
-Crackle
The sword I was holding until just now has become like crumpled aluminum foil.
-Clank
Even that breaks off and rolls on the ground.
“Well… at least I’m alive.”
Yeah. Let’s think positively.
I survived the monster and got close to the Academy, so it’s all good.
As for the sword, there’ll be plenty of swords at the Academy anyway.
-Pat pat
I roughly dusted off the dirt on my clothes and went to find my bag.
-Swish swish
“Where is it…”
‘I’m sure I threw it around here when I drew my sword earlier…’
After a few minutes like that…
“Found it!”
The contents weren’t too damaged either.
“That’s a relief.”
-Growl
“I’m hungry.”
As the tension in my body, which had been heightened due to that sudden monster, gradually eased, it sent signals of hunger.
“What should I do? Is there anything to eat around…”
Looking around for something edible, what I see is…
“Oh.”
That monster, only its head is gone, and the body is almost unscathed and clean.
-Pitter patter
I quickly ran to check the remaining parts of the monster.
“This looks edible?”
With that, my course of action was decided.
-Slice
I took out the emergency dagger from my bag and cut off a manageable size of the monster’s meat.
-Pitter patter
Then, I ran to the small lake I saw while running away earlier and washed the meat once.
-Splash splash splash
After quickly separating the parts that can be eaten from those that can’t.
-Splash
I applied my special marinade that I carry around, then let it sit for a moment.
“…….”
Did I say something weird?
To the question of why a student going to the Academy would pack their own special marinade in their bag, the answer is simple.
‘You try eating European food all the time. You’ll crave kimchi too.’ (TN: Bro just roasted my region. Potatoes are life.)
As my memories returned, my palate also returned to modern tastes.
Anyway, after that, I gathered lots of broken branches.
-Click click
I can’t make fire yet, but I can create sparks if I concentrate.
So, making sounds like a broken lighter, after a few attempts,
-Whoosh
“It’s warm.”
I got a good fire.
-Plop plop
If I roughly make a frame with rocks from the lake and put the meat on top?
-Sizzle
A barbecue with food safety that would make any healthy inspector cry!
-Sizzle
I cut the thick parts with the dagger and even made an impromptu fork by sharpening a small branch.
-Stab
The fork mercilessly pierces the greasy and thick monster meat.
“Chomp.”
I took a bite just like that.
“Munch, mmm…”
After chewing several times to check the taste, the result is.
Hmm.
“Why is this delicious?”
Why is it delicious?
“Munch munch”
If I had to compare… somewhere between beef and pork?
No, closer to duck?
“That’s good.”
Well, it’s good that it turned into a delicious barbecue.
And so, after meal time,
-Splash
“Phew!”
I got into the lake and washed up pleasantly.
“Finally, the icky feeling is gone.”
Since I had been running all day, I also rinsed my sweat-soaked clothes in the lake water.
“This is nice~”
A delicious meal and diving in a quiet lake to wash up.
“How romantic.”
Today, I think I’ll be able to sleep well.
—–
-Pitter patter
In the early dawn,
“It should be visible around now…”
Far away, the end of the jungle was becoming visible.
After running a bit more, a huge castle-like structure comes into view.
“Finally, I’ve really arrived.”
It was the Academy.
And then
“From the Grammun Viscount family…”
“I am from the Kamir Count fam…”
Numerous voices could be heard, not even giving time to admire the beautiful castle-like structure of the Academy
“The entrance is visible without even looking for it.”
Literally, the entrance was very visible without even trying to find it.
Of course it would, with so many nobles gathering, putting on a show of self-introductions, and trying to make a good impression on the high nobles of various countries.
“Elven royal family, ducal houses, children of great tribal chiefs, magic tower… Looks like everyone who should be here is here.”
It seems all the main characters have arrived too.
However, among them, someone stands out the most.
Even among that lineup that could shake the continent, one presence stood out proudly, noticeable at a glance even from a distance.
A girl with long red hair, but the greatsword on her back, bigger than herself, gave an indescribable sense of incongruity.
Yes.
That person is the protagonist of this work.
‘Arthur Arcana’.