I Possessed It Instead of My Younger Sibling

125 – The Nation of Meals

Early morning.

After being called by Professor Elini, I stopped morning training and visited the professor’s office.

“I’m sorry for calling you so early on a holiday, Seonwoo Lee.”

“No, it’s okay. I’m usually up and training a long time ago at this time.”

“Well, you’re hardworking. That’s a good attitude.”

Professor Ellini, who nodded at her with a faint smile on his lips as if he was surprised, extinguished the cigarette she was smoking (smelling it, it seemed to be made from medicinal herbs, not tobacco leaves) and continued her speech. Br＞

“The reason I called you is because I want you to accept a personal favor… No, a request.”

“Is this a request… ?”

“Okay. Before that, I’d like to ask you one thing… Is it true that you didn’t suffer any damage even after coming into contact with Suu Icicle?”

That question reminded me of a scene I had held while picking up a scarf for Suu.

Even the girl’s cold magic power that went beyond her body and froze magic power as soon as she touched it.

‘At that time, I desperately used 〈 magic attribute synchronization 〉 and somehow managed to get through it without taking any damage.’

Now that I am studying mental techniques, my understanding of magical power has improved compared to then, and thanks to the acquisition of 〈 Hanseo Invulnerability B〉, an attribute that reduces damage from heat and cold obtained in the last anti-war quest.

As long as Suu does not put his will to attack into his her magic power her her her, will not be a big problem.

When I nodded, Professor Ellini looked at me with strange eyes.

“Hmm. I wonder how you did something that I couldn’t do, but… Well, everyone has something to hide, so I won’t ask. In my eyes, you have almost no bad karma and an overwhelming amount of good karma. Why do you always show good karma every time I see you? I don’t know if it’s accumulating rapidly…”

Haha…”

Isn’t that because I go out every night to exterminate the demonic cult members…

“Anyway, back to the request. Suu, hang out with that guy for a day today. The reward is… Yes, 100,000 Valhalla points.”

“100,000 points?!”

Unconventional reward for a simple request that just goes together for a day.

There was no option to refuse here.

If you receive those points, you will be able to purchase ‘Yeongsusan Mountain’s sacred spring water’ worth 1 million points, which can accelerate the growth of Baekmyeon within this month.

However, if there’s one thing I’m curious about…

“Can I ask you a question, Professor?”

“Hmm? What is it?

“Professor Elini, why do you care so much about Suu?”

“…”

Professor Ellini, whom I have seen so far, can be called the embodiment of fairness.

It was quite disturbing to see such a person making such a personal request and only paying special attention to one student, Suu Icicle.

“That… Can be said to be ‘responsibility’.”

“Responsibility… ?”

“That’s right. I’m responsible for bringing that guy from the family to the academy with my own hands.”

After saying that, Professor Ellini closed his mouth for a moment and stared at me with beautiful red eyes that were like burning flames. He opened his mouth and muttered, ‘If you were the first person to show interest in someone else, then I guess you can tell me the situation to some extent.’ Br＞

“Maybe about a year ago… I stopped by the North for a while to run some errands. And I happened to rest for a day at that guy’s family, the Icicle family. And there I met that guy, Suu Icicle.”

───I’m talking about that guy who was motionless like a doll in a quiet room where no one was looking and everything was frozen.

After saying that, Professor Ellini looked at me and asked.

“Lee Seon-woo. I said in a previous lecture that even if you have an innate S-class gift, your grade when you first awaken is around B-grade. Do you remember for some reason?”

It was a random question, but I answered calmly, thinking it was definitely related to the story to come.

“Yes, your body instinctively told you to walk to safety because your delicate body cannot handle the mighty power of an S-class gift.”

“Hmm, I guess you were listening to the lecture well. That’s the correct answer. It’s because of the body’s instinctive safety. Even though the grade has been lowered, it may be because it’s excessive force, but it often puts some strain on the body.”

“Did the professor do the same?”

“In my case, the more I used the gift, the more heat built up in my body. So I often smoked tobacco made from herbs that have a cooling effect.”

Professor Ellini, who said that she still suffers from a past habit, tapped a bundle of tobacco in the front pocket of her suit with her finger.

“…But here’s the question. What if a congenital S-Class Gifted was born with a ‘perfect constitution’ for the S-Class Gift it has had since birth? In addition, there is an astronomical probability that from ‘an infancy without even the slightest bit of easiness’ What if you are born with an ‘innate magical talent’ that allows you to instinctively accumulate magical energy in the air without any knowledge or knowledge?”

“… That is.”

The possibility of such a being appearing was so slim that it was equivalent to directly arguing with the word probability.

If a being that satisfies all those conditions appears…

A ‘catastrophe’ will occur as the ‘evil power of the S-class gift’ is unleashed on the surroundings ‘without any control.’

“Sou Icicle was born with ‘too much’ of a talent that can be considered a blessing to the family, a talent that is said to be God’s blessing. …God’s excessive love is no different from a ‘curse’ for humans.”

“…”

“The glut of high-grade gifts often leaves irreparable scars not only on those around you, but also on yourself.

── As soon as Suaisicle was born, he killed his mother due to an explosion of Gifts. “

I held my breath a little at Suu’s past, which wasn’t even written down in the strategy book.

It was a tragedy.

No one was bad, but the victim came forward…

That’s why it’s an even more unfortunate and bitter tragedy.

“Great power can earn the respect of those around you, but if it is a power that you cannot control, the only thing you can receive from those around you is fear. This is especially true if it becomes stronger than the increase in control. That person is not a family member, but a servant of the family. It’s as if I spent dozens of years alone in my room, as if I was isolated and not even able to contact anyone.”

Professor Ellini made a bitter expression, saying he didn’t even know how to read before meeting him.

“I almost forced him to come to the academy, as he had been broken somewhere by the wrong environment. I taught him how to read and write, general common sense, and how to control his powers. However, I thought that was what he needed most. “I couldn’t tell you.”

“… What do you need most?”

“It is the exchange with others, the human warmth that will heal the wounds of his twisted heart.”

Professor Ellini looked down at her own palm, at the magic power fluttering above it.

Ellini Paizen’s magical power filled with fire energy and Suu Icicle’s magical power, which was the cold energy itself, were close to polar opposites.

If they had been able to perfectly control each other’s magical powers, they would have been able to contact each other without any major problems, but it is difficult for Suu to even control the gift that continues to grow.

Even though she was a highly skilled Professor Ellini, she could not forcefully suppress Suu’s magical power her, but she could not make contact without any damage or backlash.

“That’s where you appeared. You were the only one who didn’t suffer any damage despite coming into contact with him.”

Saying that, Professor Ellini lowered her head.

“Please. Help him realize that the world is not all lonely.”

“Professor Elini…”

He was a wonderful adult.

For the sake of his students, he bowed his head without hesitation to me, who was almost 10 years younger than him and who could be defeated with a single wave of his hand.

When a person like this does this, how can you refuse?

I couldn’t refuse, and I didn’t want to refuse.

“I understand. I will take on that request.”

*****

After saying that, it was good that he held the hand of Suu, who had been called to Professor Elini, and rushed out with great force…

“Suu, is there a place you want to go?”

“…”

“Is this something you want to do…” ” .?”

“…”

“… Is it a regular hobby or something?”

“…”

Suu shakes his head silently in response to the difficult question.

‘I think this is going to be harder than I thought…’

It was quite embarrassing as it was my first time seeing a girl who reacted or expressed such sparse expressions.

“Suu, should we just sit on the bench over there and think about what to do?”

“… Yes.”

I held Suu’s cool hand and led him, and we sat side by side on a bench in a deserted park.

“…”

“…”

And the quiet silence that came.

In that silence, I was looking up at the blue sky and thinking about what I should do to make the girl happy.

Flinch-

I felt a slight movement in my hand.

When I looked down blankly, I saw Suu intent on gently touching my hand or gently touching it.

“…”

I gently touch my hand her, which is lying carelessly on the bench, with the tip of my thin finger, and when my hand flinches and reacts to the touch, I quickly open my finger as if I touched a stove in the winter.

And after looking down for a moment, he touches my hand again with his fingers her her, as if gently stroking it.

Looks like a child seeing a strange creature. The girl had an expressionless expression, but somehow, it seemed like her curiosity and curiosity could be faintly seen within her.

“… Haha.”

At that sight, I burst out laughing so quietly that the girl couldn’t hear it, shaking away the tension that had been building up in her shoulders without her knowledge of her.

‘Well, I guess I don’t have to do anything else… As long as she seems happy, it’s okay.

I watched in silence as Suu played with her fingers.

How much time has passed,

“Huh? Is it lunch already?”

The sun rising above her head and the faint feeling of hunger in her stomach announced that it was noon.

“Obviously, here… Tskcha.”

I took out a basket from subspace, pretending to take it out of the pocket on my waist.

When the top was opened, the basket was filled with colorful bite-sized sandwiches.

I held it out to Suu and said.

“Suu, do you want to eat together?”

Today, I was planning to take a walk around the Academy without any particular purpose, so I brought a lunch box that I had asked in advance from Li Ling, the dark spirit who assists me in the dormitory.

Since it was made by the chef of Bulmyeong-gwan, a dormitory for top students, the taste was guaranteed.

But Suu shook his head slightly.

“Huh? Are you not hungry? Or is it because you hate sandwiches?”

“… No.”

Suu shook his head as if saying no, then carefully opened his small mouth and spoke in a voice that sounded like a rolling bell, and in a halting tone as if he was not used to speaking.

“… Food, I can’t… Eat…”

“It’s not that I don’t eat, it’s that I can’t eat the food itself…” ” ?”

“… Yes.”

When I looked puzzled, Suu carefully took a bite of a sandwich with a fork that was in the basket he wanted to show me and brought it to his mouth

And the moment the sandwich was about to enter Suu’s small mouth.

“Huh…”

So bad-

I was speechless as I watched the sandwich freeze in an instant.

Suu said as he put down the frozen sandwich.

“… This is why I can’t eat it…”

“… Then what do you usually eat?”

When Suu said something while putting down the frozen sandwich, I quickly came to my senses and asked Suu.

“…”

Wow-

Then, without saying a word, Suu took out an item from the bracelet-type subspace bag and handed it to me.

Grumbling-

It is a container full of pills with a weak magical power.

I took out a pill and used the [Emotion A] Gift.

Tiring!

Item: Northern Ranger Unit’s Emergency Nutritional Supplement

Grade: C

Description: An emergency nutritional supplement taken by ranger units scouting the harsh snowy fields of the North when they are unable to eat during long-term missions. The moment it enters the body, it decomposes quickly, supplying about a week’s worth of nutrition and moisture to the body.

*However, since it is made from herbs imbued with the cold air of the north, great care must be taken as cold builds up in the body and puts a strain on the body when consumed.

After reading the information, I asked Su with a puzzled look.

“No way, this is all I eat on a regular basis… ?”

“… Yes.”

“… Since when did you only eat this?”

“From when I was young…”

“… Do you ever remember eating anything else than this?”

“No… Uh…”

I was greatly shocked to see Suu shaking his head from side to side in response to the last question.

As the saying goes, clothing, food, and shelter, eating is one of the essential things in a person’s life.

However, the girl in front of me says she has never experienced the pleasure of eating delicious food.

This is ‘Have you eaten?’ As a nation of people who always greet each other by saying, “Let’s have a meal next time,” We must never sit still.

Rumble-

Without saying a word, I opened the subspace and quickly took out various cooking utensils and ingredients.

“… ?”

Suu blinks at them.

I looked at her and declared in her serious voice.

“Suu, I will teach you the joy of eating food.”

The grandmother’s heart burned brightly at the sight of her starving grandchildren, welling up from deep within her heart.