I Killed an Academy Player - Chapter 37
[ Arisha Arden (6) ]
Compared to swordsman Runia Arden, Arisha’s strength is only area slashing.
Even a knight who has reached the level of a semi-special class can walk through this realm that is limited to the level of awareness.
Therefore, the winner of this fight must be determined only within the territory.
So, Arisha was instructed to strictly avoid and run away to waste time.
Target Runia’s habit patterns that she learned from dozens of battles in the previous episode and capture her only chance of victory in a turf war.
As I expected, it was Runia’s sword that collided in the area and was cut off.
“…….”
In the static-filled dojo, Runia stared blankly at her severed sword.
I was faster.
I swung my sword first.
He was ahead in both ability and judgment.
Still, it was late.
What would she think when she saw that her half-sister had reached the ‘territory’ she had been pursuing her whole life in an instant?
“Ha… Is it a lack of performance?”
Nothing special. She is the one who laments like that and takes up the sword again.
“As of now, I and my subordinates will not interfere with you.”
With those words, Runia turned her back.
“Uh, sister…”
I awkwardly walked over carefully and grabbed Runia’s sleeve. Runia stopped.
“Hmm…”
Looking back. Arisha comes in covered in blood. Runia thought for a moment and then placed her hand on Alisha’s head.
“You’ve grown quite a bit taller.”
With those words, Runia left the dojo. It was the conclusion of a sisterly fight.
[Arisha Aden Runia Aden]
※ Difficulty: B+
※ Reward
– 40 points evenly distributed
– Auror grade increased {Low to medium} -] { Medium }
– Auror amount increased by 600
– [Area understanding] acquired
* * * *
「It is Runia Aden.」
The first time I met her was before the Marie incident even occurred.
I remember being a little embarrassed because it was much faster than the scenario.
In the game, when Arisha died, Runia could join the party, so Park Si-hoo and I didn’t find it strange that Runia joined.
But we didn’t know. At least Park Si-hoo, who murdered Arisha, probably didn’t expect it.
“I couldn’t find the guy who killed my brother.”
The reason she joined.
Runia has been looking for the culprit who murdered Arisha.
In the end, the culprit was not found. Because the real culprit was Park Si-hoo.
We fought together, and even during the fight, Runia did not give up.
On the third anniversary of Alisha’s death, I had a chance to talk to her as she was still looking for the culprit.
“I thought you hated your younger brother.”
“I hate you. I thought he was lazy, unserious, and just annoying. However…….”
「…….」
「If not me, who will avenge that child? A father who sowed seeds and left them alone? Is she a mother who relieves her child of her betrayal of her husband? “Or the family prosecutors who treat her as a girl in name only?”
she laments. I was tracking the whereabouts of the invisible yam sword and waiting for the day when Arisha’s killer would reveal himself.
“It’s just me. “There is no one who can relieve that child of his resentment other than me.”
An illegitimate child who was isolated from his family followed his half-sister out of childlike admiration.
After learning the sword and cutting down a person for the first time, I realized the fear of the sword.
What did Alisha think when she was mentioned as an unwanted successor and became hostile to the older sister she admired?
I would have given up.
He would have been lazy and used the sword moderately. To reassure my sister and her followers.
I am not your enemy.
Runia didn’t know that either.
“I thought you hated your brother. There was enough reason for that.”
“If there is a reason why I dislike that child… that reason is not because of the succession order.”
“What if that is not the case?”
“I pursued my grandfather’s sword. It was an area that I had given up on at some point. “The state I was pursuing appeared before my eyes.”
She confessed that such an ideal was starting to make her lazy and she couldn’t bear it.
These sisters must have had a complicated relationship that we didn’t know about.
Because the trivial past history of NPCs that is not expressed in the game is not conveyed.
“Did I… do a good job?”
Inside the hospital room. Alisha sat on the bed and muttered quietly.
“good job.”
I assured. You did a good job. At my answer, Alisha pouted with sullen eyes.
“How can you be so sure? Now I will be designated as Aden’s successor, and I will also keep Runia and her followers in check. The Aden family are truly scary people.”
I guess so. The important thing is not simply to reproduce the legend. Because there are many vested interests and interests intertwined in Aden.
They would also be in trouble if an illegitimate child became the head of the family, including Arisha, who has no connections whatsoever.
“It’s your choice to fight or not to fight.”
“…You’re saying we don’t fight?”
“Okay, just leave the family and that’s it.”
“……!!”
Alisha is shaking as if she had never thought about it. But soon he became sullen and drooped.
“I don’t like it. If I do that… my connection with my sister will really end.”
“No, it will not be broken. The bond between you and Runia Aden will not be broken even if you die.”
“How can you be so sure?”
I saw it. Because I saw that the sadness triggered by your death continued until the end of my life.
Because I watched as the only person who admired you persistently tracked down the culprit.
“It’s amazing that we are brothers. Sometimes we feel like killing each other, but our relationship is closer than our parents.”
“Ah, it’s my turn to use the computer!!”
“Get out of here. “ I’m really going to die.”
“Mom! “Brother, don’t let me use the computer!”
“Oh, really!”
It’s fading away, but I still remember it. My brother’s reaction when I got beaten up by neighborhood brothers.
“Some bastard hit my little brother!”
Isn’t this the basic relationship between brothers and sisters?
“The distance may become longer. The relationship may become awkward. But ties are not so easily broken.”
Even if it remains as a once-in-a-lifetime memory. We remember each other. Maybe I won’t forget and look for it until the end.
“Do you have a brother?”
“…I have an unlucky little sister.”
One way or another, I too have adapted to this world.
My younger brother, who was protected after being squeezed and losing his turn at the computer, has now become my older brother, whining and begging me to buy him expensive candy.
“No matter what, we are brothers.”
I acknowledged the feelings and memories that Corinne Locke left behind within me. I would have probably finished worrying about my identity by then.
“Mr. Corrin is a strange person.”
“huh?”
“You’re the same age as me, right? But why do you always act like you’re an adult?”
Because I lived 14 years longer than you. At least he’s in his 30s, and if you count Corin’s memories, he’ll be in his 50s the day after tomorrow.
“Do you look old?”
“So much! Maturity after going through all the hardships? That’s what I feel!”
That’s sharp.
Alisha laughed brightly as she fixed the bandage on her head that was slightly falling off.
“thank you.”
“what?”
“It’s the same in this case and in the forest.”
hmm?
“You saved me in the forest. Corrin, right?”
Did you notice? I didn’t mean to tell you.
“How did you know?”
“Well, the first thing is that the voices are similar and the belt. A man’s belt… It’s not as easy to change as you think, right?”
“Uhm….”
It’s true. I usually didn’t pay attention to it, but I don’t remember ever changing my belt. Even in the previous episode, I used this cheap belt.
“And what made me certain was that I just looked it up and gave an honest answer.”
“……Who are you?”
“Eh?”
“There’s no way Alisha is this smart…”
“…Hmph.”
Alisha pouted her mouth.
“Mr. Corrin, is there something you want from me?”
“uh.”
“Immediate answer…”
Why did you think I would say there was nothing?
“I know! I owe Corin a huge debt! Just tell me anything!”
“Is everything okay?”
“…Except for the yam sword.”
“Why? Because it’s a waste?”
“No, the legal owner has to pay taxes because it is an installment plan…”
They say they are looking for a trick, saying that a 20% tax will be added to transfer ownership. The official price of the yam sword was… over twenty platinum coins. That means taxes alone are at least 400 million won.
“In terms of income, you are realistically poor.”
“…Unlike my sister, I have not received any special property.”
“Why would I want money from you? Do I want connections?”
“Wouldn’t it be a little bit?”
“It won’t work.”
Perhaps because he thought he had been ignored, his lips parted again. I want to hit him with a straw.
“Let us be friends.”
“…Is this the end?”
Awakens as True Alisha and becomes friends with the strongest counter in the big boss fight who casts area slash.
No matter how I think about it, I benefit.
“Why? You don’t want to be friends with me?”
“Huh! Oh no! A friend! A friend! It’s my first time having a boyfriend, so I think it’ll be nice! No, a friend who’s a guy!”
“Okay, okay.”
Alisha held out her hand, unable to hide her excited, red cheeks. Thinking it was a handshake, he held her hand and smiled.
“Let’s get along, buddy.”
“Hmm…! I’m also glad to have a reliable friend like Corin!”
It was a pure smile, far from malice or calculation. This child will also be able to face a new ending like Marie in the previous episode.
Punishment for the wicked and a bright future for the good.
I hope my child has better options.
“I’m… scared of fighting.”
“know.”
“And yet, there are times when I smile while fighting.”
“I saw it too.”
“So… I always avoided fighting. I felt like I wasn’t myself… and I was scared of fighting with my sister. I wasn’t as serious as others and only looked for what was easy.”
“Others do the same.”
An ordinary girl of this age, who was always intimidated by her talent due to her environment, honestly confessed her natural concerns and agony.
Marie, Alicia… and Hwaran are all just children in the end.
As we grow older and experience small misfortunes or accidents, we gain insight.
It’s okay if it’s not necessarily something great. The advice that can be given to children going through their teenage years does not have to be too grand.
Even though I was born a little earlier, it would be okay for me to give this much support.
“Don’t think too hard about it. I just provided an opportunity.”
“What is the occasion?”
“When I was young, I got beaten up by neighborhood gangsters.”
“Are you Corrin?”
Alicia was wide open as if she couldn’t believe it.
It’s been more than 10 years. I was caught by high school students smoking and dragged into an alley. It was a common occurrence and could happen to anyone.
“Hey, do you have any money?”
This is what is called ‘being robbed.’ I was in middle school, and when I think about it sometimes, it’s still a shameful and shameful past.
“I got beaten up when I refused to take my wallet, so much so that I had to miss school for a few days.”
“…Are you hurt a lot?”
“The kids’ fists are all there. The pain wasn’t because I was beaten. “It was because I couldn’t lift my fist even once.”
“…….”
It wasn’t because I was in pain, but because I was humiliated that I didn’t go to school. I
didn’t do anything wrong, but it wasn’t me who was wrong, but I was embarrassed that I wasn’t confident enough in that situation.
” Alicia, you are a much stronger person than me, who was a helpless child back then. “I want you to always be a person who is confident in yourself.”
Arisha Aden’s biggest weakness is her self-esteem, which has plummeted to the bottom.
If only she had the opportunity to show off her talent without hiding it… There is something that Arisha Aden cannot cut. * * * *
A fierce sword-crazy beast lived in Arisha’s heart.
She knew that this was a part of her.
However, she had denied herself the magical power of being possessed by the sword all her life.
It had never once satisfied the swordsman in her heart .
I couldn’t do it.
I wanted to satisfy them. My true nature was that I wanted to swing the sword to my heart’s content and show off my talent.
But I was afraid. Can I really wield this talent? What about my sister? What about my family? Will they leave me alone? Will they bless me? Will they support me? ?
Alisha also knew that that wouldn’t happen.
So she wrapped herself up in a small and timid self-satisfaction.
She wanted to enjoy her school life by dealing only with low-level monsters and to be supported by an academy that didn’t know her as a coward.
She suffered while playing the hero. They try to satisfy themselves without anything.
That’s what cowards do.
They only look for opponents who are weaker than themselves, and they strike cool poses in safe places and pass on the danger to others.
At some point, they start to think that this is all they can do and that this is enough. I told myself that I was satisfied. Something I
had believed in myself for some time…
“You can do it. You can do better than what you are doing now.”
There was a boy cheering me on. A
friend I had only seen a few times. She believed in herself.
How much did she believe that I was more talented when she saw me and my sister?
The girl is still perplexed.
She grew up as an illegitimate child and was always compared and ignored. How did she improve at all from the times when the line was blurred and she said, ‘This is it?’ Arisha, who had never been born before, is not used to the idea of unconditional faith.
Neither her biological father, stepmother, nor numerous brothers-in-law have ever told Arisha Aden, ‘You can do it.’
“…He’s like an uncle.”
The one who didn’t say dad. The reason is that this girl’s image of her biological father cannot be positive at all.
The most positive representation of an adult she could imagine was portrayed as an uncle-like figure she had never met.
Would this be what it would feel like if I had an uncle, an adult who supported me?
“Arisha, you are a much stronger person than me, who was a helpless child back then. “I want you to always be confident in yourself.”
“Hehe…”
He laughs so hard that he looks a little stupid when seen from the side.
The older sister I was able to get in close contact with wasn’t the type of person to say such a warm word.
A child blushes while being puzzled by a warm word from an adult he or she is hearing for the first time.
A period of turbulence was beginning without knowing the identity of the feeling that my heart was pounding and shaking.
『Corin Locke (Hero)』
Class – { Knight }
Personality – { Justice } { Goodness }
Talent – { Spear Specialization }
Auror – { Medium (5530) } Magic
Power – { Low (2870) }
Characteristic – { Regenerative Pain of a Relentless Warrior Understanding resistance areas}
Strength: 59 -] 67
Dexterity: 58 -] 66
Stamina: 60 -] 68
Aura: 56 -] 64
Magic: 56 -] 64
[Regeneration of a persistent warrior]
If HP falls below a certain level during combat, HP recovery This increases significantly.
【Pain Resistance】
– Resistant to attacks of level 4 or lower. Significantly reduces the possibility of status abnormalities caused by toxic contamination.
– Resistance to the same attack increases.
【Understand Area】
– The probability of entering the area increases.
– Increases your understanding of the area each time you enter it.