assistirfilmes Chapter 8
Chapter 8
“Huaaam...”
[Dear Reader, are you sleepy?]
“Well, of course...”
It would be strange if I wasn’t sleepy, right?
I stayed up all night, boringly watching the front of Yu Siwoo’s house.
No matter how young my body has become, I’m still tired.
[...I’m a bit disappointed. Since you’re the protagonist, I thought some incident would happen.]
“I told you that just because I’m the protagonist doesn’t mean something’s always happening.”
If there was an incident every year, my body wouldn’t last.
I’m not always involved in incidents just because I’m the protagonist.
Thankfully, it seems the Author understands and isn’t too disappointed.
“Huaaam...”
“Ah, hello.”
“?!”
I waited for Yu Siwoo to come out and timed my greeting.
What’s wrong, why is he so surprised?
...Was I found out? Nah, it couldn’t be.
He must have been confused by running into such a pretty girl first thing in the morning.
“What a coincidence. I guess you must live around here?”
“Y-Yeah... That’s right.”
“You look tired, you shouldn’t be. You need to get plenty of sleep.”
I smiled at him.
Good, that should have raised his affection for me.
By the way, why does Yu Siwoo have such dark circles?
Did he not sleep well? Why?
[Reader! Reader! Let’s walk to the academy with Siwoo!]
The Author started cheering excitedly.
I have no choice.
“Since we’ve run into each other, why don’t we walk to the academy together?”
“T-Together...?”
“Yes, together.”
Yu Siwoo nodded, and the Author cheered.
They seem happy to be able to keep watching the protagonist they’re writing about.
They’ve completely forgotten their anger now.
“Hehe, I’m also looking forward to the academy life.”
I should keep smiling.
Maybe acting friendly will help improve his sullen expression a bit.
Due to her tired, narrowed vision, Arte didn’t notice Yu Siwoo’s stiff expression.
***
“Okay, everyone. You worked hard sitting at your desks yesterday. We won’t do any theory today, so don’t worry.”
“Oooooh...!”
The students started getting excited at Professor Claire’s words.
They must really dislike theory lessons.
Well, I hated studying too when I was their age.
I’m no different, am I?
“So, Author. What do you have planned for today?”
[Umm... We’ve already done weapon selection and duels, so I wanted to do a mana measurement today!]
“Mana measurement? But isn’t that something usually done at the entrance ceremony...?”
Yeah, that’s right.
Mana measurements and special trait confirmations are usually done at the very beginning, at the entrance ceremony.
They put their hand on the crystal and go, “Woooah! This guy has an incredible amount of mana! He’s a promising student!”
Or “Woooah, an S-rank trait! Amazing!”
We’ve done things out of order.
Now that I think about it, we did the duels before measuring it.
[Ehehe... Well! The plan was to do it at the entrance ceremony, but the device was broken during the monster attack, and the replacement just arrived now.]
“Hmm...”
The way they’re being evasive tells me they probably just forgot.
They got too focused on the monster attack and forgot about that detail.
“You there, come on out.”
I spoke the line I had prepared.
Isn’t this the kind of line you have to use for scenes like this? Sounds cool, doesn’t it?
I drew the dagger I had hidden and aimed it at a tree I had targeted... Taking aim.
“If you don’t come out... Then I’ll have to make you.”
And throw.
The dagger left my hand and lodged itself in the trunk of a tree.
Completely missing the direction I was aiming at.
[Reader, you missed spectacularly...]
“...”
Well, I missed my target by a bit...
It’s not like someone who has never properly held a knife could throw a dagger perfectly, right?
[Wow, to be able to throw it in a completely different direction from where you were aiming, that’s kind of a talent in itself, isn’t it?]
“Hah, haha... Be quiet. It seems I was mistaken.”
[So you like scenes like that, huh... Well, I’ll keep it in mind. It would be nice if a scene the Reader enjoys ends up in the novel someday!]
My face felt hot.
I shouldn’t have done that.
No, but I couldn’t help myself.
If you’re in a secluded area holding a dagger,
And on top of that, having a conversation with someone,
Isn’t that the classic cliche of someone eavesdropping on an important conversation?
I just wanted to try it out.
“Let’s head back. Class is about to start.”
[The Reader’s preferences are eavesdropping or spying scenes. Noted...]
Be quiet!
A guy can enjoy that kind of thing too, you know!
...Oh right, I didn’t retrieve the dagger.
Oh well, it’s just a standard academy model anyway.
I’ll ask for another one later.
***
A few minutes after Arte had left the area,
A blonde girl with bangs braided peeked out from the tree the dagger was stuck in.
Yes, it was Amelia.
“Huff... huff... My, my heart hurts. I thought I was going to die.”
Having held her breath so her sounds wouldn’t be heard, she gasped heavily to catch her breath.
Her legs, tense from the excessive strain, didn’t seem like they would move for a while.
Amelia let out a sigh.
“I just wanted to confirm who that student was, so why did this happen...”
Right.
That rude girl who ditched the duel had gone to a secluded area,
So out of curiosity, just a tiny bit of curiosity,
She had followed after her.
“A secret room? An artifact that could upend the world? What is that about?!”
She had never heard of such things before.
Is the academy’s founder hiding away an artifact like that?
She didn’t want to believe it.
She had wanted to dismiss it as the delusions of a girl with chuunibyou, but the dagger she saw in her vision,
That dagger flew right at her despite being in a completely different direction than she was facing.
Seemed to be telling her that what she heard was the truth.
“Yu Siwoo, I think that’s what he was called.”
She recalled her saying that name before leaving her spot.
She was looking forward to how Yu Siwoo would act.
Was she taking some kind of interest in the one who resolved the monster incident?
Or perhaps Yu Siwoo was also an accomplice of Arte Iris, and they knew each other?
She felt a need to meet Yu Siwoo herself.
“Uu, uuh. I need to use the bathroom...! Legs, please move...!”
But first, the bathroom.