chapter 20
Episode 20-The Need for a Safe Living Environment
This was the thought I had while taking the written test.
In Apocalypse Escape, the written test is replaced with a mini game.
Scores are determined by multiplying the basic skills developed while studying by mini-games, so I have never taken the test myself.
For the same reason, I have never checked the full text of the book.
These are easy problems. I was able to solve it using common sense and knowledge learned from countless games, but even if I went up to a slightly higher level of difficulty, the level was considerable.
‘It’s good that you studied hard.’
There were so many problems that I couldn’t have solved if I had studied less.
He took the test while carefully rolling his head.
The test lasted for a total of 7 periods and was over in just one day. During the 15-minute break, no one interfered with the other cadets.
It was because, no matter how small the impact of the written test on practical work, there are some kids like me who risk their lives on the written test.
It wasn’t that Awakened people didn’t have bigots, but there were a lot of cool kids in my class, so there weren’t any kids who could move carelessly.
“Ugh…”
As soon as the exam was over, my head fell.
‘It’s f*cking hard…’
Fill an hour for each exam.
About 10 hours, including lunch break, was poured into the test only, and my head was pounding after working so hard.
-Rutter.
Perhaps it was because he had been using his brain, an organ that consumes a lot of energy, for a long time, and started clamoring for food from his stomach.
“Do you want to go eat together? The exam is over.”
It is not necessary to receive additional training on the day of the test.
It was because of the academy’s judgment that taking a break on that day would be more beneficial since you studied hard for a day, but it seemed that taking a good rest today would give you more energy to study later.
“It’s okay. I’ll take care of it.”
“I’m going to buy it for you, but won’t you follow me?”
At Yang Ga-hyun’s words, I immediately nodded.
The other day, when I got coffee and ate it, I followed it without thinking and went through a lot of trouble saying that I put a straw inside without exposing my mouth at all.
If I tried to cover my face perfectly while eating with them, it would be really complicated and cumbersome, but I didn’t want to step out and do something like that.
“Why?”
Yang Ga-hyun said as if he was sincerely sorry.
I wondered if it was so unfortunate that we didn’t eat together, but it’s already been a month since we met, and we’ve only had a handful of conversations in a quiet place so far.
“Anyway, you’re going to go home and rest today. We’re going to have a meal together during the rest time anyway, is that okay?”
“Uh. No. I have something else to do at home.”
As he spoke with a scarf wrapped around his face instead of an iron plate, Yang Ga-hyeon turned his head and appealed that he was sulking.
There’s no point in blabbering like that.
If Yang Ga-hyun had a low affinity, I would have to pay attention to her, but just looking at the way she showed me, she seemed to have a lot of feelings for me, so I didn’t have to pay attention to her.
“Then I will go now.”
“Do it yourself.”
When I opened the door and came out, I saw Park Ji-soo in front of the door.
Park Ji-soo, who listened to our senior Lee Mari’s advice, stopped being a stalker and began to appear in the world, and thanks to that, he was getting to know Yang Ga-hyun and Lee Seo-yeon little by little.
Park Ji-soo’s personality is a bit gloomy, but he wasn’t inferior in his abilities, and he was a very dark and gloomy b*tch when talking to me, but he was moderately timid when talking to other kids, so we became quite close in a short time.
“Did you do well on the test?”
“Oh. Good job.”
When asked if I did well on the test, if I answered that I did well, the probability of being bluffed was close to 100%, but I was definitely confident.
In the first place, I took the test aiming for first place, but I shouldn’t have done poorly.
“My junior, did you do well in the exam?”
I let out a small sigh at the sight of Imari suddenly falling from above.
“Yes, I did.”
“Then this senpai did well in her exam, and it was delicious…”
“I don’t need it.”
I sighed as I passed by Imari.
“Doesn’t the mentor even let the mentee buy food!”
“If there’s anything you want to buy, please buy us useful equipment instead of rice. I’m busy, so I’ll go now.”
I left the girls behind and left the academy.
‘This scarf is the problem.’
It’s not that I don’t like receiving free food.
But the problem is that it is impossible to eat together when the face is covered with a scarf.
Eating with a straw can be eaten without being noticed if you clench your teeth and adjust well, but it is true that there is no way to eat food with a spoon and chopsticks without being noticed by others…
‘And it’s better to receive equipment than to receive food.’
After all, they can survive somehow by eating only grass that grows on the ground and eating tree trunks.
As soon as she went home with her stomach full, she lay down on the floor.
I was able to achieve a soft feeling by laying down on old clothes made before the end of time.
– Basrak.
As I was trying to fall asleep, delighted with the early break, I heard something crunching.
– Jump up.
As soon as I heard a sound I shouldn’t have heard, I immediately lifted my back and looked around.
The sound came from very close.
But it wasn’t a sound coming from outside the house.
The sound that came from the entrance gave me a slight goose bump.
‘What kind of guy is this?’
Living in an abandoned house that is all collapsing, you can say that they came to the house thinking it was ruined, but the people living nearby know all kinds of signs that can identify the owner of the house or not.
If someone came to me even though I indicated there was a landlord, it means that I am an outsider who does not know the basic signs, or an invader who dares to step in first even though I know that there is a landlord.
-Clap…
I pulled out a small dagger that I always carry.
It was a dagger used during training, but when the times were the times, it was a borrowing item if I asked them to lend it to the academy.
“What a bastard!”
I lowered my voice as much as I could and spoke in a shrill voice.
Even though I said that, there was still a hint of weakness, so I wondered if it was rather counterproductive, but if the other person was an outsider, he would go outside even after hearing a shout.
“You bastard is so angry… What did you say?”
Please, I begged him to be an outsider, but he must have just come to steal the house.
The sound of footsteps got closer and a skinny man appeared.
The lumber in his hand proves that he never set foot in this building for benign reasons.
“Why don’t you go out of your way in someone else’s house?”
“This is my house? This is not a place for a kid like you.”
Even when I saw him holding a wooden stick, I didn’t feel any sense of fear.
The house I live in is the worst house in the concentration around here.
Even in the end times, there were many cases where houses built in previous eras maintained their appearance, but to come to such a small house means that they are not confident in their own power.
In other words, it is safe to say that there is no back stomach.
–
I swung his dagger lightly to make him notice the weapon I was carrying.
He was visibly taken aback as the sharp dagger cut through the air.
“If you don’t leave right now, you will die.”
I made up my mind and glared at him, and with a small f*cking sound, he slowly started backing away.
“Okay. Just turn it off.”
He took the lumber and walked out slowly.
His appearance, as if he was frightened, but his eyes were rolling like crazy, matched the image of a lower class person exactly.
‘It seems that outsiders are outsiders…’
Even though he was thin, his eyes and behavior were not of a low class, so looking at him walking around without a room so far, he seemed to be of a similar class.
‘I just woke up because of a useless guy.’
Resting is so important if you want to study hard again from tomorrow, but I was heartbroken that the string of rest was so easily cut off.
‘Let’s go to sleep.’
In conclusion, I couldn’t sleep.
Because if I just tried to sleep, that bastard would come into the room to kill me, so I had to get up and kick him out at regular intervals.
I even chased after him with a dagger to kill him, but I couldn’t catch him once because he wasn’t running that fast.
‘Isn’t this bastard coming tomorrow too?’
It was a moment when I felt like a curse at the house where I had lived well despite back pain and cold.