I Became an Extra Who Died Instead of the Main Character

20 – Forest (1)

The morning of the day we headed to the forest was bright.

Since the mentor assignments start in the morning and continue until class ends, we and the sophomore mentors had to move in the morning.

Since the forest was far away from the dormitory and classrooms, the students gathered together and chatted while walking.

“It’s a little farther than I thought…”

“Can’t you come to support right away if something happens inside?”

“Don’t say anything ominous. Words become seeds.”

“Of course I’m kidding. Are you scared?”

To make fun of each other, or to relieve tension, we even made light jokes and walked away.

“Brother Ryan.”

“Yes.”

“Does your junior have any friends?”

“···”

To my heartache, I had no friends for that.

When you bump into a kid in your class and say hello, you react like you’re looking at an insect.

How can I make a close friend?

It was virtually impossible to make friends in this situation.

‘······Honestly, I understand.’

Even if that situation were me, I wouldn’t have done it even if they told me to be friends with someone like me even if they gave me 100 gold.

Even though she was hurt because of me, Adele, who asked me to become her friend again, was a bodhisattva, not the other students.

‘As expected, there is no other way than to change my perception.’

So, in fact, it seemed that if I wanted to make friends, I would have no choice but to change the students’ perception of me.

I was determined to change my perception of myself in the near future.

“Unfortunately, there isn’t.”

“Ah…”

Of course, just because I made up my mind like that didn’t mean I would have friends right now.

Senior Tinia looked at me with pity.

And for some reason, he had a bad expression on his face.

“Don’t worry, this senior mentor is by your side.”

“Wow, thank you so much.”

“······What is it? That unpleasant reaction.”

As I was walking and bickering with senior Tinia, the panoramic view of the vast forest began to catch my eye before I knew it.

‘It’s a different feeling from the last time I saw it.’

When I went around the school with Tinia senior and saw the forest, I saw it from a distance, and the time zone was in the afternoon, not the morning, so it was only natural.

As the entrance to the forest began to appear little by little, the students began to share their opinions.

“Looks like there.”

“Something creepy…”

“It really looks like something is going to happen.”

That literally, the entrance to the forest surrounded by vines and bushes was like looking at the entrance to a cave made of stone.

The interior of the forest was dark and difficult to see with the naked eye, probably because the sunlight did not pass through well.

I wouldn’t say it’s strange if something pops out right away.

“Let everyone gather this way.”

When we reached the entrance of the forest, Professor Javert called the students together.

“I think you will remember everything I said yesterday, but in case someone has forgotten, I will only repeat the important points.”

In this way, a re-explanation of the mentor assignment was made for those who might have forgotten.

The content was the same as what I heard yesterday.

The subject of the mentor assignment is search, and what you have to find is a flower with an impressive golden color.

If you ever need to call a professor, you can give up the assignment and launch your magic into the sky.

This much.

After all the explanations were over, Professor Javert began calling the students by name one by one.

“Karina Carter. And Karina’s mentors come forward.”

When her own name was called, Karina began to say goodbye to her friends.

“I’ll go first.”

“Go first, I’ll be there soon.”

“Don’t get hurt!”

“Yes, thanks everyone.”

After greeting her friends, Karina waved her hand one last time before she went into the woods.

“Next.”

Professor Javert looked at the entrance of the forest until Karina’s figure disappeared, and when Karina’s figure disappeared, she called the next student.

“Goodbye!”

“Okay, see you later.”

And so, one by one, they entered the forest.

“Next, Adele Listonia.”

It was Adele’s turn before she knew it.

“Yes, Professor.”

After her own name was called, Adele immediately stood up and walked towards the entrance of the forest with her mentor, senior Daniel.

Jeobeok- Jeobeok-

Adele seemed to enter the forest right away.

Hwiik-

She suddenly turned her head to look at me.

‘······································.

And I was taken aback by this sudden development.

I wonder if Tinia-senpai, who was standing next to me, had the same idea.

“·························································································································································Why don’t you go in and look at your junior?”

I will. I don’t know that either.

‘Are you asking me to say hello?’

I suddenly remembered Karina’s incident in front of me, and she raised her hand and greeted me just in case.

“·······!”

Then she immediately smiled broadly and it was Adele who waved her hand eagerly at me.

Seeing Adele like that made me feel proud.

As expected, this was the right decision.

I was proud of the fact that I made the right decision once again today.

“···”

I felt Tinia-senpai’s great gaze from the side, but I decided to ignore it.

So Adele went into the woods, and my turn came soon after.

“Lian Kindred.”

When Professor Javert called my name, I immediately walked toward the entrance with senior Tinia.

“Are you ready?”

As I stood at the entrance of the forest, Professor Javert checked my condition, and I replied confidently.

“Of course.”

“Okay, then go in.”

As soon as he finished his words, he moved toward the interior of the forest.

Finally, the mentoring task began.

*****

“······It’s getting darker.”

After walking towards the interior of the forest for some time, the sunlight that came in through the entrance started not coming in.

Despite the fact that it was morning time when the sun was shining in the sky outside, the sunlight was blocked by the densely packed trees, and the light began to disappear even after washing my eyes and looking for it.

I expected it from the time I practiced light magic like that, but the inside of the forest was much darker than I expected.

“Light!”

In the darkness that was gradually approaching, Tinia-senpai chanted light magic as if it were natural.

Then he looked at me strangely for not chanting light magic.

“Your junior doesn’t use light magic?”

“I’m still lacking in mana management…”

Of course, it was a lie.

It would be true that mana management was lacking, but the real reason was different.

The real reason was that I couldn’t even use basic magic like light magic because I hadn’t absorbed mana yet.

Although there was a method of absorbing the mana of senior Tinia right next to me, there were more restrictions on this absorption than I thought.

That means there is a ‘cooldown’.

After using Absorption once, you cannot absorb other magic or other things for a while.

That was the absorption penalty.

However, I couldn’t tell Tinia-senpai about this, so I covered it up with mana management.

“Well… I was not good at mana management back then… So that’s possible.”

Fortunately, senior Tinia was fooled and the misfortune of being caught lying did not happen.

“Don’t be too heartbroken. Being able to manage mana properly when you’re my junior’s age is beyond genius.”

It was senior Tinia who comforted me, perhaps because she was worried about me getting depressed.

Seeing such a senior figure, I felt a strange sense of guilt.

‘I’m sorry about something.’

To deceive such an innocent person?

My conscience ached.

So, in order to forget this rising guilt, I turned the topic of conversation to the mentor task.

“Didn’t I say the golden flower we need to find?”

“Yes. It’s a very conspicuous golden color, so it’s easy to spot if you’re around.”

So diligently, together we wandered around the forest looking for golden flowers.

At that time.

“Kyaaagh!”

Someone’s shrieking sound echoed through the forest.

“······Just now.”

“・・・・・・Have you heard of it, too?”

As if I wasn’t the only one who heard it, Tinia-senpai also spoke with me at the same time.

“Whose scream… Is that?”

“······I don’t know about that, but one thing is for sure.”

What is certain is that the situation that Professor Javert described as needing a professor occurred in the place where the screams rang out.

‘Should I go over there…?’

I was troubled for a moment.

The fact that the screams echoed out meant that something had happened.

It’s true that someone needs someone else’s help.

The reason I couldn’t run right away was because I still had work to do.

– What you need to find is a golden flower.

With the sound of Professor Javert’s words, the goal of this mentor assignment comes to mind.

I couldn’t act recklessly until I achieved my goal of finding the golden flower.

“Let’s go.”

Nevertheless, I chose to go to the place where the screams came from.

The reason for this choice was simple.

I thought that even if I wandered around a place like this, golden flowers wouldn’t come out at all.

I thought the probability of the golden flower being in the forest was a little higher.

“I was going to ask. It seems that your junior had the same thoughts as me.”

“Let’s go.”

So we moved to the place where the screams rang out.