Chapter 1030 – [Side Story] Epilogue. Dr. Noru From Another World
Since childhood, my dream was to become a priest.
Not the rural cattle healer who shoves a drugged arm into the back of a house-sized dairy cow or cuts the umbilical cord of a baby cow with butcher shears, but the well-heeled religious man in the big city.
So, by the time I went through my coming-of-age ceremony, I had already made up my mind to become a research student.
As a research student at a religious university, it is safe to say that he accepted the future of being forced to volunteer for free. Five years ago, I was a 19-year-old religious man who decided to become a slave to the professor and a golem in the laboratory by voluntarily stepping into a research institute that others avoided.
That’s how I managed to get into a good university, and after completing college classes for about two years, I took a leave of absence and went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
After graduating in about two years, I was thinking of humbly accepting the life of a research student priest, starting with a junior priest, with an attitude of accepting death.
“Mr Ost Harper. Please sign the expulsion order.”
“… Meme?”
Until the film broke while drinking on graduation day, and I hit the head of the professor with a bottle.
***
“From my point of view, all professors in the world have no conscience.”
I lamented as I got drunk on beer without a taste bud at my favorite bar.
Because of an accident committed while drinking alcohol, four years of hard work was thrown into the fertilizer bin right before graduation, but alcohol was the only thing that could soothe this heart. This is a real tragedy, damn it.
The dark-skinned motive put down the glass and giggled.
“Miss Karin? Do you think he’s finally crazy?”
“The refinement of speech is the foundation of dignity. Madness must be the blade he trusts most.”
“Yes?”
“… I said, ‘Say it straight, that guy originally had a weird head.'”
“The heart that connects!”
I cried and lamented it at the bar, but the answer of the idiots who were friends was like this.
Theodore Heswald, who was drinking beer, glowed with dry teeth that he said he had inherited from his father.
“Isn’t it lucky that I was drunk and hit the professor’s head with a bottle and didn’t get arrested?”
“Oh…”
“To be honest, Mr. Ost. No matter how many undergraduates were relieved by your grand sacrifice, if you hit a professor on the head, even the same professor would at least be transferred or fired?”
I also couldn’t drink. I hit the facts as if I were going to plant my head on the table.
“… Chapman is the one who collects the grudges of those who pursue learning. With even my precious hatred in hand, a visit from a warrior like you would have been a long way off. You must not be discouraged yet.”
Karin, my friend who was drinking hot chocolate instead of beer (female by gender) looked at her expression and said,
In a rough understanding, ‘I was a professor who had a lot of resentment from undergraduate students, so even if it wasn’t you, my head would have been broken sooner or later. It’s not common for me to hate people’.
“Thank you for comforting me… “
“… Uh uh It was a comfort, was that? How can you understand me better than me, whom I have known for over 10 years?”
There is no age limit at Carmine University, but Karin was the only undergraduate student who was 16 years old in terms of her looks and actual age.
Since he is the same age as me, it means that he entered the school when he was 12 years old.
There is such a thing as genius. I put a stop to the easygoing Theodore.
“Isn’t it strange that you’re a seminary student and can’t even understand analogies and metaphors? Do you know that the only scripture that is easier to understand than his way of speaking is the Church of Loki?”
“This isn’t why I don’t drink with the chief and the second-in-command. Not even philosophy. Doldae-ri, who came to college to help my mother with her father, cries.”
The Holy Knight—a job similar to——a father and a son from the famous metal smithing guild shook his head and drank. I inhaled too.
“Puha… ! A child with a conscience bursting with gold spoons. What’s the use of being senior? I am a dropout now.”
“… Well. Sorry.”
Even after receiving an apology, the tears of sadness won’t stop.
I thought I could live by throwing away my temper, but I wonder if the blood of Berserk, a savage, can’t be fooled. Even such masochistic racism came to mind.
‘… Ha, damn it. What are we really going to do next?’
Should I go back to my hometown, to Pictriata?
What do you say to Master Shirona?
When I entered the school, they said that I only had to come back within 20 years, but I bet you didn’t think I’d come back empty-handed after not even half of the class.
“… Should I just go back to my hometown and go to the fields?”
I’m from Bersecre, but I didn’t learn beastization magic. It is the trend of the times.
Pictriata, which was called a Pict village until the previous generation, had become a decent city with only the basic framework as an agricultural society by the time I was born.
“Little? Isn’t it a waste to learn?”
“Fuck I don’t know. I’m drunk and I can’t think of anything. If you come to play, you will see me becoming a jintobaegi Berserk. Aren’t you curious what kind of animal ears will grow on my head?”
“I like cats… Mmm! No, it’s too early to give up!”
Whatever she said, Karin covered her mouth gracefully, then jumped up.
“Ost Harper! My dear friend!”
“Yeah. My dear friend.”
“As a duty as a nun, as a philanthropy for the fellowship, this Ekaterina will comfort your heart!”
I whimpered and she roared excitedly.
“Follow me! I will give you the honor of being able to share this first time with me!”
And her tavern fell silent at her auspicious declaration, to the point that she lost her words.
“… Hey Ost. Translate.”
“… I will remain silent.”
‘I will comfort you as a friend. Please follow me on my first experience’?
What does this mean? I knew it, but I thought it would be a big problem if I understood it, so I asked while the alcohol was gone.
“Could you explain a little more easily, in a quieter voice?”
“… Okay.”
Karin, with her mouth open, whispered in my ear.
“It is a pilgrimage. Soon, an Ulster archaeologist’s expedition team, who is close to me, will start moving. This is the first time I am fulfilling the duties of a priest, but I want you, Ost, to join me there.”
… Oh, does that mean
Well, it was nonsense from the beginning that this innocent, but to that side, a young lady who was like a white paper would say such a bold thing.
“Yeah, that’s right… Yes… It was like that…”
I tried to get another beer, but I nodded with a sigh when I realized that the damn glass was empty.
“I’ll go. Please take good care of me.”
“… ! Also my friend! This is the answer you’ve been waiting for! As an experienced person, I hope you can teach me a lot!”
Karin rejoiced as she held my hand with her brightened face, and Theodore, who dripped her beer from her mouth, glared at me like a Professor Park Yi elephant who had been slapped on the back of her head.
“Uh, huh?! Miss, hold on! Now wait a minute!! What did you two just talk about! Teach? Experienced?!”
Not experienced. Because I ran to the Holy Land pilgrimage while I was in school.
If I knew I was going to drop out, I wouldn’t have gone.
“Ah- haha! It should not be leaked! Of course, I conceived it as a secret from both you and the family!”
Karin, her arms crossed in her arms, fluttered her short hair as she pointed her index finger at her.
“Farewell, Theodore! There will be good news soon, so please think of phrases that will bless our future!”
“Miss?! Miss?! I’m going to report this to the Marquis?! Oh, how damn fast! I had to learn how to jump properly from my mom!”
Theodore caught up with Karin—who fled without paying her calculations—and a drunkard dragged by her arm—but Karin kept dragging me away, widening our distance.
Karin’s laugh echoed refreshingly in her drunken head again.
Anyway, I only have the title of college dropout.
Now, in fact, there is no other way left except to enter the Romanian Order, which is more like a medical institution than a religious organization, or to become a Paladin famous for its high workload.
So, it wouldn’t be bad to pave the way as a priest under a religious researcher.
An elite course where you can make pilgrimages, exercise your abilities as a priest, and build relationships and achievements.
It was like I became the subordinate of Karin, the elite.
The second chair of the theology department at Carmine University– No, since I dropped out, it’s Karin who is the top chair. If she worked as her subordinate, wouldn’t she be better off making a living than just a senior dropout?
It was also true that seeing Karin happy made me slightly happy.
… However, if you think about it later.
At this time, we were really immature people who didn’t know the world.
***
Ost woke up to the water droplets on his cheeks.
I must have slept for about 3 minutes. His stiff body twitched, and his throat ached, but it was better than the chill running down his throat.
She had been on the night shift, but had fallen asleep. He impatiently inspected the crack in the rock and was relieved to see that Karin, exhausted from crying, was soundly asleep.
“Mother. It was a dream and it wasn’t fucking.”
I wish it had been a nightmare at least.
However, the reality reflected in his eyes still meant the annihilation of the expedition.
If it was a nightmare, if it was a dream even hitting the head of the professor, it would be the most perfect. Aust tousled her hair and woke Karin.
“Karin. Let’s sort things out for now.”
“… Yes.”
Ost said to Karin, who had lost her initial spirit and was visibly weak.
“The 3rd Expeditionary Force under Professor Hiromain was attacked and annihilated yesterday by monsters. The cause is that the head of the expedition, who seemed to have a bad head, was forced to do it wrong.”
Karin nodded her head.
While the 1st and 2nd Expedition Corps were outstanding experts such as High Ro Maine and Sir Winston, the 3rd Expedition Corps leader they entrusted was not.
Since the heads of the other expeditions knew Karin’s face, they had no choice but to participate secretly. Up to that point, Ost agreed, so there was nothing special about it.
However, it was a small misfortune that the captain of the 3rd Expeditionary Force was an incompetent viscount who only took a position due to a political battle in the academic world. What happened after that was a great misfortune.
He was in a hurry to raise his name, and the monsters stimulated by the intruders attacked the expedition.
“Probably all we survived. There are no fatal wounds between us, but at the time I fixed my leg, each other’s mana is almost crawling on the floor.”
“… You were hurt trying to save me. As for Mana, it was a little better after taking a night off.”
“A little bit is not enough. To return alive to a safe place.”
They were attacked on a cliff that was a danger zone, and Karin summoned some creatures like summoned beasts before it became a crisis situation. She was a knight with white wings.
They defeated the monsters with amazing skills, but the object with strong vitality did not die.
The cliff, which had been weakened by the daily rain, collapsed in the aftermath of the fighting.
It was unknown whether the expedition members were swept away by the landslide, but it would be difficult to survive if the corpses of the adventurers were scattered here and there.
Right now, it was difficult for Ost and Karin to fall asleep until they found a crack in the bedrock covered with tree roots.
“Can’t you call the spirit-like knights you called back then?”
“… I’m sorry, Ost. I missed it during the landslide.”
“That was bad luck. There is nothing that is not there.”
Karin apologized with a face that looked like she was about to cry, but the misfortune was not the fault of the individual.
A person who handles misfortune well is amazing, I didn’t think it was Karin’s fault for being swept away by force majeure like that disaster. At least Ost did.
It would be difficult to argue against the statement that neither he nor she were still immature.
“So, Karin.”
Ost braced himself and said.
“Run alone. Can you do it?”
“… I knew you would say that So I’ll answer whatever I think. No.”
“Look at the roots of this tree. It’s a tree that doesn’t grow on the cliff we went south.”
Ost picked up the root that had grown in the crack of a rock, just like an alumnus.
It was the knowledge of the Druid that he learned from the priest he learned in his homeland.
“It is proof that the climate is different from the place where the expedition was wiped out. From now on, a day’s drive to the east will bring you to the city.”
“Then we should go together.”
Ost shook her head and laughed as she closed her mouth with her bloodshot eyes.
“You know that the canyon leading to the Armials territory is a dangerous zone. If you’re alone, you can hide with that magic item, but if I’m with you, you’ll find out because of me?”
Karin touched a necklace that was the only one of her items given to her by her parents that she did not lose.
The amulet that prevents injuries once a day was used when the monster spewed poison. Now, all that was left was a necklace that concealed her appearance and presence.
“Run alone. I won’t ask you to abandon me. Hire a lifeguard in the city.”
Ost said that and winked at him, squeezing out his lack of strength.
“I will pay for the cost of the rescue over the course of my life. You know I have the ability to do that, right?”
Karin said nothing, but she had no other choice.
And she was a little too wise to pretend not to know that otherwise she was pointless. – Tight. Biting her lip, she opened her mouth.
“For a moment. Shh.”
No, as she was about to open it, Ost blocked her mouth.
As if riding on top of her, he clung to her Karin, giving her a hand signal to keep her quiet and listening to her.
“Aakaaaaa!!”
The monster’s roar.
But it wasn’t a threatening sound. It’s like being eaten by someone.
Coo cooo coo… !
A great number of footsteps could be heard in the distance.
And closer than that sound, there was the sound of footsteps running this way. It was the sign of someone running in a straight line to where they were hiding.
“… Someone is coming here with a monster.”
As Karin listened to her, she shouted.
“There are too many. Let’s go outside! If the ground settles down, you will be crushed to death!”
“Okay. Let’s run away.”
Ost drew his sword, and Karin cast her spell.
Having prepared her defense magic, she glanced back at Ost.
“Aust.”
“Why?”
“… Sorry for keeping it a secret. Let’s live together.”
Secret, what?
Ost didn’t ask. Because Karin’s next action was the answer to her curiosity.
Sarak-.
Her horns, which she had hidden, rose from her indigo bobbed hair. It was a short horn that curved like a sheep’s horn.
【The shield that protects me. ᚨ(Ansuz), ᚦ(Thurisaz), ᛁ(Isaz)!!】
Karin showed off the ability of a mixed-race bicorn god to the fullest.
As the runes came to mind, a wide barrier was created in the outer space. Karin exclaimed.
“Let’s go!”
“Follow me!”
Ost put off the trivial questions. He had more faith in his friends than doubts.
And, the first thing that caught their eyes when they came out was——a man outside the shield.
Her hair was black, like the darkness of the night. Ost opened his eyes.
“… No way?”
The man also turned around as if he had spotted them.
A sculpted face that if you ask 10 passers-by, 9 will tell you that you are handsome. The spear worn on the shoulder was very sharp, and the leather armor glittered.
Ost seemed to know who it was.
A gold-clad doctor who leads the cutting edge of modern archeology. Award Winner.
A man who ruthlessly cut down disasters such as corrupted ancients, black magicians, and evil spirits that were secretly moving around the world.
A man who rose from a nameless slave to the position of having a private meeting with the queen with only his own strength and wisdom. A hero among heroes that the world’s most powerful people say they hate to fight the most.
The richest marquis in Britannia, with an island that divides the seas and hundreds of artifacts.
The pride of Britannia, whose name is also famous, Nord von Wolf──
“Ekaterina ?! What are you doing in a place like this?! No! I don’t know, but I’ll hide myself too! Let me in!”
… Hedin, I don’t think so?
Ost twisted his head involuntarily.
─Boom! An unknown man knocking on a shield.
He is a bit short for a man, and his appearance is quite youthful. He also looks like a boy. The eyes are also blue.
At least, it was absolutely not the age range that suited the hero I had heard through rumors. I heard that he looked like he was in his twenties even though he was already in his 50s, but he looked younger than that, so he was shocked.
“Ph, Friedrich’s brother?!”
Karin freaked out and moved away to let him in. Friedrich threw himself into the shield.
“After… Lived! I thought I was going to die, really.”
“Brother, what are you doing here?! Didn’t you go to the ruins with Dana’s mom?! What about the mothers alone?!”
“Research student special) Why do I want to buy something like that in a place like that whenever I see it?”
“What answer is that?! What are you doing alone! My mother?!”
“I messed up and lost it. Longbi now is the lone wolf itself. It’s a good part to fall in love with if it’s not your sister.”
“Hey, you stupid brother! Now give me back my heart that I thought I lived! I heard you took a picture of Mithril! Go out and slash them all with the spearman your father taught you!”
“Breaking news) I just wrote a mana oring man. No potions, potions?”
Friedrich speaks naturally. Karin saw the monsters appearing after him and hid behind Ost’s back. Friedrich fell sprawled and held out his hand.
“… There are no more potions left. I also lost the medal my father gave me yesterday.”
“No, I left a bottle. I came and picked it up, but it’s there.”
Ost interrupted the conversation like a rapid-fire shot. It’s the potion I tried to hand over while letting Karin run away alone.
She didn’t say it was picked up from a corpse. Not knowing the source doesn’t make it less effective, and finding out would only make you feel bad.
“It’s pretty high quality. Let’s share it amicably. I don’t like indirect kisses, so don’t kiss me.”
Friedrich drank the potion and passed it on to his party. It was a surprisingly polite compliment. Whatever the words are.
“Do you know the quality of a glance? That’s great.”
Karin said that she was a familiar face, but the number of words increased involuntarily, as if her tension had eased. As if he noticed that, Friedrich smiled with a young face.
“Time is not decoration. I learned it from your sister.”
“Who is your sister? I can’t even count with her two hands.”
“Tirsi’s mother’s sister.”
“So, Tirsi’s mother’s older sister!”
“It’s a conversation that can roughly guess why I don’t have any mana potions left in my inventory. There are too many wizards in our house.”
“Ugh, I really hate it… When she said that her mother would give it to her, she said that I would also take a dedicated
“Who is the mother?”
Her head was a little dizzy. Was it because he tasted a piece of the family history of the marquise family, or was it because he drank a lot of high-quality potions at once that he had never tasted before.
Ost hoped it would be the former. He didn’t have the confidence to survive with a body that suffered side effects.
Friedrich said, clutching his spear.
“Even if you stay here, it is inevitable that we die amicably. While we still have stamina and mana, let’s somehow make it all the way to our lab’s base camp.”
“You have no choice but to do it. If I die, my mother’s concept will collapse forever.”
“I also have no desire to die as soon as I am forced out of the lab room. Let’s go.”
When Ost responded immediately, Friedrich chuckled as if he liked him very much.
“Even if you lose a few limbs, I’ll take care of your security. Even if you don’t have mana potions, there are plenty of elixirs. All you have to do is take good care of your life, younger sister’s boyfriend.”
“Who, who said he was your boyfriend! Aren’t you stupid?!”
Karin was blushing, but Ost only smiled bitterly.
By this point, she must have known who her father was as well, having never asked her in all four years.
The family of Friedrich and Catherine.
Considering that prestige, he would not have dared to argue whether the level of the family was right or not.
“Run 10 minutes south! I’ll try to pull the time I can!”
After shouting that, Friedrich ran out of the shield first.
“Call! Blaze Catastrophe!”
– Hwareuk! Friedrich created a golem wrapped in flames and wrapped it around his back like Bae Hu-ryeong.
The metal embracing mana emitted a flame aura.
Trade and trade (無無亦亦無)
Etheril Blade
Quagga gagagak—!!!!
Friedrich’s spear and Golem’s sword ran through the crowd of monsters. Ost and Karin ran in the opposite direction. While cutting down the monsters blocking the way.
“Wait, Ost! Not that way!”
Karin blew a hole in the head of one of the monsters with magic and shouted like a scream. It was because he could see monsters swarming in the direction he was running.
“No, this one is right.”
But Ost grabbed Karin’s arm and continued running.
“I told you that the climate here is so different that different trees grow. It’s the border of the monster habitat. There’s nothing good about stimulating other guys, so why do monsters gather around like that?”
He said confidently.
The annihilation of the expedition was due to the foolish grouping and disturbing the habitat.
So what about here?
It is far enough away that the climate is different from the cliff that has already collapsed in the first place. There was no reason for the monsters to gather and roam around because of the invasion of the expedition.
However, there are no problems without reasons.
“A person so dangerous that it is not a joke has come to this land.”
A being so strong that the monsters felt only his presence and were afraid to walk with him.
It’s not just speculation and risking your life.
Berserk’s nose is sensitive. Like the stormy sky that came to her childhood hometown, she could feel the presence of great mana.
So Ost took Karin and threw himself into the space where the monsters were gathering and roaring.
And, the very next moment.
“──Professor Deathbeam.”
Kkwareung-!!!!
It was as if the blazing lightning had eradicated the monsters without leaving any scars on the natural environment.
It seems that only the monsters were erased from the painting. As Ost laughed, Karin, gasping for breath, grabbed her friend’s hand and ran in front of her.
“Dad!”
“Ha… Karin, you troublemaker.”
─Wow!
Nord rubbed his temples, unable to even feed the chestnuts to her daughter in her bosom.
“Ahh——! Dad, ugh, help, thank you for coming to help… !”
“It’s okay, ma’am. It’s their job to run around with kids. My father was worse than you.”
Nord stroked her daughter’s head as she whimpered.
Karin, who decided to hug her and cry because she was afraid that she would get scolded, was slightly relieved.
Such cleverness had been learned from her father, and even though she noticed all of her daughter’s hair, Nord couldn’t even scold her.
It was really pitiful.
***
Running to my death, I carried Karin to her father, and I fell to the floor.
“Oh, Ost! Are you hurt?!”
“No, it’s a bit difficult… Will Mr. Friedrich be all right?”
“Ah, Ma, that’s right! Dad! Brother Friedrich!”
When Karin turned around and said, Lord Nord shook her hand.
“Looking at you. Don’t worry, I sent Valkyrie. We’re also looking for other survivors of your expedition. … Five? They fight pretty well. Bye bye my son.”
Lord Nord claps. It seems like you can see your son fighting here too.
Of course, it wouldn’t be strange if this person could do that much. The news that Mr. Friedrich was safe made me a little more relieved, and that made me a little more tired.
I’m falling asleep because I’m lying down. If I fall asleep pretending to pass out, everything will be solved.
“By the way, who is that friend over there? They risked their lives to save the most troublesome person in our family, so I should say thank you.”
Lord Nord asked, twisting his head in a corner. It was a question directed at me.
Shit, now that I think about it, it’s not the time to lie down! I gasped, and Karin averted her eyes.
“That, that… My… Cow, he is a dear friend.”
She shyly intertwined her fingers and scratched the ground with her feet.
How can you see that affectionate appearance, just introducing a friend?
Even I, who was watching from behind, was like that, so it must be shocking to Nord-sama, who knows Yekaterina, or Karin, much better than I do.
The marquis, famous all over the world, smiled broadly.
“Do you think you have a good relationship with our friend, Karin?”
“No!! There is no such thing!!”
“Why suddenly? I’m not a father with a narrow heart enough to touch his daughter’s friend. It shouldn’t have crossed the line, but I’ll forgive you. Actually, I’m not in a position to say anything to anyone.”
Nord lifted the spear with a smile on his face.
“But will Brunak forgive me?”
─Ughhhhh!!!!
The spear of the hero, whom he had never seen before, began to tremble with rage, as if he were alive, like a sister whose sister had been taken away.
I’m glad I haven’t drank water in the past few days. I feel a little bit tired.
“B, Sister Brunak! Do not do that! Dad! What are you doing to my friend!”
“No, you must be tired, but I heard you stand up in front of me. I was going to tell you to lie down and rest.”
“Putting through the window?”
“Brunak pushed it out on his own, not me. And the voice is loud on the wrong subject? My daughter is banned from going out for the next half year.”
“Isn’t that the punishment you’ve set now for Ost?!”
“… Hey~? Why are you filming a sitcom here after fighting to die alone?”
– Basrak. While breaking through the bush, Mr. Friedrich also emerged without any serious injuries.
The mana that was filled with the potion seems to have been o-ringed. Lord Nord shook his hand.
“Oh, he is my son. Is your body all right?”
“Surprisingly fine. If you shoot a mithril and die from being hit by a monster, isn’t it the dog’s side?”
“That’s it. It’s rewarding to go far. To all of you, always be thankful for the grace of a benevolent father.”
“I wonder if you have something to say to your son who almost went to the goal. For my father’s fatherly fatherhood, I will surely return with filial piety someday. So please live a long and healthy life.”
“Uh huh. Filial piety is cold, child farming is hot. This is our family motto. Did you forget again?”
“Ekkw. My family motto changes every time I hear it, so stop.”
“You lack the power to predict the future. Well done though. I heard she went to rescue her sister, and even a quick glance shows that she put in a lot of effort. You have suffered a lot.”
“… Well, whose son is he?”
Mr. Friedrich averted his eyes, his lips protruding, and Ekaterina’s eyes widened when he said that his brother had jumped into this rough terrain because of her.
“But from next time on, take the Valkyries with you. They say that there is nothing like a real battle to become stronger, but if you die, it’s all over. There are no rets in life, troublemakers.”
“Right. It’s like growing up listening to stories of people who died and came back to life.”
“Does a son like Jeomsoon have the blood of a Z-Hero? I hate my genes today too. T_T. You have to tell Clarisse.”
“He and I have nothing to do with each other, Father.”
“Is it? Then why did Clara ask me if my daughter could get married to the eldest son of a marquis… “
“No, we are just friends. We’re not even 20 yet, are we?”
“It must be a half-elf that Clarisse is very fond of, huh. Well, whatever that is.”
Nord-nim, who had been having a friendly conversation while stealing his nose, was neither like a marquis nor like a hero, but suddenly turned his face to me.
My back naturally stood up straight, and my posture came out. Is this charisma or something?
“Would you like to work for me? My daughter’s friend.”
“Yes? Didn’t you hear from me, that Karin? I, dropped out of college.”
“You dropped out? Didn’t you? Why?”
“That… Stop getting drunk and headshotting the professor with a bottle.”
“… We met for the first time today, what kind of intimacy?”
Lord Nord laughed and made his spear into a bracelet and wore it.
“If you want to do academic research, that’s fine too. I might be able to check out some labs. Seeing her affectionately called Karin, is she on the clergy side? It’s not bad to live as a celibate monk while keeping your chastity for the rest of your life. … “
“Dad.”
“Sheesh.”
Like water flowing, she almost kept her virginity for the rest of her life.
I’d rather drop out of college. Life becomes so happy when you lower your eyes. I asked a curious question.
“Did you ever have a professorship? You are amazing.”
“I hate professors. A professor makes his heart needy. It is the culmination of mankind’s sins.”
Blatantly fail.
Well. I tried to increase the likability, but it was me who couldn’t even say flattery. Being too sincere is also a bit of a problem.
“I don’t have a professorship, but I have degrees and I have a lot of businesses. Are you a capable friend? Then you won’t be punished for scouting. We will also guarantee welfare benefits. Call?”
I was just grateful for the suggestion he gave with a smile.
I didn’t even get a college certificate, so what kind of sense is this? Besides, speaking of this person’s business, isn’t it the Dunamis Guild where Theodore’s mother is a leading figure?
But I took one look at Karin and put my wish into my mouth.
“… If you don’t mind, I have another request.”
“Why are you holding such an angle? Let’s listen.”
“I am… I want to go to the research institute.”
Karin concealed her identity, worked hard at her university and won her second place.
It must have been because she wanted to reject the life of simply relying on the majesty of her father and mother. That must have been why he took on such a dangerous pilgrimage.
I heard that this hero in front of me also grabbed everything while working as a field scholar.
So, I didn’t want to just rely on this luck.
“Researcher… Be a researcher Well. That’s right.”
For some reason, Lord Nord sighed after worrying several times more than when he said he would hire me.
“Okay, let me try my hand. You can either cancel your dropout or apply for special employment at the research institute. … Only.”
… Whoops!
Without even noticing, her shoulder was grabbed. It hurts terribly scary. Mom, I’m nervous.
“If you put your hand on my daughter with a senseless determination, she will fall behind. Know?”
“Yep.”
Can the subtle concession that it’s okay as long as you’re prepared can be said to be the last conscience of a great hero who only has six wives.
Of course, I thought I would be beaten if I said it, so I decided to take care of the mouth.
“… Uhm, kehm!”
As Karin cleared her throat, she exclaimed proudly as she assumed a pose she had seen somewhere—probably at the famous theater amusement park in Romania.
“My dear friend! Although our first pilgrimage was a tragedy stained with blood and tears, let’s overcome it and move forward! Eternally in front of us… The first step to infinite glory!”
“Yes. Best of luck in the future, Karin.”
As if she didn’t expect her sincere answer to come back, she froze in her pose and smiled wryly.
“… Yes! Take care of me, Ost!”
I smiled wryly at that smile, held the hands of my friends and their families, and prayed for the well-being of those who died pitifully.
… And, a few weeks after that.
I got my diploma back along with an apology for bothering me so far from the translation department professor who somehow hit me in the head.
I asked the marquis to take care of me. Could it be that he was a professor from his time as a research student?
I don’t know why, but somehow I succeeded in graduating from Carmine University.
On the day I regained my qualifications to go to the research institute, we sat at the bar we parted from before and drank until we were drenched.
Thanks to the great Marquis Wolfheddin, I was qualified to set foot in the research institute with my friends.
─And.
Looking back now, that was the wisest decision I ever made in my life.
──Noru, Master of Masters in Another World (Complete)
