Chapter 1123 – 1123. Magic School Shutra (7)
Draw lots.
A system that is fair enough to transcend time, region, and even outer space.
The employee was holding a total of six pieces of wood, and while the handles were all yellow, the ends had three different colors.
Red, blue, green.
There were exactly two of the three colors.
It was a form where you could completely understand the rules the moment you saw them, even without explaining them.
“Okay then…”
The staff member saw our expressions, confirmed that no explanation was needed, and immediately put six pieces of wood into the black bin.
Then he stirred it quickly, making a loud sound of wood hitting.
Shake the black container like that for 5 seconds.
Chop rock!
“Now, please pick one person at a time.”
This time, the employee proceeded without explanation.
However, thanks to his indiscriminate progress, there was no room for boredom.
However, despite the quick progress, everyone was watching, and it was not easy to reach out.
The reason is simple.
‘I’m deciding the team by eye, not by lottery.’
This was because everyone was casting a strong gaze towards the member they wanted to be on the team.
No matter how quickly you move through the maze and how talented you are at finding your way, it will take at least an hour.
Once you become a team, you will be walking around alone for at least 1 hour and up to 3 to 4 hours.
Even if it’s only for a few hours, since you’re alone, you’ll inevitably feel the urge to go with someone you want.
First, Hanelone, Milena, and… Ariel was looking at me.
I felt joy as I looked into the eyes of the three women.
‘It feels like times have come… It’s completely different from when I first joined the student council~’
Even when I first joined the student council, the women who gave me even a single glance…
Before I knew it, those women were showering me with gazes as if I was reciprocating.
I looked closely and checked the two men.
‘What… That guy must be natural.’
Louis was heading to Ariel.
But there was just one person who was different from what I expected.
‘Surprising?’
Edgar Horwitz.
This guy… He was looking at Ariel.
Her eyes didn’t convey her affection, but at least her eyes were showing a lot of signs that she wanted her.
When I saw Edgar Horwitz like that, I laughed as if I was bursting into laughter.
‘Are you rather attracted to Ariel, who embarrassed you?’
My main goal was ridicule, but it seemed like a good possibility.
A woman who starts from the same position, who loved her in the past, whose affection still remains, and who admonishes herself after rising to a position she cannot overcome.
Aside from feeling humiliated, I thought I might be attracted to the sight of the woman who was once beside me ascending into the sky.
‘Well, you probably know the truth.’
And I plan to (forcibly) share the truth later through sleep.
After checking the members’ gaze like that, I expressed my sadness when I saw them.
‘Tsk tsk… After all, they are humans trapped in the dimension of time and space. The future has been decided anyway…
As I was lamenting like that, Armonia’s voice came through the communication.
[Confirmed.]
Hehe, good~’
At that moment, the hidden colors of the wood pieces appeared in my eyes.
I looked at the color of that piece of wood…
“If you’re worried about who to pick first, why not pick a woman first?”
I started to force them towards the future I had set for them.
.
.
I was amazed as I walked between the high walls of the maze.
“Oh… When I came in, there was a great atmosphere.”
For your information, the expression that there is an atmosphere does not mean that it is good to engage in affection.
“It feels like a monster is going to pop out in the middle.”
This meant that the maze had a spooky atmosphere that could be used to film a horror movie.
Even when we entered the maze, bright sunlight guided us.
However, as soon as we entered the maze, the path started to darken, as if there was a solar eclipse.
Of course, the reason the surrounding area was dark was not because of the solar eclipse.
The walls of the maze.
The walls of the maze were roughly 10 meters high, and they even blocked the sunlight heading towards us.
It wasn’t as dark as night, but due to the nature of the maze, a little darkness was enough to easily create a gloomy atmosphere.
My teammate walking next to me was equally impressed.
“I know… It’s completely different from what I saw at the entrance.”
I looked at my teammate’s admiration and let out a sigh of relief.
“Phew… “I’m really fortunate to be on a team with a senior.”
And as soon as he heard what I said, a teammate smiled and asked.
“Do you know how many times I said that?”
“Five times, right?”
“Oh… You really have a good memory. “I was counting on purpose.”
“I was counting too.”
“Fuha…”
My teammate smiled cheerfully and came closer to me.
He then answered, showing the outline of a smiling face in more detail.
“Actually, that’s what I’m going to say. “I also felt fortunate to be on a team with you, Suho.”
The identity of the team member who answered with a smile was Ariel.
According to my opinion, the lottery started with women first.
For your information, Ariel did not extend her hand first as a senior, but gave the order to Hanelone and Milena, who were her juniors.
For your information, the two people did not choose the order, but pulled them out at the same time.
So before Ariel pulls it out…
“I was nervous at first. I never thought a team would come out right away…”
“Haha… “It seems like Hanelone and Milena have a unique relationship.”
Hanelone and Milena became the first team to pull out the red piece of wood at the same time.
For your information, if Hanelone and Milena had heard Ariel say, ‘It looks like we have a connection,’ she would have frowned more than when she drew lots earlier.
‘You said that after seeing the frown you made earlier…’ .’
For your information, it is absolutely no coincidence that Hanelone and Milena pulled out the red piece of wood.
‘Of course you can’t go against the future…’
[… I understand that you don’t need my help.]
‘Oh, no!!! Armonia!! I meant that you are my future!!’
[…]
For reference, it was Armonia who told us the color of the wood piece.
Armonia checked what was captured through my eyes in slow motion, and then informed me of the color of each location.
Afterward, a subordinate order was given to the two people to induce them to choose the color red.
Hanelone and Milena became a team like that.
The two people expressed their frustration as if they had been sentenced to life imprisonment, but they accepted the execution obediently, probably because it was in front of Ariel.
After that, Ariel pulled out a piece of green wood.
For your information, Ariel’s choice of green was of her own free will.
Since I wasn’t yet subordinated, I had no way of controlling it.
When Ariel picked the green color, sparks began to fly in the eyes of Lewis and Edgar Horwitz.
I glared at her black barrel like crazy, with a strong desire to somehow pull out the green one.
But will does not give us green.
The moment the two showed their will, I quickly pulled out the green one.
That’s how Ariel and I became the green team.
And the two frustrated men did not even touch the remaining two lottery tickets.
Ariel suddenly chuckled and let out a sigh of relief.
“Ugh… Suho: When you pulled out the green one, you lost all your strength and almost fell down?”
“Haha… If you picked blue… My legs may have given out.”
Haha!”
Ariel laughed cheerfully at my words.
The atmosphere in the maze was extremely gloomy, but the atmosphere with Ariel was extremely friendly.
In fact, for Ariel and I, navigating the maze was only a secondary goal.
The main purpose was already a walk.
And Ariel seemed to think the same thing as me, humming as she walked side by side.
“Now that I think about it, it’s been a while since we spent time alone like this.”
“Haha… I see, the places are very different.”
So Ariel naturally changed the subject to talk about her past dates…
“That… Do you remember what happened back then?”
“At that time?”
“White horse.”
With just one word, she could tell at once what situation Ariel was talking about.
“How can you not remember? She’s the horse I rode with my senior. But why the white horse?”
“… “Do you remember your promise back then?”
“A promise?”
I wondered if I had promised something back then.
As I thought deeply, Ariel next to her sighed softly and answered.
“She said that if you tame a white horse, she will grant you your wish.”
“Oh, something like that happened.”
I tamed the white horse that day and obtained Ariel’s wish.
But I used the wish I received by riding a white horse with Ariel.
You may wonder if you’re just making a wish for something like that, but…
‘I’m not a jerk like Lewis~’
Like Lewis, I don’t do something stupid like write down my desires in a wish that was given as a joke, thus lowering my favorability.
At that time, Ariel even said that she would give in to what she really wanted, but even at that moment, I did not reveal my desires.
“I still have tickets left, would you like to come with me before I graduate?”
“Oh, if you ask me to go, of course I have to go. However…”
Ariel looked at me with her words trailing off, and then she barely opened her mouth.
“I said I would grant your wish… What should I do if it’s still valid?”
“Hmm… At that time, she ended up telling her senior not to regret it. I have no intention of regretting it, but…”
“No, that’s not it.”
Ariel stepped forward into the passageway covered with the thick shadow of the wall, blocked my path, and looked up at me with a serious expression.
“I will consider your wish valid at that time.”
“… Suddenly?”
“Huh. I kept thinking about it, but I don’t like it to go that way. And like I said back then, it’s not a joke, I’ll give you whatever you want.”
“…”
This was not a blank check wish that I had seen so far.
“I will do anything I can. I can give you all the money I have, and if you ask for the Karsten wooden plate, I can get you more. And…
“…”
“If you want my future, you can make a wish related to it. What I own is the past or the future… “I’ll give you anything, present or otherwise.”
It was a real wish.
It made me wonder if it was the same Ariel who was admonishing Louis yesterday.
First of all, looking at Ariel, it seemed like she didn’t say those words to test me.
If it were the current Ariel, even if she received a wish full of my desires, I would humbly bury it in her heart like a brand.
But I…
“Senior… No matter how close you are, you should not make such wishes to a man. “You might say a strange wish?”
After saying that with an awkward smile, he passed by Ariel and resumed her search.
But as soon as I started again, Ariel blocked me again, and it stopped.
“If it’s because you think I’m going to say something else, don’t worry! I sincerely…”
“So it doesn’t work. Because I’m sincere.”
“… “What?”
I put both of my hands on Ariel’s shoulders and then looked down at her with her unusually bossy look.
Ariel shrank back, as if nervous about the dreary atmosphere of her maze and her pushy attitude.
Still, because she has a very strong personality, she just flinched and didn’t even show her discouragement.
However, I let out a low tone, giving strength to Ariel’s hands as if to eradicate her remaining boldness.
“The reason my senior hated me… “You remember, right?”
“Well, that’s…”
The decisive reason why Ariel disliked me was because I already had a lover named Luna, but I also seduced Hanelone and Milena.
Ariel hesitated for a moment, then spoke in a firm voice as if she had regained her senses.
“I did it because I didn’t know about you back then. But… “Now I know what a good man you are.”
“… No. “I don’t think you know yet.”
“No, well…”
I answered, interrupting Ariel, who was listening intently to Hanelone, Milena, and even Edgar Horwitz.
“There is something that my senior will know if I make a wish. As soon as…”
“… ?”
“You will find out how dirty and filthy I am. And you will also realize that the reason you disliked it before was not wrong.”
“What are you talking about! I don’t care what you wish for… !”
I walked forward again, leaving behind Ariel, who raised her head as if she were going to defend me.
“You will definitely think that way, and at best, even the relationship that has become good again will fall apart. So, don’t say that anymore. I told my senior… I don’t want to remain that kind of person.”
I let go of Ariel and slowly moved forward.
“Wait, wait… !”
Ariel’s voice was heard from behind, but her voice was drowned out as soon as it started.
The identity that buries her voice is…
Kugugung!
“!?”
Maze… No, more accurately, it was a sound coming from the walls built in the maze.
The walls of the maze all began to fall, as if they were sinking into a swamp.
The earthquake, which started so one-sidedly, subsided as the walls disappeared in an instant.
And the employee’s loud voice reached Ariel and I’s ears.
“We will end the maze exploration because the red team, which just arrived in first place, wants to end!”
After hearing what the employee said, Ariel and I looked at each other in bewilderment, forgetting that we were arguing.
“Now… “30 minutes have passed, right?”
“… Yes.”
“… It seems like the seniors’ motivation has skyrocketed.”
Hanelone and Milena broke through the maze in 30 minutes.
Even without seeing them, it seemed like I could clearly see how the two got through the maze.
Ariel smiled bitterly and nodded as if agreeing with what I said.
“Haha… “You two are special.”
“Then… Let’s go first.”
“… “Yes.”
Ariel must have remembered what happened earlier and was glaring at me with a dissatisfied face.
However, I was able to feel the seed of another emotion within that dissatisfaction.
‘I can finish it tonight.’
Strong will.
The fruit of Lewis’ long, long life and his final hope.
Before I knew it, I could see that the fruit was ripe and ready to be taken into my mouth, not Louis’s.
