I Noticed That It Was an Academy After 10 Years

103.Final Exam…Is the End of Service (5)

“John, John! Wake up!”

I open my eyes and look up as I feel my body shaking. What came into my sight was sheaf and dense trees.

Have you entered a dimensional rift?

“Are you okay? “Are you okay?”

“It’s okay, get out of the way.”

I stand up and look around. It is very different from the dimensional rift in my memories. No, my memory may not be accurate. Because I remember it from more than 10 years ago. Anyway, now is not the time to worry about these things, it is better to understand your surroundings first.

“Sif. Have you looked around?”

“I just woke up so I’m not sure.”

I don’t know if we were the only ones who fell, or if the main character and his group also fell.

The only thing that is certain is that the situation has changed from the original.

Originally, we would have been the first to enter the main character’s party, but we ended up entering the crack first, so the strategy of calmly following the main character’s party was forcibly abandoned. Because it became impossible to know when the main character party would enter the rift, or whether they would not enter at all.

“What should we do now? The plan was that we would follow along later.”

“It would be better to make a camp first.”

I brought plenty of food to prepare for any unexpected situation, so I should be able to survive for about a week. I took a shovel out of my backpack. This time I tried not to shovel anything and it looked like I was going to die. There is no way that thief cat can shovel.

“Sif. Do you know how to climb a tree?”

“Climbing a tree is easier than earning one dong!”

“Do you see that tree? Climb to the top of that tree and check out the surroundings. It would be better if there was a hill, but if you don’t, if you see an open space, talk about it as soon as possible.”

“How much additional allowance will you give?”

“If you leave it behind, there will be no need to pay hazard pay.”

“Nyan?! Are you abandoning your loyalty now?”

“Which loyalist in the world extorts money?”

You have to be greedy in moderation. Still, it seemed as if my beating had helped Sif sigh, put down her backpack, and closed to the tree. Hey, I guess this cat is good at climbing trees. In an instant, I watched Sif climb to the top of the tree and then looked around.

Now is not the time for me to be distracted by that.

Immediately put the shovel in the ground. An unknown monster could appear while I was doing this, so I had to prepare in advance. At best, they just dug a tunnel and went inside. I pushed my backpack into a tunnel roughly 3 pyeong in size and placed my hand on a nearby tree.

It feels similar to the tree I saw on a deserted island. Seeing the sun beating down on my skin as if it was burning, it might be a tropical concept.

…I finally get a sense of it.

At least this isn’t the crack I know. Maybe it was just a part of the dungeon in that dimensional rift, but for now, that was it. To come to a more definite conclusion, it would be best to take a walk around here… But first, we’ll have to wait for Sif.

I took my hand off the tree and entered the tunnel, quietly waiting for Sif to come down. It was about 30 minutes later that Sif came down.

“What? “When was the tunnel dug?”

“I dug it as soon as you went up.”

“That’s so fast…”

“That’s okay, what’s the terrain around here like?”

“Um, it’s an island? It’s not that big… Roughly twice the size of the yard around Yeomyeonggwan combined.”

…Is it too small? It’s normal for the density of monsters to be that high. Yeomyeonggwan is so large that it cannot be ignored as a single building, but considering it is the size of an island, it is subtle. This means that you can reach both ends of the island by walking for about 10 minutes.

“Are there any other special details?”

“There was smoke rising from here to the north. But I didn’t hear that there was a person in the crack…?”

“Well.”

The probability that there are humanoid monsters is not low. Orcs and goblins don’t know how to make fire. It’s because the smoking method is the same as in primitive times.

“I think we need to investigate the north first.”

“Oh, and there was a cave in the middle of the island.”

“Cave… Ira. “Is there a place to build a camp?”

“If you go a little west from here, there’s a suitable vacant lot. “It’ll only take about 5 minutes, right?”

“I’ll leave right away.”

We put on our backpacks and came out of the tunnel. Since we were in an unknown space, we had to act quickly.

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“…Why did you become an escort driver? If you join an architecture guild, I think the guild leader will welcome you with open arms-“

What is the purpose of the question? I looked into Sif’s yellow glowing eyes. Like a cat, the twinkling eyes under the dark night sky contained only my pupils.

I answered appropriately, putting firewood made from a nearby tree into the bonfire.

“I hate places that smell like sweat.”

“I guess I could scoop up the money with a pitchfork?”

“I’m still making a lot of money, right?”

If I hadn’t had to stay by Karina’s side because of that damn true ending, I might have opened an architectural office and been doing architecture by now.

Or even become a professional dungeon explorer.

Either way, you will earn better and be free than now.

There would be no need to maintain an ambiguous relationship like now.

“That’s true, but… I’m jealous… If I had the ability to make money, I wouldn’t have been going in and out of dungeons like this.”

“For something like that, it seems like a pretty vocation.”

At my words, Sif shook her head with a complicated face. Maybe he didn’t really like what I said? There was a moment of awkward silence between us. It was only when the soup in the pot that I had hung over the campfire that I had started was boiling that Sif spoke again.

“…If I die, my younger siblings will have no choice but to starve. My parents disappeared a long time ago when I was young, and my younger siblings are too young. If you want to feed your two younger siblings, you have to do something other than risky… Or…”

Sif trailed off and stared blankly at the campfire. Even though he didn’t say anything, it seemed like he knew what he was trying to say. No matter what, it would have been awkward to tell me.

“My younger brothers will be worried…”

What can a little girl do?

I patted Sif’s shoulder as he hugged his knee with a worried face and offered words of comfort.

“Isn’t there enough to eat and live on now? “Don’t worry, you will come out safely this time too.”

“I guess so… ?”

Perhaps because it was just the two of us making a campfire, Sif felt quite sentimental today. That’s not to say it’s a bad thing, but I couldn’t help but feel strange seeing a guy who usually only talked about money getting sentimental and rumbling about the past.

“…I guess I can eat it soon.”

I poured the soup into a bowl carved from a nearby tree. No matter what happens, you need to eat a hearty meal to gain strength. I filled up the soup and handed it to Sif.

“Eat.”

“Thank you. I have to do these things…Well, because I get paid a lot.”

Sif calmly took the soup from me and ate it with a spoon. If you see him blowing on it before putting it in his mouth, does that mean he’s not good at eating hot food like a cat? It’s a really annoying feature. Still, it was kind of cute. Because Sif’s appearance his was quite good.

It’s because I have a saint around me who usually chews everything with her her face her

“Just act like normal. “I’m about to seriously think about whether you are a doppelganger or not.”

“I, too, am a sensitive woman! People can’t always be bright! “You gloomy human being!”

“Oh, that’s right.”

I responded appropriately and savored the taste of the soup I had cooked. Well, today went reasonably well. Fortunately, the green soup made by gathering edible grass nearby didn’t taste bad.

“Really…Huh.”

So we closed our mouths and ate our meal. This was because there was a consensus that it was not a good idea to talk any more. The important thing in a dungeon was not to attract attention.

After eating, we immediately cleaned up afterward and took out our sleeping bags. As I was thinking about this, I was reminded of the 2-3 years I had been living on a deserted island. At that time, we always moved to safe places and made camps.

“…John, can we go back?”

“Of course.”

Do you think I will die somewhere like this?

This place is nothing short of heaven compared to the uninhabited island where bears the size of houses and hydras as big as mountains fight for territory. At least it was an environment where it was difficult for a monster of that level to exist.

“You too, grow up slowly.”

“What is the night watch?”

“Did you not see how many traps and alarms I set?”

If you can avoid that, even if Lennie comes, you won’t be able to stop him.

Sif must have remembered the traps and alarms I had set during the day, and she agreed in agreement.

“If it was laid down that much… Of course.”

A rustling sound is heard. Sif also seemed to be unpacking her sleeping bag. I closed my eyes and thought about what I would do tomorrow. First, have breakfast and then go north…

Gwaik-

“…I got caught.”

How much time has passed?

I woke up to the sound of the trap operating as an alarm.

It was time to check the prey caught in the trap.