chapter 42
42. Before school (2)
“Isn’t that bad?”
I wondered how Rebecca would view Shine.
Tier 2 may not seem like a big deal, but that’s a story that can only be said in a game, isn’t it reality here?
Even though she is a Tier 2, she was born in the SSR.
Since SSR means genius, Shine’s ability was enough to earn someone’s envy.
“Is this not a bad level?”
“Hey, do you know how hard it is to hear that you’re not bad for me? This is great!”
“okay?”
In fact, even after hearing that Shine wasn’t bad, she was timidly happy with her cheeks blushing.
In front of me, she was cool and easy-going, but in front of Rebecca, there was no special lady.
In the midst of a strange sense of betrayal, Rebecca’s teaching began in earnest.
“Come this way. Would you like to unfold it slowly?”
“four!”
The answer is firm once.
After watching Rebecca and Shine in class, I soon turned my attention away and started working out.
All I could do was connect the two.
‘Because I started taking classes in advance, my skills will improve, right?’
I also experienced an unexpected improvement in my skills with Rebecca’s help.
Shine, who has been improving her skills for a while, will definitely be able to get a bigger effect than me.
“yes! you’re good! Why didn’t you do this when you knew you were going to do it?”
“Aww. This is really much more convenient. The power goes in strongly.”
“Wouldn’t it make a big difference if I just slightly changed my posture?”
“yes. It’s so amazing.”
“This is technology.”
Teaching Rebecca is exciting, and Shine learning is also exciting.
The synergy between the two was much better than I thought.
“I thought it would be nice to start school soon, but now I think it would be nice if the vacation continued.”
“You mean you don’t want to take my formal classes? You said you would come up to A-class and take my class.”
“oh! That’s right. But at that time, there were other students, so you wouldn’t be able to take care of me 1:1.”
“It probably shouldn’t be. But classes with many people will have their own things to learn.”
“yes!”
“Then shall we try again?”
“I am ready.”
… It was only the day before the start of school that I realized that the synergy was beyond my imagination and exceeded my expectations.
“Why don’t you try to be S-rank instead of A-rank?”
“yes?”
“My skills improved faster than I expected. It feels like the dam that was blocked has burst. Didn’t you say you had a hard time staying as a B-class for a long time?”
“yes. My skills haven’t improved in a year.”
“I would have trained silently even then.”
“Yes. It has to be A-class.”
It’s easy to get frustrated when you’re usually praised as a genius by those around you for being talented, but when you come to a standstill in an unexpected place.
It’s not that geniuses don’t work hard, but it’s not easy to keep your balance because people around you make a fuss.
‘Sports prospects often go bankrupt because of that.’
However, Shine worked hard on training in silence despite the increasingly different gazes around her.
It wasn’t something anyone could do.
She may have been nervous and upset inside, but fundamentally, she did not waver to the line that must be followed.
“Your efforts back then are worth it! and it exploded Awesome and extraordinary.”
“Ahh… .”
“The basics you built up when you were stagnant are giving you wings.”
Shine covered her mouth with her hand.
That didn’t stop all the crying.
“Hey… .”
“Huh? why are you crying all of a sudden I don’t know how to appease this!”
Rebecca signals me as if she wants to save me.
Would I be very good at consoling?
I was concentrating on the quality of the metal as soon as I was done sneaking a peek and grasping the situation.
I would never make eye contact with Rebecca looking at me.
“Hey hey hey. oh my… oh my… .”
Rebecca makes a strange song.
Shine, who couldn’t stop crying once, cried out loud.
Feeling sorry for the restless Rebecca, I had no choice but to walk up to her and grab her arm.
“Just let it go.”
“Anyway, I have to appease you! Crying so sadly Why are you crying when I’m not the type to speak viciously?”
“It’s just that sad things come and go. Just leave me alone when you cry like that.”
After hearing my words, Rebecca nodded her head in agreement.
Shine cried until she wanted to stop crying, then washed her face and came back.
It seems that the lump inside him has been released, and he looks more courageous than before.
“Wow, I don’t think I cried like this even when I almost died in the training session? It feels cool as if something that was blocked has been opened.”
“Are you okay?”
Seeing Rebecca’s worried gaze, Shine nodded.
“yes! That’s perfectly fine! thank you. I wouldn’t have grown so fast if it wasn’t for my teacher.”
“If you had taken my class, it would have been like this anyway. It’s nothing special, so there’s no need to thank you.”
Rebecca will not know.
I know that if I take classes, I will grow up anyway, but for Shine, the period of growth was more important than anyone else.
Winning a 1:1 match against a rival is a very difficult task to achieve, and the rewards are great.
‘The reason Shine became Tier 2 was because it was difficult to beat rivals in scenarios.’
The fact that you can try the S-class test means that there is no way that Shine will lose or draw in a battle with a rival, and if you successfully clear the second scenario, Shine will no longer be a tier 2 character.
‘It’s at least tier 1.5, and if you do well, it’s enough to look at tier 1.’
Compared to Fran, Shine was a kid who threw away only his own equipment and didn’t care much.
However, with only this amount of investment, the possibility of becoming a character comparable to Tier 1 opened up, and I was alerted.
‘It’s no different from having just introduced Rebecca to this level of harvest.’
I made such a good result, but I shouldn’t do anything and wipe my mouth.
I thought I needed to get closer to them a little bit more for the future.
“Can’t we train more? You’ve lost strength from crying I’m going to shoot tonight, so everyone wash up and come out.”
“Eh? Are you shooting?”
“Yes, I will shoot. What do you want to eat?”
It’s a pity that there is no alcohol because there are minors, but Rebecca enjoys eating delicious food, so it wasn’t a problem.
“I’ll wash up and come back too, so you two should decide where to go.”
The two of them told me to decide where to go and moved to the shower room to wash up.
* * *
Because of the training that ended earlier than expected, Sasha decided to close the door and join the store when all the customers at the private training center had left.
We went into a restaurant famous for its delicious food and ordered a lot of food.
“Since you trained hard, you have to rest hard even when you rest, right? Let’s eat and drink until our stomachs burst.”
“Wow! Today’s drink is great!”
clap clap clap!
“Uncle, it’s mungjjidang~!”
clap clap clap!
A thunderous applause erupts.
And we focused on cramming food into our stomachs for a while.
Originally, there were no friends or colleagues in front of eating, so I ate it thinking that eating first is the owner.
I finally came to my senses after I was somewhat full, but the two of them were tapping their bloated stomachs with their hands.
“It’s definitely different because it’s a restaurant. hehehehe.”
“I need to come often. It is very delicious.”
“Now it’s vacation, so there are only this many people, and when school starts, I can’t come carelessly because I’m afraid.”
In line with the opening of the academy, many people will enter the city.
The nobles would come in, their attendants would come in twice as many, and the merchants who would sell them all would wrathfully try to get into the city.
So, of course, it was not a place where you could easily come in just because you wanted to eat.
“It must have been a taste I should have enjoyed beforehand during vacation.”
Shine licked her lips in regret.
It seemed that he regretted the past that he hadn’t been able to taste before.
“But tell me. you.”
“hmm? me?”
“Yes, you!”
“why?”
I’m not even drunk, but he points his finger at me like a drunk.
“You speak so bluntly and without arrogance, but why is your personality so kind?”
“… I?”
“that’s right!! Uncle is very nice! It’s so cool!”
“I don’t know if it’s cool, but hmm… I think it’s too nice to be nice. I heard you met him as a customer at a general store.”
“yes.”
“Where is the man who treats shoppers like this? Honestly, if it wasn’t for your request, I would never have looked at it. know? It is said that you will soon be my student, but it is said that you are not yet my student.”
Even if you are your own student, you are not obligated to teach during vacation.
But timing is important for growth.
“Especially when you’re just spreading your wings like he is, every day is precious.”
In fact, Shine has grown day by day.
It was only a meeting that started a few days before school started.
“I don’t know how to repay this favor. I mean, I was already indebted to you.”
Shine is crying.
I said it because I wanted to make a sound.
“What’s hard about repaying the favor? I just need this.”
Draw a circle by touching your index finger and thumb.
It was a gesture signifying money.
“no way! Do not lie. You don’t need money.”
Shine denies that he is lying.
Actually, I don’t need money, but I need monster by-products.
“If you really want to pay it back, bring it to me if you find something like a mysterious item that hasn’t been revealed yet. I usually like to collect miscellaneous things.”
In the future, I set up a few alibis to continue providing unique equipment to the characters I picked.
One of the parts of making an alibi was the personality that likes to collect things of unknown use like a junk dealer.