The Academy’s Time Limit in a Novel Written by a Friend

33 – Episode 33 Exciting secret date. (完)

Through long hours of persuasion, Professor Cathy was able to prevent the misfortune of visiting her dormitory.

Fortunately, he seemed to be aware that groundless rumors spread when he visited the dormitory.

She decided to meet her at the park near the academy instead of the professor coming to visit her in the end.

I am a man who values manners.

Even if you made an appointment here first, it would be good manners to go to the meeting place before the other person, no matter what your purpose is.

Generally, we go out about 10 minutes before the scheduled time and wait at a nearby cafe, but the other person is our secret friend, Professor Cathy.

Even in the original work, she always came out first and waited for 30 minutes when she had an appointment, and considering that, I arrived at the appointment 40 minutes early.

There must have been no gaps in my calculations. It’s not that I misunderstood the time.

“Huh? Sohyeon, did you come out early? I thought I came out a little too early, but I’m glad I did.”

But why is this person already waiting?

Huh? If I showed up on time, it wouldn’t be 40 minutes by myself, but since you arrived earlier than me, you were going to wait an hour?

You didn’t come earlier, did you?

“That. What time did you come out?”

“Oh, I didn’t wait long. I just jogged at dawn and had some time left, so I washed up quickly and left.”

For your reference, in her life routine written in the set book, jogging is from 4 to 6 in the morning.

…It’s 9:20 in the morning.

No matter how much, you wouldn’t have waited since 6 o’clock. I’m still scared, so I won’t check.

“So, what did you call me for today?”

Ah, actually, we made an appointment to meet today, but he gave permission before I even told him the purpose, so I still haven’t been able to tell him why.

It’s nothing special, it’s just a simple thing.

“Ah, professor, I’m going to spend some points…”

“What?”

“Yes? So, I’m trying to use points, but the professor helps me…”

“Who?”

“…I wanted my sister to help me with what to buy.”

“Yes, that’s right, Sohyeon. Of course, my sister has to help.”

This person is strange, but it seems to be stuck.

I said that I didn’t really need it, but it’s a waste to keep what I received, so I’d rather buy something useful out of what I can buy.

But going to the Academy Point Shop is more efficient in many ways than going alone.

It is a setting that the products sold are slightly different when accompanied by a professor and when not.

Originally, it was set up to strengthen Lilac, which is loved by professors, but well, I can get some.

“By the way, did the points come in already?”

“Yes, he came in last night.”

“Um, by the way, Sohyeon. It may sound sad, but in fact, there is no point in renting cool weapons or high-grade artifacts at the beginning of the semester.”

“Yes?”

“Why don’t you buy items that help with stats at the store, or things that help with training? Of course, if Sohyeon wants to buy it, I won’t stop her, but…”

“I don’t buy it.”

“Huh?”

Anyway, my secret friend misunderstood that I was going to pick up a weapon or artifact because I was so excited that I had gained a lot of points at once.

But I had no intention of buying anything like that.

If you buy it, it will be useful later, but it’s useless right now, and considering my talent and characteristics, there are a lot of products that are much more efficient, so why would I buy such a thing?

“I just want to buy some nutritional supplements and supplements.”

Professor Cathy’s face lit up at once when she heard my words.

“Okay, we don’t need to be in too much of a hurry just yet, so let’s start with the basics.”

*

So, first we went to the academy store.

Professor Cathy said that certain products are not bad, and she was reciting various products, but I had already decided which products I would buy.

The shop owner noticed the professor, looked at my face, nodded, and displayed some additional merchandise, just like the original.

From now on, even if I come alone, I will be able to buy those products.

The special products that can be bought with Professor Cathy are sports supplements and talent enhancing drugs.

The points I received this time are 1000 points, and I have a total of 1300 points, including the 300 points that academy cadets receive by default.

Talent enhancer is 700 points and attribute enhancer is 500 points, which is quite expensive, so if you buy both, you only have 100 points left.

The special anti-fatigue pill is 100 points, so if you buy that, it’s perfect.

Ah, by the way, eating that doesn’t upgrade your talent level or anything like that.

If you sell such a treasure at the Academy Point Shop, who in the world wouldn’t be an S-class?

On the contrary, if they are expensive, they are often treated quite poorly compared to expensive points.

Originally, talents and characteristics are trained the more you use them, but if you drink that potion and train, your proficiency really rises slightly faster.

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Due to the setup, even if you put 100,000 points into the talent enhancement potion, you can’t raise the level of the talent itself, so most people will think it’s better to rent a useful artifact.

That’s why the characters in the original work also think it’s all dog shit, but it was completely unrelated to me.

“So, Sohyeon-ah?”

Even the professor who told me not to borrow relics looked at me with a worried look when I picked a dog that would say even Lilac was crazy, but my will was like steel.

“Drinking that doesn’t make your talent suddenly stronger, right?”

“Of course. If that were the case, no one would have a lower talent rating. But I just like to train step by step to become stronger.”

Of course it’s a bitch. I did it because I thought I would miss the gym, and I was basically not a pervert who enjoyed hard work.

The reason I chose these potions is simple.

It is because of my talent.

My enhancement is a talent that does not discriminate against the target, and it raises the level no matter what the target is.

It means that you can turn a simple consumable potion into a supreme elixir… But not into a very efficient elixir.

Ah, yes.

Efforts are worth every penny. Originally, life is my taste when I eat it raw.

After a satisfying shopping spree, it was time to say goodbye to our secret friend.

“Then thank you Professor. I will come back to buy the products you recommended next time I get a chance.”

But somehow, our secret friend caught me.

Physically using her hand to grab her arm.

Personally, I was a little puzzled because I wanted to test the power of the potion right away, but the professor smiled and said.

“Sohyeon, don’t you have any plans for today?”

“Yes? Ah, now the potion…”

“Thank God. It’s a bit regretful to part with you right away after meeting like this, but then can you give your sister some time?”

Eh…? Did I reply that I had no plans? I don’t think so, is it weird?

“Let’s have lunch first. Are you hungry?”

“You are hungry, but when you say that you will start eating at lunch, it sounds like you have plans after dinner.”

I’ve said it many times, but the relationship between me and my secret friend is a secret, so it’s established.

No matter how well it went, what good would it do to find out an academy professor approaching a student in private at a time like this when an accident happened?

“Ah, what are you talking about, Sohyeon-ah?”

Ah, it must have been an illusion. That’s right, Professor Cathy can’t be someone who doesn’t even think of that!

“Of course I should buy clothes, go sightseeing, and visit a cafe. Oh, would you like to see our movie?”

He was someone who couldn’t even think of that.

It hurts my heart to think of him being saddened when he was so happy, but it was right to close his eyes and reject it here.

“Actually, I wanted to hang out and go shopping with my younger brother when he entered the academy.”

No, wait a minute, that’s mean! Stop blowing…!

Apparently, our secret friend seemed to understand that I was subtly weakening whenever I brought up the story of her younger brother, and approached me quite aggressively.

“Buying me clothes, eating delicious food and things like that. Sorry. I was so excited when I heard that we would meet on the weekend, so I only thought of myself. Sohyeon and Sohyeon must have circumstances.”

It’s pitiful, but it wasn’t enough to break my steely will.

As soon as she opened her eyes and tried to say no, she saw water welling up in her emerald eyes.

“…A little while is fine.”

I’m a piece of trash. Garbage that cannot be recycled…!

“Really? Then let’s eat quickly!”

Seeing the professor brighten up as if he never did, I feel like I’ve been caught a little bit, but what can I do?

They are so happy with this kind of thing, so I should go along with it.

*

“Is it delicious?”

“Yes, this house is good.”

We entered a light food restaurant recommended by Professor Cathy.

I was surprised that the half-boiled omurice with original sauce, not tomato ketchup, was better than I thought.

“This is delicious too. Eat it, Sohyeon.”

Professor Cathy has already given me four pieces of the king pork cutlet he ordered.

“You gave it to me just now.”

“Still. It’s because I eat well and it looks good.”

Is this the distance between Nunna and her sister…?

I don’t know because I’ve never had an older sister, but it seemed like something wasn’t right.

No, it’s natural that it doesn’t.

I’m grateful that he did it like a person who was really impatient because he couldn’t do something, but it was also true that it was a little uncomfortable.

It’s kind of funny to say this from a position of favor that has lost its place, but after all, I’m not her sister.

Even after we had finished eating, she brought me to her clothing store and was happy to dress me up.

“Are you siblings?”

I flinched for a moment at the clerk’s careless remark, but she soon nodded her head and chose the clothes she was going to try on me.

“The size is a bit big.”

“No, I’m still in first grade, so when I grow up soon, it will be perfect.”

She paid for the meal instead, but when she said that she would pay for the clothes herself, she cried again with a lost face, and in the end even her clothes were sleeved.

I was tired from spending quite a bit of time shopping, so I decided to take a break at a nearby cafe.

“Sohhyun-ah.”

“Yes?”

“Thank you for sticking with my stubbornness today. But lest you misunderstand, let me tell you one thing.”

“What is it?”

“It’s true that Sohyeon feels like her little brother, but she doesn’t think of you like her younger brother.”

To be honest, I was a bit surprised.

The reason she struggled with how to keep her distance was because it was difficult for her to think of me as her real sister, because she didn’t know that it would come from the other side.

Thinking like a younger brother and seeing as a substitute for a real younger brother.

The two look similar, but they are completely different issues.

“Sohyeon is Sohyeon.”

That’s right.

This person was like that in the original work as well.

She seemed weak, but she was a strong person at heart.

That’s why, no matter how much someone similar to her sister appears, she never forgets that she’s not her sister, but someone else.

You can try to treat it with respect, but correct yourself before mistaking it.

So her younger brother could be a scar to her, but it couldn’t be her decisive weakness.

If she had been the kind of person who was a little more obsessed with her brother, chasing her brother from someone else because she couldn’t forget her real brother, her walk in the original story would be quite different.

“Professor.”

“Huh? Why Sohyeon?”

It’s relieved to see her answering even if you don’t call her older sister.

“Thank you for today.”

“I should be thankful, but Sohyeon always said thank you.”

In her original story, when her villains tried to trick her into betraying her by holding her child, who looked exactly like her brother, hostage.

She declines the offer.

She can’t betray her, but she can’t give up on her child either. She struggles to protect her child, but she dies in the end.

Without knowing that the child was a fantasy created by the villain, she, who was a strong supporter of the main character, faced her humble death.

But that didn’t matter anymore.

As long as I’m here, that won’t happen.

I swore once more, clutching the potion bottle tightly in my arms.

“Then shall we go to the movies now?”

“Yes?”

No, it seems that this strange date is not over yet.

“Sohyeon will buy the popcorn, right?”

I felt like I was about to laugh at the brightened appearance.

“Yes, I will buy you that much.”

Well, if she doesn’t think of me as her brother, she doesn’t even have to push me away.

Since I’ve already played everything I can, watching a movie won’t change anything.

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