Episode 2
EPISODE.01
“… … Raymond.”
A mumbling sound.
A sound like a flying mosquito echoes in my ears without stopping.
‘what is this sound.’
Raymond is my last name?
Who is calling me so desperately?
“… … Raymond. -Raymond!!”
No, when I listened to it again, it seemed like he was a little angry rather than upset.
As those thoughts lingered in my head, the muttering continued to grow louder.
As I listened, the voice seemed somehow familiar to my ears.
It was a voice I heard a long time ago, so it became faint, but it was definitely a voice that existed in my memory.
Besides, for some reason, I felt like I missed that angry voice a little.
‘Whose voice was it?’
That moment.
Taaaak-!
Stars flashed before his eyes and Russell jumped up. And then he instinctively shouted.
“four!”
When I open my eyes, the surrounding scene comes into view.
The one in front is an old wizard who appears to be middle-aged.
No, professor.
And a large green blackboard.
Young students sitting sparsely along the perimeter. It was definitely a scene that existed in my memory.
‘This… … ?’
A scene from when I was still a student and attended the academy located in Walkerhill City.
‘No matter how small it is, it’s been more than four years… … .’
Before Russell could come to his senses in the bewildering situation.
The voice that woke Russell up spoke once again.
“No matter how much of a supplementary class you are, you fall asleep during my class. “It’s nice to have some guts.”
He looked him up and down with a flirtatious gaze, and then uncrossed his arms.
“It’s not like you, but you should still get the same punishment.”
He pointed to the outside of the classroom with his finger.
“Please stand outside until the lecture is over.”
Russell, who had not yet grasped the situation, looked around with empty eyes.
He lightly pinched his cheek.
‘Ugh.’
A tingling sensation that immediately pierces your brain.
“Do you still think it’s a dream? “I told you to stay out.”
As if he didn’t like that, the professor with a sly look in his eyes warned him once again.
Russell headed out of the classroom at the sound of his voice that matched Ye’s eyes but was somehow stern.
In the meantime, I did not forget to keep tilting my head.
‘What’s happening?’
I must have been visiting a museum, right?
I thought it was a dream, but it didn’t seem like it was.
The tingling sensation I felt in my cheek was definitely real.
‘Then is it illusion magic?’
What if one of the many items stored in the museum was mixed up with the real thing?
What if one of them caused this fantasy?
It was a very likely inference, but Russell soon shook his head.
‘no.’
This type of illusion magic is generally characterized by typifying and showing only the objects in memory.
Therefore, things that cannot be remembered in detail are usually implemented vaguely.
In comparison, what is the sight reflected in your eyes now?
‘For example, that stain.’
The stains in the hallway outside the classroom were unusual, but not something I remembered.
I just saw it and remembered that something like that existed.
‘then-.’
There was a memory that suddenly passed through my mind.
While I was looking at the Dragon Heart in the museum as if fascinated, I heard someone’s voice faintly at the end.
『For the sake of that myth, I give you one more chance.』
Among them, what Russell paid attention to was the keyword ‘one more life.’
And a scene from the past suddenly unfolded.
‘Back to the past?’
Time regression. To be honest, this is unbelievable.
This kind of magic -.
‘No, can you call this magic?’
Russell tilted his head and quickly corrected his choice of words.
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‘I’ve never heard of such an incomprehensible thing existing.’
But there was no way not to believe it.
Although it is possible to infer a visible result, denying the result itself was not a virtue a wizard should have.
‘Back to the past.’
And that too by an unknown force.
‘Mysterious power.’
Now that I think about it, the last words I heard were not just one thing.
Besides the voice of life once again, there was clearly one more voice.
‘hmm.’
Thanks to some stuttering, Russell was able to recall the content of that voice before long.
‘When the heart and eyes meet and another eye opens, it will become the cornerstone of a new myth, right? ‘No?’
I think that was roughly what it said.
‘Heart and eyes.’
If it is a heart, it is definitely the heart of that polyp. So what about the eyes?
‘no way?’
Russell felt his chest as a sudden thought occurred to him. It was in the same spot where he always kept her mother’s belongings.
but.
‘doesn’t exist.’
I couldn’t feel the texture of the mementos my mother left behind at all.
As if to say instead, there is only a black band engraved along the middle finger of the left hand where the ring was worn.
A ring-shaped tattoo that looks like it was made by twisting two black strings repeatedly.
‘also.’
As guessed.
The eyes were referring to the jewels embedded in my mother’s belongings.
It looked somewhat like a dragon’s eye, and it was at that time that Russell instinctively touched the ring-shaped tattoo.
Grumble-.
The classroom door opened.
The professor who kicked him out when he raised his head.
‘Professor Hubert.’
He was looking down at Russell.
“That’s not like you. “You fell asleep during class.”
Is it for the sake of fairness as a professor?
He added, trying not to sound concerned.
“I think I’ll need a little meeting about today, but could you come to my office during lunch?”
“Okay… … “Yes.”
Since he hadn’t finished his thoughts yet, Russell nodded.
Professor Hubert sighed briefly as if he had something more to say, but that was all.
Russell was about to fall into thought again as he watched him leave, leaving behind the words, ‘Then I’ll be waiting.’
“hey!”
Bah!
As soon as Professor Hubert gets a little far away, a palm suddenly appears and hits Russell on the back of the head.
“Suddenly, what kind of shit is this…” … !?”
My thoughts are interrupted again.
Russell, more annoyed by that fact than hurt and surprised, shook his head.
Then, he noticed three academy undergraduates standing there, slightly taller than him.
The age is around seventeen to eighteen.
“her! “This bastard?”
Maybe he didn’t like the way he shouted back at himself?
Otherwise, maybe he didn’t like the wide open eyes.
The boy standing in the middle of them twitched his eyebrows.
He glances around, looks around, and growls without hiding his ridicule toward Russell.
“First, follow me to the bathroom. “You damn bastard.”
And then I walked ahead with my friends.
He clenched his fist and swung it as if he was going to get in trouble if he didn’t follow him.
Russell laughed at that sight.
‘okay. Something like this happened.’
I don’t know how I got back to the past.
But returning to the past doesn’t mean you have to live the same life as before.
If I did that, my life would just repeat itself, not much different from the last time, and I had no intention of doing so. She was no longer the Russell she once was.
The person here is Russell, a twenty-five-year-old who has grown stronger after receiving several paid jobs and working as a freelancer for several years.
therefore.
‘There’s no need to argue with guys like you.’
The moment I decided to do that.
[mission]
Get away from bullying.
Give the three classmates who are bullying you a stinging taste.
Suddenly, a translucent window of light suddenly appeared in the air.
Hwaak
[compensation]
Lowest grade magic stone (edible).
‘uh?’
* * *
Am I seeing things because I’m half asleep?
Otherwise, what is this?
The translucent green window in front of him was enough to make Russell think that way.
A window I have never seen before in my life.
mission?
compensation?
According to what came to mind, it seemed to be that if you solve the mission, you will receive the reward indicated at the bottom.
‘But who?’
Moreover, what was presented as compensation was ‘the lowest grade magic stone (edible).’
Even if we assume that the word ‘lowest level’ in front is used to classify an object or object –
‘Edible magic stone?’
hearthstone.
Or, an item called a mana stone literally means a stone containing mana.
‘Of course, I heard that as you go to the highest level, the purity of mana increases rather than stone.’
Even so, the fact remains that its fundamental shape is that of a stone or gem.
And I had never heard of the magic stone being used for food anywhere on the continent.
Well, even barbarian tribes living all over the continent wouldn’t chew rocks instead of eating.
‘Are any of the professors playing a prank?’
It was not a prank that an ordinary undergraduate student at the academy would pull off.
But, not them.
Professors with enough skills to belong to the Magic Tower would have the talent to pull off pranks like this.
‘Professor Hubert is one of those people… … .’
But Russell soon denied his guess.
If you think about it carefully, it didn’t make sense.
‘No matter how much work there is to do, a professor would never pull a prank like this on an undergraduate student.’
Even if there was a reason, he wouldn’t have played a prank on himself by putting this much effort into it.
As expected, the person he was at this time was-.
‘An underachieving student who may or may not be able to graduate… … .’
That’s why I stayed at school and took supplementary classes even though it was winter vacation.
‘Supplementary classes were classes given to students with low grades during vacation periods.’
Is there any way to put effort into pranking such an inferior student?
If I had to guess the time roughly, it was right before I moved up to my senior year.
It seemed like it was around winter break after finishing third grade.
‘Then repeating the grade hasn’t been confirmed yet.’
In terms of age, he had just turned eighteen.
If so, there was still a chance.
‘At my current age, I can alleviate this cursed punishment.’
More than my previous life!
Of course, it would have been better if he was a little younger. That’s because Russell’s method was more effective at younger ages.
but.
‘I’ve even miraculously returned to the past.’
Hoping that far would be greedy. For a while I was immersed in that little hope.
“I don’t know what I’m doing because I’m not following you.”
“You’re not planning on running away, are you? “If I had to hide anyway, it would be inside the academy.”
When Russell doesn’t follow, the two of the three who went to the bathroom ahead, the two following from the left and right, turn to Russell and shout loudly.
Russell, who suddenly came to his senses at the sound of that voice, slowly lowered his head.
‘for now… … .’
The priority was to settle the issue with those three.
Whether there is a mission or not.
Regardless of whether there is compensation or not.
Because I had decided not to live like before.
wizard who swallowed a dragon
