I Became a Genius by Running Away From the Academy

14 – Let’s flap our wings and fly up there (1)

A small wind blows through the slightly open window.

“Um…… “

Erio, her cheek tickled by her windblown hair, slowly opened her eyes.

‘…… Where is this?’

Erio woke up and wondered as he scratched his cheek.

In her last memory, she was clearly lying on the floor of her tavern, enjoying the warmth of the boiler.

But when I opened my eyes, I was confused because it was not a warm linoleum, but a hard desk.

‘Something that could be a clue…… ‘

Erio rubbed her half-closed eyes with her fingers and rolled her head as far as she could.

However, she fell asleep too deeply and woke up, so she couldn’t continue her thoughts because of her sleep.

‘But it’s the first time since I was a kid. I’ve slept so deeply and comfortably.’

Usually, Erio had trouble sleeping at the level of insomnia.

Even if I fell asleep there, the presence of people within a certain area and their movements continued to stimulate my mind and senses, so I woke up right away.

Because of this, when Erio couldn’t stand her drowsiness, she was close to losing consciousness as if she fainted.

So no matter how much I slept and woke up, I was always tired, but this time it was different.

‘It feels like I was born again.’

She even surprised herself that her mind was clear and her body was refreshed.

“Oh, are you awake?”

When she was amazed at her own body condition, Erio heard someone calling her.

“I was just about to go to dinner, but I woke up at the right time.”

She turned her head in the direction he heard her voice.

“Huh?”

But there was no one in sight.

“Oh, here it is.”

As I was tilting my head in puzzlement, I heard a voice once again.

Erio rubbed her eyes, then she looked around her again.

Then she saw Dou-jin sitting in the seat in front of her, which was obviously empty.

She said, leaning back in her chair as if she had been there all along, holding a book in one hand and turning a dagger like a pencil in the other.

‘What is it?’

It’s a combination that doesn’t go well like a book and a dagger or a loaf of bread and shoes.

But those things didn’t even come into Erio’s eyes right now.

No, to be precise, the image of her doujin itself was too blurry for her right now.

She was hard to shape, like a mirage that would disappear if she closed and opened her eyes.

There was another part that really surprised Erio.

‘Can’t I catch it accurately even with my senses?’

Erio hated this ability of her own like her brother-in-law, but apart from that, he trusted the power of her ability.

But now, Yujin Do was denying her ability right in front of her.

‘It confused my senses at first, but it wasn’t to this extent?’

What had happened to her while she was asleep?

Erio was confused and looked at Yujin Do.

“Oh, this is the library. I couldn’t stay at the restaurant all the time, so I moved.”

So Yujin Do explained the situation calmly, thinking that Erio was confused because he couldn’t grasp the situation.

“I didn’t wake you up because I told you not to wake me up because you’ll wake up on your own before going to sleep.

“No, it’s okay.”

Erio subconsciously nodded her head without much thought as her head was confused.

And she realized her strangeness belatedly.

“Did you bring me to the library? So, did I stay asleep all the way from the restaurant to here?”

“I thought so? I was worried because the chairs in the library were a bit hard, but I slept well because there were no people around.”

“…… How could that be?”

Erio muttered blankly, her little mouth open.

“If I had gone out into the street, I would have felt the presence of the people there and woke up right away.”

“Oh, that one?”

She stopped talking as Doujin turned her dagger in the palm of her hand.

“It’s complicated to explain…… I think it’s just an extension of my abilities. I got a chance while you were sleeping.”

“Cheet.”

It is rude to ask questions about a person’s abilities.

That’s why Erio puffed out his cheeks and made an openly curious expression, but didn’t ask any more questions.

Well, that doesn’t mean she didn’t hide her feelings in particular.

Do Yujin smiled while looking at Erio’s expression.

And then she went around the big library and picked up the carefully selected books and got up.

“I’m going to go out to dinner from now on, what are you going to do?”

Erio did not respond to Doujin’s words, and she stared blankly at him.

Is it because I’m standing with my back to the window where the sunset light comes in?

Do Yoo-jin’s face was hidden in the shadow.

Let’s add the mirage-like presence that Yujin Do showed from a while ago.

“You…… “

The moment Eri arrived, she couldn’t even tell if it was Doujin standing in front of her, or if there was someone standing in front of her.

Creepy-

A chill chill enveloped Erio’s body like mist.

It’s been less than a day since we started dating, and the process of becoming friends was unusual.

But Erio thought of Doujin as her friend, and that she was her first friend.

But now, she felt as if she was disappearing somewhere far away, leaving herself here.

That fact made Erio move her hand reflexively.

Kwaak-

“What? Can you pick me up again?”

And Doujin asked calmly while holding Erio’s hand.

At some point, the shadow covering Doujin’s face had disappeared.

“…… Huh.”

Erio nodded her head, holding Doyujin’s hand tightly and not letting go.

Then, as he held her hand, he was placed on Dou-jin’s back.

“So what about rice?”

Do Yoo-jin, who borrowed a book from the library through the library, went outside and asked.

“I won’t eat it.”

Having said that, Erio pondered for a while before speaking.

“So drop me off at the training room on the way to the cafeteria.”

“Huh? Training room?”

“Yes.”

Erio nodded.

Originally, she had no interest in places like the training room.

However, Doujin’s extreme growth and the bizarre sense of loss he felt a while ago shook Erio’s heart a little.

She didn’t know if her loss was because she was about to lose her first friend, or she was about to lose someone useful, or something else.

But one thing was certain: she wasn’t in a good mood.

‘This time I was able to reach it thanks to Eugene holding my hand.’

But will it be the same next time?

And if Eugene doesn’t hold her hand like this time, will she have no choice but to stir the air without holding anything herself?

Kwaak-

‘I don’t know…… ‘

When the thought reached that point, Erio unknowingly clenched her fist.

‘But if that happened, I’d be very, very, very upset, compared to now.’

In this way, Erio’s thoughts, which regarded the circle as just a place to get out of the house and relax, shattered into small pieces.

And in the empty place, a new idea came into being.

‘If Eugene doesn’t hold my hand, I’ll make it possible for him to reach me.’

Even by force.

Koo-wook-

And in order to do that, I needed strength, much greater strength than I do now.

“Hey, didn’t you wrap her arms around her neck a little too tightly? I think I’m going to die of strangulation.”

“It’s because of my mood. Never die.”

“Can you please let me go?”

“No, I will never let you go.”

It was the moment when Erio, who had achieved everything with just that talent, wanted to be strong for the first time.

◎ ◎ ◎

“Haa, it’s so hard I’m going to die…… “

I gasped and looked down.

The sky seen from the roof of the building had changed from red to black before I knew it.

It was quite spectacular.

Climbing the stairs was a semi-forced choice because there was no exercise to do because of this body with no talent, but watching this scene, I thought it wasn’t a bad choice.

‘…… It’s already evening. Time really flies. Is it because you are busy moving? I’m thirsty anyway I want to drink water.’

Thoughts floated like clouds over Jung-gu Heating.

I stared blankly at him and got hit by the night breeze.

Cooling off the heat that filled his body and restoring his physical strength, he called up the status window.

[Status]

Name: Yoojin Do

Level: 1

Attributes: [Hidden Snake (4★)], [Shadow Play (3★)]

Strength: 5

AGI: 5

Stamina: 5

INT: 5

mana: 5

After she finished another 10 servings for dinner, she continued to read and climb the stairs until now.

Even so, the stats were still motionless due to the reverse correction of the cursed talent.

‘Well, stats aren’t something that can be raised in a short period of time.’

But I wasn’t expecting too much from the beginning, so I didn’t feel particularly upset.

That’s why my eyes naturally turned to the characteristic side.

[Hidden Snake]

▶ Rating – 4 stars

▶Description – A snake is hiding in the grass. Snakes are invisible because they are transparent, and even if they do show, they are only camouflaged by their shells. No one knows the identity of the snake. But there are snakes in the grass.

▶Effect – When the attribute is activated, it makes one’s presence transparent, and when it is exposed, it deceives the enemy by showing a false self. You can expand the limit range by consuming mana.

A new attribute created by combining [Hidden Snake], [Transparent Hermit] And [Passer Hides Identity].

Basically, it could be said to be an enhanced version of [Transparent Hermit], But with [Passed Person Hiding Identity] Mixed in, it became possible to hide the identity twice.

‘Thanks to that, my abilities have become strong enough to go undetected even when I carry Erio on my back, and I can counteract Erio’s ability to detect.’

Well, I didn’t expect it to help Erio sleep well, though.