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

30 – Episode 30 Heroes always appear late. (完)

What happened after that was a breeze.

Right after that, the arrest team arrived and guided Jin Kyung-tae, and after the cough had subsided, he said that it was okay and that he would return to the dorm, but Lilac and Professor Cathy brought him to the emergency room, saying that it would make sense.

Ah, Jin Kyung-tae, who was being dragged away, seems to have something she wanted to say to me, but she was completely restrained, including her mouth, so she couldn’t hear it after all.

Anyway, yes.

She was hospitalized again.

No, what kind of person brings you to the hospital because he vomited blood? Ha, me It seems like it would be right for her to bring her.

“No, does it make sense that there is nothing wrong with the child spilling so much blood!?”

My secret friend was venting his anger at the doctor as my protector.

No, I’m really fine…?

“Even if you say that, except for the lack of energy, all the numbers are normal! Perhaps it is a side effect of temporarily overusing one’s talents?”

To be precise, the energy temporarily dwindled and then rose again.

However, to Professor Cathy, who is well aware of the side effects of my ability, it seems to sound like a clear-cut soldier.

“That, I’m really good…”

“Sohyeon, I told you not to use your talents…!”

“How can I not use it in that situation?”

No, can’t we just stop? Professor, you’re not the only professor here right now.

“What do you mean by that? Don’t use your talents?”

Oh my gosh.

Lilac, who had insisted on following him, asked with a rather serious face.

Cathy also covered her mouth, perhaps realizing that she had made her own mistake, but it was as if she was already revealing that there was something wrong with my talent.

Aside from the lilacs, Kang Hani, Lee Yoo Na, and even the butt that came along for some reason.

Looking at Professor Cathy’s reaction, the cadets’ expressions hardened seriously.

“No big deal. My talent is enhancement, but it consumes energy every time I use it. It takes a long time to recover, and if you abuse it too much, it can be like now.”

So I decided to tell a lie that was close to the truth.

It’s not energy that consumes, it’s innate, but well, it recovers after a day, and thanks to Resurrection, the total amount gradually increases each time it recovers, so shouldn’t it be almost true?

These cubs will be overprotective if they hear the sound of a congenital dizziness.

Especially the lilacs are worse.

“…Sohhyun-ah.”

No, but I don’t believe these bastards.

Even Professor Cathy was exposing her attitude, saying that my words were a lie, even shedding tears.

“Is it real…?”

“Hey, believe that now…!”

Ha-ni Kang tried to get angry, but Lilac blocked it.

“Yes, Sohyeon, really?”

“Hey, lilac.”

“Thank God. Then in the future, if you don’t use your talent, this won’t happen, right?”

“Uh…? Uh, what’s wrong…?”

This bastard’s expression is a bit strange, isn’t it? Do you really understand?

“Yeah, I was worried because he suddenly looked so badly hurt. The doctor said it was okay to leave the hospital, so she just rested until today and see you at the academy tomorrow.”

Ha-ni Kang tried to approach me, but Lilac hurriedly stopped him and tried to go outside.

Oh, he really doesn’t like it when someone touches him, but he’s getting a good feeling that he rarely has, Illak.

“Hey, why not let this go? Aren’t I done yet?”

“Let’s go. Han Hee. Sohyun needs to rest. Go out and cool your head.”

“Oh, let go! Just looking at him now, he’s lying!”

“Professor! We’ll go! Please take good care of Sohyun! Yuna, help me!”

“Yes, Illak.”

The pink Chihuahua gave me a look right before leaving, helping the lilacs, but she soon withdrew her gaze to see if she had anything to say.

And our ass Gaeul Kim thought about what to do for a while, but when Lilac called, she bowed her head to me and followed me.

In the end, only me and my secret friend remained in the quiet hospital room.

“Sohhyun-ah.”

Right before she left her academy, she had been calling me Sohyun instead of cadet.

“Yes, professor.”

To be honest, I don’t know what she’s thinking right now.

She might resent why she used her talents instead of listening to her, or maybe she’d scold her for taking care of herself, given her personality.

Unexpectedly, she wasn’t particularly angry with me.

Her words Her warm hand wrapped around mine as if she was trying to convey her feelings instead of her.

“To be honest, Sohyeon resembles my sister a lot. They are both the same age.”

“…Do you have a brother?”

Of course I know. He knew very well that he was no longer of this world, but he had to pretend now.

Because Kang So-hyun is a person who has no way of knowing her family affairs.

I just read the sad feelings from her expression, and the level of being solemn was the best emotion I could express right now.

“Yes, there was. She loves helping others just like Sohyeon does, and she was a kid who wanted to be a hero. She was very worried because my sister was also weak. There are so many similarities between the two.”

There was.

In other words, it also means that there is no time now.

She tried to smile, but the face she made was far from her smile.

“Maybe that’s why I cared more about you. Actually, when you said you like omurice, it was only for a very short time, but it felt like your brother had returned.”

“That…”

“Her brother died in a villainous terror attack a few years ago.”

He knows too.

I know everything about how you were almost broken at that time, how hard you tried to overcome it and move forward, and even the background settings that were not described in the original work.

Because I’m the second best person to know this world.

So I also know what you are going to say from now on.

“But actually, he could have lived. No, maybe she could have lived. But he got caught up in the second collapse while doing relief work, saying that it would be too late when a hero arrived at the scene.”

Yes.

Her younger brother actually had a chance of surviving immediately after the terror attack, but she was caught up in the secondary collapse of the building and ended her life while carrying out relief activities, saying that she would do her justice.

“Some praised him as a model of a hero, while others lamented that a star he should not have gone to fell early. In fact, the people who saved her life thanks to him came to say thank you.”

What should I say to her that is not deception?

Should I praise him for being a proud younger brother? Or should I be sad that it was an unfortunate accident?

No, not all of them were correct.

Deceit or not, she wouldn’t want me to hear that.

Her hand holding hers was a bit weak, but the answer I could give her was not to avoid her, but to hold her.

“But her brother is not coming back. Do you know what I want to say?”

“Yes.”

She is worried about me.

I’m afraid I’ll overdo it.

For fear of trying to do more than is possible for herself, she will end up with her brother.

“Yes, I was really worried, but after listening to the doctor, I understood. Was it because of that artifact last time?”

“Yes.”

It wasn’t entirely because of the saint’s will, but I couldn’t explain it now.

“So Hyun-ah, let me ask you one more question. When you used her talent, were you sure she would be okay thanks to the artifact?”

Of course.

She knew that even if she was born with a rare talent, she would eventually recover thanks to Resurrection, and she was sure that the saint’s will would somehow handle her physical burden.

I nodded her head and she smiled.

“Yes, then I can’t say anything. They say they’ll do what they can, but even if I stop them in the first place, they won’t listen.”

“I decided not to use my talent, but didn’t you get mad at me for using it?”

“I’m angry. But Sohyeon didn’t do it for bad things or greed. Perhaps Lilac Cadet’s strength alone wouldn’t have stopped her from all the poison. As a result, you saved the cadets.”

She finally let go of my hand and this time gently ran through her hair.

After stroking her hair for a while, she smiled bitterly.

“Sohyun stays still even when I stroke her hair.”

“Yes?”

“My brother hated it. No, should I say she was shy? She said how long are you going to treat me like a child? While still a child Not all are the same. I knew. Still, yes.”

Her eyes looked a bit sad as she looked at me.

“Sohhyun-ah.”

“Yes.”

“Would you like to call me sister just once?”

I’m not sure what to do here.

The relationship I originally wanted to build with her wasn’t like this, but I wasn’t at the stage to argue about it.

“Don’t be shy. Really, she has no intention of asking to be my sister. Can’t you just call me once…?”

Perhaps the reason why she looks so weak is because the memory of that day came to my mind as I watched her collapse, coughing up blood, as much as she subconsciously pursued the image of her brother in me.

Then I have done her a disservice to her.

Thinking of her twice thinking she might lose her brother forced her to finally open her mouth.

“…Sister.”

“…Just one more time.”

“Sister Cathy.”

“Yes, Sohyeon.”

“Thank you for saving me.”

“Thank you. Of course it’s something you have to do Rather, I should thank you for preventing the incident in advance.”

“I was just looking for a friend.”

Ah, for reference, I secretly matched the words with Ga-eul Kim, and I assumed that Ga-eul Kim sent me a text message asking me to save him.

It is a setup that sends anyone to the place where it takes her hand to send it in a hurry.

“What you did is no small thing. Hyun-ah So. Thanks to you, everyone survived, and you returned safely too.”

Professor Cathy lowered her head to me, removing her hand from my head.

“Thank you.”

I didn’t know what to reply to the greeting that was abbreviated from various emotions.

As I was unable to say anything, she looked up and looked at me.

Her face seemed a bit refreshed as if she had finished organizing her own way.

“By the way, Sohyeon-ah.”

“Yes, professor.”

“…Sohhyun-ah.”

“…Yes?”

She was looking at me with a sullen face as if she was dissatisfied.

…Isn’t it?

“Sister…?”

“Yes, Sohyeon.”

No, I was told to call Shiva just once?

“As expected. Will you continue to call me noona outside the academy?”

I don’t like it…?

I’m starting to feel like I’ve made some wrong choices.

*

Lilac clearly remembered the sensations of that day.

When the magic of the flame that she could never part with attacked herself and the fallen Cheonyu, the words that held her will to break that she couldn’t do it, and the sense of omnipotence that came afterwards.

The miracle of her who transcended her own level and brought out a power beyond one level.

The image of Kang So-hyun, who said that she would die if she stayed like this, was still vivid in my eyes.

Actually, at first it seemed desperate, so I ran with the thought that if I was really joking, I would get scolded together.

But the words were true, and thanks to that, everyone was saved.

-Don’t be afraid because you can stop it.

It was a simple statement, but it felt strangely reassuring.

Should I say that it felt like a strong adult supporting me from behind?

“…So, I guess it was thanks to Sohyeon that you caught the criminal at the entrance ceremony, and then he collapsed?”

“Yes. That’s right. Even if no one recognizes Sohyun, he seems to have the personality of sacrificing for others. He’s also stubborn, so if you keep asking him what his skills are, he won’t give you an honest answer.”

Yes. Through the events so far, the character of Kang So-hyun in Lilac was defined like that.

A man who doesn’t put up with injustice but doesn’t ask for anything in return, hates being noticed but has a big heart enough to be tolerant of his classmates who bullied him.

It’s somewhat different from the truth, but at least Lilac believed that.

“So instead of stopping Sohyeon, how about secretly helping her so that she doesn’t have to use her talent?”

“…Hmm.”

On the other hand, among Kang Ha-ni, the character Kang So-hyun was evaluated a little differently, but because she had the image of a friend who had fun teasing her because she was quick-witted and timid, it was inevitable that it would be different from Lilac’s evaluation.

The kind of friend who is scared but does it when he has to, and yet he is so weak that he seems to have to protect him.

Should I say that he is more like a ‘younger brother’ than a friend?

“He secretly helps. La.”

Somehow Kang Hani thought it wasn’t too bad.

“That’s not bad.”

Lee Yu-na and Kim Ga-eul also nodded to see if they had any thoughts.

It was a little later that she realized that there was a meeting related to her secretly in a place where Kang So-hyun did not know herself.