Chapter 93 – Episode 93 Hero Academy (1-12)
This is the game ‘Animal Town’ and we have just entered the second day of the game.
And before the game started, Sung Soo-ah hesitated and made a suggestion-a request-to me.
(If only it looked like yesterday… Wouldn’t it be nice?)
(Ah… But grown men are a bit gross, right?)
(No, it’s not like that! But… It’s fresh, like you said yesterday!)
Seong Soo-ah laughed while saying that.
As per her wish, I connected as I set yesterday.
What she and I planned for today was to catch glowworms and put lights in and around her house.
Because this game runs the same as the time inside and outside the game system, it was always evening when we played.
For that reason, Seong Su-ah suggested making things like lights and street trees in the village.
Seong Soo-ah said with a smile as she caught the flying glowworm.
“But on weekends, I can access it during the day, so I can try other things.”
“Ah… That is….”
“… ? What are you doing?”
In response to Seong Soo-ah’s question, I told her that I couldn’t play games with her on the weekend because I had an appointment outside.
“Then on the weekend….”
“Yes, I have something important to do on the weekend… “
“Ah….”
Sung Soo-ah looked down at me with a sad expression.
I apologized to Seong Soo-ah.
“I’m sorry. You’re bothering to take time for me for no reason, but I broke the fun.”
“Ah, don’t do that…. It’s about having fun together.”
Sung Soo-ah smiled and stroked my hair.
It’s only the 2nd day at most, but I really dared to do skinship without hesitation.
Armonia, who saw her actions under the holy water, said in a cold voice.
[This is a wicked woman.]
‘Okay, stop it….’
How many times is it….
Armonia didn’t seem to like what she did to me yesterday.
Once the plan was framed.
I decided that it was important to narrow the distance by continuing to play games like this with Sung Soo-ah.
The most important thing is that I shouldn’t unnecessarily show rejection.
If I make an uncomfortable expression for no reason, if I’m a quick-witted Seong-soo, she may feel guilty and distance herself.
In fact, there is nothing inconvenient about it. It felt great.
A woman like Sung Soo treats her kindly like her mother, but what man would hate that?
However, since she was Seongsu, it seemed that she would become a problem if she got tired of the game, but considering that she played for a long time, it seemed that she would not get tired of it soon.
We wandered around the meadow full of the smell of grass, caught nocturnal bugs as we saw them, and returned home.
I made lights by combining luminous lamps and other materials, and started installing them around them.
By the way….
‘Sibul, I applied the short one like this….’
I was going to hang a light on the wall of the tree house.
However, due to his short stature, it was not possible to mount a light in the desired location.
As I was holding the lamp and whimpering, Seongsu-a grabbed me by the side from behind and lifted me up.
“Come on, eat.”
“I’m sorry. This is the game….”
“It’s okay.”
Sung Soo-ah smiled and lifted it up.
It would have been much more comfortable if I had put it on myself, but in the end, Seong Su-ah lifted the lights near the house and I was able to put them on.
Sung Soo-ah admired the house where the lights were installed.
“Wow, I really like the bright ones.”
Just as Seong Soo-ah said, she looked better because the surroundings around the house became brighter.
“I see. It would be good to use the remaining noctilucents later when you go around other places.”
“That’s a great idea! Shall we go inside?”
The atmosphere in the house was also markedly different.
The first house I built relied on just one light, but now I added one next to the bed and one above the dining table, so the whole house is bright.
And as she watched the scene, she discovered a surprising fact.
‘… Great. Has it already been three hours?’
[I think I can immerse myself in the game because my stamina is not consumed.]
This game does not consume real stamina no matter where you go.
However, in the game, when cutting down trees or collecting materials, health is sweet, but that is only the numerical value of the game as indicated.
I said to Seong Soo-ah with a surprised expression.
“Wow… We’ve already done three hours.”
“Oh? Really?!”
Seongsu Ah was also surprised and looked at her watch.
The time was approaching 11pm.
I said sorry to Sung Soo-ah, who was surprised.
“Come to think of it, today is Friday…. Just because of me….”
“Instructor Seong Soo-ho, please stop talking like that. I do it because I really enjoy it. If not….”
Seong Soo-ah continued with a sullen expression.
“It’s not because you’re not having fun with me, is it?”
“Eh, ah…. No way That’s fun.”
“Look. I do it because it’s fun too. So, let’s not talk like that anymore.”
Haha…. All right.”
Just looking at this conversation made me feel like a friendship flowing between a man and a woman.
If Seongsu-a is not stroking my hair as if she is proud of it….
I said to Seong Soo-ah.
“You should go to bed soon.”
“Uh? Joe, can I have a little more?”
“Oh, aren’t you tired?”
“I am still alive!”
Seong Soo-ah rolled up her arms, and she smiled brightly.
The appearance of Seong-soo-ah as her instructor disappeared everywhere, leaving only Seong-a-ah who looked like an older sister.
‘Well, there must be some distinction between working and everyday.’
However, it was surprising that the distinction was clearly visible.
In other words, I judged that the virtual world is the boundary that separates the instructor’s Seongsu-ah from the real Seongsu-ah.
From my point of view, Seong Soo-ah’s behavior seemed like an aberration.
Such Seongsuah took me and started to explore the village where her crescent moon illuminated the silver vision.
After about an hour passed, I began to feel drowsy, perhaps because of the accumulated fatigue from the engineering class.
When I started to hit Seongsu-ah hard with an axe, she leaned against a tree and decided to sleep.
‘I’ll take care of it if I sleep…’ .’
I wanted Seongsu to sleep hugging me without waking me, but she crouched down and leaned against a tree.
‘Armonia, wake me up in the morning.’
[All right.]
As soon as I leaned against the tree while watching Sung Soo-ah notice, I began to fall asleep.
***
“… Instructor Seong Su-ho?”
Seong Su-ah stopped cutting the tree and approached Seong Su-ho and said carefully.
She spoke more quietly, fearing that Seongsuho might wake up.
“Instructor Seong Su-ho, you can’t sleep here.”
I checked his condition at a volume so high that even a whisper could not be heard.
“….”
“I can’t. You should sleep here today.”
Seong Soo-ah thought carefully while sitting on Seong Su-ho.
‘What should we do… I love it… This is how it feels to have children, right?’
Seong Soo-ah took the sleeping Seong Soo-ho in her arms and headed home.
Even as she carried Seongsuho, she couldn’t feel any discomfort or tension as a member of the opposite sex.
There was only maternal love emanating from it.
Seong Soo-ah, if she had an NPC like Seong Soo-ho’s character, she would have treated her the same way.
However, such NPCs are, after all, just programmed beings, and watching the same interactions would have numbed their affection over time.
However, Sung Soo-ho matched him perfectly.
To Seong Soo-ah, such a Seong-su-ho had become an existence she did not want to miss.
Seong Soo-ah carefully laid him on the bed so that he would not wake up, and she herself lay down next to him.
“Ha… It shouldn’t be like this.”
Seeing Seong-su-ah and Seong-su-favorite, guilt and desire began to collide inside her again.
Seong Soo-ho, whom Seong Su-ah had seen so far, was a sincere and caring person.
Although the real Seong Soo-ho was not that kind of person at all, Seong Soo-ah had no way of knowing it.
If Seong Soo-ah had been in this situation with normal men, she would have woken the man up somehow, logged him out, and went to bed herself.
However, her game, which started out of apologetic feelings towards him for treating her faithfully, soon began to grow into her desire to have a family.
Above all, Seong Soo-ah was already aware of it.
Even though he knew he shouldn’t, he was worried that if he missed this person, he would lose his chance to enjoy this kind of happiness.
Seong Soo-ah finally turned off the lights in the room and gently hugged him while smiling.
“For now… Hang out a little… Instructor Seong Soo-ho.”
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“… Well? Uh!?”
As soon as Seong Soo-ah woke up, he tried to feel the touch of the child in his arms, but he only struggled with his arms in the air.
When she came to her senses, the dawn was just shining and she was alone in her bed.
“Sir, I hope you’re not angry….”
Seong Soo-ah was restless and came to her senses and got up from the bed.
There was no one around.
“Ah… No… No….”
Seong Su-ah began to worry that Seong Su-ho, who was offended by what she had done, might have sneaked out.
With her guilt burrowing deep into her heart, she noticed an alarm in the Messenger window.
“… What? I’m sure no one will know because the access is private….”
She opened her messenger window and checked the note sent to her.
The sender of the long message was Sung Soo-ho.
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I’m sorry, Instructor Sung Soo-ah. Again, I fell asleep by mistake. As soon as I woke up, I was afraid to see her face, so I cautiously left.
-Syncopation-
If it wasn’t for Instructor Sung Soo-ah, such a fun school life wouldn’t have existed. Thank you so much for always caring and being considerate.
PS. I’ll be sure to see you later and apologize.
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“Ha….”
Seong Soo-ah lay down on her bed and she was so happy that she started to struggle.
She felt that this note was not sent by Instructor Seong Soo-ho, but from young Seong Soo-ho.
“What should we do!! I love it!!”
She was seized with joy as if she had received her letter from her child for the first time saying, ‘I love you.’
Seong Su-ah struggled in her bed, drunk with joy, continuing to read her notes until lunchtime.
***
[Sneaky woman….]
‘….’
Armonia didn’t stop talking until I went to the ship.
