143 – [3] Kkounya, shut up, follow me.
#143
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Beyond the huge world gate.
Chareltea campus was crowded with people unlike usual.
However, it was not at the level where tens of thousands of people were crowded together like during the placement test.
Most people participated voluntarily.
It is said that it is only a small portion of the total.
As is usually the case with events held at universities, only those who were willing to participate participated.
Still, even if it was a part of the characteristics of Palaistra Academy, it was by no means a negligible number.
Even though it was only 10% of the grade, there were thousands of people, and as if to remind us of this, thousands of people were gathered at the site.
“LGBTQIAPK+C club members, please come here~ LGBTQIA2S+ club members are not here, so you can go over there~”
“Daily Palai reporters are here!”
“The members of the Giraffe Club in Action are planning to gather here and then disperse! “Everyone, come quickly!”
“My Adult Pony! My Adult Pony! PONYeee!!! “Hunterooooo!!!”
“Get out of here you crazy talkative bastards!”
Rainbow-colored flags, crude flags with cameras on them, flags with giraffes, flags with suspicious beastmen, environmentalist flags with a peaceful Earth and a burning Charelthea, just a pony…… Painted flags, etc.
Numerous cadets were gathering there, indicating the group they belonged to.
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“There is nothing like this.”
“Could it be that those people are in groups of one person like us?”
“If I have the skills, I think so, but if I don’t, I don’t think so…… “I don’t know the details.”
Of course, the three of us, including myself, did not belong to any place.
That’s why I was just standing in a corner for no reason.
Around the time when the number of people entering the Charelletea campus gradually decreased.
A short woman with bear ears on her head approached us.
A rather large bag and a magical power-based reinforced exoskeleton from arm to toe.
It appears that it was worn to carry heavy loads, perhaps because it was a porter.
She, a bear beast, looked at the three of us and then stared at my face.
And with a very bright expression.
“Uh, maybe…” … 1 Grade… ….”
“…… Agniya Lipovski porter?”
She nodded yes, showing off her red hair and golden eyes.
Finally, she took out a piece of paper from her pocket and pointed it at me.
“Are you the client Kang?”
“Yes, that’s right. “I would appreciate it if you could call me by my first name rather than just my last name.”
“Oh then…” … “Can I call you Xian?”
“Yes.”
I didn’t like the lack of politeness from the first meeting, but since he was in a higher grade than me, I decided to take it into consideration.
After all, this is an academy without much mutual respect.
I pointed to Cheonma-ri and Shannon in turn.
“First of all, there are a thousand elves over here, and the dragon over there is Shannon Redmond. “The three of us are the entire group.”
“Sian, Marie, Shannon. “There are three people in total. They all have pretty names.”
“And just in case, I’m asking, do you remember what you signed with me?”
“Of course. How many times have I done this kind of porter work? “You don’t have to worry too much.”
Then, he tapped my arm with his palm and made a funny expression.
It was a moment when the need for one action and consideration suddenly fell vertically.
“Yes?”
“Don’t worry too much, junior.”
Because he suddenly showed no hesitation after meeting for the first time, it felt like he was subtly trying to gain the upper hand.
This feeling was probably true.
“Because this senior knows a lot.”
Tuktuk.
It happened again.
Typical physiology of a porter.
No, rather than menstruation, the rules of survival widely spread on the Internet quickly came to mind.
– Get the upper hand in the pack and avoid getting to the front whenever possible.
Originally, the porter was the weakest member of the party.
This was because porters had quite heterogeneous characteristics compared to other members.
Cooking, cleaning, and equipment maintenance can basically be done by other members.
However, lifting large amounts of luggage was in a somewhat different realm.
It would be nice if each person could take care of their own burdens with ‘no effort’, but that would only be good for that moment.
More luggage meant increased weight, which in turn meant a decrease in core combat capabilities.
Roughly speaking, it means that it has characteristics such as ‘Excess weight: Agility -50%’.
And being slow in a fight was like dramatically increasing the possibility of becoming weak.
Not being able to attack quickly.
Not being able to dodge quickly.
He can’t hit the Hunter’s ultimate weapon, Julhangrang.
When you try to increase your speed, you run out of stamina.
For this reason, unless it was a short-term hunt, a porter to carry heavy loads was essential.
Naturally, the porters were beings whose survival could not be guaranteed even if they fought a passing elk, so it was basic to watch the battle from a distance.
Non-combat, but essential personnel.
The problem was the position itself of watching the fight while storing a lot of luggage.
“…… “For now, we’d like to leave our luggage with them, but do you think walking will be much slower at this rate?”
“What is this…… It’s more than enough weight to bear. “I don’t think it will slow down at all.”
“Then, if a problem arises. “I guess you can personally avoid it and endure it?”
“That’s roughly right?”
It was a great location for a breezy day.
Even their sufficiently developed evasion ability was enough to lead them into the realm of flight.
Perfection itself.
A master piece position that even Joe who can’t run can’t dare look up to, and even Run Joe, who has the best driving ability in the history of the Korean peninsula, would admire.
Most porters even preferred that.
It was natural that the porter who was not like that would have died long ago with his head on the ground.
Human history is marked by all kinds of tricks and escapes.
Among them, those with the greatest ability and conditions to escape were the porters.
“…… “You know where we are going now, right?”
“Didn’t you say you were going a little further?”
“Yes, red or black. So, by the way, we hope you will follow our instructions as much as possible.”
“That’s the basics.”
“I think it would be good if you follow us even in dangerous situations.”
“Yes…… ?”
That’s why hunters tried to somehow tie up the porters who carried their luggage and flew away, even if the situation got even a little worse.
Sadly, if the porters had listened to me like that, I wouldn’t have said the same thing.
Porters often attempted to engage in intra-group politics to escape these constraints.
This was probably largely to blame for her light-headedness as soon as they met.
“Is there any problem?”
“No, that’s not it… ….”
“If there are no problems, I will understand that you will follow what we say, especially me.”
“…… Yeah, yeah. Okay.”
“Even in dangerous situations, we will protect you so you don’t get hurt, so you don’t have to worry too much.”
Kowunya, shut up, follow me.
Even if you had a tendency to conform, you received money, so there were no exceptions.
“Okay… ….”
How relieved were they when they told us that other grades could participate, with the condition that only the porters could receive the prize?
How excited were you to agree to hire someone when the competition organizer told you that they had increased your workload and even gave you an advance payment?
I had no intention of being fooled by their intentions.
Although it may seem like a bit of an overreaction and a psychopath, it was an inevitable measure proven by numerous statistics.
Furthermore, from the employer’s point of view, once you are attacked by porters, you cannot help but think this way.
When I was in high school, I went hunting in the Far North with my older sister Su-a instead of Chun-mae, whose condition had worsened due to a losing streak in baseball.
At this time, there was a snow storm, and the porter suddenly ran away, forcing us to survive with insufficient supplies.
Luckily, Su-a had experienced this a few times, and she took me to a dark cave instead of a nearby village.
At the time, I was shivering in a cold cave without a campfire.
As Su-a entered her only sleeping bag, she said this.
– “Please come in here.”
For some reason, all the buttons on my top were undone.
Anyway, she was able to avoid the cold thanks to the warmth of someone like her older sister.
Of course, it wasn’t all that comfortable.
If that were the case, there would have been less hostility toward porters than there is now.
At that time, Su-ah must have been very uncomfortable, and she would touch my body little by little or suddenly drool.
Because of that, I had trouble sleeping, and my memories of this time remained rather bad.
It couldn’t have been a truly difficult task.
And since I had that experience, it made no sense to let my guard down.
“By the way, Mr. Shannon, do you remember what I told you yesterday? “Let’s just keep going.”
“Yes!”
What I told Shannon in case the porter ran away.
The porter probably won’t even be able to guess what this is.
Actually, it was better not to know.
Because it was about how to catch him quickly when he runs away.
What’s more, I even placed additional conditions on Shannon to do this.
The condition was that I would massage her tail while heading to her destination.
You do this and then run away?
It will not end at the level of mere disappointment.
Even after that, I never lost my distrust of the porter.
In fact, the porter girl stiffened, as if she was completely frightened.
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– “─Well, I sincerely look forward to the safe return of all cadets and a great hunt! “Everyone, fighting!”
The end of the short ceremony.
The competition has finally begun.
“It moves slowly.”
“Wow, I’m finally leaving.”
“hehehe~ Porter, please follow us quickly~”
“Yes… ….”
Kang Xian and the other three headed toward the destination they had in mind.
