I Became Strong At Night And Weak At Day Inside A Game

“Then, congratulations on the safe resolution and safe discharge! Cheers!” 

I held out a wooden cup along with Ethan’s toast.

The golden ale rose with foam on top of the wooden glasses that bluntly collided. 

Ethan drank the beer all at once without looking back after giving a cool toast.

Gulp, gulp, gulp—.

“Fuah~!” 

Ethan breathed in and let out a sound like an old man. 

I wanted to be that cool but didn’t want to take a one-shot, so I just lightly turned my glass.

Where we are now is a bar in downtown Esset.

Looking back, this was the first time I had ever been to downtown Esset and entered a good restaurant. 

It’s already been two weeks since I came to this world, and I’ve never been to other than the student cafeteria—.

It’s really surprising to me.

Anyway, we all visited the bar today to commemorate the safe resolution of the artifact theft case and the safe discharge of Ethan and Leon. 

A bar!

A place of dreams that can never be missed when it comes to fantasy!

In fact, even in Broken World, the quality of the bar was comparable to that of somewhat extraordinary scenery.

Wooden tables, colorful dishes, huge wooden glasses filled with alcohol, and even a bard playing a lute.

The dreamy part of the Broken World that I remember was in the bar’s scenery.

It’s the first time in my life that I’m going to a bar with friends.

In the meantime, the bar was a place to work part-time, not a place to hang out.

I had no money or time to hang out and no friends to go to the bar with.

All I did was sip cheap domestic beer in a narrow studio apartment alone.

Anyway, when I was about to take a sip, Choco raised its share of the glass with both feet. 

What was inside was water, but he must have wanted a toast too. 

After a light toast, Choco drank the water with a satisfied expression.

Then I tipped my glass.

It’s not a one-shot, so let’s just drink half of it—.

“Ugh…!” 

Without realizing it, I burst into exclamation. 

It’s cool, it’s a refreshing feeling that’s not enough to express with this word. 

The sweetness that tingles in the mouth has a strong fruity flavor.

Berry… No, is it tangerine?

It doesn’t have strong characteristics but a harmonious scent.

It’s like a soft feeling. 

If j swallow it without thinking, it’ll go straight in.

I don’t know much about alcohol, but—what is certain is that I feel sorry for comparing it to the cheap canned beer I used to drink often.

I tried to swallow the remaining half and reached out for a snack.

“What should I eat….”

It is a lineup that will make me ponder.

Garlic-flavored gambas, steamed Buffalo wings, and barbecue pork ribs with barbecue sauce stuck to grilled long sausages.

And a mountain of huge French fries filled the table.

Free French fries take up half of the total share.

Yes, it’s not that I saw it wrong, but French fries take up for half of it. 

Of course, the person who created this happily enjoyed the French fries.

“As expected, potatoes are the best!”

“Yeah…”

“It’s good with just salt, but ketchup or truffles… Oh, barbecue sauce isn’t bad either!”

“I see….”

The mountain-like fries are dotted with all kinds of flavors.

Even the types of sauces to accompany fries are more than the types of snacks ordered today. 

But Ethan wants to eat it, so… I can’t help it.

He even ordered unsalted French fries for Choco to eat. 

Of course, Choco was eating French fries with both hands, putting them in the glass, and rinsing them with water.

That’s instinct… right?

“Do you like potatoes?”

“Yeah! Potatoes are good. The best! Why don’t you eat it too? Leon.”

“….” 

Leon silently reached for the huge mountain of potatoes.

He chose Truffle Parmesan and mumbled, and Leon nodded.

“It’s fine.” 

“Right? As expected, you know it too!”

Ethan, as if thrilled, put the fries on a plate by type and handed them out to Leon.

And for some reason, my plate of fries also flew.

“Theo eats a lot too!”

“Yeah… Thank you…” 

I ate french fries.

It’s definitely delicious, but…I couldn’t eat only French fries, so I moved to Pork Rib.

“Aren’t the French fries delicious?”

“It is delicious. It’s harmonious even if you eat it with other things.”

“As expected, Theo, I thought you would know how cool potatoes are!”

Yeah, I’m eating pork ribs right now.

As expected, French fries need to be in a set with another menu to shine the most—.

“Anyway, still I don’t think it was right to order all the snacks with potatoes.”

“Ahaha! The more good things, the better!

Ethan is too extreme.

All or nothing…

 “Rather than that, I thought both of you wouldn’t eat something like this because you’re from aristocratic families.”

Ethan asked as he ate his fries.

Certainly, the Agrit family is a Count, and the Hilfenberg family is a Duke. 

He has eaten good things since he was young, but he’s not in a position to eat french fries as a staple food. 

Rather, wouldn’t it be more familiar with Aligot potato or luxurious mashed potato with lots of cheese? 

Well, that’s Theo Agrit’s story. 

Me too…I didn’t eat it often recently, but I liked French fries when I was young.

Coke and French fries are symbols of fast food.

“I don’t really care if it’s delicious.”

The french fries erased the taste of the barbecue sauce that filled my mouth.

While eating, I took a bite of a buffalo wing and enjoyed the unique flavor and gravy of the chicken that spread throughout my mouth.

“I ate it often when I was young.”

“Did you live separately from your parents when you were young?”

“I am an adopted child. It’s a story before being adopted by the Hilfenberg family.”

Leon, who was cutting the sausage, smiled awkwardly and said lightly.

Play

Unmute

He didn’t seem to care much, but Ethan was noticeably embarrassed and dropped the French fries in his hand.

“Really? I didn’t know that. If it weren’t for Theo, I wouldn’t have known after graduation!”

“It wasn’t something to talk about. You don’t have to worry too much.”

“Yeah, of course not. I don’t care about status at all! That is the mindset of a merchant!”

Even though he wasn’t a merchant himself, Ethan just made idle talk.

“You are not very surprised.”

The arrow came back to me.

I wasn’t surprised because I already knew.

Dipping the buffalo wings in the barbecue sauce, I shrugged. 

“I just don’t care. It’s annoying, so what with a status?”

“…Is that so? That’s your answer.”

Leon, who laughed, even cut the sausage and put it in his mouth.

At this point, people who know Leon is an adopted child can be counted on one hand.

Leon himself didn’t want to become an unnecessary burden to the Duke of Hilfenberg, so he didn’t reveal it on purpose, and even if it were widely known, it wouldn’t be news that would benefit him, so it was natural.

But he told us directly.

It can be said that Leon trusted us. 

“Let’s have another drink!”

Ethan filled his glass before he knew it.

The tea was greasy in my mouth, so I emptied my glass and poured a new beer.

Ethan then raised his glass, so he bumped the glass again.

Four glasses fell with a dull sound.

Why are there four glasses? 

No way, I lowered my gaze, but Choco was busy eating french fries.

Then who is it?

When I turned my head, I saw a familiar man with reddish-brown hair sitting at our table as if he had been with us from the beginning.

“Sometimes beer isn’t bad, other than whiskey.”

“Priest Jacomo? I didn’t expect to see you in a place like this!”

When Ethan pretended to know, Jacomo lightly raised his glass.

“Long time no see, Ethan Mertezaker. Was that Leon Hilfenberg?”

“Long time no see. Priest.”

They both knew Jacomo.

Well, Jacomo is officially a priest at Estero Academy.

Rather, it would be strange not to know.

“And you too, it’s been a while. Theo Agrit.”

“I don’t know if it’s been a while, but yes.”

I haven’t met him for a while, so I’ve been erasing it in my head, and he pops out like this.

No, more than that, is it okay for the priest to walk in and out of the bar? 

“Oh, from the look on your face, it must be strange that the priest is in the bar, right?”

“…I suppose so.”

“It’s okay as long as I don’t get caught, though.”

Are you going to say that in a priest’s uniform?

It’s suspicious. Whatever you do, it’s suspicious.

I reflexively raised my guard.

“What are you here for anyway?”

“I was just passing by and heard a familiar voice? Oh, am I getting in the way?”

“It’s a bit of a hindrance, so why not go back the way you came?”

“Here’s one more sausage and one more chicken. Oh, give me more alcohol.”

This human isn’t even listening.

My stomach is boiling—.

Jacomo sipped his new drink lightly.

Despite this situation, Ethan and Leon didn’t seem to care at all.

“Right, rumors circulating these days. Do you all know?”

“What do you mean rumors?”

When Ethan responded, Jacomo smirked and set the mood. 

“Something like a haggard-looking shadow walking around the main building at dawn. A student who was walking around suddenly disappeared and appeared after a while. At night in the main building, wails resound….” 

Ethan swept his arm at the spooky story. 

Choco was also frightened and wrapped its tail around itself. 

“It’s just a rumor, haven’t you heard of it?”

“I have never heard of it.”

Leon didn’t seem too scared, and all he did was take a sip of his drink.

Naturally, the arrow returned to me—my reaction was not much different from Leon’s.

“That’s just a graduate student.”

A graduate student who can’t get off work even in the early morning, a graduate student who can’t leave the lab after being kidnapped as a graduate student, and a graduate student who gets sleep paralysis after working overtime.

Since everything is explained as a graduate student, there is no reason to be scared.

Actually, it’s scary on the other side.

“Then how about this?”

Ehem, Jacomo lowered his voice.

When he erased the suspicious smile on his face, it was a completely suspicious old man. 

“You may know that there is a mirror attached to the end of the corridor on the third floor of the Tartar Hall, which is used as a club building. A scream often rang out from behind it. But behind the mirror is just a simple wall. It means you can hear screams inside the walls. Of course there is no space inside the wall. Where does it ring out…no one knows, but they can definitely hear the screams.”

Startled, Ethan shivered his shoulders.

Choco fled to my lap. 

“What do you think?”

Jacomo looked at my complexion again.

However, this time I wasn’t particularly surprised.

It’s a story I already knew.

It’s one of the famous easter eggs in Broken World.

A mysterious scream was heard from beyond the empty mirror.

Listening to it, I wondered how it would be implemented here.

The problem is that the background is the Tartar building, the clubs’ headquarters.

The story of Broken World is full of bad reviews, but…In particular, the story about the screw coming completely loose in the club episode was very well known.

Thanks to that, many reviews say it is the worst story.

Well, it was better to have a screw loose than to set the mood half-heartedly.

Anyway, this ghost story is also in the Tartar, so it may be unexpectedly connected to another story. 

I’m not expecting much, but let’s check it out.

After thinking that, I sipped the remaining beer.

2

“It’s the first time I’ve been here in person….” 

Entering the Tartar Hall, I looked around.

The corridors are clean and the facilities are good.

Even the third floor behind the library is gorgeous for a simple building.

The Tartar Hall is purely an annex for club activities.

Currently, there are 51 clubs in the Estero Academy.

The categories range from practical clubs such as the swordsmanship club or magic research club to purely hobbyist clubs such as the gardening club and the confectionery club.

Considering that there are 50 students per grade, there are a lot of clubs.

But each person is only allowed one club, so there aren’t very many.

In some cases, there are clubs with less than 3 members.

Anyway, club activities are compulsory.

Naturally, Theo Agrit was also a member of the club. 

“What do you mean tea ceremony? It doesn’t suit you.” 

I didn’t even know there was such a thing.

It’s a club that has a lot of screws, so I didn’t dig too much even during the game days.

Only a little appeared in the setting book—.

So even if I look back at who is in the tea ceremony club, I can’t remember easily.

Well, let’s check it out while we’re on our way to Easter eggs.

– It doesn’t suit for me, but I don’t know if it suits you. Don’t you talk about quietness and quietness every day? 

Well, that’s true.

For some reason, Deathwise says the right thing.

– This body always says the right thing!

Let’s do that.

Anyway, I guess you also don’t know why Theo joined the tea ceremony club.

In the end, it means that you don’t know until you check it.

With a light walk, I went down to the first basement floor where the tea ceremony room was located.

And open the door to the room—.

I couldn’t help but be very surprised since I came to this world.