The Academy’s Health Teacher Wants to Take a Break

Episode 46. It will continue.

There was a war.

Thousands of people die, and adults who were once children are driven to the battlefield are repeated over several generations.

A time when even children who couldn’t even become adults were driven to the battlefield.

‘Can you show me the status?’

In the cave where we arrived after the victim, there were children who were all helpless.

Is the oldest barely enough to enter high school?

Of course, I wore the military uniform of the enemy country, but I changed the bandages and stitched up the wounds with the thread I pulled out of the clothes to take care of the wounds of those children.

Although there is a limit to the divine power, it gives light at least in a way that minimizes its consumption.

‘Thank you, sister.’

And at the time, I decided to treat them like civilians.

In the first place, the Red Cross will not attack even the enemy unless they attack first, and if they are injured, they will give first aid and send them back, depending on their judgment.

Of course, it was to give a little favor externally, but I thought it would be good to reduce the sacrifice no matter what policy it was.

‘You look like a student, how did you end up here?’

Especially because the people I met at that time were children who hadn’t even grown up yet.

‘That… ….’

‘Is it because of the money?’

He also gave me treatment, so I wonder if I can ask about this much.

At that question, the boy reluctantly nodded.

Anyway, the longer the war, the higher the taxes, so those who can’t afford it will have no choice but to live with money, whether it’s for livelihood or schoolwork.

‘I don’t think you’ll come this far with just tuition, but the family is having a hard time too, right?’

‘… ….’

‘…… That’s right, we’re at war.’

Isn’t that ironic?

The ancestors did the beginning, but the responsibility and price are paid by the descendants who inherited their ideology and foundation.

I wouldn’t know if the decision had been made from the beginning, but if I came and won now, I would have no choice but to rummage through the ruins to repair the destroyed ground.

‘My older sister.’

And the children don’t even have time to remind them of that.

That’s why they will always be curious.

For what reasons did people more experienced than themselves participate in this war?

Surely they think this situation is right, and if it’s not right, why don’t they try to change it?

‘Nuna, why did you become a soldier?’

Perhaps such a meaning was implied in the question, so I answered lightly.

‘I want to see my dad.’

‘Dad, yo?’

‘Yes, I’m sure he’s still rescuing people somewhere on the battlefield.’

It wasn’t a lie.

No matter what the process is, no matter what the mindset is now.

Because only the beginning came from my stubbornness to follow the person I fell in love with.

‘Isn’t it scary?’

‘It’s scary.’

And the answer was to teach me that I am no different from a boy.

What if you are an adult and what if you are a child?

Humans cannot go against the environment.

Disasters that pass through an age like war come to everyone equally.

‘But why… ….’

‘Because I know it will end someday.’

Nevertheless, the reason I don’t regret stepping here is because I know the future.

Because whether the Empire wins or the Allies win, the war will surely end.

‘Really?’

‘Yes, it won’t take long.’

Because of such a firm belief, I showed mercy to the boy who was an enemy soldier.

That’s how he tried to maintain his humanity.

‘Then, will we be able to survive until then?’

However, I couldn’t bear to answer the question that followed right after.

Even the games I’ve seen have endings.

Because countless deaths had to be mobilized for that ending to come.

‘…… I don’t want to die.’

Everything expressed numerically in the game became a reality.

One of those beings that became reality was the blond boy in front of me.

‘I don’t want to die. I want to go home.’

It’s the same soldier.

An existence that I can’t bear to say that and move on.

‘Mom, I miss you… ….’

But why?

I couldn’t remember what I said to him, even though I saw something that anyone could sympathize with.

No, I couldn’t remember. Because this was a memory I wanted to forget.

But if you go back to that time.

If I went back in time, I would probably have left these words.

“I’m sorry adults.”

Immediately after spitting out that low apology, I felt the entrance of the cave getting brighter.

I didn’t direct my gaze.

After all, this is nothing but the past.

I just remember that it was too late to notice it at the time.

-Kwaaang!!

Yeah, it’s really common.

The military who discovered the student soldiers who had left behind, rather than recovering them, used them to dig traps to buy sympathy tickets for the enemy.

No one would think that a student soldier who was dragged to the front line would come back alive anyway, so if there are no witnesses, he won’t hesitate to carry out a bold operation.

That’s funny.

If you hate the unit that saves the enemy soldiers, it’s a matter of making a rescue unit like this one.

‘…Harcyon.’

But the easiest thing is always words, and even if you can do it, it doesn’t mean that you don’t have what you’ve done so far.

By the time I came to my senses, I had already come so far back…….

Such realization, though dirty, erases any resentment about the relatively easy path.

‘Did you order it?’

At that time, the author who appeared in front of me was a person walking on such a path.

Collapsed Cave. When I got out of there, the only thing I held in my hand was the emblem of the academy owned by a boy who was a student soldier.

It was an item that he couldn’t give up and brought despite knowing that he would not be able to find it.

Even though he was aware of that, the other party just spoke calmly.

‘I ordered it from above.’

‘Hey, it must be comfortable to act as a puppet like that.’

A man staring at me with a long blunt prop on the floor.

The color of the eyes seen through the sand wind had already faded.

It’s been a long time since I gave up all of my humanity.

The front line was the place where there were many people like that.

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‘If you’re going to resent me, you can do so.’

‘Why would you resent me? I’m in a position to save those who are killing your subordinates.’

Even so, both forces are desperate to the point of desperately fighting for victory.

In such a situation, it would be a waste of time to argue about how cruel and unethical the things that happen there are.

‘Still, why don’t you just go on without saying anything, so why don’t we bet that the one who survives protests against his boss once?’

So he didn’t blame him.

Even if they believed in him and sacrificed the children who followed him.

Because I also know that it’s a problem that individuals can’t do anything about.

‘What do you say?’

‘It will continue in the future.’

I just wished for that moment and talked about simple wishes.

As much as it is a scene where they just point their swords at each other without any reason or hatred towards each other.

Even if you choose to end it, you should not seek understanding or principles.

‘Everything you and I saw growing up… …. If it doesn’t stop someday, it will continue in the future.’

So even if it’s forced, it’s good, so I hope it ends.

That’s at a scene full of corpses of child soldiers.

It must have been the thought of those who would become teachers of children in the distant future.

***

And.

“Are you awake?”

As I slowly opened my eyes recalling those memories, I realized that a familiar face was welcoming me.

It was the face I had grown tired of watching while crocheting the wires.

“… I woke up and there was a gorilla there.”

“It’s a human, you bastard.”

“If you don’t want to be misunderstood, why don’t you shave your hair first?”

In the past, he was still worth seeing, but now he has become a very hairy man.

I stood up from the bed and immediately looked around.

The time is midnight. At the scene where the moonlight shining from the window of the health room where the curtains were drawn replaced the lighting, only Harsion, who was sitting in the seat next to the bed, was facing me.

Clee seems to have returned after completing the treatment, but her body is wrapped in bandages so that her collarbone and abdomen are exposed. ….

Damn it, I didn’t have any clothes on.

“You didn’t do anything in your sleep, did you?”

“Don’t say anything terrible. How many times have I almost died because of you?”

“It was only once that we faced each other properly. Surely you don’t intend to take responsibility for the fact that your boss picked me up, right?”

“…… If you can’t speak.”

Hey, we’re not like that.

Right away, Harsion threw a white robe at me and said.

“Come to think of it, this is the first time we’ve met like this since the war ended.”

“Heh heh, so what? At that time, you want to make an unfinished decision?”

“No, it was a fight I lost in the first place. I was just trying to convey something.”

This guy is telling me…….

Ah, there is one.

“I safely returned the emblem you gave me to my family.”

At that time, I had a big fight with this guy over bread.

The reason I saved this guy at the end of that fierce battle was because I wanted him to have at least a little conscience in his heart.

“A grave?”

“My family built me up. For some reason, I was not buried in the National Cemetery…….”

“Never mind, I didn’t even expect that.”

Uncharacteristically, he answered with a snort at the guilty conscience.

In fact, even in the world I lived in, weren’t most of the student soldiers who participated in the war not buried at the National Cemetery?

Even though it was desperate, the attempt itself would be regarded as a stain on the nation and the military, who should be honored.

It would be more strange to leave a record of driving children to the battlefield, even for the sake of national prestige.

“…… So, what happened after that?”

So let’s stop talking about the old bad relationship.

I immediately tried to change the subject, but Halcyon seemed to have finished his business and was preparing to leave the health room.

“It would be better to hear that from him than from me.”

“What?”

It’s been awhile since I’ve had doubts.

Soon he became aware of a faint sense of presence on the other side of where he was.

Damn it, I just woke up, so it’s too late to notice.

“Teacher, sir… ….”

A boy squatting in his seat and whimpering.

My eyes are sore as if I’ve been crying all day, and I can still hear a groaning sound coming from my throat.

“…Dale.”

Does that mean that he worried about me that much?

Or is it because I feel so guilty that I ended up like this?

“Come here.”

“But… ….”

“Because it’s okay.”

To see the condition of such a child, it was a while to stretch out his hand and examine his body.

I noticed that my body was becoming too rigid, putting the whimper I had been sobbing before into color.

Is it because the upper body is only wrapped in bandages?

Anyway, no matter how great a thing he has done, he is still a boy in his puberty.

“I don’t see any injuries. Thank god.”

“… ….”

But, as if there was something else unclear, Dale’s head hung down as soon as he finished the diagnosis.

In that state, I just tightly gripped the things I put on my thighs.

“… Is there anything you want to say?”

No, when I looked closely, something was up there.

A paper bag commonly used to store documents.

“Teacher.”

How long has it been?

The hand holding the envelope soon began to move toward me.

“Please accept this.”

“… ….”

Without a word, I took what Dale gave me and read what was written on it.

[Withdrawal letter]

That was the three-character handwriting on the envelope.

As expected before receiving it.

And it was something I didn’t want at all.

“I want to go back to my hometown.”

At the end of the war.

Why does a child who came to this school just to enjoy his studies and youth want to return to the darkness where the light of the world can’t reach?