The Possessor Has No Desire To Be a Protagonist

005. Winter’s Core (1)

Fortunately, we managed to get to Istvan somehow.

The problem was that I arrived just before sunrise because I rode slowly.

As I drove the wagon, all sorts of worries and miscellaneous thoughts flooded me. My bleak future, a future without my dreams and hopes.

In any case, at the entrance to the city stood Istvan’s mighty fortress.

“Hey, Ethan. You’re late. Why did you drive the wagon so slowly?”

Sepia grumbled as soon as she got off the carriage.

“I drove slowly for the safety of the lady.”

“… … ”

I thought I’d argue, but Sepia didn’t say anything more.

“Let’s go dispose of the wagon.”

I followed where Sepia led.

Before afternoon, the horse and carriage were roughly sold to the Hergé Mercantile Association.

In a place like Daesanghoe, trust is valued. That’s why I was able to trust myself.

If you arbitrarily up or down in the target meeting, your reputation will be reduced.

And next to me, Sepia was watching the series of processes.

What if you tried to cheat?

Sepia would have stopped it.

Anya watched the process yawning, leaning against the wall.

The cost of selling the carriage was intended to be handed over to the coachman’s bereaved family. Sepia had already allowed it.

Eventually we were able to reach Nadia Academy.

As seen in the novel, the academy of a huge fortress. The fort was majestic against the blue sky.

I was honestly amazed.

Because there were parts in the novel that just didn’t reach me.

No, can this be called the world in a novel?

Anyway.

In fact, I could see why it was called the best academy on the continent.

Tolerable medieval royal castles were more than enough to smack their cheeks.

‘To think I have to spend three years there.’

Around the academy, there were already people wearing academy uniforms.

We were able to walk through the crowds and reach the great sluice gate.

“Stop! This is Nadia Academy. Prohibition of entry by unauthorized persons. Please state your affiliation and identity.”

The guards guarding the gate shouted.

I was inwardly amazed.

Wow, really. He recites the lines in the novel as they are.

“Sephia von Rognes, a candidate for the brave, has come to enter Nadia Academy.”

“Do you have an admission card or a warrior candidate pattern?”

Sepia took off her leather gloves and showed the back of her hand.

The guard who saw the back of his hand gave up the solemnity he had maintained until now and smiled warmly.

“welcome. Sepia von Lognes.”

Soon after, Anya showed the pattern in the same way.

only me… . why is admission

There is no point in looking into it.

I took my admission card out of my backpack and put it in.

“It’s definitely even stamped with the academy’s seal. welcome Candidate, Ethan.”

I also responded with a smile.

I never thought I would go back to school after graduating from college.

Slowly, I began to worry about my future again.

oops, i don’t know

No matter how much I thought about it, there was no right answer.

“Are those guards strong?”

Anya had her eyes on the front door.

To be precise, he was looking at a giant halberd.

“Well. It’s me, because I’ve never fought before.”

“I want you to be strong.”

While Anya and I were exchanging such nonsense, I heard a voice from the front door.

“hello. I came to enroll as a warrior candidate.”

Green eyes suitable for blonde hair.

A good impression at a glance.

Although his skills aren’t great yet, he’s a hard-working genius who is terrifyingly growing.

Later, he is a strong man who confidently ranks first among the top 10, and the main character who pursues goodness and justice.

Arthur Pendragon.

Our hero was standing in front of the gate.

“hey! Ethan! Why don’t you come sooner?”

At sepia’s urging, I took a step.

* * *

There were 12 days left until school started.

I looked around the dorm room assigned to me.

Neiguan 304.

A splendid bedroom that is incomparable to most inns.

It’s not just old-fashioned, it’s luxurious. I lay down on the soft bed.

Compared to the 21st century hotel bed, it is by no means inferior.

I succeeded until I fell with the damn sepia.

The problem, of course, is that it is a two-person room.

Of course, a double room is cheaper than a single room.

No matter how much the Logness family paid for my tuition as a sponsor, they didn’t seem to be considerate of Ethan enough to even provide a single room.

Who will be your roommate?

What do you know? could be anyone

I looked back at what I was going to do.

First of all, you need to do three things.

First, go all the way to the Winter Mountains and eat the Winter Core.

Second, entering as a disciple of Sylvia Lynchester.

Third, to invest in a business that is worthwhile.

If you became Silvia’s apprentice, one of the things you could get was an improved Lynchester swordsmanship.

A skill that is superior to basic swordsmanship and has a wide range of versatility.

In this novel, there is a villain named Lorenz.

In fact, what he learned in his second year was Linchester’s swordsmanship.

The guy who learned swordsmanship fights against Arthur, but of course he couldn’t defeat the main character Arthur.

Looking back now, I feel truly sorry.

How pitiful is the life of a villain who gets tossed around by Arthur’s cheating status window and gets corrupted after being jealous.

And Lorenz spurns the academy himself and leaves.

After that, he becomes a fallen villain and reappears in about 300 episodes.

At that time, he became a magician.

Thanks to that, even Arthur, who insisted on not killing as much as possible, cut the guy to pieces.

And the sound of doing it was spectacle.

‘You definitely had a natural talent. But you sold your talent to the devil for a bargain. Farewell, Lorenz, who was once my classmate.’

oh

When I read it, I flipped it over without thinking, but the more I think about it, the more I get annoyed.

That line is that a talent bug kills a hard worker twice.

He would have laid on the bed, turned on the status window, and recorded his stats with the given points.

hey.

It’s a wasteful skill to give to a minor role anyway.

He knew how to obtain the Linchester swordsmanship through the words of the writer.

author’s words

The world of this novel is based on the game, as mentioned before. That’s why there are quests and skills. And there are also conditions for obtaining quests.

The conditions for meeting Sylvia Lynchester are as follows.

First, before the entrance ceremony, run on the playground and do physical training.

Second, if you do, you will meet Sylvia through random encounting.

Third, if you win the bet with Sylvia here, you can become a disciple.

Today’s TMI is ideal!

In other words, Lorenz was punished even though he unknowingly ate Giyeon. Shouldn’t it just fall?

Anyway, thanks to the writer’s release of TMI like this, I think I can pick and eat the villains’ talents.

The same goes for the winter hack.

Originally, it was a chance to pass on to the adventurer Elzac.

In a party Elzac belongs to, he accidentally discovers the core of winter.

Of course, like martial arts, there was a scramble for the opportunity, and Elzac was the one who acquired the opportunity through fishermanship.

Elzac has progressed from a C-class adventurer to an S-class adventurer in just a few years.

No, it’s not a step forward, it’s a leap forward.

Of course, the discovery of the nucleus will come later.

And Elzac is a villain who used to be Mine’s spy.

Although I mess around with Arthur again and get cut.

So.

I’m sorry, but I’ll have to take that chance.

Wouldn’t it be better for me to eat a bar to give to the villain?

It’s not that I’m going to eat the main character’s talent.

I drove the wagon all night, but I wasn’t tired.

I raised my upper body halfway.

As expected, the tribes who have mastered swordsmanship or magic here have far exceeded the limits of humans on Earth in the 21st century.

Still, I had to go to bed to eat the ‘Winter Core’.

It’s because it’s stuck at the top of the mountain.

That is, I have to climb mountains.

It was a mountain that I rode like that in the army.

I’m already swearing.

As Sepia’s servant, it was okay to leave the place, but wouldn’t it be fine to come back quickly during the weekend?

If possible, it was the custom of the Lognes family to let their servants rest on the weekends.

Obviously, due to Sepia’s personality, if I, as a servant, were away, I would get nervous again.

Shall I say that I will go on vacation for a while?

And what if you don’t take a vacation?

Even if you get scolded, wouldn’t it be better to take advantage of the opportunity and get scolded?

I closed my eyes and forced myself to sleep.

I woke up and it was morning.

I think I slept for six hours

When I woke up, there was someone in the bed across from me.

It was Arthur.

Arthur Pendragon is the protagonist of this novel.

what?

Question marks floated around in my mind.

For a moment, I wondered why this had happened.

Why is Arthur Pendragon here?

I meant roommate.

Arthur Pendragon originally had to occupy a double room by himself.

Because Arthur Pendragon didn’t have a roommate.

However, because I came in, the vacant seat was filled.

‘Ah, something is sharp.’

Also, the destruction of the original was in progress.

If possible, I didn’t want to be involved with the main character.

If you get involved with that guy, you’ll have to be attacked by all kinds of demons.

Aren’t the troublesome things the main character has to do?

Anyway, there is only one thing to do now.

going to climb a mountain

I left Arthur and left the room.

* * *

Can I climb the winter mountains?

I would be lying if I said there was no pressure to act alone.

Shall we invite Anya to the party?

Wait, that’s what I thought, but I shook my head.

Anyway, I have to monopolize the core of winter. It is also something that cannot be shared in the first place.

It’s been a while since I’ve seen it, but it’s funny to ask to go hiking together.

I left the academy and walked around the city.

The nearest town to the winter mountains is Herbeiaban.

Fortunately, Istvaan, the largest city in the East that embraced Nadia Academy, was connected to Herbeiaban through a city transition stone.

By using the only seven city transition stones in the empire, he was able to move to Herbeiaban. If it wasn’t for that, going to the Winter Mountains in the northeastern part of the empire before the entrance ceremony would have been a dream.

“Yes, please come next time.”

In the portals that were connected in a row, people were forming a line.

Those who formed a line were of various identities, such as porters, knights, and adventurers.

Everyone seemed bored or indifferent.

Soon it was my turn.

“Where are you going?”

The manager asked while keeping his eyes on the transition stone controller.

“I’m thinking of going to Herbeiaban.”

“The fare from Istvan to Herbeiaban is 75,000 ele.”

75000 Elera.

it’s a bit expensive

I waited for the manager to look at me.

Soon, her gaze turned towards me.

“Oh! You were a freshman candidate for the hero!”

The manager in an elegant uniform with his brown hair pulled up was delighted.

“The uniform suits you well.”

The uniform I am wearing right now is designed with a white background, silver iron armor on the upper body, and a blue hem.

I hadn’t enrolled yet, but I received it yesterday while actually filling out all the admission documents. In terms of status, I was like a Nadia warrior candidate.

And Nadia student was able to use the city transition seat for free.

“Whoa, freshman, where are you going without finishing the entrance ceremony?”

“Wait, I have something to do in Herbeiaban.”

“All right. Have a good trip. Be sure to come by the day of the entrance ceremony!”

“I will definitely do that. thank you.”

She even gave me a handshake.

The name tag read Lydia Arne.

Lydia, it doesn’t appear much in the novel, but in its own way, every time Arthur used the portal, he talked to her and it remained in my memory.

I strode to the transition stone and stood there.

Soon, my body was enveloped in blue light.

In an instant I was able to reach Herbeiaban.

The towering winter mountains were visible beyond the outer walls of the city.

Near the summit, the ice caps were piled up. The cold north wind once tousled my hair.

Well, it doesn’t mean much because he’s wearing a uniform with an enchantment warming function.

“Can I find it?”

No, you must find it.

If you want to survive in this f*cking world, you can’t survive without eating Hidden Pieces or Giyeons.

Power went into the clenched fist.

The winter mountains were home to a variety of animals.

Since primitive times, creatures such as giant dragonflies, saber-toothed tigers, and mammoths have lived there because they were almost untouched by humans.

In the case of mammoths, they are quite docile creatures that live in the middle of the mountain range, but saber-toothed tigers are aggressive and do not know when to attack.

“Thanks to that, there are no goblins and other miscellaneous mobs.”

The saber-toothed tiger often hunts goblins.

That’s why the goblins, which can be seen everywhere in the forest, mountains, and the coast, were not as visible in the winter mountains.

I looked at the map once and looked up at the steep mountain road.

Looking at the web site, I was returning from a quick stop near the academy, but with no status window or shop window, I had to climb a damn mountain from now on.

It felt like I had to ride the mountain all day.