I Was Just Having Fun With The Time Limit – Chapter 188

Chapter 188

I thought school life would be fun.

But it seems life doesn’t always go the way I want it to.

“……”

The students didn’t even acknowledge me.

They acted as if I were invisible.

‘Hmm.’

It’s like a kind of ghost game.

I’ve only seen it in dramas, but it’s actually much sadder to experience it in person.

I returned to the dormitory after a day of almost no conversation.

Originally, I was assigned to a single dorm room, but after my strong insistence, I was able to use a double dorm room, which became meaningless.

I tried talking to my roommate lying on the bed next to me.

“Olsia.”

“……”

There was no answer.

She acted as if I wasn’t in this room.

“Hmm, this is more upsetting than I thought.”

I saw Olsia’s body flinch under the blanket.

Olsia has been intentionally avoiding my gaze, and her eyes are shaking so much that it doesn’t seem to be voluntary.

“Olsia. I’m new here today, could you at least give me a tour of the dormitory?”

“……”

Still no answer.

“I don’t know the exact reason why you’re treating me like this.”

I just wanted to make friends.

I just wanted to have a normal school life for the short time remaining, less than a year.

It seems that was too much to ask for.

I took classes alone and ate alone.

I was alone during breaks too.

But there was one other person who was always alone besides me.

It was my roommate Olsia.

‘Hmm.’

To be honest, I’m just a little sad and disappointed, but this situation isn’t painful or difficult.

But Olsia looked very uncomfortable.

I was being ignored by my friends, and Olsia was being bullied.

I’ve learned some new things over the past few days.

‘On the surface, it’s equal.’

University is a place where family and social status don’t matter.

That’s the value that the university pursues.

Everyone in the same grade speaks informally and wears the same uniform.

‘But that’s theoretical, and the reality is different.’

University is usually a four to six year course, although it varies depending on the program.

After that period, you have to go out into society.

If you get on the wrong side of the children of high-ranking families during your university years, your life itself can become tiring.

In the end, invisible power and hierarchy are bound to be created within the university as well.

‘Looking closely, Olsia’s clothes are a bit worn out compared to the other kids.’

It seems Olsia only wears the one uniform provided by the university.

Other kids have several sets of the same uniform and change into new clothes as soon as they sweat a little.

And they also add some magical treatment to make them shiny.

Compared to them, Olsia’s uniform was shabby and worn out.

“Who wants to pick up their spoon before me?”

From what I see, the one leading Olsia’s bullying is Reina.

“You’re eating soup with the money I paid for.”

“……”

Reina raised her voice next to Olsia.

As if to let everyone else hear.

“But you’re eating before I’ve even picked up my spoon? You still haven’t learned your lesson?”

“……I’m sorry.”

Olsia couldn’t even make eye contact with Reina.

She just trembled with her head bowed.

“If a beggar entered this school, you should know your place, right?”

Reina lifted Olsia’s food tray.

And put it on the floor.

I wondered what she was doing, and it turned out she wanted her to eat lying on the floor.

“A spoon is too good for someone like you.”

Reina also took Olsia’s spoon.

Olsia just kept her head down without any resistance.

“The meat dish is too good for you too.”

“……I understand. I won’t eat the meat.”

“Now you’re finally starting to understand.”

Reina stroked Olsia’s hair.

And she spoke as if she was talking to her puppy.

“Eat.”

“……Thank you.”

Olsia lay on the floor and started eating without a spoon.

“Reina. Isn’t that a bit too much?”

I bent down, picked up Olsia’s food tray, and put it back on the table.

But Olsia didn’t react and put the tray back on the floor.

Olsia still acted as if I were invisible.

‘The one with the power here is Reina.’

Everyone was busy watching Reina’s eyes.

Reina muttered to herself while waving her fan.

“That’s strange. I think I hear an unfamiliar voice. Is it my imagination?”

And then she walked away leisurely.

When I returned to the dormitory, Olsia was hiding under the covers, sobbing quietly.

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Late at night.

I spoke to Olsia, who was sobbing quietly.

“I think I understand a little bit why you guys are ostracizing me.”

I don’t think their actions are right, but I understand them to some extent.

For them, this university is their life.

They took a tough exam to get in, and they compete fiercely here.

But I entered this place simply because I wanted to enjoy school life.

Even creating a non-existent transfer system.

“But I won’t understand it.”

“……”

“As you think, I wanted to enjoy school life. I had a longing for something I had never experienced before. That’s why I used a shortcut to get in here. I’m going to die soon.”

“……”

The kids didn’t seem to believe that I was going to die soon.

Actually, most people were like that.

The ‘Mark of Narvidal’ is no longer born into the world.

‘I’m not sure, but…… I guess I’m the last person with the Mark of Narvidal?’

At least there were people with the ‘Mark of Narvidal’ in the world, but because of Wilhelm’s conspiracy this time, they all disappeared.

Some even claimed that the Mark of Narvidal was a fictional story.

The Mark of Narvidal clearly exists, but people said there’s no way such a ridiculous thing could exist.

I understand that too.

Even in 21st century South Korea, where the media was so developed, so many people doubted me, saying it was just a pretense and that there’s no such disease.

It would be even more so here.

“Even if I grant you a hundred concessions, you can act that way towards me. But I can’t understand your actions towards you at all.”

“……”

Olsia didn’t open her heart to me.

Perhaps the cadets, including Reina, were too scary.

“The reason I got to experience this place might not be just for my memories.”

I’ve only seen this in dramas and movies, but this is the first time I’ve seen it in real life.

I wondered if this kind of bullying really existed, and it really did.

“I grew up in a very bright place.”

This world became a gift to me.

That’s how beautiful it was to me.

I thought it was like that.

But this ‘magic school’ clearly showed me that it wasn’t.

This ecosystem must be a microcosm of society.

“But it’s not all bright.”

“……”

“I’m not going to be friends with you. I’m going to leave anyway.”

“……”

“But I’m in a very bad mood right now.”

“……”

“So I’m going to get angry.”

I’ve been holding back until now.

Because I didn’t want my last memories to be distorted.

And I had some last sympathy for Reina.

“I’ve been watching Reina since I was very young.”

Since those childish days.

“I’ve been generous to Reina since then.”

Even when she threatened me to give her Honey Badger.

Even when she framed and chased away Yuri, who became my precious friend.

Even when she ignored me so much at the Olympiad.

Even after that, when she looked down on me in the Jirdel Kingdom.

Even when she disregarded our family as barbaric.

I tried to understand Reina.

“Because Reina was young.”

Young children learn a lot as they grow up.

They don’t take much responsibility for their mistakes.

Literally, because they’re still young.

Because they still have so much to learn.

“But Reina is not young anymore. She’s an adult.”

She now has to take responsibility that she didn’t have to take when she was a child.

Because she’s an adult.

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The next day.

I don’t know why, but Reina seemed to be in a bad mood.

And as always, the target of her anger was Olsia.

Reina poured the fruit juice that was served as a side dish over Olsia’s head.

“I told you not to drink the fruit juice. My tuition is getting expensive because of beggars like you!”

I chanted a spell in my mind.

The fruit juice dripping from Olsia’s body floated in the air.

And then it sprayed onto Reina’s body.

How about a water slap, no, a juice slap?

“H-How dare you……!”

Actually, this is a really difficult magic spell, but unfortunately, Reina didn’t seem to know how difficult it was.

“You attacked a cadet with magic? How dare you!”

I didn’t know, but this is against the school rules.

I raised my right hand.

“I cast that magic spell, you know? Want to see it again?”

I flicked my fingers.

The spell was already completed, so it was easy to reconstruct.

The juice that soaked Reina floated in the air again.

‘Juice slap!’

And I gave her another juice slap.

Reina, who was very angry, tried to attack me with an unknown magic spell.

But the level of the magic was so crude that I tilted my head.

‘What kind of magic is that?’

No, is that even magic?

I don’t know what she’s doing.

So I just canceled the magic activation.

And then I gave her another juice slap.

Splash━!

This time, I increased the mana sensitivity.

It’ll probably hurt a little more.

“Aaargh!”

But it shouldn’t hurt that much.

Her eyes are tearing up after getting hit by this?

‘That’s strange.’

The mana in her body should reduce the pain to some extent.

It was strange that she was in so much pain from this.

But then, I heard a voice.

“What’s going on!”

It was the voice of the principal of this school, Principal Lugelter.

He was running towards us in a hurry.

‘When Olsia was being bullied like that, there was no one around, but suddenly someone appears. The timing is really good.’

Is this a coincidence?

I don’t think so.