Mesugaki Tank Enters The Academy-Chapter 684: Two (1)

As they were heading towards the location of the second dungeon, news arrived that the battle with the Evil God of Fire had begun.

The lava pouring down from the volcano had been successfully solidified, and now, according to the plan, the Evil God would be subdued.

‘The Apostle of Magic asked me to deliver this message to the employer. Until now, your predictions have never been wrong. He says there's no reason to doubt they won’t continue to be accurate, so the employer shouldn't worry and should do their best.’

The fact that such a proud person said this? Especially with the Evil God descending right before them?

Without realizing, I thought of Nebera beyond the monitor and smiled lightly, recalling the gap between the real Nebera and the Nebera in the game.

Why is it that, rather than feeling burdened by others' expectations, I find it oddly pleasant?

Chuckling, I glanced around, and my friends were looking at me, their mouths curving into smiles.

Feeling embarrassed by the warm gaze directed at me, I tried to hide my feelings and pretended to get angry.

“Idiot! Are you seriously laughing right now!?”

“The teleportation preparation has already been completed.”

“Are you sure everything is properly prepared?”

“Don’t worry! I won’t make any more mistakes!”

Is that really something to be proud of? Forgetting the embarrassment, I stared at her, and Joy coughed awkwardly before activating the magic circle.

“Then, I'll teleport right away!”

“Wait, Joy. Before that, I need to ask Lucy Alrn something.”

“What’s that? If it’s a stupid question, I’ll kick you, you know?”

“When we entered the first dungeon today, the scenery inside was different from what you expected, right?”

As soon as I asked, I understood what Arser was worried about.

Since I had decided to use the glitch, it passed without issue, but the internal scenery of the dungeon was completely different from what I knew.

As the knight had said, the Pope had carefully altered the dungeon to target my weaknesses, especially my mind.

I suspected that other dungeons would be the same. While they couldn’t fundamentally change the concept, the contents were no doubt full of traps designed to mess with me.

That couldn’t be dismissed with a casual laugh.

I’m weak when it comes to feelings of guilt.

“So, I have to ask. If a situation arises where you have to commit a sin, can you remain calm?”

“Third prince.”

“Saint, I’m not criticizing. I’m just saying, let’s think ahead and decide what we can all do.”

They couldn’t do what I had done, but if it came to something they couldn’t do, they would willingly take on the guilt for me.

“We decided to share the burden, didn’t we? This is just a continuation of that.”

Listening to Arser’s words, I chuckled and poked him in the chest.

“Sorry~ But that doesn’t look cool, you know? You just sound like a psycho itching to kill someone. It’s creepy.”

“Don’t dismiss it as a joke. You know as well as I do. Someone has to transcend sin.”

“Heh, heheh, haha!”

“Why? Why are you suddenly laughing?”

I laughed for a while at Arser’s confused expression, then patted his cheek lightly for his cute remark.

“Such foolish thoughts. You’re so ridiculous, yet cute. Useless prince.”

“Hey.”

“If you were a little cooler, maybe I would’ve fallen for you. But thinking of the Peanut Prince, it seems hard for you to get cool.”

I intentionally looked down and sneered, ignoring the excited Arser, then extended my hand toward Joy, who was looking at me with a worried expression.

“What’s with that look? You want to pretend to be cool like the little prince?”

“Are you sure this is okay? I mean, we know Lucy. We’ve always been by your side.”

“Really? That’s a bit creepy.”

Normally, Joy would have yelled that it didn’t mean what it sounded like, but today, she didn’t even avoid eye contact and just stared at me silently.

So, I answered her with the same seriousness.

“It’s natural that you can’t take your eyes off my cuteness, so I’ll forgive you for now, but there’s one thing that’s annoying.”

“...What?”

“You know me well, yet you doubt me? Do you really think Lucy Alrn would struggle in some pathetic dungeon created by idiots?”

As I grabbed my noticeably growing belly and scolded her, Joy hastily backed away, covering herself with both arms.

“Why are you pulling there all of a sudden?”

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“I was wondering if it was a suspicious bulge.”

“That’s not true!”

“That’s strange. Everything else is the same, but that’s the only part that grew. Maybe that’s where the problem is, huh? Pig?”

“I’m not a pig, I’m an idiot!”

“Alright, idiot. Answer me. Who’s struggling where? Huh? Huh?”

As soon as I moved my foot, Joy raised her guard, and I couldn’t help but laugh.

Ah, really. She’s so insignificant, it almost feels bad to tease her.

With such a fierce look, how can she still be so cute?

“Just watch what I do. I’ll show you how pathetic the followers of idiots are.”

I had spent my life outside the monitor in Soul Academy, which was likely a creation of the useless god.

Being such an important existence that could be the center of many gods, it would probably interfere in other dimensions too.

Thinking like this, the glitches in the game seem different.

Originally, glitches are unintended errors or bugs by the developers, but what if Aramadi intentionally inserted them into the game?

What if leaving those glitches uncorrected was intentional?

If many things that were thought to be impossible in reality were actually possible?

Having just used a glitch to clear a nonsensical dungeon, I believed my thoughts were convincing.

After all, dungeons in this world weren’t naturally occurring. They were spaces created by the Evil God and his minions using their powers.

A game created by someone and a dungeon created by them are no different, right?

“Lady Alrn, you’re not really planning to enter the dungeon alone, are you?”

Had I acted like I was putting on a strong front? Fabi’s voice was filled with concern.

But despite her voice, there was strength in her eyes.

If I were to try to sacrifice myself again, she’d probably voice what was in her eyes.

“Why would you ask something so obvious?”

“Lady Alrn!”

“Stop making a fuss and listen. It’s not because you’re pathetic. I mean, yeah, you’re a bit dumb, pathetic, and silly, but that’s not why. Got it?”

It was different from the time I went into the dungeon alone before.

Now, I wasn’t trying to carry everything alone because I was afraid my friends would suffer.

The reason I was considering entering alone was because I had no confidence that I could account for variables outside of myself.

How would I take my friends into a glitch that needs to be perfect on a frame-by-frame basis?

“...If Lady Alrn is lying, I’ll nag you all day after this is over.”

“I’ll make you my clothes-changing doll for days!”

“I’ll build a theater just for you in the capital.”

“Let’s spar! We’ll do it a lot!”

Laughing at my friends’ threats, I grabbed Joy’s hand.

“I’ll go.”

The teleportation spell activated, and the surrounding scenery changed.

“Wait. Huh? Why did the coordinates go off?”

The idiot who said there would be no more mistakes made another idiotic mistake, but this time, there was no reason to scold her.

By sheer luck, the place we arrived at was exactly where the second dungeon awaited.

Maybe my choice was good enough for Aramadi to approve of.

The knight inside the mace had yet to recover from the shock, even though quite some time had passed since the dungeon conquest was completed.

The fact that the enemies they had barely managed to defeat, after nearly losing their lives multiple times, had fallen so easily was enough to shock them.

“Sorry, everyone. I was useless, so you all...”

“How many times are you going to say that? Stop it!”

“Lucy is the weird one. It’s definitely not because you were useless.”

Seeing the knight’s pitiful state, even those who had been teasing him were now fidgeting and comforting him.

“Everyone. Lady Alrn has arrived at the second dungeon.”

At Erginus’s words, the eyes of the three of them turned to the screen. Their expressions were a mix of expectation and anxiety.

“No way, something more surprising is not going to happen, right?”

“I really hope not. If something that goes beyond my understanding happens again, I’ll really want to hang myself.”

Garad and the knight, who didn’t know Lucy very well, smiled wryly, while Ruell and Erginus were unable to say anything.

Lucy Alrn was, without question, someone who shattered common sense and forced others to follow her own.

“Huh? Why is she going in alone again? Didn’t she say she wouldn’t sacrifice herself anymore?”

“What did you hear? Just now, Lucy said that she made that choice because she needs to be alone.”

“...Did she say that?”

“That’s the meaning behind it.”

The hero’s welcome was a vast plain, where military forces awaited her.

“The dungeon of endless war.”

“This is bad. This is no place to go alone.”

“It’s like hell.”

They all furrowed their brows as they looked at the scene, knowing they would have to fight through thousands upon thousands of soldiers to even reach the end.

This was no place to be cleared alone. It wasn’t about individual skill; it was physically impossible.

“Ruell, what should we do? No matter how great modern heroes are, this is...”

“Shut up and watch. Hero. Lucy knew about this place and still came alone.”

“...Why?”

“You’ll see soon enough.”

Lucy, looking around, spotted a rock and gently moved it aside, placing a scroll beneath it.

“Erginus. What kind of magic is that?”

“It’s levitation magic. It’s not very powerful, just enough to lift it a little.”

Why would she place something like that under a rock? It doesn’t seem to have any meaning?

Just as Erginus pondered this, Lucy suddenly shot up into the air.

Launched like a cannonball, she flew through the air at an unbelievable speed, surpassing thousands of soldiers.

“Hey, Erginus. You said it was just levitation magic.”

“...Did I see that wrong?”

“I just asked Lucy, and she says it’s regular levitation magic.”

“Really?”

“Really?”

“Why would I lie? I don’t get it either.”

None of them—Erginus, Garad, the hero, or Ruell—could understand what had just happened.

“By the way, Lucy herself said she doesn’t know why it’s working.”

“Unbelievable.”

Erginus’s muttering echoed everyone’s thoughts.