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The Barbarian of the Academy-Chapter 282

61page. rally the warriors (2)

2.

Eighth Hero's Trial.

Noah froze with his eyes wide open at the sudden notification..

Did you question her reaction??

Ulan spoke right away.

“what's going on?”

“oh that's it…….”

Thanks to that, Noah came to his senses and told the group about what had just happened..

I've talked about system notifications and the Eighth Hero's Trial before, so it didn't take long to explain..

After that, after the explanation of all the details.

Dillia was the first to speak..

“So what exactly is it?”

“Well, I don't know that far either. It just says that the ordeal has begun..”

“……Something, subtly, unkind.”

“Ahaha. kinda like that.”

Noah laughed awkwardly..

In fact, until I met Ulan, the system notification never came out..

So it was definitely unkind.

Meanwhile, Ulan, who had been silently brooding over the story, suddenly comforted Noah's shoulder..

“Don't be too disappointed. You'll find out when you explore the desert.”

“yes, i hope so.”

Noah answers with a nod of his head.

With that, she brushed off her thoughts about the notification message that appeared out of nowhere..

There was nothing I could immediately figure out from the information that just appeared in front of my eyes..

some time after that.

The party started preparing to spend the night in the desert again. The tent was set up and a late dinner was prepared..

“Alright, that's enough for a bed..”

“Next, how to make a bonfire?”

Sven looked back at the group and asked.

Now all around the campsite is full of sand. I can't see anything useful for firewood.

but nothing to worry about.

“oh, leave that to me.”

Noah took out the talisman.

After a while, I buried it under the sand, and soon after, a fierce fire began to rise..

Hwareuk! roar!

A flame that burns without a single firewood.

It was large enough for the whole party to sit around. When the campfire problem, which was the most problematic, was solved, Dillia briefly exclaimed..

“After all, there is a shaman, so it's convenient.”

“what? you can't do that?”

“Of course, it's possible, but…….”

“however?”

“Firewood, without it, is impossible.”

Dillia answered right away..

It is possible to start a fire by using the magic of the stars, but this is possible only when there is a medium that can start a fire, that is, firewood..

‘Shamans, on the other hand, are different..’

The amulet itself was already like a completed magic spell. Also, since the material of the amulet was paper, it was easy to light a fire..

Thanks to that, the group was able to sit down and finish their dinner near the bonfire..

“So, let's stay here today and look around a little further tomorrow morning..”

“well i agree.”

“I agree with your opinion.”

At least three more days must pass before we can meet Laurea..

Until then, we couldn't just spend time, so the group thought of doing something that would help them on their future journey..

After a while, after all the tidying up.

By the time the flames from Noah's amulet had subsided, the party was finally ready to go to bed..

but not all were like that.

“I'll look around for a while before going to sleep. Because there might be something suspicious.”

Sven packs a bow and quiver.

He took up reconnaissance and night watch duty and quickly disappeared from the camp..

Eventually, when Sven's presence was completely gone, a weak snoring sound was heard. That was the sound Sirpi Rudric made..

“cool, cool.”

As if to prove that she was born and raised in the desert, she slipped into a sleeping bag in the corner of the tent and fell into a sound sleep in an instant..

Whereas others could not.

“oh wow, it's so damn cold.”

“……Down to the bone, it's frozen, it's like.”

Ibela and Dillia.

The desert night was completely different from the day..

A cold that cuts through flesh. Even though I wrapped myself in the blanket I received from Istan, the cold of the night did not ease easily..

Of course Ulan was an exception..

“I like being cool.”

“Yes, Ulan has a lot of heat in his body..”

Noah laughed awkwardly..

In the first place, Ulan does not tolerate cold or heat at all. Just because the body itself was born.

As the night went on, the cold got worse. Then this Bella sniffed her nose and turned the question towards Noah..

“Noah, maybe there's no amulet that can generate heat or keep you warm?”

“Well, if you want to make it, you can make it…….”

“there is?”

“I hate it because it bothers me. I have to get out of my sleeping bag to make a talisman..”

Noah shook his head..

In response, Ibella clung to her asking if she could help her, but unfortunately, Noah had no intention of getting out of her sleeping bag..

Was the hanging Ibella annoying??

After thinking about it for a while, Noah decided to leave the job to someone else..

“In the first place, if the goal was simply to warm up the body, would Dilia be able to do it? Obviously, magic with a similar effect in the original work…….”

And the moment I looked at Dillia.

For a moment, Noah was speechless..

Mentioning Dillia, I turned to where she was, because the sleeping bag was empty..

what? I was there until just now.

As he looked at the sleeping bag left behind like a skin, Noah's eyes suddenly widened..

“……ah.”

It's because I discovered it late..

Dillia, who got out of her sleeping bag, approached Ulan and hugged him by the arm..

If I leave it alone, there will be an uproar.

As soon as I was instinctively thinking about it, an angry shout broke out..

“you, you! what are you doing?!”

Isabella wide-eyed.

She kicked off her sleeping bag and woke up, her sad blue eyes flashing as if she had sharpened her blades..

“not leaving right now?!”

“……no. Because it's cold.”

“It's cold for me too……!”

The moment we were about to engage in a battle of words.

I heard a voice that instantly eased Ibella's anger. It was Ulan.

“then come inside.”

“what, what?”

“Because there are still plenty of seats.”

After replying as if it was not a big deal, Ulan gently lifted his sleeping bag..

His sleeping bag was especially large and wide compared to the others, probably specially made. Dillia, of course, enough to be able to afford even if Ibela enters..

“um, that's…….”

Meanwhile, Ibella was seriously thinking..

I wondered if it would be better to get Dillia off, or to lie beside Uhlan and share his warmth with her..

However, the worry did not last long.

“Hmmm! good. then it's just a little bit.”

Because the night in the desert was very cold.

That's why Ybela lay down on Ulan's left side with a fresh face. Then she gently took his arm..

biceps full of muscles.

It felt like my cold body was melting thanks to the warmth I felt from beyond..

“lol.”

An expression that quickly dissolves as if he had been angry like fire. This Bella smiled contentedly and squeezed her uhlan's arms tightly again..

On the other hand, Dillia, who saw this, had an uncomfortable expression. It would be natural. Ibela's intrusion made it impossible to monopolize Ulan..

“…….”

Dillia, who had been glaring at Ibella with her mouth closed for a while, pursed her lips with an expression that suddenly came to mind..

“Because I'm doing this, I remember the old days.”

“hmm? It's an old idea?”

“Back when I teamed up with Ulan for a practical test on monster hunting..”

1During the midterm exam.

Ulan had spent several days in the northern woods with Dylia. After listening to the explanation, Ulan quickly nodded and answered..

“Ah, you mean that time.”

“Yeah, I see you remember?”

“okay. can't forget.”

It was the moment when I first encountered the Abyssal Worshipers after returning. It was also when she rescued Dillia from a fork in her destiny..

“that's right. I can't forget either.”

Dillia also nodded..

Then, with her cheeks slightly red, she spoke in a whisper..

“At that time, I spent the night in a cave to escape the rain, and Ulan hugged me and slept..”

“oh that's…….”

“are you okay. I understand even if you don't speak.”

what do you understand?

Ulan tilted his head curiously, but Dillia didn't reply..

Meanwhile around that time.

Ibela's complexion, as she listened to their conversation, turned hard as stone..

‘Of course, this isn't the first time I've heard of it.…….’

Still, I felt bad because I heard the story I didn't want to hear through Dillia's mouth..

Is that why? Ibella, who had been silent, immediately counterattacked as soon as the conversation between the two was over..

“oh, that's right.”

Blue-green eyes that have turned round.

After a while, she looked back at Ulan with a very natural expression and asked..

“Ulan, do you remember that time??”

“when are you talking?”

“When I went to play in the capital city after the midterm exams. The carriage back to the academy was cut off early, so 'the two of us' stayed at a hotel, right?.”

She emphasizes the words "only the two of us".

Then, this time, Dillia's eyebrows twitched. She blamed this on her bad mood for reasons similar to how Bella felt..

Dillia's expression is getting more and more crumpled. At this, Ibela put on a bright smile. For some reason, I felt that my stomach was getting colder..

“I had a similar situation back then, and I was really surprised. I didn't know Ulan was wearing a knife in bed..”

“Isabella, that's…….”

It wasn't a knife, it was something else.

However, it was difficult to explain in words, so Ulan blurted out his backstory. And taking advantage of this, Dillia's counterattack continued..

“joy! yes, of course Uhlans are prudent, honorable, warriors. My head, full of black heart, unlike anyone else, I mean.”

“Oh, are you introducing yourself now??”

“……what, how?”

“why? You're not wrong?”

Ibella greets you with a smile.

Dillia scattering her cold eyes.

The two girls glaring at each other with Ulan between them. Seeing this, Noah patted her forearm and trembled..

‘Ugh, somehow it feels colder.’

I'd rather go to sleep in a corner of the tent than keep watching this scene..

After making his decision, Noah immediately tried to move with the entire sleeping bag. But at that moment, her uhlan turned to her and spoke to her..

“Noah.”

“……yes?”

“If it's cold, come here too.”

“Oh no! are you okay.”

Noah shakes his shocked face.

Of course, in my heart, I wanted to share Ulan's warmth, but if I did, it was clear that I would get caught up in a fight between the two girls..

“I'll sleep here separately.”

Ibela and Dillia's fight seemed likely to continue for a while..

But her expectations were wrong..

It was because I suddenly heard someone's voice from near the tent, along with a large number of people on the other side of the dune..

“Hehe, it's so good I'm about to die.”

A voice I've heard somewhere.

Ulan and the others reflexively turned their gaze toward the place where the voice was heard. Then, when I opened my eyes wide, the voice continued again..

“It's not a very nice view..”

“……!?”

“More than anything else, there are so many eyes watching, how about falling a little bit now??”

The owner of the voice is a girl in her late teens.

The girl, who had turquoise hair shining in the moonlight and a neat atmosphere, soon smiled lightly and pursed her lips..

“I'm all embarrassed.”

Saint of Eloden, Laurea Lo Charpell.

Appearing out of nowhere, she raised her mouth slightly and smiled. It was a very cold smile like a desert night.