The S-Classes That I Raised

mmense skill?”

“That’s right.
Calm down a little, and listen to my-.”

“Mermaid queen! I am using the earrings well! But you are really impressive! I will be your fan from now on!”

Calm down, there wasn’t even 10 minutes left.
Then Yerim abruptly started to push the gem into the ornament gap of her spear where the blade met the staff.

“Hey, you’ll break it like that!”

“My spear is tough.
It’ll be perfect if I put it in here.
Done!”

The gem that was stuck in the gap, did suit the spear as if it was made for it, like Yerim said.
Still, you should ask Myeongwoo, not shove it in randomly.

“…Now listen to what I’m saying.”

“Yes!”

She replied well.
I bent down and met Yerim’s eyes, and explained.

“Yerim.
The things called skills, you can learn them from other people and get familiar with them, too.
Like cooking or playing an instrument.”

“Isn’t it different from that? For things like cooking or playing, you can make an attempt.
Though you would probably burn it all, or make a weird noise.
But you can’t fly.”

“You can’t play an instrument either, if you don’t have an instrument.
You also can’t cook unless you have fire or tools.”

As long as you had the basic tool of mana, you could use skills.
And the aptitude of the mana you had, had to be suitable for the relevant skill, to be able to be properly wielded.
Since it was hard to make a pipe sound with a drum, or to cut meat with a pot.

“Your talent is suited to this skill.
Of course, you can’t learn a skill right away with just that.
But, Yerim, don’t you already have skills of a similar attribute? Ruler of Water.
It’s getting used to the mermaid queen’s ability and feeling the flow of mana, and applying it to your skills.”

“…Is that possible even though they are completely different skills?”

“It’s possible.
Don’t get tied down by the skill’s, the system’s, explanation window.
It’s a power that you have.
So what if it’s completely different.
You can hit a pot and make a sound, and you can hit meat with a drumstick to make it soft.
Compared to that, the difference for you will merely be like playing music that was meant for piano, on the violin.”

Yerim had an expression like she might’ve understood or might’ve not.
I also didn’t know if my explanation was good enough.
I was depending on Diarma’s memories and prattling on…

“Forget about the system for a moment.
Just look at the abilities that you have.”

“I don’t really get it, but I’ll try!”

Yerim replied energetically.
It regretful that there was only one chance.
Still, she probably wouldn’t feel nothing.

When I raised my head, I saw Yoohyun and Sung Hyunjae with expressions like they were locked in thought.
Yoohyun also had to break free from the mold of the skills if he was going to properly wield his elemental.
I didn’t know if he had named it.

Sung Hyunjae was… it was a waste to just leave him alone, but shit.
Did I have to take care of that person as well? Wouldn’t he get stronger well enough on his own? Let’s think about it after Yoohyun gets about twice as strong.

“It will return to the original dungeon soon.
Please prepare.”

I used the bracelet that I had briefly suspended, again.
To about S-Rank level.
As soon as my words fell, Yoohyun and Yerim each grabbed one of my arms.

“Be careful, hyung.”

“When the water pours out, you could be washed away.”

“Where should I grab? Neck?”

Just stay still.

When maybe about three minutes passed, the forest covered in snow disappeared as if melting away.
What appeared in place of that was an endless bright white space.

Clear water was bubbling up to ankle height and water droplets of various sizes were floating in the air.
It was a foreign scene, different from a normal dungeon.

“Then, ahjussi, let’s tie them up!”

“…Huh?”

“I mean your wrists.
Does anybody have string?”

I did say I would tie them, but to really tie them up? At Yerim’s words, Sung Hyunjae immediately took out the Seeker’s Chains.
Are you crazy?

“I’ll guarantee their durability.”

Continuing, what Yoohyun took out was some leather string.

“It’s reigns for Peace, but the size is adjustable.”

“Which one is good, ahjussi?”

“I don’t want either.
Anyways, even if I dash out, I’ll get caught within one step, so is it necessary to be tied up?”

At my words, Yerim was regretful as she flew up.
I mean, why was she regretful?

“What do you think these water drops are?”

“Don’t just carelessly touch them.”

As soon as I said that, Yerim’s hand touched an apple-sized water drop.
The water drop burst with a pop and at the same time, her eyes became big and round.

“Oh, this!”

“Are you okay?!”

“It’s… the memory of when I won the ice cream bet?”

What? Memory? Sung Hyunjae also touched a nearby soccer-ball-sized water drop, and lightly raised his eyebrows.

“Was it when I was about fourteen years old? It’s a memory of when I was young.”

When he was young, he said; somehow I couldn’t really imagine it.
Besides that, was it that you could see past memories if you touched the floating water drops?

“Ah, this was when I first met ahjussi! This is the spring field trip!”

“Stop touching them, Yerim! If you keep on doing that, what if a bad… memory or something pops up!”

Memories of before the regression probably wouldn’t appear.
I was avoiding the water drops floating over, but I saw Yoohyun also touching them.
I mean, why were all of them like this? Still, seeing how he was smiling, it seemed like it wasn’t a bad memory.

‘It seems like that zombie definitely has abilities on the mind-related side.’

Was it that and water? Seeing how the mermaid queen gave the Ruler of Water skill, this water was probably not an illusion, but real.

“Ahjussi, try touching them, too!”

“No thanks.”

But it was hard to avoid all of the water drops floating around on their own.
Seeing how I didn’t have eyes on my back, a water drop that touched my elbow burst with a splash.

Continuing, the sight that rose up in front of my eyes was a bus stop.
My younger brother, who had on a firmly closed coat and had slightly red cheeks, was looking at me and smiling.

‘Why are you outside when it’s cold?’

‘It’s your birthday today, hyung.’

It was a short memory.
But I could clearly see why Yerim kept on touching the water drops.

“It’s Christmas time! The tree is pretty!”

…Should I touch just one more? The zombie guy really enchanted people well.
Even so, it seemed like there wasn’t much of a problem, so only just one more.

I stretched out my hand and burst a nearby water drop.

I saw a living room that wasn’t that big.
I stood in the middle of it, and checked the date.
December 25th, Christmas.
It was my younger brother’s birthday.
But inside the house was coldly quiet, and there wasn’t anybody there except for me.

The moment I closed my eyes, taken aback, Yerim yelled.

“That’s a lie!”

“Yerim!”

Swahh- a chill spread out.
The water droplets floating around froze in an instant and fell down.
I saw Yerim listlessly standing over the water that she had frozen.
Thankfully, she hadn’t frozen the water up to where I was, so I quickly ran to Yerim and pulled her into a hug.

“It’s okay, it’s just a old memory.
It’s something that has passed.
Don’t think of it.”

Yerim’s face looked like she would cry, but tears didn’t fall.
Instead, she bit her lower lip and burrowed her head against my chest.

Damn zombie bastard – she was evil.
Making you careless and then stabbing you in the back.

“Let’s sweep it all away with the skill you received.
Refreshingly, with nothing remaining.”

“……Yes.”

I patted Yerim as I quietly ground my teeth.
Continuing on from the lizard bastard, this time too they were making me furious.

 

[1] this is the eng word transliterated