There Are Too Many Bugs in the Academy

Episode 159

45. Closing the Festival (3)

“Then you are with your father tomorrow?”

“yes.”

“Okay. You’ve worked really hard today, Camilla. good night.”

“Good night Sanwoo.”

Immediately after a light greeting in front of the hallway.

I broke up with Camilla and returned to my room.

“ha… … .”

As Elijah said, Illyana’s condition was not particularly bad.

After all, discharge was tomorrow.

According to the priests and doctors, it is judged that there is no danger at this point as the ‘cursor’ has died.

In the end, it’s just a guess, right?

As soon as the work is finished, it is clear that it is necessary to go to the temple of Canaan with Illyana and Jeliya.

“ha… … .”

I thought this festival was the only time I could take a break before participating in the main story in earnest.

Instead of resting, he got caught up in more troublesome work.

The Church of Death in Thanatos.

Aren’t you crazy?

【Is the flow of the planned story too fast?】

“Yeah, it’s too early. So I couldn’t even respond.”

There were a few people who shared some of my secrets.

I am exactly the ‘player’.

Only the Lioner knows that he has returned from the outside world and knows all that is to come.

【Possibility of this happening in the future?】

“Not enough. Once it’s been twisted, there’s no guarantee it won’t be twisted again.”

【I agree. Perhaps, we have to assume the worst case scenario.]

The worst situation is probably that Aidan’s growth, which has to finish everything, can’t keep up with the flow of the story.

“Um-”

If that were the case, frankly, there was no answer.

Isn’t it a bit funny actually?

Even in the main part of Paradise Academia, the reason why the Liberation Front doesn’t attack until the 4th year is not clear.

The provocations of the Liberation Front increased from the time I was just in my third year.

In the end, it even invades Paradise Island.

Several signs are discovered along the way, and a separate unit led by Aidan attacks the branch of the Liberation Front on the continent nearby.

After all, rational reasons for what happens in fourth grade are treated like McGuffins.

What… … Because it’s a game permit in the first place.

The main character isn’t strong enough, but isn’t there an unreasonable development than having the final boss appear?

But now I’m not just in the game.

Everything in this world changes fluidly depending on my choice as the only regular and DLC character.

It’s like, in an alternative history novel, the world’s history is completely changed by a modern man who accidentally possessed a great man of the past.

I’m just learning how to strategize.

What if a DLC boss without a strategy suddenly pops out at this point?

What if Thanatos appeared at a random time like now?

Still, I was helpless as I had poor specifications and depended on the equipment and the power of the Lioner.

If only the timing was a little bit twisted, and the event with Rona didn’t happen before Thanatos… … .

I would never have beaten Thanatos.

The decisive influence was the time stop bug that was obtained while fixing Rhona’s missing machine.

“In the end, it means that you have to act with the assumption that the variable will exist 100% in the future.”

【right.】

It was necessary to completely revise the plan, which had been passively working under the water.

【Have you ever thought about which variable will be the first to occur after this?”

“Probably something to do with Princess Ishtar Arhalten.”

Chapters 4 and 5 of the main scenario.

It fills the gap between humans and Artel, and serves as an opportunity to develop from an ambiguous relationship to a sure ally.

Of course, Ishtar is injured in the process, and the conflict between Artel and the existing students reaches a climax.

In the end, the ending was set by Aidan to open up the hearts of Artels.

It was also the time when Ishtar Arhalten became the only Artel companion and heroine.

Except this is a separate story.

【So what about variables?】

“Are the events of Chapters 4 and 5 taking place around me, not Aidan?”

I had already become too close with Ishtar and other Artels.

Not only did I become close with Illyana, but the contract with the Lioner played a big role.

“This is unavoidable. I already expected it to some extent.”

In addition to that, I am currently affiliated with Artels in the club.

I don’t know if it’s just the same as in the past, but through this festival, I even made friends with the human members.

【You mean that things that are planned may not happen?】

“yes. But on the contrary, it might be amplified even more. They’re not the ones to give up easily.”

[…] … ????]

“The Spanish Empire.”

It was a country that created a full-scale confrontation between Artel and humans.

Spain bordered on the Arhalten Kingdom, the territory of Artel, and had the most exchanges with Artel in the past.

200 years ago, the emperor unilaterally invaded the Arhalten Kingdom, advocating rapid expansionism.

Until then, they had been close to humans, and they were helpless by an unexpected surprise.

Numerous artels were killed or sold as slaves by humans.

Right before the situation became serious, if the neighboring countries had not helped, Artel’s country would have been completely destroyed.

It was one of the reasons Artel didn’t see humans very well until now.

They were persecuted by humans and saved by humans.

It was not a history that could be passed on with a smile as a simple incident.

“Is there a senior by the name of ‘Carlos IV’ who is currently in second year? He is a member of the imperial family of the Spanish Empire, and he is a ferocious imperialist and Artel hater.”

Fortunately, the 5th chapter scenario will take place after 100% of the student council president election.

The point in time when the hostility towards Artel was revealed in earnest was when Carlos IV failed to be elected as the student council president.

[…] … It’s complicated.]

Even thinking about it, my head started to hurt.

Lioner was no different.

“Do you understand why I’ve been excluding variables as much as possible?”

Support Aidan as a hero’s guide.

It’s not just about fixing bugs or showing you an easier way to get your gear.

Whether it was a back alley or a Canaanite temple.

It doesn’t have much to do with the main scenario, but after first taking control of a group that can send support in a timely manner.

After that, giving full support to Aidan.

That was my job.

It was the best plan.

Assuming that everything happens according to plan, at a set time and at a set place.

If you come up with a plan like this, and even respond to variables there.

There is no way to fit all variables unless you envision something like a special task force.

“But now it has changed. You just don’t know how things will turn out if you wait all the time.”

[I mean… … .]

“Rather than watching the sequential growth without as much intervention as you said.”

I pulled out a map I had made one day from the bookshelf.

“You have to be aggressive.”

Also known as Map Hack.

It was a kind of treasure map that directly marked the best performances that can be obtained from the game based on the experience of the deceased.

“If you can’t control the variables. We just have to be the variables.”

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Minor things are such a powerful variable that I can’t even give a business card.

* * *

The terrace of the annex of the huge fortress located in the northern part of Nakwon Island.

To be precise, it wasn’t a fortress, but an undergraduate building for Arthur’s Faculty.

Anyway, there was no reason to deny it anymore at a point called a fortress even for tourists.

“Now the festival is almost over.”

Isabella, who was watching the fireworks there, lost her luck, and Irkan slowly turned around.

“That’s right.”

It’s not just Professor Isabella.

On the terrace, professors Kehlin and Bled, as well as full professors and associate professors of Arthur’s Faculty, gathered together.

The reason they gathered was also to strengthen friendship among faculty members for the festival.

It was to decide what to do with the final exam scheduled right after the festival.

“As the festival is also ripening, we should slowly get to the point. Professor Craig?”

“Yes, dean.”

At Irkan’s call, ‘Craig Sol’, the senior professor and head of the third year, came forward.

“This final exam, as it has been in the past, will be conducted with a dungeon attack.”

As expected, the professors nodded.

“The final exam is held sequentially in the order of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd year. The dungeons designated by grade level are as follows… … .”

Craig called several dungeons on Paradise Island one after another.

It was a dungeon that most professors knew, but there were also a few dungeons that I heard for the first time.

“Is the Toryong Cave and Catherine Hills dungeons discovered this year?”

“Yes, they are top-level and intermediate-level dungeons, respectively. In the case of Toryong Cave, ‘Starlight Molar’ was successfully cleared.

Catherine Hills has been successfully cleared by a group of 3rd graders from the Ortana Faculty.”

“Ugh-!”

Starlight Molars was an outstanding adventurer’s party that no professor had ever heard of.

It must be at that level of adventurer party, and if it is cleared, it will be ranked at the highest level.

“According to the danger, the Toryong Cave is currently organizing a subjugation team consisting of a 3rd grade special class or an advanced class to take a test… … .”

“Wait a minute, excuse me.”

Irkan cut off Craig’s words as he continued to explain.

“I would like to introduce a slightly different method this time.”

“What method are you talking about?”

“Actually, it’s a bit unreasonable to classify students by grade level.”

“that… … That’s right. But have you never done this before?”

“It’s not a tradition.”

Irkan replied with a soft smile.

“I think now is the time to try something new.”

The professor’s eyes fluttered at the sudden suggestion of the dean.

It felt like everyone was worried about what the hell they were going to say.

“You have to be more careful. Everyone must have heard of the last gold mine.”

Can’t you know

Arachne, the spider queen who was a candidate for the corps commander of the Liberation Front.

And the cursed land elf prince, Aaron Nortonhale, who died during the Great War.

Those who would cause a huge wave with just one appeared on the territory of Paradise Island for a short time.

Taking the dungeon called the Golden Mine as their home, they were gradually summoned to the throne.

A huge incident that was subjugated by the students who were put in just at the right time.

It seems that it did not spread very much among students due to strict information control.

None of the professors knew the full story.

“It was written in the report that we were able to get out of the dungeon safely thanks to a second-year student from the Arin Faculty, who was a member of the club.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“This means that if there were only relatively inexperienced first-year students in the dungeon, great damage could have occurred.”

Irkan’s voice hardened firmly.

The professors, who were a little perplexed, only then realized the meaning of the dean.

“In short, you are talking about taking the final exam in mixed grades.”

“After all, the test result is decided by pass or fail, not based on a score system.”

The final exam is separate from the Hesperiiff dungeon attack that the first graders take every year.

Assistants or faculty members do not accompany students.

Instead, they are provided with magical equipment that can immediately move to a safe location.

In a space called a dungeon, unexpected situations always occurred.

“Last year too, there were four seriously injured. Due to the nature of the exam, it is an unavoidable part… … It is an area that must be improved.”

Frankly, the fact that there have been no deaths so far was purely thanks to the miracles shown by the Canaanite priests and the outstanding skills of the students.

It’s impossible for professors to just stand by.

In that respect, the dean’s proposal seemed like a groundbreaking proposal to lower the injury rate.

“Then, when it comes to mixed grades, how should the criteria for assigning groups be?”

Irkan laughed at the question of Professor Craig, who was in charge of the schedule and method of the final exam.

“Do it Arthur’s way.”

Student-to-student confrontation.

“I would be sad if I didn’t.”

The professors burst into laughter in an extremely Arthurian way.