Cardboard Houses Do Not Tear

104 – Securing Passes and Being Different

The other world I met in another world reminded me of Earth.

At that time, it was just when a semester ended. I was only thinking about when the exam would end.

I thought that even if I met the hardest day of the semester, it would be sweeter than the most comfortable day of this one day.

The wall of 5 years of being buried was so much higher than I thought, and it was bitter.

To the point where I momentarily regretted my decision to go to Kolchen.

Is this how a person who has entered the twilight period feels like looking back on his school days?

No. They regret the time that has passed, but it is a sight I will see again when I return.

Of course it will.

“Mr. G-House?”

“Mercenaries?”

At one point, two people were looking at me.

“Yes?”

“Did you not sleep well last night?”

The young lady who asked me suggested that I take a break.

“If you’re having a hard time, you can take a break and come back. There’s plenty of time.”

But I shook my head.

“No. As I said earlier, it’s a very different world.”

Really, it’s because it’s such a different world.

“Is it really okay?”

“Yes, I am fine.”

After hearing my answer, the young lady just nodded.

“Certainly, Britian’s university has a very special atmosphere. I wonder if there are people who even come to see it like that.”

As I listened to her words, I looked around and saw that a few people who appeared to be adventurers or travelers from far away were sitting around and watching their way to school.

The appearance of the students walking past the spectators and entering the school gate was similar to that of the day of the exam.

The poor young lady pointed at me this time.

“And there are people who want to get into the university because they saved even the nobles. It’s a very special place.”

I shook my head.

“It wasn’t because of that that I saved the young lady.”

“Thank you for saying that. The Registry is probably over there.”

The young lady slowly walked towards the school gate, and Prianian quietly followed her.

Seeing the two disappear into the crowd, I also stepped forward.

In front of my eyes, familiar strangers passed by, reciting on the ground.

He shook his head once.

And I thought as I walked back down the road, which was quite difficult to walk.

One more red carp was added to the procession of salmon going to school toward the deungyongmun.

That’s all.

The carp mixed in the salmon was able to go up because he knew he couldn’t become salmon.

Even though it was morning, the pass registration office at the university was quite crowded and quite familiar.

When I heard about the qualifications last night, I wondered if I should go through a tournament or not, but it was a more advanced method than I thought.

“Come in next!”

I hear the receptionist shouting from far away, and a certain number of people slowly enter the door.

A system in which each person goes to the counter assigned to them, presents a certificate to prove their identity, and receives a pass.

And it was rolling better than expected.

The person who appears to be a wizard puts the pass into his pocket, and the person who is denied entry truds back to town holding the pole arm quietly parked by the door.

It was a scene that could only be seen in a strange world where newspapers and death knights coexisted.

But the scenery down there was not for us.

What I just said was my impression of what I saw when I entered the registry office down there.

Because we were in separate rooms right now.

The crest of the family that she reluctantly held out at her counter was a magic item.

Location transformation from a counter buzzing behind your back to a classy office,

A magic that turns the receptionist’s face white as he sees the ‘list of sentences to be aware of_latest edition’ under the counter for a while.

Indeed, it shows all the best effects that a piece of historical metal can produce.

After a while.

A man dressed in luxurious fabric opened the door and entered him in a hurry.

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“Oh, I didn’t expect Count Fedian’s daughter to visit our university.”

The virtuous man, who seemed to be in a position to go to work later than everyone else and leave early, greeted her young lady politely and introduced himself to her.

“You had a lot of trouble coming from afar. I’m Fran, the secretary.”

A poor young lady who achieved all these miracles by giving only what she had in her hand to the counter staff.

No, the poor Countess answered him in a calm voice.

“Thanks for the hospitality, Secretary Fran.”

“Then what brought you to our university…”

After hearing her purpose, the clerk asked again for confirmation.

“Then, is it true that you came here for the purpose of a simple visit?”

The young lady nodded, added a few words, and blurted out her words.

“As you know, the scribe is quite far from the Fedian estate where I was and this Colhen. It would be regretful to see it once…”

There was a strange nuance mixed in that voice, and Fran, who caught it, quickly opened her mouth.

“Anyway, it would be good for the lady to see it several times. I will pass it on to the lower ones.”

It seems that the accumulation of belly fat like that feat also included the snacks he ate while rolling around.

“I’d appreciate it if you would.”

“Let’s make sure there is no inconvenience for Lady Fedian’s visit to our university-“

Upon hearing her words, the poor young lady immediately drew the line.

“All I need is a pass. I’m afraid it will put your name on it.”

“I will. By the way, the two people in the back…?”

Hearing Prianian’s introduction, he exclaimed.

“Lorna Prianian! That spell sniper was the lady’s attendant.”

He was a person who knew quite a bit more than I thought. He didn’t know that he knew the second name of the double mercenary.

The scribe greeted Prianian politely with a greasy grin.

“I didn’t know that the mercenary who was called the nightmare of the central mages for a while was such a beautiful person. Nice to meet you. Mr. Prianian.”

To the clerk’s somewhat exaggerated greeting, she just replied coldly.

“Nice to meet you too, Secretary Fran.”

Perhaps that reaction was embarrassing, he looked at me this time, blurting it out with a smile.

“And… Who?”

“Nice to meet you, Secretary Fran.”

I smiled and introduced my name to the scribe.

“This is Golfian G-House. I am in charge of Lady Fedian’s attendant.”

“I see. Nice to meet you, Mr. Ghouse.”

I was ashamed that I might find out about my whereabouts, but fortunately I wasn’t.

To the scribe who accepted my greeting roughly, the young lady spoke a little stiffly.

“Come to think of it, I want my entourage to enter the university as well.”

“Oh, of course I will.”

He filled out the permit as quickly as possible, put the luxurious paper in an envelope, and handed it to me, the attendant.

“I hope you see a lot at our university.”

The young lady who received it from me said while slightly covering her invisible mouth with the envelope.

“Thank you for the favor.”

***

After coming out of the clerk’s room, we roamed freely around the university.

The promenade of the university where classes started was really quiet, so I just walked around.

Then, after a short distance from the young lady, I whispered a question to Prianian.

“Prianian, where is the Pedian estate?”

“I know it’s far away in the East. Most of the roads to the Holy Kingdom have to pass through it.”

She answered quite politely.

To the extent that it seems like there is a world wide difference from the attitude towards the former scribe.

“As expected, there is nothing that Prianian doesn’t know.”

“G-House, if you’re a mercenary, it’s good to know geography.”

“Can’t we just ask the prianian?”

“If you ask me without the modifier ‘just’ in front of my name, I’ll always answer.”

How long did he walk after saying that?

Prianian said he had left something, so we decided to wait.

“Then let’s sit down for a while.”

The young lady pointed to the bench next to me.

There was not much dust on the bench, as if there was a passenger who sacrificed his body to wipe away the sand and dust.

But just as I reached out my hand to pretend to brush it off, the poor young lady stopped me from doing so.

“At least I don’t have to.”

“It must be dirty because there is dust.”

“If you clean it with a mercenary or someone else’s hand, that hand will get dirty.”

The young lady first sat down on the right side of the bench. It was a bit dusty.

“I think it’s better to get some dirt on the already slightly soiled coat than to get the rescuer’s hands dirty.”

“……”

When I didn’t say anything, she quickly added her own.

“There are nobles who are a little different in the world. Mercenaries. There is no need to feel pressured.”

Then, she gestured for a seat.

“You must have had a lot of trouble standing still behind your back.”

I cautiously went to the far left of her and sat down, the young lady said.

“I’m sorry, but I guess I’ll have to continue consulting in the future. Nominally, you are my entourage, and it’s impossible for two entourage to enter the university alone without their owner.”

“We don’t care.”

“Thank you for thinking that way. Please take good care of me in the future.”

After saying that, the poor young lady looked at the drinking table spread out in the distance.

Even in another world, there were bound to be freshmen who shouted their own cancellation of classes and drank on the lawn.

I couldn’t take my eyes off the sight of watching the adult version of an academy product.

When she was a freshman in the past, she was sitting around on the lawn with a bottle of soju next to a special bowl of jjambbong and ate it.

“Mercenaries seem to be quite strange people.”

Thankfully, the young lady talked to me to stop her flashbacks.

“Trying to open the cage first without asking if you’re a noble or what. You don’t even know what’s inside.”

Thanks to her kindness, I made an excuse for her.

“Other people will open the cage in that situation.”

“Some people ask for money or compensation first. The key is with you.”

“We also asked to write a contract, so I think it’s similar to them. Lady.”

“No.”

The young lady’s hood swayed slightly from side to side.

“You knew I was terrified.”

She was quite self-objectifying and candid.

“Looking back now, I think-“

The poor young lady stopped her words and took a moment to catch her breath. Is it because it reminds me of that time?

“-The reason you talked about mercenaries and contracts must be to reassure me. You are different from normal people.”

Half right, half wrong.

So, I shook my head.

“Isn’t there an ordinary person who is a little different in the world, young lady?”

In a situation where there are young girls who are a bit different who don’t want to assert their authority, there can be at least one person who is a bit different.