What was the most important thing in the rainy season of sixteen or seventeen years old?
The answer that came from the bottom of one's heart would vary from person to person.
"The most important thing is, of course, love. Youth only comes once in a lifetime, so how can I miss it …? Most of the people who gave such an answer were young girls. Those young girls who yearned for love would only think about whether or not he saw me, whether or not he loved me, love stories, and emotional conflicts."
"The most important thing is to dominate the entire country … Those simple-minded people in the sports department would do everything they could to win. How hot-blooded they were? A simple slogan would become a memory of their youth. Even if we failed, even if we were only a hair's breadth away from becoming the champion, as long as we worked hard together, what regrets would there be?"
"The most important thing is power. Power is justice. The hellfire in my right hand is burning fiercely. My demon king power can no longer sleep … My late-onset chuunibyou illness has become a high-school illness. But sometimes, it will arouse my interest in creation. Dark history and so on will also become nourishment for my path of creation."
No matter if it was the hot-blooded youth, or the dark history that would make one so ashamed that they would roll around on the ground when they thought about it in the future, even after the passage of time, they would still be so nostalgic, just like those old yellowed photos.
Ah, the budding youth. So many poems praised it and reminisced about it. She was the waltz of the golden years, the most brilliant days of youth, a jewel that would never fade.
However, Rorschach, who was in his golden years, had his own opinion …
"… Those young people, why don't they study at all!?"
Rorschach tossed away the manga in his hand. The stories were indeed quite interesting. Being able to borrow several hundred years' worth of manga from Lynn was the happiest thing for him. If it weren't for the fact that he had so many things to do, he would have definitely become addicted to it.
However, Rorschach couldn't understand the values reflected in some of the stories. Those people were all busy dating, playing soccer, and chuunibyou. They didn't study at all, so why were they still able to have such beautiful lives?
Weren't they worried that they would never be able to find a job, earn enough money to buy a house, get married, and end up living on the streets …? Cough, cough, I seemed to have insulted someone again.
What? Did I just attack everyone? I apologize, I apologize.
Getting back to the main topic, no matter how beautiful life in the manga was, Rorschach directly knelt down when he thought about his own reality.
"Why is it that I'm the only one who spent my youth studying …. I finally managed to become a top student, but now I'm a slacker."
During the free lunch time, under the campus street pavilion that was filled with ivy, he would share with his friends the things in the otherworld that he admired while complaining to his friends half-jokingly and half-grumpily.
"Please don't talk nonsense about things that you don't remember. Rorschach, you've never been a top student."
Although it was a little exaggerated, Rorschach was indeed a little depressed.
Piloting the Magic Armor did cause a commotion for a while, but after a week, everything returned to normal. The results of the first monthly exam were even more tragic.
On the ground, there was a pile of freshly printed monthly test papers. Each and every one of the zeros seemed to be mocking him — Little guy, you must be teasing us.
Rorschach touched the zero exam papers in his hand and complained about the lack of multiple-choice questions to earn some luck points. He was indeed looking for possibilities in the future. It was obviously impossible to continue to be at the bottom of the rankings.
"Why aren't there any multiple-choice questions? At the very least, I can get some points that look good …"
"… Is that the main point? Don't you have any basic sense of shame? Also, although you weren't a bad student in the past, ask yourself honestly, when have you ever worked hard in your studies? "
Su Nanna had an expression of disdain. How could she not know Rorschach's personality after being classmates for so many years? Rorschach relied on his excellent memory and ability to understand, and had a goal of getting 60 points. When had Rorschach ever worked hard in his studies?
Actually, Rorschach was the most hateful type of person. Rorschach was always playing around, but in the end, he would still score better than Rorschach.
"No, no, no, there were times when I worked hard. Er, at the very least, I worked really hard when I crammed at the last minute. At the very least, I wasn't a bad student."
"Yep. Let's not talk about your attitude. Your grades are better than a bad student, but there's a limit to how much you're better. What does that count as? Learning how to bake? You're much weaker than a top student, but better than a bad student. Learning how to bake Rorschach? A bad student that hasn't even broken into pieces yet? You're neither up nor down. How boring. "
Su Nanna didn't even try to hide the evil in her smile. In a way, she had been waiting for this day for a long time.
"By the way, don't expect to encounter multiple choice questions in the future. This isn't Earth. It's quite troublesome for divination magicians to cheat in exams. Predicting a complete answer and a single choice are two completely different levels of difficulty. There's also the high-level divine job class members of the Goddess of Luck. Giving them multiple choice questions is the same as giving them free points. "
"Forget it. Let's forget about the past. Right now, we need to face the future … Doraana, class leader Doraana, do you have any mystical tools that can allow me to learn alien languages? I don't have high expectations. It's fine as long as I'm not in last place … I should go find a time machine and return to the past to save my younger sister. That way, I won't have to come to this damned place and be in last place. "
There was an unexpected development in that driving lesson. Matt, the former class leader, resigned on his own accord, probably unable to bear the pressure from the outside world. The new class leader was temporarily replaced by the student who had obtained first place in the monthly exam.
And now, the new class leader in front of Rorschach, Rorschach's former friend, who had once been a bad student in Rorschach's memories, had suddenly become a true super top student here.
"Forget about being first in class, but third in the year … We have 19 classes in the first grade, with more than 1700 students."
Rorschach was the worst student in his year. Wasn't it only natural for him to ask for guidance from a top student?
"Do you know about Anli … No, do you know about the True Gods? This isn't Earth. If you're worried that you won't do well, you should pray to the True Gods. "
Rorschach's friend's answer sounded like a joke, but it wasn't all a joke.
"The True Gods even care about failing an exam?"
"They want to care about everything. It's just whether or not they can."
"Why do you sound like a neighborhood committee auntie?"
"They're actually more well-informed than auntie, and they want to care about more things."
If Rorschach had to find the greatest difference between the two worlds, or perhaps the one that he was most unaccustomed to, it would be this. Not only did this world have magic, it also had Gods.
Gods were as mighty as the Hell Gods and as benevolent as the ocean. They were even capable of bringing the dead back to life. In front of these existences that surpassed common sense, not being able to speak a language or not being able to do well in school was nothing.
And actually, as long as the Gods used a bit of their divine power, it would be quite easy for them to teach someone a language.
In a way, for mortals, the Gods were even more useful than that blue civet cat. It was just that …
"So, Gul 'dan, what's the price?"
"Everything … Cough, stop joking around. Let's be serious. Don't make it sound like I'm trying to scam you. Divine power and general knowledge packs are actually quite common in this world. You're not the first outsider. All you need is some standardized general knowledge packs and language packs. All the major churches sell them. A little bit of faith and offerings is enough. "
"Recently, the competition has been quite intense. I heard that not only can believers be given free language packs, general knowledge packs, expression packs, and even two packs of toilet paper for free."
Rorschach tossed the strangely empty pack labeled "Red Dragon's Milk" into the trash can.
"But I advise you to go next week during the Ash Song Festival. There should be even better deals. I remember that last year, the Goddess of Wealth Church was the most generous. They gave away two extra tanks of gas, and they even gave away milk and newspapers for a month if they introduced three people to you."
Rorschach was rendered speechless. His little bit of common sense had been completely shattered. It could be explained that merchants were trying to compete for believers because the times were improving. But how was he supposed to understand language packs, general knowledge packs, and expression packs?
Language packs and general knowledge packs could be understood as special abilities that allowed for memory transfer. But what about expression packs? Were they supposed to teach you how to use your face to make exaggerated expressions on the internet? Or perhaps they were supposed to fix your expression so that you wouldn't make a mistake?
Smiling expression packs meant a gentle smiling face for twenty-four hours a day. There would be no mistakes at all, allowing you to feel at ease twenty-four hours a day … Relax my ass. Smiling at the door when you went to the toilet, and smiling at the ceiling when you were asleep. Just thinking about it was terrifying.
Rorschach was frightened by his own imagination. Did he really have to give his brain to others to mess with in order to adapt to the local environment as quickly as possible?
"That sounds a little scary. Why does this preaching sound like a pyramid scheme?"
"You'll know if you go to the Temple District. Due to certain reasons, they're even more aggressive than pyramid schemes when it comes to snatching people. Since you live on campus every day, you should have seen that battle priest on the front street waving a pink baton that looks like a telephone pole, right? He also has a partner, that black bishop who can sing rock songs and moonwalk. "
Rorschach automatically ignored the blinding things in his memories. Instead, he recalled the recent street propagandists who were holding various holy flags and wearing strange robes. Rorschach instantly realized what was going on.
"Those people handing out leaflets on the streets are really clergymen. I thought they were just clergymen."
"… Actually, they can do that as well. If you need anything, you can find them."
It would seem that his problems weren't the only ones. Going to the Temple of Gods was a must. But now that he was here, Rorschach had a new problem.
"Why didn't anyone else tell me?"
"First of all, in this world, it's the greatest taboo for non-clergymen to interfere with other people's beliefs. Persuading others to change their beliefs is the same as inviting them to a duel. Discussing beliefs requires a sufficiently intimate relationship. Secondly, just like how you didn't pay attention to them, they probably didn't pay attention to you either. Who knew that you wouldn't even prepare for the most basic language barrier? "
Rorschach fell silent, but then …
"Why didn't you tell me earlier? You should know that I wouldn't care about such things. "
Yes, that was the main point. Others might not know, but it was impossible that Su Nanna didn't know.
"You didn't ask me."
Su Nanna smiled so brightly and without caring at all. Her smile was filled with joy from the bottom of her heart, which made Rorschach even more terrified.
Roxia hadn't seen Su Nana smile like this in so many years. But, when he saw Su Nana's short-lived smile, he felt a mysterious pain in his stomach … Every time Su Nana smiled like this, it was probably because she was trying to trick someone.
"… Why are you so heartless? We've been classmates for seven years. Even if I didn't take a bullet for you, I've at least run errands for you and bought lunch for you. I even went to visit you when you were sick. "
"What does this have to do with me being heartless? You haven't asked me yet. "
At this moment, Rorschach's stomach hurt so much that he couldn't stop himself. This woman was far too heartless.
"Hmph, it's hard to say who's heartless and who's heartless. Are you looking at me, or are you looking at my new PS13 video game console? I still haven't gotten my revenge for that time when my PS23 video game was overwritten. "
"That was in the fourth grade of elementary school, right? It's been so many years, yet you still remember …"
"Of course I remember. I've been sick so many times since I was young. Didn't you just visit me once? Don't you remember it all the same? I still remember that when you came, you ate my snacks, played my video game, and even took away my new comic book. That's the real reason why you came to visit me. How could I possibly forget something that caused such a trauma in my childhood? "
Rorschach rubbed his chest as he looked at his "childhood sweetheart" who held grudges and was heartless. He stared blankly at the sky. Over the past few days, he had become more and more familiar with this posture.
"Ah, the sky is so blue when I look at it at a forty-five degree angle."
"Haha, you didn't come looking for me, and you even intentionally avoided Lynn. You weren't just trying to make me happy, were you? Lunch break is almost over. "
There was a limited amount of time for lunch break, so they had enough time to catch up. It was time to talk about the main topic.
Rorschach hesitated for a moment before he finally made up his mind.
He hesitated and smiled wryly, but he knew that he had to face this problem.
"You and I have been classmates for so many years, is it really a coincidence? I remember that you, who are one grade lower than me, should be in your third year of middle school. Why are you here? Don't tell me that it's still a coincidence, or that you suddenly decided to skip a grade.
The Elven runes under the sea faintly emitted a silver light. At this moment, Rorschach didn't know what kind of answer he was expecting.
"Coincidence? Is there really such a thing as coincidence in this world? "
"Then, can I completely trust you?"
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