My Desertion Would Be Faster Than Heros' Obsession-Chapter 88

I spilled some water when I suddenly spoke, but that wasn’t important right now. No, Dalin was the one who pissed me off first, right?

"Please calm down, Salvia..."

Isina, with a tired face, wiped the water from my lips with her sleeve and spoke.

"I know you're putting all your effort into training the recruits, but please, just make sure you don't give yourself high blood pressure."

"Yes..."

Then it suddenly hit me—I remembered that in the original, Isina showed some interest in Dalin.

Of course, this was a twisted world where the relationships in the original story had been completely messed up, but still, were the male leads really not interested in Dalin at all?

"I hope you'll continue managing the recruits well, Salvia."

"Yes... But, Isina-nim, don't you have any interest in the recruits?"

"...What? Are you asking me to manage the recruits too?"

As always, Isina looked at me with her dark circles, clearly exhausted from her endless workload.

"Ah, no. Sorry for asking... Please, keep up the good work..."

Isina looked way too tired to be interested in Dalin...

...Since she had so much work, I’ll give her an extra +30 male lead points...

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Finally, it was time for Dalin's first swordsmanship training.

Dalin, who had caused quite a few incidents as a recruit, had already gained some fame among the others. Some of the newer recruits had heard of her reputation and glanced at her, but as soon as I glared at them, they quickly turned away.

Since Aquila usually handled swordsmanship training, I called him over when the other members began their free training.

"Aquila, teach her."

It had been a long time since I fought with a sword, so it would be better for Aquila to teach Dalin.

Soon, Aquila began explaining to Dalin how to grip the sword and channel aura into it, while I narrowed my eyes and alternated between watching them.

Hmm, they really...

‘They both look like they couldn’t care less about each other.’

I expected Aquila’s response, but Dalin seemed to look more at me than at Aquila, who was explaining the techniques.

"...Aren’t you concentrating?"

"Yes, yes!"

Sigh, when will this one ever be useful?

...Ah, I almost forgot.

"Dalin, be careful not to stab the person next to you with the sword."

"Yes? Yes!"

I almost missed telling her the most important thing when holding a sword.

Anyway, Dalin, following Aquila's guidance, focused and tried to channel her aura into the sword, but...

"Um... I don’t think it’s working..."

The sword in her hand remained completely still, with no aura emanating from it.

Well, back when I was a recruit, it was violence and fear that saved me...

"It’s okay, Dalin. You can do it."

I motioned for Aquila to step aside and draped my arm over Dalin’s shoulder.

"You can do it if you concentrate. Because I..."

"I already know you’ll make me do it..."

"Yeah, you know. So, now you can do it, right?"

"I... I think I just don’t have the talent! The blood of a hetero sapiens doesn’t run strongly enough through me... I think it’s... something like that..."

"No, you can do it!"

I was trying to be nice today, but once again, she was making me frustrated.

"You can! XX, you can do it!"

"But it’s still not working..."

"You better not get cocky, or you’ll die! Do it, you can!"

As I shouted at her, Dalin's hands, holding the sword, were trembling.

"But there’s no guarantee that I can..."

"Are you an assassin sent here to give me high blood pressure?! I know you can do it! You might even be able to use an elemental aura!"

"How would I even use an elemental aura...?"

"I’m telling you, you can! You’ve got the talent!"

Knowing the original story, this was incredibly frustrating.

"Just use it! Please use it! No, XX! Just do it!"

"I can’t, how am I supposed to do it..."

"No, you can really do it!"

For what felt like ages, Dalin and I wrestled with the sword. As I was struggling with her, suddenly, pow!

"Eh?!"

Dalin looked down at her sword with wide eyes in shock.

"Ah, the aura..."

"See? I told you, you can do it?!"

Our voices had gotten loud, and Winter, who had been training nearby, turned to look. He walked over, noticing Dalin's aura and approached us.

"Light attribute aura, huh."

"Li... Light attribute aura?!"

"Yo?! What did you leave your common sense at?"

"A, no..."

As Dalin stammered and tried to explain, Winter began to give her an explanation about her aura.

"Light attribute auras are quite rare and can be used in many ways."

The light emanating from Dalin’s sword was a dazzling white.

It was bright enough to illuminate the surroundings even in the dark, just as Winter had said. It definitely seemed very useful.

"And since monsters are evil, beasts originating from darkness, they’re completely incompatible with light. So, by using your aura, you can cut through a monster's tough skin with less effort than others."

"Ah..."

Dalin stared at her sword with a blank expression, mouth slightly open.

Since coming here, I’d only seen her look foolish, but now, as she looked down at her sword, there was something different in her eyes—a calmness I hadn’t seen before.

It seemed like she was moved by the fact that she had manifested an elemental aura.

"See? I told you you could do it. All that trouble for nothing..."

"Yeah, you’re right..."

Dalin still couldn’t quite believe that she had used the power herself.

"See? Huh? I knew you could use an elemental aura and that you had the talent!"

"How did you know?"

"...I just knew, XX."

Just then, I heard whispers from behind.

"Wow, scary human..."

"Doesn’t she read minds or something? Maybe she can see the future..."

"I don’t know, but she’s really superhuman in some way..."

"...Milphy, just Jason, head to the ground, initiate."

Have those idiots lost all their sense of fear lately?

Anyway, I felt a bit proud that Dalin was emitting her bright light aura...

"...It’s blinding, you insane XX! Stop attacking with your eyes and turn it off!"

"Uh, I’m not sure how to turn it off..."

"This insane XX!"

Eventually, after wrestling with Dalin again, I managed to make her control her aura freely.

"Sigh, to think you’re using an elemental aura... You really do have talent..."

Then Dalin spoke up in a hesitant voice.

"No matter how I think about it, I don’t think I have talent... I mean, the elemental aura might not even be a big deal, right?"

"Well, that’s an ungrateful comment."

I glared at Dalin with disbelief.

"Hey, do you have any idea how talented and amazing that is?! You can use it in so many ways, and there are plenty of places to use it. It’s cool, huh?"

"Is that so...?"

Dalin gave a shy smile, just like the heroine in a romance novel, and Aquila, standing behind her, also curled his lips into a smile.

"...Why are you smiling?"

"Who knows."

"Why are you smiling when she got complimented?"

For some reason, I suddenly felt irritated. Of course, it wasn’t unusual for me to be irritated in this hellhole, but still, right now I was pissed.

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"What’s this? Why are you smiling?"

I narrowed my eyes and pushed Aquila, who had been smiling. Benny, who had been glancing over at us from the side, came over and whispered.

"U-um, Salvia-nim..."

"What?"

"Well, you said the elemental aura was cool, so..."

"...Ah?"

I replayed what I had just said in my mind.

"Ah... You also felt good getting complimented because you used the elemental aura, huh?"

Aquila realized he was just happy for the praise he’d gotten and quickly stepped back.

Unlike other female protagonists in the world of romance novels, who would think that "of course the male lead would like the original heroine," I knew Aquila too well.

‘Seems like romance of any kind is dead in this world.’

Even though the original heroine showed up, it seems like this world would remain apocalyptic. This situation was so absurd that a bitter laugh escaped me.

I lifted my head to look at my apocalyptic world again and made eye contact with Winter.

"Hmm."

Isina and Aquila were already proven to have no interest in Dalin, but I wondered if Winter might be different.

Since he made eye contact with me, he walked over and spoke to me.

"Salvia, you’ve been managing the recruits well lately."

"Yes, it’s my job, after all..."

"Just don’t overdo it, and if you need any help, don’t hesitate to ask."

"Yes..."

He often asked about my work like this, and sometimes I started to wonder if Winter didn’t trust me.

"And if I could offer advice on handling recruits, for those who can’t adapt, encourage them to gain confidence, and it’s better to guide them well than to get angry."

‘What? Has it really been this long?’

It had been quite a while since Winter gave me any kind of advice, and now he was explaining something in detail.

However, since I wasn’t thrilled by his long-winded sermon, I quickly grabbed my head and pretended to be overwhelmed.

"Ah, the recruits are giving me a headache lately."

"...Then you’ll manage them at your discretion. And if you feel sick, I’ll take you to the infirmary immediately."

"No, it’s not that bad..."

It seemed like Winter had no interest in Dalin either.

Well, in this unit, someone’s chance of being sent to the stockade had decreased, so I guess that’s a good thing.