[From the Author of Author's POV...] Emotions are like a drug to us. The more we experience them, the more we become addicted. The hardest part is not letting them consume us. But it's already too late for me. I've already been swallowed whole. *** I had no knowledge of the game. I was meant to have died. And yet, I found myself in this situation. A game I had never played before. A character I was unfamiliar with, and... A world that seemed to want to swallow me whole with every move I made. What the hell is going on? ...and who am I? *** Discord : https://discord.gg/PEbN7fc2ww
All in all, Julien's punishment could be considered to be quite light.
Given the gravity of his mistake and what he had to do, it was essentially nothing.
The days passed in succession and the cadets were forced to take the theoretical examinations. The atmosphere around the Academy was quite gloomy, with many of the cadets walking around the campus like corpses.
"This rope... Why does it look so nice?"
"Wait, what?"
"Ah, it fits so nicely around my neck."
"Uh?"
"Look at this chair..."
"Ah! Aoife! Help...! Kiera is about to hang herself!"
"What?!"
"Yes, help me!"
"No, I mean, why aren't you helping Kiera?"
"Uh?"
"Hey, wait up Kiera. Let me tighten the rope for you."
"Wow, you're so nice~ I didn't take you for such a nice person."
"....I can be nice when our interests align. Now tell me. Is the rope tight enough?"
"Could be tig—uekh!"