I'm the Only One With a Different Genre - Chapter 93

Chapter 93
How to Confuse a Gag Resident!

Lian doesn’t care about his own body.

This wasn’t just Noah’s thought. Everyone who cherished him agreed on this sentiment.

Noah was the only one who knew in detail about the cruel experiments Lian had endured in Mia the dark sorcerer’s lab. The other kids didn’t know the specifics but agreed that Lian had a strong self-sacrificial side.

Lian often disregarded his own well-being even in daily life.

He once thrust his hand into boiling water just to measure its temperature. He often ignored injuries he sustained while cooking.

Even when he got hurt while playing with the kids, he would keep quiet until someone found out.

He always smiled brightly, but it looked as if his insides were rotting away. Yet, everyone managed to get through three years with smiles because Lian was their big brother, older sibling, and father figure.

Because he was their brother, their older sibling, their father, their family.
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So, they thought it would be okay.

But then, Lian came back with a gaping wound in his stomach. His face was deathly pale, his breaths were shallow, and his body grew cold.

Like a child shocked by seeing their parent’s tears for the first time, the kids were deeply shaken.

They finally realized that their “adult” and precious “family” could die.

As Lian remained unconscious for a long time, their anxiety continued to grow, and eventually…

Clank.

Noah shackling Lian’s ankle went unopposed.

***

“Sigh…”

I lay sprawled on the bed, letting out a long sigh.

‘I fought with Noah…’

Honestly, I’m not sure if you’d call it a fight. More like… I got scolded.

‘She seemed really angry… What should I do?’

I wasn’t mad at Noah. I just felt bad that I made her, who’s always rational, that angry and worried. But in a way, it felt nice too.

‘Still, it feels kind of nice to be worried about.’

If Noah heard this, she might crack my skull, but it couldn’t be helped.

In the gag world, it’s hard to get people to worry about you unless something significant happens. It felt a bit exciting to think that someone might care about me.

‘She might cut me beautifully with a sword, so I should never say this.’

After clearing away useless thoughts, I started thinking about how to make up with Noah.

***

In the dark room where all the lights were off, Noah curled up, with her forehead resting on her knees. She had removed the magical tools and bandages pressing against her chest, so her chest pressed against her thighs.

[Why are you acting like a cave dweller again?]

Julianna flew in and spoke to Noah. Noah looked at her with dull eyes, a blanket over her head.

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“Master. Am I doing well?”

[Why? Because you couldn’t protect Lian?]

Noah clamped her mouth shut at Julianna’s direct hit.

[It was inevitable. If you had left the main building to run to the annex, most of those in the main building would have been massacred.]

“But… In the end, I couldn’t protect him.”

[He’s alive. You can protect him now.]

“This isn’t the first time!”

Noah unintentionally raised her voice and then trembled at her own reaction.

“…Sorry for yelling.”

[No, it’s better to speak your mind rather than holding it in.]

Julianna sat beside Noah and nodded.

[Speak freely. Don’t keep it buried like someone we know.]

Julianna was referring to Lian. Her point was for Noah not to hide her feelings and suffer in silence like Lian, who always hid his pain and struggles.

Noah ultimately opened up.

“Until now, I tried to get stronger to protect everyone, to protect Lian.”

[Yes, you’ve worked hard and done well.]

“But… at crucial moments, I could never help him. Every time he was in danger, I…”

[As I said many times, it was unavoidable.]

“But if I had defeated the monsters faster, I could have rushed to protect Lian.”

Following that thought, a flood of “what ifs” came to mind.

What if I had noticed the enemy sooner?

What if I had kept Lian in the main building?

What if I had hidden the main building better?

.

.

Even though she knew such thoughts were self-destructive and unhelpful, she couldn’t stop them.

Julianna thought Noah’s face, filled with despair and tears, resembled self-harm.

She was repeatedly injuring herself mentally for failing to protect him, as if punishing herself.

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[Then there’s only one solution.]

“What?”

Noah turned her head quickly to Julianna, who had unexpectedly mentioned a solution.

[You said it yourself. If you had defeated the monsters quicker, you could have reached Lian in time.]

Julianna floated in the air, looking down at her.

[Then the solution is simple. You need to become even stronger.]

“Even stronger?”
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[Yes.]

“But…”

Noah bit her lip and lowered her head. She had hit a growth wall two years ago and had been stuck ever since. Telling her to “just get stronger” provided no comfort and only deepened her despair.

[You’re stuck, right?]

“…!”

[There’s a way.]

“A way?”

[Yes.]
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Julianna looked down at Noah seriously and continued.

[But it involves risking your life.]

“I don’t mind.”

Flap!

Noah threw aside her blanket and flashed her eyes.

“As long as I can become stronger.”

And protect Lian.

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[…Alright.]

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Julianna placed the book to which she was bound in front of Noah.

Schlorp.

[If you overcome the trials I faced, you will become stronger. But… you might die.]

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A bright light began to fill the room from the book.

[No matter how much time passes inside, almost no time will pass outside. So don’t rush and proceed step by step.]

At Julianna’s concerned words, Noah smiled.

“Thank you, Master.”

[Just come back safely.]

Engulfed in the brilliant light, Noah staggered before collapsing onto the bed. Only her consciousness had transferred to the trial.
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[Noah, you must keep moving forward.]

The moment despair shackled her feet and stopped her, Noah would build a wall herself, get trapped there, and wander endlessly until she collapsed.

Julianna had seen countless such geniuses in the past.

[Break free from the shackles that hold you back and soar higher… then…]

Julianna smirked slyly and muttered.

[I’ll teach you how to keep that man worrying you tied firmly by your side.]

She hummed a tune and said.

[When would be a good time for the ceremony?]

***

At the moment Noah entered the trial.

Clank.

“What should I do?”

Lian fiddled with the shackle on his ankle. Although his ankle was shackled, no one was in the room. With magical tools semi-monitoring Lian, there was no need to stick around.

The main reason was that everyone was busy cleaning up the aftermath of the chaos at the base. Jess and Iris were taking care of the kids at Lian’s request.

They would probably come by in about three hours. Lian wanted to meet Noah and apologize before then. He wanted to run out immediately, but the shackle around his ankle prevented him from doing anything.

“I need to get this off if I want to go apologize…”

Lian imagined cutting off his ankle with a “snap!” and reattaching it, but the thought of a blood-soaked bed and ending up with two shackles stopped him.

There were many other bizarre solutions, but he decided against them, fearing it would cause a commotion.

‘What should I do? Should I wait for Noah to come?’

As he rolled around on the bed, the clanking noise grew louder.

Knock, knock.

At that moment, someone came to Lian’s room.
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“Come in!”

He shouted excitedly.

Creak…

The door slowly opened, and someone in a deeply pressed robe walked in slowly.

Tap.

‘…Who is it?’

For a moment, Lian wondered if it was an enemy because the person exuded an aura of suspicion.

“Ah…”

A slightly raspy but high-pitched female voice came.

“Lian-nim!”

“…?!”

Too surprised to speak, Lian was stunned.

Thud!

The suspicious person dashed to Lian’s bedside.

Flap, the hood of the robe flipped back from the momentum.

“Huh? Pia?”

“Ah, Lian-nim!”

Lian looked at Pia, who knelt beside his bed, with a bewildered expression. Pia didn’t stop there; she leaned forward and prostrated herself in a traditional Japanese dogeza style.

“…?”

Pia managed to confuse even a Gag Resident!

End of Chapter.