I’m Not Doing This With A Friend – Chapter 39

Author: Niks

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Kun answered as if what I just said was unfair. “Didn’t you see me collapse from a heatstroke not too long ago?”

“You’re not going to faint anymore.”

“But I’ve already submitted my medical certificate. It’s not like I’m completely better yet.”

“If you say so, I have nothing more to say… So, does that mean your club time is completely free?”

“Yes.”

“That’s great. Our club actually only plays all day long. Come to this club room starting tomorrow.”

“Can I do that?”

Kun and my gaze reached the back of Carson’s head at the same time.

“Caon thinks it’s better to do it openly in front of the club than the two of us meet after club time.”

‘I feel a little sorry for Fjord.’

“That makes sense.”

Kun stopped nodding and continued with a slightly darker expression. “Leen. This may be a bit off-topic, but Carson seems a bit overreacting to you, Leen…”

“I know.”

“…”

“It’s weirder if you don’t know. And not just you, but all the students probably know this, right?”

“…Is that so?”

“I’ll take care of it, so don’t worry.”

Maybe…

“I’ve looked at all parts of your hands to some extent. I’ll just ask a few more questions, Kun.”

“Yes.”

I asked if he also sweats in other areas, and if so, how much compared to before. As a result of various combinations, Kun’s illness was progressing smoothly.

While nodding satisfactorily, I hardened for a moment. “Huh?”

With my stiff expression, Kun carefully asked as if he felt something strange. “Is there something wrong?”

“No. Hyperhidrosis and anemia are being treated well.”

I was wondering if I should tell him this right now.

“The problem is…”

After pausing for a while, Kun, feeling frustrated, asked again as if to urge me to speak.

“What’s going on? Are there any other problems with my body?”

I gently pressed his shoulders and calmed him down. There was nothing good about listening excitedly.

“Kun. First of all, please note that I am not a doctor and cannot make an accurate diagnosis. So I’m not sure yet.”

“How much, how serious…”

“Sigh…”

Perhaps it was because the surroundings were quiet, I could hear Kun swallowing his saliva. I clasped my chin with both hands. Then he was sentenced with my most serious expression.

“Listen carefully, Kun You have 70 years left at the most.”

“…What?” Kun’s face darkened.

The average life expectancy of ordinary people who have not trained in Mana is around 70 years old.

People who trained Mana used to live smoothly even at the age of 100, but so was the average life expectancy of ordinary people.

In other words, the fact that there are 70 years left in Kun’s current age means that he will live a long life.

Oh… Since he said his half-elf, will he have a longer life span?

Kun, who had been agonizing over the meaning of what I said for a long time, only moved his eyes stiffly when he heard a strange noise nearby.

As Fjord turned his head his shoulder slightly trembled, Kun met his gaze. The place where Kun looked was Fjord,

He held his earplugs tightly in his hand like he didn’t know when he took them out. Very tightly…

Kun let out a small sigh as he relaxed his body as he had finally figured out the situation at that time.

“I was fooled.”

I looked at him with a confused expression and smiled softly.

“Oh, I don’t know what it was, but you misunderstood what I said. I was just saying you’ll live a long life.”

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“No matter how many times I think about it, it’s awesome!”

“Woah! calm down.”

I pressed down on Hans’s shoulder. He had been in that state for several days after hearing the explanation of the antiperspirant I asked him to sell.

“There’s a store in the Academy Shopping Center that often deals with the top. First, let’s release a small amount there.”

“Do you want to sell it for a test?”

“Yes. There’s a price range, but at our age, we’re the most interested in appearance, so it won’t be bad to see the reaction of each buyer.”

“Okay. I don’t know much about that, so you take care of it.”

Hans looked thrilled when I asked him to take care of it. Then he politely bowed his head. It was a fairly exaggerated gesture.

“I don’t know much about herbal medicine, but I’ve been taught this way. Hehe.”

“…You’re in the same herbal medicine department as me.”

Hans scratched his head awkwardly. “In fact, I wanted to go to the business administration department, but I came here because I didn’t have enough grades.”

“…”

The herbal medicine department had a lower cut line than other subjects because it was a very unpopular subject.

I thought there would be some, just like Hans who came to the Department of Herbal Medicine just to enter the academy.

However, when I saw such a person in front of me, I felt depressed. Why don’t people know the charm of medicinal herbs? Where else could there be such a practical science?

Right, I’ll just look at Hans with shrouded eyes from now on.

He was startled and made excuses. “It’s because my other grades are a little low, but I’m good at management and accounting, so don’t worry! I’ll take responsibility and sell it at a higher price!”

I wasn’t worried about that. I swallowed a sigh that filled my throat and got up from my seat.

“There’s someone who will help me make the antiperspirant, so I think I can give it a little earlier than expected.”

“Really? Can I help you?”

“No. You’ll be crushed right away if you get caught between them.”

“Crushed?”

“There’s something like that.”

“Huh?”

“Then I’ll go first.”

“Oh, see you later, boss!”

I laughed as I watched Hans saluting with each holding posture and headed to the club room.

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“I’m here.”

“You’re here, Leen?”

As soon as I entered the club room, Carson ran up to me and held my bag. I listened to what he said and was almost taken away again.

He hurriedly opened the bag, and carefully took out the herbs packed in the bag. Then, with a skilled touch, Carson begins to trim herbs.

Kun, who had arrived at the club room first, also siphoned off medicinal herbs monopolized by Carson and trimmed them.

“Someone has a habit of stealing herbs.”

“It’s not stealing, it’s helping with the preparation. I’m the one who decided to help Leen in the first place.”

I couldn’t help but admire seeing the herbs that had filled the bag being trimmed in an instant.

No matter how many times I watched them, I couldn’t get used to them.

“Everyone, take it easy.”

How did this happen? To find out, I have to go back to the first day Kun agreed to help me a few days ago.

I visited the club room with an armful of Dao Tranto. I couldn’t leave it to an outsider to make medicine, so I thought I would get help even with herbal refining.

At that, I only demonstrated once how to trim it, but Kun soon followed well. I was amazed and complimented him…

Here’s the problem…

Even if it wasn’t, it was Carson who didn’t like seeing Kun going in and out of the club, but when I praised Kun, the jealousy gauge rose.

Carson also rolled up his sleeves and said he could do it himself. He trimmed the herbs accurately and quickly as if he had practiced secretly.

With a little exaggeration, he was at a better level than me. I praised Carson, who was burning with jealousy to appease him, several times. I was amazed.

They were the talents of herbal refining that no one could refute.

But maybe it’s because I praised both of them, and after that, the competition overheated and it’s the same situation as I’m seeing now.

As I looked at the two people who were working hard on the herbs, my gaze fell on Fjord for a moment.

Fjord also looked at the two with a tired face, felt my gaze, and shook his head. “Leen. I’m sorry, but I’m not sure if I can fit in.”

“I’m already causing trouble, but I don’t ask for help without conscience. It’s already overflowing with these two.”

Having said that, I sat down at my desk and prepared the other ingredients needed for the antiperspirant combination.

As soon as I started to do something else, Carson and Kun began to fight.

“Oh, come on. That’s not how you prepare herbs.”

“You seem to be full of compliments from Leen, but I’ve been with plants since I was young.”

“It means you’re a plant lover.”

“It means that at least I can do better than Carson.”

“I can’t believe your skills are better than mine. You only had a mouth. You’re worthless.”

“There’s nothing as worthless in the world.”

Clang-!

I hurriedly turned my head to the sound of a rupture hitting my ear. Fjord looked at me in a panic with his eyes wide open.

“Soㅡ I’m sorry. I’m so curious that my hands slipped when I just wanted to smell it.”

“Aren’t you hurt?”

I hurriedly checked that Fjord was not hurt, and found a broom to clean up the broken glass.

Then something caught my eye. Paper with the name of the raw material contained in the broken glass bottle.

Fjord’s peeling glass bottle was the most expensive ingredient to make antiperspirant.

“That worthless bastard!”

It was the moment when something worthless that didn’t exist in the world was born.

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The situation was quickly settled, and Fjord offered to pay the price.

In fact, I tried to refuse, but if I didn’t accept it, I felt sorry for his face that was about to cry soon, so I said yes.

Fortunately, it was not difficult to obtain, although it was expensive. You’ll be able to get it quickly if you go to the shopping street around the academy.

Ah… After trimming all the herbs I brought, Kun left the club room.

In fact, rather than going out on his own, it was routine for Carson to kick him out as soon as he finished trimming.

So I might turn on the lights for my eyes more and clean them up. I looked happily at Dao Tranto, which was piled up on the other side of the club room.

Thanks to Carson and Kun’s hard work for the past few days, I have exhausted the Dao Tranto that they had previously obtained.

I’m going to go up to the mountain and collect them soon.

What should I bring…? Gathering tools, a basket for medicinal herbs, and a monster repellent?

The club’s performance score suddenly came to my mind when I heard the monster repellent.

“Caon.”

“Yes?”

“Did we meet the club performance scores this semester?”

Carson blinked softly. “Are you worried that I won’t be able to fill it until the end of this semester? Don’t worry, I won’t let that happen.”

“No, please take me with you this time, this monster subjugation.”

“What…?”

There was a breathtaking silence in the club room for a while.

“No!”