The Ending
Episode 21 [Senior Persuading]

Although Luis was worried about his friendship, it turned out that the friendship he had went smoothly so far.

Luis still often spent time chatting with Six, Hansoo and William under the large tree where they used to gather. Sometimes Suchan also chat together on the grounds that he does not have quality friends like Luis, of course it made a small ruckus with Hansoo who still hated Suchan and the ominous gaze of Six who was blatantly shown on Suchan.

Anyway, Suchan was not considered by Six and Hansoo while William himself even often chatted with Suchan.

Luis could only shake his head with their behavior, but in his heart he felt happy because their friendship did not look a crack at all.

Feeling he could be a bit calmer, this time Luis will continue his plan.

"Oh! Brother Eugene!"

Eugene, the man who was about to graduate next year, gasped when he heard his name called by Luis. He turned his face away, then took a thousand steps leaving Luis speechless in his place.

"Gosh, why is he running again?"

Luis breathed a breath. It's always like that. When Luis tried to greet Eugene, he would definitely run away or avoid him blatantly. Was Eugene so loathed Luis that he was like that? No, Luis was sure there was another problem that caused Eugene to be reluctant to talk to him.

"Don't Eugene think I'll give up?" Luis clenched his hands tightly. His mouth formed a suspicious smirk.

"Oho, obviously not." He stared at the place where Eugene had disappeared and then continued his words.

"Love Cordelia, I'm after you, let alone pursuing a stubborn upperclassman like yourself!"

Luis grinned wickedly while muttering indistinctly making the people who passed him stare in wonder. Currently Luis was arranging a plan to befriend Eugene, moreover he was still curious about the cause of the injury that Eugene had at that time.

And his mission to add new friends began.

In cafeteria.

"Sister Eugene, let's eat together"

"Sorry I'm busy,"

Fail.

Accidentally meeting while going to the toilet.

"Oh! Brother Eugene let's go—"

"I think I'm going now."

Fail.

Take a sparring exercise.

"Sister Eugene—"

"Suddenly I'm not feeling well, hey! Roy! Replace me yes"

Fail again.

"Why!? Why does Eugene always avoid me like he's afraid of me!?"

Luis lay on Hansoo's bed, he buried his face in a pillow while muttering indistinctly with a black aura around him that signaled his despair.

"Why him?"

Six who had just come to the room asked Hansoo who was looking at Luis pity.

"He failed to make Eugene's sister his friend,"

Six frowned.

"About? Wait, you still want to be friends with that upperclassman?"

Luis muttered briefly in response. Six walked towards the study table then sat there.

"You're trying too much. That talent can't be just hers, why don't you try to find someone else who has a sword talent like that upperclassman?"

Luis did not answer Six's words. He told me the reason he wanted to make Eugene his friend—the reason was that Eugene had a rare talent. Luis couldn't see it clearly yet, but he was sure that the power Eugene possessed had potential in the future.

So he really wanted to make Eugene his friend. He also wants to help Eugene. In his past life he did not know Eugene because he rarely interacted with people, to get to know Eugene further Luis had to be friends with him.

'I was also worried about that upperclassman,'

The wound that Eugene had back then was too suspicious. It wasn't an ordinary wound and Luis was sure Eugene didn't have the tendency to self-harm so, the cause of Eugene's injuries that Luis suspected was torture.

Eugene is also a member of the OASIS and Luis knows the OASIS has a dark side to it.

'Did he suffer bullying in the organization?'

Luis immediately sat on his bed, making Six and Hansoo look at him in surprise.

"What's wrong?"

Hansoo asked briefly.

"Is it possible that Eugene's sister is afraid of my face?"

Silent. None of his friends answered Luis—'s own words, wondering why the thought had popped into his brain.

"Pff!! If Six says it then I'll believe it, but Shan? Pftt, though,"

Hansoo tried to hold back his laughter because of Luis' speech which he thought was very funny. Right, that's impossible.

Luis obviously had a smooth and white face, without the slightest scratch. Well, maybe now he's a bit full because of his sword practice and Luis' hand has calluses.

But for the face—it hasn't changed much. Luis' hair only became rather long and his face was still the same as when he first entered the academy.

"I doubt if that upperclassman is afraid of your smooth face and your plump eyelashes"

Imbuh Six added a satirical speech that is typical of him. Hansoo couldn't help but laugh any more, she immediately laughed as she touched her stomach and rolled around on the floor of—oke, it was excessive.

Luis wrapped his hands together in his chest, embarrassed by the words of his two friends.

"Yes, yes! I know it's impossible!"

'stop laughing!'

He wanted to bury himself deeply now.

"Lho's? You're all in the room."

All three of their netra turned to look at the person who entered the room. He was William and his hands were full of books.

"Liam, are you done with your organization?"

The one who asked was Hansoo, she immediately pulled over sitting next to Luis while looking at William who had his books on the table.

"so. I'm interested in medicine, so I have to learn more to make good medicine"

William went to a health organization. Since his strength was the element of water, he was perfectly suited to the field that— added, William was also good at being an alchemist who benefited him in the organization.

No!

Six, sitting next to William, who was standing on his forehead, made the master grimace in pain.

"You're forcing yourself again?"

Six is brief. William can only grimace while scratching the back of his head that does not itch.

"No, I slept well and ate well"

"Your eyes are red and you've got new eye bags in there,"

Okay, William can't avoid Six's worries that are starting to recur. For nearly four months they have been friends, and Six has become an annoying but caring figure simultaneously. Perhaps because he was the oldest of his three friends, Six therefore had a high sense of responsibility.

Sometimes when they force themselves Six will be more fierce than usual. He would be angry at them, besides that he always knew when one of them was unwell.

"You're a sick fool, don't go to class or you'll pass the disease on to someone else"

"Curtain, weak base. Your hand is like a twig just hurt like this"

"Forcing yourself to illness, you are indeed the most stupid and stupid person I have ever seen"

His words sounded painful, but he actually cared about his friends.

"You're so stupid—"

"I'm so stupid and stupid that I forced myself, right?"

Six slightly flinched as his speech was interrupted by William.

William smiled meaningfully, he immediately slept on his bed ignoring his friends who were still there.

"I'm gonna take a nap, please don't be so noisy, okay?"

The three friends nodded in understanding after that William began to fall asleep and enter the dreamland. To be able to digest the lesson well he must rest enough, therefore he will sleep now.

But before that he remembered something.

"Oh yes, Shan"

"Yes?"

"Are you going to be a representative for the attack?"

Luis nodded in confirmation of William's words. He will indeed join as reinforcements if something bad happens.

"Take this then"

William threw a small glass bottle at Luis that contained a blue liquid, very beautiful just like Luis' hair.

"What's this?"

"A poison cure, I heard that a monster in the mountain near the academy could poison his opponent. You can use that later, just in case"

Luis smiled, apparently on the sidelines of William's busy organization he thought about Luis' safety.

"Thank you,"

There was no answer from William, he was asleep at the moment.

"When are you going Shan?"

Hansoo asked in a soft voice, afraid of waking up William who had just slept.

"Two days, pray for me okay"

"You don't have to ask for that,"

Six snorted in annoyance while talking.

"You're gonna be there for a week, right?"

Hansoo asked Luis again.

"Yup,"

"Hm, I hope you're always safe."

"Don't die just yet, we haven't fought you remember?"

Luis laughed at the words of his friends. He had to say a short farewell to Cordelia and apologise for not being able to train with her again this Sunday.

'Maybe I can talk to Eugene later. If it's not wrong he's also in this attack,'