I Became the Academy’s Pink Airhead

「Law Creation: Souls that once belonged to life and death, past and future, shall forget all battles and wars and live within happy memories.」

My head hurts. I remember being sucked into the pit beneath the World Tree. That chilling black energy had wrapped around my body.

I felt so tired that it seemed like my body was floating.

‘Where… am I…?’

The black waves engulfed me like a rising tide. It felt as though I was sinking into dark waters.

Then, I felt something hard under my seat. It was as hard as stone, yet smooth to the touch.@@novelbin@@

‘A chair…?’

The hard chair was swaying rhythmically. It felt like the mechanical rhythm of a heavy vehicle in motion.

I must be inside a large vehicle or machine.

Clatter— Clatter—

I heard the sound of a train passing by. If I listened carefully, I could hear people coughing or pacing around, holding something.

‘An Ether Train?’

My body was stiffened by the black waves, and I couldn’t open my eyes. So, I focused on listening to the people talking.

‘It sounds like everyone is holding something and talking…’

Two adult men were chatting quietly. Both of their voices were rough with exhaustion.

“Did you try the new game that just came out?” “Ah, these days, foreign games are on a whole other level. The story and quality are insane. Now that I’ve gotten used to that, I can’t even look at domestic games.” “That’s awesome. You actually have the energy to play games after work? I still have stuff sitting in my library that I haven’t touched yet.” “You probably spend that time scrolling through video sites. You dopamine addict.” “Ha… Honestly, the last time I actually watched or played something I bought was last year. There are so many summary videos now… Once I watch those, I lose the motivation.” “Self-spoiling, huh? Why even buy it if you’re not going to use it? Anyway, give it a try. It’s so good that domestic games won’t even register anymore.”

The man who was browsing video sites refuted the gamer’s words.

“Well, among domestic games, <Yggdrasil Gate> isn’t bad. They just wrapped up the main story Chapter 1, and it’s getting great reviews in the community.” “That’s just a mobile game selling characters. Only people who don’t care about gameplay and spend money on data fragments play that.” “You mean like the 1.5 million won you spent on a soccer player deck?” “The game I’m playing is a masterpiece, so it’s fine.”

Somehow. I couldn’t fully understand what they were saying, but it was irritating.