My On*Hole Academy [EN]: Chapter 85

Chapter 84 – Hey, You! You’re Finally Awake

Before the Academy Exchange Event hosted by Ceridwen,

Inside the indoor training ground, where hundreds had gathered, all but the hundred or so students who intended to participate withdrew, declaring their intention to give up.

Among those who remained were our Onahole Squad and a large number of promising talents, full of energy.

“Everyone, double-check to make sure you haven’t left out any equipment,” Yuuna said.

Half of the participating teams had already dived into Ceridwen’s complex gravity wave.

Now it was our turn to dive.

I put on a cartridge belt over my academy uniform shirt and placed the loaded Glock 19 and Colt Python in their holsters.

“The dive shock will be greater than usual.”

Hearing that, I decided to put the Benelli in my inventory.

This was to prepare for the possibility of losing it.

“Sanghyuk, I brought the supplies,” Haena said quickly, handing me the black bewitching feathers.

It was an item that would help us escape the dungeon at any time.

[Black Bewitching Feather]

[A crow feather that hides the body for a moment by deceiving the eyes of the Outer God. It turns black when used.]

It’s white?

It seems that the *used* bewitching feather turns black.

It seems dangerous, seeing as she’s handing out escape items.

Haena’s face was bloodless.

“Both of you, listen carefully,” Yuuna said, looking back at us before jumping in.

“In a dungeon this large, there’s no guarantee that your teammates will be right next to you when you dive.”

“Really?”

“Why are you telling us that now…?” Haena was almost crying.

“I, I don’t want to do it without Sanghyuk…!”

I grabbed the nape of Haena’s neck, who was trying to run away.

Haena shed tears, flailing her arms and legs.

“Nooo…!”

“So, you have to keep your wits about you. As soon as you dive, check your surroundings and only think about meeting up with your teammates.”

“Okay, I’ll find Haena no matter what.”

“I’ll look for Haena first, too.”

Haena calmed down after hearing those words.

“Sniff… Sanghyuk… you have to find me…?”

“If we’re lucky, we’ll fall right next to each other. Don’t worry.”

I hadn’t realized that we could be separated as soon as we started.

Yuuna probably doesn’t have that much experience with dungeons of this size either. She looks nervous.

“Then… dive.”

Yuuna throws herself into the complex gravity wave.

Haena, who was next in line to jump, held onto me tightly.

“Let’s dive… together… okay?”

“Haena, be brave. You have a lot of mana right now, and you’re strong.”

“……”

I stroked Haena’s hair.

For some reason, Ceridwen is staring intently at that scene.

Too bad for you, Professor.

Because there’s no cheeky academy student who strokes the professor’s head before diving into a dungeon.

“Your magic is helpful in exploring dungeons. Yuuna said so too, right?”

“But without the two of you, the power to create footholds is of no help…”

“That’s true if you stop there. But the highest place you can go isn’t just that.”

“……The highest place….”

Haena was trembling with anxiety that she might be separated from me as soon as we started, but…

“I’ll definitely come find you.”

“…Okay!”

Soon, Haena entered the gravity wave with determination.

Next is my turn.

*Whoosh.*

The first thing I felt was a colder wind than usual.

“Ugh……”

This is a proper dive shock…

It’s hard to even open my eyelids, like a patient who’s had surgery.

The first thing I felt was the cold wind. And then I slowly heard the sound of wagon wheels rolling on the ground.

Judging by the vibration of the wheels, am I being carried somewhere?

‘Ugh……’

Being carried?

I struggled, and the surroundings gradually brightened.

I’m sitting in the cargo hold of a wagon, going down a small hill in a forest covered with cold spring mist.

I could see the back of someone pulling the wagon and the profile of a man riding in the wagon with me.

It’s cold.

Up to four wagon trains like ours were lined up.

‘My hands won’t move.’

I’m tied up with rope?

As I realized that something was wrong, the blond man turned around and said.

“Hey, you. You’re finally awake.”

You startled me.

“Were you trying to cross the border?”

Me?

“You, like that thief over there and us, crawled into a place where the Imperial Army is lying in ambush.”

This feels like an introduction I’ve seen somewhere before…

I turned my eyes to the thief, and there was an academy girl with her legs spread open, unconscious.

Serena’s friend, Sarika.

…Her panties are sky blue.

“Ugh……”

Why is Sarika here? No, why am I stuck in the first-year squad?

I looked to the side and saw Isolde, the pink-haired, busty girl who I used to film shorts with.

“Both of you, wake up.”

I kick Sarika, who is sitting across from me, to wake her up.

Fortunately, the blond man didn’t react.

As soon as Sarika opened her eyes, she quickly closed her open legs and widened her eyes.

“Calm down. Look at me.”

I calmed Sarika, who was looking around with great vigilance, in a calm voice.

It was a natural reaction, as she didn’t know what might have happened to her while she was unconscious.

“It’s me. Serena’s brother.”

She gradually calmed down and regained her composure.

“……Senior. What is this place…?”

“I just woke up too.”

I never imagined I’d start out tied up.

I still have my guns, but I’m very embarrassed. This is the first time I’ve had a start like this.

Of course, Sarika also seemed unfamiliar with this situation.

“I don’t know the details, but I’m being forced to follow some kind of ‘rule’.”

“Rule?”

“He called you a thief.”

“What!? I didn’t steal anything.”

“But it seems like that’s the role you’ve been given.”

Isolde opens her eyes.

“Ummm……”

But why is Isolde’s mouth covered?

“Sol! Wake up!”

“Mmph!”

Isolde can’t speak. We have to get out of here quickly.

The introduction is similar to a game I played a long time ago…

To be possessed by a game within a game is absurd.

If this is a regular event in 「Onahaka」, it’s truly a nonsensical eroge [a Japanese genre of video games or anime with erotic content].

“But who is this blond guy?”

Why is someone other than an academy student in the dungeon?

“It’s rare for an Outer God to appear directly, and judging by the fact that they only react to certain situations, they’re probably NPCs [Non-Player Characters; characters in a game controlled by the computer, not by a human player].”

Sarika said.

I immediately understood that NPC was a familiar concept, but it feels strange to hear those words from an Onahaka heroine.

From my perspective of being possessed by the game, you guys are also like realistic NPCs to me.

‘I’ll think about that later when I have time.’

For now, it’s difficult to see NPCs, who only react to specific situations as people, as Sarika said.

“……If we stay like this, the thief will be in danger first.”

“Yes?!”

“If this scenario is as I know it, we’re now going to the execution ground with the rebel leader.”

“Rebel leader, who….”

“Isolde.”

But am I the main character here too?

The original isn’t an eroge, but considering that the people around me are busty and pretty female students, it wouldn’t be strange to say that it’s an eroge with a lot of suspicious mods installed!

At that time, Sarika approached me and sat next to me, secretly from the soldier driving the wagon.

“Sarika?”

“Senior, there’s a small knife stored on my waist.”

“You want me to untie you with that?”

“Yes. The NPC won’t be able to react anyway.”

I groped Sarika’s lower back with my hand.

“Lower. More….”

Fumble, fumble.

“That’s my butt….”

“……Sorry.”

The wagon is subtly shaking….

“It’s okay. It’s an emergency….”

“Mmph!”

Isolde has been saying something since earlier.

“Wait a minute. I’ll untie her and then untie you.”

*Squeak!*

I put all my strength into it, enough to make red lines on my wrist, and pulled out the dagger.

“Please cut my rope with that.”

“Okay… Ah…!”

*Clunk!*

The wagon shook suddenly, and I dropped the dagger.

The dropped dagger fell out of the wagon, rolled on the floor, and drifted away…

“……”

“You can swear, Sarika.”

I was a complete troll from the start of the dungeon.

“There’s another one on my thigh.”

“Thigh…?”

Sarika turned forward and showed the inside of her thigh.

She turned her head to the side, embarrassed.

“P, please… succeed this time….”

“Trust me.”

Sarika’s cheeks turned redder as the time her panties were exposed increased.

I took another dagger from the dagger sheath on her thigh.

“It would be better to remove the senior’s rope first.”

“Okay.”

Sarika told me to untie my rope first, worried that I might drop it.

Meanwhile, a village with a stone wall built around it was getting closer.

Ah, damn it.

“I don’t understand the situation very well. Why is Isolde the rebel leader? Why are we going to the execution ground?” I said while cutting the rope.

“It’s right that you don’t understand, because they put us in a situation that doesn’t make sense in the first place. In the meantime, it seems like we each have a given role.”

“Am I a thief?”

“You’re a thief.”

“I’ve gained a skill to pick locks.”

“That’s because you’re a thief.”

Sarika muttered, ‘I’m a thief……’

She’s a cute junior.

“What about you, senior?”

“Me? I haven’t been decided yet.”

[A new quest has been created]

[Rebel Army or Imperial Army]

[Choose your faction]

See? I have to choose.

“Maybe if I choose the Imperial Army, I’ll act separately from you, and if I decide to be with you, we’ll run away together.”

“Does that mean that the senior might not be on our side?”

“I guess so?”

If you think about it calmly, how do I clear this dungeon?

Isn’t handing over the rebel leader the fastest way?

“Look over there! It’s General Dihirit.”

At that time, someone was heard shouting.

The man standing proudly at the entrance of the village was Dihirit Ade, a classmate from class F who especially hated me.

The Imperial soldier driving the wagon shouts.

“General Dihirit, the executioner has arrived!”

“Exe… cutioner….”

I made eye contact with Dihirit while riding in the wagon.

Dihirit smiled slyly, as if he had realized everything.

Damn it!

I’d rather die than be on the Empire’s side!

“Proceed. Close off the entire village. Criminals might run away at any time.”

“Yes!”

Ah, I untied the rope!

As soon as my hands were free, I made eye contact with Sarika, who was still tied up.

Sarika flinched and shrugged her shoulders.

“……Senior?”

The junior looked at me anxiously.

“I trusted you because you’re Serena’s brother and gave you the knife….”

“……How did you know which side I would choose?”

“D, don’t do this….”

I slowly approach the junior.

*Slash!*

I untied Sarika’s wrist rope.

[Cooperated with Sarika. Contribution Pt + 3]

“Shh.”

“……”

Sarika nodded.

“Let’s pretend to be tied up for now.”

“Yes.”

“I just decided to be on your side. You can trust me.”

“……Wasn’t it before that?”

“I confirmed that a jerk is on the enemy’s side. You can trust me now.”

I decided to pretend to still be tied up with Sarika and carefully approach Isolde.

Isolde whined as soon as I untied the cloth.

“Senior Sanghyuk, that was a YouTube moment… Why didn’t you untie me first?”

“What moment?”

The moment I was groping Sarika’s body and looking for an escape?

She’s not in her right mind either. Anyway, you can’t even use a smartphone in the dungeon.

*Ting…♬*

……What. It works?

“How do you use a smartphone?”

As soon as I untied Isolde’s hands, she prepared for a live stream.

“This? I installed a demonic beast gang on my phone.”

…….

…Among Serena’s friends, she seems especially strange.

“The execution ground is near. Prepare to get off.”

Isolde made a V sign in a selfie pose.

“Ah ah. Ah ah. Everyone. Can you hear me~?”

Her voice tone is completely different…

She makes that baby voice without changing her expression!

“Your idol, Ssol! Today’s content~~.”

“Hey, the execution ground is near….”

Ssol stubbornly recites all the broadcast comments.

“「I ended up participating in the exchange event with a D-rank friend’s brother」~ It’s completely hopeless~~.”

“……”

Sarika glanced at me for no reason.

“Ssol doesn’t… have any bad intentions….”

“……Yeah.”

“Even if I’m D-rank… I, I think I’m more helpful than nothing!”

…Her kind consolation stabbed my heart even deeper.

Anyway, the wagons park one by one at the execution ground, where the executioner is waiting with a brutally sized axe spear.

“Get off in order!”

“Get off in order~!”

……Waiting for us at the execution ground were the twin sisters we saw before entering the dungeon.