Extra Pages: The Author's Odyssey

Joseph is a third year cadet and he is not hero course cadet, Joseph attend a general course where they teach students about politics and internal war-fare.

Dispite being not in Hero course Joseph is leader of Hunting Crew because of his strength.

One doesn't have to be weak of they don't attend a Hero course, Joseph is perfect example of that.

Dispite being on Gernal course Joseph strength is great.

'...And thankfully he is not bad guy either.'

When I arrived at Nova's City train station i found that there is more then 10 Cadets gathered around the teleportation gate.

There are three first year cadet and five seconds and seven third year cadets.

All of them were waiting for me.

Emma was also one the first year that I mentioned earlier.

The first thing I did was apologize to Joseph for not attending the crew activities thankfully Joseph didn't mind it that much.

Also today we are not going to hunt any monster, the crew decided that they needed to take a some break.

So we are going to one day trip to [ Western mountain range.]

Yeah I was also shocked when I heard that we are going there.

But it's not like I can do anything about.

'Lets go with flow.'

With that thought I stepped inside the teleportation gate.

***

I did say that we are going Western mountain range but in actually we are one hundred kilometre away from the place that Yato trained

We are on normal snow mountains, and there is no beast are waiting for us to attacks.

"Why am I paired with you..."

"How should I know?"

Currently, we were climbing a mountain. Everywhere we looked was covered in white, and a cold wind blew violently.

This white world where the boundary between earth and heaven seemed faint, the view from here was breathtaking.

The hunting crew had come all the way here for an overnight trip.

It would have been sheer lunacy were I on Earth, but in this world where Portals existed, traveling was extremely easy for crew's cadets.

But not all crew have permission to go out of the academy, Only Travelling crew and Hunting Crew had that kind of privilege and even then they were allowed to go out only one in a month.

"Then how in the world I ended up being pair with you?"

I couldn't help but feel annoyed at Emma's behaviour.

Earlier when we were divideding in pair Joseph made me pair together with Emma.

I tried to protest but failed when he pointed out that I didn't have right to so after attending only one of the crew activities after five months.

'I take that back, he is a bad guy.'

"Hey are you listening?"

Emma asked with frown on her face as I didn't reply to her.

'This is a drag.'

Just stop talking for moment and look ahead, There are plenty of traps around here because of hunters."

I ignored Emmay nonsensical drivel and pointed below her. Startled, Emma stopped. There was a huge bear trap under her.

"Oh, geez. That surprised me."

Currently, we were in the middle of the hunting crew event. To celebrate the crew resuming, the hunting crew was running a scavenger hunt. Flags were buried around the mountain, and written on these flags were gifts prepared by seniors who were currently active Heroes.

Whiiish—

Suddenly, a fierce wind blew along with a flurry of snow.

"Aah, uuu, my face feels like it's going to explode."

The wind disappeared in a moment, but Emma's face turned red from the cold.

"You cold?"

"A, a little bit. I should have brought a coat too."

"I'm not cold."

For records this much cold is nothing for me after the all the training drill that I done with Yato even colder place then this.

I somewhat become immune to cold.

-Fuuu!

A slight shive run down my spine by cold wind.

'Ok, maybe I'm not that much immune but who cares? At least i don't care. This much cold is still nothing for me.'

Emma gave me an aggrieved look. Then, we walked for a bit without talking. Our footsteps let out gentle noises as we stepped on fluffy snow. I quite enjoyed the scenery of snowy mountain.

"Ah, over there! There's a flag."

Emma pointed at a nearby mountain peak. On the edge of a cliff, a single flag was waving dangerously.

"That must be the first place flag."

It had to be, considering the dangerous place it was in. But would anyone be crazy enough to climb up there?

"Hey, let's go up."

The person in question was right next to me.

"...We don't need to."

I took out a roll of wire from my pocket. A normal roll of wire. I brought one as a supporting weapon.

"You're going to throw it and pull it out? Is that even possible?"

Without answering to Emma's doubt, I tied the wire around a knife.

"Huup!"

I threw the knife in full force. The knife flew in a straight line and embedded itself firmly into the snow near the flag.

Emma's eyes widened in surprise as she watched the knife fly through the air. "Wow, I didn't know you were skilled with throwing knives!"

I gave her a small smile, feeling a sense of satisfaction at her compliment. "It's just a little trick I picked up along the way."

With a firm grip on the wire, I began to pull steadily, using the knife as an anchor. Slowly but surely, the flag began to inch closer, until finally, it was within reach.

With a triumphant grin, I plucked the flag from its precarious perch and waved it in the air. "Mission accomplished!"

Emma laughed, her eyes sparkling with amusement. "I have to admit, that was pretty impressive. I guess you're not so bad after all."

I shrugged modestly, "It's all in a day's work."

Emma then snatched the flag out of my hand. Then, the flag shrunk down to a piece of paper, which I snatched back from Emma

"Ah."

There were two lines written in pretty handwriting.

[First place. The prize is a voucher for a free meal at the best restaurant in Nova City. Congratulations!]

Emma's eyes widened in excitement as she read the message. "Wow, we won first place! This is amazing!"

I couldn't help but smile at her enthusiasm. "Yeah, it's pretty cool, but I don't need these you can take them."

I handed the paper to her without much thought. After all, I don't need this type of prize.

It would be different if the first prize was some kind of skill but sadly it wasn't that.

Emma, who was about to accept it with a grin, suddenly paused and put on a serious face.

"No, you take it. Why give me what's yours? I don't need it."

"...Uh, yeah, sure."

I was taken aback by her strange change in attitude, but I didn't say much about it for now.

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