Everyone Else is a Returnee

Chapter 6-10

"How will you help me?"

[It's simple. A higher existence, me, just being near you activates the mana inside you. Recognition, control, use – in these regards, you would be able to adapt 10 or more times faster than ordinary people.]

In the past, when he didn't have a single inkling of mana in his body, it was impossible even with Rita sticking to him for 1000 years, but now that the Great Cataclysm had occurred, 1 year was sufficient – this was Erta's calculation.

Yu IlHan also didn't know anything about mana so he could only nod his head at her words. He would just accept whatever she spoke of.

When the conversation ended, Erta flew and placed herself on his head. What are you doing? – he said while brushing his head, but Erta didn't budge a a bit.

[I have magic cast on me to prevent recognition from other lower existences so you don't need to mind.]

"......So you will continue to stay on top of my head in the future?"

[That is so.]

That was no good. Mostly, the 1.7 Terabytes of treasure in his hard drive (And one piled up during the countless years) was in a difficult position.

Even Rita didn't stick to him all day, but to think an ambush like this would come now!

[I don't care whatever a lower existence like you does. So you don't need to worry.]

"You read my mind?"

For that instant, Yu IlHan seriously pondered whether to return the angel or not, but he couldn't miss the opportunity to adjust to mana in just 1 year.

Yes, it's one year. He needed to endure for just one year. Yu IlHan cried blood and accepted reality.

[I really don't care if you breakdance, belly dance, or dance dance dance revolution.]

"I care! And you know what the last one is, right?"

The next day after humanity returned, the Korean morning was mixed with the anxiety that the world would change and a slight expectation for the changing society, it looked very lively on the surface. The people Yu IlHan saw, after leaving his house with Erta on top of her head, was like that.

If one ignored the soldiers in army uniform with guns securing the perimeter while walking due to the joint operation with the government.

"F*ck, I was drinking with a woman at my side until yesterday morning......!"

"But it's better than the climbers in the mountains, sir...... I heard monsters have already appeared."

"If I kill monsters, I can at least level up! I need to find my Thunder Sword quickly!"

"Corporal Seo, The entire regiment knows that you didn't earn a skill until the end in Guundia......?"

Yu IlHan shook away the breath of despair which would come his way in the near future and hurried to college. (T/N: All males have to go through a compulsory military service in Korea). He thought that he walked slowly, but as it took the amount of time it would take him by car and he arrived early, he felt funny even when he himself thought about it.

He went to the humanities campus of Sungkyunkwan university. (T/N: one of the top tier unis in Korea, will be shortened to Sung U when necessary.)

Befitting of being built within the city, Sungkyunkwan university was built on a hill that made its students seriously wonder whether it was commuting or climbing, thanks to using a small area of land as efficiently as possible.