Student To King: The Transportation To A New World

Chapter 21: Transformed Resolve

Ace felt tears gently pouring out of his eyes. He checked the sensation of his tears, but he could only look down, recalling all his memories of her.

"Ahh, to think you would see me in such a state." Ace spoke up.

"We can take a long break here if needed," Darklin replied. He watched as Ace's eyes slowly drifted elsewhere until eventually, his sights landed on Luna's belongings.

"Let's do that." Ace said in an empty tone.

Trying to give Ace some time to recover, Darklin decided to simply rest beside him, notifying him that Ace should wake him up the moment he felt ready to continue the rest of the dungeon.

Ace paid attention to Luna's robe, noticing signs of multiple stabs and slashes amongst the fabric. Excluding his attacks, Ace could see that Luna died fighting the King but didn't know what to make of it. He had already concluded that Regis was the killer, yet he continued to stare at the robe silently, with no drive or motivation to do anything. At the same time, he felt that his distractions from thinking about Luna had been lifted.

After staring at Luna's former belongings, Ace eventually went ahead and picked up her magic bag. It contained what the other Heroes carried - long-life rations, a pouch of gold, a variety of potions and most importantly, her former personal items. Upon closer inspection, he noticed a written diary inside her bag.

"...I wonder what she wrote." He picked up the book and flipped to a random page.

"It's nice to see your writing again." Ace said with a small smile.

There were several parts of her diary, one titled "20XX," then a new section titled "Time in Alterea," and the last one titled "Regrets." Ace flipped through the pages and read some of the contents of the diary.

Day 1 - A World Believed To Be Fantasy

It was a normal day at school, fourth period. It was my final class of the day, and I was excited to meet Ace at the library, as always. However, the excitement was short-lived when everyone experienced a nauseous sensation. I tried my best to move until it hit me - this must be how everyone disappeared. My thoughts were correct. A magical circle appeared, and suddenly, everyone was teleported in front of King Regis and a group of Paladins. I realized there was a reason why no one had returned from the 'disappearances,' and finally, I knew why. Although I had concerns for my class, I thought of Ace and wondered how he would react.

Day 2 - Glorified Pawns

The King stated that everyone was going to be trained as heroes for his war in exchange for going home once we grabbed what he wanted - the Dragon Stones. I knew they were our ticket out, but at the same time, I also knew that not everyone here would survive in this world, no matter how hard they trained. Already, I knew the King saw us as disposable. Luckily enough, my stats were high enough to be one of the class mages. I wanted to learn a variety of spells where I could learn a spell to leave this world. Hopefully, that day would come without the need for these so-called Dragon Stones.

Day 34 - The Class Split

Our class was split in half - one half was to help with the ongoing war, and the other half was to help with the dungeon exploration in hopes of finding relics to aid us in the war. From what I've read from the books my trainer, Ophelia, has given me, what Regis wants is one of the masterwork items by Artes. Whether it's somewhere in this dungeon or somewhere else, that is our current goal.

Day 53 - News

We heard successful news of the war from our friends, winning multiple skirmishes against the enemy kingdoms. Part of me wished that I was on the front lines. I can boldly claim that my strength should speed up the process of going home, but at the same time, King Regis seems to be hiding something from us. Ophelia told me that she was going out on a secretive mission to investigate the underground chambers of the kingdom. From what I know, she and a few others do not approve of Regis' methods of running this kingdom and wanted to see what he was hiding in these tunnels. She told me that she was supposed to leave to join the front lines, but feigned her departure in hopes of doing her investigation. I wished her luck before her departure.