RPG Veteran Possesses Their Main Character

The surrounding novice adventurers and instructors were still watching Lumiel and murmuring.

Among them, one person stood out—a man with a noticeable bald head.

Unlike the novice adventurers who didn't know what to do, he clearly seemed hesitant, as if wanting to say something.

After a while of this, he made up his mind and slowly approached Lumiel.

"Excuse me... Are you alright?"

[Lv.33 Warrior Job Instructor: James]

Lumiel glanced at him.

Level 33. It was quite a high level for the early continent.

James checked Lumiel's condition and nodded, speaking as if talking to himself.

"Ah, you seem to be fine."

Then he scratched the back of his head and made an ambiguous expression.

It seemed like he had something he wanted to say, but he couldn't easily open his mouth.

Lumiel tilted her head as she looked at James like this.

Finally, James seemed to make up his mind and cleared his throat once.

"Ahem! You have quite remarkable courage."

Then he put his hands on his waist and continued with a firm expression.

"The boldness to jump down from such a high place without hesitation. And the physical ability to withstand that impact!"

James's eyes sparkled.

"From what I see, you have the qualities of a warrior!"

"Warrior?"

Lumiel reflexively looked down at her own hands.

Ordinary, slender hands.

Soft and squishy hands without a trace of muscle.

James also glanced down at Lumiel's hands and momentarily stopped speaking. Then, after a slight pause, he opened his mouth again.

"...It's okay even if your arms are slender and soft!"

When Lumiel made a puzzled expression, James continued more passionately.

"You might look weak now, but with training, you can have amazing muscles!"

His voice was full of confidence.

Even though no one asked him to show, he bared his clothes to show muscles that looked ready to burst.

"Usually, job advancement is only possible at level 10 or above, but I can specially advance you to a warrior immediately with the job instructor's privilege!"

James puffed out his chest and tensed his muscles all the way to his abdomen.

"Become a warrior! Train your strong body and gain strength stronger than anyone else!"

He clenched his fist tightly and showed it off.

But Lumiel still had a strange expression.

This NPC is quite passionate.

If she had encountered him in her newbie days, she might have immediately advanced to a warrior.

Despite saying this, Lumiel had no intention of advancing to the warrior class.

She couldn't in the first place. 'Lumiel' was already a max-level character who had reached the pinnacle of the priest class.

But James, not knowing this fact, continued to persuade Lumiel.

"Warriors guarantee powerful survivability in all situations! Strong defense, tough health, and overwhelming physical attack power!"

Lumiel was blankly listening to James's explanation.

It was quite interesting just to listen, and somehow the warrior instructor's passion was admirable.

But then—

"You left this behind."

Suddenly, a voice from the side made Lumiel's ahoge stand up straight.

As Lumiel slowly turned her head, she saw a familiar face.

[Lv.8 Novice Adventurer]

It was the novice adventurer she had met near the greedy slime.

He looked at Lumiel and took something out of his pocket to hand over.

"This is yours."

In his hand were [Village Return Scroll] and [5,000 Gold].

Lumiel was momentarily stunned.

And again, her ahoge stood up straight.

"It's the quest reward. Fiolo said to give it to you."

The novice adventurer was holding out the items to Lumiel with a satisfied face.

Lumiel looked at him with a somewhat stiff expression.

The novice adventurer, seeing her surprise, looked quite proud. It seemed she didn't expect that he would bring these rewards all the way here.

"No need to be so surprised. After all, you're the one who dealt with the greedy slime, I was just in the way."

He scratched the back of his head and smiled awkwardly.

But Lumiel didn't react even after hearing his words.

She just quietly, very quietly—

Slowly turned her head upwards.

And looked at the high path visible in the distance.

The entrance to the beginner's village where Lumiel had been standing until just now.

In Lumiel's common sense, the only way to come down from there was to jump directly.

Lumiel turned her head back to the novice adventurer.

Looking at him, she opened her mouth very slowly.

"...How did you come?"

"Huh?"

The novice adventurer was momentarily blank. As if not understanding the question, he just blinked his eyes.

"What do you mean?"

But Lumiel was serious.

With sparkling eyes, she asked the same question again.

"...How, did you come?"

Long, long ago, when Lumiel was a newbie.

In the days when her HP wasn't even 100, how great a sacrifice Lumiel had to make to come to this place.

She had bought a revival item, 'Wheel of Fate', which cost as much as 3,000 cash.

It might be a small amount now, but for the young Lumiel who valued every penny during her school days, it was a huge sum.

The memory of her past self, who was so eager to advance her job that she sacrificed even a Pikachu cutlet, flashed before Lumiel's eyes.

But here.

Now that it has become reality, buying cash items is impossible.

So, how on earth did a level 8 novice adventurer manage to come to this place?

Lumiel wanted to hear that method.

No, she had to hear it.

The reactions of the people at Ojak Bridge earlier were hard to call normal.

In other words, it meant that the people here don't use Lumiel's usual 'superhero landing' to go up and down Ojak Bridge.

Then how do they come down?

She was curious.

Really curious.

The novice adventurer was flustered, making a puzzled expression.

For some reason he didn't know, he felt both good and bewildered by Lumiel approaching him with sparkling eyes.

"We, well... I came through the portal for beginners up there."

"...Portal?"

The moment she heard that answer, Lumiel's ahoge trembled.

"There was a portal?"

The novice adventurer made a puzzled expression at Lumiel's reaction.

"Uh...? You didn't know?"

Lumiel looked up again at the path to the beginner's village with a blank face.

A moment later, Lumiel's ahoge shook violently as she understood the truth.

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While Lumiel's mind was full of confusion at that time.

The novice adventurer carefully spoke to her, waking Lumiel from her thoughts.

"Are you okay? Is there... anything I can help with?"

His voice was still deliberately lowered and husky, as before.

The novice adventurer still seemed to be trying to maintain the image of a 'strong big brother'. He's quite persistent, even though he's already been found out.

Lumiel reflexively looked at him and then smiled slightly.

And suddenly, an idea popped into her head.

Lumiel quietly opened her mouth, looking at the warrior instructor, James, who was standing beside her.

"Mister instructor."

"Eh? Uh, ah, mister...?"

James looked at Lumiel with a somehow hurt expression.

Lumiel asked with a very nonchalant face.

"By any chance, is that job advancement privilege... transferable?"

"Hmm?"

James heard her question and stroked his chin, falling into thought.

As if he never expected to hear such a question, his face was full of confusion and bewilderment.

"It is possible, but..."

At that moment, Lumiel grabbed the arm of the novice adventurer standing next to her. Then she placed him in front of the instructor, and nodded with sparkling eyes.

"Huh?"

The novice adventurer was so surprised that he couldn't even speak, just gaping his mouth and blankly looking at Lumiel.

James was the same.

Lumiel looked at them and smiled slightly without saying anything.

And then she leisurely turned her steps and left.

The novice adventurer and the instructor left behind were still looking at each other with dumbfounded faces.

"...What just happened?"

"Uh, um... Hello?"

"...Hello."

The novice adventurer looked at the instructor who was staring at him with a dazed face.

The instructor, too, despite having suddenly gained a disciple he could be satisfied with, still had a dumbfounded expression.

Meanwhile, Lumiel's footsteps were light as she hurried on her way.

'He has reminded me of old memories and given me information.'

So she hoped he would think of it as a small repayment.

The novice adventurer seemed to want to become a strong being, so becoming a warrior might not be bad.

"Wait a moment!"

Suddenly, the novice adventurer shouted towards Lumiel.

Does he have something to say?

Lumiel stopped and turned around.

His face was still red.

He kept stumbling over his words as if embarrassed, but nevertheless, he closed his eyes tightly and gathered courage to throw out one sentence.

"...You! Wha, what... what's your name?"

Lumiel looked at him for a moment.

In the novice adventurer's eyes asking for her name, various complex emotions were intertwined.

Embarrassment, shame, heart-fluttering, anxiety, joy.

Lumiel smiled gently and slowly opened her mouth.

"Lumiel."