Time returned to before Ryuji entered the infirmary.
“Then little Lynae, does this one also belong to the off-campus personnel like the Ryuji just now?”
N.A.N.A. kindly looked at Rover.
Although she was a robot, the person who manufactured her had clearly added quite a few emotional modules, which made her appear especially approachable.
“No. Rover is a student who is about to enroll. She just hasn’t received the tape that belongs to her yet. By the way, Miss N.A.N.A., please also give her a check-up.”
Lynae introduced Rover to N.A.N.A. from the side.
But at this moment when she glanced sideways, she discovered that Rover seemed to be thinking about something.
“Rover?”
“Hm? Sorry, I was thinking about something just now.”
Only after Lynae gently reminded her did Rover come back to her senses.
Just now she had been thinking about the Cursed Energy that Ryuji had displayed when they arrived.
That was a rather special Frequency fluctuation.
She was somewhat interested.
And more importantly, the other party had been lying earlier.
She herself had lost her memories before, so she could judge that Ryuji’s performance was completely unlike that of someone who had lost their memories.
But this did not mean she was hostile toward Ryuji.
Although the other party was lying, the look in his eyes was very similar to when she herself had first woken up in this world.
Lost.
Thus, after Rover accepted N.A.N.A.’s examination, she came alone into the infirmary.
Only then did the scene from earlier occur where she answered the question in Ryuji’s place.
“Oh? Is that so?”
That Doctor Luuk’s face did not show any surprised expression after hearing Rover’s answer.
Instead he slowly stood up and walked toward the other party.
“But those matters are all for later. Whether it’s Student Rover or this Ryuji, right now you are both only injured patients seeking treatment. Here you only need to consider how to recover from your injuries.”
As Doctor Luuk spoke, he gave Rover a slight smile.
Ryuji felt that the other party was worthy of being a doctor.
Every movement and gesture made people feel at ease and relaxed.
After Doctor Luuk finished speaking, Ryuji discovered that the other party glanced at him again.
For an instant, Ryuji once again felt that the other party did not seem like the peaceful doctor from just now.
Fortunately, that feeling was like an illusion and only lasted for a moment.
“Alright, Rover, your body doesn’t have any major problems either.” After examining Rover once around, Doctor Luuk looked at the report again.
“Bloom Bearer of the Black Shores… this identity, huh. With your recommendation, plus the fact that you repelled the Voidworm, Ryuji should be able to easily enter the Academy together with you.”
Doctor Luuk finally encouraged them.
“Alright, neither of your bodies has any major issues. Next is my personal nagging time as Luuk Herssen.”
The man named Luuk Herssen said this as he put down the report in his hand, a kind smile appearing on his face.
“In the future, if there is no special situation or protection, do not casually provoke things like Voidworm. Many students get injured for the sake of collecting their data.”
As Luuk Herssen spoke, he looked at the other students inside the infirmary.
Some of the students being looked at guiltily turned their heads away.
After all, being used as a negative example was not something glorious for normal people.
“Afterward, if any part of your body feels unwell, or if you have any psychological problems, you can all come here to find me. I am always here. Oh, right.”
Toward the end, Luuk Herssen put his hand into the pouch at his waist and felt around, finally taking out two things.
Candies.
“Take these as a meeting gift. Consider it a little token of my sincerity.” He smiled as he handed the candies in his hand to Rover and Ryuji in front of him.
“Mm.”
“Thank you.”
Faced with the other party’s goodwill, the two of them did not refuse either.
They ate the candies right then and there.
Very sweet.
Suitable for injured patients who had just suffered.
Seeing this, Luuk Herssen did not say anything more.
As N.A.N.A. informed him that there was a new injured person, he turned and left this place.
Thud.
Only at the very end did he suddenly stop in place and softly say:
“Welcome back.”
Thud, thud.
Ryuji noticed that after Doctor Luuk spoke those words, Rover’s pupils contracted slightly.
Were they acquaintances?
At the very least Ryuji could be certain that the doctor’s final words were not spoken to him.
But Ryuji did not ask further.
Afterward he went out together with Rover to find Lynae, who was sitting on the waiting chairs.
“How is it?! How is it?! Nothing serious, right?!”
When Lynae saw Ryuji and Rover come out together, she immediately stood up from the chair and asked with concern.
Seeing this, both Ryuji and Rover couldn’t help but smile.
The former shook his already fine arm toward Lynae.
“Phew, that’s good. By the way, Ryuji, you’re not an enrolled student. What do you plan to do afterward…”
“It’s fine. I’ve already recommended Ryuji to become a student of the Academy.”
Just as Lynae was concerned about Ryuji’s future, Rover began explaining for the other party.
At the same time Ryuji also noticed that while speaking, Rover picked up the highly technological gourd clipped at the waist behind her.
“Is that so? Then I won’t worry. Hehe, afterward at the Academy I’ll have two more new friends~” After hearing Rover’s answer, Lynae let out a breath and smiled.
The three of them left the infirmary together like this, then followed Lynae the entire way to the teachers’ office to handle the enrollment procedures.
According to her explanation, only by possessing something called a “tape” could one be considered to have officially become a student of this Startorch Academy.
That tape could serve as something like a student ID.
Along the way, perhaps because she had made two more friends, Lynae, who was walking at the very front, bounced around cheerfully while humming a song.
But Rover behind her noticed something.
That was the worried look on Ryuji’s face.
“Is something on your mind?”
Faced with her concern, Ryuji very much wanted to subconsciously say that it was nothing, but he knew that always holding it in was not a solution either.
After coming to this world, he ultimately needed to find someone to properly understand this place.
“Mm, I don’t understand many things about this world. After all, I have amnesia.”
Thus Ryuji once again pulled out that previous reason.
Rover did not expose the other side.
On the contrary, she began popularizing knowledge of this world named Solaris for Ryuji.
Through the other party’s popularization, Ryuji learned that everything in this world was composed of [Frequency], and the key to the activity of all things lay in the laws and vibrations of Frequency.
Just like how the essence of his shadow techniques placed in this world was regulating the vibration Frequency of shadows and changing their nature.
During the popularization process, Rover had been constantly observing Ryuji’s expression.
But in the end the conclusion she reached was that Ryuji was actually truly completely ignorant about this world, just like she herself had been at the beginning.
“I’ve been listening for quite a while in front. Ryuji, you’re not some kind of alien, are you?” At this moment Lynae suddenly turned around and made an exaggerated gesture.
And upon hearing her question, Ryuji’s eye corner twitched.
Just now while Rover was popularizing knowledge for him, he had learned that this world also had people like him who could use “superpowers.”
They were called [Resonators].
They achieved Frequency resonance with specific items or creatures, or even a segment of oral legend, thereby obtaining the ability to regulate the world’s Frequency, and finally achieving peculiar effects such as burning, freezing, healing, and so on.
But people of their type had one obvious difference from ordinary people in appearance.
That was the thing on their skin called a Tacet Mark, which closely resembled a tattoo.
At this moment Ryuji was rapidly thinking, considering how he should make a reasonable explanation for the companions in front of him.