Belakangan ini, di antara para siswa, aku dijuluki "Si Pemalas." Bukan, bukan cuma para siswa. Sepertinya semua orang di Constel, termasuk para guru dan staf, tahu julukan itu. Dari Manusia Pemalas jadi Si Pemalas... artinya terdengar sama, tapi kurasa ini penilaian yang lebih baik. Jadi, kesan jujurku tentang julukan baru itu adalah... "Ini memalukan sekali, aku ingin mati..." Suasana hatiku langsung memburuk gara-gara bisikan dan tatapan orang-orang saat aku berjalan ke sekolah. Entah kenapa, ini lebih parah daripada ketenaran yang kudapat di tahun pertamaku. Dulu, aku hanya perlu menahan cemoohan dan tatapan sinis, tapi sekarang citraku sepertinya berubah jadi sesuatu yang lebih... menakutkan. Senior Quinie dan para siswa tingkat tiga lainnya sudah lulus, dan aku sekarang duduk di tingkat dua. Kudengar Senior Ellen menjabat sebagai ketua OSIS sementara. Ini agak di luar dugaan. Di game aslinya, pemilihan ketua OSIS berjalan tanpa masalah. Tentu saja, yang jadi ketua bukan Senior Ellen. Namun, karena mereka nyaris tidak pernah muncul di skenario game, mereka bukan karakter bernama. Sejujurnya, perlakuan terhadap OSIS dan ketuanya kurang bagus di Constel. Karena para siswa tidak terlalu fokus pada kehidupan sekolah, OSIS pun jadi tidak berfungsi. Tapi entah kenapa, Senior Ellen menawarkan diri jadi ketua OSIS. Aku penasaran apakah aku bisa melihat sisi Constel yang berbeda dari yang kukenal. Ada beberapa hal yang berubah sejak aku masuk tingkat dua, tapi yang paling mencolok adalah... Beberapa sosok menyapaku saat aku masuk ke kelas. Wajar saja kelasnya berubah karena aku naik ke tingkat dua, dan aku berada di Kelas 1. Dan Kelas 1 inilah tempat semua karakter bernama berkumpul. Aster, Elodie, Sybil, Lunia, Robald, dan lain-lain. Ditambah Aten, yang dulu sekelas denganku, juga ada di sini. 'Aku tahu mereka semua akan dikumpulkan dalam satu kelas, tapi...' Aku tak pernah menyangka akan berada di sini. Bahkan, kali ini, Kora, si manusia-binatang yang awalnya bukan siswa Constel, dan Selena, yang kubawa, juga ada di kelas ini. Di game, Frondier menghilang setelah beberapa saat, jadi sebenarnya aku cukup penasaran aku akan berakhir di kelas mana. Tapi Kelas 1... Apakah ini pola yang ditetapkan untuk Frondier jika ia tetap di Constel, atau... 'Apakah Kepala Sekolah ikut campur...' Tidak, mustahil Kepala Sekolah ikut campur hanya untuk menempatkan siswa dalam satu kelas. Anggap saja ini takdir yang memang sudah ditentukan sejak awal. "Tuan Frondier, kita sebangku lagi." "Sepertinya begitu. Senang bisa bersamamu lagi." Aten tersenyum cerah di sampingku. Bangkuku di dekat jendela barisan belakang, tak jauh berbeda dari tahun pertamaku. Aten yang duduk di sampingku juga sama, dan tentu saja, Kora ada di dekat sini. Namun, fakta bahwa orang-orang lain yang kulihat berbeda cukup menyegarkan. Aster dan Elodie di kelas yang sama... Aku penasaran apakah aku akan pernah melihat mereka belajar di ruang kelas. "Frondier Si Pemalas! Halo!" Sybil menghampiriku sambil menyeringai. Mendengar satu kata itu saja sudah cukup membuat kepalaku pusing. "Kenapa, itu julukan yang bagus! Frondier Si Pemalas. Lebih baik daripada Frondier Manusia Pemalas." "Entahlah. Belakangan ini, rasanya sama saja." Aten, yang mendengarkan dengan tenang, bertanya, "'Pemalas,' maksudmu salah satu dari Tujuh Dosa Besar?" "...Sepertinya tidak sedalam itu maksudnya." Tujuh Dosa Besar, tujuh keburukan yang dikatakan sebagai sumber kejahatan manusia. Sebenarnya, itu dosa yang didefinisikan oleh gereja, tapi di game Etius, citra 'iblis'-nya jauh lebih kuat. Masing-masing dari Tujuh Dosa Besar punya iblis yang bersesuaian, dan untuk Kemalasan, iblisnya adalah 'Belphegor.' Sebagai salah satu dari Tujuh Iblis Besar, konon ia memiliki kekuatan yang mengerikan. Namun, tak satu pun dari Tujuh Iblis Besar pernah muncul di Etius. Bahkan setelah menjelajahi seluruh komunitas, tak ada yang pernah menyaksikannya. Sesekali, orang-orang yang mencari perhatian menyebarkan rumor dan berlebihan, tapi itu semua bohong. 'Tapi mereka tetap ada sebagai pengetahuan.' Jika kau ingin meneliti Tujuh Iblis Besar di game ini, kau bisa menemukan informasinya dengan mudah. Ada di perpustakaan, toko buku, dan sesekali disebut di Wizard view. Itulah sebabnya para gamer saat itu sering berkata, "Kenapa mereka menaruh informasi tentang sesuatu yang tidak ada di game?" Jadi, Tujuh Iblis Besar adalah salah satu topik yang terus berulang. Meski begitu, karena tak seorang pun pernah melihat bahkan satu dari Tujuh Iblis Besar, game mati tetap saja game mati pada akhirnya. "Frondier, apakah kau sebenarnya Belphegor!" Robald, yang ada di sebelahku, berakting terkejut secara berlebihan. Gara-gara dia, semua siswa di sekitar menatapku. Aku menutupi wajahku dengan tangan. "Berhenti. Ini memalukan." "Pantas saja! Aku merasa aneh kenapa orang yang seharusnya baik-baik saja di rumah tidur seharian di kelas, tapi kalau dia iblis, dia pasti bisa..." Dasar brengsek, dia bicara cukup keras agar semua orang mendengar. Para siswa di sekitar saling berbisik dan menganggukkan kepala. Apa mereka benar-benar percaya?
Bonus chapter thanks to @HotJava and @Seirra1172 dari Ko-fi!
I'm called "Sloth" among the students these days. No, not just students, it seems like everyone within Constel, including teachers and staff, knows about my nickname. From Human Sloth to Sloth... It feels like the meaning is the same, but I guess it's a better evaluation. Therefore, my honest impression of the changed title is… "It's so embarrassing, I want to die..." My mood rapidly deteriorated because of the whispering voices and stares as I walked to school. Somehow, it's worse than the fame I had in my first year. Back then, I mostly had to endure mocking and contemptuous looks, but now it seems like my image has changed to something more... terrifying. Senior Quinie and the other third-years have graduated, and I've become a second-year. I heard that Senior Ellen is acting as the temporary student council president. It was a bit unexpected. In the original game, the student council president election proceeded without any problems. Of course, someone other than Senior Ellen becomes the president. However, since they barely appeared in the game scenario, they weren't a named character. Honestly, the treatment of the student council and the president wasn't very good in Constel. Since students don't focus on school life, the student council naturally becomes ineffective. But for some reason, Senior Ellen volunteered to be the student council president. I wonder if I'll be able to see a different side of Constel than the one I knew. There are a few things that have changed since becoming a second-year, but the most noticeable is... Several figures greet me as I enter the classroom. It's natural that the class changed since I became a second-year, and I'm in Class 1. And this Class 1 is where all the named characters are gathered. Aster, Elodie, Sybil, Lunia, Robald, and so on. Plus, Aten, who was originally in the same class as me, is also here. 'I knew they would all be gathered in one class, but...' I never thought I would be here. Moreover, this time, Kora, the beast-human who wasn't originally a Constel student, and Selena, whom I brought, are also in this class. In the game, Frondier disappears after a while, so I was actually quite curious about which class I would end up in. But Class 1... Is this the pattern set for Frondier if he stays at Constel, or... 'Did the Headmaster intervene...' No, surely the Headmaster wouldn't intervene just to put students in one class. Let's just think of this as the originally intended fate. "Mr. Frondier, we're seatmates again." "I guess so. Nice to be with you again." Aten smiled brightly next to me. My seat is by the window in the back, not much different from my first year. Aten sitting next to me is the same, and of course, Kora is nearby too. However, the fact that the other people I see are different is quite refreshing. Aster and Elodie in the same classroom... I wondered if I would ever see them studying in a classroom. "Frondier of Sloth! Hello!" Sybil approached me with a grin. Just hearing that one word started to give me a headache. "Why, it's a good nickname! Frondier of Sloth. It's better than Human Sloth Frondier." "I don't know. These days, it feels like the same thing." Aten, who had been listening quietly, asked, "'Sloth,' as in one of the Seven Deadly Sins?" "...It's probably not meant to be that deep." The Seven Deadly Sins, the seven vices that are said to be the source of human evil. In reality, they are sins defined by the church, but in the game Etius, the image of 'demons' is much stronger. Each of the Seven Deadly Sins has a corresponding demon, and in the case of Sloth, the corresponding demon is 'Belphegor.' As one of the Seven Great Demons, it is said to possess terrifying power. However, none of the Seven Great Demons have ever appeared in Etius. Even after searching the entire community, no one has ever witnessed them. Occasionally, some attention-seekers would spread rumors and exaggerations, but they were all lies. 'But they still exist as knowledge.' If you want to research the Seven Great Demons in this game, you can find information about them easily. It's in the library, bookstores, and even occasionally mentioned on Wizard view. That's why gamers at the time often said, "Why would they put information about something that doesn't exist in the game?" So, the Seven Great Demons were one of the constantly recurring topics. Yet, since no one has ever seen even one of the Seven Great Demons, a dead game is still a dead game in the end. "Frondier, are you actually Belphegor!" Robald, who was next to me, exaggeratedly acted surprised. Thanks to him, all the surrounding students stared at me. I covered my face with my hand. "Stop it. It's embarrassing." "No wonder! I thought it was strange that a guy who should be fine at home sleeps all day in class, but if he's a demon, he could definitely..." This jerk, he's talking loud enough for everyone to hear. The surrounding students were whispering to each other and nodding their heads. Did they actually believe him?
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