Chapter 228

Clael ate breakfast while chatting with Yurii and Big Rock at the table, but... just as declared, he decided to spend the day relaxing in his room.

"Now then... I said I'd take the day off, but what should I do today?"

He had decided to rest, but... he hadn't settled on how exactly to spend his time.

He had recently come to a painful realization—Clael had no hobbies.

In his previous life, his hobby was games, but such things didn't exist in this world.

Back when he was at the shrine, he used to do gardening and tend to the yard... but ever since he moved into the dorm, even those few hobbies became impossible.

"Kuma kuma"

"Ah, sorry."

As he sat at his room's table, lost in thought... the bear plushie brewed him some tea.

The other two bears were doing laundry or cleaning... it seemed Clael had no room to help.

"Not being able to think of anything to do on a day off... I really am a workaholic, huh..."

If he couldn't come up with anything to do when it was time to rest, then he was clearly possessed by his work.

Clael downed the tea the bear had brewed and let out a deep sigh.

"Alright... for now, I'll read. Reading it is!"

Reading was the classic go-to hobby.

Half the humans who write resumes list reading as their hobby.

"I'm pretty sure the book I hadn't read yet is right here... found it."

Clael pulled out one of the books he had brought from the shrine and returned to the table.

"Okay... I'll read without thinking. Yep!"

"Bear?"

As Clael opened the book with determination, the bear brewed him a refill of tea, looking slightly puzzled.

Clael turned the pages and scanned the lines of text with his eyes.

It was a book he had bought after spotting it at a bookstore but had left on the shelf unread ever since.

After about thirty minutes of absorbing the content without thinking... Clael tilted his head.

(Ah, this novel... could it be based on the 'Genesis' of the holy scriptures?)

"I see, this is interesting... so this is how they interpret the descent of the First Saint..."

It wasn't rare for writers and creators to use the Bible, religion, or mythology as motifs for their stories.

A famous example... the Japanese anime 'Evangelion' means 'Gospel' in Greek. In the series, many religious terms like 'Apostles' appear.

Even among famous sci-fi films, there are those based on the Bible.

The alien in 'E.T.' was modeled after Jesus Christ. And 'Terminator' is said to be inspired by the episode where King Herod tried to kill Christ.

(It might be interesting to cover works like this in class, saying things like 'This part is referencing this section of the holy scripture.' That might spark more interest in the scriptures and deepen understanding of the lessons...)

"Ugh... I'm thinking about work again...!"

Before he knew it... he was once again thinking about academy lessons.

Clael lifted his face from the novel and leaned back.

He had intended to read without thinking, but his mind had drifted back to work.

This was serious. He really was a workaholic.

"I'll just go to sleep. This time for real, I'll forget everything and sleep..."

At this point, sleeping was the only option.

Clael scratched his head, tossed the book aside, and crawled into bed.

"Kumaa..."

Seeing this, the bear picked up the book with a troubled look and put it away in his place.

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