chapter 34
34 – glass(1)
A new wind blows in the academy. The news that a first-class transfer student is coming!
– f*cked. 1st grade? Yusia is the only one.
– Hey, I have to stand in line somehow.
Cadets who are still students are not given a ‘rank’. Instead, it used to be judged from grade 1 to grade 8.
Class 1 meant a cadet with the potential to become an S class.
Currently, Yusia is the only one in the academy, a rare talent.
“I am a new transfer student. Actually, I originally passed the academy admission standard, but I had a chronic illness and was discharged this time. The rating is above level 1, so make sure you get along well. Now, greetings from transfer students.”
“hi.”
A pale blonde girl greeted me calmly.
Chaewon looked at her with sparkling eyes.
‘Transfer students! I want to get to know you this time. She’s pretty, so she’ll go well with Sia.’
Unfortunately, Chaewon had very few friends.
No, even saying less was not enough.
Because there was only one Shia!
However, Sia is a very busy child, so Chaewon is spending more and more time alone these days.
So Chaewon wanted to get to know one more person, but it wasn’t easy.
… Because Chaewon’s perception was not very good.
A cadet in the lowest rank of 8th grade with a dirty spoon and no talent.
Hunter Academy is not just a school.
At this time, the personal connections you make play an important role in your life as a hunter. So, human relationships are often established only by ‘uselessness’.
School is sometimes compared to a small society, but Hunter Academy was a ‘real society’.
Chaewon was in the worst position here.
His only strength was that he was cute, but since Yoo Shia took him with him, there was no time.
Sia is the best prospect in Hunter Academy. He is considered a promising player.
He has a strong family, and his ability is also good.
Of course, she is very popular, but Sia had no one close to her other than Chaewon. Be strictly vigilant and build a wall.
Of course it couldn’t look good. However, Yoo Shia is a strong person, so those feelings are useless.
Perhaps that is why the clever cadets turned their arrows towards Chaewon.
Ironically, every time Sia took care of Chaewon, the classmates hated her even more, creating a vicious cycle.
The problem is that the parties involved, Chaewon and Sia, do not know about this structure.
Shia grew up so precious that she didn’t realize the ugliness of humans.
… Our Chaewon just doesn’t notice.
‘Wouldn’t it be nice if I gave her the strawberry milk she saved for in the morning?’
As she thought about that, she put on a puppy-like expression. If it had a tail, it would wag mercilessly.
**
‘It’s childish.’
Yuri looks pure when she is with Eugene.
But not at the academy.
Yuri has been called a ‘genius’ since childhood.
He has magical talents, and at the age of 10 he already took off at a level higher than average wizards!
That brilliant talent was broken under the name of mana addiction, but it was now resolved.
A lot has changed in the five years that Yuri has been bedridden.
One of the biggest is that unlike before, where you could become a hunter only with a license, you had to graduate from the Hunter Academy unconditionally.
Yuri, who has not yet reached adulthood, was applied to this bill. So, Yuri, who was never at the level of an undergraduate, had to go to the academy.
Of course, to Yuri, the academy felt like nothing more than a children’s play.
Because she had already been raiding since she was 12 years old.
‘I should graduate soon and help my sister.’
Yuri turned the pen while thinking that to herself. I could hear the chatter around me, but it felt like a different world from myself.
But then, a small girl came in front of him.
“Oh, hello.”
It was Chaewon. Chaewon looked up and spoke.
Unfortunately, Yuri was thinking of graduating early.
A few people had talked to her before, but that was the reason she calmly dismissed them.
‘In case you don’t know, let’s see the level.’
Yuri looked at Chaewon. And I figured out her level.
‘5 hp. He’s no big deal.’
Im Yu-ri, a genius magician.
She also had a different way of measuring the strength of her opponents. She used to evaluate her opponent with the word ‘magic’.
Yuri expresses her strength as magical power. 1 mana is your own strength. As it is a number called for convenience, it is not subdivided. It was just that 5 mana was the lowest, and the closer it was to 1 mana, the stronger it was. I’ve never had that kind of enemy, but if I felt it was 1 mana, it was someone who could kill me.
When asked how he feels magic, Yuri couldn’t answer. It was the same reason that I couldn’t do it if I had to explain raising my arm.
The only thing that is certain is that she felt it.
Chaewon was an underdog far worse than herself.
The interest I hadn’t had before disappeared. Yuri turned her head coldly.
“My name is Chaewon Han… ”
Seeing Yuri’s reaction, Chaewon seemed to lose her confidence.
But that was then.
Yuri jumped out of his seat in surprise and stood up.
And looked somewhere.
There stood Yusia with cold eyes.
‘2 mana… ! Nonsense. I’ve never been like this before.’
Yuri’s ‘magic test’ was as natural as breathing.
It feels like you don’t even have to do it.
Especially if the other person harbors hostility, I used to feel it right away.
Just like now.
Two mana was an astonishing figure. To the extent that I’ve never felt it before.
Looking at it objectively, the 2 mana also means that you can only kill yourself with two people, so it wasn’t a threat.
But the place is the problem. It was an academy. Not to mention a good match, they are far inferior to professional hunters.
But it’s 2 mana.
I saw up to 2.5 hp when I was doing raids in the past, but I didn’t see more than that. It was the first time.
Yuri stared at the main character.
“Come on, it’s a surprise. it’s okay? You look bad.”
“… you.”
“Uh, huh?”
Yuri was quick-witted.
It was easy to figure out that the reason Sia was hostile toward him was because of Chaewon in front of her.
That’s right, it was natural since it was a reaction that flew as soon as I ignored Chaewon’s conversation.
Yuri looked at Chaewon indifferently and held out her hand.
“… Let’s be friends from now on.”
“Wow, really?!”
Chaewon’s eyes twinkled.
Unfortunately, there was another person Yuri wanted to be close to.
‘Maybe they’re the same as me.’
Yuri was born with great talent from a young age.
Criminals feel burdened by geniuses. Because of that, he was not welcomed by any group.
even… Even from parents.
The only older sister, Eugene, looked at herself without prejudice.
Yes. Yuri was tired of prejudice, and he liked whoever was free from it.
‘I should be friendly. But who is he?’
Yuri suddenly looked at Chaewon. She seems to be close with Yoo Shia, but I don’t know why she wants to take care of Chaewon.
‘Is it a family? Well, it doesn’t matter.’
Even if you don’t intend to, it will come off on its own anyway.
Yuri sincerely thought so. Those who always approached her first would fall away in fear of her overwhelming talent.
**
-Ding, ding, ding!
The break bell rang.
“Well, you worked hard today. Don’t forget next week’s assignment. Is the next class going to be a mobile class? Everyone, please make sure you arrive at class on time.”
“Yes, you worked hard!”
As soon as the professor went outside, the atmosphere in the class suddenly became noisy.
Yuri got up from her seat and tried to head to Shia’s seat.
however.
“Is this your first mobile class? Shall we guide you?”
The children who had been talking a little during the first period break came to their seats before they knew it.
‘plaguy.’
“no it’s okay. He was supposed to guide you.”
Yuri pointed to Chaewon next to Sia.
“Han Chae-won?”
Her expression was severely crumpled.
“That’s right.”
“I see you don’t know well since you transferred school. I like not hanging out with him.”
“why?”
“Everyone in my class hates him. I can’t do it. If you go together, you might get that label too.”
‘I see.’
I can roughly understand the atmosphere of the class.
Most of the kids here are hyenas.
They are children who bite weak beasts.
I also felt it when I was sick.
A 180 degree different behavior towards the children who always liked him.
“Thank you for your concern, please turn it off. Because I hate people like you.”
“What? yes. Do whatever you feel like. I felt sorry for him because he was a transfer student. I have no luck.”
Yuri jumped up from his seat, ignoring her words.
Then, I stepped to Shia’s seat.
“hi? I couldn’t even say goodbye Im Yoo-jin, a new transfer student… ”
“Chaewon, what is the next class?”
“Yes? The Monster Theory.”
Yuri slipped his outstretched hand into his pocket.
‘Am I ignored?’
I looked at Sia with absurd eyes.
With her back to herself, she went out the front door.
“I guess it’s because Shia is shy.”
Chaewon said to Yuri with a nice smile.
“I see… .”
Judging from the situation, it seems that it will not be easy to get close to Shiara.
‘Are you going to try it?’
How to tame such children.
It wasn’t too difficult.
You just have to shatter your self-esteem.
**
The mobile class has started.
“Now, I said we were discussing this time, right? All you have to do is come to the front and give a presentation for 3 minutes according to the set group.”
The professor looked at the glass.
“Is there anyone who will present with the transfer student?”
The classmates did not raise their hands.
It was because what Yuri had done earlier had spread rumors.
Then, someone raised their hand.
“We will do it together.”
It was Chaewon.
“Okay, then I’ll give you some time, so you can organize the topic and content and come forward.”
Maybe 30 minutes passed.
It was time for their presentation.
“The subject of our presentation is the weakness of monsters.”
Sia pointed to the screen with a clear voice.
Reference materials began to appear on the screen.
“Hunters always have to think about efficiency. You should be able to kill monsters without much effort.
That’s why I summarized the weak points of the monsters.”
A groaning sound came from the van.
Sia raised her hand to suppress their voices.
A look very familiar with presentations.
“If you look at the data, Balrogs say that their horns are their weakness. Actually about 4 years ago when Roulette Gate happened. The Hunters subdued the Balrogs without difficulty. Because I knew the weakness in advance… ”
It was then.
“How can you believe that? Monsters always evolve. I’m not sure. Wouldn’t it be possible for a dog to die if he only believed in his weakness?”
Yuri intercepted Shia’s words.
Sia’s fine brow furrowed.
“As I said before, when killing monsters. Knowing your weaknesses greatly increases your effectiveness. You shouldn’t blindly believe in it, but you shouldn’t ignore it either. The skeleton’s weak point, the 6th vertebra, is still a weakness. That doesn’t mean it doesn’t evolve very often.”
“Then, you have to be so detailed. It’s not a good idea to obscure information by speaking halfway when everyone is there.”
“there… Guys? I know this is a group assignment… ?”
Chaewon was restless between the two.
“I’ll buy you some tteokbokki after it’s over… Let’s finish well.”
Group assignments are one of the factors that greatly affect grades.
If she ruined her score, Chaewon would have no face looking at her brother.
“What do you think, Chaewon?”
Sia looked at Chaewon.
– flinched.
“Yes?”
“He is right. Am I right?”
“Of course, I mean. Ask what you want to ask.”
Chaewon trembled and quietly approached the two.
And then whispered in my ear.
“The person who gets the high score is right, so reconcile quickly. Otherwise I’ll be mad at you!”
Shia sighed and looked at Yuri.
“Can we talk after we finish? the two of you.”
“Are you going to have a fist fight? Aren’t you scared?”
**
-Beep beep beep!
“I’m here?”
I looked at Chaewon with a bright face.
But her face was dark.
“Chaewon, what happened?”
“… It wasn’t a joke today.”
Chaewon sat down on the sofa with a sullen expression on her face.
“What is it?”
“A new transfer student has arrived… He said he was fighting Shia.”
“… With Sia?”
‘Is there anyone who can fight Shia?’
The same goes for the academy.
I don’t know if it’s glass.
Wait, maybe it’s not glass?
“Do you have a name… ”
“I don’t know, because I’m going to rest today. I have to leave it alone! got it?”
I just watched Chaewon going into the bathroom.
‘When did I bully you?’
Parenting is not an easy task.
Rather than that, it’s time for a street corner restaurant soon.
I have to buy it from home.
I turned the channel