NOVEL NEXT chapter 20
20. The School Caste
20. School caste
Meteor covered her face with a hat, lying on her bench, basking in the sunlight with her whole body, thinking.
‘It’s romantic for a protagonist to be undervalued compared to his or her skills.’
Being late for an exam because of a traffic jam.
Did you get caught by an eccentric professor?
For that reason, it was a romantic cliché in name and reality for a talented protagonist to fall to the lowest position in the academy.
Became the bottom of the school caste?
Is everyone ignoring me?
The main character is not intimidated by such things.
Rather, it just looks like it’s enjoying itself.
Even if top-level students challenge Amman, they are confident in their abilities, so just smile and stop.
However, he can’t stand being insulted by his new friend and colleague, so he fights on his behalf.
What do you mean if that’s not romance?
‘Even if I only watched Yu-Gi-Oh on TV when I was young, I can tell.’
As I lay there thinking about that, I suddenly heard a familiar voice.
“Mister, what are you doing lying here?”
Yoosung put away his hat and stood up.
When he turned his head, he saw a female swordsman with blue ponytails armed with leather armor and a large greatsword.
“The amount of anise.”
“I told you to take out that bastard’s ‘sheep’ as well.”
“Haha, I can’t because I’m uncomfortable.”
Anis said that Yoosung could just call him by his first name, perhaps because it was uncomfortable for Yoosung to constantly use the word “Mr.”
However, that is against Yoosung’s concept.
In the end, the compromised name was ‘Yang’.
Because the concept is an important element.
Cancer, no way.
“By the way, mister, don’t you go to practice? Now it opens the virtual realm as well.”
“I am also training in my own way.”
“Yes? Didn’t you just goof off and sleep?”
Yooseong laughed inwardly.
If you sleep, you sleep.
Looking at it, Anis has a tendency to purely assault the facts.
“My sword takes precedence over physical training. There are various martial arts in the world, and training methods are often different, right? Right now, I am in the process of training my inner peace and the maintenance of a good view index.”
“Myungkyungsu! It’s a word you see a lot in storybooks.”
“Since it is so important, it is not common.”
“Um, okay. Honestly, I’m just having fun, but it seems like I’m making excuses by wrapping it up in a plausible way, but I’ll stop interfering with training and go!”
This thing is the size of a rat.
If it’s an adult, you know it’s like that.
Contrary to those thoughts in my head, there was only a benevolent smile on Yoosung’s face.
“Yes, work hard.”
“Oh right. You can’t even see your eyes, so why are you wearing a hat on your face?”
“It is easier to concentrate when the face is covered. Only the eyes cannot see, but the blind feel everything.”
“Aha, that’s right.”
“And that is quite rude? If you said that to any blind person other than me, you would be very offended.”
“Oh! Then I’ll apologize. I’m really going, so see you later in the evening! Delicious deal tonight!”
Yuseong laughed at the back of Anis, who was gallantly running away with her U-shaped hair tucked away.
‘Everyone is working hard. Yes, that’s how it should be To escape from here.’
How far did you think?
Meteor searched for memories before Anise appeared.
‘That’s right, I was justifying myself about the fact that I was destroyed like a dog after having made a courageous promise to go to the S class if I wanted to.’
Class D.
A group that is said to be the lowest in Helios Academy.
It wasn’t just called that, it was just a fact based on clear evidence.
Around 80% of the staff are commoners.
This place, which is almost entirely composed of lesser nobles, is ignored by other classes to the extent that it even has the nickname of the tomb of the losers.
Even though the school knows this, they don’t bother to stop it.
On the contrary, it even feels like encouragement.
Why?
Humans eventually need someone to discriminate against and look down on.
They are pitiful animals.
Most people living in society cannot live without comparing themselves with others.
Someone must be inferior to himself.
Caste did not create Untouchables for nothing.
Do you know that there are untouchables as well as untouchables?
And the five grades divided by this Helios Academy are school castes.
It’s not much different from the real caste, only the intensity is different.
In an educational facility in modern society, there would be an uproar over human rights violations, but as you know, this is a place where common sense and ethics are applied differently.
On the contrary, there were even academies that applied school caste more severely than Helios.
Another caste system within this caste system made people feel superior even when they were originally low, and made them feel inferior even when they were originally high.
It was a system that stimulated both self-esteem and the desire to improve, and really made them grit their teeth and train themselves.
What if I can’t stand it because I feel embarrassed?
Just be cool and tell them to drop out and go home.
Helios didn’t need such a weakling.
‘Ah, I don’t know. What are you doing? Classes don’t matter.’
I have work to do tonight.
Let’s wait until night.
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Inside the cabin built of shabby wood.
This was a restaurant that could accommodate 30 people from Class D.
“Ah, what is this really… ….”
“You really have to feed them properly.”
“You might have to live like this for three years?”
“I want to drop out already.”
“If you drop out after enrolling, you will be excommunicated.”
Originally, humans tended to gather among themselves.
Children from noble families complained all over the dinner menu.
Today’s menu is ‘Meat Soup’.
When you hear the name, you’ll imagine a thick, stuffy guy with meatballs or something.
However, from Yooseong’s point of view, this was rice soup.
Delicious and hot rice soup with thinly sliced pork meat.
No, Korean-style rice soup has crossed the line in a medieval fantasy world, and it is expected that they are thinking similarly.
Yooseong also felt that a lot while playing this game.
But as I did it, I gradually accepted it.
No, how did Krillin defeat Son Goku? Rather than go crazy while doing it, um, Krillin is strong too! Son Goku is not in a good condition!
I realized that understanding that way is the way to have fun without getting angry.
‘While claiming to be a medieval fantasy, military ranks and uniforms are all modern, there are modern sunglasses, and cooking is modern, as if it were natural, and there are virtual reality-like things… ….’
Hygiene is very important in such a mess, so showers and laundry facilities are as good as modern ones.
A world view that is gradually developing means of transportation other than wagons.
It was good to say that I had developed at this level, but I did not have to think about escaping because the atmosphere of the Middle Ages was good.
Anyway, back to the story of getting together.
Wa-gu-wa-gu-wa-gu!
Anise, who is eating soup right now, is obviously from a baron family, but it doesn’t look like that at all.
“You’re eating well, Ms. Anise. The other side is not even using a spoon with a face full of displeasure.”
“Huh?”
Crunchy….
Gulp!
“It’s delicious, but why?”
Anis glanced at the place where the nobles were gathered and started eating soup again.
Did this guy adapt so well to the game story?
‘I didn’t seem to like it very much when I was assigned to Class D.’
Well, who would say that being in D class is good?
Yooseong tried to think of Anis’ lines in the game.
[ Wow, the gap between rich and poor is crazy. I can’t believe that you go to the same academy as the S class. ]
[ Well, it’s not that different from my house. ]
[Even if the environment is poor, if you work hard, you can go up to C class……. ]
‘It certainly didn’t seem like I was eating rice so deliciously.’
The Anis in the game and the Anis that Yooseong is seeing now seemed to have a change of heart, albeit slightly.
“Don’t you eat, Mister? Hate meat soup? I eat this often.”
“My child, why do you hate this delicious food? I can’t eat without it. I did it to check the atmosphere around him.”
“Hey. It’s a style that seems to like something like this. But why are you looking at the atmosphere around you?”
“I want to know what everyone thinks of this restaurant or dormitory.”
I didn’t think that Yooseong looked bad or anything like that.
The food didn’t feel cheap either, probably because they used good ingredients.
However, in the eyes of the aristocrats, it is bound to be unsatisfying.
I heard that by the time you graduate, you will have less than 2/3 left, so I wonder if those guys are the first to drop out.
Certainly, even if only 30 students per grade drop out, Class D will disappear.
“Most of you would think normally…… From the point of view of the kids gathered there, you’d think it was shabby. So, who is born into a good family and comes to Class D?”
“Is Miss Anise all right? You are still a nobleman.”
“Oh.”
Anise expressed her doubts.
“How do you know that I am a noble?”
“Miss Annis is a bit pretentious though. First of all, it’s cute.”
Balgre….
Anise’s face turned slightly red.
“Ears, ears. It’s just a rural baron’s estate in the corner, so there’s nothing much different from here…… Besides, you’re cute, are you kidding me? It has nothing to do with this story!”
“I don’t make fun of people for their looks. I have no interest in what it looks like. A lot of people are obsessed with beauty, but even if I bring a woman of prestige beauty in front of me, I can only feel the emotion of ‘she has that shape’.”
“Oh that’s right, you couldn’t see Mr. Strangely, I keep forgetting. I guess it’s because she goes around without any discomfort even though she is blind.”
“Haha, what. In that way anyway. Judging Miss Anise as a nobleman is the atmosphere emanating from her trivial actions. Still, it was evident that I was taught etiquette.”
Anise nodded.
“My uncle said so much. When you go to the ecliptic, please observe some manners. It didn’t go well, but I can see that I learned something! Thank god!”
No, it doesn’t look like that at all, it’s just like a child.
In fact, Yooseong also felt sorry for him.
It was fortunate that I passed it well with the Poondun Mouth Sul.
“By the way, Miss Anis doesn’t attend nobles’ gatherings?”
“Yes? Why are you friends with people who are full of complaints like that? Rather, commoners are better.”
“Something like Miss Anise.”
“I don’t know what you mean by me…… Why did you bother to come to class D? If I had done it right, I could have gone to the S class. I don’t think he really kept his faith even with the illusion.”
“Would you believe it if I said it because I wanted to be with Miss Annis?”
“…… ?”
She was dumbfounded for a moment.
He seemed to think about it for about 3 seconds, then laughed strangely.
“Aww, that can’t be right?!”
“Cheuk. Sure. It can’t be. It’s still just after entering the school, and there’s a lot of time, but isn’t it fun to go up from the bottom?”
“Ah, ha ha ha. Right, right.”
Anise is absorbed in eating soup again.
But unlike just before, when I was eating waguwagu, I feel like I’ve become a little more polite.
‘I wonder if the relationship is full of rewards even at this level?’
Yooseong knows that Anise has a crush on her.
She meant that it wouldn’t be her crush on her man and woman, but she wouldn’t hate it anyway if she joked around.
[ Relationship Reward ]
! Anise
Anis cares most about you.
Lv. 1 Gift can be received
‘Here is this.’
Let’s receive the gift gratefully.
“Hey, Yoosung?”
Yoosung?
Words that sounded like he was trying to sound very pretty came from the side.
Two female students wearing practice clothes like Anise were standing there.
“Why is that?”
“If you don’t mind… ….”
“Would you like to eat together?”
Looks like he mustered up the courage to ask questions.
They seemed to be commoners.
‘I want to be friends with you, of course. In their eyes, it would look like someone who would eat up the S-Class purposely came to D-Rank.’
If you’re good enough to get into Helios Academy, you’re the elite among the elite among commoners.
Coincidentally, he has a talent for mana, so he has trained since he was young.
Class D, which is despised here, is an object of envy to those who lead ordinary lives.
Even as Yooseong, there was nothing wrong with being close to them.
First of all, both of them are normally cute.
“As long as we eat at the same table.”
“Yes!”
“Yes, then!”
Two female students sat on either side of the meteor.
“How is Yoosung so strong?”
“You must have learned some secret art from the East, right?”
“I wonder why you decided to come to Class D…… !”
The female cadets started asking questions about whether they accepted the fact that they could eat together as a sign that the conversation was ok.
‘I don’t feel bad about this.’
Yuseong, who was caught up in the middle of high school girls and cadets and enjoyed his youth, was a little excited and talked.
“… ….”
Then, Anise looked at it with a puzzled expression and quietly scooped up the soup and put it in her mouth.