Hidden Sanity at Villain School - Chapter 14



Only Krnovel

(014)

‘Blacksmithing? That’s blacksmithing? I’ll have to practice again later. I’ll be able to ask about it in class tomorrow.’

The commotion in the shower room somehow ended.

Sega replied to Jinrim’s text apologizing for being a little late, and headed to the restaurant with Gyeom.

“Are you okay?”

At Sega’s question, Kyeom smiled playfully.

“Don’t worry about it. I’m a hunter too. If I fall to the ground once, nothing will break.”

“Your face was so red earlier.”

“I held my breath on purpose as soon as I was strangled. He was so flustered that he dropped it right away. If you hadn’t intervened, I would have rushed at him and knocked him to the ground.”

Sega sighed softly, and Kyeom shrugged.

“I didn’t know that. Sorry.”

“I apologize for everything.”

“If I tell the faculty and staff, won’t they be able to give me some demerit points?”

“Just now, Joo Da-hyun passed by down the stairs. The faculty and staff were panicking, but would Kang Joo-hyuk be any different? Since it’s still the freshman protection period, anything serious will probably end with a reprimand. He probably knew that too.”

Kyeom smiled bitterly, and Sega frowned.

“shit.”

After waiting in a long line in front of the restaurant, I received my food and sat down inside.

Kyeom took out his smartphone and opened his mouth again.

“One day I’ll flatten that young master’s nose. But for now, getting through this afternoon is more important.”

“The class this afternoon was… … Comprehensive Hunting Studies? Was it that difficult of a class?”

He looked at Sega with an expression like he was looking at an idiot.

“This is the most important class. The professor we meet in this class is the professor in charge of our class.”

“ah.”

“All sorts of group assignments! Mission evaluations! Duel evaluations! They’re all done here. The groups you make in this class will last for half a year. If you don’t want to suffer because of your idiot group members for half a year and end up dying together or getting expelled, you have to make sure you make a good group.”

Sega nodded obediently.

As I looked around, I heard similar stories everywhere.

“Did you have breakfast today?”

“Who am I doing it with?”

“Ah. Aren’t all the ones with clear characteristics already taken away? If I had known this would happen, I would have joined in yesterday when they were talking about factions and such.”

There was certainly a lot of talk about Joe.

Sega smiled inwardly, satisfied.

I was hanging out with Kyeom to hear stories like this.

“What kind of group is a well-made group?”

“Oh. That’s a good question. First of all, in the field, there’s a support team, a long-range attack team, a close-range attack and defense team, and a reconnaissance team. This is the standard for a four-person team. If you put together these four people with characteristics that fit their roles well, I think you’ll make a good team.”

“‘Close range attack and defense’ and ‘reconnaissance’ are usually handled by a bodyguard?”

Kyeom nodded.

“That’s right. But the problem is that the body magician only knows that one thing, and doesn’t he also have other abilities?”

“Hmm.”

“Also, for the explorer in charge of reconnaissance, knowledge of the demons is as important as ability, the support role must be versatile, and for the ranged attack hunter who must have the strongest firepower, it is also very important whether he is an elementalist or a telekinesis.”

Sega recalled seeing a video online in the past of a lightning wizard struggling against an unpowered ice golem.

“If you are an elementalist, you may be at odds with the type of demon.”

“That’s why the support and ranged attackers should have different skill lines. If one is a telekinesis, the other should be an elemental, poison, or blood magician.”

Kyeom held out his smartphone in front of Sega.

The names, characteristics, families, and growth potential of all students in Class 1 were all clearly organized.

Sega opened his mouth wide in amazement.

“When did you finish organizing everything?”

“Haha. This is the basics. There are hunters in this world who have to be diligent like me to make a living.”

Kyeom smiled confidently and looked through the list.

“We’ve already found someone in charge of close-range attacks and reconnaissance, so we just need to find someone in charge of support and someone in charge of long-range attacks. I’ll tell you in advance, it’ll be quite difficult. Of course, since you have a reputation, there’s no chance of failure, but I don’t expect you to be able to secure the number one spot in the recruitment rankings.”

“Even though my name is worth it?”

Sega frowned slightly.

‘There’s someone who doesn’t covet the 78% S-class? Surely they didn’t get caught, right?’

Kyeom waved his hand as if he was a little uneasy.

“No. Of course you are the best card. But it is still early in the semester, and there are too few proper psychics or elementals at this point. The newly awakened elementals are worse than natural science byproducts like fire extinguishers or flamethrowers.”

I was worried that Sega might doubt my abilities.

“ah.”

“So, you have to find someone who you can expect to grow in the future, but who isn’t a burden right now.”

“It’s definitely difficult. If I were alone, I would have been an idiot for not knowing anything.”

“But you have your skills… … .”

Sega said with a grin.

“You are the best. Hmm.”

A bright smile appeared on his cheeky face.

* * *

The recruiting talk continued on even after lunch was almost over.

“I’ve already made a recruiting list. The first priority for long-range attacks is the pyromancer, Hwa-yo. Since she just woke up and doesn’t know anything, she thinks highly of people in the industry like me, and her firepower is so great that she burned down the entire surrounding area as soon as she was hit with a stimulant. Since she’s a pyromancer with weak defense, she’ll be really happy if you take the vanguard.”

The list of recruits for Hyeom was neat and accurate.

“Or I like the ice magician Lee Si-won. He may be a bit 4-dimensional, but he usually listens to us well, and his talent is truly outstanding.”

The skill with which he objectively evaluated the 60 students in Class 1 based on their background, abilities, and personality was on a professional level.

“oh.”

“It was hard to find someone who could show any immediate results on the support side. Right now, we have to choose from among the telekinesis users who are all of similar skill level, but for now, I’ve just organized them by family.”

“house management?”

“If we’re both struggling because we don’t have money to buy magic potions or recovery potions, we’ll both get tired. Of course, you know how I can… … .”

Sega smiled and shook his head.

“It’s okay. I can skip one or two tests.”

“You were rich too?”

“No. That’s not it. There is.”

“Okay. If you have it, that’s fine. Anyway, support… … .”

At that moment, Jinrim, who had just finished serving food, entered Sega’s eyes.

The blonde hair tied back and the sunglasses he wore even inside the restaurant were the same.

Sega raised his hand and waved it a few times, then checked that Jinrim was looking this way and asked Gyeom again.

“How is Jinrim?”

Kyeom opened his eyes wide.

“Iljinrim? That cool, handsome gunman? No. Are you already that close? Wait, by the way, you got a note earlier, right? No way?”

“Stop talking nonsense. How about support or a ranged attack?”

“Me again.”

Gyeom, who had calmed down in an instant, quickly looked through the list of recruits.

“First of all, guns won’t be a proper means of attack even after a month or two. Of course, your shooting skills are amazing, but if that’s all, you won’t be able to last even a semester, let alone a freshman year. Iljinrim. Iljinrim. That’s all I’ve written down… … .”

At that moment, Jinrim, who had passed by Gyeom’s back, sat down in front of Sega with a sly smile.

“Why are you calling me?”

At the same time, after checking the information, Gyeom-i jumped up from his seat and bowed his head toward Jin-rim.

“Growth potential is 5% for S-class, 21% for A-class, and 43% for B-class? The potential to become S-class? And even a blood magician? Come on! This lowly corpse cleaner has been waiting for someone like Jinrim Yang without fail.”

Jinrim responded to Gyeom with a slightly languid mockery and looked at Sega.

“What were you talking about?”

Sega asked, feeling his heart beat faster.

“I was looking for someone to team up with for my upcoming hunting class. Do you want to team up with me and Kyeom?”

Jinrim nodded her head coolly.

“You are good.”

Kyeom clenched his fist and cheered.

“Alright! It’s the Blood Mage!”

Sega asked, lowering his voice slightly.

“But, Hyeon. Is the Bloodthirsty Magician a particularly good ability?”

When I heard that he could manipulate blood, the only image that came to mind was something like a vampire.

Kyeom nodded as if it was natural.

“It’s best when dealing with demons. It’s also the best as a support role. Most demons have blood and bodily fluids flowing out of them, right? If the body magician can inflict a few wounds, then the blood magician can directly intervene with the demons.”

“ah.”

“And blood magicians have healing abilities. In school exams or competitions, they usually prohibit the use of potions or limit the amount, but individual abilities don’t matter.”

Iljinrim nodded leisurely.

The black piercing on her lip gleamed.

She sat with her legs crossed and looked at Sega.

“Got it? I’m precious. So I’m only going to play with other precious bodies.”

A husky, dry voice was heard leisurely, and yellow eyes shone through the sunglasses.

“Haha. Please take care of me.”

“Yeah, yeah. Me too. My name is Lee Kyeom.”

“You’re not a precious person, are you?”

“Ouch. That’s too much!”

Sega grinned and muttered.

“Now I just need to find a ranged attack.”

* * *

Sega’s steps were light as he had already saved three people before even starting.

‘I feel relieved.’

I leisurely entered Class 1, opened up my comprehensive hunting textbook, and waited for the professor to come in.

‘Even in class. Don’t worry about being suspected of not being S-class just because you can’t do it.’

Kang Joo-hyuk, Lee Kyeom, Iljinrim, Choi Seon-mi, Ban Jang-hwa, and Moo Myeong-jun, and other students took their seats one by one, and with Joo Da-hyun as the last, all 60 students entered the room less than 10 minutes before class started.

Three minutes before class started, Sega suddenly felt curious and asked Kyeom quietly.

“By the way, who is our hunting science professor?”

“Sega. That much is in the app… … Huh?”

Kyeom made an expression as if he didn’t know that either, then hardened his face.

“Oh, really? Who is he?”

After a while, footsteps began to be heard in the hallway.

Again. Again. Again. Again. Again. Again.

Just from the sound of his shoes, he seemed to have a very picky personality.

Gulp, Sega swallowed without realizing it.

Knock knock.

When the door finally opened and the professor came in, the students in Class 1 held their breath without realizing it.

“Hey, Crimson Envoy!”

“The necromancer Leena?”

Half of the students blinked in disbelief at the fact that she was right in front of them, while the other half stammered with their mouths wide open.

Even though he was somewhat ignorant of the hunter industry due to his origins, he had seen this face in all kinds of media.

A hunter with unrealistically voluminous and curly crimson hair tied into long pigtails, with eyes the same color as his hair that shine brightly, and a skinny tall figure wearing a tight black suit that contrasts with his voluminous hair.

He is the vice president of the Shinseoul Comprehensive Hunting Foundation, which owns the Shinseoul Hunter Academy, and is a world-renowned hunter who is ranked 1st or 2nd, and is one of the strongest hunters among the 1st generation.

The nickname given to him by his necromancer ability to raise an army of corpses is the Crimson Reaper, or Necromancer.

“This is Professor Lee Ina.”

She stood in front of the students of Class 1.

“I originally worked for the foundation.”

The sharp voice dug deep into the students’ ears.

“I heard from other professors that there are many special students this year.”

The crimson eyes took in Joo Da-hyun, Kang Joo-hyuk, and Jeong Se-ga in turn, and the three of them trembled without realizing it.

“I am standing here.”

Ina turned around and wrote ‘Comprehensive Hunting Studies’ on the whiteboard.

“Comprehensive hunting science is an academic discipline that cultivates all the capabilities required of a hunter by building a deep understanding of survival and hunting.”

Sega felt his breath catch in his throat.

“You could say that this class is designed to help you apply the various skills and abilities you have learned and developed in each class to actual hunting.”

Even if I just pretended to listen, it seemed difficult.

“In other words, not only the psychokinesis, body-shaming, and mobile marksmanship that you have already learned, but also the pyromancy, lightning, poisoning, and blood magic that you will learn in the future can and must be used in this class.”

Comprehensive hunting studies was a class that asked whether students could function as hunters by comprehensively utilizing what they learned in each subject.

“Also, since there will be several classes that are close to real-life situations, a deep understanding of the types and ecology of demons will be necessary.”

So, she continued, speaking with a sigh.

“From now on, we will be giving you a test to see how much you know about demons, awakenings, and other paranormal phenomena.”

Sega felt a thunderclap in his head.

‘I’m screwed.’

Professor Leena’s first impression of him was probably the worst.