Hidden Sanity at Villain School - Chapter 24



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Professor Hwa Ye-shin, the pyromancy teacher, was a yellow-eyed woman with faded white hair tied back tightly.

“I am the fire god who will teach you the art of pyromancy.”

She had a young appearance like other first-generation professors, but she had the air of an old woman who had seen it all.

“Of all the specializations, pyromancy is the one that can kill the most demons in the most painful way.”

She seemed to combine two images of the first generation Hunters into one.

He is a warrior from the end of the century who prevented destruction with his great power and lived a life of luxury, but at heart he still wore tattered clothes and ran through the rain.

The nickname, “Fire Demon,” was heard here and there, and the sound of swallowing saliva was heard everywhere.

“Also, it is the best trait for maintaining a good body shape.”

So when I talked about the second advantage, no one understood.

“yes?”

The atmosphere was too serious to be a joke, and the content was too light to be serious.

However, Hwa Ye-shin gave instructions as if she couldn’t even see the frozen students.

Two slightly plump male and female instructors came forward and took off their tops.

The male assistant was showing off his toned body, while the female assistant was wearing a very short crop top.

Hwa Ye-shin said dryly.

“What I’m going to show you now is a technique called ‘Combustion’. It’s about accelerating the human body’s mechanism of burning fat to generate heat using magic power. If you’re an awakened pyromancer whose magic power naturally transforms into flames, you don’t need to learn it except for cosmetic purposes, but most of you have probably awakened other abilities, so you absolutely must learn it.”

As she snapped her fingers, the male and female assistants used ‘Combustion’.

Cheeeeeee.

Their bodies turned bright red, beads of sweat ran down their bodies, and in an instant, their bodies began to change.

The male assistant’s jawline was instantly reduced, and the female assistant’s forearm was also cut in half.

The belly fat that used to be like a hotteok disappeared without a trace, and the abs began to show, and before I knew it, I had a body that looked like I could take a pictorial at any moment.

A muffled gasp erupted from the students.

“oh my god.”

“It feels like not even 5 minutes have passed?”

“Now I can eat as much as I want. If I just learn this!”

Especially the female students and some male students were crazy about it.

Hwa Ye-shin told the two assistants that they had a hard time forcing themselves to eat, and then sent them down from the stage.

“From now on, I will divide the classes into pyromancy awakened and non-pyromancy awakened. The pyromancy awakened will learn ‘ignition’ with me and discover their own flame attributes, while the non-pyromancy awakened will learn ‘combustion’ with the assistants and be able to light flames.”

* * *

As always, classes were divided into a small number of majors and a large number of non-majors.

This time, Sega stuck close to Kyeom, Dahyun, and Jinrim, and luckily, he was able to be grouped with Sunmi as well.

“Attach this patch to your palm and push in your magical power. The area will heat up and ‘combustion’ will automatically be activated. Then, pour in more magical power little by little, and when a flame is created, raise your hand.”

The assistants went around the group and placed small black patch artifacts on the right palms.

“This class is good.”

Dahyun smiled as if she really, really liked it.

“Wow. Now, we live in an era where dieting is done with supernatural powers. Is this irresponsible pleasure?”

Kyeom tried to tease Dahyun by saying something.

At that moment, Jinrim, who was sulking with Seonmi by his side, glared at Gyeom and then hit Gyeom in the side with his elbow.

“Then you have to starve yourself to lose weight.”

“100 million?”

Kyeom was taken aback, and Dahyun burst into laughter.

“Okay. Let’s practice. Practice.”

Students began to push their magic into the patch one by one.

Now, the ‘combustion’ began with the feeling of the magical power that I had become accustomed to being sucked away.

“Wow. This is difficult.”

Kyeom just kept sweating profusely.

Jinrim clenched his fists as if a lit cigarette had fallen on his palm, then flinched repeatedly, and Dahyun kept making narrow-minded mistakes.

“I don’t think I would have even tried it without the patch.”

After trying a few dozen times, Sunmi completely lost her magic and had to catch her breath.

‘It’s different from lightning. Instead of pouring out your magical power all at once, let’s pour it in gradually.’

After failing about ten times, Sega changed its strategy and gradually poured magic into the patch.

Like starting a car, starting weakly and gradually pushing in more horsepower.

Cheeeeeee… … .

The patch began to heat up little by little, and I began to feel a tingling sensation in my palm.

I feel a pressure trying to break through.

Hurrruk!

In an instant, a bright blue flame shot up to about two meters from his palm.

“Uh, uh, uh? How do I turn this off?”

“Sega! You, you’re talented in pyromancy, wait! Don’t come near me. I’ll catch fire! I’ll save you, I’ll save you!”

“Hey, first of all, I’ll use telekinesis.”

“Student! Clench your fist! Student!”

The assistant immediately transferred Sega to the specialist group.

“I still can’t make sparks without a patch.”

“It doesn’t matter. If you keep doing it, it will add up quickly.”

In the specialist group, Hwa-yo, a pyromancer from the Gang Ju-hyeok faction, was just finishing her training.

“Haa, haa.”

She caused a pillar of red fire to rise to nearly 5 meters from a distance of 30 meters away.

As the power of ‘ignition’ drops off as the distance increases, it was an incredibly powerful skill for an elementalist who had awakened only a few days ago.

“Good job. 85 points.”

The next one to come forward was Geum Eun-yo, who had short red hair.

The moment she tried to wave her hand in the air, Hwa Ye-shin grabbed Geum Eun-yo’s wrist.

“You go over there and practice with the head coach. Don’t discourage the kids for no reason.”

“Yes, Sister. No, Professor.”

Geum Eun-yo bowed her head and then went to a corner, and the assistant introduced Jeong Se-ga to Hwa Ye-shin.

Hwa Ye-shin raised her eyebrows.

“Why did you bring it already? Is there a problem? Is your body holding onto the magic so tightly that the patch doesn’t work?”

“No, I’m the guy who just made the fireworks.”

“what?”

The assistant gestured for him to try again, and Sega this time adjusted his power a bit and injected magic into him.

Hurrruk!

A bright blue flame flickered on his palm.

He let out a clear exclamation that did not suit Hwa Ye-shin.

“It’s ‘Cheongyeon’. A flame created by burning only magical power. The range is relatively narrow, but it won’t go out easily, and it can even kill powerful demons. It’s the complete opposite of that one.”

The ‘guy’ she was pointing at was Kang Joo-hyuk, who had just started to emit orange flames.

‘Hongyeon’ was a type of flame that had a wide range, burned oxygen and magical power in the air together, and was good for dealing with multiple weak demons at once.

Kang Joo-hyuk frowned and spat out.

“It’s you again?!”

“Huh? Ah.”

Hwa Ye-shin looked at the two alternately, then smiled faintly as if she knew what kind of relationship they had.

“If you guys can make the flames go over 4 meters high before class ends today, I’ll give you a Shin Seoul store gift certificate worth 3 million won. I’ll spend an additional 7 million won to give the first student to get a small gift certificate.”

Kang Joo-hyuk nodded seriously.

“Okay, I will definitely do it.”

For him, the successor to a large guild, 3 million won was not a lot of money.

“Yes? Really?”

However, for Sega, whose bank account balance was always close to zero, 10 million won was money he could sell his soul for.

This was especially true because he had buried in his memory the fact that just yesterday he had suffered a life-threatening crisis in exchange for an expensive potion.

‘I’ll do it no matter what. I’ll buy a magic activation potion and drink it.’

Sega gritted his teeth and concentrated the magical power within his body.

* * *

“The situation.”

“huh?”

“What on earth can’t you do? Body magic, pyromancy, lightning magic, telekinesis. There’s nothing you can’t do.”

Kyeom gave a look of genuine awe.

“If you get that level of performance in the first class, you’re almost at the level of a major. Is this really multiple awakening?”

“Hum. Don’t exaggerate. In the end, all I did was create a few sparks without a patch until the end of class.”

As he said that, Sega stroked the wallet in his uniform pocket.

‘I’m full even without eating.’

Inside the fat wallet, there were ten 1 million won gift certificates from the Shinsoul store, neatly folded.

“The first pyromancy test is to create lightning and flames without the help of artifacts. You have already completed the pyromancy test.”

“Is that all?”

Of course, I wasn’t just pretending to be humble.

Because Sega really didn’t know where he was or how high he could go.

“I told you last time. It’s so hard for an Awakened One to learn something other than the trait they’ve awakened. If there weren’t a vaporization magic field here, it would be something you couldn’t even dream of.”

“That’s why I am humbled,” he said, continuing his speech.

“So meeting you is the best luck in my life. Sega! Let’s learn swordsmanship.”

Sega nodded with a forced smile.

“I’ll do my best.”

It was my wallet that got fat from eating too much, but it was me that was likely to gain weight.

‘Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Things are getting too big.’

Now, I had no choice but to accept it, whether I live or die.

The sword fighting training was also conducted in the gym, and was also conducted with another class, Class 7.

It seemed that there was no choice because the number of students was too small to only take students from the majors in one class.

“Kang Joo-hyuk?”

Just as there were Jeong Se-ga, Kang Ju-hyeok, and Joo Da-hyun in Class 1, there was also a student who stood out in Class 7.

It was a male student named Baek Sang-eon who had short white hair pulled back to reveal his forehead.

He was as tall as Kang Joo-hyuk, and his whole body was as solid as a rock.

He was carrying a long sword on his waist, and it seemed like he wasn’t on good terms with Kang Joo-hyuk.

“Baek Sang-eon? Were you in class 7?”

“I heard a rumor. It’s said that in Class 1, you can’t do anything and get beaten up by the other 78%.”

“You still have the talent to only hear the stories you want to hear. I’ll rip that mouth off today.”

As soon as Kang Joo-hyuk saw him, he started arguing with him and then strode away, and Baek Sang-eon jumped down from the stage to confront him.

“Hey, hey!”

“The professor will be here soon.”

Kang Joo-hyuk and Baek Sang-eon’s factions tried to stop them, Joo Da-hyun muttered, “What’s wrong with that?”, and Lee Gyeom clicked his tongue, while Choi Sun-mi muttered quietly like an ant.

“Guys. I think the professor… is here?”

Although it was a small voice, its content had a great ripple effect, and it spread among the students in both classes in an instant.

“Hey. The professor is here.”

“Someone stop me. F*ck!”

“No. No. Keep going.”

“What the heck… Professor?!”

“I wonder who is stronger too, but why.”

Suddenly, a professor who had been mixed in among them started to smell something fishy, ??and Sang-eon and Ju-hyeok felt that the atmosphere had become strange, so they looked around and made eye contact with him.

“uh?”

Sang-eon froze without saying anything, and Joo-hyuk immediately bent down.

“I’m sorry. I didn’t look good.”

“No. No. That could be true. I used to be like that. I still am.”

Step, step, step.

The swordsmanship professor emerged from among the students and went up to the stage.

“… … .”

“… … .”

Before he knew it, all the students were looking at him.

He introduced himself with a grin.

“Hey. Nice to meet you all. I am the instructor of the sword technique, the Kendo God.”

* * *

“What kind of person is that person?”

Sega asked him about his achievements again, and Kyeom gave a short answer.

“Sword Master, Grand Master, First Knight.”

“article?”

“Yeah. That’s what we call sword users.”

“No. That person, no. That person?”

The swordsman had an appearance that was more suited to being called a blond punk than a professor or a knight.

Unlike Kang Joo-hyuk or Il Jin-rim, who achieved blonde hair through physical transformation through awakening, she achieved blonde hair by dyeing it and roughly brushing it back with wax.

His lips and ears were adorned with silver piercings, his forearms were covered in tribal-style tattoos, he wore a floral shirt, and he wore thick metal rings on every finger.

The one diamond wedding ring mixed in between looked very awkward.

It was not surprising that other students also showed similarly bewildered reactions.

“That person is Professor Kendo?”

“First article? Sword Master?”

“Really?”

Some students turned on the app and checked the professor’s face as if they couldn’t believe it.

The swordsman smiled bitterly and shrugged his shoulders.

“You thought Sword Masters would be serious? Just wearing uniforms, training their minds, and being self-restrained. I’m really sorry, guys. This is the kind of person I am.”

The students all opened their mouths wide.

The swordsman shrugged his shoulders and began to explain frivolously.

“Okay. Now that it’s class time, let’s get started. Sword technique is a subject where you create sword energy to fight your enemies. And this subject has some big drawbacks.”

As soon as he opened his mouth, the students frowned.

“First, it consumes a lot of magical power. The sword itself is a technique that gathers a huge amount of magical power and materializes it to use, so it can’t be very efficient.”

Until now, there were almost no professors who talked about the shortcomings of their subject, and even when they did, they talked around it by saying that it was a relative weakness compared to other subjects or that it did not match the strengths of the subject.

“Second. It’s dangerous. In order to fight with a sword, you have to get close to the demon. Most abilities, except for the body technique, are long-range or can be applied at long-range, but the sword technique of swordsmanship has no means of long-range attack until it reaches the highest level, the wave breaking. Considering that most demons have very different forms from humans, and that contact itself is dangerous, this is a big disadvantage.”

It was the first time I’d seen a professor disparage his own subject so mercilessly.

In the case of Baek Sang-eon, who had come wearing an expensive Teeth Blade, his face had already turned pale.

“Third. This is intertwined with the first, but anyway, it’s extremely difficult to learn. Of all the subjects in Shinseoul, talent has the highest weight. There are no such things as natural knights in this world. I was also a body magician who used cutting-type telekinesis. Swordsmanship is not an innate trait, but rather a method of learning how to use magic. Naturally, it takes a long time, and those who can’t do it will never be able to do it.”

The swordsman continued speaking in a voice that sounded like a god.

“If you still want to learn swordsmanship, there must be one reason, right?”