Hidden Sanity at Villain School - Chapter 37



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(037)

“No. Even if it was a confrontation during class, isn’t it too much?”

The student who was bullied by Joo Da-hyun under the pretense of a confrontation did not stay still.

The very next day, I said something to Joo Da-hyun through a second-year senior from Seoul High School who I had become close with on social media.

Unlike the first-year students, the second-year students wore green badges on the breast pocket of their jackets, and were usually the ones that the first-year students could not even look up to.

Only 500 out of 1,200 students passed the promotion test and were able to advance to the second year.

Surviving in this crazy new Seoul for a year was no mean feat.

however.

“Senior. If you add up all of Ivory Tower’s affiliates and subcontractors, there are about 188. Of the top 28 guilds in Korea, 8 are guilds in which Ivory Tower is the largest shareholder, and if you include the guilds in which it is the third largest shareholder, there are 12. Ivory Tower also has a position on the Hunter Association’s standing advisory board.”

“You, you… … !”

“Don’t you want to get a good job after graduating? If your dream is to join a small guild, wander around the jungles of Southeast Asia, and fight to the death against annoying demons like the erosion type or infection type, I’ll make that happen for you.”

Joo Da-hyun was not your average first-year student.

“… … Hey. No matter what, I’m your senior. Let’s talk while being polite. You don’t think you can still become the owner of Ivory Tower, do you?”

The senior male student looked around at the first-year students and snapped as if trying to protect his pride.

That was a clear handshake.

“Why do you think I… can’t…?”

“What, what?”

A spark flew in Joo Da-hyun’s eyes.

“Why do you think I can’t do it? You little punk! You think I can’t do it? You fucking little punk! I’m Dr. Joo Myung-hwan’s daughter, and all the shares are mine. Me! Why do you think I can’t do it?”

She reflexively flew forward and grabbed the senior male student by the collar.

Hot.

The difference in their physiques was so great that it seemed comical at first glance, but no one laughed.

Because she had the supernatural power to separate human flesh and bones in a second without lifting a finger.

“Yeah-.”

The senior male student chose his words carefully.

‘Damn. I touched the wrong thing. I should’ve run away the moment I saw his face.’

He and the first-year students around him all knew.

Joo Da-hyun was the suspect in Joo Myung-hwan’s murder, and the Civil Code of the Republic of Korea classifies a murderer as disqualified from inheriting, thereby blocking his right to inheritance.

Although the investigation was halted after Shin Seoul entered high school, there was no telling when the prosecutors’ investigators and the inspectors from the Portrait Management Department would cross the school gates.

Joo Da-hyun was a bomb that could explode at any moment, and she was the target of favoritism, not receiving a single penalty point even during the Great Purge due to her overwhelming telekinesis skills.

He wasn’t someone I could say anything to as a junior’s request.

“I, I’m sorry. I have class so I’ll go in.”

“Where are you going, you piece of shit-.”

The senior male student quickly shook off the second-year student’s hand, saying it was shameful and shameless, and ran away.

Joo Da-hyun sat there muttering for a while.

“Did you just hear that?”

“I swore at my senior… … I mean, I heard that in the past, I made the employees at the department store kneel.”

“Can I really inherit? I know the trial isn’t over yet. Isn’t he a piece of shit now?”

“How can I… … be scared of my parents. Let’s not make eye contact. I’ll kill you too.”

“You stupid bitch. If Dr. Joo Myung-hwan had said he would donate everything, he would have filed a lawsuit for the inheritance later. What’s wrong with losing your temper and doing this?”

Words that tickled her nerves continued to flow out from the gathered onlookers.

“Ah, huh.”

Joo Da-hyun felt a terrible headache and put her hand on the edge of the window.

beep.

There was a loud ringing in my ears, my vision was spinning, and there was blood on my hand that shouldn’t have been there.

“The Magic Stone conglomerate is nothing special either.”

At that moment, a female student whispered something in the ear of the female student next to her, and her eyes met with Joo Da-hyun’s.

“!”

Those eyes.

‘Ahahaha.’

Those eyes that drive Joo Da-hyun crazy.

The look of schadenfreude, of delight in the downfall of the person you were jealous of.

“What are you looking at? Why? Do you think I won’t inherit?”

In front of that ridicule, Joo Da-hyun raised a sharp thorn.

Phew!

She reached out her hands into the air.

Those arms were thin enough to not even twist a chicken’s neck, but the supernatural powers that emerged from those fingertips were powerful enough to render a female student with the ability to cast spells motionless.

“Whoa!”

The female student, who was a martial artist, was dragged towards Joo Da-hyun with her face turned pale.

Boom, boom!

A new telekinesis burst out from Joo Da-hyun’s hand next to her face.

‘Just die.’

The moment when Joo Da-hyun was about to bite her pink lips.

“Joo Da-hyun. Where have you been? I’m taking a pyromancy class. I’m going to be late!”

Jeong Se-ga ran out through the crowd.

With the faint scent of acacia wafting in the air.

A white face with a confident smile approached leisurely as if time had stopped.

Sega reached out his big hand and grabbed her hand without any hesitation.

‘uh?’

Joo Da-hyun was dragged by Sega with a possessed gait.

The telekinesis was cut off, and the struggling female student fell into the hallway.

“Three, three?”

“Let’s go quickly!”

Sega ran, pulling Joo Da-hyun’s hand.

“Now, just a moment.”

“I told you there’s no time!”

As Jang Shin-jeong waved her other hand and made way for her, the crowd that had surrounded her like a wall parted in an instant.

“No, just a moment… … .”

Joo Da-hyun looked up at Jeong Se-ga with a look of bewilderment.

Time seemed to slow down again, and everything seemed to stretch out endlessly.

In the meantime, only Jeong Se-ga’s face was clearly visible.

‘It’s strange.’

Thud. Thud. Thud.

Suddenly, instead of the tinnitus, I could hear the sound of her heartbeat in my ears.

* * *

Professor Hwa Ye-shin of Pyromancy began class again today with her yellow eyes flashing eerily like a snake.

“Students who failed to manifest last time will continue to practice combustion. Students who succeeded in manifesting will pair up and practice ignition.”

Now that Student Protection Week is over, her classes have become a lot more daring.

“If you put on the white cloak I just gave you, you will be able to block the fire at your current level. Stand 15 meters away and attack each other with fire. The cloak will gradually turn red when exposed to heat. The one who turns completely red first is the loser.”

The gist of the lesson was that now that we’ve thrown out our flame-defense hunting devices, we should start setting fire to each other’s feet.

“I’m going to attack the opponent with my fire, and at the same time, take away control of the opponent’s fire. Keep in mind that if you only focus on attacking, you might end up taking away my fire for no reason.”

Even by Seoul’s standards, it was an astonishing exercise.

“I will give a potion that amplifies the pyromancy to the first person to dye the opponent’s cloak red, and to those who stand out here and there. That’s what you call ‘firewood.’”

However, all of the awakened pyromancers and students who successfully awakened their pyromance skills gained some degree of heat resistance, and they all had fiery personalities.

“Yes, Professor! I will do my best to burn that bastard!”

“The ‘firewood’ is mine!”

“Are you saying that you are going to spread this medicine that costs over 3 million won each?”

The young pyromancers of Shinseoul began their practice by raising one hand toward the sky.

The first to start the internship were Kang Joo-hyuk and Hwa-yo, who were the leader and member of Group 4 of Class 1.

Normally, Kang Joo-hyuk would lead Tuesday, but during the fire magic class, Tuesday overwhelmed Kang Joo-hyuk.

Hurrruk!

A flame of fire close to an explosion rose up from under Kang Joo-hyuk’s feet.

“Boss! Here we go again!”

“Come and see for yourself!”

However, Kang Joo-hyuk’s cloak was still light gray.

Joohyuk used his pyromancy to block the fire of Tuesday to some extent, and took advantage of opportunities here and there to take control.

Hwa Ye-shin said indifferently.

“You. Your heat control is good. Your partner is also good at controlling firepower. You both take one piece of firewood.”

She took out the pills one by one from her bosom, wrapped in white paper, and handed them over.

The pill, which resembled a piece of wood that had grown in a rough manner, was an expensive consumable that, the more you ate it, the more effective it was at converting magical power into flames.

“thank you!”

Kang Joo-hyuk smiled brightly and bowed his head.

‘The situation is. I can’t even see your blue flames. Have you already been hit?’

While looking around for a moment, he noticed Jeong Se-ga standing alone on one side.

‘You haven’t even started?’

Hwa Ye-shin approached Jeong Se-ga and asked.

“Why aren’t you doing anything?”

Jeong Se-ga answered, bowing his head slightly.

“There are an odd number of students right now, so there are no partners. The teaching assistant said that he will soon be my partner.”

“Okay? Okay. Just wait a little bit. There’s a prize for today’s practice, so it would be better to start quickly.”

Then, an unexpected student raised his hand and approached them.

“Sister, no. Professor.”

“What?”

“Can I become Sega’s partner? I’m curious about Cheongyeon.”

A sophisticated looking girl with short red hair and purple eyes.

Geum Eun-yo, who was practicing her skills with her chief assistant, came down from the heavenly world to the human world.

Hwa Ye-shin gave a suspicious look.

“You. Don’t burn this kid to death. Control your strength.”

“Yes, Professor. Of course.”

Geum Eun-yo greeted Jeong Se-ga with her eyes, and Jeong Se-ga accepted it with a smile.

Hwa Ye-shin turned around after seeing that, and Kang Joo-hyuk gritted his teeth.

‘The situation is like this! When on earth did you build a connection with Geum Eun-yo?’

* * *

‘This is harder than I thought.’

Jeong Se-ga tried to light a firecracker at Geum Eun-yo’s feet, who was standing 10 meters away.

It was necessary to create a very small but hot heat through internal combustion, send that mass of heat far away, and then supply magical power in one breath to turn it into flames.

If I had practiced just one hour less on the weekends, I don’t think I would have even dreamed of success.

pop!

A blue flame rose from Geum-eun-yo’s feet up to her knees.

Sega put his strength into his left hand, which was stretched forward, and breathed magical power into it, increasing the blue flame.

“Huh!”

The veins in my arms popped, my legs trembled, but the flames grew steadily.

The flames that had been flickering around Geum Eun-yo’s knees rose up through her waist to her chest.

Geum Eun-yo clapped her hands as if she had done well and spoke cheerfully.

“Good, Sega. Next time, focus on speed. The key to ignition is to create an explosion.”

She clapped her hands once more.

match.

Sega lost control of the Blue Flame in one fell swoop.

‘You’re really on a different level from me.’

Hurrruk!

The blue flame surrounding Eunyo turned red and became a crimson flame, and flew towards Sega.

“Okay. Now, use your dominance to turn this back into your blue flame. The trick is to add magic.”

Sega was at a loss, thinking to himself, what the hell is that?

‘Add magic power? How do you do that? Like when you first poured magic power into the ten lumps?’

Eunyo was lost in thought as she watched Sega.

‘The quality of the blue flame is unparalleled. If I hadn’t just been absorbing it with my dominance, my cloak would have turned red in an instant.’

‘If I had been just a little stronger, I might not have been able to stand there so calmly.’

‘Yeshin Unni will take you in as her second direct disciple.’

Then a loud cheer broke her thoughts.

“Okay!”

The red flame she had blown was burning blue in Sega’s palm.

Sega pretended to be genuinely happy, but secretly sighed in relief.

‘It was right to do it like when I first pushed my magic into the hot lump. If I had been even a little bit later, the cloak would have turned completely red. No. It’s not the cloak that’s important right now, I almost burned to death. It was hot.’

“Congratulations. That was a success.”

Eunyo pretended to congratulate him sincerely, but she was secretly embarrassed.

‘You threw it just to see if it would go out? It wasn’t just a matter of pushing it away, but you showed enough dominance to change the color of the flames? A first-year? And not even a pyromancer awakened one, but a rigid body awakened one?’

Since he was a goldsmith who excelled above all else, he could see how great a thing it was.

People who don’t know might just pass it off as a genius.

However, no matter how fast a reader he was, he could not finish a book in one minute.

What Jeong Se-ga has accomplished is something in that area.

“… … .”

‘When did you become so close?’

And Joo Da-hyun, who was looking at the two, clenched her teeth.

“Dahyun?”

“what’s the matter?”

While they were huddled together and practicing with patches on their palms, Jinrin, Seonmi, and several other students from Class 1 looked at Dahyun.

“No, it’s okay.”

Dahyun answered in an indifferent tone, then looked at Sega’s smiling face once more.

“You’re doing well. I was worried. You two can share it.”

“Thank you. I told you I’m not that kind of person.”

Geum Eun-yo had just received two bundles of firewood from Hwa Ye-shin and was about to unwrap them and give them to Jeong Se-ga.

Jeong Se-ga smiled brightly and tested the firepower he had gained by eating the firewood.

Joo Da-hyun gritted her teeth as she looked at the sight.

“… … .”

She had to become stronger than anyone else.

She had to become strong enough that no one would dare say anything like “killing her” in front of her.

He had to become the owner of the Ivory Tower and follow in the footsteps of his great father, Dr. Joo Myung-Hwan.

To do that, I had to survive in Shinseoul and do well in this performance evaluation.

But today, it seemed like I had one more reason to be strong.

“Let’s try moving this time. I’ll get permission from the professor.”

“Will that work? That’s a completely different level of difficulty?”

“You have to practice because it doesn’t work!”

Jeong Se-ga looks at Geum Eun-yo and smiles.

‘I’m a tycoon too.’

A strange and unfounded sense of anxiety arose.

‘No. I’m not some kind of tycoon. I’m just a cripple with all my limbs cut off.’

I’ve always known that there’s only one way to win.

That day, Joo Da-hyun succeeded in igniting the flames through combustion, giving flame properties to the salt copper bullet, and suffered third-degree burns on her palm.