Hidden Sanity at Villain School - Chapter 38



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(038)

The Pyromancy Gym had potions prepared to deal with burn accidents.

The assistant sprayed the potion into the spray bottle onto Dahyun’s palm two or three times, then lightly bandaged it.

“If you continue to feel sick, go to the infirmary and get treatment, or go to the store and buy the potion you want.”

“Yes, sir.”

Even though it must have been extremely painful, Dahyun didn’t even blink and continued practicing her pyromancy skills until the end of class.

There was a cool determination in his deep eyes, as if he had just cried.

After the pyromancy lesson, Sega immediately approached Dahyun.

“Is your palm okay?”

Although it looked like a palm to him, his heart seemed uneasy.

Joo Da-hyun nodded, biting her pink lower lip.

“It’s okay. I applied the potion.”

“Don’t overdo it. You didn’t have to do that in the telekinesis class earlier. You’re already doing well enough.”

She said with her crimson eyes shining.

“You’re surprisingly interested in the people around you.”

“… … !”

“I definitely envy those who are versatile. In Shinseoul, you have to have no weaknesses to survive for a long time.”

A gloomy emotion overflowed from her long eyelashes.

It wasn’t a tone that particularly blamed Sega.

That’s why Sega felt an even greater sense of crisis.

It was a moment when I had to choose my words carefully.

“That’s not what I meant.”

“You saw it too. The way the kids look at me and Geum-eun-yo is completely different.”

“……ah.”

Geum Eun-yo was a student that everyone admired and looked up to.

In classes other than pyromancy, she didn’t show any overwhelming presence, but that doesn’t mean that any students saw her as a competitor.

She reigned at the top of Shinseoul as the only daughter of the wealthy Ma Seok tycoon, Geumseongje, with that sophisticated aura all over her body.

The man who had been following Sega spoke cautiously.

“Dahyun. I don’t think it’s a problem of ability.”

Joo Da-hyun declared with an air of being ready to chew on it.

“No. It’s a question of strength, a question of ability.”

In the eyes that had been sinking gloomily, a heat like a flame about to burst into flames flared.

“No one will ever look at me like that. No one will ever talk bad about me. No one will ever use my misfortune as their entertainment. No one will ever feel comfortable pushing their discontent and jealousy about their messy lives onto me. I will show them who I am and who they are. This performance evaluation will be the beginning of that.”

She spoke in one breath, breathing heavily.

“Sorry. I’m sorry. I’m having trouble controlling my emotions these days.”

And then he turned around.

“Go to the lightning class first. I’ll go get a tranquilizer.”

Sega tried to grab Ju Da-hyun’s hand once again.

“Dahyun.”

But my legs wouldn’t move as if something was holding them back.

‘The situation. Come to your senses. You just needed a powerful psychic, didn’t you?’

‘I didn’t care from the beginning whether the rumor was true or not. I figured Joo Da-hyun wouldn’t be dragged away. Then it was fine, right?’

‘If Joo Da-hyun tries harder, isn’t it beneficial for you?’

Iljinrim shook his head from the side.

“I told you he was dangerous.”

“… … .”

Jeong Se-ga didn’t say anything.

The back of Joo Da-hyun walking in front of me looked too small to be dangerous.

The last class of the day was lightning.

“Well, if you’re used to converting magical power into electricity through your knuckles, try amplifying the biocurrent yourself. Every year, there are students who find this more convenient.”

Professor Jang Kwon-se, dressed in a formal suit, walked between the two classes of students, his gold teeth flashing.

“Student Ju Da-hyun. Aren’t you trying too hard?”

“I can do it.”

“Do you really think so?”

“You can do it!”

Joo Da-hyun, standing in front of the white line, had smoke rising from her head and her arms and legs were trembling.

Crackle, crackle!

The bio-current, amplified by magical power, sizzled through her own body without any control.

‘I will become perfect without any weaknesses.’

Joo Da-hyun opened her eyes wide and kicked the ground.

Percussion!

Her small body rose into the sky, flew for a while, and then landed.

The assistant shouted in surprise.

“29.5m!”

It was a huge success.

* * *

‘You finally did it.’

Jeong Se-ga leaped back and forth between pillars similar to those used in the mobile marksmanship with the awakened lightning magicians, then glanced at Ju Da-hyun.

“Students, concentrate!”

“Oh, I understand!”

The metal poles used in mobile marksmanship had branches sticking out like tree branches, but the metal poles used in lightning tactics were smooth without any branches.

“Hey!”

“It’s falling!”

“shit!”

This training was only attended by students who had developed lightning skills and had achieved complete freedom in bio-current amplification, as well as by awakened lightning magicians.

Students had to complete the course by hanging from metal poles and jumping to the next pole using only magnetic force generated by amplifying their bioelectric current, as the poles gradually became farther apart.

The last pillar was over 15 meters tall, and on top of it hung a basket containing ‘batteries’, consumables that boosted the efficiency of lightning techniques, equivalent to the ‘firewood’ of lightning techniques.

Batteries, like firewood, were expensive consumables, costing hundreds each.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Every now and then a drone floating in the air would shoot rubber bullets, and dodging those bullets was a bonus.

“Even an electrician is an elementalist after all, so if you get shot you die. It would be best if you could learn body magic as well, but you should be able to move with electric magic alone.”

The assistant piloted the drone and shouted.

“All right!”

Sega answered loudly.

‘Doesn’t he get tired?’

The surrounding students’ eyes turned to Sega for a moment.

‘I guess you’re really enjoying lightning. This versatility is something you won’t find in other classes. I’ll have to tell the professor that the possibility of a Sega student accepting a direct disciple request has increased.’

The assistant looked at Sega and smiled.

‘Judging from his attitude in class, he’s not a greedy guy. But why don’t you want to compete with me? Are you really looking down on me because of that 1%? Really?’

Kang Joo-hyuk gritted his teeth.

Currently, Jeong Se-ga and Kang Ju-hyeok from Class 1, Je Seo-cheon from Class 8, and other students were preparing for the final course.

Now, just a few dozen more metal poles away, there was a valley where the battery baskets were hung.

Wheeing!

But dozens of drones hovered overhead.

In order to pass safely, it was necessary to shoot lightning directly to temporarily knock down the drone and then break through.

“… … .”

“… … .”

Everyone was just looking out for each other, as they would become targets for drones the moment they moved.

At that time, Je Seo-cheon, the top student in class 8 and considered the best lightning wizard among the first years, made a move.

“under!”

She leaped to the next pillar about 20 meters away while firing a white lightning bolt into the air.

The drone targeting her was temporarily disabled and crashed, and she clung to the next pillar without any interference.

“Eight!”

“let’s go!”

Starting with her, the other students also started moving one by one.

“under!”

Jeong Se-ga also raised his left hand and shot a blue lightning bolt into the air, then leaped towards the pillar in front.

Phage crackle!

However, the lightning radiating from the four fingers of his left hand was torn in two and flew in a different direction than he had expected.

‘Fuck.’

One beam hit the second drone that was aiming for Jeseocheon, and the second beam hit the drone that was just turning towards Kang Juhyeok.

‘Did you help me?’

Je Seo-cheon frowned with sharp and deep eyes, and Kang Ju-hyeok clenched his thick jaw.

‘Are you worried about me? Do you, a bastard like you, dare to worry about me?’

The situation was such that he was dying trying to avoid the bullets of the drone that was targeting him and gather enough electricity to hit the drone.

‘Don’t shoot! Don’t shoot! Please don’t shoot!’

I screamed inwardly as I barely made it to the last pillar, picked up a battery, and jumped down.

“Everyone did well.”

Je Seo-cheon and the two lightning wizards took 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place, while Kang Ju-hyeok and Jeong Se-ga took 4th and 5th place, respectively.

If it weren’t for the situation where Jeong Se-ga had to use lightning twice at the end, Jeong Se-ga could have come in third.

Kang Joo-hyuk ground his teeth as he looked at the score screen.

‘It was a useless act, but this is your victory. The situation. Next time, I won’t allow you to have that kind of leeway. I’ll make sure you do everything in your power to keep me in check.’

Jeong Se-ga looked at the score screen and cried inside.

‘I completely committed seppuku.’

At that time, a female student approached Jeong Se-ga.

“What’s the situation in Class 1?”

She had blue hair cut into a rough short bob and neatly swept back with pomade to reveal her forehead, two long scars on her face, and a low, confident voice.

Her shoulders, which were straight and straight, looked very strong, and her arms, visible under the rolled-up sleeves of her school uniform, had thick veins and Japanese-style irezumi tattoos swaying, while her full, heavy chest cast a deep shadow on her slim waist, like a leopard’s.

“This is Je Seo-cheon from Class 8. Thank you for what happened earlier.”

She had several students on her left and right like wings, and each of them seemed to have considerable magical power.

Jeong Se-ga secretly admired her and answered her in his usual relaxed and sad manner.

“I appreciate it. I’m glad it helped, but it was a stupid mistake.”

Then, as if he had been waiting for those words, Je Seo-cheon’s deep orange eyes lit up.

“Then I will help you. Let’s practice together.”

“I hate to bother you.”

Jeong Se-ga quickly turned his head.

Je Seo-cheon was an overwhelming lightning wizard, and if you could practice with her, your lightning skills would improve in no time.

But just looking at her aura, it seemed like she might be thinking of testing or beating that S-class 78%.

“I would be grateful if you could help me.”

The worries were short.

We’ve come too far to become mystical.

The surrounding students looked at him with favor as he confidently expressed his gratitude.

Je Seo-cheon smiled, gathering white electricity at his fingertips.

“Ha. I am honored.”

* * *

Next day, poisoning class.

“What happened after that?”

“He really taught me well. He even gave me his own battery. Now I can properly use the lightning beam.

Sega answered the worried question by shooting blue electric sparks from under the desk.

‘Hey. Lightning is instantaneous. It either works or it doesn’t. So if it doesn’t work, don’t try to force it, just throw it away and then do a combo.’

‘like this?’

‘Yeah. Man. That’s much better.’

Je Seo-cheon was a talented person who deserved to be number one.

“He who taught it is he, and you who learned it in one day are you.”

“It’s because you taught me well. It’s also because of the battery. It’s good to feel the efficiency increase with each use of firewood and battery. I’ll have to work harder to receive it next time.”

“There. Focus.”

“sorry.”

The teaching assistant glanced at the two, and they returned to focusing on the class.

I made a magic activation potion today too.

There were too many students who failed last time, and this ‘activation’ reaction is a crucial part of the poison technique, so it had to be properly addressed.

Next to her, Joo Da-hyun was adding various additives to create a stronger effect than last time.

Lee Gyeom squinted his eyes and scratched his head with one finger.

“But Sega. This might sound a bit off topic.”

“What’s wrong between us? Just tell me.”

“I think you should be careful with Je Seo-cheon. There’s a bad rumor about him.”

Instead of answering, Sega looked at the tyrant Ju Da-hyun, the strongest member of the 8th group, and the bully Iljin-rim, who would shoot his pistol whenever he got into a fight with other students.

Lee Gyeom trailed off, and Iljinrim took over the baton.

“Well. It’s a bit embarrassing for me to say this, but Je Seo-cheon is real.”

“Really?”

“If I’m a neighborhood thug, you’re a national gangster?”

“Is that all?”

In Sega’s eyes, Iljinrim was no ordinary person.

A dry and calm atmosphere and a hand movement that pulls the trigger toward a person without the slightest hesitation.

It was like an awl in a pocket, and it could not be hidden, so even to the eyes of an outsider like Sega, it showed that there was something extraordinary about her.

If such a person like Iljinrim would say something like that… … .

“… …Why aren’t there any sane kids in this school?”

Sega muttered softly in his voice without realizing it.

And I realized one thing.

‘Don’t I get along really well with crazy kids? They say we end up fighting amongst ourselves.’

“no!”

“Huh, huh?”

“What, isn’t it?”

“Students, please be quiet during class.”

Kyeom and Jinrim asked in surprise, and the assistant instructor warned them.

Sega bowed his head and apologized, muttering once again that it couldn’t be true.

“No! You can’t!”

Just then, another scream erupted from nearby.

Joo Da-hyun looked into the bubbling potion with a look of bereavement on her face.

“This is, ah, ah, ahhh!”

Her hair floated up into the sky.

Boom! Boom!

Just like yesterday in the hallway, the air burst around her head.

It was an uncontrolled psychokinesis running wild.

“Joo Dahyun!”

Sega immediately turned off the alcohol lamp and pulled Dahyun towards him.

The teaching assistants came running, and Dahyun’s eyes turned white.

“The magic is running wild.”

The good teacher spoke to Joo Da-hyun, who was sitting on the bed.

“My body was exhausted from forcibly moving my magical power in a way that was not my nature, and when I drank the gas containing the activating ingredient in that situation, my body couldn’t handle it. This can’t be fixed even with a potion.”

Joo Da-hyun bowed her head deeply.

Sega cautiously asked the good teacher.

“How much rest should I get?”

She shrugged.

“I don’t know. It could take a week at the shortest, or more than a month at the longest. Besides, I think you were feeling uneasy even before, but since you’re a telekinesis who uses the power of your mind, you’re even more unstable.”

“Our performance evaluation is next Monday, in three days. Until then.”

“It’s impossible. At least, they won’t be able to attack from a distance.”

“ah.”

Sega, Kyeom, Jinrim, and Dahyun all sighed in unison.

“Just rest for now. There’s nothing else you can do.”

The good teacher left, and Joo Da-hyun sat on the bed and sighed deeply.

“Sorry, Sega. It’s all my fault. I pushed myself too hard and caused trouble for everyone in Group 8.”

Jeong Se-ga frowned for a moment and then opened his mouth.

“You don’t have to say that.”

The voice was colder than usual.

“Because of me, your performance evaluations will be ruined. You might even get kicked out of Shinseoul. I’m sorry, everyone. You all must have had a purpose for coming here.”

Joo Da-hyun continued talking as if she couldn’t hear, and Jeong Se-ga tried to cut her off even more coldly.

“I told you, you don’t have to say that.”

Lee Kyeom looked at the two of them.

“Hey, can you leave me alone for a moment?”

Joo Da-hyun expressed her anger again.

“What can I do now? There are three days left until our performance evaluation. What if I miss out on the strategy we practiced?”

“… … .”

“You’ve experienced this many times in mock battles! The Minotaur will fight you for a while, then run away to avoid you, and then run straight towards Jinrim and Gyeom, right?”

“… … ”

“You can face the Minotaur, but you can’t catch the Minotaur. And if either Jinrim or Gyeom gets hit, it’s all over! Right?”

Jeong Se-ga listened to those words quietly and then shook his head.

“I have another idea.”

“Ha. I failed several times in mock battles before I succeeded. Do you think I can hunt with the strategy I just came up with?”

Joo Da-hyun sneered, and Jeong Se-ga slowly raised his head.

“perhaps.”