Hidden Sanity at Villain School - Chapter 8



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(008)

In the afternoon, after all classes were over, Kang Chae-seo and her teaching assistants made a list of students.

For students who had to miss the first day of class due to awakening issues, we made a supplementary study schedule, identified students with special strengths or weaknesses in physical education, and selected children who we could form bonds with.

Although it was a tedious task, she continued to do this every year after becoming a professor.

Assistants raised their hands here and there.

“Class 4 is over, Professor.”

“The list for Class 12 has been released. There are three students who need to take extra lessons.”

“It looks like there will be a permanent vacancy in Class 5. We were filtered out from the entrance ceremony stage due to the side effects of stimulants.”

The atmosphere suddenly became solemn at the assistant’s words.

“……okay.”

Kang Chae-seo smiled bitterly and lit a cigarette.

She was one of the greatest of the first generation of flying and crawling hunters.

The magic tycoons who control this country, the congressmen who came from the hunter class, the big shots in the Portrait Management Department, and other powerful people all called Kang Chae-seo “older sister.”

Of course I knew the secret of the stimulant.

An assistant raised his hand.

He spoke in a deliberately bright voice, taking into account the atmosphere.

“The first half is over. It’s all over.”

Kang Chae-seo took a couple of puffs on her cigarette and checked the documents from Class 1.

[Main Characters: Jeong Se-ga, Kang Ju-hyeok, Il Jin-rim.]

She nodded at the three names in the ‘Key Figures’ column.

“Yeah. Take good care of them. They’re the ones who will never die.”

The fight of the bodyguard was different from a normal fight.

As I could increase my physical strength and muscle power without limit, the stronger I became, the more my opponent would be unable to land an effective hit no matter where or how he attacked me.

‘Kang Joo-hyuk learned a lot, but he was just a guy who was good at fighting. However, Jeong Se-ga was excellent in terms of being a bodybuilder. He knew how strong his body was and used it properly. It was a necessary talent. No, it was a bit too monstrous to just call it a talent.’

She took another drag on her cigarette and stood up.

“Let’s go eat. We’ll be late.”

“Yes, Professor!”

The strongest bodybuilder, a hunter who survived being hit by a strategic nuke.

The life of such a Kang Chae-seo was one in which she had to continuously watch the people around her die from attacks that she could have withstood herself.

‘I wish the kids were different.’

That’s why she took a half-time break from the front lines and became a professor.

‘The kids are doing well this year. Especially the situation. I like it.’

It seemed like the kid would survive for a long time.

* * *

Sega had dinner with Kyeom and headed to the dormitory.

“I’m really going to sleep well tonight. I’m so tired I could die.”

“That’s right. Our dorm… is that it?”

The first-year dormitory stood tall on the lawn.

The dormitory was built in the style of a ‘glass curtain wall’, also known as a glass palace, with the blue glass covering the exterior walls sparkling in the evening sunlight.

“Oh my god… … We’re sleeping here?”

Sega looked up at the dormitory with his mouth wide open.

‘Will there be hot water too?’

It was an unimaginable luxury for someone from the slums.

“Why are you so surprised? This is standard in New Seoul.”

Kyeom made an embarrassed expression and grabbed Sega.

The dormitory lobby had white marble walls and floors, and a chandelier hung from the ceiling.

Sega let out a gasp with every step he took, and Gyeom gave him a look telling him not to act like a country bumpkin.

“Here it is. Oh. Take this too.”

Sega received the room key from the housemaster, and also received a 007 bag containing a wad of money.

I left it with the faculty and staff during the entrance ceremony and classes, and then decided to pick it up at the dormitory.

“What is that?”

“……there is.”

Kyeom asked, and Sega tried to avoid answering.

While waiting for the elevator, I noticed identical twin buildings.

There were bridges here and there, so it was easy to cross and come back.

“Hmm. Is that the second-year dormitory?”

“No. First year girls’ dorm.”

“What? Is that okay? Can’t we all just cross over? We can even meet up secretly at night.”

Sega was startled, and Gyeom gave him another look.

“Don’t be so surprised. We’re not meeting secretly. Dating is encouraged even in school.”

“Recommend?”

As I went up the elevator, there was a vending machine selling free contraceptives in the lobby.

Sega just opened his eyes wide and opened his mouth.

“… …Is that what I think it is?”

As someone who came from a poor family, he was precocious about sex, but he never expected to show it so openly in this splendid glass palace.

Kyeom shrugged and continued.

“’I’ll marry my lover when this battle is over!’ This kind of line is often called a death flag. However, in reality, if you have a lover, you feel a sense of responsibility, so you don’t go on reckless hunts, and the chances of you coming back alive increase. By relying on each other, you can overcome the desire to drop out or pass difficult exams.”

“ah.”

“Besides, wouldn’t the kids who would do it say that they don’t have that?”

“Yeah, that’s right.”

“It’s more important who you meet.”

“Okay, okay. Okay, let’s find a room quickly! What kind of dirty conversation is this, two young men?”

Sega shook off the curse and walked out to his room.

The lobby and hallways weren’t just filled with vending machines selling contraceptives.

Cigarettes with sedative and stimulant ingredients made from the leaves of the plant kingdom’s magic tree, sleeping pills that help you sleep without dreams, and even drinks similar to alcohol made from the leaves and fluids of the plant kingdom’s magic tree.

Everything that minors shouldn’t do was there.

Sega asked, looking at a drink that looked like alcohol.

“… … Where I used to live, no one ever complained, so is this okay?”

Kyeom shrugged his shoulders.

“In fact, raising us as hunters is a violation of international conventions. Even if they are over 15 years old, they are still child soldiers. So strictly speaking, our Shinseoul is not a national educational institution, but rather a kind of private academy.”

“That’s right.”

“Also, that doesn’t actually contain alcohol, nicotine, or tar. It’s just a byproduct of marijuana that has a similar effect.”

“Hmm.”

“It’s funny to talk about physical immaturity when you’re an awakened person who can’t even be burned or poisoned. Later on, when you take midterms or finals, there are times when your group members die or you get seriously injured. If you don’t have that, you’ll go crazy. More than anything.”

Sega looked at Kyeom, and Kyeom smirked.

“There is a special law regarding the Awakened, so we are treated as adults under labor laws and military service laws starting at age 15. If a conscription order or martial law is declared due to a gate riot or war, Hunters have to go out and fight. Of course, alcohol falls under the jurisdiction of the Youth Protection Act, but if you make a law to shield us from bullets in the event of war, you can’t ban us from drinking alcohol, right?”

“That’s really funny. Yeah. But let’s drink later, not today.”

“Of course! I have no intention of being a jerk from the second day.”

Sega asked with a feeling of surprise and wonder in his heart.

“But where on earth did you learn that? You really know it.”

He acted coyly as if humility was nothing special.

“I told you that my parents work for the Scavenger Guild. Since we have to follow in the footsteps of such great people, we hear a lot of stories. Of course, I’m a bit well-informed! Hahahaha.”

Segawa Kyou found his dorm room and inserted the key.

The doorknob turned with a clanking sound.

“Do you think I’ll just give in obediently?”

The moment the door opened, a male student ran out and swung his fist.

“what?”

Kyeom screamed, and Sega stepped forward and blocked the way with his body.

“Get out of the way!”

Zzz!

A fist collided with Sega’s face, a metallic crack sounded, and the wrist of the boy who had jumped out was bent at an odd angle.

“Ahh!”

Se-ga stood firm without even blinking an eye, and pushed the boy’s chest hard with the palm of his hand.

thud!

The boy fell to the floor with such force that it seemed as if he had been hit.

“No! Save me!”

He curled into a ball and screamed.

Sega asked with a very embarrassed look.

I clearly attacked first and counterattacked, but I heard them begging for my life.

“What are you doing all of a sudden?”

The curly-haired boy looked terrified.

“You, you didn’t come here because of me?”

Kyeom shook his head.

“I don’t know who or what happened outside, but we are your roommates.”

The curly-haired man made a face of defeat, then suddenly sat up and lowered his head.

“I’m sorry. I’m really sorry! I misunderstood.”

“Yeah, yeah.”

“Me, my name is Park Garam. I’m really sorry.”

“Okay, then get out of the way.”

Kyeom skipped over Garam and went into the room, and Sega lightly helped Garam up and went into the room.

“I’m comfortable inside, what about you?”

“I like the window seat.”

We made our beds, unpacked our luggage in our closets, and put our valuables in our personal safes.

Garam was crouching on the bed, watching the two.

‘Should I ask what’s going on?’

Sega winked at Kyeom, who responded with a text message.

[It’s not our place to interfere. We don’t know the details, and there’s no way to know who did something wrong. A hunter should solve his own problems. Besides, it’s a good thing he’s not a very strong Awakener. What would have happened if he had attacked with lightning or fire?]

[Yeah, that’s right. Now that I think about it, I guess that was something I should be more upset about.]

[Wow. I’m seeing high-ranking hunters become insensitive to the world in real time right before my eyes. Behold the spirit of the future S-class.]

Sega burst into laughter and asked Kyeom in a voice.

“What are you going to do now? I heard earlier that there was a self-training center, so I was thinking of going there.”

“Kyeom answered, wearing a comfortable fleece over his school uniform.

“I need to meet some more kids. The secret to information is diligence.”

“Okay. See you later then.”

Sega left the room.

Garam was shivering on the bed until the moment the two left.

* * *

The autonomous training grounds of the Shinseoul Hunter Academy were divided by grade level.

Because the gap in power between grades was so large, even if the older grades tried to do something bad to the younger grades, the younger grades would not be able to resist.

However, the gap in power was not limited to only between grades.

“Hey. Let’s go play.”

“I told you we prepared the alcohol and everything?”

“Don’t be so strict from day one.”

Four male students surrounded Choi Seon-mi, a fresh-looking female student with short hair.

Seonmi, who was standing in front of the treadmill, could neither come nor go, but just looked around.

“I, I have to train.”

“I’ll help you later. Okay?”

The male student, who had awakened as a fairly powerful telekinesis, lifted Sunmi up whole while letting out a bitter laugh.

“… … !”

She couldn’t even scream, she just flailed her arms and legs.

At that moment, a cold voice was heard from the entrance.

“Let’s just do it. I told you I don’t want to.”

“who……!”

One of the boys, feeling he had been interrupted, shouted and turned his head away.

He must have had the courage to come forward, trying to steal the female student he had become close with.

“… …What’s the situation?”

However, the opponent was not A, a boy who was trying to act good, but Jeong-Se, who had been promised through a growth potential test that he would one day become a demigod with a high probability.

[The person who gave the speech was in the 78% range. I’m really jealous.]

[Shock. Three toothpicks are thrown at Kang Joo-hyuk at the same time.]

[Were those clothes originally white?]

He was nearly half a head taller than the other students, and in telekinesis class, he handled three toothpicks at the same time from the first day. In body mechanics class, his entire body was white. There were all kinds of eyewitness accounts actively being posted on the school’s SNS.

“Let’s go!”

“We have a lot to do.”

“Never run away!”

The four disappeared like the wind, Jeong Se-ga smiled faintly, and Choi Seon-mi breathed a sigh of relief.

“Thank you. Everyone pretended not to know. Are you Sega? My name is Seonmi.”

“What’s the point of being thankful? Were they really that strong?”

“You were stronger than me. You were stronger than the kids who were desperate enough to come here from day one.”

“You’re stupid. What were you going to do when you got stronger later?”

Sega said it sincerely.

The stories of hunters who broke through the 1% and 2% odds to reach A- and S-class were famous.

Sega also dreamed of becoming a hunter after seeing such a story.

Seonmi laughed in vain when she heard that.

“Okay, that would be great.”

“I came here to play crow, what are you going to do?”

“I have to run on the treadmill first. I don’t have enough magic power and I’m not good at body stamina, so even if I block it, it hurts.”

For a moment, Sega recalled the stories told by the slum school bullies about their physical training.

“Instead of this, try interval training on a non-motorized treadmill.”

“Interval training?”

“Run like you’re going to die for one minute, then run slowly for two minutes, then run like you’re going to die for another minute. If you repeat this, your stamina will increase quickly. There’s a lot of magic power in the air here, so your magic power will increase quickly too.”

Seonmi raised her head slightly and smiled bashfully.

“You are kind.”

“Not really.”

Sega leisurely approached the cactus.

‘I might have been a bit S-class just now.’

Hiding those thoughts.