Chapter 21 – 9. Admission (1)
The one and only academy in the Empire aims to teach the dignity of nobles and responsibility for the power of the Awoken.
At the academy, students are taught the culture and etiquette of nobles, how to handle attributes, and combat training.
However, this does not mean that the academy only accepts Awoken as students. Anyone can apply to the academy, even non-awakened students, as long as they can afford the expensive tuition. Mainly, children of nobles who have not awakened or those who want to build relationships enter this way.
However, they must prove that they can participate in combat training without attributes by passing the entrance exam.
[Freshman No. 80, Jeon Ji-hye. Entering Forest District 4.]
Also, Awakeners whose admissions have already been confirmed can take the test if they wish. This is because students can receive advance credit for some basic classes based on their achievements on the exam.
All 22 of our class decided to take the test. I was honestly very surprised. Of course, since all of our friends are doing it, there might be some kids who were swept away by it and said they would do it, but it was amazing that most of them showed enthusiasm for the exam.
Those who were busy playing or resting until recently.
Minho said it was all thanks to me. They said they were impressed by my appearance in the duel.
In the end, the empire couldn’t find the 5 missing members of our class until after winter ended and spring came. Where are they now and what are they doing?
Anyway, we were sitting huddled together in the exam waiting room, watching wisdom walking among the trees of the forest on a magic screen floating in the air.
Yes. It is a forest.
Right after being summoned, I and Jihye, Lee Hyunwoo, and Baek Namgyu filmed a survival story out of nowhere in the forest of the academy.
The stage of this entrance test is a forest, and the content of the test is to find a goblin colony and annihilate its members.
“Oh, that’s where you guys were summoned! What do goblins look like?!”
“Seungwoo, shut up. PTSD is about to come.”
“… Shit. Why…”
“It’s okay, dude. You’ve worked hard for a month.”
This test evaluates the search ability to find a village by analyzing the traces of goblins, and the combat ability to defeat the goblins. Even if it is not successful, it is said that partial points exist according to the process.
Wisdom walks leisurely among the trees, as if there is no hurry. Just looking at it, it looks like a young lady is out for a picnic and taking a walk.
[Reconaice Lifa.]
However, the gray wave of her magical energy emanating from her was destroying her peaceful atmosphere.
Judging from the rapid withering of the grass at the feet of Wisdom, it is clear that Mana has the [Death] Attribute.
[Found.]
Wisdom muttered on the other side of the screen and suddenly changed the direction she was walking. After that, I started walking in a straight line towards the goblin colony I found.
The function of the magic just used was originally to grasp the terrain within a radius of 200m, but Wisdom implemented it by changing it to a magic that detects only vitality within a radius of 2km through her attributes.
She will score extremely high in that she can already apply her attributes to her magic.
A goblin village appeared before such wisdom. It is larger than the villages encountered in the forest before.
The three magic arrows shot by Wisdom pierced the three goblins’ necks, killing them at the same time.
[Kiek?! Meh!]
[Kiaaaaag!!]
The rest of her goblins found her and attacked her, but they couldn’t inflict her wounds on her. This is because these are the ones that the academy directly bred to use safely as training monsters.
It’s a fact that I often forget because I’ve been taking magic classes with me lately, but Ji-hye’s motor nerves are quite good.
In the end, after 10 minutes, all that remained were the goblin corpses decapitated by the magic of wisdom and the sword.
A smile bloomed on Ji-hye’s face as she looked down at the bloody sword that couldn’t be hidden even through the screen.
“At that level, practicality shouldn’t be a problem.”
Search and fight. As a freshman, there was nothing lacking.
“Freshman number 92, Jeong Ji-hoo? Please wait in front of the exam hall soon.”
Following the guidance of the faculty, I headed to a different test center from Wisdom. The academy forest was so large that tests were being held in several places at the same time.
[Freshman No. 92, Jeong Ji-hoo. Enter Forest District 8.]
As soon as I entered, I focused my elemental magic on my eyes. As the field of vision opens up, visual data that can never be accepted by ordinary eyes floods in.
One of the ways to use the Cheonan is the Cheonan (千里眼).
Thanks to this, I can clearly see the ant from a very long distance, and I can see the flower hidden behind it through the rock.
Before long, I found a colony of goblins. 700 m northeast of here. Twelve goblins in total.
‘How will we do it?’
You can just blow a magic storm in a straight line towards the village from here and grind it along with the trees on the way. But for some reason, it feels too ignorant.
I created a pointed spear by forging sky blue magic. The number is twelve.
At my light gesture, the spears pierced the air and flew towards their respective targets. This concludes the practical test.
I entered the woods and successfully completed the given goal without taking ten steps.
At the end of my field of vision, I see goblins who lost their lives without even getting a chance to resist.
“······.”
I also don’t feel anything.
No sympathy, no guilt, no respect for life.
But why was it like that then?
I remembered my duel with Kyle. At that time, I planned to attack Kyle’s gap and stab him in one eye. In fact, my fingers had slightly dug into his eyelids.
But I hesitated for a moment.
On Earth, an eyeball rupture is a serious serious injury that leads to permanent blindness, but in another world, there is no major problem as long as it is treated in time. I was clearly aware of this fact, and at the time, outstanding priests were on standby for treatment.
It was my will that stretched out my hand, and it was my unconsciousness that stopped the movement of my fingers.
Does it accept harming humans on a different level, like killing monsters and enemies, goblins?
I’ve seen people die on Earth, but I didn’t get blood on my hands.
Remnants of the values on Earth still remain.
This is not good.
This world is clearly more dangerous than Earth. It is not a peaceful world where swords and magic can be stopped just because the enemy is a human.
I need to find a solution urgently.
* * *
After all the practical tests, there was a written test. The writing was done in a way to solve several problems within a certain amount of time for each subject, like a school exam. I took five subjects: language, arithmetic, magic, history, and social studies.
Unfortunately, the writing was not as easy as the actual writing. The exam was very difficult, and there were a few problems I couldn’t solve.
This is unavoidable. It is impossible to acquire all of the subjects with only a brief common sense education for 3 months after being summoned. There was no way he could achieve better grades than the sons of nobles who received systematic education in their families from childhood.
This time, he gave up his first place in the entire school, but he will not give up after entering the school.
After the written exam, we moved into the academy dormitory. The dormitory is largely divided into high nobles only, low nobles only, and commoners only. We had been living in the imperial palace, but strictly speaking we were not from the original family, so we entered the commoners’ dormitory.
I was appointed as the fiancé of 2nd Princess Soniel. Her royal betrothal is customarily treated as royalty, but her betrothal is unknown except to her imperial family and a handful of high-ranking nobles.
This was because I was concerned about the backlash that would arise from me getting engaged to the princess, who hadn’t achieved anything yet. Some will understand that I am a mythical attribute, but there will surely be nobles who feel that that alone is not enough as the princess’ consort.
It doesn’t end with properties. It is only when there is effort and persistence to develop this that you can acquire skills that match your talent. The title of No. 1 in the entire academy will prove my achievements.
Somehow, it became like a secret relationship (?) With Soniel. She has already graduated from the academy, but after me, she said that this time she will be appointed as the academy’s director.
From my point of view, it is welcome because useful connections and great fuck houses are coming nearby.
So my class entered the dormitory building with other commoner students,
“Okay then! To the green freshmen! Cheers!”
“Braided!”
“Nice to meet you!”
Before I could unpack all my luggage, I was kidnapped for a drink.
‘? What’s this.’
The large restaurant, arrived with the ignorant guidance of the seniors, was already set with a lot of snacks and drinks such as soup, meat, and fries.
I looked at the liquor in front of me. A large glass is filled to the brim with a yellow beverage, and bubbles continue to rise to the surface.
“·······.”
Anyone can see it’s beer.
Every day at the imperial palace, drinking only the finest wine with tender steak, seeing this, it feels familiar yet strange.
After each person took a sip from the toast, a man who seemed to be the representative of the seniors stood up.
“Hello everyone! Are you embarrassed? I’m Ian, the president of the academy commoners’ dormitory! Nice to meet you!”
As Ian lowered his head, awkward applause was heard from all directions. He had brown hair and a stocky body.
“This place is a tradition and pride of our commoners’ dormitory! It’s a welcome party for freshmen! The boring orientation like the introduction to the academy will be held tomorrow, so let’s get to know each other while eating and drinking for now!”
Today is three days before the entrance ceremony. Apparently, there seems to be a culture of drinking among commoner students. The atmosphere is very different from the classy academy banquet I attended last time.
We introduced ourselves, starting with Ian and going clockwise. There were 30 freshmen and 6 seniors.
The probability of a commoner awakening is extremely low, but there are about 10 of them every year. This year, it seems that there are 8 commoner Awakened students and 22 members of our class, totaling 30 commoner freshmen.
After the self-introduction, silence returned to the restaurant. It is not easy to talk to people who are new to each other. Our class was quiet because we were paying attention to our seniors.
Ian shouted as he looked at the freshmen who only looked at him.
“As expected, the welcome party starts with a drinking game!”
That’s how we divided into 6 groups of 6 people and started a drinking game.
I was in the same group as Jihye and Hyerin, two unknown freshmen, and a female senior.
“Hello! My name is Carolina!”
We introduced ourselves once more among the members, and passed a drink under the lead of the senior.
“I heard rumors. You guys came from another world! Are there drinking games there too?”
“I do, but I don’t know. Do you know anything?”
“I don’t know either…”
The only game I know of is 007 bread.
The senior knows a lot of different games, probably having a lot of drinking experience. We started learning from her one by one.
“Ah, senior, why do you keep attacking only me! I’m doing this for the first time today.”
“Hee hee, originally, drinking games are learned while drinking!”
More fun than expected It’s fun to feel the alcohol gradually accumulating in the body and the skin getting hotter little by little, while juggling the game’s victory or defeat.
It’s been a while since I’ve had such a fun atmosphere. I can see why adults go out drinking. Do all college students on Earth play like this?
Ji-hye pointed to the senior’s undiminished glass and pointed out.
“Your sister hasn’t taken a sip since a while ago!”
“Whoops. If you want me to empty my cup, attack me and knock me down.”
“Ugh…”
She was unable to refute her senior’s words and sank.
“Then how about this?”
Likewise, Hyerin, who was disapprovingly looking at the full glass, suggested one thing.
The method was very effective.
“I am ground starts now!”
“Carolina Net!”
“Carolaina, Carolana, Carol… What is this! A person with a long name like this is at a disadvantage!”
“Hehe.”
I saw Hyerin’s proud expression for the first time today. The alcohol seems to melt away her expressionlessness.
Looking at the clock, it was already past midnight. How are other people playing?
The loudest and most visible group is Joe, which includes Lee An and Choi Ji-hoon. What kind of game are they playing that makes everyone stand up and sing?
Conversely, Minho and Ahyoung’s group is the quietest. They seem to be drinking more for conversation than for games.
Gradually, there were children who got up before getting drunk and went back to their rooms. Groups were reduced from six to four.
“How much did you guys drink?”
“We didn’t drink much.”
Our group merged with Minho’s group. There was no change in Minho’s face, and Ayeong’s cheeks were slightly red.
“This is it, all the newcomers’ handsome and beautiful women have gathered!”
A male senior named Lyle, who was talking to Minho, admired him with a playful and sinister expression. He suggested as he uncapped a new bottle.
“How about we play the truth game this time?”
“Oh, that’s fine!”
With the sympathy of senior Carolina, we started playing the game of truth. It’s a simple game of choosing between truth and alcohol when presented with a question.
“Then, starting with me. Minho and Ayeong, they say they are a couple? How far has Jin gone?”
“Ugh…”
Ahyeong turned her head to Lyle’s mischievous question. I don’t know if her blush was from alcohol or from shame.
“Hmm… Holding hands?”
“Really?”
“Hmm, something platonic. It’s pretty.”
I glanced at Ah-young’s body. The size of her breasts, which could not be hidden even with her loose clothes, stood out.
I couldn’t believe Minho’s answer. If it had been me, I would have gently coaxed her into her bed when she became an adult.
Well, if true, that’s good news for me.
The truth game continued. We took turns asking questions, sometimes telling the truth, sometimes drinking.
I could feel the presence of alcohol growing in my stomach. I guess I’ll have to stop drinking.
“Ummm… I don’t remember anything in particular… Then what about the weight?”
“Geg.”
Minho unknowingly asked a woman a question that should never be said out loud. Wisdom glared at him as if to kill him.
“Mi-sorry. Then something else—”
“A question once asked can’t be canceled~ Come on, Miss Ji-hye, please reveal your weight!”
“Can, drink…”
She turned her head to look at me and asked earnestly.
“Black Knight…?”
“Yes. No. Go back.”
“Hing.”
48kg. The weight of wisdom She can be confident in her own body. From slender limbs and breasts that can be made into paizuri, to a slender body. She has a very curvy body.
But wisdom doesn’t think so. She believes that she is not attractive at all.
I made it. Having almost completely blocked her interactions with others, I continued to tell her the reason why she suddenly became an outcast in middle school.
That way you’ll thank me. While everyone ignores her, her wisdom will look and long for me, the only one left by her side.
Gaslighting begins with repeatedly injecting lies to make the target’s unconscious mind accept it as a matter of course.
‘I’ll raise you for the rest of your life.’
In the end, as if she couldn’t bear to reveal her own inferior weight to others, Jihye closed her eyes and drank.
