Chapter 252 – Chapter 252 Hero Academy (3-59)
While driving the car, Seong Soo-ah glanced at me and smiled.
“Thank you so much for coming with me.”
“I’m worried that I might have gotten into trouble for nothing.”
“Please. Rather, if it wasn’t for Instructor Seong Soo-ho, I might not have been able to convince cadet Seo Ji-eun.”
She told me before that she had managed to persuade me to enter the school.
It is said that she was inclined to not go because she was attacked during the discussion of whether or not to go on a field trip.
“I always feel that Instructor Seong Su-ho is amazing.”
“Yes? Me?”
“Whoops… How to say… Sometimes he is like a child, but at other times he is like a teacher with a lot of experience in life.”
“Uh… Is that a compliment?”
“Sure!”
Seong Soo-ah laughed out loud, she answered, and then suddenly began to be silent.
She had nothing to say, so she wondered if it was because she was shy, so when she was thinking about bringing up a topic, she opened her mouth with a gloomy expression.
“I’m sorry about earlier.”
“Yes? What?”
“That… I was accused of being weird.”
It was only then that I remembered Sung Soo-ah asking me about her relationship with Park Hee-yeon.
I forgot about it because she didn’t really care.
“What are you sorry about? Did something bad happen with Hero Park Hee-yeon?”
“That is… I’m worried because she was one of the radical seniors in the past.”
Her personality is a bit easygoing, and although she is selfish, she is a bit ambiguous to call it radical.
In fact, I don’t know if she really had that kind of personality during her cadet days, so it was the first time I’d seen Seong Soo-ah say such a demeaning thing about her others.
I nodded her head and said.
“I couldn’t give you my contact information because my smart watch just broke that day…. It seems you had other ideas.”
“All right! I’m not a bad person… It can be a little annoying when you get close.”
What a great deterrent….
So the story about Park Hee-yeon ended and the topic of what happened earlier turned around again.
“Was it Lee Se-hyung?”
“Yes.”
“I was surprised by the sudden change.”
The butler who was roughing Seong Soo-ah earlier.
Even if I wanted to forget, I couldn’t.
“You are usually a good person. Maybe… It’s because it’s related to Jieun. Don’t worry too much about it.”
“Hmm….”
Even if I wanted to not care, I couldn’t.
A pseudonym, a demonic temperament, and a sudden change of personality, and… Strange master-servant relationship.
‘Well, since I’ve been around for a long time, I might rather be in charge of education.’
A butler is not a servant.
They are the ones who play the role of an aide to lead the house.
Even the landlords are beings who can strongly express their opinions.
‘What… I hope we don’t have to meet again later.’
Because of the previous argument, the first impression didn’t look that good.
And one last thing came to mind.
‘Armonia, are Seo Ji-eun’s parents famous?’
[It is not included in the basic information that was handed over to us once. It looks like you’re not an ordinary person, so why don’t you try searching with a smart watch?]
‘Okay, I’ll try later. It doesn’t matter if it’s a really famous person.’
It’s not a big deal, but if Seo Ji-eun used the expression that she was an object of envy, she’s a famous person, so there’s nothing wrong with knowing it.
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“Sorry for bringing you together over the weekend. Once we start with the main topic, we plan to proceed with the field trip to the magic department.”
At the words of the principal, the magi instructors and assistant instructors in the conference room started to stir.
Several instructors expressed concern to the principal, but the principal clearly expressed his will to enforce it.
“I understand your concerns. But please keep in mind that the safety of our cadets today does not guarantee their safety in the future.”
“….”
“And this time, the wise men from the tower contacted me saying they would direct the cadets.”
“!”
The principal’s words had a tremendous aftermath.
It was to the point that Seongsu, who had been calm, opened her bunny eyes and asked the principal if it was real.
“And the important thing is that this time, the magi instructors….”
The moment the principal opened his mouth, the conference room door opened and someone entered.
I happened to be standing near the door of the meeting room, and I was able to make eye contact with the person entering.
‘Yes? That kid from last time.’
The head of the tower was a kid who did everything.
As soon as she entered, her eyes met mine and she started looking up at me.
Wanting to see his temperament, the moment he was about to speak via telecommunication, everyone in the conference room suddenly stood up and started looking at the kid with a surprised expression.
“Yes, Mr. Yeriel!?”
“Ah… Sorry. I heard a story related to the Tower while passing by, so I went in.”
She glanced at me, then approached the principal and opened her mouth.
“I’m sorry for coming in so suddenly.”
“It’s okay.”
“Just when the story I requested came out, I thought it would be better to say it with my own mouth, so I came in.”
The little girl called Yeriel began to explain calmly to the magistrates.
“Looks like I’ve heard that the magic department tour is going on… Everyone should know that there are only a few cadets in the department, so all the cadets attend the field trip.”
Unlike Ki-gwa, Ma-gwa tends to drastically decrease in the number of students each year.
Injury, lack of talent, frustration… For various reasons, the number of cadets in Ma Gwa differed by more than 10 times between enrolled students and graduates.
As a result, there was no reason to select the magi cadets who were already honor students separately, or to select them by lottery.
“And… To start with the main topic, I wanted you to personally participate in this field trip, so I came here myself.”
“Ah….”
Among the magi instructors, only Seong Soo-ah was relieved.
Everyone was showing a slightly embarrassed look.
Teaching the cadets is a lot of trouble, but it wouldn’t have been what they wanted to support from the field to field trips.
However, not everyone expressed their dissatisfaction easily.
‘The group president comes and pats me on the shoulder and entrusts me with a project, and I’m sure no crazy person will say anything about it.’
I giggled inwardly and looked at Yeriel.
‘Armonia, show me your temperament.’
[All right.]
‘Hmm… There are more people who use pseudonyms than you think….’
Unlike Goh Choong-shin or Gi Chul-ho, who had used pseudonyms so far, it was a little cute.
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Name: On Areum
-Temperament-
[Magic], [Single-mindedness], [Highest order], [Calm]….
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Looking at his appearance, it was difficult to understand his personality because he was quite expressionless and quiet, but looking at his temperament, he showed that he was born with the temperament of a good man.
However, looking at his temperament such as [Suspiciousness] And [Seeing eyes] In the middle, I wondered if he was an old man who had gone through all the prenatal troubles unlike his appearance.
And….
‘Why are you staring at me like that….’
[First of all, it would be better to be careful not to arouse suspicion as the opponent is the opponent.]
‘No! A kid threw a snowball fight at me, but I’m not going to back down like this!’
[….]
The snowball fight became my victory as Yeriel closed her eyes.
And with my victory, the meeting could be concluded with a reward.
“Okay then, let’s end today’s meeting. Everyone, please prepare for the field trip tomorrow.”
After the meeting was over, I left the meeting room and immediately started talking to Sung Soo-ah.
“Maybe we’ll be together all week.”
“Take good care of me.”
The field trip was conducted by the instructors and assistant instructors in each class.
It was a natural result because there was no need to mix it.
I was about to ask Seong Soo-ah about this and that, wondering if I should prepare something for the field trip.
“I see you often.”
“Ah! Yeriel.”
As Yeriel approaches, she starts staring at me again.
‘Did you come here to make fun of me for losing the snowball fight!?’
[… She doesn’t seem that childish.]
… What? Are you going to turn me around?
Seong Soo-ah immediately grasped her mood and started introducing me to Yeri-el.
“Ah, Miss Yeriel. This is Instructor Seong Su-ho, who is in charge of the magic department with me.”
“Hello. This is Assistant Instructor Seong Su-ho.”
“That… Instructor Seong Soo-ho….”
“… ?”
While Seongsu-ah was looking at me and making her embarrassed face, Yeriel reached out her hand to me and asked her to shake her hand.
“I’m Yeriel. Nice to meet you.”
“Nice to meet you.”
It was the moment when I reached out and grabbed Yeriel’s dainty hand.
Dig!
“!!”
“Uh!?”
“Yes?”
As soon as Yeriel shook her hand with me, she let go of her handshake with an expression of surprise that had never been seen before, and pulled her own arm into her own at lightning speed.
It wasn’t just Yeriel who was surprised.
I was also surprised, and Sung Soo-ah was also surprised by that appearance and looked around me and Yeriel.
“That… Did I do anything wrong?”
“….”
Yeriel didn’t answer my question and just looked at me with a very wary look.
He looked at me with vigilant eyes for several tens of seconds, kneaded his palms, and then hardened his expression again.
“Sorry. The electricity suddenly went up….”
“… Yes.”
Did ten million volts flow from my hand like Pikachu?
While I was making a puzzled expression, Yeriel looked at Seong Soo-ah and me alternately, then said to Seong Soo-ah.
“Wait, can we talk privately?”
“Ah… All right.”
“Then I will leave. Enough….”
I said goodbye to the two and left the place.
And even while leaving, Yeriel’s eyes continued to look at me.
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‘Hmm… Are you over 100 years old?’
According to Armonia’s explanation, the age of the little girl named Yeriel was about 130.
At that level, I wondered if she wasn’t preservative skin, but preservative itself.
[That’s right. But what you need to be careful of is that only Suho knows about your age.]
‘Yes? What are you talking about? Isn’t it like a record?’
[This information was held by the head of the monster, and it is said that there are only a handful of people who know exactly how old Yeriel is.]
‘I’ll have to be careful not to make a mistake.’
Besides that, she was a person I didn’t want to get close to because she was uncomfortable with something.
Rather than hating Yeriel, she seemed wary of me more than I thought.
And she remembered the revenge she had taken on Park Hee-yeon and Oh Jin-ho before.
‘I can’t do useless nonsense like last time.’
At that time, she did it out of vengeance, but this time, she decided to restrain herself as much as possible even if something unpleasant happened.
[Above all, considering the level of the characters supported by the tower, it would be better to hold your breath as much as possible this time.]
‘That sage?’
According to Armonia, it is a group with great magic skills.
It means that if I act clumsily and act suspiciously, I won’t get over it as easily as Park Hee-yeon and Oh Jin-ho did.
‘Well, you have to be careful…. Then let’s go get something to eat.’
It was evening, and it was the moment I was about to head to the restaurant.
Tuk-tuk.
“Yes?”
Suddenly someone stabbed me in the back from behind.
And when I look back, what I see….
“Where have you been all day today?”
It was Cho Seo-hyun.
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“… So, as soon as I came back from the field trip, I went to the student’s house and then came back and attended the meeting right away?”
“Yes.”
In the beginning, Seohyun took the pork cutlet with a fork and sighed as she began to mutter to herself.
“Stupid….”
“Yes?”
Why? Why am I stupid….
“In that case, you have to be able to say no. What if you listen to this request and that request? You must have been tired for a week, but it’s hard to buy it….”
Haha… Still, life is a problem. I would have done the same if there was a kid like that among the cadets.”
“….”
Cho Seo-hyun suddenly twitched at the corners of her mouth and snorted.
“What… I admit to working hard.”
After laughing like that, he put the tonkatsu in his mouth and started munching.
It was like having a meal with a child.
Super Seohyeon noticed my gaze, and she hesitated and opened her mouth.
“Come to think of it… This week… Do you have time after the tour?”
“… ? Yes, I always have time after work.”
“Then this week, this weekend….”
It was when Cho Seo-hyeon was hesitant to say something.
“Hi.”
“… What, what is it Why are you here?”
Yeriel set the tray beside her and sat down in her chair with her groan as she opened her mouth.
“Could I come to play?”
“Eww….”
Yeriel looked at Seohyun’s food tray in seconds, and she started to joke around with her expressionless expression.
“You still like tonkatsu?”
“No! It’s not a sin to like it, is it?”
“I just said, ‘You like tonkatsu?’?”
“Ah-oh….”
Yeriel teased Seohyun in the beginning, and after she played a prank, she started staring at me.
She has a nasty look with the person she just swore to avoid.
‘Water… I will need a lot.’
[….]
She thought her throat would burn because of her gaze, so she went back and forth from the water purifier several times to get some water and drink it.
