episode_0071

‘What? Are you the guy who came here to whine because you wanted to give up too late?’

Darcy looked puzzled and said, putting both legs off the table.

“Come in.”

As she shouted loudly, the door opened and a male student came in.

Darcy tilted his head slightly as he saw the boy.

‘What? Was there a kid like that in my class?’

What should I say… … He was a student who strangely did not catch my eye.

I wasn’t talking about trivial things like appearance or body type.

It felt as if in a world full of chromatic colors, the boy was the only one who was transparent and achromatic.

‘What should I say… … I feel like I’m not looking at a living, moving person, but rather a background decoration like seaweed that moves in the direction of the flowing water.’

When Darcy was so curious.

“Hello, Professor Darcy.”

The boy introduced himself with a slight bow.

“My name is Do Yu-jin, one of the students in Professor’s class.”

Do Yu-jin finished speaking and raised her head.

“I came to see you for advice from the professor.”

“Okay, then sit down for a moment.”

Darcy, hearing Do Yu-jin’s words, snapped out of his thoughts and put out the cigarette in his mouth.

I had a rough idea of what kind of consultation they would have, but I just wanted to make it a bit more formal.

“Are you here to ask how to get out of the circle?”

“No, that’s not it.”

“Huh? No?”

“Yes, I plan on staying in the circle.”

Darcy looked puzzled by the unexpected answer and asked.

“Then why did you come to my room?”

Do Yu-jin thought about it for a moment after hearing that.

‘The Ellis I know would definitely use her position as principal to intervene in the operation of the circle and then slowly come up with something to find me hiding inside.’

That is, Do Yu-jin had come to avoid that trick in advance.

By using only the power of students.

“Nothing else. I came here to tell you that I want to skip the upcoming basic physical training class.”

“Want to skip basic physical training class?”

Darcy asked back with a dumbfounded expression.

“Yes.”

“Do you think that’s possible now?”

“Of course not.”

Darcy’s expression became strange.

His face looked like he was thinking, ‘Is this kid trying to joke around with me right now?’

“But I know it’s possible if there’s a good reason.”

“Well, of course it’s possible if there’s a good reason.”

Glance-

“But I don’t think you can do it?”

Darcy said that and stared at Do Yu-jin.

“If you wanted to skip basic physical class like you wanted, there would have to be something wrong with your body that would prevent you from attending class… … You look perfectly fine to me.”

Darcy tilted his head slightly after finishing speaking.

“What else? Are you provoking me because you want to be a slanderer right now?”

“No, I’m saying this because I think it’s really possible.”

Do Yu-jin said that and pointed at her body with her finger.

“I may look fine on the outside, but in reality, there’s a curse on my body.”

“A curse?”

Darcy’s face hardened slightly.

However, doubt and wonder were still evident in her eyes.

“It doesn’t look like you’re cursed?”

“So I lived half my life without knowing that I was under a curse. But this time, a man I met at an exhibition told me that I had a really bad curse.”

Do Yu-jin said calmly.

“I heard it’s a curse that runs through your blood.”

“… … What kind of curse is this?”

When Darcy spoke with a dubious tone, Do Yu-jin spoke confidently.

“A curse that makes you a huge body.”

“… … What?”

“A curse that makes you a huge body.”

Do Yu-jin looked at Darcy, who was blankly staring at her with her mouth open, and spoke confidently.

‘It’s not that I’m disabled because of a curse, it’s just because I have no talent… … Well, it doesn’t make much of a difference, so I guess it’s not a problem.’

Do Yu-jin looked at Darcy while trying to convince herself like that.

“Ha, okay. Let’s say you have that curse.”

Darcy, who had been frozen for a moment, spoke with an expression that seemed to indicate that he did not understand why he had to continue this useless dialogue.

“But what does that have to do with you having to miss your morning workout?”

“Well, I’m so out of shape that running is impossible.”

“Haa… … ”

Darcy let out a sigh that came from the depths of his lungs.

I could see in his eyes that he was hesitating whether or not to hit the guy, but since Do Yu-jin was speaking so seriously, he seemed to be holding back for now.

“So what? You want to keep skipping basic physical training classes?”

“No, to be exact, I’d like to ask you something else during the basic physical training class.”

Do Yu-jin took a deep breath.

What Do Yu-jin was about to say was, frankly, almost forced.

But still, Do Yu-jin was confident that her words would be accepted.

“No matter how difficult it is, I want to receive separate training from Professor Darcy.”

“To me?”

That’s understandable, because she was the kindest and most gentle-hearted professor in the circle, although she looked a little scary on the outside, and liked students who had a desire to learn.

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“Whew, it seems like it’s been a while since I’ve had a proper workout.”

“Yeah, but it’s better because I feel better after just running a few laps around the track.”

“There must be a reason why superhumans who earn a lot of money install gravity training first. Even though it’s expensive, it’s worth the money.”

“I wonder if I’ll regret it later after I graduate?”

“Ugh! Ugh! What’s so disappointing about this, you muscle-bound bastards.”

As two large boys in casual gym clothes were talking, another boy who had just finished circling the playground joined in, out of breath.

“Keep your mouth shut! I feel like I’m going to suffocate and die right now?”

“Tsk tsk, that’s because you’re a weak wizard.”

“How much do you have to not exercise to be that tired after just 10 laps around the track? If you become a superhuman, your basic physical abilities will improve.”

The boy gritted his teeth at the sight of his two friends clicking their tongues.

“Hey! I’m also training with gravity enhancement?!”

“What’s wrong with that? It’s only about 1.2 times.”

“We ran with gravity tripled?”

While they were bickering like that, a little way away from them, three students were each taking a break in their own way.

“Haa! My body is dripping wet and sweaty! How beautiful!”

“There is also this type of training. It is a training method I could not have imagined when I was in the village.”

“Hoo… … ”

“… … ”

Sunny Ozment, Fuma Shigure, Han Si-yeon, Erio to Vista.

These four people were currently considered the strongest in Class 3, both officially and unofficially.

“They’re really on a different level. Didn’t they even jump at 10 times the gravity?”

“That would mean that he has excellent physical abilities or the ability to strengthen his body through magic power.”

“Or maybe all of them.”

Should we call it an eagle among sparrows?

Even though they received the same training, the way they acted was literally on a different level.

Because of this, most students were busy looking at them and gossiping.

“Have you seen Fuma Shigure? Judging from the fact that his face is hidden by a mask, he seems to be an assassin-type ability user. Maybe that’s why he runs incredibly fast.”

“I’m Erio to Vista, he’s more amazing. The other two guys look like they’ve trained, but he followed them with a body that didn’t look like he’d trained at all.”

“But how was Sunny Ozment? I was too busy running to see it.”

“Him? I don’t know because I haven’t seen him.”

“Huh? What, why?”

“What is he like… … ”

“Well, it’s a bit uncomfortable to watch.”

The students who were talking glanced away.

Then Sunny Ozment appeared, posing like a statue with her top off.

Although it hasn’t been that long, Sunny Ozment’s narcissism is already well known.

“… … ”

At that time, Erio looked around quietly and wondered.

‘Where is Eugene?’

Because he said he didn’t want to stand out, Erio usually took classes away from Doyujin.

Even though I could usually tell when Do Yu-jin was nearby through something like a sixth sense, I couldn’t feel that at all now.

‘He disappeared again, leaving me behind.’

While Erio was being so upset, other students also had similar doubts.

“But where did Professor Darcy go?”

“I don’t know. He told us to do some warm-up exercises and then disappeared.”

“Are you going to prepare for the next class?”

“Didn’t you just go to the bathroom?”

When the students were each presenting their own reasoning.

“Haa… … ”

Darcy let out a deep sigh as he faced the first huge challenge of his life.

“You said Do Yu-jin, right? First of all, I know very well that you didn’t lie.”

“I feel good that I gained your trust.”

“Really? Then let me ask you one question.”

Darcy looked down at Do Yu-jin, who was covered in dust all over her body and bleeding from the nose with wounds here and there, and said as if he truly could not understand.

“How on earth have you been alive until now?”

Do Yu-jin thought about it for a moment and then said.

“I kept struggling because I didn’t want to die, and somehow I managed to survive.”

Those were words full of sincerity.