Ch.107Chapter 5. Spring Days at the Academy (1)

Vacation to Seoul.

An interview with Platinum Sun Ymir.

Supporting heroine Juliana’s rampage.

The final battle with Snow White Baek Seol-hee.

Union with Qiongqi.

Despite various complications, after briefly resting in Seoul, I returned to Sejong Island.

My magical power status is good.

I recovered quite a bit of the depleted magical power while staying in Seoul, and I replenished my yang energy by eating wild ginseng that the Chairman sent as a gift via special delivery.

The only physical difference between when I left Sejong Island and when I returned is the wound on my left hand.

“Where did you get such a wound?”

“During an argument with my wife, she threw a remote control at me, and I blocked it with my hand.”

“Oh my… Already digging your life’s grave when you’re barely in your late forties…”

“Ha, haha. But we live together because we love each other.”

“Good luck with that. If you’re thinking about divorce, make sure to minimize your liability so you don’t get caught up in family court later. This is absolutely not from personal experience. Definitely not. You may pass!”

No one knows that Do Ji-hwan is the Goblin.

I safely re-entered Sejong Island, and no one suspected or followed me regarding my activities.

“Professor, you’re not avoiding me, are you?”

“I’m genuinely busy.”

“There aren’t even any villains appearing these days, so what could be keeping you so busy? You could be having fun playing games with a college girl!”

“It’s ‘game,’ not ‘gae-im.'”

“I said it that way on purpose!”

Ymir approached me even more aggressively than before.

After I shattered her common sense, Ymir now freely comes in and out of my house, actively appealing to me without any hesitation.

“Aren’t you interested when such a beauty is lying on your bed?”

“I have no intention of treating Ymir that way.”

“What way? Like this? Ouch!”

“It’s cold, so either cover yourself with a blanket or put a coat on.”

“Oh, you just sounded like that vil—ahem. You sounded like that villain. Hmm, which one is the real you…? The librarian? Or… Haha, okay, okay. Don’t glare at me like that.”

“……”

I overlooked something.

The fact that this woman is “Western.”

To be precise, it gets more complicated, but at the very least, I forgot that the environment she grew up in was English-speaking.

“Sorry, but I don’t have time to play games with you. I need to read.”

“Then let’s read together!”

“No. Books should be read alone.”

“Maybe I should just borrow the next volume from the library.”

“If you do something that evil, the Goblin will come find you and say ‘you rascal.'”

“Is that what villains do?”

No matter how my relationship with Ymir has developed, the literary novel I borrowed from the second floor of the library is more important to me.

“How can a man not even glance at a 20-year-old beauty lying on his bed? Isn’t this too much?!”

“Don’t you think it’s too much to come and make such a commotion while someone is reading?”

“Grrrr…! Hmph! I’m going home!”

“I’ll walk you home.”

“Wow, this guy really…!”

There is one person who suspects me, but we’re engaged in a non-confrontational confrontation, each holding something that’s not quite a weakness over the other.

What about the other side?

Snow White, Baek Seol-hee, doesn’t know that Do Ji-hwan is the Goblin.

“Ji-hwan, do you have any plans to visit Ulleungdo? I heard the cherry blossoms along the roads there are really beautiful.”

“I was thinking of going to a hot spring soon. I hurt my hand recently.”

“What? Why? …Which hand?”

“My left hand. My wife and I were in the bathroom and—”

“Oh, I, I see… Sigh.”

Although we still haven’t met directly on Sejong Island, I’m waiting for the day to meet Baek Seol-hee in Ulleungdo.

“Please let me know when you decide on a date. I’ll personally take a look at your left hand.”

“Thank you, Seol-hee. You seemed to have overexerted yourself in Gangwon-do, so please get some rest.”

“You saw that?”

“It was on the news.”

By subtly implying that Do Ji-hwan is the Goblin, it will surely be of great help to me later.

Ymir.

Baek Seol-hee.

To turn these two heroes, these two heroines, into members of the Syndicate through adulterous corruption.

To achieve this bold plan, I went to a hospital in Seoul and got my left hand bandaged and even put in a cast…

“What happened to your arm? Someone like you couldn’t have gotten hurt playing Goblin games.”

“What?”

Pink, the student council president Yoon Yi-seon, who came to borrow a book while I was working, pointed at my cast.

“Goblin games. It’s trending these days.”

“Trending…? What’s that?”

“You don’t know? It’s when people imitate how the Goblin blocked Snow White’s attacks and end up getting hurt. Hmm, you didn’t play around with friends while drinking, did you?”

“Are you making fun of me, Yoon Yi-seon?”

“I’m not making fun of you. It’s just that many people have injured their left hands like that recently.”

“Do I look like someone who would do such a thing?”

“Then how did you get hurt?”

“I got hit during an argument with my wife.”

“……”

“It’s nothing serious. I just call it a marital argument, but it was more like an accident.”

After hearing Yoon Yi-seon’s words, I immediately looked up what “Goblin games” were.

“Goblin games… Found it. Is this it?”

“Yes, that’s right. It’s so popular now that anything could be called Goblin games.”

And I quickly discovered on the internet why this had spread like a trend.

-Goblin Punch! -Goblin Kick!

-Snow White Punch! -Goblin Catching!

-Goblin Fusion! -Goblin Romance!

-Snow Woman Making Challenge!

“Ha.”

What is this kiddie party?

“The fight between Snow White and the Goblin has been officially released. It’s footage from Armored Taejo’s Taegeuk Watch camera. You can’t hear the voices, but you can see the entire battle. People are imitating that fight.”

“But what are all these ‘Goblin Punch’ and such?”

“Everyone’s imitating the Goblin’s techniques. When any technique becomes popular, kids naturally imitate it or use it to bully others.”

“Huh.”

Even though I know most powered individuals in this world are like kids, I didn’t expect them to imitate powered battles like children.

Of course, I’ve known this after living here for half a year.

But still, sometimes it seems a bit excessive.

It was the same with Doji Rider—do people in this world just imitate anything that seems slightly cool?

‘I definitely shouldn’t use techniques like Jigeon or Iron Hammer.’

I should avoid using techniques that could traumatize someone.

Though I think that, there’s no way to prevent such things from spreading through internet video sites or to tell people not to imitate them.

“Shouldn’t there be warnings before these videos? Like ‘Don’t try this at home’?”

“Prohibitions don’t stop people. Telling them not to do something just makes them want to do it more.”

“So that’s why so many people are getting hurt?”

“It’s the Goblin’s fault for making people want to imitate him.”

“No.”

This is unfair.

“How does that make sense?”

“It does. The way the Goblin fights is completely different from how Armored Taejo or others fight. Of course it makes sense.”

“Want to see this?”

“No, I don’t. I know what that is. It’s the spinning top windmill attack.”

“When you compare that to how the Goblin fights, wouldn’t you naturally want to imitate the Goblin?”

Do Ji-hwan is not the Goblin, but he feels extremely wronged.

“So Yi-seon doesn’t imitate such things?”

“I want to.”

“What?”

“Snow White’s part. I turned on the TV as soon as I heard the Goblin had appeared. Sigh. I envied Snow White.”

“What?”

Yoon Yi-seon blushed and patted her cheeks with both hands.

“The way the Goblin blocked the attack and then wrapped his arm around her waist. Ah, it’s so cool. If I were in her place, I would have fainted from happiness.”

“……”

Yoon Yi-seon, an ardent fan of the Goblin, was jealous of Baek Seol-hee.

“Look at how he pushes the sword away to avoid cutting her. How he supports her back with his foot to prevent her from hitting the ground when she falls. And then when he holds the sword to her neck, he deliberately leans his shoulder back to keep the blade from touching her. Ah, Snow White really hit the jackpot…”

“Do kids imitate this too?”

“Yes. Girls are getting their heads cracked open and it’s chaos. Couples try to imitate it and fall, ending up fighting with each other. Filming yourself doing this pose has become a ‘challenge’ trend.”

“Good grief.”

Even though this is a world where one issue can attract tremendous attention, and cyber vultures make money and views from it…

Isn’t this going too far?

“What kind of name is ‘Snow Woman Making Challenge’ anyway?”

“Well, if the Goblin and the Ice Princess get married, naturally what’s born would be a snow woman…”

“I thought you were a Goblin fan. Do you think it makes sense for the Goblin and Snow White to be together?”

“Of course not. The Goblin doesn’t belong to anyone.”

“Then why do people keep trying to pair them up?”

“That’s what I’m upset about. The Goblin belongs to everyone.”

Yoon Yi-seon twisted her lips in annoyance.

I’m not sure if it’s fan enthusiasm or romantic feelings, but it’s clear that Yoon Yi-seon has considerable objections to any romantic pairing involving the Goblin.

“What if the Goblin were to become someone’s lover or get married?”

“…The Goblin, married?”

Yoon Yi-seon’s eyes began to shake uncontrollably.

“If, if that happened… it would be really shocking…”

With trembling fists and eyes welling up with tears as if the mere thought upset her, Yoon Yi-seon finally opened her mouth with a shaky voice.

“But, if, if he’s happy… okay…”

“…I feel somewhat sorry.”

For various reasons.

“I’ll lend you a book. What book do you want this time?”

“Ah, a book about Ulleungdo. More specifically… about the land of Ulleungdo.”

Seeing the book Yoon Yi-seon took out, I remembered the main story.

April.

Local field training.

The content corresponding to Volume 2 of the original work.

Heroine abduction.

The culprit.

The Goblin.