Ch.10Chapter 1. To Become Stronger (2)

[“Manager Do. You’ll be entering the academy next week. Do you need anything else?”]

“Several suits. I think I need to buy multiple suits of the same design. They’ll definitely tear when I transform.”

[You’re going to pretend to be a one-suit gentleman? Hehe, that’s so like you, Manager Do. I’ll send you seven identical suits, so you can change them daily from Monday through Sunday.]

“Does wearing suits on weekends mean I have to work on weekends too?”

[Oh!]

“Chairman? Chairman!!”

Beep, beep, beep.

The call disconnected.

Of course, just because the call ended like this doesn’t mean the chairman is the type to drive me insane with work.

She’s just implying, ‘Go around on weekends and charm talented women with abilities!’

Her not saying it directly is a matter of dignity as the head of the company, and my picking up on it is a matter of my perceptiveness and ability.

Beep.

Photos of key targets arrived on my smartphone.

“So Snow White is the top priority.”

A woman I already have a connection with, and simultaneously the heroine I need to most actively seduce—no, persuade.

‘If she wasn’t working as an instructor, I probably couldn’t have gotten in either.’

The reason I can enter the academy this time is all thanks to Snow White.

‘It’s not like there’s only one or two people who quit because of her.’

It’s not because Snow White is the objective, but because thanks to Snow White becoming an instructor, many jobs at the academy have opened up.

Mostly those with shady backgrounds quit immediately.

More corrupt individuals than actual villains.

People commonly think that if a hero like Snow White enters the academy, they might stay just to see her face once, but they wouldn’t want to create unnecessary trouble.

“My investigation shows you embezzled funds for mint chocolate ice cream supplies!”

“Ugh, I’ve been caught!”

“I won’t let you escape! Ice Prison Hell!”

“Argh!! My lower body!!”

No one would want to be hit by Snow White’s ice whip.

I don’t particularly want to be hit either.

Snow White’s “Ice Magic” not only slows down the body but also slows the flow of mana.

There are two ways to deal with Snow White.

“Hahaha! Fire melts ice!”

“My ice is colder than that.”

“…Oh!”

Either be a fire magic user with an advantage against Snow White’s ice magic, commonly known as “Pyrokinesis.”

“Why aren’t you freezing…! Who are you?! What kind of power do you have?!”

“What villain in the world would tell you that?”

Or like me, have a special ability that makes you immune to Snow White’s ice magic.

“Ice Immunity.”

For example, using the Goblin’s club power to infuse my suit with “mana thermal properties.”

It’s a skill specifically designed for Snow White, useless against other ice magic, and it drains a lot of mana, but thanks to it, I can escape from Snow White anytime.

‘My specs are B-class, or at best A-class, but I’m so good at running away from S-class heroes.’

That might be why my villain rank is S-class.

There are very few people in this country who can catch me, including Snow White, and the same goes for foreigners who have entered this country.

‘The problem is the heroines and their bodyguards.’

But the foreigners who are about to enter soon are a different story.

Beep.

Opening V-Tube on my smartphone, I played a nationalistic V-Tube channel that exists even in this nationalistic world.

[…There are some people causing a buzz on Hero Wiki these days, right? Right now, a plane is arriving through Gimhae Airport. With the Union Jack painted on it, indicating it’s the British royal family’s private jet….]

Notable figures gathering from all over.

British princess, German corporate chairman’s granddaughter, American powerful family’s heir, Arab princess.

[They’re all known as beautiful women, but why are they coming to Korea? According to local news, they love kimchi—]

There are many more women besides these, and in the original world setting, they were called “heroines.”

“This novel is about Korea making Japan, China, America, England, France, Germany, Arabia, and various other countries its own.”

“I think the author is just anti-Korean and pro-foreign. There’s not a single Korean heroine, they’re all foreigners.”

“Since they’ve eaten a lot of kimchi, they should also eat sausage, mint chocolate, pineapple pizza, and such…”

“Does the author perhaps have a foreigner fetish?”

To summarize it like that, there are many foreign heroines.

In fact, most of the influential people currently entering Korea are heroines.

Those who are forcing their way in under the name of “special admission.”

Including extras beyond the heroines, the number of special admission applicants exceeds dozens.

The quantity may not be much, but their quality is too high.

Some are already C-class, B-class, and there are even A-class beings.

What is the background for them coming to Sejong Academy?

Because the protagonist is enrolling?

Because information about the self-proclaimed “S-class who wants to live quietly” has already spread worldwide?

No.

It’s all because of “Snow White.”

“Do you know why those princesses suddenly applied for special admission this year?”

“I don’t really know… Isn’t it just because it’s a place of learning?”

“Heheh, not at all. They’re all coming to meet the instructor, Princess Snow White!”

I recalled this original dialogue.

The author had inserted a glasses-wearing pig character as an exposition character, who would explain everything with a “What? You don’t know this?!”

I suspected the author deliberately created this exposition character just to pad the content with dialogue.

Anyway, according to that character:

“They came to Korea as followers of Snow White! Do you know what another name for Snow White is?”

“Lily Princess.”

She’s called Baek-hap (百合, lily) or Baek-hap (白蛤, white clam).

Of course, in light novel fashion, she’s also the Lily Princess in the subculture sense.

What does that mean?

She’s a lesbian.

More precisely, Snow White herself isn’t a lesbian, but she’s a big-sister type who’s popular with women, so lesbians swarm around her.

Most of the heroines try to pursue this Lily Princess and end up getting involved with the protagonist, who eventually conquers the heroines one by one, including Snow White—that’s the main plot.

Or so it seems, but reality is different.

“…I wonder if she has the same intention as me.”

Recruiting Snow White.

As the ice mage with the highest potential among heroines over 20, she becomes the strongest being after the protagonist.

To claim such a being, or to draw her into their own country, or to make her marry a handsome man from their country to induce marriage immigration, each country is sending people to Sejong Academy.

‘If Korean law applied, they would be immediately deported, but Sejong Island is different.’

Sejong Island is Korean territory, but it follows international law standards first.

“Sejong Island is Korean territory!”

“I shouted that, but what do we do when the entire United Nations suddenly pressures us?”

“Damn it…! I don’t care about anything else, but mark this as ‘East Sea’! If the United Nations doesn’t recognize this as our country’s land, something very serious will happen!”

Even Korea couldn’t win against global pressure, and Sejong Academy has United Nations representatives and embassies from powerful countries.

“Don’t use English on Sejong Island! Korean is the official language of Sejong Island! If you don’t like it, learn Hangul! Our country’s language is different from the world’s writing system!”

Thus, Sejong Island has probably become the place with the most diverse nationalities in the world.

Of course, since the island itself only has the academy and some other facilities, the number of foreigners is quite small.

On an island with a population of about 50,000, there are less than 1,000 foreigners, but most of those 1,000 are ability users, ability-related workers, or government officials.

But I don’t need to face all of them.

Because…

‘If I’m tucked away as a librarian, no one will come!’

Everyone will be busy accumulating mana all day, so who would come to the library?

‘Please let there be no people. Then I can spend time reading manga and novels there.’

No matter if I’m going on a mission, no matter if I’m a villain, there are “working hours.”

‘I’m a 9 to 6 office worker.’

Unless they pay overtime, the time from 6 PM to 9 AM is entirely mine.

Sometimes.

There are things more valuable than money.

“Wow.”

I got goosebumps from the excitement as I watched the video on the TV channel.

“So this is how it appears here.”

This world.

All content released after 2000 is “new” to me.

Manga too.

Movies too.

Novels too.

One unfortunate thing is that among the works released after 2000, some never appeared in reality.

Some people awaken as ability users and convert magical power into life force to produce manga, but some manga or novels never even started because the author “died.”

Or, works come out much later than in reality, with different actors and directors.

“It’s almost time for the movie…”

I grabbed my coat and went outside.

“I can’t resist a movie where dinosaurs push away meteors falling from the sky.”

“…Snow White?”

“Ah, Banpo Jayi Bike?!”

By chance, I met her in the seat next to mine at the movie theater.