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After the orientation, I went into the dormitory room I was assigned to. The dormitory itself was not too far from the school, so I was able to arrive quickly. After looking around the inside, the first thing I noticed was the bed and desk, just like the room I used to live in. However, I didn’t feel very familiar with it.

I quickly unpacked the luggage I had brought. Then I turned my head left and right to look around.

Reflexively, I jumped into bed without any hesitation. It felt more cozy and soft than the world I used to live in, and I felt like my tension was slightly relieved. I felt pretty good. However, I couldn’t stay lying down any longer, so I had no choice but to get up. I did some stretching and left the room.

I started to think about what I should do now.

Next time it’s definitely ‘Weapon Selection’.

I, who had never handled a weapon before, had to choose it from now on. Especially since it was something I would be using for several years from now, I had to be very careful about what I chose. I felt a little burdened.

I was walking a little faster because of the anxiety and burden that was swirling deep in my chest. Maybe because I was nervous, there was some noise around me, but I couldn’t hear it properly. I kept walking while thinking about what to choose, and soon I was able to arrive at my class. I haven’t finished thinking about it properly yet, but I had thought about it to some extent, so it didn’t matter. I just wasn’t sure.

“I wonder if I can do it well.”

A soliloquy bordering on a sigh.

I entered the classroom. Naturally, most of the kids had already entered before me, and I could see that most of the students were already chatting, as if they had made friends. I pretended to be okay, and went to a random seat and sat down right away. As time passed, more people came in, and I could finally see that the teacher had arrived.

The man with short hair and muscular build looked like a very passionate person to anyone who saw him. He looked around for a moment with a very confident expression.

The teacher nodded vigorously, then went straight to the podium and suddenly shouted loudly.

“Hello!! I am Lee Joo-hyuk, the homeroom teacher of this class! Please take good care of me in the future!”

It was so painful that my ears hurt. My expression distorted momentarily. However, the others seemed more concerned about his introduction than his loud voice.

The students in the class who heard his words suddenly started muttering. That was because they had never heard of him before. You might ask what the problem is, but in the novel, the higher the ‘world ranking’ of the homeroom teacher, the easier it is to earn points. Naturally, the higher the ranking, the more famous the teacher. Of course, to explain more precisely, the stronger the teacher, the easier it is to earn points, but most of the students think that ranking is everything, and that is why they are muttering as if they are dissatisfied with something.

Lee Joo-hyuk suddenly chuckled as if he had anticipated the current situation and raised his hand in the air.

I know what this character is doing because I saw it in the original. Not only that, I also knew Lee Joo-hyuk’s skills, so I was able to believe it. For some reason, I felt like I was smiling. As if it was my job.

“I thought you wouldn’t trust me, so I prepared this in advance.”

Lee Joo-hyuk raised the corners of his mouth even more strongly than before and opened his hand wide. A subtle yet strong sensation flowed from his hand, and then a black light began to shine. What was coming out of his hand was clearly light, but at the same time, it was showing the incongruous color of black.

“Heureup!”

Lee Joo-hyuk let out a rough breath, and in an instant, a black light covered the entire class. I tried my best to block the light with my hand and watch the current situation as much as possible. Who wouldn’t want to see such an absurd phenomenon unfold before their eyes? However, I couldn’t bear the pain and closed my eyes tightly, and before I knew it, the lights began to slowly disappear.

I quickly looked at Lee Joo-hyuk. And just like in the original, I could see that he was wearing a pair of purple-tinted gauntlets.

“The weapon… has been summoned…?”

Someone muttered, as if in disbelief.

Literally, it was practically impossible to summon a weapon out of nowhere. Whether it was a trait of the person or the trait of the weapon, I had never heard of such a thing being possible.

In the original, the fact that weapon summoning was possible meant that, in theory, creatures and other objects could be summoned, which meant that it was even more amazing. Even if it was a weapon-specific characteristic, if you delve deep into it and analyze it, you could eventually use it. So, even if this was a fantasy world, I explained that summoning was amazing.

“How is this possible…?”

While everyone was gaping, someone shouted.

“Trick! This is definitely a trick!”

It was a tone of disbelief. In fact, I could somewhat relate to what he was saying. Usually, when something absurd happens right before your eyes, you would dismiss it as magic or something like that, but it would be rare for someone to see it as it really is.

Of course, if there is evidence that makes it unbelievable, then things will be different.

“It’s not a trick. Don’t you know better than anyone that it’s impossible? Especially if you’ve been to this podium even once.”

Yes. If you hid it somewhere on the desk or hid it, someone would have seen it.

“Do you think you just happened to find it? If you really think so, you can tell right away if you think about the sound from earlier.”

Above all, it was only visible, but the sound itself was very quiet. Of course, you could think that he took it out quietly, but if that were true, it would mean that he could use his ability to move without making a sound for the entire class. It might seem lighter than before, but this was also quite amazing.

In short, from here on out, you are free to believe it or not. Anyway, at this level, you should be able to see that it is strong enough. Even if it is not to the top level.

“Then, let me say it again. I’ll be counting on you in the future!!”

Most students probably started to trust him. At the very least, they would have liked his bold appearance, as if he were not a weak person.

“Okay. That’s it for the self-introduction. Let’s get to the main point.”

Now, to get to the point, it’s time to choose your weapon.

I became nervous in an instant. Of course, it was just me. The other kids probably had already decided on a weapon since they were in elementary school. That’s why I felt a strange sense of alienation, and I couldn’t help but feel a suffocating feeling as if my chest was being squeezed.

“Be careful, because once you choose one, you have to use it continuously for one semester. I will call them in order, starting from number 1.”

With those words, Lee Ju-hyuk lifted the attendance sheet and opened it.

“First, Kang Tae-woo!”

People were called out one by one. Those who were called out would have gone out of the classroom one by one and followed the teacher’s instructions to the place where they could choose their weapons. I stared at the floor and waited for my turn.

“Kim Seo-jin, come out!”

It was my name. It was finally my turn. I literally got up with my stiff body and went outside, taking deep breaths as regularly as possible. When I went out, the first thing I saw was a man who looked somewhat quiet.

“Follow me.”

I nodded.

I continued to follow the man through the hallway. The man was silent and did his own thing, so I had a lot of time to think alone. I was thinking calmly and as coolly as possible, and I was choosing my weapons in my head.

‘I can’t think of more than one.’

Perhaps it was only natural that I could think of only one weapon when I thought about my abilities. I felt a little annoyed by that absurdity. I quietly walked, looking at the floor, and then I saw a man stop, so I stopped with him. When I raised my head that had been lowered, I could see a door in front of me.

“You can enter here.”

“Oh, thank you.”

I nodded and smiled in return. The man, who had finished his work, calmly left. I took a deep breath and opened the door. When I went inside, it was dark, but I could see a woman standing there with a cloak covering her body and face, along with various weapons.

“What’s your name?”

A person I didn’t even know asked me a question and I was momentarily surprised. This part was a scene that was passed over in the original work, so it was a feeling I felt for the first time. I could feel a little curiosity, but also excitement. Of course, there was tension and pressure to suppress it.

‘It wasn’t just weapons.’

I thought for a moment and then opened my mouth.

“This is Kim Seo-jin.”

“I see. The grade is first grade, right?”

“Yes.”

“Half?”

“It’s half a dozen.”

“Okay, I see.”

The woman who said that stood up from the chair she was sitting on. Then she slowly approached me. For a moment, I tried to think about why she was approaching me, but I couldn’t figure it out.

“Are you going to choose your weapon now?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“Then what weapon will you choose?”

There was a moment of silence at those words.

weapon.

I still don’t have a clear idea. I wondered if it might be a dangerous choice, but as expected, I couldn’t help but think that this was the answer. The outcome was already decided.

You could call it fate.

“Total.”

I paused, and could see that her body had stiffened.

“Gun? That thing with no power?”

Naturally, guns in this fantasy world are weak weapons. More precisely, they are nothing more than toys for the Awakened.

For that reason, you can easily infuse mana into medium-range or close-range weapons like swords or spears because you can hold them directly, but it is difficult to use mana for long-range weapons because they fall out of your hand. At best, you can infuse mana into a bow and arrows by holding them directly and shooting them, but guns are weak because even that is impossible.

In particular, guns have an outer surface, so it is difficult to directly flow mana into them. Also, bullets are small, so they are not affected by mana that much. Above all, the structure is quite complex, so it is a difficult tool that requires good mana handling skills. The only advantage is that you can attack quickly without having to properly prepare, but that alone is not enough to make up for the disadvantages. As a result, the technology that was developed for guns was poured into other areas, which is why it became a weak weapon.

And yet I chose the gun.

“That’s because I can’t use any other weapon.”

She tilted her head at those words, then let out a sigh as if she finally understood.

“Ah, you’re that commoner.”

Yes. I am not an awakened person, but an ordinary person. An ordinary person who does not have even a little bit of mana, and does not even have outstanding physical abilities.

He is just an ordinary human being with no abilities.

“Yes, that’s right.”

I answered indifferently. I was really indifferent.

To be honest, I also felt wronged. Why didn’t they make me an Awakened? I couldn’t help but wonder, but since nothing would change anyway, I decided to think about it later.

“Are you really thinking of becoming a hunter?”

Isn’t that obvious? The original story continued even after the character became a hunter. So it was inevitable that I would become one.

But why are you asking me that? I thought about it for a moment and then answered.

“Yes. I will become a regular hunter.”

“It’s going to be hard.”

“I know.”

“…Is that so.”

The unnamed woman nodded as if she understood, went to the place where the weapons were displayed, picked something up, and then trudged back to me with it. It was a gun.

“Okay, it’s a gun.”

“Thank you.”

I expressed my gratitude a little more by bowing my head.

“Why do you want to be a hunter?”

I almost froze for a moment at those words. I had not expected that such a question would be asked of me, and at the same time, I felt frustrated because I couldn’t think of an answer. I paused for a moment to think, then answered right away.

“To live.”

Simply and truthfully.

“I see. Okay. Okay, let’s go in now.”

“Thank you.”

I lowered my head and walked slowly out the door without looking back.

But who is this guy? He’s someone I haven’t seen in the original.

I guess you can just ignore it.