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Kang Cheon-seong was not relieved. He huffed and punched the wall during a simulation practice session where awakened people gathered together.

There is an aftereffect on the wall, and other awakened people around him also notice him.

This behavior was possible because the professors did not see this because they were measuring the simulation equipment in front of them.

“That damn support and oil guy! I will kill you.”

His dissatisfaction with Shin Jeul, who had shamed him so arrogantly, exploded.

Awakened people are the chosen ones who are treated well in this academy, and indeed in the whole world.

Raised with such pampering that minor mistakes or problems are covered up, and fights between non-awakened people and ordinary people? Of course, it focuses on awakened people.

He was disgraced by ordinary people who were not even awakened.

“Why do you take that guy’s side?”

He also expressed his dissatisfaction with Lee Seong-pil. Isn’t it fundamental to take the side of the awakened?

However, Lee Seong-pil did nothing but take Shin Je-ul’s side and humiliated him.

“Ha, really. Hey, what are you doing?”

Lee Seong-pil, who was fuming, was getting angry for no reason when he saw another awakened person waiting in the simulation.

Dae-ho Ahn was just watching because they were part of the same gang, and Lee Sang-hyun, who was supposed to stop this, was measuring things in the simulation.

It was a time when Kang Cheon-seong was so angry for no reason.

“Huh? Why are you getting angry at people around you when you have been humiliated? Ugly~”

A playful voice was heard teasing the person who was ranked third in rank.

April. This blonde foreigner approaches him with his gang.

“April… . What does it matter?”

“No, I don’t mind getting angry and making a show of myself. It’s noisy.”

“What?”

Although veins appeared on Kang Cheon-seong’s forehead, April, with her arms crossed and confident attitude, was very relaxed.

“Are you angry? Then, shall we join in a 1:1 sparring later?”

The easy-going April provokes him with a smiling but not smiling smile.

Kang Cheon-seong gritted his teeth, but he really couldn’t do anything more.

The reason is simple. Because April is stronger.

April is the second female runner-up after Lasia. Even if you consider it overall, it ranks 2nd after Lee Sang-hyun and Lasia, who are tied for 1st place.

Whether in sparring or practice, April overpowers Kang Cheon-seong, which is why she shows such confidence.

Not only that, but the gang that April always goes with also joins.

“You have a bit of a nasty personality by nature.”

“So it’s not popular.”

Kang Cheon-seong was moved to tears when he saw the short hair and ponytail around April.

“You guys just be quiet.”

“Ahaha. I’m angry. I’m angry.”

It was only after these three people left, cackling, that the place became quiet.

In a way, April sorted out the situation.

Lasia was looking at the scene with disdain.

“Pathetic.”

Although it ended like this, Kang Cheon-seong still had a grudge against Shin Je-ul.

Of course I wanted to retaliate, but I had already seen several times that Shin Jeul’s personality was not normal.

‘I get annoyed when people like Lee Seong-pil take my side.’

Normally, even if an awakened person commits school violence against a non-awakened person, it can be tolerated to some extent, but after experiencing Lee Seong-pil, it was difficult to attack him carelessly.

So, I had no choice but to look for an opportunity.

Kang Cheon-seong vowed to take revenge by targeting classes in which the support department participates.

So that you can attack legally.

***

[Sub-scenario has been discarded.]

-Hidden wounded soldier (low difficulty)

-Stolen goods (stolen)

After two days, Shin Je-ul realized a new law.

“Sub-scenarios also have a deadline?”

Like RPG, it’s not something he can do when he wants.

It’s something that can only be done if you do it at the right time.

So, I looked at the remaining sub-scenarios.

-Useful guy (difficulty level)

-Things to worry about (difficulty)

He checked the remaining two sub-scenarios with the intention of doing one more sub-scenario before the blueprint was completed.

[Useful guy]

-April needs a good partner in practice to beat Lasia. He has a picky personality, but if you get along well with him, it will be of great help.

“April?”

As soon as Shin Jeul heard April’s name, he made an embarrassed expression.

He is a large conglomerate, and has a tough and selfish personality.

And if it is a practical training, the support department will work hard to assist and do chores for the awakened person.

As was the case in the original work, April also has a strong sexual desire, so there is a good chance she will suffer quite a bit.

There is a reason why the level of difficulty is set at medium for simple exercises.

‘Then shall we look at the problem?’

[Things to worry about]

-Lasia is an avid reader of the girl’s comic ‘Winkle’. However, security screening has recently been strengthened, making it difficult to bring it in without permission. Of course, there would be no problem if I just brought it, but I can’t do that for reasons of respect.

“This is relatively simple, right?”

Just buy a Winkle comic book and hand it to Lasia.

Nominally.

‘Me and Lasia aren’t close?’

Due to the setting, there are no close people. In addition, Lasia is treated as an aristocratic girl who likes to go alone.

Are you giving Winkle to Lasia like that? how?

“No, you have to take action.”

Yes. No matter what, if you think it can’t be done in your head, it won’t work.

Taking advantage of the fact that Shin Je-ul did not live in a dormitory, he immediately bought Winkle and some boy comics.

To be honest, because he was a man, it was burdensome to only buy female-oriented comics.

And the next day, during morning class, I aimed to take classes with the awakened students.

“The invasion of monsters is accompanied by a phenomenon called a ‘cloud’. Cloud ranks monsters according to their color.”

A pattern where regular monsters appear, not giant monsters. A phenomenon called a cloud causes monsters to burst out through space.

Of course, since it was the content of the original novel, Shin Je-ul was just looking at the timing without any interest.

During my break, I finally put the comic books, including Winkle, on the desk and started reading them.

‘Are you interested? First, you have to make eye contact and make contact.’

If you blindly ask to see it, you will be treated like a sick person.

So all Shin Jeul does is slowly let himself be noticed.

And before the afternoon practice session, I drew attention by reading comic books every break.

Here, Shin Jeul planned to deliberately leave the book behind instead of foolishly making contact.

In order for Lasia to come into contact somehow.

But something unexpected happened.

“Kyahaha! Is this male bird watching cartoons about women?”

Kang Cheon-seong.

This is because he had a lot of resentment toward Shin Je-ul and started arguing about it.

‘It’s ruined. Why is Jumma not caught by Lasia?’

While Shin Je-ul felt that his plan was going awry, Kang Cheon-seong went to the women with a book and started mocking them.

“Hey, what do you think of boys who watch things like this?”

“Kang Cheon-seong. Give it back. Pay it forward.”

“Ha, you’re talking loud again.”

When Shin Je-ul clearly asked for it to be returned, Kang Cheon-seong grinned and mocked the women again.

“Kang Cheon-seong. Stop it.”

Lasia arose here. He had long straight hair and a blunt face with a hint of anger.

Kang Cheon-seong clears his throat when his face turns red.

“Si, Siaya?”

“It doesn’t matter whether you read comic books or not, but is that something to ridicule? Doing that on purpose because you were embarrassed last time is unseemly.”

“No, you can’t even joke around?”

Like Kang Cheon-seong, who loved Lasia, he lowers his tail right away.

Lasia didn’t stop there and took Winkle away.

“…”

It would not be an illusion that I felt a desire to see it in those eyes.

Shin Jeul thought he had seized an opportunity in an unexpected way.

When Lasia personally returned the winkle, Shin Jeul said thank you and picked up his book.

“Thank you. Is there anything you want to see? I’ll lend you as much as I want.”

It didn’t have to be now, and I literally just tried to get lucky and complete the sub-scenario, but Lasia’s reaction was different from what I expected.

“I don’t look at things like that. There is no need to lend it.”

“Yeah, really?”

However, unlike the sub-scenario, Lasia was refusing with a straight face.

Well, that’s all, but the problem was the phrase that appeared to Shin Je-ul next.

[Sub-scenario discarded]

– Abolition of concerns

-Reason: Lack of interpersonal relationships

The sub-scenario has been discarded.

‘Not only is there a time limit, but if something goes wrong, it’s even discarded? ‘It’s tricky.’

It seemed like this sub-scenario shouldn’t be treated like a game.

It literally changes here and there depending on time and the surrounding environment.

In this case, if Shin Jeul and Lasia had been closer, there might have been a different reaction.

He was starting to understand this system little by little.

That means you have to approach it with great care and build good human relationships.

‘If this continues, won’t April become more vulnerable?’

The problem was another sub-scenario. April’s personality was even better than Lasia’s. Rather, Lasia has the image of being quiet and just doing her own thing. April was the so-called queen with a prickly personality.

‘You shouldn’t show off carelessly.’

Shin Je-ul had no choice but to wait and see the last remaining sub-scenario.

So it’s practice time. While not expecting much, something unexpected happened.

“Hey, you. Let’s participate in practice with me.”

April actually pointed out him.

***

It was fortunate for Shin Jeul. Because April chose me, I had a chance to complete the sub-scenario.

All you have to do is cooperate well with April and succeed in the mission.

‘Based on the novel, the mission that a support department like us undertakes is a mountain adaptation mission.’

In this academy area, an artificial mountainous area of about 200 meters has been formed. Comprehensive training with multiple missions. It is evaluated by comprehensively judging various factors such as monster handling, detection, and rescue.

This is one of the few classes offered by the support department and awakened students.

Shin Je-ul was waiting with April on the mountain, equipped with the power arm he showed last time.

But April revealed her personality to him in just one word.

“When rescuing people, just follow them. That’s it.”

“Huh?”

“Surely, do you think your topic will be of any great help to me?”

The unique asymmetrical short cut is flowing, and the blue eyes within it are staring at Shin Je-ul.

He certainly has an attractive appearance, but the sub-scenario was more urgent than that.

‘Is it okay to do well in anything?’

Shin Je-ul decided to adjust to the sub-scenario this time in order to succeed.

And then practice began and April was literally flying around.

He picked up a sword, sprayed ether, and began to cut down the simulation monsters.

Overwhelming.

Shin Je-ul recalled the contents of the original novel.

[April’s sword dance was beautiful. If he was graceful, he would give death to his enemies without mercy. The lightning streak from that sword splits the earth in a colorful radial pattern. Although it seems inconsistent, the fact that she is able to intercept only monsters while adjusting them one by one shows how delicately she controls her abilities.]

The passages from the novel passed before Shin Je-ul’s eyes.

Above all, it is fast.

Monsters who are dying with a ‘thud’ sound. Even though it is a simulation, those monsters have strategy points.

For example, the amorphous monster that April is cutting down with a single sword should aim to reveal its core when attacking.

But April blows it away with one devastating blow. That’s how big the difference is.

‘It’s ironic that there is a weakness.’

Shin Je-ul recalled the words addressed to her in the original novel.

[Obviously she was strong, but the problem was her arrogant and overbearing attitude. She has little experience being put on the defensive and shows weakness in defense. In particular, when performing a technique, the sword is raised so defenselessly that there is a weak point in the abdomen.]

Shin Jeul realized that April’s abdominal defense was weak as she was concentrating on attacking even in front of him.

“How about it? I don’t need your help, right?”

A confident voice was grabbing him who had fallen behind and forcibly pulling him along.

Shin Jeul nodded.

“It’s huge. I definitely don’t need much help.”

“Right? You just have to listen to me carefully?”

April was smiling happily and confidently.

And this time, a detection-related mission. We need him here.

Shin Jeul skillfully found the structures and piles needed for the mission.

“Fast. It’s fast. Where is the product from?”

“My handmade.”

“Awesome? Usually, the support department doesn’t help much except for detection.”

Saying painful words while laughing. This is what malice without awareness is.

Anyway, she seemed to be in a good mood so she just stayed there, but then April started bragging about herself.

“Really, I am a student. I’m already good enough to play professionally, right? You are lucky.”

I wish Shin Je-ul could just ignore this, but as I listened to him brag about himself, I kept realizing that he had a weakness.

This is a weakness that was clearly mentioned in the original work.

“But isn’t your abdomen too empty when you attack?”

So I ended up making a remark that offended me.

“…What do you mean? You!”

Of course, April started to get angry with a bright red face, and Shin Jeul expected that the sub scenario would be broken again.

“What nonsense! What weakness do I have? Cheeky! On the topic of support!”

In the end, April, who was very angry, shot him and Shin Jeul resented his patience.

[Sub-scenario completed]

– Earn 500 Plus Points

“?”

Isn’t it really surprising that the sub-scenario was said to have been successful?

‘what?’

When Shin Je-ul looked at April, she huffed and looked at her abdomen, thinking about something.

Whatever it was, it became a sub-scenario. It was a time when Shin Jeul felt relieved.

[Alert! Alert! Monster cloud alert!]

Suddenly, a monster alarm started sounding here.