episode_0009

‘You ended up coming.’

Do Yu-jin quietly looked at the door in front of her and sighed deeply.

And then, like a cow being dragged to the slaughterhouse, he slowly opened the classroom door.

Knock knock-

Then, a neat, spacious, and sophisticated lecture room appeared.

The Circle has been involved in several superhuman ventures since the early days of the Cataclysm.

Thanks to this, they were able to scrape together a lot of money from numerous companies, fill their wallets, and stamp out these expensive-looking lecture halls.

“What? Why is the back door suddenly open?”

“Huh? Wasn’t it originally open?”

“Oh, is that so?”

Students boasting red, blue, green and multi-colored hair chatter in wonder.

Do Yu-jin passed right next to those children like a ghost and went to a reasonably empty seat.

dump-

A deep fatigue appeared on Do Yu-jin’s face.

‘Did I overwork myself this morning? No, maybe my body is just in worse shape than I expected.’

But that doesn’t mean I can skip morning training.

Because morning training was essential to raise stats and acquire new traits.

‘But maybe we should consider lowering the training level a bit… … ‘

While Do Yu-jin was fighting against her eyelids that felt as heavy as a ton, the hands of the clock moved diligently toward their destination.

‘The only good thing is that half of it looks okay?’

As time passed, most of the empty seats were filled.

However, the number of main characters who needed to be watched closely did not increase from three.

“Isn’t there… … ”

The female protagonist, Han Si-yeon, stared at the children’s faces with her eyes wide open like a cat searching for prey.

“Sleepy… … ”

Tingling, Erio to Vista slumped down on the desk, wrapped in a large cloak that didn’t match his small frame like a blanket.

“Hmm, this place gets the most sunlight! It suits this body that God blesses the most!”

Prince Charming, Sunny Ozment, sat down in his seat and struck a pose that seemed to mimic a statue, then laughed so loudly that the classroom erupted in laughter.

“… … ”

The silly ninja, Fuma Shigure, remained silent and stroked the mask pressed against his face, giving off an air of not wanting anyone to approach.

Hmm-

‘Jiritjirit and Prince Byung are guys who don’t pay attention to their surroundings, so it’s okay to ignore them. The clumsy ninja won’t be able to pay attention to anything else because he’s carrying out the request he received right now, so is Han Si Yeon the only one who’s caught in the crossfire?’

To be honest, Do Yu-jin was quite concerned about Han Si-yeon’s existence, as if she was watching a bomb that could explode at any moment.

I guess I made a mistake, so I wanted to stay as far away as possible.

‘But Han Si-yeon is a protagonist who must continue to grow.’

So, it was more advantageous to be in a position where I could quietly watch rather than staying far away.

Because if something happened, I had to help her.

Do Yu-jin thought about it until then and grumbled.

‘If they had divided the classes by skill level like they usually do in web novels, I wouldn’t have been able to see them all. Then I would have been able to be comfortable without feeling uncomfortable like this.’

Unusually, instead of dividing classes by student ability, the Circle organized classes so that the average scores across all classes were similar.

Knock knock-

While Do Yu-jin was grumbling like that, the front door opened and the professor came in.

‘crazy!’

And Do Yu-jin, who had been standing there blankly, screamed silently when he saw the woman coming in.

Reddish brown hair and sharp blue eyes.

She dressed up in a suit to match her position as a teacher, but that did nothing to erase her unique aura of a wild wolf.

Kuung-

“Hello, everyone. I am Darcy Sadie, who will be in charge of your class 3 this time.”

ha-

‘If I had to get caught, it would have to be that person.’

While Do Yu-jin was inwardly at a loss, the children in the class looked at her with eyes filled with a mixture of anticipation and tension.

Darcy looked at the students with a calm expression and then opened his mouth.

“Before I tell you how classes will proceed, let me tell you what the circle is.”

With a wave of his hand, Darcy divided the classroom and its students in half.

“In this way, half of you will probably disappear by the end of the first year.”

“… … Yes?”

Darcy’s one word brought a cold silence to the classroom that had been filled with warm excitement.

“Oh, don’t get me wrong. I’m not saying we’re going to expel you. I’m saying you’re more likely to choose that yourself.”

The students rolled their eyes with expressions of incomprehension.

It was natural.

It is a circle that everyone has entered after going through a lot of hardships.

I was confused when I heard that I would be leaving that circle on my own.

Darcy smiled as if he had expected that and continued speaking.

“Is there anyone who thought there were more people than they thought at the entrance ceremony? Anyone who thought there were a lot of people who seemed less skilled than they thought?”

A few students shuddered slightly at her words.

“What you saw was not wrong. Then the question here is, why did the circle accept so many students as freshmen? Now, the girl with the lime hair.”

“Oh, so you focused on the student’s potential for growth, such as talent, rather than their current abilities?”

“Well, that’s not wrong. Then next is you.”

“Passion! I think it’s because we saw the mental aspect of overcoming any hardship.”

“That’s not wrong either. Then next.”

“Well, it’s possible that he just received it because the school had a lot of money… … ”

“… … That’s not wrong, but there is another correct answer.”

Darcy said, tapping the desk with his fingers.

“The correct answer is, no matter how many you pick, the mediocre ones won’t be able to hold out and will just drop out on their own.”

The students’ mouths dropped open at the unexpected answer.

“I’m not telling you not to be happy about being admitted to the circle.”

Ignoring him, Darcy declared.

“If you are satisfied with just standing at the starting point, you will literally only have entered the circle and leave here.”

Gulp-

The students swallowed stiffly.

“If you know, from today on, be alert and walk around properly.”

Darcy, thinking that the mood was finally set, introduced the upcoming classes.

“The circle basically has a policy of ‘student freedom’. So, except for the common classes that you must take, you have to fill in the classes yourself.”

As Darcy finished speaking, all the students’ devices rang simultaneously.

“In that sense, it is time for choice. Look at the class list and think about what you want to take during the remaining time. If you don’t know or are curious about something, feel free to ask questions.”

Students took out their devices one by one and checked the list of classes.

Among them, there were students who exchanged opinions with friends or decided on classes by racking their brains alone.

Knock- Knock-

But unlike those students, Do Yu-jin quickly moved her fingers to add each class on the list to her schedule.

‘It’s simple.’

Do Yu-jin not only knows everything about the class, but she also knows for sure what talents she has.

So there was no reason to worry again about which class to take.

‘I think it would be best to focus on classes related to summoning and alchemy.’

There is no way to know now what talent the Circle originally saw in him and allowed him to enroll.

So, Do Yu-jin decided to ignore the past and move forward as a summoner and alchemist.

Lessons in dagger fighting and gun fighting?

It’s not that I wasn’t interested, but I had no intention of listening.

There was no way I could keep up with those two classes with such hopeless physical and magical talents.

‘I think I can grow faster if I practice on my own rather than forcing myself into a class.’

It’s not like there weren’t other thoughts there.

Do Yu-jin planned to move forward and backward to help the main characters.

And as you move along, you might accidentally run into one of the main characters.

When that happened, Do Yu-jin planned to instill in them the image of a gun and a dagger so that they would not be able to connect the dots between them and the student Do Yu-jin in the circle.

‘Besides, honestly, right now I’m more wary of the main character next to him than the villain who hasn’t appeared yet.’

ha-

‘So it would be better not to take the classes that the main character takes… ‘

Do Yu-jin scratched her head and looked at the class titled [All About Sniping].

By now, one of the heroines will have chosen this class.

It would have been best to avoid it for a peaceful life, but that wasn’t possible.

‘If I don’t give him a job here, it’ll take too long to wake him up.’

There was no choice.

As much as it was important to not get too involved with the main character, it was also important to help the main character grow.

‘It’s not like there are no cases of using guns as secondary weapons, so it won’t be that noticeable. There won’t be a problem.’

Do Yu-jin prayed earnestly that nothing would happen to her future self.

Before I knew it, the time for class to end was approaching.

“You can freely choose and change classes as you wish for the next two weeks, so think about it and decide as you wish.”

As Darcy finished speaking, he looked at the students in his class.

“Sigh.”

Do Yu-jin sighed as she saw him, feeling that what was coming had come.

Darcy Sadie, from what I’ve seen so far, she’s not a bad professor.

At first, he made the students nervous with his cynical attitude, but later on, he explained things well and answered their questions well.

Even so, the reason Do Yu-jin reacted that way at first was.

“Then, all of you, next time, come to Training Room 3 instead of here. I’m going to do a simple skill evaluation.”

This was because she enjoyed teaching classes that were very hands-on, creating a realistic environment and throwing students into it while teaching.

‘I’ll be okay, right?’

Do Yu-jin looked at her frail body and thought seriously.