episode_0015

But Lee Jun-woo was different.

Despite Song Xia’s blatant disregard.

They treated her like the other two people at Aegis.

Even to the same extent as An Yu-min, whom he seems to like.

Song Xia paid attention to herself and did her best as the party operator.

– Let’s do it together! Party play is actually quite fun.

Lee Jun-woo’s smiling face comes to mind without thinking. Song Xia hurriedly shook her head.

‘It’s over.’

But it was still the same as the past two months.

The day I was soon kicked out of the party.

The words that Lee Jun-woo shouted with a distorted expression were overlapped again.

– Let’s see how well you do without me. Because you will definitely regret it.

Normally, Lee Jun-woo would never say such harsh words. Those words, and the expression on his face when he said those words, were strangely unforgettable.

My heart felt tight. No, I think it would be more accurate to compare it to pain rather than frustration.

Although it could be explained by words like suffering or regret.

Song Xia did not know such feelings.

You never know if Lee Jun-woo is by her side right now.

A variety of emotions that she had never had before. Because he always tried to explain.

– In times like this, you just have to laugh together. It’s fun. is not it?

But now he is not there.

And the expression on Lee Jun-woo’s face when he smiled so brightly.

It overlapped with the pained expression on the day he was expelled again.

Song Xia unconsciously lost strength in her legs.

‘…… I don’t know.’

What Lee Jun-woo tried to teach me. Now that he’s gone, we don’t know.

We expelled him because he was no longer needed. I thought that would be better. But at least I felt like it shouldn’t have ended that way.

Still, water that had already been spilled could not be returned.

“Heo-eok… Heo-eok… That crazy bitch… No, Yumin, why are you running so fast!!”

But her thoughts were broken at that moment.

Ha Ye-eun, who ran late, chased after him. Ha Ye-eun seemed to have become more sluggish these days and was breathing very heavily. Ha Ye-eun’s upper body was shaking wildly.

Song Xia denied the turmoil in her heart a moment ago and spoke coldly.

“Let’s chase after him quickly. If you miss that villain. You’re such a mess.”

The family and father view Aigis’ activities favorably. Mistakes were not tolerated.

The two finally caught up with An Yu-min.

However, An Yu-min, who arrived first, was staring blankly at someone with the sword in his hand hanging down.

And the moment Song Si-ah also confirmed the appearance of that someone. It froze in place.

“Lee Jun-woo? Why are you here!”

Ha Ye-eun shouted. As Ha Ye-eun said, Lee Jun-woo was here.

At the same time, Song Xia saw the figure.

Watching Lee Jun-woo apprehend that villain, Dark Snake.

Perhaps due to the effects of battle, his clothes were dirty.

But his expression was calm. Soon, Song Xia saw the final scene of him delivering the final blow to Dark Snake.

‘Is that a sword containing the energy of divine power?’

It took several hours to catch a single goblin, and even when it was finally caught, it would pass out. It was Lee Jun-woo, the incompetent person.

However, his appearance just moments ago was definitely not that of an incompetent person.

Divine power was burning in that sword body.

It was a strike filled with strong divine power that would neutralize the villain at once. The Dark Snake that Aegis missed was completely neutralized.

‘What happened?’

It’s only been about two months since he was deported. Even if I was really lucky and had a second awakening. It is impossible to improve your basic skills with a sword all at once.

But just a moment ago, the sword stroke of that blow was perfect.

Although Song Xia was a wizard. Since I was young, I received training from my family to handle all kinds of classes. He had enough insight to check his skills.

‘Could it be that in Aigis… they hid their skills on purpose?’

For a moment, I thought that might be the case.

If she knows Lee Jun-woo’s personality. A man who wouldn’t deliberately reveal himself in order to draw attention to the other three.

I saw An Yu-min’s hands trembling.

Song Xia came to her senses for a moment. Whatever the truth may be. Whatever the reason for Lee Jun-woo suddenly becoming stronger.

Here, it is undoubtedly true that the three people of Aegis expelled Lee Jun-woo together.

At that time, Lee Jun-woo, who had finished arresting, turned and looked at Aegis.

“Sorry. Is this the villain you guys were trying to catch? But what should I do? I caught it first.”

A calm smile that is not meant to be sarcastic at all. No, on the contrary, I was literally in trouble.

Facing the three people who kicked him out.

Lee Jun-woo was smiling sweetly, just like before.

Seeing that, Song Xia’s heart throbbed even more than when she thought of him a moment ago.

‘also…’

At that moment, An Yu-min opened his mouth towards Lee Jun-woo.

****

March. And today is the day of the new student entrance ceremony.

I entered the main gate of Theia Academy.

It’s truly amazing every time I see it.

A prestigious academy renowned all over the world. As such, Theia Academy had a very large campus site.

A downtown area has been built in part of the campus and in front of the school. Therefore, it is a leading academy with a very high level of awareness among the general public.

It’s not for no reason that Uncle Yongcheol’s employees praised me. Theia is filling up.

Anyway, I felt a new emotion when I saw the cadets going to school.

Everyone was no longer a student but a cadet. Theia Academy is a military academy that trains elite hunters.

Inadvertently, I remembered a scene from the original.

This is the scene where the original protagonist, An Yu-min, enters Theia’s main gate and makes a new determination.

‘The production company put a lot of effort into it. It was very high quality.’

The scene wasn’t even an illustration cut, but an animation.

The drawing and directing of that scene was also well received by numerous users. I also got into the original work through that animation advertisement, so I’m done.

So, An Yu-min was very popular at the beginning of the release of the original work, The Gray City of the Full Moon. It’s only natural that the main character is the game’s mascot.

However, Gray City of the Full Moon is a mobile gacha game.

As such, An Yu-min, a 3-star character that could be used as soon as the game started, had limitations.

Naturally, for the sake of the production company’s sales, the 4-star Taeseong character, which appeared as a pickup character later, performed much better.

There are some buffs in the main story content.

Still, the performance was inferior to that gacha character. It was not even compared to some characters considered human rights characters. Popularity naturally declined.

‘It was less used than Jiyu later.’

Jiyu was born with four genders. So, even in the main story, there were many users who did not pick An Yu-min in their deck.

Except people like me.

‘Because Ahn Yu-min was my favorite character.’

And that relationship, no, it may be a bad relationship now.

After being possessed into this game and regaining his memories. I desperately made contact with An Yu-min.

No matter how much she gets pushed aside by human rights characters, she is still the main character.

There’s no way there’s any contact with me, who’s just an extra. I really put a lot of effort into becoming closer to her.

But it may be that I am just taking my mind too far.

An Yu-min in real life was much prettier than An Yu-min in the game. It’s a shame, but I fell in love with her at first sight.

While helping An Yu-min by claiming to be his exclusive trainer, he ended up confessing to her.

‘I knew it wouldn’t work, though.’

Even in the original work, An Yu-min had no interest in dating at all. Her priority was always to follow in the footsteps of her mother, who was a renowned hunter.

– sorry. I have no intention of dating a guy in high school. Until graduation.

So, An Yu-min rejected the confession with an obvious statement.

But I definitely said it was until graduation.

Unable to give up my heart after a single rejection, I eventually created Aegis and helped her grow.

Surprisingly, he takes care of An Yu-min’s mentality, who is strong on the outside but weak on the inside.

Before I knew it, I had entered the auditorium where the entrance ceremony was held.

Above that podium, I could see An Yu-min preparing for the entrance ceremony. That’s how he became Theia’s freshman representative. My efforts were not wrong.

‘Well, the relationship between An Yu-min and I is over.’

In the end, that unrequited love ends in exile. The shock also caused me to have panic attacks.

But now, even if I think back to that moment of exile. I was so calm that I smiled lightly.

The memory of liking An Yu-min remains like a sentence. There really wasn’t a single emotion left.

‘Try hard. Yumin Ahn. Until we reach the truth of Theia Academy.’

I took a seat in the auditorium.

***

I looked around.

There are many people who went on to graduate school at Theia High School. Most of them were familiar faces.

Even if they were from another high school, Nara, who was a heavy user of the original, was really familiar with all of their faces. On the other hand, no one recognized me.

‘Has my face changed that much?’

Now, I’ve lost a little bit of gold and water over the past few months. When I checked my smartphone, it seemed that Jiyu had not arrived yet.

Now I have left Jiyu’s house and entered the dormitory.

Jiyu’s parents both said it was okay for her to continue living.

I declined for future activities.

Whether it’s for my growth or for my villain activities. There will be a lot of work to do at night.

The man immediately settled my part-time salary for one month.

‘Even after paying this semester’s tuition, I still have 5 million won left.’

Although I did a lot of work. They definitely paid more than the minimum hourly wage. As expected, Jiyu’s parents were angels.

In addition, he personally captured the villain Dark Snake and handed it over to the Hunter Association. I took that bounty too.

[Quest]==========================​​

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[Side quest Villain Hunt lv.2 completed. / Hunter Association]

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▣ Quest Rewards

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[General Compensation]

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: Obtained 5 million won as reward for arresting a wanted villain.

: Your reputation increases by 1.

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[System Compensation]

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* Gold: 5000

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▷▷ Title Avenger of Cold Fire / Hunter Association Side: Song Xia

: Your reputation has increased by hunting villains. Obtain twice as much goods.

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*Total: + 10000 G

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So I, who was poor enough to have to live at a net cafe, already had 10 million won in my pocket.

Of course, the growth of an awakened person requires a lot of money, so it was not a large amount. Still, I was able to breathe.

‘Dark Snake. ‘It was worth catching more than I thought.’

Although the speed that increases after using the skin skill cannot be ignored.

Secure visibility through multiple mirrors. In addition, the fear debuff through Unknown and my fireball, which was a good match, made him extremely scared.

Although his clothes got a little dirty due to his wind skill. I finished him off with a very easy final blow. Instead of Aegis.

Thanks to this, not only did I receive a reward, but I was also recognized for clearing the quest and secured gold. The title, Avenger, is applied and the reward is doubled to 10,000 gold.

Of course, since I went through a battle, I also gained experience points for authority and skills.

[Achievement]==========================​​

▶ Hunting the villains of the Ashen City lv.2 (complete)

: User level experience has been acquired.

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In addition, achievements are completed at the same time, and user level experience points are also increased. It meant that the moment when extended stats could be used was approaching.

[Status]====================​

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▶ ​Profile

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* User: Junwoo Lee

* User level: 12(+2)

* Awakening level: 37(+1)

* Mana available: 70 / 70

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▶​ Status

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[Basic status]

* Strength: 19(+2)

* Speed: 10​

* Intelligence: 15

* Horsepower: 15​

​* Mental Strength: 90

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▶​▶ Extended status

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[Disabled]​

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Just like this.

The strength I was worried about has already risen to 19. Other stats are still poor though. Still, it means that it is definitely growing.

‘There is a lot of work to be done at the academy, not just growth.’

There is a class assignment evaluation this week. Preparations for that evaluation had already been made. The evaluation was important not only for getting into the middle class, but also for choosing the professor you want.

I turned off the system notification window for a moment.

And just as I was trying to check the messages from Jiyu that kept coming in. Suddenly, someone spoke to me.

“Hey! The new student there. Are you Junwoo Lee?”

I saw that person.

A female cadet with reddish-blonde hair. She was looking at my face and my name tag back and forth.

He was wearing a very tight cadet uniform top. She was a pretty foreign female cadet who wore a very short skirt. It felt like a very precious lady.

The female cadet soon saw my name and smiled brightly.

“It’s really Junwoo Lee. I heard it was Geumtaeyang, but the style is completely different? Well, if the looks are this good, it’s a pass! You deserve to surpass Miss Hana!”

Looking at the color of the academy emblem on his top, he was a second year student. It means senior.

At that moment, I immediately saw a female cadet standing quietly next to the second-year cadet.

A freshman with long black hair and a calm expression. It was Choi Hana. She looked at me and bowed.