episode_0016

After finishing my thoughts, I waited for Lee Joo-hyuk to finish the call. I could tell it was over when he hung up. It was a time when I could feel uncomfortable in many ways.

“Okay. He said it’ll be ready when you get there. You know where to go, right? It’s the same place we went to before during ‘Weapon Selection’. So let’s go right away.”

“Yes, thank you very much.”

I bowed my head with the softest, kindest smile I could muster. I felt truly grateful, because it might not have been possible.

And I showed Lee Ju-hyuk the maximum expression I could to show this emotion.

“There won’t be anything like this next time. Go.”

“Okay.”

After I finished speaking, I slowly left the teachers’ room.

As I came out into the hallway, I felt like I looked different than usual. It might be because my perception had changed, or it might be because I saw it again after not paying attention to it before.

It was a hallway that you could see everywhere, but it felt quite clean and even had a strong feeling.

I was lost in thought as I walked down that hallway.

Would I be able to tell if it was a good gun or not just by looking at it? Of course, it would be impossible just by looking at it. Before coming to this world, I was just a nerd who read web novels. How could I possibly have such great abilities?

No matter how much I think about it, it seems impossible.

But what if you touch and use it yourself? If you do that, wouldn’t you be able to know what’s good about it? I thought you would be able to know. So it could definitely be possible.

I think it would be okay to look forward to it.

It was a quick arrival.

As I pushed the doorknob and went in, a dark, damp space appeared just like before. As expected, the first thing that caught my eye was the various guns on the desk, which gave me a sense of anticipation. There seemed to be more guns than before.

There should be at least one good one at this point.

I had to get something at least better than what I had now.

Looking around a bit more, I could see a person standing in a corner, out of sight. I could tell just from the atmosphere that she was the woman who had been there when I first came in to choose my weapon.

‘As expected, you were here.’

The woman who was leaning against the wall and giving off a strange vibe slowly approached me.

“You’re here.”

The woman called me in a seductive voice.

“Yes. Kim Seo-jin, I came to change weapons.”

For some reason, I felt nervous and made my answer longer, even repeating facts I already knew. I was worried that I might have given a bad impression.

“Okay, then take a look at what’s here. The choice is yours.”

As soon as I finished speaking, I immediately approached the woman. The woman tilted her head as if she was wondering at my appearance.

“Maybe I can try out some of these myself?”

The woman flinched at those words. She seemed a little surprised, as if she hadn’t expected me to ask her for something like this.

“Directly……?”

“As you know, I’m an ordinary person, so I don’t have an eye for choosing weapons. So I’m trying them out myself to see what’s good. Can I ask you a favor?”

I stare hard at the woman.

It may have been a little rude, but I must have said it without realizing it, considering that the guy had given me a bad weapon on purpose.

I felt a little sorry. Still, I couldn’t help it because it was better to go out this strong than to go out weakly.

Although I can somewhat predict what she will say, I still have my own expectations.

What if you don’t know?

“No. Other kids didn’t do that either. What are you talking about? Even doing this now is a privilege that only you can have. Just take a quick look and make your choice and leave.”

Fortunately or unfortunately, it was as expected.

Of course, the woman did not grant my request, and instead, she indirectly told me that I was special and made a point. To be honest, there was nothing wrong with what she said, but I couldn’t back down.

How can I persuade him?

Naturally, I’ve been thinking about that part for a while now. There’s no other way for me to choose a good gun than to use it myself.

I thought about it over and over again and tried to find a way.

From now on, I had to think about gambling.

“I still hope you’ll allow it.”

“I said no. Don’t be stubborn. Why are you doing that?”

“I don’t believe it, that’s why.”

I keep looking at women.

“What do you mean you don’t believe it?”

“You gave me a bad gun back then. That’s why I don’t trust you.”

This is what they’re aiming for.

He was trying to find fault with me by saying that I was given a bad gun on purpose so that he could use it himself. That was the only thing he could do here.

It may seem a little rude. But I think it’s better than showing weakness, so it would be right to continue talking like we are doing now.

If you feel like you don’t have time even now, it’s over.

“Is this wrong?”

The woman who had been silent at my words snickered. It seemed that she found my behavior funny.

“I gave you a bad gun? How do you know that?”

“I know because I used it myself.”

I actually used it. As you know, not a lot, but I know it because I used it in various ways.

I’ve used it enough to know for sure that it’s a fragile weapon that would be difficult to properly kill anyone, except for an ordinary person with no abilities like me.

I don’t know much about guns, but this thing was so weak.

So I’m trying to make it seem like this woman did it on purpose so that she can try it out for herself.

“I see. So you used it yourself? Then where?”

“I tried it in the forest.”

At that moment, I felt like the woman was laughing at something.

“You said that knowing that it was against the rules, right?”

Yes, that’s right.

What I did was clearly one of the rules that this academy had set out that I shouldn’t do. I knew that when I met Yusera there, so I mentioned it briefly as a joke. It seemed like that woman was trying to use it against me by making it my problem.

“I’ll forgive you this time, so just look at the weapon and choose.”

I had a feeling that the woman was smiling, as if I was joking.

Do you hate me that much? Can’t you just let it go? If it were me, I would have said that it would only be this one time and that I would see her use it. But instead, she kept saying no over and over again. I thought she was being too stubborn.

How much do you hate ordinary people that you do that?

After thinking about that for a moment, he continued speaking.

“No. And why don’t you ask this? Who did it with?”

“What?”

“You probably know that you won’t be alone.”

“What are you trying to say?”

There I said with a soft smile.

“I heard you did it with Yoo Seo-ra.”

From now on, I will be using Yusera.

Of course, I don’t think I should rely on Yoo Seo-ra. That would be the right way of thinking, if only to change the ending. But apart from that, it’s also true that I need Yoo Seo-ra to become stronger quickly. So what should I do?

It really was that simple.

All I have to do is use Yusera.

I need to give up the idea that Yoo Seora will somehow do everything for me, and instead, I need to use Yoo Seora to do something for me.

Rather than relying on Yoo Seora, I just need to be capable enough to abandon Yoo Seora right away.

It may not be enough for now, but I decided to use it for a while because I need Yusera’s help in the current situation.

‘You were playing with me anyway.’

This is about the same as medicine.

And I decided that it didn’t matter since I wasn’t going to let it affect Yoo Seo-ra anyway.

“Why are you telling me that?”

“If you can punish them, then punish them.”

Yusera’s reputation was truly great.

He is a guy who is at the top of both his theoretical and practical grades, and at the same time, he is being eyed by many guilds. That is why, in the original work, there are times when he does something crazy and gets overlooked, and the reason is because so many guilds are looking at him.

This is all the more forgivable as it contributes to the academy’s reputation.

And now we’re just using it for a while.

“Wouldn’t it be difficult considering Yusera’s reputation?”

“You alone can punish this.”

“I’ll stop it.”

That guy will know too.

That I am on friendly terms with Yu Seo.

So you know it’s going to be quite difficult for me to punish just one person. Since we’re close, I don’t know what to do.

“Hoohoohoohoo……!”

Suddenly the guy started laughing. He started laughing so creepily that I didn’t want to listen to him because it made me feel uncomfortable.

“It looks like you wrote it with your head in your mouth, but you know you can just say no anyway, right?”

Even if it’s a world in a novel, is this something that shouldn’t happen?

Shit.

I guess I took it too lightly again.

‘no.’

That’s not true.

Are your thoughts not organized?

The plan could be said to be from now on.

Think about it.

Who is that woman?

I’ve saved myself a lot of time. If I can just pretend like I’ve been playing around with it, the plan so far has been successful.

I thought, guess who that person is.

I knew that I couldn’t ignore this character just because he wasn’t in the original. Do you think he would have passed by the novel without a single mention, even though he stands out so much and gives off such a strange vibe?

Even if he was a nobody, he would have appeared at least once as a joke.

To that extent, that person seemed like a strange person.

So I thought about it. Maybe he was a character from the original work.

A lot of thoughts came and went, and I still didn’t know who it was.

Then I changed one route and started to think again.

‘What if it’s not actually a woman?’

What if there is a person who pretends to be a woman? What if there is a person who is actually a man and not a woman?

It was simple. When I thought about it like that, several characters came to mind, and when I thought about who among them would be capable of such a disguise, I could figure it out.

Since I’ve read the novel so many times, I can recognize the characters to some extent.

“Oh, really? Isn’t that too much, Chairman?”

Yes, that’s right.

In the original work, a character with excellent disguise skills who attends this school.

It was only after killing a person that I was able to realize something that I could have known with just a little thought from the moment I first met him.

“What does that mean?”

“That’s too much, Chairman. Can’t you be a little more tolerant?”

After a moment of silence, he snickered and said.

“Do you know me?”

“I know that. I didn’t know that cross-dressing was your hobby.”

When I said that with a smile, he let out a loud laugh as if he found it ridiculous.

“Huh, since when did you know?”

“I just found out.”

Chairman Yoo Su-ho, who took a step closer to what I said, glared at me. At that, I raised the corners of my lips slightly to show my composure.

“I knew it from the beginning.”

“But that’s not the case.”

“No. Am I being teased from the beginning? How can I be so clueless? I’m rusty.”

Yoo Soo-ho raised his head after muttering to himself.

“I can’t believe I got caught by a normal person. This is unexpected.”

“Is that so?”

“Yeah.”

Yoo Su-ho was silent for a moment, and then I spoke up first.

“If it’s so amazing, can you please grant me the favor I asked you earlier?”

Yoo Soo-ho, who likes to entertain himself.

A character who wants to do whatever he wants.

If that’s the case, then this alone would be enough to grant my request.