episode_0018

Baek Ji-yu entered a cafe in Theia.

After the entrance ceremony, there are no special schedules for new students today.

This admission week is orientation for common theoretical subjects. Other than that, it’s all about orientation to academy life.

So the real entrance ceremony is the class assignment evaluation on Friday. The cadets in the cafe were chatting.

“I guess support for desired departments is also provided at the same time as the class placement evaluation.”

“Instructors from various faculties directly participate in the evaluation. It would be a good idea to put a stamp on it.”

“After the evaluation, I decided to have an opening party with the kids right away. Do you guys want to come too?”

Baek Ji-yu carefully settled down in the corner of the cafe.

There were many cadets in the cafe. Especially female cadets.

The proportion of awakened people is originally higher in women than in men. Theia, the Awakened Academy, was not particularly strange.

However, even the remaining cadets were a burden to Baek Ji-yu. Especially people who look like insiders.

‘Ah, it’s still hard to be in a place with so many people.’

There were many people, but no one paid attention to her. She was using the skill activated by her authority, Stealth.

Junwoo said that she has become much prettier than when she was in high school.

There was no way those gloomy habits from my old days would go away anytime soon. Nevertheless, she came into this cafe full of famous people.

Of course, it was because I was concerned about the two people sitting together at the table over there.

However, there were so many people in the cafe that I couldn’t hear what those two people said properly.

“… Party… ?”

“… Lee Jun-woo… I need it!!”

I was startled by the blurry words.

‘green onion… A party?’

And unlike her, her classmate, Yeo, has a more popular appearance than anyone else.

Hana Choi.

As it happened, she entered this place a little while ago with Lee Jun-woo, Baek Ji-yu’s childhood friend.

It shouldn’t be like that though. I was so curious about what Choi Hana had to do with Jun-woo that I ended up following him.

‘A party… no way?’

Because of that pretty look. Even though I stayed still, people gathered around me at first.

I heard that Hana Choi mostly slept during theory classes except for practical classes.

Of course, during recess as well. Even with that appearance, his friendships actually seemed to be no different from his own.

So there were many strange rumors about Choi Hana.

– Because she’s that pretty… Actually, I might be hanging out late with the bullies from other schools.

– really? Now that I think about it, last time too…

There was even a rumor going around that she was seen together with someone from the underworld.

But Baek Ji-yu did not believe that.

You can tell because she is the same woman. If you’ve gone down a really bad path. There was no way I could have such a bright smile.

The day I was late because I stayed up all night playing War World. By chance, I saw Hana Choi near the high school.

Hana Choi was squatting for a while looking at the cat on the side of the road.

I saw him putting his index finger on his cheek and making all kinds of facial expressions in an attempt to get to know the cat.

When the cat finally responded, Choi Hana burst out laughing.

‘really… Your smile was pretty too.’

So there is absolutely no way that such a pretty person would be involved with people in the underworld. Even so, my intuition was quite accurate.

‘Oh, no, that’s not important now!’

Anyway, I believed that Choi Hana was a good person.

So a little while ago. My heart sank when I heard that party proposal.

All cadets at the academy are adults. I didn’t even know that Junwoo had been offered an opening drinking party, which is a privilege for insiders.

‘me… It’s not bad, but… ‘

Probably, because I have never heard a rumor that Choi Hana is dating a man.

There are rumors that he is dating a woman, so there is nothing to be wary of.

‘Junwoo’s ideal type is… ‘Because she’s as cute as Ha Ye-eun.’

The problem is the other female cadets who will come to the opening party. Junwoo returned to his former self while staying at her house last winter.

No longer Geum Taeyang, but with the handsome face from middle school. No, he is more handsome than then.

‘Ha Ye-eun is just dying of worry… If other female cadets tease Junwoo… ‘

I didn’t even want to think about it. I hate NTR.

‘Oh, no…’ Because I’m not Junwoo’s girlfriend… Junwoo is just a friend… It’s not like that, but… ‘

Still, I was very concerned about that party.

If that doesn’t work out, I thought it would be better for her to attend the opening party.

For a moment, I couldn’t breathe, even though I felt afraid of that opening party.

‘huh? ‘What is that?’

Junwoo took something out of the document bag. There was a resume with Choi Hana’s ID photo attached.

And then I saw the transcript from Theia High School. A life record was also seen.

‘yo. this… ‘Do insiders these days have to provide proof of documents at the opening party?’

My heart sank. Of course, Baek Ji-yu’s friendships listed in her birth book are the worst.

If it is a trend to attach even the birth certificate. You can never participate in that opening party.

That moment. More people flocked to the cafe.

‘If I do this, I might get caught.’

You can’t use stealth infinitely. I couldn’t stay here any longer.

Baek Ji-yu hid the lunch box she had packed to eat with Lee Jun-woo behind her back.

‘I decided not to eat in the bathroom anymore… ‘I need to at least look for the rooftop.’

It was very difficult to study alone. In the end, Baek Ji-yu left without being able to spy on the two people anymore.

***

Choi Hana spoke to me with an expression full of determination. I answered.

“A party proposal?”

“Yes! I need Lee Jun-woo for the party I will make in the future!!”

I was intrigued by those words.

Because I know Choi Hana’s personality. I already knew what kind of party was being proposed.

‘It’s a future dispatch activity party.’

At Theia, each class has a designated major.

In reality, much of the training process and time is allocated to cooperative training activities and dispatch activities.

‘There, the classes are divided by skill level.’

Theia’s reputation arose through that dispatch activity.

The party Choi Hana was talking about was the activity party.

“No, I didn’t speak well. I will definitely help Junwoo Lee with his party activities!”

At those words, I looked again at the envelope that Choi Hana had given me.

And took out the document.

‘It seems like I have become the interviewer.’

No, that wasn’t an exaggeration. Choi Hana looked at me with nervous eyes.

Her ID photo was attached to the resume form.

A photo that would pass the document screening process of any large company. And there was a description of his powers and main skills.

‘Choi Hana hasn’t had her second awakening yet.’

Usually, 4-star characters are born with a secondary awakening right away when they are released.

Based on the original work, Choi Hana was not yet picked up, so there was only one power written down.

‘So for me, it’s actually better.’

If I give you just a little advice, you will complete the second awakening in no time.

However, as things stand now, there is a high possibility that the cooperative training class will be a middle class.

‘In the same class, party member selection is free.’

For the sake of efficiency in dispatch activities, the composition of the party is left to autonomy as much as possible. To use an analogy, it is similar to a group assignment in which students directly select members.

In short, Choi Hana’s proposal is to have her in my party.

‘why?’

At that moment, I saw the life record included in the document envelope.

As expected, attendance records and peer relationships were not recorded very well.

‘The evaluation of my classmates is good, but I am not active in my peer relationships… ‘Ira.’

Perhaps because of the work of the organization she leads. I couldn’t have done anything because I didn’t have enough sleep every time.

When I went to meet An Yu-min and go to her class.

I have often seen Choi Hana sleeping face down on her desk.

‘Well, anyway, that doesn’t matter… ‘

The important thing is that a very good opportunity came to me.

Perhaps, Choi Hana does not have a good relationship with friends, as recorded in her birth certificate.

At least he might be thinking of forming a party with me in advance, since he got to know me through the last re-exam.

If you can’t quickly decide on a group for the group assignment and you end up with the same problem. Because that’s quite miserable.

Of course, for that reason, I cannot just give a happy answer.

“But the class assignment evaluation hasn’t been completed yet, right? Moreover, I had the worst practical grades in high school. So I’m not sure what class I’ll be in.”

Nevertheless, my goal was to become 1st grader In 5. And I had to grow to even surpass Aigis.

‘I need a party member who can trust me.’

Even though, as an awakened person, he was close to being incompetent. Ahn Yu-min, who was born with a 3-star, is also the one who made me the representative of the freshmen cadets.

I plan to put a lot more effort into the new party than I put into Aigis.

So no matter how good Choi Hana’s conditions as a party member are.

It would definitely be difficult if you couldn’t follow me.

‘If you change like a member of Aigis. ‘The plan is ruined.’

I’m extra. And even if you pass the retest, you’re still just an unknown cadet with bad grades.

I know that Choi Hana places great importance on loyalty, following her father’s wishes. As a leader leading an organization, you may have an eye for people.

I really needed that confirmation.

what she thinks of me And in fact, even if I agree too easily…

‘It looks a little missing. ‘Pushing and pulling is necessary.’

After a moment of silence.

Choi Hana, who was smiling awkwardly like a nervous interviewer, answered energetically.

“You don’t have to worry about that! Junwoo, you will definitely enter the middle class! No, if you have a little more time, you can go to high class… First of all, I think you will end up in the same middle class as me!”

And then he spoke hurriedly.

“Could you please check that document, the next page that lists the reasons why I must be selected for Junwoo’s party?”

I did as she said.

Then, I saw a document organized into about ten pages.

‘A report on the merits of Lee Jun-woo, the exemplary Holy Knight of the Holy Knights Department?’

It was a document with a title that seemed completely unrelated to me. When I read the document, I found that it contained a lot of evaluations about me.

“I’m not the kind of person who can judge Junwoo carelessly, but… Still, I know Junwoo’s excellence so well that I think I can work harder as a party member!”

Just like a person being interviewed.

Choi Hana desperately appealed herself to me.

Also, there seems to be a significant misunderstanding in the personality evaluation written in that document.

At least that’s what I did as an Aigis operator. The analysis of past retest results was quite accurate.

‘As expected, the leaders who lead an organization are different. I even prepared like this.’

There was no reason for me to refuse anymore.

Not just the party at the academy. Even working with her organization as an Unknown in the future.

I held out my hand to Hana Choi, who was looking at me with nervous eyes.

“Please take care of me.”

Then Choi Hana shook my hand with a very happy expression.

“Just trust me!”

She had a trustworthy expression on her face that I could really trust. And I waved my hand vigorously.

Then I suddenly realized that my hand was too tight.

She let go of his hand and suddenly lowered her head.

“Sorry, sorry. I grabbed it too hard… See you next time then!”

Then he quickly got up from his seat.

He bowed 90 degrees to me and quickly left. No, then he came back and gave me something.

“This is my friend’s fee!”

Friend fee? I tried to reply to that absurd statement, but he had already left the place.

‘Personality… unique.’

It reminded me of the character of Choi Hana from the original, who was surprisingly vain. But when I saw the item she handed me, I was immediately surprised.

‘This is a membership to Rain Weapons, right?’

Scarlett, the young lady whom Choi Hana serves.

Reign Weapons is a subsidiary of the military company run by Scarlett’s father. It was a famous weapons manufacturing company.

‘It’s quite a difficult item to obtain. ‘Good.’

Of course, I didn’t need anything like friend fees. Still, I got something unexpected.

As you can see from the Paladin Sword.

Weapons with rarity can create powers.

‘It will be helpful in class assignment evaluation.’

Once I left the cafe. And I sent a text message to Jiyu, who was still at the academy.

***

Song Xia returned to her home.

The main house is a mansion. So the room she lived in was also very spacious.

“I bought the book you mentioned.”

“Leave it there.”

The family’s employee greeted them politely.

A distant relative of her mother’s family and Song Xia’s maid. So, he was a vampire. In reality, he was a person close to surveillance.

“There has been a lot of noise about Aegis’ activities recently. I will not report this to the head of the family right away.”

There was no way Song Xia didn’t know that these were words of warning.

My father absolutely hates anything that harms the family’s reputation.

“And I don’t know why you asked me to buy this book, a romance fantasy book. Don’t waste too much time on the wrong things. Now I’m a cadet at the academy.”

With those last words, the maid left.

Song Xia checked her smartphone.

[Evaluator and evaluation team have been assigned.]

And I saw a familiar name in the text.

‘Why, Lee Jun-woo… ‘

Song Sia’s class assignment evaluation partner was Lee Jun-woo.

Inadvertently, Song Xia remembered what happened at the entrance ceremony today. An Yu-min was looking for someone with urgent eyes.

And where the gaze was directed, a familiar face appeared. Although the appearance and feel were slightly different. It was definitely Lee Jun-woo.

‘Why An Yu-min… Lee Jun-woo with those eyes… .’

It was Ahn Yu-min who despised Lee Jun-woo. However, An Yu-min’s expression when he saw that Lee Jun-woo was talking to someone was strange.

I can’t quite understand the emotion, but I felt surprise and resentment.

“Why… .?”

I couldn’t understand.

‘Ahn Yu-min must have despised Lee Jun-woo?’

Still, I couldn’t figure out why he was making that kind of expression.

No matter who he is friends with after leaving Aegis. It was none of An Yumin’s business.

So, An Yu-min’s expression is full of those emotions. Song Xia became anxious again like before.

When Lee Jun-woo was at Aegis.

Like when I noticed that Lee Jun-woo was always chasing Ahn Yu-min.