episode_0040

The red sunset seen through the wide window is quite spectacular.

Chairman Song Yu-kyung’s Office

Ji-hoon, who came here with her after completing the second round of the quarterly evaluation, was feeling the fact that he had little use for the black tea in front of him.

‘Your tea ceremony skills aren’t as good as Ares’s CEO Lee’s…’

Hot

Just when I was thinking that the tea smells bad, Ji-hoon happens to make eye contact with Chairman Song Yu-kyung.

Grinning

Ji-hoon, who seems to have been stung by something as she smiles softly, picks up the black tea and pours it all into his mouth.

“You seem to like tea. I don’t really know the taste.”

“…”

I drank it for no reason…

“Because I rarely invite guests to the chairman’s office… I didn’t think of stocking good tea or coffee”

“Ah…yes…”

Jihoon didn’t say a single word about how good the tea tasted, even if it was just empty words. It doesn’t suit my taste, but I’m afraid I’ll pour another drink for no reason…

“Do you know why I brought Cadet Jihoon Kang here?”

When Song Yu-kyung sees that Ji-hoon has poured all the tea, Song Yu-kyung begins to talk in earnest.

“Isn’t it because I’m too strong to be in class 11?”

As Jihoon calmly praises himself, as if he is embarrassed to say it out loud, a soft smile appears on her lips.

“Hehe… That’s right. You know me well. The performance that Cadet Kang Ji-hoon showed in the first and second quarterly exams was absolutely not something that a cadet in class 11 could show. So I thought. Have you ever reawakened…”

Jihoon’s expression is subtly distorted.

He looked like he was wondering why there wasn’t a message about that guy’s reawakening.

“But, I don’t think that’s true. To say that it has been reawakened means that it does not show any different skills than before, nor does it use tremendous magical power.”

Chairman Song Yoo-kyung quietly revealed his thoughts, as if he were different from the low-level people who had been criticizing Ji-hoon for his reawakening.

“You didn’t reawaken, right?”

“Yes, no.”

Song Yu-kyung brings tea to her mouth with an expression that says she knew it would happen.

Soon, after tasting a few drops on her lips, she frowns and puts down the teacup.

I know it doesn’t taste good. Why hand it to a customer…

Jihoon felt somewhat aggrieved as he looked at his empty teacup.

“Movement skill… You used the move skill in the 2nd test, but there is only one skill listed in the cadet file… Is that correct?”

Her question this time was somehow not light.

Jihoon looks at her intently and continues answering with an expression that asks if he is asking because he knows something.

“Yes. Movement skills are my only skills.”

“How far can I move?”

How far…

Jihoon hesitated about what answer to give as the thought of having crossed dimensions and entered a parallel world through his travel skills came to mind.

But soon, he calms down and answers calmly.

“Around 10 meters? I didn’t measure the exact distance, but it’s not that far.”

“Hmm…”

She rests her chin for a moment, lost in thought.

“It’s an ability that’s nothing special…”

That was correct. This is because the distance that can be moved is not very far, and it is not a skill that can be used indefinitely due to the amount of magic consumed.

It was a useful skill just once or twice to confuse the enemy and rush in, or to avoid desperate moments.

“However, it is a skill that has vastly different effectiveness depending on who uses it.”

As she stares at Jihoon, a strange sparkle appears in her eyes.

Just for a moment…

Ji-hoon feels that she is looking at Baekwol, who has been placed next to her, with faint eyes.

“Do you know Baekwol?”

“Yes. It’s a famous sword…”

She seemed to understand that it wasn’t a question like that, but Jihoon didn’t ask any more questions because he didn’t seem to want to say more.

“Hmm…Anyway. Cadet Jihoon Kang was reassigned to class 2 this time. congratulation. Suyoung Han, who was on one team, moved up to class 8. This will be the most unprecedented relocation record in Academy history!”

“…”

2nd class?

For Jihoon, who was receiving a subsidy of 2 million won in class 11, the reassignment to class 2, which gave him a large sum of money of 8 million won, was a huge benefit.

However, no matter how high Class 2 was, Jihoon could not accept the fact that there was a higher class above him.

“You don’t look happy?”

“I’m happy. However, I would like to ask why it is not class 1.”

Doesn’t this person know that there has never been a case of moving up from class 11 to class 2 in an instant?

Song Yu-kyung saw Ji-hoon’s face saying he genuinely didn’t understand and soon calmly explained it to him.

“There has never been a case where a student went straight from class 11 to class 2 with just one quarterly evaluation. Moreover, this relocation is the result of my special input.”

It was true.

Despite Jihoon’s overwhelming inaction and the resulting incredible test scores, the majority of faculty members submitted that they could not agree to reassignment beyond 4 classes.

Skills shown in the final game of the second test.

In all other processes, Jihoon barely used any magic power at all, let alone skills.

The old professors, who said that hunters show their abilities through magic and skills, refused to allow Jihoon to enter the upper class regardless of his inaction and grades.

However, Chairman Song Yu-kyung.

She wasn’t that kind of person.

She had to raise Jihoon, whom she had set her sights on, to a higher class and receive close reports of his accomplishments.

she thought.

A cadet named Kang Ji-hoon is definitely not an ordinary hunter.

The fact that he did not use magic power or skills well was by no means a condition to evaluate him low.

She couldn’t let the foolish professors look down on him, a special case they had never seen before.

“Hmm… I’m not trying to brag that I put in the effort to place Cadet Kang Ji-hoon in a higher class… Ah! By the way, is Cadet Jihoon Kang in contact with any guild?”

“No.”

“During the first exam, Ares Guild hung up a strange placard…”

Ppajik

At that time, Ji-hoon frowns as he remembers the overly large placard that Representative Lee sent, and the cute phrase and handwriting.

“With the Ares Guild… I had a little relationship with the Ares Guild because I had some work to do with it some time ago. As for the placard… I feel like I want to stop them for some reason.”

“Hehe…”

She looked at Ji-hoon, who was unusually embarrassed and had a very troubled face, as if he was cute, and then asked him seriously.

“If you have that skill, wouldn’t you be able to skip the academy and join any guild? The Academy’s support is not low, but it cannot be compared to the income earned from the guild…”

“…”

Jihoon thinks about the answer for a moment.

He continued to answer while facing Chairman Song Yu-kyung’s expression of sincere doubt.

“There are ways to earn money while attending the academy. I have a few things in mind. And again…”

a brief gap

“I have a situation. This means that you have to study and practice. For me, now is not the time to work, but the time to learn.”

“Hmm… I see.”

If there is a situation, what is it? If there is something I want to learn, what is it?

Song Yu-kyung wanted to go into a little more detail, but just like Ji-hoon earlier, she chose to be considerate of him without prying into something he didn’t say first.

‘There must be something… Yes, just like him who used the same skill… there must be something that cannot be said.’

Song Yu-kyung’s eyes become even deeper.

Her eyes as she looks at Jihoon contain an emotion that cannot be explained.

“…You’re looking at me too closely.”

surprise

At Jihoon’s point, she suddenly realizes that she had been staring at him too closely without realizing it, and quickly corrects her posture.

“Hoho…I’m sorry…I’m sorry…I was thinking of someone…”

Song Yu-kyung tries to ignore it and picks up the teacup again and brings it to her mouth.

But this time, he frowned before putting a little into his mouth and put it down so low that he couldn’t quite reach it.

“Are there any special conditions for going from class 2 to class 1?”

Jihoon’s sudden question

“Yes? You mean class 1? Hmm… The number of people in class 1 is always increased from the set limit of 12. In other words, if one person moves up to class 1, the other person who was originally there must move down to class 2.”

“Hmm… I see…”

“Yes. So, let’s get used to class 2 first and then take the steps calmly. As the chairman of the board, I will also be keeping an eye on cadet Jihoon Kang’s progress, so if you need anything for training, feel free to come to the chairman’s office and ask for anything-”

“Are you saying that if you take anyone from class 1 and beat them, they will immediately become class 1 that day?”

“Yes? What is that…”

As the conversation with Ji-hoon suddenly took a turn in a strange direction, Song Yu-kyung suddenly felt an unknown sense of anxiety engulf her entire body.