episode_0065

The academy is a training center for talented people.

It is also a place to hone how, where, and when to use these abilities.

In other words, the Academy promotes itself as a ‘specialized institution for nurturing heroes.’

It is a place where we hope that you will not become a villain with the skills you have learned at the academy, and at the same time, it will teach you how to fight against villains.

Although it can be quite controversial depending on one’s point of view, some people call Sejong Academy a ‘military academy’.

A training center for combatants to deal with villains and demons.

When people say things like that, people with disabilities or their families may feel quite uncomfortable, but if you look at the actual curriculum, practical training takes up a significant amount of time.

The same goes for the first key episode in the original, ‘Treasure Hunt’.

In this treasure hunt, which can be said to be the end of the first volume, the main task is to form a team of two and search for the goal given to them.

The field is the entire Sejong Island.

… However, since each group has a designated area and the main purpose is to find items within that area, there is no need to search the entire Sejong Island.

-Wouldn’t it be fun to just do research? So, let’s reduce the number of treasures rather than the number of groups.

-Do we really have to make them fight like that?

-Children should also have opportunities to show off their talents.

-Legitimately making them fight each other?

-of course. Why not just bring the treasure to the finish line? What happens in the process…if it doesn’t cause serious injury, you can just ignore it.

As if we were living in an era of endless competition, the professors and teachers at the academy turned the treasure hunt into a competition.

-Reduce the number of students appropriately. And students are distributed in a balanced manner to each district.

-So, first place comes out in each district?

-okay. Those in first place become aware of each other, and grow as they compete with each other. Isn’t it true that children grow up fighting? haha.

-It would be difficult if he became a devil.

-If he became a devil in this competition, he would become a devil later. You should cut off moldy sprouts a long time ago. Before going out into society, you should cut off your hair. Only then can other sprouts grow well. Isn’t it?

The professors at the academy, and the core of the teachers, have this idea.

-Raising people with special abilities is like growing fruit. Among the countless fruits, we must select the special and high-grade fruits and make them the ‘heroes’ of this era, put the middle-grade and low-grade fruits on the market appropriately, and filter out all those that have no commercial value. In particular, those that are moldy or contain germs should be eliminated in advance.

– People with special abilities are not common enough to be compared to fruits, right?

-Oh, that. Compared to the Middle East or Africa, we are fruits. If we are fruit, aren’t we elephants?

-It would be nice to have an elephant. Hehehe. I agree with what the professor said. Those who will become villains or devils must be nipped in the bud in advance.

An era where only the capable survive.

After the cataclysm, the era of omnipotent abilities arrived.

-But would it be okay if we just asked students to participate in a training called a treasure hunt?

-You compete against each other for credits, prize money, and merit. There is nothing more beneficial to students than this, right?

Those who find the treasure will gain points.

He who finds the treasure will receive a reward called condolences.

Those who find the treasure will receive the ‘public recognition’ granted by the Academy.

-what?! If you find the treasure, you can get test scores, money, and holidays?!

-Ah, it’s a treasure, hehe.

-You’re talking about treasure, isn’t it just the reward you get after getting the treasure?

The response from academy students was enthusiastic.

Even if you’re not interested in competition, you’re bound to want one out of three rewards.

-So, if you get the treasure, you will be able to pass the test even if you don’t take the midterm this time?

-Yes, student. You’ve already proven your abilities in the treasure hunt, so what’s the point of a test? Of course, if you want to take the test, you can.

-Oh, then of course I won’t have to take the midterm exam and go find the treasure!

Those who don’t like studying can get test scores without having to take the test.

-How much money? Do you want to raise 5,000 won as a condolence payment? haha.

-They say it’s 1 million won?

-…Isn’t 1 million won just a small amount of money to someone with special abilities?

-Minimum 1 million won.

-Wow, it wasn’t a condolence gift, it was a check?

-Even the first prize is 100 million won.

-Wow, crazy. Does this academy have any money left?

-I’ll leave.

-ah.

A huge amount of money is given to students who lack pocket money.

-miss. Let’s participate.

-That’s Okay. I don’t need money, and I can study on my own and get 100 points. So why do I have to go through all the trouble to find a partner I don’t like and search every corner of the island?

-It is said that holidays are granted depending on the time the treasure is acquired. First place…gets five days off.

-…Then I can study for those five days! I’m leaving right now!

-It’s a holiday.

-Studying alone gives me a break! Oh hoho!

Free time for those who want to use their time more efficiently.

This treasure hunt, which is one of the main events, does not have any major accidents every year, but this year is different when the main character enters school.

As it is the climax of volume 1 of the light novel, a huge accident occurs.

And on that occasion I-

Manager “Do. What are you doing on a treasure hunt day?”

“I’m going to read a fantasy novel at home.”

“……I thought I would participate in something.”

“What? The main mother. I’m a librarian. Why do librarians participate in such training?”

do not participate

“I am neither a student nor an academy teacher. Librarian.”

“…Then what about goblins?”

“Goblin is different.”

Do Ji-hwan will not participate.

“Won’t people misunderstand if you wear a love story and run amok as a goblin? If a goblin appears, your alibi will disappear.”

“So, I need to create an alibi.”

I pointed outside to my mother-in-law.

“Would you like to take a walk at night with me for a moment?”

“Walk?”

“Okay. To create an alibi for Do Ji-hwan.”

* * *

Late at night, close to dawn.

“Goodbye.”

Choi Ki-woo, the owner of Sejong Island Haeguneul 24’s ‘Nara Branch’, lamented as he saw people staggering out of the convenience store.

“I also want to become a person with special abilities.”

Ki-woo is not a talented person.

However, the reason he is working as the owner of a convenience store in Sejong Island, especially a convenience store of the Haegeuneul 24 chain, is because his younger sister is a talented person.

The age difference between me and my younger sister is 10 years.

Among them, there are about four brothers and sisters.

My younger sister, who is 10 years old this year, is working at the Sejong Island Academy, and Ki-woo, who has just become an adult, comes to Sejong Island to work as my younger sister’s legal guardian and ‘family member’ for mental care.

In fact, thanks to his younger sister, he is now working as a salaried store owner at a convenience store.

It wasn’t a very bad environment for Ki-woo, except that the salary was 6 million won per month, students with E-D levels worked part-time during the week, and they only worked at night.

The only thing that is strange is that various things happen at night when he is guarding the convenience store counter.

Jingling jingling.

When the door opened, a tall man wearing a black baseball cap, gray hoodie, and jeans came in.

Seeing that he was wearing a mask, I was momentarily worried that he might be a robber, but robberies occurring on Sejong Island would be the same as saying that goblins reside on Sejong Island.

“Welcome…”

Kiwoo was about to say hello, but when he saw the woman following the man, he swallowed his saliva.

The woman was also wearing a hat and mask, but was following the man wearing only a tight tank top and dolphin pants.

no way.

Could it be for ‘patriotism’?

“Baby, can I buy some melon milk?”

“4.”

“Would you like to buy some beef jerky? We’re out of snacks.”

“Jerky? good. But didn’t you say you don’t like getting your teeth stuck?”

“If it gets stuck in your teeth, you can take it out yourself.”

Yuck.

Kiwoo tried to suppress the rumbling inside his stomach.

‘I know you guys are patriots, so go home and practice your patriotism!’

Why did you come to the convenience store and say something like that?

There is no such truth.

Over there on the mainland, there are a lot of old men who drink and make a fuss, or old people wearing fishing vests and tell people to hand over cigarettes, but on Sejong Island, there is a lot of truth in a different sense in these late-night convenience stores.

“Ha.”

I sighed as I saw a flying insect clinging to the glass wall.

‘Those flying insects are also breeding, so what am I doing?’

“Calculation.”

While Ki-woo was lamenting, the man and woman bought various items and put them on the stand.

“Please also include an envelope.”

“Ah, yes.”

Kiwoo immediately scanned the barcodes of the items, and the man put his Taegeuk watch on the sensor.

“Baby, I have this.”

“…Hey.”

When the woman brought something in both hands, the man scolded her openly.

Ki-woo wondered what that was, so he took a quick look –

“Leave it in its original place.”

“Ah, why?”

“Why are you giving me a headache?”

“One container is not enough. I’m going to buy two now. Huh?”

Kiwoo finished the calculation in his head.

There are 12 in one, so 24 in two?

“When are you going to use all of that?”

“It’s annual leave on Friday, so you can do it all weekend.”

“You said you couldn’t do it anymore last time and couldn’t write it all.”

“This time! different! Baby, huh?”

what?

Is it true that women can’t keep up with men’s tempo?

“…Ha. sorry. Please calculate this as well.”

“Ah, yes. Yes.”

Take a picture.

Kiwoo stamped the barcode on two containers.

The two men and women took the envelope and immediately left the convenience store, and Kiwoo raised his head.

“Friday…annual leave…weekend. Ha.”

Shaking my head.

“Traitors. Just make a hole and be patriotic.”

Ki-woo went outside and chased away the flying insects that were clinging to the wall, one by one, with a broom.

“All couples tell me to go to Ulleung!”