episode_0068

I briefly recalled what happened in the classroom.

‘The scenes were repeated like An Yu-min’s dream.’

Perhaps the unconscious wish of An Yu-min, who dominates the 10th floor, was captured in that space.

It started with An Yu-min and I sitting side by side on chairs in the classroom.

The two were a couple.

If Ahn Yu-min had not withdrawn me from Aigis.

A future event that may have actually become true.

In that imagination, An Yu-min looked at me with very loving eyes.

‘Until other women entered the classroom.’

The two were having a sweet time there, like a college couple.

That moment was just a moment.

Other women appeared in the classroom.

Choi Hana, Song Si-ah, Ha Ye-eun.

And even other female cadets who are related to me.

An Yu-min suddenly changed when he saw those women.

Just because I responded to those women’s greetings.

She drew her Hunter Sword.

I thought back to that scene for a moment.

‘I never thought An Yu-min would become that strong.’

As a hunter, An Yu-min’s grade is C level.

However, that grade is based on high school standards.

When my grade is re-evaluated through this midterm exam, I will exceed grade C+.

However, what An Yu-min showed a little while ago exceeded the B+ level.

‘Song Si-ado. Choi Hana was killed without even the slightest resistance.’

A special space created at Theia Academy.

So surprisingly, the Hotel of Mirrors perfectly recreated the cadets’ abilities even in their imaginations.

I’ve seen both Song Si-ah and Ha Ye-eun in action recently.

I also knew that strength.

‘I wouldn’t have lost even if I had a fight with Jo Ah-rin.’

It’s not for nothing that my hidden title is limited.

Although he is now sleeping peacefully in my arms.

When her eyes turned into pentagrams, she was more ferocious than any other villain.

It wasn’t an exaggeration.

An Yu-min exuded even more deadly madness than the horror hall I encountered in the tutorial.

‘And the trigger for becoming a villain is…’

As expected, I was the reason the villain inside An Yu-min woke up.

It was a feeling of extreme jealousy. And it was cruel.

Standing over the pool of blood from the murdered female cadets, she looked back at me.

– Are you going to love only me?

She was smiling, ecstatic that she had eliminated all the obstacles.

The sight gave me goosebumps.

But it wasn’t because I was scared.

Inadvertently, I thought that it was so beautiful.

Ahn Yu-min goes crazy with jealousy and becomes a complete villain.

‘I was a little embarrassed.’

Avenger of cold fire.

The effect of absolute composure did not apply.

So my feelings for An Yu-min reopened.

I think that appearance is beautiful.

Even with my previous knowledge, this was impossible.

‘I think something inside me has changed as expected.’

I felt the beauty in An Yu-min’s appearance as a villain.

The person I am now is an undeniable villain.

In this way, An Yu-min’s murder was repeated over and over again.

The location remains the same: a classroom.

Every time those intruders came in, An Yu-min killed all the female cadets.

More than ten times.

‘It eventually stopped, though.’

When I didn’t pay any attention to the other female cadets and focused all my attention on An Yu-min.

And really, like I was her boyfriend.

When you play that sweetness perfectly.

Finally, all of An Yu-min’s dreams came to an end.

The lights in the classroom turned off.

And like now.

An Yu-min lost consciousness and collapsed.

The moment I finished reminiscing like that.

All the walls in the classroom turned into mirrors.

Wajangchang-

It was completely shattered.

I held her in a princess hug.

I looked around.

‘Back in the hallway.’

I exited through the mirrored hallway.

And the system notification window was activated.

[The effect of the hidden title Cold Fire Avenger is activated.]​

A hidden title that had limited effectiveness in the classroom.

The title has been normalized.

I checked the room numbers in the hallway.

Three digits. And the first number is 1.

The place I was in now felt like the 1st floor, not the 10th floor just a moment ago.

‘Right. Has Ahn Yu-min’s villainization been lifted?’

It was that time.

I felt someone looking at me in the mirror.

‘Unknown?’

The man with the blood-red mask was looking at me.

Unknown in the mirror soon took off his mask.

I quickly tried to see the face under the mask.

He disappeared.

Tutuk-

And at the same time, something bounced out of the mirror.

“This is…”

I carefully sat An Yu-min against the wall and checked the item.

I was surprised.

That object was Unknown’s mask.

“Why is this mask…”

I turned the mask over as if to check it.

And when I saw one sentence written there, I froze on the spot.

– Dear you. Please take good care of my daughter.

I almost couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw the name written under that sentence.

‘Ahn Yu-min… is his daughter?’

Letisane’s name was written right there.

But I didn’t have time to think more.

I hurriedly took Unknown’s mask secretly into my arms.

‘Ahn Yu-min’s rule has been lifted. In the current space, perhaps…’

It seemed like I would soon be leaving this mirror hotel.

As expected, An Yumin’s voice was heard.

“Hmph…”

It seemed like she had come to her senses.

“Are you both okay?”

Jo A-rin’s voice was also heard from afar.

It seems to be from beyond that distant hallway.

At that time, my eyes met with An Yu-min, who stood up from his seat.

Have you come to your senses?

The pentagram pattern disappeared from the pupils.

But instead, tears were flowing from her eyes.

It was as if I had a very happy dream.

As if I realized that it was a reality that could never come true.

But for me, the absolute composure effect applies again.

I felt nothing when I saw her.

But soon my head became cold.

If only I could control her as a villain.

It might not be difficult to re-enter the Hotel of Mirrors.

I gently hugged Ahn Yu-min, who was crying.

Her surprised eyes fluttered.

***

What happened during the leadership patrol was also reported to the Theia Board of Directors.

But what happened at the Mirror Hotel.

Neither of them could remember the details.

In the first place, Jo Ah-rin continued to wander on the first floor, and An Yu-min remembered what happened on the 10th floor as if it were a dream.

For now, it turned out to be nothing more than a surprise incident by a villain.

‘what. Because there were no victims.’

Instead, security on the old campus was further strengthened.

It’s not a good thing for me as I have to find out more about Letisane’s secrets.

Actually, it wasn’t a big problem.

‘It’s actually more advantageous than Crimson Teeth.’

Villains Ashmonk and Fatal Blood.

A villain belonging to Crimson Teeth experienced a special phenomenon there.

So Crimson Teeth’s attention will be focused on that for a while.

But the core of the clue related to letisane.

After all, it is a hotel of mirrors.

I have already established a relationship with the most reliable person to gain access to the hotel.

Yumin Ahn.

‘Are you sure. Better than the old campus. An Yu-min is a much more important key.’

The location didn’t really matter.

In the future, if An Yu-min becomes involved in a case involving a villain at Theia Academy.

The mirror hotel will be reopened.

The mask of Unknown that I obtained was clear evidence.

[Item]==========================

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[Evaluate the target item.]

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* Name: Unknown Mask [Exclusive]

* Grade: Unique

* Attribute: Dark

* Exclusive level: 1

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▣ Details

: A mysterious villain who will cause chaos in the gray city where the full moon rises. This is Unknown’s exclusive mask.

: The identity of the villain is not known to any side.

: All statuses of the wearer increase. (+10)

: Special effects are added as the exclusive level increases. (No reinforcement required)

▣ Grant effect

* Handwritten sentence by Archmage Letisane

: ???

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Clear evidence that what happened on the 10th floor of the hotel was not a fantasy or a dream.

I checked the system’s item log.

As explained in the description that it is an exclusive item.

This mask was an item only for Unknown.

‘All status increases.’

It is a very rare special effect for all statuses to increase at the same time.

In addition, there was a separate dedicated level rather than an enhancement level.

Even without reinforcement that consumes goods.

Just by continuously using this item, the level increases and special effects are added.

It was literally like a gift prepared just for me.

‘I will take good care of my daughter, la…’

And I remembered again the handwritten sentence of Letisane, the enemy behind the mask.

It wasn’t a forged sentence.

The system directly determined that the sentence was handwritten.

‘I never thought An Yu-min would be Letisane’s daughter.’

It was an absolutely unbelievable fact.

Letisane was a great hero of mankind, but his very existence was a secret.

Ahn Yu-min’s mother is without a doubt a hero.

What if that great hero was An Yu-min’s biological father?

I can’t explain at all the villainization of An Yu-min that I saw in Hotel Mirror.

‘Not only that. He personally left that mask on me, the villain.’

In many ways, many questions remain.

But it was definitely a good thing for me.

Even if An Yu-min becomes a villain.

Because only I can control her.

‘Besides, there’s no need to act.’

If absolute composure is maintained.

Eventually it will be revealed that I have no feelings for her at all.

When he repeatedly killed female cadets ten times in that classroom.

An Yu-min asked me again and again.

– You’re really not cheating, are you? Then… I’ll kill you too.

An Yu-min, who had become a villain to that extent, was very obsessed with me.

This means that the absolute composure that has helped me up to this point may become a hindrance.

But, fortunately, when she becomes a villain, that absolute composure loosens up.

For me, I can pretend to be a gentle guy without any trouble.

I looked at my smartphone for a moment.

[Ahn Yu-min: Thank you for your reply. I’ll definitely buy some coffee next time!]

So, after what happened during the last patrol, the distance between me and An Yu-min narrowed to some extent.

In the end, it was just a sweet dream for An Yu-min.

I gave her room to come to her senses.

A dream where I became a lover.

Realizing that it was a dream, I comforted her as she cried in despair.

Of course, An Yu-min came to his senses later and explained that he had just had a scary dream.

Unlike her who always had a stiff expression on her face.

He looked very embarrassed and avoided my gaze.

‘He seemed to be in a very good mood.’

As a result of that incident, I started exchanging text messages with Ahn Yu-min, a classmate who was taking the same class.

And before I knew it, the midterm exam was just a week away.

‘There’s more to do.’

There was also other information obtained through this incident.

That is, Letisane’s Ark directly affects the growth of cadets.

That was the only way to explain why the current student council president, Jo Ah-rin, was stronger than the original depiction.

‘That’s why midterm grades are also important.’

It’s still just an assumption, though.

What if Theia’s Ark system directly affects the cadets?

I will be able to become stronger in a short period of time.

‘It’s not just the work in Theia. The underworld… and when you think about what happened to the Crimson Teeth…’

The thoughts continued like that.

After Theia’s classes were over, I was taking the subway.

After a while.

An old building in Jongno.

I entered a private cafe there.

A study session with Hana Choi was scheduled here.

She set the meeting place here.

I came here first because Hanawa Choi’s liberal arts lecture wasn’t over yet.

‘I have some time left.’

Great. I just happened to have some downtime to watch Ha Ye-eun’s Saint Woman TV.

When I put my laptop on the table like that.

A clerk at the cafe approached me.

“Uh! Are you Junwoo?”

The young blonde clerk looked at me and smiled warmly.

That face was familiar.

Choi Hana’s organization.

A female member of the Blood Jaguar organization.

And a vertuber who is working as a crew member with Choi Hana.

It was Jeong No-eul.