episode_0073

“… If you were in that world, what would you do? Can we continue to find a normal and correct flow in that twisted world?”

He asked that.

At those embarrassing words, Jang Ah-hyeon kept her mouth shut. Instead, I clicked my tongue in my heart.

Because it was such an obvious answer. Why is the professor wandering around unable to answer such a simple question?

“You are saying the obvious.”

Why people suffer. The reason why you suffer.

The question is where its roots lie.

That’s a useless question.

“If it were me, I would continue to search for that flow.”

Yes, it is just a phenomenon, not a result. This means that phenomena do not create results. There is no causal relationship between the two.

“Of course, I am not sure that I gave the right answer the professor thought. That’s a question that doesn’t have a clear answer, right? Just asking for my intention.”

“… .”

“And the professor said it was God. There is no way a god in this world exists in the first place. If you were to say God, it would be you, Professor. In mythology, it is clearly a story about a god, but most people overlook it… ”

Jang A-hyeon began to speak while looking at Northmund. Northmund urged an answer in a low voice.

“But if you look at everything you have done so far, it is no different from the stories of the gods in mythology. This is a myth that is happening right in front of my eyes.”

“… .”

“If such a God keeps moving forward, how could a mere human not follow him? What if the world was a little twisted? The God of that reality will correct it again.”

“Hoo.”

“So, I will keep moving forward. Professor, I will always follow you one step behind. This is not the name Taeseong or a person with special abilities. Human Jang Ah-hyeon, this is my fundamental will.”

“… Pfft.”

Northmund clenched his fists and suddenly burst into laughter.

A loud sound of laughter spreads throughout the park, as if what he was worrying about was fleeting and he was shaking off his regrets about why he was worrying like this.

After smiling widely for a moment, he suddenly crosses his arms and begins to glare sharply at Jang A-hyeon.

“Yes, I understand the point you want to make.”

His gaze is sharp, but there is a small smile on his lips. Seeing that scene, Jang Ah-hyun’s heart was also melting.

‘Hmph!’

She was immediately startled and bit her lip.

The dean’s playful words that followed immediately put her in an awkward position again.

“I guess this is the intention behind bringing up the myth. Because the subjects of all myths are humans, not gods. Like this reckless guy. Do you want to surpass me? Hehehe.”

“Ah. Well, that is.”

‘Ha… .’

… I thought I would see through it, but I didn’t expect it to happen right away.

Yes. The subject of all myths is always ‘human’, not ‘god’. Don’t all mythologists say that?

The ultimate purpose of myth is not to follow the transcendent god.

It is a 『Hymn to Humanity』 in which humans, that is, humans, overcome all hardships and achieve success.

In other words, Jang A-hyun’s statement was intended to always be by Jang A-hyun’s side by her own will, not just by Northmund’s will. It was immediately discovered by the dean.

‘Well, as expected, professor.’

I carefully looked up to see if I had caught an ugly hair, and saw the dean’s face smiling with great satisfaction.

She felt relieved that the worst situation she had imagined had not happened, but she was having trouble managing her facial expressions because she felt that her true feelings had been discovered.

Northmund on the other side would also have been satisfied.

Because I received the answer that humans, or at least Jang Ah-hyun, are beings who will move forward without wavering no matter what moment comes.

There was just a little bit of impure intention, but that was enough to be passed off as cute.

And Dean Northmund, who was looking at himself with a sly expression, was finally saying the main point he had been trying to make.

“That’s why I gave you a B grade. Did this explain it?”

“Ah, I see. that… To explain my grade… It was.”

She smiled awkwardly. She, who had been swept up in company politics for a long time and had studied kingship, eventually got caught up in the pace of this dragon principal.

Jang Ah-hyeon blushed as she looked at him chuckling. I felt a little embarrassed and puffed out my cheeks a little.

Northmund, who smiled for a moment while looking at Mr. Numu who was blushing, continued speaking.

“For that reason, I decided to raise you.”

“… Yes?”

—Those words she didn’t expect.

“Didn’t you hear? What I am saying is that I have decided to make you grow. From now on, I will make you the representative hunter of this world. So that everyone on earth thinks of you first when they think of hunter.”

This means that rather than training all people with special abilities in a balanced way, we will focus on some characters.

Instead of focusing on quantity, we will focus on improving the quality of the few.

‘Hmm.’

Not everyone’s talents are the same. That’s natural.

Under normal circumstances, it could be said that quantity equals quality, but thanks to the existence of Mana, the essence of occult science given to this world by the Dean, the balance was greatly disturbed.

Therefore, when dealing with powerful monsters, one powerful person is much more effective than many people with ambiguous abilities. That’s exactly why.

‘But you suddenly changed your policy.’

Could it be that there is a powerful enemy as the professor said? Is that why you discovered it and reacted the same way you did just now?

If his guess is correct, the enemies the professor will face are likely to be very powerful.

then.

‘I have to relieve the professor’s burden. Yes, that’s why I became a person with special abilities. Elm, I have received your power, and I will use this power for you forever.’

Isn’t the path you have to take already decided?

She held her hands tightly and whispered a promise in her heart.

Something throbbing and unfamiliar was tickling her heart.

“You won’t regret it.”

I hear the dean’s voice. But since the voice was already confident, she smiled a little.

You already know. About what choice I will make.

Jang A-hyeon lost her normal daily life.

If it had been the same, she would have completed the successor training normally and would have been promoted to the level of manager of a Taesung affiliate.

And he must have gradually taken his turn and prepared to take over the group. In the end, he may have taken the position of Chairman Taesung, who controls the world.

Since I awakened this ability, I was forced to enter Ellada? no.

The group’s location could be easily hidden, and even if it was discovered, it could have been covered up.

Entering the academy, following the being called Elm Northmund, all of it was her choice.

From the beginning, everything is a result of one’s own choices.

Therefore, if there is a path you have chosen, you will always think that it is right and follow that path. There is no such thing as despair.

From the beginning, isn’t it possible for others to decide the path you take?

So, her choice. I will always have my respected and dear Dean of Northmund by my side. I have no regrets about it.

No matter what hardships there will be in the future, there will be no such thing.

Yes, even if it means losing your life one day.

Therefore, she did not answer but just looked at the dean’s face.

With a determined face filled with positivity. Because they were already at the stage where they didn’t need to talk to each other.

“Good. Then all of you… ”

“… E?”

And her resolute iron mask was instantly shattered by a single word from the dean.

With my eyes wide open, I gave him a questioning look with a blank expression…

“… You guys?”

“Kkkk.”

I asked him again, knowing it was useless. I hope you will deny it.

Even though she was sending out signals asking for help, the chances of the dean saying the words she wanted or correcting the words she wanted were extremely low.

Of course, she figured it out too. but.

“Of course it’s you guys. why? Are you the only one among Class B who wanted to receive special education?”

“… Oh, no, sorry.”

The meaning of those words was simple.

This probably means that there has already been a competition with some other people here. Perhaps Jang Ah-hyun herself was the last.

‘Ahhh.’

My face turns into a tomato again and turns red. Perhaps if you were to prick your own skin right now, blood that would be twice as dark would be flowing.

Northmund, I was so embarrassed that I thought he was the only one he recognized the most that I wanted to hide in a rat hole.

I was so ashamed of myself for drinking kimchi soup alone, thinking I was special to him. What kind of Marchen-like imagination was this?

‘Why is it the last one!’

You’re killing yourself twice. Actually, that’s right. Even though it is true that compared to other B-class characters, he is the least behind.

still… still… .

Suddenly, a warm feeling was felt on my shoulder. Professor Northmund lightly held his shoulder.

When she raised her head and looked at him, the vague and sad feeling she experienced a few months ago was immediately driven home.

“Go back, it was your last turn. The previous person was Sejun Han, and he gave a similar answer to yours. Is it really the same group?”

“Ugh.”

Now she was truly thinking that it would be nice if the red hat instructor possessed Dean Lee and gave him a whack on the shins, as he kept sniggering obnoxiously, as if he was teasing her.