episode_0088

Shin Ji-yeon, a girl with cherry blossom-like pink hair, is a transfer student to Easty Academy shortly after the new semester begins.

A sudden flowering of abilities.

In an instant, he found himself far away from the daily life he had been leading, and the friends he had unanimously agreed to be one with him just yesterday became separated from him.

Shin Ji-yeon decided to transfer schools as if she was running away. The evaluation she received in her original city, Nost, was barely above failing, but talent was a good thing in Shin Ji-yeon’s life.

Easty moved away from where she had been living, begging her parents to let her live in a rented room.

There was no way Shin Ji-yeon could do well in her academy life.

It amplifies the abilities of others. It was an ability that could be treated as much as one wanted depending on how it was used, but Shin Ji-yeon hated the ability that took her life. Furthermore, it was an ability that had to be used for others, not for herself.

In both the training and the evaluation.

He was of no use anywhere.

The dreams of a simple and ordinary life that I had dreamed of were shattered, and all that remained was a weak me who was no different from an incompetent person.

Even on the day she first met Mirae, Shin Ji-yeon was wandering around the academy blankly, like a dead person.

“Oh, it’s an amplifier! Amplifier! Amplify my abilities too! I want to see how fast I can go.”

A rough-looking man spotted Shin Ji-yeon and shouted.

When he refused to spar, he revealed his abilities in front of his students to let them know that he was not suitable for one-on-one competition, which was the cause of his trouble.

It might be a little tiring after writing it, but it’s something that can be roughly amplified and moved on.

That day, the term ‘amplifier’ really got on Shin Ji-yeon’s nerves.

“Huh, ignoring me? Ignoring what my senior is saying-?”

The man was a year older than him.

You say it’s a school where only heroes gather, but there are only punks there. Are you a hero if you have abilities?

Shin Ji-yeon hurriedly walked with a look of exasperation on her face.

“읏… .”

“Does our junior have no sense? She’s going to get scolded by her older sister.”

But before I could take even two steps, my wrist was grabbed by a female senior who seemed to be part of the gang.

He can offer no resistance on his own.

Students just flock in one by one, saying that there is something interesting to see.

As expected, it was a trash ability.

You can’t accomplish anything on your own.

He was robbed of everything, yet he felt he had to give to others.

Pessimistic thoughts continued to creep in, and when I came to my senses, I was already standing in front of my seniors on the training ground.

“Don’t be scared, I won’t do it too badly.”

A senior woman came up to me and tapped me on the shoulder.

But it was only on the outside that it seemed that way, Shin Ji-yeon had to face pain that no ordinary person had ever felt before.

That would be the case, since the female senior was a power user with strength enhancement abilities.

“Isn’t that dangerous?”

“What’s going to happen? I’ll just scare you a little.”

“But what about the amplifier? He’s incompetent.”

The murmurings are growing louder.

Thump, thump─

At the same time, fear began to creep in.

I followed along with a feeling of resignation, but I still don’t want to be hurt. Even if the trauma is completely healed, the memories of the pain remain.

Also, I felt wronged and sad later on.

Except in extremely rare emergency situations, you cannot be forced to use your abilities. This is a guild directive that even the teachers cannot do anything about.

But the guild’s eyes don’t reach the academy. There won’t be any students reporting such trivial things. It’ll just be treated as an accident during training.

What should I do, should I run away?

“Ah… Ugh… .”

There was no way that he, with his physical abilities at the level of an ordinary person, could escape from his seniors.

Boom, boom.

Tears fell from Shin Ji-yeon’s empty, gray-green eyes.

“Hey, he’s crying.”

“But you’re a hero, so why are you complaining because I asked you to spar? You’re being rude.”

“You really thought I’d get beat up? Senior! You wouldn’t have done that, right?”

“No, no. We’re not gangsters or anything.”

Ridicule, not pity.

Shin Ji-yeon had to help others, but no one actually helped her.

“Use the training grounds with permission.”

At that moment, the area around the training ground, which had been filled with noise, became quiet as if it were a lie.

The person who put the sparring room to sleep was not the teacher.

“K, first year president… .”

“Hello, Chairman!”

“Ah, Mr. Chairman… You must be thirsty, but this is… .”

A female student approaches with her black hair flowing down to her buttocks.

It was Mirae who had been famous even before entering school for having acquired the qualifications of a Class A hero, and who continued to serve as the first-year student council president with overwhelming support.

The seniors who had been threatening Shin Ji-yeon at her appearance took a step back with expressions of being ashamed. The first-year students who had gathered around her also hurriedly lowered their heads, and some even offered Mirae the drinks they had bought for themselves.

The future bowed its head slightly to those people and came up to the training ground.

“I came up here to play for a bit. Do I need permission for this too? Our president is too strict.”

The female senior sneered at Mirae, who was standing there with a serious expression on her face.

But Mirae didn’t even respond to her senior and just stared at Shin Ji-yeon.

“God… Ji… .”

The gap between her eyebrows was getting narrower. Following her gaze, she saw a name tag hidden by her crumpled clothes.

“… … .”

Shin Ji-yeon couldn’t make a sound, so she straightened out her crumpled clothes and showed them her name tag.

“Ahem… Miss Shin Ji-yeon, why did you come up to the training ground?”

“So just kidding… … .”

Mirae completely ignored her seniors’ words and waited for Shin Ji-yeon’s answer.

At that sight, the seniors’ expressions crumpled and they seemed ready to rush in at any moment, and soon the atmosphere in the room began to become tense.

Shin Ji-yeon swallowed her voice for a moment, biting her lips.

But the future did not rush her. It simply stood at arm’s length, silently waiting for Shin Ji-yeon.

“Ah… oh… that’s… .”

Shin Ji-yeon sobbed and explained the whole story. In the meantime, all the students who had been watching had dispersed, and only the seniors who were involved in the incident stood there, fidgeting, oppressed by Mirae’s occasional glare.

“Ability amplification… I’m hearing about this ability for the first time… .”

Mirae, who had been mumbling and thinking deeply, took a step closer to her seniors and spoke.

“Then let’s do this. Ms. Shin Ji-yeon will boost the abilities of the seniors, and I will face the seniors. So if I win, the seniors will not approach Ms. Shin Ji-yeon in the future.”

What on earth does this mean? Shin Ji-yeon looked up in surprise.

Her ability is particularly compatible with physical strengthening abilities. Of course, in the long run, it will put a strain on the target and the caster, but if Shin Ji-yeon’s stamina can hold out for about 30 minutes, she will be able to exert twice the strength of her usual.

“In the first place, losing to me means that the ability boost is nothing special. The seniors won’t have to pay any more attention.”

But the future was still smiling confidently.

I can only say this because I don’t know about her abilities. Shin Ji-yeon’s abilities are not that bad. That’s why I’m even more upset. Because she ended up making the situation worse for herself and others with her own hands.

“The future, just give it some caution.”

“If you’re not going to do it instead, leave it out.”

“What is it, Seo-hu? Weren’t you supposed to step in my place?”

“No, I might lose… .”

A white-haired female student who remained outside the training grounds, and a male student with dark circles under his eyes. They were members of the student council, just like Mirae.

After a brief conversation with them, Mirae soon created an ice crystal on her palm.

Crunchy, crispy.

A decision that repeats freezing and breaking.

“So, are you going to do it?”

There was no way that the seniors would turn their backs and run away from that action that clearly contained provocation.

“I wonder if it will damage the chairman’s reputation.”

“I wish that were true. I was just about to quit the student council.”

When it seemed like Mirae had no intention of backing down, the senior shouted at Shin Ji-yeon with his eyes shining menacingly.

“Amplifier! Amplify your abilities.”

“The name Shin Ji-young is clearly written there.”

When Shin Ji-yeon looked at Mirae, wondering if she was really okay, Mirae nodded and said something to her senior.

“Lee Mirae, not Shin Ji-young, but Shin Ji-yeon.”

“… … .”

During that process, a student council member intervened without notice, but it seemed like he was in a position where he couldn’t go against Mirae. When I glared at him for a bit, he immediately shut his mouth.

So, the sudden duel was held at the discretion of the student council.

A faint golden light flowed from Shin Ji-yeon’s hand and enveloped the seniors’ bodies.

At the same time, a certain confidence appeared on the faces of the seniors, and a boring and meaningless battle ensued, starting with the white-haired woman’s slogan, “Let’s get started.”

No matter how you look at it, it seems like the future is in the balance.

No, the future didn’t attack in the first place. It just built a solid fortress out of ice and blocked the seniors who were attacking like crazy.

“Miss Mirae, are you done? Sister Haru will be waiting.”

“I texted you. I’ll be a little late.”

Even texting inside. Ability amplification literally only strengthens existing abilities, not creating abilities that did not exist before. Therefore, there were no variables in the sparring structure that Mirae had envisioned.

“Then I’ll go first. I’ll have to wait with Haru unnie.”

“Where.”

15 minutes.

Since the abilities of both people were amplified, Shin Ji-yeon’s stamina reached its limit in less than 15 minutes, and at the same time, a pillar of ice shot out and hit the seniors’ foreheads, ending the duel.

As soon as the sparring ended, Mirae ran straight to the white-haired woman and disappeared without looking back, as if she had no time to worry about anything else.

Since that day, there has been no trace of any advances towards Shin Ji-yeon.

Mirae Tan wanted to reduce interest by downplaying her abilities, but in reality, it was because rumors were spreading that the student council was supporting Shin Ji-yeon.

And the future also brought about changes that were completely unexpected.

A change occurred in Shin Ji-yeon’s heart. It was a very small and trivial thing, but it was enough to change her perception of the hero.

For the first time, there was someone I wanted to help. I was convinced that if I could support the chairman’s beautiful abilities with my own strength, I would soon be able to enjoy my own abilities as well.

“Chairman… ?”

It was in a corner of the library that Shin Ji-yeon met the future again.

I became interested in hero work and went to look up related information, and found Mirae secretly looking at a cookbook called ‘Dessert Encyclopedia’ in a corner.

Shin Ji-yeon had lived the life of an ordinary girl before becoming a hero, so she was quite confident in making desserts. She was also interested in it herself and had taken it up as a hobby.

“Over there… Chairman… .”

“Who… … Ah… .”

As we chat about this and that, we end up inviting Mirae to our house and making a White Day gift together.

“Yes, just stir until the chocolate melts… Ah, ah! Sorry… .”

The two met on Sunday to make candy, but were not satisfied with the results, so they changed their goals to chocolate, which was easier to color and shape than candy.

The two of them stood side by side, stirring the chocolate, their hands sometimes bumping into each other, and sometimes they wiped the chocolate that splattered on their hands.

Shin Ji-yeon thought that it would be nice if they could become closer and develop a relationship where they could even hold hands normally. It’s just a fantasy now, and it might seem a little shameless.

“It’s okay… .”

Mirae was also lost in some kind of fantasy while stirring chocolate.

A fantasy about putting chocolate on one’s tongue, feeding it to one’s mother, and kissing her until all the chocolate melts and disappears.

And when the chocolate is gone, your saliva becomes stickier and slimier than usual… .

“Hehehe… .”

“Yes?”

“Oh, it’s nothing.”

Mirae, who found herself laughing without realizing it, swallowed the saliva that had collected under her tongue and ate the chocolate.