episode_0149

A wide table was set up near the barbecue grill.

There were many female cadets.

Jiyu, who was my childhood friend, was not there because she took a leave of absence from Theia and joined the professional gamer.

Nevertheless, Choi Hana and Sumire.

And several female cadets, including An Yu-min, took their seats at the table.

I quietly observed the two people.

Ahn Yu-min and Choi Hana.

Even with empty words, the two couldn’t be said to be on good terms.

I don’t know if it would be better if we didn’t know each other.

A motivation that has been competing since high school.

In particular, An Yu-min tended to keep Choi Hana in check.

‘You have to be careful.’

Even at this crazy after-party.

From time to time, Choi Hana and I exchanged glances.

But that was when everyone was sitting at different tables.

If you are at a table like this.

Others may inadvertently discover that the two of you have a strange relationship.

Especially if instructor Lee Soo-yeon, who noticed the relationship faster than anyone else, was present.

‘Well, I guess it’ll be okay for now.’

Fortunately, there was no need for An Yu-min to suspect the relationship between me and Choi Hana.

“Even though Sumire is a transfer student, she has already become close with Hana? I guess the two of them match the code well.”

Instructor Lee Su-yeon saw the two people.

Choi Hana and Sumire.

Thanks to the newly transferred Sumire closely marking Hana Choi.

There wasn’t really a scene that would raise doubts between her and me.

“Over there, the green-haired transfer student. Maybe he likes women.”

And Jeong Si-woo, who was moderately drunk, came near me and said.

The guy lowered his voice and said.

“If that woman gets in your way. I will seduce that transfer student… no, I will get rid of Choi Hana.”

Jeong Si-woo already seemed to think that Choi Hana and I were lovers.

Of course, to some extent, his delusions expanded the interpretation of the relationship.

I shook my head.

“There is no need to do that.”

“I understand. Then have a great time!”

After saying that, Jeong Si-woo left.

And Jeong Woon-kyung approached Jeong Si-woo.

“Hey you. If you want to talk about the last quarterfinals…”

“Hiik. I don’t really want to talk to men.”

Jeong Si-woo ignored Jeong Woon-kyung, who wanted to say something, and left the scene.

Soon, Jeong Woon-kyung’s expression became glum.

‘Even if you look at her like that, Jeong Woon-kyung is still a girl…’

Since he has such sharp ears, he probably knows that Jeong Woon-kyung is a woman.

Still, Jeong Si-woo has a strange loyalty to me.

It seemed like he was deliberately avoiding Jeong Woon-kyung, who was on An Yu-min’s side.

‘For me, Jeong Woon-kyung… no, Jeong So-so is not bad.’

Of course, not as a reason, but as an ally.

In the original work, Jeong Woon-kyung was an operator who betrayed Aigis based on his own choices.

So now I can’t choose True Opposition.

This was a cadet who could be my new ally in the hero class.

‘Because it’s on my side.’

Final exams are coming soon.

Considering that the current reality progresses much faster than the original story.

Right on the final exam.

There is a high possibility that An Yu-min will become a complete villain.

It would be difficult to survive the final exam against Yoon Geon-woo.

But at the same time, only by defeating Yoon Geon-woo could he gain ownership of the Ark and completely block An Yu-min.

‘That’s why it’s hard to do alone.’

Probably, compared to the original, the difficulty level is hell, beyond hard mode.

Those True Opposition members, along with the hero class cadets, will put pressure on me from all directions.

Like the original Aigis.

We needed members to move together, not alone.

In that sense, even if it is a hero class.

The composition of the cadets gathered here was not bad at all.

‘Not only the existing Ignition members… Sumire and Jeongsoso are also good resources.’

Above all, it is fortunate that Sumire, who has already completed her third awakening, is in the Hunter class.

According to the news, Yoon Geon-woo has completed his third awakening.

As such, I was also pressed for time.

‘Before final exams. In this group training, I will definitely…’

Meanwhile, glasses were naturally passed around the table.

Instructor Lee Su-yeon was creating the atmosphere.

There were many cadets who were awkward with each other.

Still, to some extent, I was able to speak thanks to my intoxication.

Even An Yu-min, who was silent the whole time.

I was starting to talk little by little with the other female cadets in the Hunter class.

‘What if I show off as being friendly with other female cadets here?’

In that respect, it was fortunate that my childhood friend Jiyu was not there.

Although I have never thought of Jiyu as the opposite sex.

For An Yu-min, just me talking to another woman might be a trigger.

“Now! What are you doing! Junwoo, let’s have a drink too!”

So even here, there are a lot of female cadets.

I just clinked glasses with instructor Lee Su-yeon.

It felt like I had to share a bus seat with my homeroom teacher because I didn’t have a friend to sit with during a school trip.

At that time, instructor Lee Su-yeon whispered in my ear.

“Why are you so shy and quiet? Before I bring you here, girls here. All they talk about is you.”

Also, the playful instructor Lee Su-yeon seemed to be joking with me.

“Ah, don’t say that.”

“No, really? I heard that most of the kids wanted to know your contact information. Even the staff over there.”

Instructor Lee Su-yeon, who said that, secretly pointed to a female employee.

She was a young female employee who was helping with various tasks at this campsite.

Although our eyes almost met. Fortunately, the employee quickly averted his gaze.

‘I’m glad.’

It was better not to cause any unnecessary misunderstanding.

I didn’t want to create pitiful victims in An Yu-min’s presence.

And if you are really interested.

I wouldn’t have avoided eye contact to the extent that it was uncomfortable to make eye contact like this.

Instructor Lee Su-yeon playfully lowered her voice and asked me again.

“That female employee was pretty. It may be because this is a popular camping site on SNS. But Junwoo, you don’t even move. So are you really dating Hana?”

“Oh, no!”

Let’s chat with instructor Lee Su-yeon like that.

Surprisingly, Lim Jae-ho kept looking at me with envious eyes.

“That’s fascinating. I’m not good at talking to older women.”

It seemed that older women were popular among werewolves.

Fortunately, the after-party ended without any problems.

And three days later.

Group training for first-year cadets has begun.

***

A subway station in Seoul.

As Seoul is a big city.

There was no reason for the subway station to be so special.

The subway station she was standing in was different.

Part of Seoul Subway Line 1.

Parts of the subway section that existed during the Dark Ages are now closed and not open to the public.

Many high-risk gates occurred there.

This is the place where the dungeon was realized.

‘Admiral… Although most of the quarantine has been completed.’

Nonetheless, parts of the route still remain sealed underground.

The restricted area was called the ‘demon section’ by the Hunter Association.

It is literally an extremely dangerous section.

Even though it contains most of the dangerous gates, the residual magic that was contaminated at the time remains, making it a place that even awakened people do not enter without permission.

But now, the place was being used as a special place.

That’s right, to Theia Academy’s special training site.

Jeong Ji-yoon is the secretary of True Opposition and a cadet of the hero class.

Of course, she also participated in the group training of the hero class.

So, I am walking through the history of that closed subway station.

However, they were not the only class that entered the evil section.

‘By now, the Hunter class cadets…’

Another cadets’ training class. Cadets from the Hunter class also participated in this training.

Even if it is the same horse section, the routes are different, so there is no way for two classes to meet.

Jeong Ji-yoon was more concerned about the Hunter class than the Hero class cadets who came with him.

To be exact, a cadet belonging to the Hunter class.

This is Junwoo Lee.

‘Why has Lee Jun-woo… not contacted me in any way since that day?’

After the semifinals ended.

We entered the back space from the nurse’s room where An Yu-min was hospitalized.

And Jeong Ji-yoon felt the danger of death there.

‘If it wasn’t for Lee Jun-woo, I would have definitely been killed by An Yu-min.’

What if Lee Jun-woo had not entered that space as well?

In the space dominated by An Yu-min.

Ahn Yu-min would have murdered him for showing interest in Lee Jun-woo in his imagination.

Of course, Lee Jun-woo knows very well that he personally saved Jeong Ji-yoon’s life.

Nevertheless, Lee Jun-woo has not had any contact since then.

‘Once this training is over, the final exam is just around the corner. So, you might want to know the information about True Opposition… the information about Yoon Geon-woo…’

However, as if ignoring that thought, Lee Jun-woo did not contact me first.

I was so frustrated for no reason.

Jeong Ji-yoon recently disguised himself and hid in a place to observe him secretly.

That place was an outdoor camping site near Seoul where the Hunter Class after-party was held.

I disguised myself as an employee there and observed Lee Jun-woo.

If I had the chance, I planned to sneakily induce Lee Jun-woo to take my phone number.

‘My disguise was perfect. ‘I went to the most expensive makeup shop in Seoul… and got dressed up like that.’

He subtly appealed that he was interested in Lee Jun-woo.

So, in the excited atmosphere of the after-party.

We could have at least exchanged phone numbers.

Nothing happened.

‘Completely… failed.’

It was her miscalculation.

Jeong Ji-yoon also guessed it at first glance.

Lee Jun-woo was so popular that he could not be compared to other male cadets in the hunter class.

‘To the point where all the female cadets are only looking at Lee Jun-woo.’

Jeong Ji-yoon is a subtle current that flows among the female cadets of the Hunter class.

I recalled the thin ice-like atmosphere she had read about.