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A moment later, in the temporary dormitory kitchen.

“Hey, Kim Han-seok! How do you cook so much that you have so much free time?!”

A shout echoes through the kitchen galley.

“Students, how bad is the food that you end up eating two cans like this? Huh?!”

“Well, that’s…”

The man in charge of this morning’s breakfast corner, Kim Han-seok, a young man with 12 years of cooking experience who would have the equivalent of a ‘sous chef’ title in a restaurant, was completely dumbfounded by the shouting directed at him.

“…Suddenly, the entrance exam was announced as if it were a first-come, first-served basis, and from their perspective, these foods are just things they don’t have to eat.”

“What?!”

“We made it in the form of a bulk meal, but we did our best. The students didn’t eat any more and threw away the food, but I don’t think we should be scolded for working hard to prepare the food.”

“This!”

Ha Yun-sik, the person in charge of the kitchen, raised his hand high.

“Where is this, when your boss is talking to you, you just talk back! Did you learn that in Europe?!”

“No.”

“Then is this inside or outside?!”

“……?”

When Ha Yun-sik suddenly said something incomprehensible, Kim Han-seok took a moment to understand what he was saying, but he immediately understood the situation.

“Are you craving me now?”

“What?”

“It appeared on the Internet. It is said that the Korean military is looking for new recruits. I think there was a repertoire like this among them, is that correct?”

“Damn, is this the military?!”

“I’m not in the military, so why do you treat me like that?”

“This! hey! Don’t talk nonsense, just do what you’re told! If you know from above that two containers of jjamtong have been released since the first day-”

“What difference will it make if I know?”

As if lamenting, Kim Han-seok pointed to the jjam bin where the food was tangled up.

“For them, a 3,000 won meal is worse than being assigned to an academy class.”

“It’s not because you made the food taste bad!”

“The person in charge will tell you the cause of the problem…”

“This is-!”

Phew.

Kim Han-seok felt dizzy for a moment due to the pain he felt in his chest.

It wasn’t a situation where I had to feel pain, but I couldn’t even understand the situation in which I felt pain.

“Director!!”

“Yes! I’m in charge! Since you are the one responsible, why should you do this to the person who made a mistake?”

“This isn’t some kind of double-eight year!”

“Hey! In my time, this was true-”

“It probably wasn’t even a thing.”

Sigh.

The door to the galley opened, and a young man in a black suit appeared.

“Uh, huh…?”

“Nice to meet you. I am a member of the Academy Operation Support Team and am called ‘Water Goblin’.”

The young man who introduced himself as a water goblin was wearing a black goblin mask on his face, but everything from the color of his eyes to his shirt, tie, and even socks were dyed ‘blue’.

” I came down after receiving instructions from ‘Black Wing Gong’. ”

“Huh, black wing…?!”

“Well, like that…. Now, wait a minute. I haven’t done anything wrong yet! But why did Gwangikgong send someone in [punishment mode]?!”

“Hmm.”

The water goblin touched its white neck with its hand and tilted its head.

“Black Winggong is in the punishment mode of Light Winggong…”

“What, what…?”

“No. Just because the expression is fun. Anyway, the mission given to me was to minimize the amount of leftover food left here starting from lunch tomorrow, or even today. ”

“Great, you are the great king? Even the Black Wing Gong didn’t just step forward, but the goblin himself…?”

“Well, over there…”

Kim Han-seok blushed and cautiously raised his hand.

“By any chance, have I been judged as a villain? Because I have two spare minutes…? The Goblin King himself raised this issue, and Gwang-ikgong has become Black-winggong and is coming to punish me?”

“Hmm. That’s not it.”

“Then…?”

“It is true that I came down to solve the problem of having too much free time, but it seems there is a bigger problem now.”

The water goblin pointed to a clearly crumpled mark on Kim Han-seok’s apron.

” People say that the food is not tasty because it takes a lot of time… I heard a report that the food came out well. I can’t believe you committed such a violent act before taking any action in earnest.”

“Well, that’s what happens when you work…”

“Ha Yun-sik, who came here after being recommended by the Korea Restaurant Association?”

“……!!”

The water goblin’s low voice contained a clear ‘warning’.

“Would you like to take it off yourself, or would you like me to take it off for you?”

“What, what?!”

“As someone who has personally witnessed acts of physical violence, this is an act that cannot be ignored.”

“This is just for educational purposes…! And you can’t just agree!”

“No. Something like this cannot happen in the sacred hall of education.”

The water goblin stretched out his hand towards Ha Yun-sik.

“If there is a business problem, solve it through conversation.”

“Ker, kergh?!”

“Water prison…?!”

A lump of water flowed from the water goblin’s hand and instantly wrapped Ha Yun-sik in the shape of a sphere.

“If you have a personal grudge.”

The water prison wrapped Ha Yun-sik’s entire body in a prison of flowing water, leaving only his neck.

“Win a duel in the cyber world. Above.”

* * *

“You look refreshed, Do Ji-wan.”

“Yes.”

Goblin’s Tower, first floor entrance.

“Did everything go well?”

“We’ll have to watch. Even if you cut off the rotten part of the apple, there is no guarantee that the remaining part will be safe, right?”

“That’s true too. Still…at least the galley will be run well. It’s not like everyone threw it away because it wasn’t tasty.”

“Yes. Isn’t it true that even in the military, if Jjambap is not tasty, they want to kill it all? Even rice should be delicious.”

“What do you say? A 20-year-old who never served in the military.”

“…….”

Do Ji-wan frowned, and Jo Ki-jeong giggled and tapped the Taegeuk watch.

“Yes, yes. Do Ji-wan, a self-proclaimed military veteran. The school opening ceremony has now begun, and there are only 5 minutes left until class formation. Isn’t it time to tell us a little bit?”

“What.”

“‘Recommended’.”

“…….”

The moment they entered the first floor entrance, they could see that numerous students were already sitting in recliner chairs, each wearing their own headgear.

Weeeeing.

The chairs were shaped like a ‘capsule’ and were arranged so that one person could sit on each seat, spaced at intervals of 1m around the chair.

It’s as if something can only be accomplished by sitting here.

“Have you ever played a deck-building game?”

“Deck building game? Instead of combining special ability cards, just deck building?”

“Yes.”

“……Uh, no?”

“……It can’t be.”

Do Ji-wan poked Jo Ki-jeong’s side as he turned his head, sweating profusely.

“I don’t know about other people, but there’s no way Jo Ki-jeong hasn’t tried it.”

“ji, it’s true. I liked action rather than deck building.”

“…Ha. Then what about roguelike?”

“That’s it. for a moment. Why does the ‘as expected’ look in your eyes look so strong?”

“That’s right….”

Do Ji-wan swept Jo Ki-jeong up and down and then turned his eyes forward.

“It’s nothing.”

“Hey. Even though you may be 20 years old at face value, you and I are around the same age in terms of hobbies and such, right?”

“Me?”

“Okay. I mean you, who in the world these days…”

“Don’t you want to hear advice?”

“…Tch.”

1 minute ago.

Jo Ki-jeong and Do Ji-wan each took their seats in the empty chairs.

“This is just my guess.”

“Yeah, it’s a guess. Who, other than the person who created this class planning plan and the management staff, can make a 100% guess?”

“Brother, if you feel like you have a headache, just hold on to ‘the card that looks like it’s going to hit you from behind.’”

“What?”

“Then the one that suits you best… No. Rather than that, um…”

Do Ji-wan glanced at the others and then scratched his eyes with his hand 10 seconds before 9 o’clock.

“I like talking while on the go, so just pick the ones you don’t know where to go.”

“Hey, that’s… Sigh, I don’t know. If you do it, you will get results.”

Jo Ki-jeong lowered the eye mask of his headgear and closed his eyes.

“The heart goes wherever it goes.”

“Yes. Literally….”

Do Ji-wan also takes down his eye mask.

“Whatever your heart desires.”

I closed my eyes.

* * *

At that time, the 107th floor of Goblin’s Tower. Faculty conference room.

“It’s finally starting.”

Ymir, the head of the Hwangryong Class, smiled slightly as his eyes scanned the video screen in front of him.

“Everyone, it’s okay no matter who is assigned to which class, right?”

[Rather than saying it’s okay, that’s just the nature of it. It cannot be changed.]

The orange-haired woman answered while hugging the swaddle.

[I am rather fortunate. Considering people’s tendencies, there won’t be a lot of kids joining the Hyeonmu class.]

[Well, how about that?]

The blue-haired woman let out a laugh.

[There are so many people who have been educated to want to be ‘good kids’ since childhood, but do you think all good people will fall into their older sister’s class?]

[What do you mean?]

[That’s right, that’s the support group-]

[No, my sister. Who would hear that Juyeon thinks there is an age difference between you and me?]

[…….]

The conversation stopped for a moment.

“Sisters. I don’t know how the distribution will be, but everyone knows that once they are placed in a class, it is treated as their ‘main major’, right? Especially Hye-ra unnie…”

[of course.]

The woman with long red hair narrowed her eyes with a mischievous expression.

[Don’t worry, I will take care of all the training for dealers. Honestly, out of the four of us, who understands dealers’ minds the best other than me?]

[what. Do you think some people don’t do it because they don’t want to be a dealer?]

[Huh. Do you want to be a dealer?]

[There’s nothing you can’t do.]

[My older sister is the one who takes care of all the little things.]

[what. If I do it, I will do it.]

“Hehehe….”

Ymir smiled at the bickering words of the ‘professors’ and picked up the stack of cards printed in front of him.

“Then, as students have started to ‘match’, shall we get started too? For fun.”

The moment Ymir took out five cards and unfolded them.

“Let’s see…. [God of Weapons], [Blind Monk], [Illusion Wizard], [Plague Rat], [Fairy Wizard]….”

With five cards resembling fantasy characters, Ymir stretched out his hand.

“Hwangryong is, of course, a member of the royal family.”