episode_0025

I pulled out Mingmei’s arm again and was about to fall asleep, but my smartphone rang.

I checked to see if it was Shanks, and I got a call from Vujicic. It wasn’t even just a phone call, it was a video call.

[Buichichi girl]

“What kind of video call is this crazy bitch making at night?”

“Haam… Didn’t Dohan call you…?”

Suho heard the ringtone from below and spoke in a sleepy voice.

It was a nuisance to leave it like this, so I immediately rejected the call.

“Just spam.”

“okay…?”

When the call came again, I turned off the ringtone. If I have something to say, I’ll leave it via KakaoTalk or text message.

Suho, who was muttering something, must have already fallen asleep and is snoring.

“I absolutely hate snoring….”

After stretching the female pole into the shape of a fishhook, he pulled up Kang Soo-ho’s blanket and covered his face.

It’s much better.

This is why dormitories are a problem. The Academy has a lot of money, so I don’t know why they let us share the same room.

“Should I apply for a private room at the academy?”

I think it would be possible to use the amputated leg as an excuse to get into shobu.

If you ask me, I should have managed the training ground properly.

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Except for 108 missed calls from Mingmei while I turned off the ringer, nothing special happened today.

Oh, Mingmei just blocked it.

And now I was in the school administration office.

Standing in front of Professor Friederike Müller, who was the supervisor of the peer test, I boldly made my request.

“Please give me a single room in the dormitory.”

“…Student Kim Do-han?”

“yes.”

“The request is a bit sudden, but could you explain the context?”

“I lost my leg due to the academy’s negligence.”

“…I feel sorry for you. The academy is also preparing several compensation plans… and it was also delivered to student Kim Do-han, right? Especially the vice principal—”

I did receive an apology and some financial compensation from the Academy.

In addition, convenience is provided in various areas such as attendance recognition and grade adjustment. Currently, additional compensation plans are being agreed upon.

The specific adjustments were left to senior Andy Pulitzer. Senior Andy also appointed a lawyer for me.

“Yes, yes. Discuss this with my lawyer, and give me a single room in the dormitory.”

“Well, it’s not a difficult request, but I would like to ask for a little explanation—.”

“Please give me a single room in the dormitory.”

“…Okay, let’s move the dormitory right away.”

Although it was a one-sided negotiation that simply stated demands, Professor Friederike eventually accepted all demands.

It was a very noticeable change, considering that during normal negotiations, one had to take advantage of the other party’s weakness and ignorance.

this… The power of A?

‘Next time, I’ll try cutting off my arm.’

I think it would be okay to try it later if I learn telekinesis from Vuichichi.

What else is there about the Academy Main Event?

“thank you.”

“…And student Kim Do-han, please stop spreading somewhat distorted knowledge of world history through the student newspaper. Some ridiculous aspects of world history are not bad to consume as humor, but dissemination through the media is a little different.”

Professor Müller waved the student newspaper he was reading and looked tired.

Even professors see that.

“You need to discuss that with our manager….”

“Student Andy Pulitzer said that student Kim Do-han has full authority over the paper programming.”

“…Decisions are made through democratic meetings among members of the newspaper department.”

This is a fact.

Kang Soo-ho is not interested in the content of the newspaper anyway, so his vote is invalid, and Andy Pulitzer is just a bigot, so he unconditionally agrees with my opinion.

In any case, the content of the newspaper was decided through democratic procedures.

Isn’t that how democracy works? In rebuttal, ‘enemy of democratization’.

“Then, when that ‘meeting’ takes place, I ask that you please give a somewhat critical opinion.”

“Isn’t this oppression of the media?”

“Well, considering the misconduct that student Kim Do-han committed using the student newspaper, I don’t think there is a problem with using somewhat coercive means….”

“Ugh, phantom pain in the leg that isn’t there…! Kwaa, my leg…!”

“…However, in terms of student autonomy, it would not be good to control the autonomous activities of the newspaper department.”

“Right?”

No German professor like Jeon Beom-guk can beat the PC power of me, a one-legged Asian student.

Professor Müller and I had a perfect hierarchical relationship with each other!

“…Still, please pay attention to the content. Some other professors react sensitively to this kind of content.”

“We will review it positively.”

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Even after I secured a single room in the dormitory, I worked hard to move around the academy in my wheelchair.

Other students were busy listening to lectures or training, but it was no problem for me, who had a legal right to attendance (disability).

Let’s see, there are no legs, so let’s pass the training ground for now.

For the same reason, I also passed the gym.

The billiard room… If you play it alone, it looks a bit dull, so I pass.

Eva is the one sitting at the bowling alley and rolling the ball, so I pass.

“Evande.”

The academy lacked facilities for people with disabilities.

I can’t use PC. As expected, hatred and discrimination against disabled people are rampant in this world.

“I should go to the library.”

There will be no one in the library at this time.

It was on my bucket list to read a book in a deserted library while playing a pop song that goes well with the book. This is because if you did that in a crowded library, you were banned from entering.

When I arrived at the library, pushing my wheelchair, the library was definitely very quiet.

It feels like I rented out a library.

“Let’s sing a song~. Kungttarisyavara~.”

“What’s the song….”

“What?”

I can’t believe I was caught humming a song to myself.

To be honest, I was a little embarrassed, but in times like these, you have to act confidently.

“Who are you?”

“Don’t sing in the library….”

“Is it a ghost…?”

“I… librarian committee member….”

I looked in the direction the voice was coming from, and there was a short-haired boy wearing glasses sticking his head out from beyond the book return table.

I couldn’t see it because I was short.

Isn’t this child exploitation? Why is Jammin serving as a librarian at the library?

“Have you reported it to the Labor Office?”

“Librarian… give me 18 hours of volunteer time….”

“What?”

Volunteer time is important.

Honestly, I think government offices are exploiting children’s labor.

“And how old are you?”

“22 years old….”

“How tall are you?”

“131cm….”

I was dumbfounded and looked closely at Jammin, and a status window appeared in the air.

[Ava Young]

Oh, this guy is also disabled.

I remember that he probably had a disease called dwarfism.

“But you… a freshman…?”

“uh.”

“But why are you speaking informally…?”

“Pick it?”

Considering my previous age, I am older.

Of course, I use the honorific language to my senior Andy Pulitzer, but I had no intention of using the honorific language to Jammin Lee, who is at best a librarian.

“No… whatever you want… and don’t sing in the library….”

“There’s no one in the library, so what?”

“I’m there….”

“I don’t think you’re even reading the book.”

“I’m going to take a nap….”

Is it right for you to take a nap in the library because you are a member of the librarian committee?

He’s a funny guy.

“Then I’ll sing you a lullaby, so let’s play Shobuchi.”

“…call.”

This works.

Let’s see, it seems like there was definitely a lullaby in ‘Irregular Ode’.

Ah, I remembered.

“Duerme Duerme con las canciones─♬”

(Hush, hush, my baby─♬)

In a low, deep voice, a lullaby rang through the library.

It is a lullaby that is as soft as the green moss in a deep cave, as holy as the night sky on a quiet night, and as warm as the warmth of a blanket in the early morning.

Even if you suffer from insomnia, wouldn’t you fall asleep the moment you miss a beat?

Lullabies that borrowed the power of odes had the effect of coloring thoughts dark and white.

“Are you asleep?”

“…….”

The small-bodied senior closed his eyes and took only shallow breaths.

Looks like he was sleeping soundly.

“You must have fallen asleep.”

good.

Now this library is mine.

What song should we play first? Is it Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody?

Since the librarian is sleeping, I think it would be okay to play the song using the library speakers.

It also has a cafe atmosphere.

“Going in?”

“…….”

“Silence is consent, right?”

I went inside the book return table and put Jammin, who was sleeping in the chair, on the floor.

Then, I sat down on a chair in the library and looked at the computer system for returning books.

Fortunately, it wasn’t that different from a regular computer. Is there just a program for returning books?

I immediately went online and played Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody.

Lively and powerful music flowed from the speakers in the dusty library. The speaker trembled and dust accumulated on the floor.

“Okay, this is it.”

good. I guess I should go read now.

The book is also a mystery novel. It’s also fun to give spoilers if someone reads the same book later.

I changed the playlist after each song and read a book at the library.

When the academy’s lecture time was over, Jammin, who had been sleeping soundly on the floor, also woke up. … Aren’t you just pretending to sleep because you don’t want to work?

“Haaam….”

“Did you sleep well?”

“what time is it now…?”

“It’s time for the academy to end.”

“ah…?”

Jammin, who looked half-asleep and blankly looking at the clock, soon checked the time by looking at his smartphone clock and his wristwatch alternately.

Maybe it’s because he’s a jammin, but he doesn’t seem to know how to read a clock.

Jammin checked the time three times and grabbed my arm with his fern-like hand.

And with his wide eyes shining brightly, he muttered.

“Let me record….”

“what?”

“Lullaby…!”

Hmm?

“Because of insomnia… I haven’t been able to sleep lately….”

“aha.”

“Your lullaby… it’s the best….”