Hidden Sanity at Villain School - Chapter 43



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(043)

Mission evaluation was a system that existed in many hunter academies, including Shinseoul.

The mission evaluation period is usually 2 to 3 days before and after the weekend, totaling about 5 days.

During this time, students are given ‘missions’ to carry out in various places.

The content was extremely diverse, ranging from hunting large and small demons, to demolishing abandoned buildings, arresting Awakened criminals, sending them overseas, and even fighting between guilds over the right to conquer fixed gates.

“They give it here and there. Most of it comes from public institutions or local governments, but there are also some from private companies or individuals.”

The swordsman explained with a chuckle, and Sega listened.

“Wow. Very.”

With this money, I could earn money to buy various hunting devices and consumables that I would use in the future.

If it weren’t for the Dragon Bone & Turtle Cell Blade that Geum Eun-yo gave me during today’s performance evaluation, I would have almost failed the hunt, so it seemed like it would be a very important source of funds.

“Yeah. It’s a really shitty system. The devil is out, but the police are protecting their own people, the inspectors of the Portrait Management Department are short on manpower, and they don’t have money to call in guild hunters, so they’re going to exploit you little brats! That’s it. The Shinseoul Foundation is also going to build a good image at the same time. We’re going to wipe out our time with your blood, that’s it.”

“yes!?”

“So what? We are professors and you are students. If you want to criticize us, criticize us.”

“no.”

I heard that each student had a different strategy.

“Shinseoul, ah. Not the school, but the city of Seoul. Anyway, there’s a strategy to take on small requests that come up in Seoul, finish them quickly, and spend the remaining four days practicing on your own, or there’s a strategy to do really hard things to gain money, fame, and connections. However, there are also points that you have to earn by doing these, so if you keep taking on easy requests, you might end up having to go on dragon slayings or something.”

As soon as Sega heard the story of Kendo God, he decided on a strategy.

‘You have to go for something that’s somewhat difficult. That way, you can make money, maintain your image, and have a face to face if you fail.’

The swordsman said with a chuckle.

“You’ll naturally be given the most difficult request, right? I heard that you used the clear air together with bio-current amplification. I’m really a bad guy. This is it.”

“thank you.”

“Yeah. Of course you should be grateful. Damn it. I’ll teach you heavy breaking and forward movement when you get back, so you have to finish this difficult mission quickly and come back.”

Ilsun Iljinrim narrowed his eyes.

“Professor. Did you just recommend Sega to be your direct disciple?”

The swordsman’s face hardened for a rare moment.

“Oh my.”

Then he poured soju into a beer glass and handed it to Iljinrim.

“Keep your mouth shut until you finish drinking it.”

Iljinrim let out a hollow laugh, and Joo Dahyun let out a bitter smile.

Usually, the proposal for a direct discipleship was made at the end of the first semester at the earliest.

Even if he was a promising young sprout, the professor extending his hand was an expression of impatience and a loss of face.

Sega, unaware of the inside story, watched Iljinrim drink the punishment drink with a bewildered expression.

The Kendo God gave an example of a difficult mission.

“It’s hard to capture and kill criminals, hunt sea monsters, or go to the former North Korean territory. On the other hand, it’s easy to protect chaebol events and personal security.”

Jeong Se-ga was shocked when he heard of the difficult mission.

‘Killing criminals? Hunting sea monsters? Former North Korean territory? You’re making students do that? We really are child soldiers.’

No matter what you say, Shinseoul is not a place where you can live in your right mind.

* * *

Deep night.

Sega returned to the dormitory with Lee Gyeom in one hand and Joo Da-hyun in the other.

Everyone must have fallen asleep, and only a few of the once bright lights remained.

“Are you okay?”

“Me? I don’t get drunk to this extent.”

Only Iljinrim walked straight even after drinking several bottles of soju.

His voice was also very dry and cool as usual.

She looked up at the night sky and put a sedative cigarette in her mouth.

“The situation.”

“why?”

“Joo Da-hyun, it seems like it was better than I thought.”

Sega answered with the words Iljinrim often used.

“Yeah. I knew it.”

She chuckled and pointed to the dormitory.

“Kyeom and Dahyun, leave them in your respective rooms and come to my room for another drink?”

“Are your roommates okay?”

Iljinrim answered while shaking off the sedative.

“By now, shouldn’t everyone be in a separate room with a man or a woman?”

“female?”

“Uh. Those… … two women.”

“iced coffee…….”

Sega tried not to imagine it, and Iljinrim snickered and pulled on Jeongse’s sleeve.

“Life, what is there to do? Let’s enjoy it. We all may die at any moment. Is there a way to prevent an S-class gate from opening above our heads?”

Sega thought it was fortunate that the day was dark.

Iljinrim was an attractive person both objectively and subjectively.

Underneath her tightly tied blond hair, her fluffy white nape stole Sega’s gaze, and her plump lips with black piercings flashed a sensual smile that shook the boy’s heart.

The red tie that was trying to hold up a three-button shirt was buried in her deep sternum, and the H-line skirt that clung tightly to her hips was cut short enough to barely reveal the hem of the dolphin pants she was wearing underneath.

Desire raised its head.

The Awakened Ones never contracted strange diseases.

After the opening of the country, South Korea’s social culture became tolerant of all kinds of pleasure.

Sega himself was accustomed to such things due to his origins.

but.

‘I don’t know when growth will stop. I don’t want to create a relationship that goes beyond a certain point.’

It was a moment when I was trying to come up with a suitable excuse.

Slap.

Iljinrim collapsed on the lawn and fell asleep.

“Hey, Jinrim? Are you okay? What’s wrong? … … Are you sleeping?”

The collection of the swordsmanship that the 8th group drank included a mixture of real liquor and fake liquor meant for high-ranking hunters.

And the fake liquor for high-ranking hunters was more like a drug with the flavor of alcohol added to a sleeping pill to suppress trauma.

Even though he was a blood magician, Iljinrim, who was just a student, couldn’t withstand it.

“Seriously, this is driving me crazy.”

Sega carried the three of them back to the dormitory, all the way to Iljinrim.

“Good.”

Maybe it was because I was drunk, but I couldn’t stop laughing.

* * *

‘I feel refreshed.’

Sega walked to school, wondering when the last time he woke up so refreshed was.

As I was heading to the cafeteria in the main building, breathing in the cool air still covered in morning dew, a familiar, lively female student with short hair greeted me.

“good morning.”

“Good morning to you too.”

Choi Seon-mi and Jeong Se-ga both went to school early in the morning and stayed at the autonomous training center until the end.

As they started and ended the day together and watched each other’s efforts, a comfortable atmosphere prevailed between the two.

“I was able to succeed in my technique thanks to your help with practice yesterday. Thank you always.”

“You did a good job.”

“Have you seen the Yepsi community? It’s full of your stories.”

“Again? I’m embarrassed at how exaggerated it was.”

While we were eating breakfast together and going up to class 1, the topic of mission evaluation naturally came up.

“Where are you thinking of going? I’m just going to do something moderately in Shinseoul. This is also highly competitive, so I have to choose in advance.”

At that moment, Sega realized that he had no idea how to support the mission evaluation.

“Where do you see that?”

Seonmi replied with a surprised expression, “You have some mistakes too.”

“In the app.”

When I went into the Shinseoul app, I saw that there was a new category.

[First year mission evaluation]

When I went in, there were hundreds of missions lined up in a row.

[Suppression of N-class and E-class demons south of New Seoul.

Difficulty: Easy.

Salary: 500,000 won per person (E-grade is the market price of Magic Stone).

Number of participants: 50 people. (0/50)

Period: Two weekend days.]

The missions at lower difficulty levels were mostly small-scale demon subjugation or event security, and the money was meager by industry standards.

[Suppress the spawning ground of the wild beasts that appear on the Han River.

Difficulty: Medium.

Compensation: 6 million won per day, paid in magic stone market price when subduing a demon. When subduing a queen entity, the hunter is given the following hunting device set.

Number of participants: 10 people. (0/10)

Period: Wednesday – Sunday (5 days)]

On the other hand, even when the difficulty level was medium, the rewards increased noticeably, and in many cases, special rewards were given separately.

While I was searching for various missions with the filter function with Choi Seon-mi and thinking about what would be good, the students of Class 1 started coming to school one by one.

“good morning.”

“Ah. I ran too much yesterday.”

Everyone’s faces were filled with fatigue, as if they had had a lot of fun yesterday.

“Sorry about yesterday.”

Joo Da-hyun apologized with a red face.

“… … Oh, shit, I’m going crazy.”

Iljinrim hurled self-deprecating curses.

“Why? Why? Why? You didn’t wake me up?”

“I woke you up three times, but you kept sleeping!”

Lee Gyeom, as always, made petty excuses.

“But Sega. I was drunk last night so I don’t remember very well, but didn’t you say you were going on a higher-level mission?”

Lee Gyeom said while checking the mission list.

“Oh, yeah.”

“You can’t apply for advanced missions with just the app. You have to write an application form on the bulletin board and get approval from our professor.”

“Oh. Is there something like that again?”

“Students in their second and third years often go on long-term missions overseas, but that can’t be handled by an app alone.”

In fact, I could just see a few helicopters taking off from the helipad in the distance, heading towards the airport.

‘Child soldiers are child soldiers, but they are special forces.’

Sega looked around at the 8 trillion members while thinking that way.

“Is there anyone among you who would like to take on a higher mission?”

“No. I’m dying.”

Lee Gyeom immediately turned pale, and Joo Da-hyun also shook her head.

“I think the hunting mission will be difficult because the magical power has not fully recovered yet.”

Iljinrim also said he wanted to rest a bit this time, so Sega went to the bulletin board alone.

‘You all are amazing.’

There was a strange atmosphere around the bulletin board, as there were only strong students who had come to do advanced missions.

Baek Sang-eon of Class 7, a white-haired swordsman with an impression like a giant shark.

Jeseocheon from Class 8, a lightning wizard with a bossy look and blue short hair.

The fifth class’s selling theory, a tall poison master with long green hair.

Cha Soo-bin from Class 6, a black-haired, neat-looking ice magician.

Yoon Dana from Class 16. A mysterious water magician with long, blue hair.

They were all powerful people who either dominated a class or were fighting for the largest faction within the class.

Step, step, step.

They took a step back at the appearance of Jeong Se-ga, hardened their faces, or raised their hands in greeting.

‘It’s the situation.’

‘I was wondering who on earth was keeping Kang Joo-hyuk and Joo Da-hyun in check, and it makes sense.’

‘Yesterday, a secretly filmed performance evaluation video was uploaded to Yeopsi. That must have been the high-ranking demon Asterios. I’m not sure if it’s true that he awakened a month ago.’

‘Should I step on it now? Or should I go with it?’

While complex calculations were going on in everyone’s heads, Jeong Se-ga picked up a single application form.

Thud. Thud. Thud.

“Higher level missions will take you outside of Shinseoul, and will take place along the coast or in former North Korean territory.”

At that moment, Kang Joo-hyuk came up next to him and spoke softly.

“It’s a place with few eyes, so no one will know if something happens. You’d better be careful.”

Sega thought for a moment and then answered.

I didn’t want to fight unnecessarily with anyone.

“Okay. You too, take care.”

“!”

I wondered why the person who inherited a large guild was so self-conscious.

‘The situation! How dare you tease me?!’

After taking one application form, I quickly walked away from Kang Joo-hyuk.

There was still some time before class started, so I went straight to finding the mission.

‘This one pays the most?’

When I sorted them in order of maintenance, the mission was at the top.

[Mission to subdue the spawning grounds of foreign creatures on the beach.

Difficulty: Intermediate to High.

Compensation: 800 million won per person, paid in magic stone market price when subduing the demons.

Number of recruits: 2 people. (0/2)

Period: Wednesday~Sunday. (5 days) *You can return to school immediately after completing the request in advance.]

‘800 million? That’s crazy! I’ll do it no matter what.’

It was a mission with a difficulty level ranging from medium to high, but when I asked Joo Da-hyun, she said it was a variation level mission given when the requester was not sure about the enemy.

“If you’re lucky, you’ll earn a lot of money on medium-high difficulty missions, and if you’re unlucky, you’ll be given a mission on high difficulty missions. The score is adjusted for high difficulty missions, so it might be worth giving it a try.”

There was definitely a risk.

But it was too much money to turn away.

‘The basic amount is 800 million. And if the magic stone is a separate market price… … how much is it?’

As Iljinrim said, it was money worth risking one’s life for.

It was money you couldn’t even dream of on that street.

Sega went straight to Ina’s lab.

‘hurry!’

Who had to go on this mission before he was given permission to do so.

“Excuse me. I came here to ask for permission to evaluate the mission.”

“Ah. Jeong Se-ga is a student. Professor Lee Ina is in the room over there.”

Ina’s lab consisted of three rooms.

A spacious office where her assistants work, a reception room where she receives distinguished guests, and even her personal study.

The senior assistant knocked on the door of the private office to announce Sega’s visit, and as he entered, Ina, dressed in a black suit, turned around in her chair and spoke to him.

“You want to take on the variation mission?”

“Yes, Professor.”

It was clear that Sega was looking down on them even though their eye level was higher.

“I know that Jeong Se-ga has shown good achievements since entering school, but it is dangerous for him to carry out a mission without knowing the exact strength of the enemy. Above all, Jeong Se-ga still lacks experience in fighting against demons.”

It was a voice that was intimidating to hear, but I couldn’t give up 800 million.

“I really want to do it, Professor. I’m confident.”

Ina opened her crimson eyes.

“Are you confident?”