Hidden Sanity at Villain School - Chapter 48



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(048)

Jeong Se-ga and Cheon Sa-hee went straight to find President Yang.

“What if Team Leader Kim contacted me in advance and ran away?”

“This country may not be good at preventing crime, but it’s pretty good at tracking and arresting people. And since we’re the only ones who can save him right now, he’ll probably get on his knees and beg as soon as he gets there.”

“What if we hire more hunters like Team Leader Kim to come after us?”

“Of course, they should all be burned.”

“Can’t it end with me just beating him up? I don’t like killing.”

“… … If you mishandle your strength, you’ll die instantly. It’d be better if I just roast you appropriately.”

I planned a strategy with some banter here and there, but fortunately, I didn’t have to use it.

“I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I committed a mortal sin.”

“If you have committed a mortal sin, then you deserve to die!”

As soon as President Yang saw the expressions of the two who had barged in, he seemed to realize the situation and knelt on the floor of the president’s office and bowed his head.

Cheon Sa-hee reprimanded him coldly.

“It was a small but powerful sea monster. It even had psychic abilities. If it had awakened and gone wild, it wouldn’t have ended with you and the nearby small town being blown away.”

“sorry.”

“Tell me why you did this. I know the gist of it, but I need to hear it properly.”

President Yang’s explanation was not much different from what Cheon Sa-hee and Jeong Se-ga had guessed in the cave.

“One day, the number of sea monsters began to increase. I hired hunters to search the area, and found the sea monster sleeping on that uninhabited island. As you know, if one of those guys appears, the entire area will be ordered to evacuate, and they will be sealed off from entering. That would be the end for this farm and my friends. I needed hunters who could quietly finish them off.”

Jeong Se-ga first got him up and moved him to the sofa.

“I will sit down and listen.”

“No. Not someone like me.”

“I have to stand.”

“Ah! Okay, I understand.”

President Yang continued speaking, bowing.

“So I put in a request to Shinseoul. I set it as a variation mission and implied that it would be extremely dangerous, and the two of you came.”

“The best-case scenario would be for us to naturally find that demon and kill him. You can pretend like you didn’t know anything.”

However, not only the professors at Shinseoul but also Cheon Sahee noticed it, and President Yang ended up being questioned.

“Yes, please close your eyes just this once. The livelihood of all our fishermen depends on this farm.”

There was a reason he could never give up.

This farm was not Mr. Yang’s personal business, but a cooperative created 17 years ago when the fishermen sold off their remaining assets after the fishing village itself was destroyed.

“They were all guys who knew nothing but boating. They were all my friends, and they were like my parents. We couldn’t all starve to death, right?”

If the farm went bankrupt, all the people who were living off the dividends from it would be forced out onto the streets.

Jeong Se-ga saw a man in his fifties with a lively appearance bowing his head in front of a boy and a girl who seemed to be the same age as his son and daughter.

‘Could I have done that?’

Honestly, I wanted to turn a blind eye.

He himself was not a person with a strong sense of law and who valued principles.

Anyway, it ended well.

I didn’t necessarily want to end someone else’s life.

But that wasn’t something I could decide on my own.

“Cheon Sa-hee. What should I do?”

Cheon Sa-hee crossed her legs and smiled faintly.

“Let’s pretend the sea monster never existed. Don’t you want to do that? I like that too.”

“Thank you! Thank you!”

President Yang nodded repeatedly, and Cheon Sa-hee continued speaking.

“Let’s talk about distributing the magic stones while we’re at it. It looks like Team Leader Kim has collected them all.”

* * *

Magic stone distribution.

Ironically, the hunters’ death rate was higher during the magic stone distribution process than during the hunt itself.

This was because it was easy for people to have different opinions because so much money was involved.

“““Please go in carefully!”””

Jeong Se-ga and Cheon Sa-hee left the restaurant after receiving a 90-degree bow from all the employees, including CEO Yang.

The trunk of the luxury sedan was filled with blue magic stones.

Sega first proposed a distribution ratio to Cheonsahui.

“It seems like the number of demons you burned to death is eight times greater than the number I killed by beheading. Since the ones I killed by beheading were slightly more dangerous, how about 8 to 2 considering that ratio?”

If we do the math correctly, we should have divided it in a ratio of exactly 9.35 to 0.65.

However, since he was a future S-class, he couldn’t seem too pushy, but he also couldn’t hurt Cheon Sa-hee’s feelings by making demands that were too shameless.

As I was smiling confidently, thinking that she would accept this, Cheon Sa-hee shook her head.

“Why are you making it so complicated?”

“Huh? Then?”

“I’ll take all the magic stones that come out of the regular demons. But you get all the reward money. You also get the sea demon stones. How about this?”

Sega doubted his ears.

“Then wouldn’t it be a big loss for you?”

It’s a low-level demon that can eat bullets.

I didn’t know if all the magic stones I collected over the four days would amount to 500 million or not.

The only thing that could be worth a lot of money was the sea monster stone dug out of the salt heap, but if she gave that to Sega, Cheon Sa-hee would have nothing to gain from this mission evaluation.

“I don’t do any losing trades. I think everything is well thought out and I answer with YES or NO.”

However, Cheon Sa-hee smiled without knowing what she was thinking and pushed forward with her choice.

Sega answered briefly.

“YES.”

Cheon Sa-hee laughed out loud.

“Okay. Then I’ll give you my share of the reward as well. And I purified the sea magic stone earlier, so don’t forget to take it with you when you board the helicopter.”

Sega tried to accept that 1.6 billion won had just been deposited into his bank account.

‘oh my god.’

It was like a dream.

‘That doesn’t make sense?’

It felt so unrealistic that I pinched the back of my hand.

It was an amount of money that had no relation to his life until just a month ago.

“Have you thought about the story we told on the way here?”

“What are you talking about?”

“What are your plans after graduation? I’d like you to come to BB Aegis. It would be better if you dropped out and came right away. I don’t have a vaporization magic field, but I’ll feed you the best magic affinity potion every day.”

In Cheon Sa-hee’s voice, I could feel the determination of a snake hunting for its prey.

Sega answered, trying not to be conscious of the orange eyes shining against the car window in the darkness.

“Sorry. I think it’s too early to talk about my future. I also like Shinseoul.”

It is not yet known whether this growth will continue until the midterms, let alone graduation.

I couldn’t just make a promise like an empty promise.

“If by any chance the Sea Horse Stone or the Maintenance were yielded because of this proposal, then feel free to redistribute them.”

Sega politely declined, and Cheon Sa-hee shook her head with a bitter smile.

“I didn’t mean to burden you. I just wanted to remind you that you also have the option of the BB Aegis. You can take both the magic stone and the money.”

“Okay, I’ll be grateful.”

“I’ll tell you in advance, you have to eat the sea cucumber as soon as you get there.”

“Are you eating?”

* * *

The sedan stopped in an empty parking lot outside Shin Seoul.

Cheon Sa-hee’s driver returned with the magic stone that was given to him by the evil spirit in his trunk, and the two of them took the magic stone from the sea spirit and returned to Shinseoul by helicopter.

Saturday night.

Since the mission evaluation was not yet finished, most of the lights in the dormitory were turned off.

‘You came back so quickly.’

Sega unpacked his bag, put the clothes he had worn for four days into the laundry basket placed in each room, and cleaned his sword as he had been taught.

‘I missed this air.’

I opened the fat 007 bag on the desk, feeling the heavy sensation of fresh magic power created by the vaporized magic field filling my lungs.

Crunch.

A magic stone larger than a child’s school bag appeared.

Even though I turned off the lights, the room was bright with a blue light.

I had to hurriedly close the curtains to prevent anyone from seeing.

‘This is crazy.’

The magic stone was an extremely heavy substance relative to its volume, and even now the desk was creaking and screaming.

Sega stared at the splendid light as if he was entranced, and then remembered what Cheon Sa-hee had said.

‘We express this as eating the large magic stone that is directly absorbed.’

First, the magic stone needs to be purified, but Cheon Sa-hee has already done that.

Place both palms as close to the stone as possible and breathe deeply and exhale repeatedly.

When the magic power within the body and the magic power of the magic stone begin to resonate, the light becomes brighter and a humming sound is heard, and that is when absorption begins.

Woohoo!

Sega held his breath as he saw the magic stone shining brilliantly before his eyes.

Tsk tsk tsk.

Blue rays of light penetrated his palms and the back of his hands.

The veins on both arms glowed blue, and the large magic stone gradually became smaller like dry ice evaporating.

When the magic stone on the desk finally disappeared as if it had never been there, Sega felt a sensation similar to when he first took the magic affinity potion, but much more vivid.

Blue grains were floating in the air as if carried by the wind.

‘This is magic.’

When he tried using telekinesis, he could clearly see blue magic emanating from his palm, wrapping around the pillow and lifting it up.

I felt like the magical power in my body had more than doubled, and my body felt much lighter.

Now, it seemed like I could use the sword for 10 minutes, or even 20 minutes.

‘Can large magic stones be absorbed originally? It’s similar to what happens when you drink a magic affinity potion, but what exactly happens when you absorb it?’

Sega suddenly turned on his laptop in response to a question that occurred to him.

Cheon Sa-hee was so excited that she insisted on eating it as soon as she got there that she ate it, but I didn’t know if it would have any effect.

I searched for “large magic stone” on both portal sites and Shinseoul’s Yeopsi community.

‘huh?’

The keyword that came to mind when searching for portal-related search terms was illegal auctions of large-scale magic stones.

‘It was like this?! This crazy Cheon Sa-hee… … .’

Sega was shocked to see all sorts of incidents and accidents involving the large magic stones.

All magic stones could only be bought and sold through the Korea Central Magic Stone Exchange, which was managed by the Ministry of Finance and Economy and the Financial Services Commission.

However, due to semi-official rumors that the large magic stones had the potential for additional awakenings, secret illegal auctions were frequent among high-ranking hunters.

So the government went crazy cracking down on these illegal auctions in order to somehow centrally control the trade in magic stones.

‘What is the fine… … .’

Even by the standards of high-ranking hunters, it was a staggering amount of money.

I searched on Yeopsi and found that the premium for large magic stones was no joke.

[A normal magic stone costs about 100 million won per 1kg, but a large magic stone costs 5 billion won more per 10kg.]

[Question! My mother was caught by the police chief of the Portrait Management Department while working as an illegal transporter of large magic stones. Am I screwed now?]

[I heard that among the seniors who graduated last year, there was someone who had saved up money from mission evaluations and bought a large magic stone at an auction, and he awakened his sword spirit and became a knight and left.]

It seemed true that I could gain one more ability.

Sega spread out his palm.

“It doesn’t seem like anything has really changed?”

Even if it wasn’t necessarily a new ability, it seemed worth it to have this much increased magical power and magical affinity.

‘The magic power has doubled. He must not have tried to hit me in the back of the head. There must be many other ways to screw me over. I don’t know. He’s a conglomerate, so he’ll do something. Let’s wash up and go to bed.’

I came out of the shower and threw myself on the bed.

Somehow, I felt more refreshed the whole time I was getting splashed with water.

* * *

Cheon Sa-hee continued to talk on the phone with a female student who was the daughter of the group director and a classmate of Shin Seoul while lying in bed.

“Did you really do that?”

“So what? It wasn’t a threat to me.”

“Miss! Please, keep your dignity. Your meager, no, slender body is not suitable for such! Vulgar! Temptation.”

“The results were good. It was worth it.”

The corners of her mouth went up.

“He cared about his own life, was sane enough to be surprised by my actions, and was ambitious enough not to show it. And he was handsome, too. He was exactly what I wanted.”

The schoolgirl answered as if she was tired.

“… … Yes. I’m glad it worked out well.”

Cheon Sa-hee changed the subject.

“Ah. What happened to Joo Da-hyun handing over the building CCTV to the prosecution? If that is accepted as evidence, it will be too disadvantageous for Joo Da-hyun.”

“I stopped in the middle. It was easier than I thought.”

“Oh, good. It can’t be that there’s already a winner. It’s best if both sides are hanging on to us.”

A female student on the other side of the smartphone asked a question.

“What should I do about the contact from Geum-eum-yo?”

“Don’t accept it.”

Cheon Sa-hee answered firmly as if there was no need to even consider it, but the female student on the other end of the smartphone brought out a name she couldn’t ignore.

“They say it’s related to the current situation.”

“Then… …! Let’s make a promise.”

Cheon Sa-hee frowned for a moment and then smiled again.

“If you want to take a good man away, you have to fight.”