Hidden Sanity at Villain School - Chapter 59



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(059)

Flash.

Sega woke up early in the morning as usual.

‘I’m not tired at all.’

Even though I only came back to the dormitory at dawn after a fierce battle, I felt refreshed as if I had slept soundly all night.

I also thought that my sleep time was getting shorter day by day.

On the contrary, my body became lighter day by day.

Swish.

I kicked off the blanket, got up, and stood in front of the mirror.

He had thick arms, broad shoulders, a well-shaped chest, and a wing-like back.

It seems that this body thinks of sleep as a hobby.

“Gyeom-ah, wake up. Let’s go eat breakfast.”

“Hmm. Five more minutes, no. Ten more minutes.”

10 minutes later.

Sega left the dormitory, leaving Gyeom soundly asleep.

“Did you sleep well yesterday?”

“Yeah. Did you sleep well yesterday too?”

As always, I met Seonmi, greeted her, had a meal together, and went up to the classroom early.

For some reason, it seemed like Seonmi was constantly watching him.

“What is on my face?”

She hesitated for a moment, then lowered her voice and asked.

“Nothing happened yesterday, right? I was a little worried when Geum Eun-yo called me.”

Sega smiled leisurely and nodded.

“Yeah. It was nothing. I asked you to look at some pyromancy techniques for the duel evaluation, and you said you only had time then.”

In reality, it’s a doll collection, a beheading job at the Portrait Management Department, and even a duel at dawn.

There were so many things that it’s hard to explain them simply by saying that a lot of things happened, but if even one of them had leaked out, it could have torn my flesh and bones apart.

“Ah. Duel evaluation… … That’s it. I thought there was a problem again.”

Seonmi smiled brightly, and Sega felt secretly relieved.

‘It seems like Sunmi has gained some confidence.’

She usually got a little anxious whenever the words duel evaluation came up, but today was a different atmosphere.

“What’s the problem? If it were me, Eunyo would try to solve it instead.”

As soon as she said that, Seonmi let out an awkward laugh.

It seemed as if something had surprised him.

“why?”

“Ah. It’s nothing. It’s just… … .”

Seonmi thought as she looked at Sega’s natural smile.

It was a smile that only someone who would one day become a superhuman and ascend to the world above the sky could have.

‘Yeah. What did I say?’

The confidence that he had in not even a single doubt that the world’s gold and silver would help him was so cool.

Somehow, the tip of my nose felt a little tingly.

* * *

“hi.”

“good morning!”

The children from the other class came into the classroom one by one, and the atmosphere became lively.

At that moment, a female student with a face I had never seen before came into Class 1 and handed Sega a large paper bag.

“Is the situation right?”

“Yeah. Why?”

“A gift from Subin in class 6. Thank you.”

“He has something to thank me for, huh?”

The schoolgirl ran away, holding the paper bag in her arms as if she was passing it to me.

Sega thought of the name Subin while holding the paper bag.

‘Soo-bin? Cha Soo-bin? I think I’ve heard that somewhere.’

At that moment, Lee Gyeom came in, panting.

“Sega! Why didn’t you wake me up? I almost missed breakfast.”

“You woke me up three times today!”

“Hmm. I guess that’s what it was.”

Kyeom pretended to scratch his head and acted funny.

Sega snickered and then asked a question about a female student named Subin.

“By the way, do you know who the kid named Cha Soo-bin is in class 6? I think I’ve heard of him somewhere, but my memory is a bit hazy.”

Gyeom made a face as if asking why that name was coming out of Sega’s mouth.

“Cha Soo-bin in class 6? Why him?”

“No. Someone just said he sent this and left it behind.”

Kyeom and Sega opened the paper envelope at the same time.

A Post-it note was stuck on a cardboard box containing an expensive set of gourmet chocolates, with a short, handwritten thank you note on it.

[thank you.]

Lee Gyeom said as if he found it suspicious.

“You’re not trying to seduce me with this, are you?”

“Are you trying to seduce me?”

“Cha Soo-bin, that’s your family.”

“Is he also a member of the Magic Stone conglomerate or the guild?”

“No. Quite the opposite. Oh, you might not have known. Cha Soo-bin is the daughter of the Vice Minister. The daughter of the Vice Minister of the Portrait Management Department.”

“!”

South Korea is a country where ministers handle government affairs and vice ministers handle practical affairs.

Even when a minister resigns due to political offensive, the vice minister remains unchanged.

in other words.

If one of the agents stationed in Shinseoul had resigned, it would have been reported to the vice minister before the minister.

‘That’s what it was.’

Sega smiled faintly, feeling something was caught.

I opened the box slightly and saw a paper envelope containing a Shinsoul store gift certificate.

Judging by the color of the paper and the thickness of the envelope, it seemed like it contained about ten ten million won bills.

It was clear that he was expressing gratitude for returning the precious agent alive.

Lee Gyeom started to fuss.

“Or did you seduce him too? The devilish man Jeong Se-ga?”

“Him too, Rani? Who did you say I was flirting with?”

“Joo Da-hyun, Il Jin-rim, Choi Seon-mi, Geum Eun-yo… … Ouch! Aaaah!”

Joo Da-hyun, who had just come in, blushed brightly and used her telekinesis to lift Lee Gyeom up and float him out the window.

Choi Seon-mi also blushed slightly and looked at Sega, but then realized that Joo Da-hyun was looking at Sega with the same eyes as her, so she slowly lowered her eyes.

It was an ordinary morning.

* * *

Lunch time after morning classes and dinner.

Normally, students would be scattered around and enjoying their daily lives, but today, they were all gathered in the classroom, shaking their legs and refreshing their smartphone apps.

“Come out. Come out. Come out.”

“Please, just let Geumeunyo and Cheonsaehee avoid.”

The notice they are all waiting for is the duel evaluation notice.

It was a criterion that would determine whether the duel evaluation would begin with the Gold Wing rank or the East Wing rank in the first duel tomorrow.

Right now, everyone has the same silver level, but starting tomorrow, gold and silver levels will be added.

Even if my skills were good, if I was unlucky enough to meet an opponent that was too strong, I would have no choice but to reach the Dongik rank, and it took me two weeks to go up from Eunik to Geumik.

In the student community, there was a day when heroes could become assholes and assholes could become heroes.

Moreover, two weeks was a time when the position one had built up over the years could completely change.

Even if he was a so-called ‘successful’ student, if he met a monster like Kang Joo-hyuk, he would become Dong-ik, and if he became Dong-ik, his dignity would fall, and if his dignity fell, guys like piranhas would stick to him.

On the other hand, if I were to face a student whose skill level was lower than mine, I could start the duel evaluation at the Gold-Ik level.

So now, the 1,100 first-year students all thought the same thing.

‘Please let me meet someone worse than me.’

At that time, everyone was anxious.

“It’s here!”

Lee Gyeom suddenly shouted.

If it were normal, everyone would have said something about it being noisy, but today, they didn’t say anything and just focused on downloading the file and finding their own names.

“Guys, I’ll put it on the screen.”

The assistant came in, put up the match schedule on a big screen, and called out each person’s name.

“Beomjun is hanging out with a kid named Kim Jaeyoon in class 5.”

Exclamations of envy erupted from all over.

After taking the swordsmanship class together, Kim Jae-yoon from Class 5 was not a particularly famous student.

On the other hand, Moo-hyung Bae was a talented student who would have taken over the entire class if he hadn’t been in Class 1 with Jeong-se-ga, Kang-ju-hyeok, and Joo-da-hyun.

It was clear that they would win easily.

“Okay. Next.”

The assistant continued to call out the list.

As each student came out, cheers and cheering erupted, mainly from the belligerent students.

Even when the name of the half-outcast Joo Da-hyun was called, there was cheering.

“Our class 1 is the best!”

“You can do it!”

“Let’s win!”

The duel evaluation had a strangely class-based atmosphere.

This time, there was no so-called ‘civil war’, where students in the same class compete against each other in duels, and no student met a student on the ‘avoidance list’ made up of named students.

Class 1 was in a festive mood for the first time in a long time.

“Okay. What’s next?”

As soon as the assistant called the name, cheers erupted.

“This is already a win.”

“If there’s anyone who’s making a fuss at the bar tonight, that’s the one who’s going to get called out now.”

“There won’t be a civil war here, right?”

“The situation is like this! I won’t stay still if I lose to someone who’s nothing!”

All the students in Class 1 smiled brightly and waited for the name of the unfortunate victim to be called.

The assistant also looked at the name written next to it with a bright face.

But the moment he saw the name, the assistant’s face hardened.

“… … Class 16. Yoon Dana.”

The moment that name was called, a cold air filled Class 1.

“crazy.”

“No matter what the situation is, Yoon Da-na is already a bit… … .”

Iljinrim also frowned, and even Joo Dahyun looked anxious.

Lee Gyeom whispered to Sega.

“I think he might be a bit difficult for you too?”

Sega asked while searching for the name Yundana in Yeopsi.

“Did he also go through pre-training at the Magic Stone conglomerate?”

Lee Gyeom shook his head.

“No. He’s a natural awakener.”

* * *

The term ‘natural awakener’ originally did not exist.

All of the first generation hunters naturally gained superhuman powers one day after opening the gate, and that was normal.

However, the situation changed when Dr. Go Joo-myeong developed a stimulant in the first year of opening and began distributing it worldwide.

It has become common for people to be artificially awakened by taking stimulants, and it has become special for people to have their bodies change naturally.

“Yundana is someone who awakened without stimulants, just like the first generation hunters.”

“Usually, most people who awaken naturally awaken around the age of fourteen or sixteen. But Yoon Dana was an awakened person since she was lying in the cradle.”

“He’s a water magician, but if you only look at maximum output, he’s already S-class. Some say he might even be higher.”

Lee Gyeom and Joo Da-hyun competitively released information.

It seemed like a fight was going on to see who could scare Sega more.

Iljinrim smiled coolly and shook his head.

“Sega. Don’t worry too much.”

“huh?”

“Just because they’re natural awakeners doesn’t mean they’re all invincible superhumans. Even among the first generation hunters, there are many who aren’t even S-class.”

It was true.

The reason there are so many S-class characters among the first generation is because most of those who couldn’t make it to S-class died. It’s not like all of the first generation characters were strong beyond the standard.

Even the legendary explorers Taesulgi and Shingyoso had A- and B-class strength and telekinesis outputs.

“Since you’re an elementalist, your body is probably weak. You can shoot me with a gun, or you can just stick to me and force me into close combat. I won’t attack you with something that will drain all the moisture in your body.”

Sega nodded seriously to Jinrim’s words and smiled confidently as usual.

“Yeah. It’s still early in the semester. If we just get right in and cut him down with our swords, we should be able to win.”

Then, inside, I was screaming like crazy.

‘You were an Awakened from birth? Your control must be top-notch, right? Even if I were a real S-class at 78%, I don’t think you could beat me.’

Evening, dormitory.

Sega skipped his usual training and studied the detailed rules for evaluating duels, as well as the art of water martial arts.

‘In terms of lineage, it’s a lower-level version of bloodletting. It feels like it deals with thin blood. It must be good at bloodletting as well. I guess I should expect to be attacked from a distance with the blood flow magic bullet.’

‘No outside entry, no use of unregistered artifacts, no use of unregistered air conditioning devices. Air conditioning devices? You have a senior who came to the stadium driving a tank? And he even lost?’

While Sega was struggling with the sentence, Lee Gyeom came in and threw a USB stick at him.

“Here. Yoon Dana’s class video.”

“Ah. Thank you. There is no one else but you.”

“What can I say thank you for? I also found out by sticking with the 16th class kid. And I got this by selling your name, so please accept it comfortably.”

Sega asked, plugging the USB into his laptop.

“Selling my name?”

“If I don’t bring the video, Jung Se-ga will cut me in half? That’s what he said.”

“Hey! You’re making me into a son of a bitch!”

Kyeom left, giggling, and Sega played the video.

‘Until this morning, I thought I could beat any opponent.’

Somehow, a meaningless laugh came out.

‘What did I say?’

My heart was pounding with excitement at the thought of having to prove myself again, and a chilling tension enveloped my body.

‘I was arrogant.’

It didn’t feel too bad.

Before he knew it, a faint smile appeared on his lips.

Watching the video, I could feel Yoon Dana’s power.

Originally, water magicians were greatly weakened in places without water, but Yundana freely drew moisture from the air.

He would explode magically charged water droplets like blood flow bullets, create chains out of water to bind his opponents, block his opponents’ attacks with a rotating shield, or suffocate them by covering their heads with large water droplets.

Sega ran simulations in his head for a long time, and after much thought, he came to a conclusion.

‘Absorption is the key to my victory. And whether I win or lose, it will be over in one blow.’