Hidden Sanity at Villain School - Chapter 66



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(066)

Banhaedo’s lab was as clean as the suit he wore.

The marble floor was spotless, the blackboard on one side was written in neat script with the formulas for the fluid dynamics of telekinesis, and the noble medals he had received were neatly arranged in glass cases.

“The situation. The situation. The situation. How can I make you a telekinesis specialist?”

However, the owner of the neat lab, Banhaedo, kept pacing back and forth frantically from one end of the lab to the other, biting his lower lip.

“You visited that gloomy author’s lab, Haejunsang, but why don’t you come to mine?”

There were less than ten minutes left until class started, but he showed no signs of leaving the lab.

At that moment, the chief assistant of Banhaedo, Lahari, approached holding a white suit jacket.

“professor.”

“Ah. Lahari. Listen. What I’m worried about right now is… … .”

“There are less than 10 minutes left until the class you are supposed to teach. If you want to have Sega students, how about showing your good faith by not being late for class?”

Most of the professors at Shinsoul were famous first-generation hunters, and the teaching assistants were mostly common second-generation hunters.

The social status gap between the two was as great as that between medieval nobles and servants.

“Lahari. What did you just say to me?”

However, Lahari was one of the elites among the second generation.

16 years ago, stimulants were distributed, not sold.

We needed at least one more hunter to protect the country, and the side effects of the stimulant were severe.

It was a time when politicians begged the people to become their hunters.

“The professor said he might be late. This is the class the students are waiting for.”

Lahari had been following Banhaedo since then, and had the highest position among the second generation.

So she could either stare at him with a glare, force him to put one arm into her jacket, or push him out of the lab by shoving him from behind.

“Professor. Please don’t worry about giving more points or gift certificates to Sega students. Even if the Hunter industry is an industry where people risk their lives for money, wouldn’t geniuses like you have come here anyway? Why are you impatient because you can’t roast beans in a flash?”

Banhaedo muttered as he relaxed all his strength in his body and was pushed forward as Lahari pushed him.

“But there is a limit to the performance evaluation scores that can be given to a non-specialist in psychokinesis. And even if I were a Sega student, I would probably focus more on the sword technique class that gives higher scores. That shouldn’t be the case.”

His blue eyes stared into space.

“He is our future. The ultimate genius who will change the world with the power of his mind. It is my mission to guide him along this path.”

“Are you saying that teaching a single student is your mission when you are a Grand Croix of France, an Imperial Duke of the Holy Roman Empire, a Grand Noble of the Commonwealth, and a recipient of the Order of the Mugunghwa of the Republic of Korea?”

Lahari made a strange expression, and Banhae nodded.

“Yes, that’s right. So, please think of a way to quickly draw the student into the path of a telekinesis.”

Lahari glanced at Banhaedo’s empty right sleeve.

Regardless of the ethics of his choices, his choices were remarkably effective.

Because I put myself in a situation where I had no choice but to use telekinesis.

“First of all, wouldn’t we need a way to make telekinesis last longer?”

“If you want to use it for a long, long time.”

Banhaedo muttered, then immediately started walking on his own feet.

Sway.

The moment Lahari, who was pushing him away, almost lost her balance, he grabbed her with telekinesis without even looking back.

“Go, thank you.”

“That’s a good idea. Yes. I’ll make you use telekinesis for a long time so you can get used to it. I’ll give you a performance evaluation with an absurdly high difficulty. And the moment you do it, Sega will realize that you have a talent for telekinesis!”

A devilish smile appeared on his lips.

* * *

That evening.

The first-year students learning telekinesis from Banhaedo all had pale faces and sighed deeply.

“I give up. I’ll just get partial credit.”

“No matter how well you do, you can only get a C for partial credit!”

“Then what? Even if I die and come back to life, I won’t be able to pass this performance evaluation.”

Since psychokinesis was a skill that all hunters could learn, it had a high final score and was also important in comprehensive hunting studies.

However, the performance evaluation for the first semester of the first year was not at a level of difficulty that could be accomplished.

1. Create 25 or more salt mines.

*No matter the type, such as needle-shaped, spiral-shaped, or low-cut.

2. Create 10 or more intangible swords.

*Each piece has a cutting length of 2m or more.

It had to be done by both experts and non-experts, using only the mind without using hand gestures, and had to be powerful enough to completely destroy standard bulletproof vests.

“Wow. I was going to try to jump in, but I really can’t do this. Why didn’t you divide it into majors and non-majors? Of course, the partial score actually goes to non-majors, but this is too much!”

“Okay.”

Lee Gyeom and Iljinrim gave up early.

“I think I can somehow make it until next week. I wonder if our team leader can do it too? Even Kang Joo-hyuk is a strong martial artist.”

Yoo Sang-ah, a telekinesis specialist from Kang Joo-hyuk’s faction, also had an anxious look in her eyes, as if it wouldn’t be easy.

“It looks good.”

On the other hand, Joo Da-hyun had long eyelashes and a sadistic smile on her face and laughed brightly.

“Everyone, try to work hard. Thank you, Professor Banhaedo. You’re relieving my grudge like this.”

If I just took the medicine, I could make not 10 or 25, but two or three times that, and if I was mentally sound, I was confident I could make 100 or 250.

While everyone was anxious about this performance evaluation, she was the only winner.

“Miss Dahyun.”

Lee Gyeom said while observing Joo Da-hyun’s expression.

“Why? A corpse?”

Joo Da-hyun answered coldly, like a glacier that has been frozen for a thousand years.

“Isn’t the professor the type of person who would give such difficult assignments? He values ??technique more than perseverance.”

“It’s long.”

“I’m sure there’s a way to increase the number at once. Could you please show this poor, pitiful corpse the trick?”

Lee Gyeom hung on awkwardly and bowed his head.

“Can you make one or two now? Using hand and foot gestures?”

Joo Da-hyun asked in a much more relaxed tone than before.

“Yes, ma’am.”

“If it’s like that, even if I die and wake up, I won’t be able to do it until next week. If there’s a trick to increasing it tenfold or twentyfold overnight, I want to learn it too. What if it’s increasing it twofold or threefold?”

Kyeom let out a deep sigh and looked at Sega at the words two or three times.

“Sega. Didn’t you say you’ve made five to seven?”

“!”

Although he didn’t say anything, Sega was also feeling a burning sensation inside.

Reputation was reputation, and telekinesis was the best auxiliary ability for him.

Even though the other party wouldn’t give me this kind of performance evaluation without a reason, I wanted to succeed somehow.

“… … Miss Dahyun.”

Joo Da-hyun burst into laughter at Sega’s words.

And then, wiping away tears, he spoke to Sega.

“Go to that girl named Na Yeo-su. She’ll be happy to tell you.”

Sega broke out in a cold sweat.

It was clear that Joo Da-hyun was really upset.

* * *

The first class the next day was bodywork.

“Today, we will prepare for the performance evaluation! Majors will do body color and sparring, and non-majors will do body color, wooden crow training, and strength training.”

Kang Chae-seo shouted so loudly that the large gymnasium shook without a loudspeaker.

“Whether it’s the old days or the new year, let’s sing a song!”

Until then, Joo Da-hyun had not exchanged a single word with Se-ga.

‘It’s your fault this time.’

That day too, the physical education class began with a warm-up by running ten laps at full speed around the gym.

She fell hard in the middle of the run, scraping her knees, and was so sweaty that her hair stuck to the back of her neck.

The back of my head felt very hot as the other students’ gazes poured in.

‘You said you’d protect me? I was going to keep my promise. I wasn’t going to let you lift a finger during this midterm. But why did you have to pick on that kid… ? .’

I sat down on one side and took a moment to catch my breath, and tears welled up in my eyes.

At that moment, a pair of sneakers stopped in front of my eyes.

“Would you like a drink?”

Jeong Se-ga smiled confidently as always and held out a bottle of water.

“No need.”

Joo Da-hyun shook her head without even extending her hand.

“Don’t do that.”

Sega held out the water bottle, and eyes gathered from all over.

Some female students took the lead in talking about how Joo Da-hyun was also talking about Jeong Se-ga.

“you!”

“Quickly.”

Sega smiled mischievously.

Joo Da-hyun had no choice but to accept the water bottle.

It was cool.

“……thank you.”

“No problem.”

“Is that your kind of taste? Those bad guys who take off their clothes and laugh at you? That makes me sick.”

“I really should have come. I just asked him for a favor and am receiving reports from him every now and then.”

“What did you ask for?”

Joo Da-hyun raised her head.

“Investigate the guilds that are trying to take me?”

Jeong Se-ga answered as he had previously agreed with Iljin-rim.

It wasn’t exactly a lie.

“Yeah. Those kids and scavengers know that stuff.”

Joo Da-hyun nodded and gave a slightly apologetic look.

‘Was that it? Me again.’

They say humans are thinking reeds, but the face that had been so annoying just now couldn’t be this pleasant to look at.

“Aren’t you going to apologize?”

Jeong Se-ga asked with a sly smile, and Joo Da-hyun’s lips trembled.

“Me, me, crazy… … !”

“Okay. This time, I’ll send it to you, even though your mouth won’t open.”

Jeong Se-ga smiled as if he had known this would happen and made the first suggestion.

“Shall I show you how to use the wooden claw? I need to practice one more time, but I think I’ll feel a little more nervous if you watch me.”

“Where did you learn such speaking skills?”

Joo Da-hyun said as she raised her body using telekinesis.

“I’ll tell you how to quickly increase the number of Matan and Formless Swords.”

As expected, I couldn’t truly hate Jeong Se-ga.

* * *

After a brief warm-up and a breather, the performance evaluation began.

“Let’s get started.”

Elementalists with weak bodies like Joo Da-hyun wore training uniforms and checked how much their bodies had changed compared to the beginning of the semester. Then, they beat wooden dolls in front of their teaching assistants and demonstrated strength training and aerobic training that they had been doing on their own.

Students who had some level of body-skills, such as Iljinrim and Leegyeom, wore training uniforms and trained using only body-skills.

“under!”

“Yay!”

The correct answer was to focus on clean striking techniques like hitting a crowbar.

“Sega students?”

While Sega was waiting in line for a match from the assistant instructor, the senior assistant instructor called him and a few others and sent them to Kang Chae-seo.

“professor?”

“Oh, oh, you guys are here.”

She was wearing a slightly baggy suit again today, and she was sitting there with her sunglasses on, looking at the students with a slouched look on her face like a gangster.

On the outside, she looked like a bit of a bad girl, but her presence was overwhelming, like encountering a tiger on a mountain at night.

“!”

She snickered as Kang Joo-hyuk, Jeong Se-ga, and five other students majoring in body stamina simultaneously froze their bodies.

“Good.”

At that moment, all the pressure was gone.

The students let out heavy breaths, and Kang Chae-seo continued speaking.

“Hey. Instead of evaluating my performance, go learn some new skills from me. I’ll do that for you.”

“yes?”

“You guys aren’t the ones who can’t do that. Stop hurting other kids for no reason and learn new skills. You’re not scared, are you?”

The teaching assistant stammered.

“Teacher, professor.”

“Why? What? What’s the problem?”

“……no.”

“Yeah. There’s no problem. If I do that, who can do anything?”

Kang Chae-seo blurted out, and with each word the assistant’s face turned ashen.

She hummed a tune anyway and had another assistant bring in a bundle of sticks and a wooden doll.

“The technique I’m going to teach you today is the cut of the low kick. If you got hit earlier, you still can’t get up. If you succeed within this time, I’ll give you an A and some kind of gift certificate? Anyway, do your best.”