Hidden Sanity at Villain School - Chapter 92



Only Noblemtl

(092)

Right after the midterms.

“I may forgive the enemy, but I won’t forgive a traitor.”

Iljinrim smoked Shinseoul’s tranquilizer cigarettes in the dormitory smoking room.

The smoke from this cigarette, made from a by-product of the plant kingdom, had the effect of calming anger and fear and clearing the mind.

“Jinrim, Jinrim! Please! It wasn’t me. I really didn’t mean to do that.”

In front of her, three students were kneeling on the floor, held down by her group.

“It must have just disappeared, right?”

Jinrim looked down at the students who had just been part of the group with indifferent eyes.

A male student with ties to a guild active in Southeast Asia, a female student who was meeting the male student privately, and a male student who received a deposit of unidentified money.

I knew that there were students who approached her group with the intention of recruiting beheadings.

I didn’t know there would be three, excluding Na Yeo-su.

Bam!

Iljinrim grabbed a male student’s hair and pulled him violently.

“Today, my hair isn’t growing well.”

He rubbed the tranquilizer cigarette he had been smoking against his forehead.

“Kwaaaaak!”

“Shut your mouth. The moment your teeth show, I’ll burn your tongue with a torch.”

The two female students nearby shivered as they smelled the burning smell.

Sigh.

Iljinrim grabbed a female student’s chin and met her eyes.

“Ji, Jinrim. Please.”

She pleaded, and Jinrim snickered.

“Rinse out these kids’ rooms, phones, and bank accounts. And bring me two resignation forms.”

The group that had been standing still ran out.

“I’ll leave one here because I see old ties.”

Iljinrim looked down at the three students and said.

“All three of you are rigid magicians. Let’s see who is stronger.”

“… … !”

“What the fuck!”

“Hey, hey. Shit! I don’t know. Die!”

The three students who were looking at each other soon started throwing punches at each other.

Iljinrim looked at the scene and lit a second cigarette.

After a while, a group of students came into the smoking room and reported.

“Nayeosu, that girl is attached to Joo Ra-hyun. We can’t touch her, what should we do?”

“Just wait and see. Joo Ra-hyun, you can’t keep a spy who’s been exposed forever. That day is the day that girl dies.”

After finishing the purge, Iljinrim left the smoking room.

After washing and changing clothes, I bought two bottles of low-grade magic affinity potions with the money I received from the practical exam and headed to the school infirmary.

The Shin Seoul hospital boasted facilities comparable to those of a general hospital.

On one of the beds lay Joo Da-hyun, completely exhausted.

“Dahyun, Sega. I want to apologize.”

Dahyun was half asleep with an IV in her wrist, and Sega was holding her hand next to her.

“There’s no need to apologize.”

“You were fooled too. It wasn’t your fault.”

“Thank you for saying that. It won’t happen again.”

“Didn’t you hear what I said? It wasn’t your fault.”

“How are your legs?”

Jinrim asked.

Dahyun closed her eyes tightly, and Sega’s expression darkened.

“It’s a chain reaction of nerve damage caused by extreme magical power surges. Even if you drink potions, the magical power will damage your nerves again. Resting is the only solution. It looks like you’ll have to sit in physical classes for a while.”

Jinrim suggested softly.

“Should I get you a roommate? Don’t you need someone to take care of things?”

Dahyun immediately shook her head.

“Okay. I’m more concerned about who’s there. Sega said they’d help me get around the school, so it doesn’t matter.”

She pulled Sega’s arm and hugged him tightly.

“yes?”

A smile appeared on her face, with red, tear-filled eyes and plump aegyo-sal, as if she had just cried.

“of course.”

Sega answered as leisurely as ever.

“I’m a little tired… … .”

Dahyun spoke to Jinrim.

There was still a smile on his lips, but deep in his eyes, he felt a sense of discomfort as if he had been disturbed.

“Ah. Okay. I’ll go in. Get some rest.”

Iljinrim was perceptive.

She immediately stood up from her seat.

* * *

As a result of the practical exam, 104 students were expelled, and the total number of students in the school approached 900.

Most of the students in the class were in their 40s, and some in their 30s.

“I think I’ve developed a fear of demons. Just thinking about it makes me feel like I can’t breathe. … … What should I do? If a hunter can’t catch a demon, then it’s nothing.”

“It looks like I’m going to start my life on hardcore difficulty, damn it. I borrowed 100 million won to buy defensive equipment, but I only received 40 million won in magic stone settlement money.”

Some students somehow passed the exam, but were completely overwhelmed by the gate and lost their minds, while others went bankrupt due to excessive spending.

While there were students who fell so low, there were also students who made a spectacular comeback.

“Hey! Congratulations. You’ve turned your life around!”

“88th place in the entire school in the midterm practical exam! Choi Seon-mi. The rising star of our class 1!”

“I knew you’d succeed. You practiced with Sega every night until late at night.”

Her future was not originally bright.

“Thank you all.”

Even if she somehow managed to survive the midterms, it was clear that she would soon fall into that category, as the Iron Wing students who had been laying the groundwork for her in the duel evaluations had all been expelled.

But a bird ready to fly takes flight the moment it falls off the cliff.

Hope has always triumphed over determination.

No one knew that she would awaken to her senses on the 12th hour of the exam.

“Congratulations to the best knight, Choi Seon-mi!”

The group she was in wasn’t too bad in terms of the balance between the members.

The leader of the Iljinrim group, Hanbit Lee, was an excellent elementalist, and the synergy between the personalities and abilities of the group members was also good, and all four group members worked hard to survive.

In such a situation, when a sword user was born, synergy exploded.

Choi Seon-mi hunted a huge number of low-level demons over three days based on the basic skills she had accumulated over the years.

Despite her overwhelming contribution, Maseok distributed it fairly as promised, and the team leader, Lee Hanbit, and the two members of the group expressed their gratitude by giving her their points.

So Choi Seon-mi flew up into the sky.

“Congratulations on becoming a knight, Choi Seon-mi.”

Thursday’s sword fighting class.

The kendo god, who was laughing rudely, pointed to the left side of the gym with an exaggeratedly polite gesture.

All the top aces from the entire school, including Jeong Se-ga, Kang Ju-hyeok, and Baek Sang-eon, were gathered there.

In the last midterm exam, all of the students in the journalism department were in the top ranks.

Although it consumes a lot of magic power, the advantage of being able to kill any beast once you properly strike it is truly enormous.

Now Choi Seon-mi stands beside them.

“congratulations!”

“Human victory!”

“That’s Shinseoul.”

Not only the students but even the teaching assistants applauded.

Everyone knew how hard she worked to live.

Choi Seon-mi approached and stood next to Sega, wiping away her tears.

“congratulations.”

Jeong Se-ga smiled brightly and whispered in her ear.

“Thank you. I really worked hard.”

Seonmi stood with her body leaning against Sega’s shoulder, and Sega accepted her as she was.

“Yeah. You really worked hard.”

Joo Da-hyun, sitting on one bench, gritted her teeth as she watched the scene.

“Since the midterms are over, today’s non-majors should proceed with the class while the teaching assistants loosen things up a bit. And you majors, let’s go on a picnic like me.”

The kendo god shouted at the students.

Some non-major students cheered, while others looked at the majors with envious eyes.

Sega raised his hand and asked.

“Professor, where do you plan to go for the picnic?”

The swordsman answered with a bitter laugh.

“North Korea?”

* * *

The Kendo God gathered all the students in the school who used the sword.

All classes had a relaxed atmosphere, and since most of the sword users majored in swordsmanship, even the professors of other classes readily let them go.

The students split into two large double-decker buses and headed north.

Since there were very few black users and the bus was spacious, the seats were comfortable.

But the students’ faces were not bright even with empty words.

It has been 17 years since the Democratic and Republican parties merged to form the Democratic Party and the logic of factions represented by communists disappeared from the political world, but it was still a famous dictatorship.

“Are we really going to North Korea?”

“North Korea has already collapsed. Now we are going to the former North Korean territory, not to the Republic of Korea or something.”

“What if the remnants of the People’s Army warlords shoot? I can’t stop a bullet yet.”

“Professor, you wouldn’t have thought of that… … If you were Professor Kendo, you might not have done that, right?”

The students’ eyes turned to the kendo god.

With his dyed blond hair, floral Hawaiian shirt, and piercings dangling from his ears, Kendo Shin did not look very trustworthy.

“professor!”

The drop-off location was comfortable enough to make those worries seem pointless.

“Hahaha. You’re here? Brother.”

As soon as the bus stopped, a hunter in a suit bowed his head to the kendo god.

“It’s been a while. Hey. You brought our kids here, so you have to treat them well. If you keep saying weird things, I won’t let you off easy.”

The kendo god patted his head and then motioned for the students to come out.

“Get some rest. It’s still a long way from your turn.”

On the side of the mountain, in a wide open space cut through the underbrush and grass, several large trucks were parked, and luxurious tents were lined up in a long row.

Scavenger hunters armed with firearms waited in one corner, while senior hunters lounged on long chairs under the tent and chatted.

“Go sit over there. I came here to give you a taste of what hunting is like these days, and to give you some pocket money as well.”

The swordsman walked ahead, and the students followed behind him.

“Didn’t you just say allowance?”

“I get it. This will be a good opportunity to make some money.”

There were students like Kang Joo-hyuk and Baek Sang-eon who gradually realized what they were doing and regained their composure, while there were also students like Choi Seon-mi who looked around anxiously.

“Do you want to sit next to me?”

“Okay then.”

At that time, Sega was the first to suggest it, and Sunmi answered with a bright smile.

Just then, people who appeared to be unawakened arrived with drinks and various snacks in an icebox.

Students all grabbed snacks.

“here.”

“thank you.”

Sega also packed some snacks for Sunmi and sat on Sunmi’s right side.

“All. You have good sense.”

At that moment, the Kendo God approached the chair to Sega’s right and sat down with a thud.

“professor?”

Sega was surprised.

Seonmi tried to hide the tears she had been holding in her eyes and stood up to say hello.

“Okay. Sit down and eat comfortably while looking at the forest in front of you.”

The swordsman waved his hand.

“Because from now on is important.”

A large helicopter rose from the south, gradually lowered its altitude, and hovered above the black coniferous forest halfway up the mountain where the camp was located.

“Don’t you think it’s strange?”

“yes?”

“There are no such large trees in North Korea. They’ve all been cut down to be used as firewood. So what on earth is that?”

The next moment, the helicopter door opened and two hunters stuck their upper bodies out.

The reason we could tell they were hunters was because countless fireballs were created from their fingertips.

‘Wow. How many of them do you keep?’

Two high-ranking pyromancers hurled bright red fireballs across the forest.

A pillar of fire rose and the trees burst into flames.

The next moment the tree screamed.

“Queueeeeeeeee-!”

The tree branches began to shake unusually violently, and the trunk stretched into the sky, aiming for the helicopter.

Several students stood up from their chairs in surprise.

“what?”

“Erosive tree demon?”

“Wow, man. If I go into that forest, I’ll just die?”

But no matter how long the stem stretched out, it could not reach the helicopter flying high in the sky.

Any long stems that got close were cut off by another psychic who emerged from the helicopter and used his invisible sword.

The forest, no, the entire group of demons disguised as the forest was engulfed in flames.

Even so, the fire did not spread beyond the forest, as the two pyromancers and psychic were controlling the fire.

After about an hour, the tree trunks collapsed one by one, turning into piles of ashes.

Then, four water magicians who had been preparing on one side for 30 minutes began to display their skills.

Boom!

In an instant, dark clouds gathered and rain poured down on the forest that had been reduced to ashes.

The rain stopped after about 30 minutes.

Sega remembered once again how powerful Yundana was.

And I realized one more thing.

So far, only seven hunters have participated in the hunt.

“… … .”

Some students made strange expressions, and the swordsman smiled.

“This is hunting these days. Elementalists and telekinesis users with overwhelming firepower clear out a radius of several kilometers, and scavengers collect magic stones.”

“… … .”

“An elementalist must be able to produce such tremendous firepower. Since one A-class is better than two B-class, there aren’t many positions available. It’s hard to get a job and the competition is fierce. But we’re different. Knights need a certain number.”

“… … !”

“Okay. We’re going into the forest now. We’re going to hunt the beast-type and alien-type demons that hid underground to avoid the fire. We have to clean them up before the scavengers collect the tree demons’ magic stones. They’re not that strong, but watch out for surprise attacks. And if you take first place… … Hey. What do you guys want to get?”

Sega raised his hand in surprise.

“Please give me a chance for private tutoring!”

“Huh? What do you want to learn?”

“yes.”

There was something I wanted to learn ever since I got the artifact whip on my last assigned mission.

I wanted to put a black flag on the whip.

‘If you just swing it around, they’ll all be cut down.’