The Angel Forming a Club (5)
“Club?”
Hexi tilted her head. Her disheveled hair shook along with it.
“Ah, right… You said at first that you wanted to create a club, Angel.”
“Yes. And not Angel—Refri.”
“And I called Refri stupid……”
Hexi suddenly started sniffling. Refri panicked and wiped away her tears.
As an artificial hero, the side effects and withdrawal symptoms from the abyss… Right now, Hexi must be in a very mentally unstable state.
Wiping the tears of a wounded hero is truly angelic!
+1 Angel Power
And if she's mentally unstable, that just means more work for an angel…!
Lots of work was a good thing. After all, wasn't an employed angel far better than an unemployed one?
+1 Angel Power
A smile formed naturally from the influx of Angel Power. Refri flashed an angelic smile and hugged the sniffling Hexi.
Refri was still just a boy, and Hexi a full-grown adult, so there was nothing romantic about it… but with Refri's smile alone, it created a heartwarming scene.
Of course, Refri's heart grew warm from the Angel Power too.
And the professors watching from afar……
“Hey, kid. Aren't you scared of Hexi?”
Rusa was impressed.
“Hmph, look at that smile. Of course he's scared, but he's enduring it with his kind heart… that foolish boy……”
Rebecca felt pity.
“Excellent. If Hexi follows Refri like that… my prized disciple—no, Refri will gain a solid ally……”
Klein thought of the benefits returning to Refri.
“I hope……”
Park Jinho watched the two leave the professor building without finishing his words.
The pair walked out slowly, holding hands as if they couldn't care less about the world's fate or final battles… heading toward the bright light.
“I hope you're happy……”
That day, Park Jinho prayed for the first time in ten years.
Hexi and Refri left the professor building. Hexi kept gazing at Refri with shining eyes, then suddenly asked in a serious tone.
“Hea—Refri, why do you want to apply for a club? Do you have some inherited business? Is that why you need a related club?”
Inherited business? What random nonsense was this?
“Inherited business? What do you mean?”
“Central Academy clubs are special. You can't compare them to regular school clubs. They're all tied closely to interest groups or external industries. So Refri too……”
……?
Refri floated a question mark over his head.
“I'm an orphan. An angel wouldn't have family like that.”
“Oh right. Sorry, I'm such an idiot.”
Hexi backed off a bit and grabbed Refri's shoulder.
“Hmm, then another reason……”
Hexi dropped her giggling smile and asked again with a slightly colder expression.
“Do you need connections in the hero industry by any chance?”
“Connections? Why would I need those?”
“Obviously to find someone worthy of being a hero. Not a fake like me… but a real hero to defeat the Demon King……”
Hexi tilted her head far to the left. And whispered coldly.
“Yeah, but I still have to help. Since you're my angel.”
Hexi was smiling. An awkward, cold smile.
Suddenly, gazes from the surroundings. Even Refri's superhuman senses could barely detect the stares from infiltration and stealth experts.
Are they archery department students……?
In Central Academy, only assassin department and archery department students had such infiltration and stealth skills.
Have they been following us since earlier? Wait… there must be at least dozens?
It was true.
Dozens of upperclassmen from the archery department had been secretly tailing them. They ached when Hexi cried, and smiled together when Refri wiped her tears.
But why were they following Refri like this?
To understand that, one needed to know what happened in the archery department yesterday.
Before Refri began this not-acting act, Park Jinho had gathered the archery students and explained Refri's sacrifice. Refri would play the angel by Hexi's side until she could live normally, so they had to help.
They hated Park Jinho, but agreed his words were right.
Thus, dozens of upperclassmen from the archery department tailed him to help Refri.
S-so burdensome……
Of course, Refri didn't know.
And archery upperclassmen are all heirs or sub-heirs of otherworldly empire noble houses. Even if the empire fell, most still hold their territories and subjects—terrifying powerhouses!
They were essentially rulers of small nations, still wielding royal authority.
Why do such great figures show absolute loyalty to Hexi… Last time she rampaged, they tried to die with her… Even if she's their savior hero… wait……?
Refri recalled Hexi's funeral from his past life.
At the funeral where she perished with one of the Demon King's Four Heavenly Kings, imperial banners hung in mourning.
And this absolute loyalty… absolute monarchy…?
Wait, the only surviving collateral imperial during the Demon King invasion… was that Hexi?
Refri suddenly felt immense pressure. The imperial authority still held massive weight among otherworldly races and houses.
And there weren't just one or two.
At least two hundred million……
“Ahaha.”
So Refri quickly started making excuses. With multiple gazes on him.
If I mess up with Hexi, they might charge out yelling, 'How dare you to our princess!' Or… maybe I already hate them.
But the archery students moved in a way 180 degrees opposite to Refri's thoughts.
They thought highly of him. Beyond highly.
Refri, the benefactor sacrificing his life for our Professor Hexi……
They really suit each other.
Yeah, exactly. Look at our princess smiling like that. Like a dream.
If Refri becomes our princess's consort……
The empire's revival won't be a dream……!
They already saw Refri as something like the next empress's consort.
But Refri didn't know.
I can't give them any reason to nitpick!
So.
“The real reason I'm creating a club is……”
Refri quickly explained the reason for the club.
Baby angel Refri happily living in his cathedral one day. Then a wicked student council wolf comes to blow it away with the winds of power……
Something like that.
After hearing the whole story, Hexi sighed in relief and smiled brightly.
“……So that's how it happened!”
“Yes, Professor. You understand, right?”
“Hmm. I understand.”
“Not 'I understand' like that.”
“I get it!”
Hexi concluded simply.
“How'd you end up on bad terms with the student council… no, the Seocheon Yu family?”
“That's a long story too……”
Super chef angel Refri enters a cooking contest called Spirit's Blessing. But it's no mere contest—it's basically the world's strongest martial tournament.
The evil student council president's plot to crash it, and Refri and friends thwarting it.
Yeah, something like that.
“……And that's how it happened.”
“Filming a video? You're totally at odds with Yusihyun now.”
“Yes……”
Hexi quickly concluded.
“You went against the Seocheon Yu family and their next head just for one girl? Angel—no, Refri. Why do something so dangerous!”
“……I had no choice!”
To earn Angel Power, no choice. Refri glared with wide eyes, protesting to Hexi.
……She's so cute it's driving me crazy.
Of course, no matter what Refri did, to Hexi he was just too adorable.
“Right. Protecting justice with good deeds is an angel's job… Even so small, you're still an angel……”
Hexi, as if entranced, stroked Refri's head… then grabbed his hand and headed straight to the student council HQ.
“Professor. Where are we going……?”
“Just as my angel wishes.”
Hexi smiled.
“To apply for the club.”
There is a family called the hero's lineage.
Its name: Seocheon Yu family.
Originating from high schooler Eugene-cheol who fell into another world, they were the supreme superhuman house revered as the greatest noble lineage across otherworlds and reality.
The Seocheon Yu family's influence strongly affected Central Academy's student council too.
“So… you're here to apply for a club?”
One student council member asked incredulously.
Refri brightly.
“Yes! Here to apply!”
“Ahem. So the club name is 'Service Club'… purpose is relief and volunteer activities using superhuman abilities… members are Hongwol, Han Soya, and……”
His voice suddenly stiffened.
“Miss Yumari……”
The student council member reading the application quietly replied, hiding his irritation.
“Combining Refri's achievements with theirs meets club application requirements fully. Plus the purpose is upright and doesn't overlap with other clubs.”
Then he smiled.
“But rejected.”
“……Pardon?”
“Sorry, but Professor Hexi here is a very busy person. She can't take on club advisor duties. Right?”
The student council sneered at Refri.
Then whispered in his ear.
“Rookie, this is power. Being cute with professors doesn't mean everything. Remember, even professors are nothing before the Seocheon Yu family.”
“You……”
And he even smiled at Hexi.
“Right, Professor Hexi?”
“Hehe.”
But Hexi's response was completely off from the student's expectations.
“Student, submit 10 demerit points.”
“……Pardon? Me?”
“Reason: poor attitude. Who are you to judge if a professor is busy or not?”
“B-but demerits……”
Hexi added in a cold voice.
“Hurry to submit them. Oh, process the club application properly first.”
“……Professor. What is this? Are you defying the Seocheon Yu family's will……”
“Seocheon Yu family? What's that got to do with anything? Can't you hear my orders? Ignoring a professor's command?”
Hexi smiled cruelly, wrapping an arm around Refri's shoulder.
“Yes, disobeying professor's orders. Shall we call a disciplinary committee?”
At "disciplinary committee," the student's face paled.
He panicked briefly, then……
“I'll correct it immediately.”
Stamped the documents.
Watching, Hexi whispered quietly in Refri's ear.
“Angel, this is power.”