Ch 173
Became a swordsmanship instructor at the academy
Chapter 173
Both are familiar people, but it's a combination I've never seen before.
Jinsu and Eunseo together.
I was thinking whether Jinsu had fought with Minhee or something, when Choi Seo-ra, our homeroom teacher, also followed them into the classroom.
"Everyone pay attention. The student council from our school has come to promote recruitment for 1st-year student council members, so listen carefully and apply if you're interested."
So it was student council promotion.
It seems like if Jinsu and Minhee stuck together, they wouldn't get any work done and would just be all lovey-dovey, so they arranged this combination.
It's quite a plausible story.
"Hello, underclassmen? I'm Lee Jinsu from the student council, in charge of accounting. It won't take long, so please focus for a moment. Now then, our school's pride, the cool beauty vice president will give you the explanation."
"PFFT."
"What's with that senior?"
"He's a funny person."
He's introducing Eunseo with such cheekiness, and the reaction is quite good.
Even Choi Seo-ra chuckles. Anyway, Jinsu is still the same as before.
Eunseo frowned at Jinsu's playful attitude, but soon smiled and began her explanation.
The recruitment is for a total of 6 people, and roles will be assigned after a simple interview.
The work involves guidance activities, attending meetings, and planning and preparing various school events.
"So if any underclassmen are interested, please apply by this Friday and we'll conduct interviews over the weekend. Then..."
"Wait, wait a moment. Vice President, you forgot something important."
"Huh? What?"
"You forgot the benefits. Our underclassmen might think 'We're already busy with classes, won't this just add more work? We'll have to attend meetings on weekends when everyone else is resting. That's totally not good.' May I explain the benefits?"
When Eunseo nodded, Jinsu came forward again.
"First, as a benefit, above all, you can work together with our school's acknowledged cool beauty vice president and also with the president who's her twin... OOF!"
It's hidden behind the teacher's desk so I can't see clearly, but Jinsu suddenly collapsed - I think Eunseo kicked him in the shin.
Fortunately, whether she showed mercy or not, he didn't fall disgracefully and just staggered for a moment... I knew he'd do that.
"Sorry everyone. This guy is quite the prankster."
Eunseo apologized and started explaining again.
She calls it special benefits, but honestly there's nothing much.
There's a student council special retreat, but that's also on weekends when everyone else is resting anyway.
When preparing for events like festivals or sports days, they sometimes get opportunities to go outside even during non-vacation periods, but that happens only a few times a year.
The things that would actually help the kids are exemption from volunteer activities and having it recorded in their school records, which is advantageous for future employment - about these two things.
"Feel free to ask any questions you have. Oh, confessions aren't allowed. I have a girlfriend who's like a tiger."
"I have a question! Are you two dating by any chance?"
A female student who's in the same playful position as Jinsu in our class threw the question.
"Under, class, men, please ask only questions related to the student council."
That Eunseo girl, glaring fiercely... It's chilling enough to give me goosebumps.
"Right. Me and the vice president? Ugh... Absolutely, never. The underclassman who just asked that question can't join the student council."
After taking a couple more questions and telling them to come to the student council room if they had more questions, the two left.
Afterwards, homeroom started, but there were no special announcements so it ended early.
I was trying to check what the dinner menu was when Seong Ji-an poked my side.
"What?"
"Chan-seong , don't you want to apply for student council with me?"
"I'm not really interested..."
"They said it helps when getting a job later."
"Ji-an, you're going to Hwasung Guild anyway, aren't you?"
"Huh? Well, that's true...but still, it'd be good to do it for experience. The seniors seemed fun too. You might not know this, but the vice president from earlier is quite famous."
"Right. She won the WHCU in January this year."
Nam Ji-hyeon, who was nearby, also chimed in.
I taught her and made her win, so how could I not know...
"I see."
"That's your whole reaction? It's incredibly amazing. WHCU, you know. Not even a 3rd year but a 2nd year winning WHCU. She's a complete genius."
"She was really pretty too."
Our Eunseo does have quite the beauty.
It feels strange to hear praise for my student from these kids.
Not that I have any intention of applying to student council... No wait.
It's not like I'm actually going to get a job, and I was going to skip it because it's bothersome, but thinking about it again, I think I should apply.
If it follows the original work, Lee Ji-sung sitting over there doesn't do student council activities, but Do-hyun does student council activities consistently from his 1st year.
The biggest problem at this point is that I helped Do-hyun in advance, so the relationship between the two hasn't been restored.
Of course, Lee Ji-sung knows that Do-hyun is the protagonist, so he'll try to become friends somehow, but if his attempts don't work, he might go in the direction of excluding Do-hyun altogether.
If that happens, the original work is ruined.
I need to somehow make the two of them get along well, but unfortunately Min Chan-seong has no acquaintance with Do-hyun.
We're not even in the same class.
In this situation, it might be good to join the student council and build some friendship with Do-hyun.
It's bothersome, but besides Jinsu and Eunseo that I saw earlier, Minhee and Eunsu are also there - my former students are positioned there in large numbers, which is a bit burdensome...
Well, wouldn't it be okay?
Even the vice principal who's an S-rank hunter couldn't recognize me, so it doesn't make sense for the kids to see through my magic.
"Then shall I try it once?"
"Really? Then let's go apply first thing tomorrow morning."
***
"Minhee, applications close today, right?"
"Yes, President. Until homeroom time, but there are already quite a lot of applicants."
"That's all because I did the promotion well."
"Yeah right. I heard Eunseo almost killed you."
"What did I do wrong? If Eunseo had only spoken so stiffly, would the kids have applied this much? It's because I did fun promotion with some jokes that there are so many applicants."
That Jinsu really.
"Minhee."
"Yeah?"
"Jinsu said he had a girlfriend like a tiger when promoting to 1st years."
"Ti...tiger? Lee Jinsu, you want to die!"
"No, no... I just said I had a scary girlfriend in case 1st year underclassmen might confess to me... AHHH!"
"The underclassmen have eyes too."
"Right."
"What's wrong with our Jinsu?"
Just a moment ago she was trying to kill Jinsu.
This is why couples...
Leaving the bickering kids behind, I started checking the application documents.
I didn't have them write grades separately, but I had them write external activity records and award records, and while some friends left it blank, many documents are packed full.
"This year's freshmen have quite good specs."
"Really? Well, there was talk because of the entrance ceremony. They said there are many kids among this year's freshmen whose parents are S-rank hunters."
"Ah, that's right. Did those kids apply too? Honey, do you know their names by any chance?"
"Of course. I'm our school's best source of information. Wait a moment."
Jinsu approached and started picking through the documents.
"They all applied. Here are the 3 people."
"Seong Ji-an, Nam Ji-hyeon, Cha Min-woo?"
"Seong Ji-an is from Hwasung Guild, Nam Ji-hyeon is from Bicheon Guild, and Cha Min-woo is a prodigy who never once lost first place in his entire middle school career."
"He kept getting first place in the whole school? That's really legendary."
"They all have good award records too. Both Seong Ji-an and Cha Min-woo have experience winning middle school martial arts tournaments, so let's definitely confirm these three and go..."
"That won't do."
"Eunseo is right. It doesn't make sense to select student council members just based on their background."
"Our vice president is really too picky. Just looking at them, they seemed to have good grades and looked fine."
"Did you know their faces too?"
"When I was promoting, they really caught my eye."
"Really? We'll know when we see them at the interview. Eunseo, how about you? Were there any kids that caught your eye?"
"I don't think there were any in particular."
"Our vice president's standards are too high. Oh, don't you remember? There was a really handsome kid."
"Handsome kid?"
"There was a kid who was completely idol-level handsome. His name was Kim Do..."
"Kim Do-hyun."
"Right. He applied too. But anyway... What's wrong, Vice President?"
"What?"
"You said there were no kids that particularly caught your eye, but you even know his name. Did you perhaps fall for him at first sight..."
"Lee Jinsu, shall we spar?"
"No, why are you... I didn't say anything wrong. Liking handsome and pretty things is nature's law, so don't be embarrassed."
"It's not like that, so if you talk nonsense one more time, we're sparring."
"Then how do you remember his name so clearly?"
"Our Jinsu is right."
"I've seen him before."
"Huh?"
"Where did you see him?"
"Don't tell me in middle school? Then you've remembered him for 2 years...our vice president's taste is..."
"I said it's not like that!"
"Why are you shouting? Then where did you see him?"
"At a funeral home..."
The atmosphere instantly went down.
I knew this would happen, so I didn't want to say it...
"Um, but... At that time, he wouldn't have even entered school yet, so how..."
"You know when Se-jin senior's father put out that false article about a teacher meeting with parents?"
"You mean when it was revealed that he was actually helping a student with difficult family circumstances?"
"Right. The kid who received that help was probably Do-hyun."
I went with my sister and parents on the first day, but I kept going to the teacher's funeral after the first day too.
On the second day when I went alone, there was a boy who was crying as hard as me.
"Everyone, let's not be too depressed. The teacher wouldn't like it either."
"Right. Our Jinsu is correct. And Seong Eunseo, you're remembering him because he's handsome anyway, aren't you?"
"Minhee, do you want to spar with me too?"
"So, sorry... I said something unnecessary."
There's only one handsome person for me.
Until now...no, until I die…
***
It's nothing special, but maybe because it's called an interview or because there are too many people, I'm getting quite nervous.
I thought there wouldn't be many applicants since there are bothersome things like attending weekend meetings and various other troublesome tasks, but it looks like there are almost 20 people.
They said they're selecting 6 people, so the competition ratio is at least 3:1 or more.
Just looking at the competition ratio, it seems doable, but I'm worried because they said they'll select considering both the interview and application documents.
The application I filled out at the student council room didn't include grades or anything, but there were sections for external activity records and award achievements.
Both Seong Ji-an who went to apply together and Nam Ji-hyeon wrote densely, but unfortunately Min Chan-seong has none of that.
I'll have to do well in the interview.
I can't predict what questions they'll ask.
Well, if I fail, I fail.
I'll find another way to become friends with Kim Do-hyun.
I'm doing mind control while waiting... Huh?
"Isn't that Lee Ji-sung?"
"Don't tell me he applied too?"
The kids are also murmuring, and Seong Ji-an and Nam Ji-hyeon beside me are also frowning.
He somewhat recovered his image when we caught the hidden camera perpetrator last time, but the evil deeds he accumulated until then are enormous, so it can't be helped.
Still, it's unexpected.
In the original work, Lee Ji-sung doesn't apply...
It seems like he also applied to restore his relationship with Kim Do-hyun.
"Kim Do-hyun and Lee Ji-sung, are you both here?"
"I'm here."
"I'm here."
"And Min Chan-seong ?"
"I'm here."
"The next turn is you three, so don't go anywhere and wait."