Ch 179
Became a swordsmanship instructor at the academy
Chapter 179
Magic classes are quite difficult.
Of course, it's not that the content is difficult.
Most of the magic I use was learned from Luciel, but existing magic isn't much different either.
The difficult thing about magic classes is that unlike swordsmanship classes, there's almost no movement activity, so you have to fight a battle against the drowsiness that comes rushing in.
"I told you we'd be having an evaluation in today's class, right?"
"Yes."
Was today a test?
Well, today will be a little less boring at least.
"Group 1, come forward."
At Teacher Kim's call, the kids who were sitting got up and went forward.
"Why is there an empty seat here? Didn't someone come today?"
"Chan-seong, you're in group 1."
Ah, I was also in group 1.
"I'm sorry."
I immediately got up and filled the empty seat.
"Group 1 is Fireball. The target is to hit the red marked area on the wall in front of each of you. Time limit is 5 minutes each."
I was about to immediately draw up my Internal Energy to use magic, but since none of the kids next to me had started, I also began acting.
After about 2 minutes, one student on the left created a Fireball.
It flew with quite good momentum, but it didn't hit the target and struck a part far below.
One by one, the other kids also completed their magic.
THUD! THUD! THUD!
The fireballs hit the wall directly and exploded, but none of the guys hit the red part.
It's not even that far of a distance. Is it because they're all freshmen?
Their skills are really terrible.
I was also about to casually create one and fail, but Teacher Kim's expression was quite bad.
It seems like it's because not even one person succeeded...
Well, since it took quite a long time, it should be okay to hit at least the border area, right?
I quickly created a fireball and shot it straight.
BANG!
As I intended, I barely hit about 1/4 of the red area...
But while focusing on hitting the border, a little more power went into it.
"Whoa."
"Amazing. What's with that guy?"
Since it was a wall with various reinforcement magic cast on it, it didn't get smashed, but while the other kids' Fireballs disappeared without leaving any trace after hitting, my Fireball left a black scorch mark.
Teacher Kim also seems a bit surprised, this is worrying.
After getting caught by Eunseo last time, I tried to restrain myself from standing out and aimed to be just average.
"5 minutes are up. You on the far left, what's your name?"
"It's Min Chan-seong."
"Right, Chan-seong. You missed slightly, but very good. Everyone in group 1 except Chan-seong fails."
Seeing that she doesn't say anything special except for a small compliment, this level seems to be okay.
I returned to my seat thinking it was fortunate, but everyone around me was making a fuss asking how I did it.
"How did you do it? You must have thrown all your magic into it. Crudely."
A guy tall like a beanpole sneered and then went forward.
That beanpole bastard's name is Cha Min-woo.
He's one of the few male companions of the protagonist in the original work, and he has quite a significant role with a separate episode in the middle part.
He studies in the same magic class as Lee Ji-sung, studies well, and while his face isn't as good as Do-hyun's, he's reasonably handsome.
Ah, of course not as much as Kang Shin-hyeok. Just a decent-looking guy?
His family background is also quite good.
If you were to pick the strongest hunter in the country, Cha Su-hyeok, who is always mentioned first, is this guy's father.
However, unlike other students like Seong Ji-an or Nam Ji-hyeon who have S-rank hunters as parents, the fact that Cha Min-woo's father is Cha Su-hyeok is not publicly known.
Probably, even among the teachers, except for the vice principal, there aren't many who know, and it can't be helped because this guy is Cha Su-hyeok's illegitimate child.
That doesn't mean Cha Su-hyeok is completely a bad guy.
He's the son of a woman he met when he was young, but Cha Min-woo's mother didn't inform him that Cha Min-woo was born.
When his mother passed away at age 14, she told him that his biological father was Cha Su-hyeok, so he found out and went to find Cha Su-hyeok.
From Cha Su-hyeok's perspective, it must have been completely absurd, but he still confirmed paternity through genetic testing and took in Cha Min-woo.
He's quite a complex guy who likes his father who passed on talent to him, but also hates his father who married a different woman instead of his mother.
Still, his pride in his talent is tremendous and he works incredibly hard.
This guy probably held first place in the magic class all along.
From this year, he's scheduled to be pushed back by Lee Ji-sung who obtained the Internal Energy manual.
Other things aside, that bastard really hates me right now.
Of course, it's not like I said to Cha Min-woo 'You don't have a mom, do you?' with that kind of cruel joke.
It's because he happened to compete with me for the last remaining student council position.
Since he's a guy with very strong pride, he probably thought that last position would definitely be his, but the possibility of Eunseo, who figured out my identity, choosing that guy is zero.
Knowing that I was the one who joined the student council at the end, he's been openly antagonistic toward me since then.
Antagonistic doesn't mean he hits me or curses at me, but he makes it very obvious by being sarcastic like just now.
"Group 2 is Ice Ball. Target and time are the same as group 1."
As soon as Teacher Kim's instruction fell, Cha Min-woo completed his magic faster than anyone else and hit the target right in the center.
Did it take about 20 seconds?
It's indeed the skill befitting the magic class's first place, but his expression isn't very good.
It seems like it's because he couldn't leave a separate mark like I did. It's not even a competition, but what competitive spirit.
"Next, group 3 come out. Group 3 is also Ice Ball. Same conditions."
Lee Ji-sung is in group 3.
He has a very tense expression.
Recently, he's been working hard at both studying and exercising, but still...
"5 minutes are up. Everyone fails except Lee Chae-hyeon and Park Si-eun. And Lee Ji-sung."
"Y-yes."
"You couldn't even create an Ice Ball. You asked questions enthusiastically during class though."
"I'm sorry..."
"Ji-sung, you need supplementary lessons."
"Yes."
As expected, three years of living as a delinquent can't be caught up in just one month.
Of course, once he learns the Internal Energy manual, it will be completely different, but the training retreat is in the second semester.
It seems like he hasn't properly reconciled with Do-hyun yet either, so he'll probably continue to struggle for a while.
After class ended and I was returning to the classroom, I felt a vibration from inside my jacket.
I took out my phone and saw it was the student council group chat.
[New members come to the student council room after homeroom ends. We're doing environmental beautification activities today.]
Did the student council kids do this kind of thing too?
Environmental beautification when everyone else is resting... I really hate it.
I arrived at the classroom sighing deeply, and Seong Ji-an approached me.
"Chan-seong, did you see the message?"
"The one saying to come for environmental beautification activities? I saw it."
"You're going right away, right? Let's go together."
"Sure."
She's in the same class, so why is she specifically talking about this now?
"Hey, Min Chan-seong. The magic class had an evaluation today, right? Did you do well?"
"Didn't the archery class also have an evaluation?"
"Ours is tomorrow. Why aren't you answering? Don't tell me you failed?"
"No way."
"Then you passed? Ooh, I naturally thought you'd fail... You're more skilled than you look?"
"How did you see me... Ah! Lee Ji-sung who likes you fai— AHHH!"
She pinched my side hard, and this girl's hands are really too harsh.
"Are you trying to die?"
"Without saying anything, really... I think I'll get bruises."
"Stop exaggerating."
"Ji-hyeon, didn't you tell her not to bully Chan-seong?"
"He was the one who first linked me with that guy. But Min Chan-seong, do you exercise?"
Suddenly asking about exercise?
"What kind of exercise?"
"Don't you? For a magic class nerd, your body seems a bit solid."
What kind of thing is a high school girl saying...
Ah! Come to think of it, Nam Ji-hyeon, this girl had a setting where she likes muscles.
She starts liking Lee Ji-sung later also after finding out that Lee Ji-sung surprisingly has muscles when he takes off his shirt.
"I don't really do that kind of thing."
"I knew it would be like that. If you're in the magic class and don't exercise, you become a pig."
"...I'm normal weight, so mind your own business. You seem to have gained some weight lately."
"You... do you really want to die?"
She tried to pinch me again, but Ji-an blocked her.
"Ji, hyeon, ah?"
"No, that bastard... Hmph!"
She turned her head sharply and left her seat, but no matter how I look at it, Nam Ji-hyeon and I really don't get along.
After organizing my things and chatting a bit, Choi Seo-ra came in holding a bundle of documents.
"If you all want to finish quickly, hurry up and sit down."
"Yes."
"Teacher, did the field trip schedule come out?"
"I heard class 7 was told during lunch break."
"Stop nagging. I was going to hand out the application forms anyway, so check the place you want to go and submit it directly to the teacher... No, to me by this Friday."
"Yes."
Field trips are another bothersome thing added.
I received the application form passed from the student in front, took one sheet, and passed it back.
Usually, when high schools say field trips, they're field trips in name only, and there are many cases where you go to play at amusement parks or theme parks, but Hunter School is really a field trip.
Sure enough, looking at the application form, various guild names were densely written.
"I was told that places with many applicants might close early, so it would be good to decide as quickly as possible."
We go on tours to guilds that cooperate with the school.
Of course, since Portal raids are from second year, we don't go on raids.
It's just guild house tours and active hunters serving as daily instructors to explain Portal raid stories or guild systems.
"Then that's it for today. Everyone worked hard."
"Thank you for your hard work."
"Thank you."
"Chan-seong, where are you going? If it's okay, maybe Hwasung Guild..."
"Seong Ji-an, you promised to go to our Bicheon Guild with me last time."
"Ah, that's right. Then Chan-seong, you also come to Bicheon Guild together..."
"Ah, I have a place I've been thinking about in advance. It might be difficult to go together."
When I talked about the field trip last week, Se-jin told me to definitely come to her guild.
She even gave me a cute threat that if I don't come after she helped me when I was getting scolded by Luciel last time, there won't be any soup for me next time.
Well, even if Se-jin hadn't said anything separately, I was originally planning to go to Ares Guild.
If I have to go anyway, it would be better to go somewhere with people I know.
"Where?"
I said I was planning to go to Ares Guild, but somehow Nam Ji-hyeon's expression next to me was quite bad.
"You're abandoning our great Bicheon Guild to go to mere Ares?"
Me... mere Ares?
Se-jin isn't the Ares Guild master yet, but it's already publicly known that she's receiving successor training.
I'm slightly annoyed.
"Mere Ares. That's a bit harsh to say. They're the same top 10 guild."
"Do you think all top 10 guilds are the same? Last year, Hunter Kim Dae-chan also stepped down as guild master due to an unfortunate incident. Even among the same top 10 guilds, Ares is at the bottom."
I remember Bicheon Guild wasn't that high-ranking either.
"Chan-seong, Ares isn't bad either, but Bicheon Guild is really good too. If there's no reason you must go to Ares..."
"The person who supported my hospital bills was Hunter Kang Shin-hyeok. But Hunter Kang Shin-hyeok passed away... Still, since Hunter Kim Se-jin, who is Hunter Kang Shin-hyeok's disciple, is at Ares, I want to go and at least say thank you."
"Hunter Kim Se-jin is extremely busy with successor training, do you think she'll meet you just because you go?"
Nam Ji-hyeon, that girl really.
Should I tell Se-jin later to apply to Nam Il-seong, the Bicheon Guild master, when applying for STB...? Ugh, never mind.
If your dad is an S-rank hunter, you'd think your dad is the best, and arguing more would only make my mouth hurt.
"Right. You might not be able to meet her, so wouldn't it be better to come with us?"
"Sorry. Even if I can't meet her, I can still ask someone to pass along a message."
She looked a little disappointed, but since I made up a good reason, she didn't insist again.
"He has his own plans too. Let's just go to the student council room."
"Ah, right. Let's hurry."
I arrived at the student council room with the kids, and everyone was in the middle of talking about field trips.
Do-hyun was also there early, talking with a pretty girl next to him. That must be Yu Hye-ji... Huh?
Lee Ji-sung, who was sitting quietly in a corner seat, got up from his seat and approached Kim Do-hyun.