Ch 222
Became a swordsmanship instructor at the academy
Chapter 222
"Did you see the final exam grades?"
"Completely ruined."
"Just do well next year."
Since the final exams ended yesterday and grades came out today, everyone seems noisier than usual.
"Chan-seong, are you okay?"
"Well... I'm okay. At least the exams are over."
Like last time, I thought about moderately controlling it this time too, but I deliberately wrote a few subjects one rank lower.
I feel a bit sorry for the real Chan-seong, but there must be students who suffered because of me.
Anyway, this is the last time.
I'm planning to end living as Min Chan-seong after this year.
The original plan was to stay at school for three years with the protagonist, but now I've decided not to cling to the original work.
It would be appropriate to have an accident during vacation and become a vegetative state again.
But I haven't decided yet whether to return to work as a teacher.
Since I've decided not to cling to the original work and take responsibility for everything myself, I'll have to prepare for the war with the Demon Race in the future.
Anyway, this year is the last for the kids I taught too.
Of course, Lee Ji-sung would be a bit surprised if I returned, but I don't think I need to worry about it.
Since he's already fallen to rock bottom, quietly graduating would be the best option for that guy.
I should meet him once as Kang Shin-hyeok, but I have no intention of helping or assisting him.
Rather, if he doesn't know his place and does foolish things again, I'll just exclude him completely then.
Even if I leave school, with my influence, driving out one guy wouldn't be that difficult.
While thinking about various things and packing, the door opened and Choi Seo-ra entered.
"Alright, everyone be quiet and take your seats."
"Teacher, what rank is our class?"
"This time it's 3rd place. But if we calculate the comprehensive grades, there's still a chance. Especially if we do well at the festival, it could become very promising."
"Then are we starting practice again from today?"
"We have to. The exams are over now and the festival is right next week."
Usually at festivals, each class does cafes, restaurants, or occasionally haunted houses, but our class is a bit different this time.
It's a theatrical performance.
Although it was decided by vote, honestly it's a bit unfair since there are as many as 4 students from the drama club in our class.
Moreover, 2 of them are Seong Ji-an and Nam Ji-hyeon, who are key figures in the class, so the female votes flocked to theater.
Of course, I have no particular complaints.
Actually, in the original work they also did theater, but I thought it would be a bit twisted since Lee Ji-sung was isolated in the class, but this proceeded exactly as in the original work.
Originally, unlike cafes or restaurants where you have to do business all day, theater only requires performing exactly twice a day, morning and afternoon.
Moreover, while it's the rule for all class students to participate in the school festival, not everyone stands as actors in the theater.
Now I don't get nervous or flustered about standing in front of others, but I still didn't want to be an actor.
I was slightly worried about whether I might be forced to be nominated, but surprisingly there were many kids who wanted to be actors, so I could naturally step back.
Since I was a writer in my past life, I wanted to take charge of the script, but surprisingly Nam Ji-hyeon took that role.
I thought she would compete with Seong Ji-an for the female lead role, but from the beginning she said she would take charge of the script, which was a bit unexpected.
Apparently she's also in charge of scripts in the club.
Just looking at her appearance, she didn't seem like that at all.
Her script, which modernly adapted Romeo and Juliet, wasn't too bad either.
It was a female-oriented romance that deviated a bit from my taste, but this kind of thing would work well in plays that kids do.
What's a bit ironic is that Romeo is Seong Ji-an.
In the original work, Romeo was Lee Ji-sung and Juliet was Seong Ji-an.
I thought Lee Ji-sung would naturally be excluded since he's completely on the outside, but Seong Ji-an as Romeo?
I naturally thought she would play Juliet, but Juliet was taken by another female student.
Of course, the one who intervenes to create a love triangle is a male student.
Well, there's some skinship between the protagonists later on, so it's probably more comfortable with the same gender.
The male students in the class were very disappointed, but I'm 'out of consideration.'
Anyway, once this year passes, student life will be over too.
After homeroom ended, we moved to the small auditorium with a stage for theater practice.
All the class kids came together, but that bastard Lee Ji-sung disappeared without a word as soon as homeroom ended.
For now, he's also in charge of props and background like me, but he's skipping everything with the excuse of participating in the Martial Arts Tournament.
Originally, even if you participate in the Martial Arts Tournament, participating in class events is the rule, but that bastard has never participated even once.
The rumors have already spread, so the kids actually prefer it when he's not there.
Choi Seo-ra doesn't say anything special either.
He's probably not even going for supplementary lessons in the first place.
After the preliminaries ended, Teacher Kim said during the magic class that followed that she wouldn't provide supplementary lessons for the finals.
She made excuses about being busy with research, but honestly, she seems to have heard everything from the vice principal.
Since Lee Ji-sung is the only one from the magic class who made it to the finals, no matter how much Teacher Kim cares for students, she probably didn't want to teach one-on-one with a guy whose character has blown up.
Anyway, that guy obtained a Fortuitous Encounter and ate Wild Ginseng, so he doesn't particularly need supplementary lessons.
Honestly, I'd like to interfere during the finals and make him fail, but I can't do that.
First of all, that guy beat Eunseo and advanced.
If the guy who beat Eunseo can't even win the Martial Arts Tournament, Eunseo's evaluation will also drop.
I'm planning to arrange a rematch with Eunseo just before the closing ceremony.
If we have the graduation ceremony during winter vacation, Eunseo won't be a student anymore.
Originally, a little more time would be needed.
No matter how much there are secret techniques that Zhang Sambong taught and Eunseo is also learning diligently, development isn't fast due to the characteristics of Wudang martial arts.
But I asked my master to slightly modify the Wudang martial arts to increase efficiency.
I asked Se-jin to get three Wild Ginseng roots a week ago and fed them to her.
Honestly, the last defeat was due to the difference in Internal Energy, so even if they fought right now, Eunseo probably wouldn't lose, but it's meaningless to just win.
She needs to win overwhelmingly.
"Hey, Chan-seong, why are you just standing there alone?"
"Ah, sorry. I was thinking about something else for a moment."
"The teacher from Class 7 says the classroom window is open. Can you go close the window?"
That bastard Choi Seo-ra, there are many other kids but she had to bother me specifically...
I answered that I understood and headed to the classroom.
I went to the classroom, but damn... the door is locked.
If Teacher Kim had it, she would have given it when she told me to go, so maybe it's in the faculty office?
I headed to the faculty office... huh?
The door to the vice principal's office next to the faculty office opens and Lee Ji-sung comes out with a stiff expression.
"What are you doing here?"
He ignores me, frowns deeply, and passes by.
Did the vice principal call him to scold him?
Thinking I spoke to him for nothing, I stopped by the faculty office, got the key, went to the classroom, and closed the window.
While going back to the faculty office to return the key, this time I see Choi Seo-ra entering the vice principal's office.
What's this?
I looked around once, then went in front of the vice principal's office door and enhanced my hearing with Internal Energy.
***
This is really trash.
They say the first time is difficult but the second time is easy, but restoring a ruined image is the exact opposite.
Honestly, I thought just winning the Martial Arts Tournament would allow some degree of image cleansing.
When the Martial Arts Tournament approaches, there's some degree of interest too.
But looking at the current situation, that won't be nearly enough.
The class kids still completely ignore me, and even the homeroom teacher Choi Seo-ra pays no attention to me at all.
Even the magic teacher who was in charge of supplementary lessons made excuses about having a lot of research, but surely she decided not to provide supplementary lessons after hearing rumors about me.
There's no answer like this. Just when I was thinking that, a good idea came to mind.
The reason I could improve my delinquent image in the first place was because I caught the hidden camera perpetrator.
And in the upcoming school festival, a major incident incomparable to the hidden camera perpetrator will break out.
An attack by the international criminal organization Antas.
Moreover, our class homeroom teacher Choi Seo-ra, who completely ignored me, is an Antas organization member.
In the original work, when the incident breaks out, Kim Do-hyun steps forward and resolves it with overwhelming force, but what if I resolve this incident?
Since it's an incomparably bigger incident than the hidden camera perpetrator, naturally image cleansing would occur.
I immediately went to find the vice principal.
It would be better to wait until the incident breaks out to achieve greater merit, but since the attack happens so simultaneously in multiple places, I can't handle everything alone.
Moreover, if things happen, other guys might also be active.
The original protagonists Kim Do-hyun and Min Chan-seong.
Especially that bastard Min Chan-seong's skills were beyond my imagination.
No matter how much I consumed a lot of Internal Energy fighting two matches and he ambushed me, that guy smashed my barrier.
Even Seong Eunseo, last year's WHCU winner, couldn't make a single scratch.
What the hell is that bastard?
Could it be that he obtained a Fortuitous Encounter like me during this school trip?
There were no such signs at all.
Well, anyway, for now I want to inform the vice principal about this fact.
Due to the Min Chan-seong incident, he's probably looking at me as trash like other people, so there's a high possibility he won't believe me, but it doesn't matter.
No, rather, it's better if he doesn't believe me.
That way he'll regret and reflect on ignoring my warning, and become even more on my side when I resolve it.
Whether he believes it or not, the incident will definitely happen.
I arrived at the vice principal's office, knocked, and entered.
"Ji-sung student? What's the matter?"
I can feel annoyance and displeasure in the vice principal's gaze looking at me.
As expected, he seems to think badly of me due to the previous incident.
"I received a call from our Hwasin Group secretary's office a little while ago, and it seems to be a serious matter, so I think I must inform the vice principal."
"What is it?"
"They say they've obtained intelligence that our class homeroom teacher Choi Seo-ra is a member of the international criminal organization Antas."
What?
I thought he would be shocked or rebuke me asking what nonsense I'm talking about, but the vice principal is too calm.
Is he too shocked?
"Um, it might be hard to believe, but..."
"I heard that Hwasin Group's secretary's office has better intelligence than the Blue House, but I guess that was a false rumor."
"What? What do you mean by that...?"
"As you said, Teacher Choi was briefly involved with Antas."
What, he knew?
"Did you know? Then why...? Those who knowingly hide Antas organization members are punished the same as organization members..."
"They are to be punished. But Teacher Choi's case is different."
"Different?"
"It's true that she was an Antas organization member, but not currently, and she was a spy."
"What do you mean...?"
This is ridiculous nonsense.
In the original work, the Hunter School attack incident occurs and Kim Do-hyun resolves it.
In that process, the fact that Choi Seo-ra is also an Antas organization member is revealed.
I don't remember clearly whether it was the death penalty or life imprisonment, but anyway, I clearly remember that she gets kicked out of school and faces legal judgment.
"Tsk tsk, I guess Hwasin Group's secretary's office couldn't grasp even this much."
"That can't be. Surely you must be mistaken about something..."
"On what basis exactly? Don't talk nonsense. You're the one who's mistaken."
"Did Teacher Choi reveal this directly? Couldn't it be a lie?"
"She already achieved merit using Antas information. And the one who informed me of this fact wasn't Teacher Choi."
"Then who on earth...?"
"Why should I explain that to you? Ask the secretary's office. Originally, Teacher Choi is not an Antas organization member now."
...What the hell is this?
***
While watching the kids' theater practice, I felt a vibration from inside my clothes.
I was going to ignore it thinking it was spam, but it was a call text from the vice principal.
I told the kids to keep practicing and immediately headed to the vice principal's office.
I knocked and entered, and the vice principal offered me a seat.
"Lee Ji-sung student came by a little while ago."
"Ji-sung did?"
"So he came saying he had something urgent to discuss, then said that you're an Antas organization member."
"Ah..."
My goodness, how on earth?
I'm not even an Antas organization member anymore...
Even so, the fact that I was an Antas organization member in the past doesn't change.
If it's the vice principal and not someone else, escape would be difficult.
I was about to honestly explain the situation and say I would accept punishment, but the vice principal chuckles heartily and offers tea.
"No need to worry. I've known for a while."
"You knew?"
"Mm, Teacher Kang didn't explain separately to you, I see. He explained to me that he infiltrated you into Antas to track Antas."
"Ah..."
"Naturally I thought he had explained to you too... Anyway, that guy was quite self-willed as always. He told me not to show it, so I didn't particularly say anything, but even if it's late, I'm really grateful."
"What?"
"Teacher Kang said he received a lot of help from you when he caught the Antas Italy executive. He said you were able to leave the Antas organization because of that incident. Is everything okay now? Teacher Kang said he would handle it himself, but..."
"Ah, it's fine."
"If so, that's fortunate, but still, if you're threatened or have any difficulties, please tell me anytime."
"I understand. Thank you for your concern."
I greeted him and left the vice principal's office.
I never even thought that my senior would have spoken to the vice principal in advance...
It seems my senior thought this kind of situation might arise and prepared for it.
What a foolish person.
Instead of me, he should take better care of himself.
I miss my senior even more today.