Eun Sua (1)
Eun Sua (1)
I barely escaped from Im Na-yeon's clutches, put on the Mask of Rest, and went straight to bed.
"Fuck."
'I'm dying.'
That was the first thought that crossed my mind as I woke up. My body had no strength. If I felt this bad starting on Monday, the whole week was going to be rough. Should I just skip class? All sorts of random thoughts filled my head.
I realized what it meant to be wrung out to the limit. I could barely hold on with Lee Ji-ah, but with Im Na-yeon, that wasn't possible. On top of that, the slightly disappointed expression she showed at the end came to mind.
'I can't go on like this.'
I racked my brain. Every time we had intercourse, my stamina drained more than I could have imagined. If things continued like this, it would cause a huge setback in the schedule I had set.
That was a bad omen. With me being an irregular and there being two heroes, I couldn't even imagine how far the butterfly effect would spread, so having trouble from the very beginning was out of the question.
I didn't know about the later stages, but in the beginning, I had to perfectly control the variables.
Above all, my pride was hurt.
Spirit pills and artifacts related to stamina flashed through my mind.
'Sun-Moon Spirit Pill, World Tree's Old Root, Thousand-Hand Universal Tool Kit, Spirit Turtle's Inner Core, and Firebird's Essence.'
I bit my lip. They were all spirit pills and artifacts that increased stats by 5 or more. However, obtaining them was not an easy task. Each one boasted a difficulty level higher than the Dungeon of the Kirin.
'Should I ask Nam Da-yoon?'
Ask Nam Da-yoon to sweep the dungeon. That's a decent idea. Once should be fine. I could probably trick her somehow. But if I kept doing it, she'd get suspicious. So, it was better to think of the Nam Da-yoon chance as a one-time use.
The Sun-Moon Spirit Pill wasn't a good option. That place was too dangerous.
The World Tree's Old Root. Literally, it could be obtained from the World Tree, but trying to get it might put me at odds with the Fairy Race. And the principal of this academy is the Fairy Queen.
I sorted them by the magnitude of the repercussions. Thinking that way narrowed down the candidates.
The Spirit Turtle's Inner Core, one of the Four Spirits.
One of the few spirit pills that increases stamina while also granting a trait.
'Was it Byeon Gang-soe?'
The effect was to increase sexual stamina.
The reason I was aiming for this spirit pill was because of the item's description. It probably had a suggestive phrase stating that if you consumed it, it could accelerate the growth of both the partner and yourself during sexual activity.
I didn't know how much it accelerated growth. That was because the male hero, who had flings with all sorts of heroines, met his ending without ever getting to use it properly.
My head was too flushed with blood, so I was thinking radically, but it wasn't bad. No, it was actually good. If it were someone like Im Na-yeon, who could accelerate growth rates from the beginning, be fed piles of spirit pills, and be handed the necessary martial arts manuals, she would hold a significant place in my fighting force.
I quickly took out the notebook where I had written down my plans.
The first thought I had upon seeing him was a pig. A baby pig. He had a visual that looked like he would roll away if you gave him a light kick.
Kim Ho-dong.
He is Kim Harin's twin brother. His notable features are that he has no close friends at the academy, he possesses the real Hypnosis App that is spreading through the academy, and he is impotent.
He was a guy who was always being pestered by Kim Harin, who had a nasty temper and suffered from a bit of chuunibyou, claiming she was the most miserable person in the world.
'Well, it gets cured quickly, though.'
The reason was simple. It was because of Eun Sua. She, famous for being the owner of the Seven-colored Sword, also had chuunibyou. Seeing Eun Sua, who started imitating Kim Harin little by little from a certain moment as if looking in a mirror, Kim Harin's chuunibyou was cured in no time.
'Eun Sua didn't get cured, though.'
Thinking about it this way, Kim Harin's original sin was truly deep.
Anyway, I recalled Kim Ho-dong.
A physique that made me wonder how on earth he passed into this Hero Academy. However, his true value isn't related to his physique.
Unique trait: Electronic Spirit.
Simply put, it's the ability to create spirits that operate in the electronic world.
He has the skills of a hacker. If you were to rank people worldwide based solely on skill, he would be within the top 100. With the assistance of the spirit made of electrons, he would probably make it into the top 20. For a student, that is.
He can't do ridiculous things like overthrowing a country all by himself, which is common in anime, but having him as an ally is extremely useful for daily life. Because it makes tracking people or objects easy.
"Hey, your boyfriend is walking by over there."
"Bullshit."
Female students passing by whispered. But Kim Ho-dong didn't say anything to them. That was because there was a fear deeply ingrained in his bones by Kim Harin. To have acquired a phobia of women and be impotent. He was a pitiful guy.
"Hey, my boyfriend is walking by over there."
"Bullshit, he's my boyfriend. I called dibs."
"Do you even have what it takes?"
"......."
'Attention, troublesome.'
I ignored the female students talking about me and approached Kim Ho-dong.
As I approached Kim Ho-dong, his gaze turned toward me.
"Omae wa (Who are you)?"
'Why are you using Japanese?'
Even though I already knew, Kim Ho-dong's way of speaking made me gasp for air.
I kept walking the way I was going.
No, that's not it.
I stopped walking and said to Kim Ho-dong.
"I came because I wanted to make a request."
"A request?"
Kim Ho-dong's eyes lit up as he slightly pushed up the center of his glasses with his middle finger. It was Kim Ho-dong's signature expression that he thought made him look cool. I started to sympathize about 10% with Kim Harin's feelings of finding him disgusting and making him impotent.
Trying hard to ignore that, I said to him.
"There are too many people around right now, so it's a bit... Could we talk later?"
"Of course. After school, you can come to the Nameless Union."
The Nameless Union was modeled after the hacker group Anonymous. Later, when they go out into society, they create a group with this very name, which turns into one of the three major information groups that rival China's Gaifang and America's Union.
So, this was to get on the good side of the future head of intelligence.
"But it would be troublesome if you bring attention to yourself while coming. As you know, our Nameless Union works in the 'shadows' of the Hero Academy."
'Fuck.'
"Of course, since you know our Nameless Union well... and you're called the 'greatest brain' of the academy, you'd know all about that, right?"
'You fucker!'
"Then, I'll be waiting there after school."
"......Yeah."
I was barely able to nod.
Ding-dong-dang-dong.
The class bell rang. I glanced at the seat next to me. Im Na-yeon's seat. The owner of that seat wasn't there right now. Why is she late again?
Deureureuk.
The front door opened. A woman with an impressive purple robe walked in. Purple eyes and hair. Song Rahui, famous as the Purple Witch, entered. As she revealed herself, small gasps of admiration arose among the students.
"Today, as announced, we will learn about magic theory. You must not neglect magic just because you are not a mage. This is because there are some magics that you will have no choice but to be defeated by if you do not know how to deal with them."
She stood on the podium and spoke. The students nodded and affirmed her words. In fact, Labyrinthos, famous as a high-rank magic, had a high possibility of killing even top-tier heroes if they didn't know how to deal with it.
Barrier magic is difficult to create and hard to manifest, but once completed, if one doesn't know how to deal with it, it has the power to kill heroes a level above. However, conversely, if one knows how, barrier magic is something that even decent heroes can break through.
"We will continue the class from last time. It was how to break the Shadow Veil, right?"
""Yes!""
The students answered energetically to Song Rahui's question. Mostly the male students.
"Shadow Veil is a very tricky magic because it requires using the extremely rare shadow-attribute mana. It also consumes an enormous amount of mana, to the point where even a decent mid-rank hero couldn't handle it. However, once it is manifested at night or in a dark place, it is not easy to detect. Therefore......."
Deureuk.
Just then, the door opened.
Song Rahui frowned slightly.
"I'm sorry!"
As soon as Im Na-yeon opened the door and entered, she bowed her head to Song Rahui.
"Student Im Na-yeon? Why are you late?"
"Uhm, I overslept."
The students murmured at Im Na-yeon's words. Since all the students at the academy are prospective superhumans, many of them have absurd stamina. Simply put, even I, who have the lowest stats among students who use their bodies, could manage two nights without sleep.
In other words, the probability of them thinking it was an excuse was high.
"Take your seat. Since you are late today, I will assign you 1 demerit point."
Song Rahui said with a sigh. It was probably difficult for her to say anything more as well. Because Im Na-yeon is the only daughter of the Im family, the largest group that sponsors the Purple Witch, Song Rahui.
Im Na-yeon came to her seat with a depressed face.
However, the depressed face soon disappeared. Because as soon as she looked at me, she sat down with a happy smile.
"Good morning, Siwoo-ya."
"Is it a good morning even though you got scolded?"
I said with a dry laugh at Im Na-yeon's reaction. Im Na-yeon giggled at my words.
"But is it true? That you overslept?"
In fact, I know.
That she actually overslept. However, I asked because she had forced me to have sex last night, then wrung me out and tormented me.
"Y-yeah. I guess I was just really tired. Last night......uh, that, last week was mission week, and we even had training."
In the middle of saying that, Im Na-yeon's face turned bright red.
And from the front, in Han Jong-woo's seat, I had the illusion that an intense gaze was being shot at me.
No, it wasn't an illusion.
I sighed inwardly as I looked at Han Jong-woo, who was glaring at me with burning eyes.
I tried hard to ignore Han Jong-woo and wrote down my plans while pretending to take notes on what Song Rahui was saying.
[Get the Turtle, give up on ☆?]
The Turtle is the Spirit Turtle. ☆ was the weapon I was going to obtain in the beginning. Since everyone is a superhuman and has good eyesight, I wrote it down like a code, thinking it through in my own way.
It's somewhat useful, but since it's only useful in the beginning, I felt like I could give it up.
I glanced to the side and saw Im Na-yeon tilting her head at what I wrote, then writing it down exactly as it was in her own notebook. Is she just copying it?
[Im Na-yeon is an idiot]
I wrote it in small letters. Then Im Na-yeon, who was writing it down, stopped at 'idiot' and looked at me.
She looked at me, puffing out her cheeks.
I chuckled and focused on the blackboard. Because I felt Song Rahui's gaze glancing over here. Im Na-yeon must have felt it too, as she buried her head in her notebook and pretended to focus on taking notes.