Demon (1)

"What do you mean the output changes?"

"Hmm."

At Im Na-yeon's question, Choi Yu-na wore a look as if she were pondering for a moment.

"Changes due to a constitution allow one to utilize stats more efficiently. There is no change in the stats themselves, but it manifests as producing stronger power in an instant or increasing stamina. And for some constitutions, special powers are also generated."

With that, Choi Yu-na glanced at me. She was referring to the purple mana of the Yin-Yang Body.

While gaining a constitution does increase output, most users focused on finding special abilities.

The most representative ones were Yoon Chae-rin's Cheonma-jiche or Yoon Seung-ha's Jeongryeong-che. Perhaps thanks to receiving protagonist correction, they were plastered with all sorts of fraudulent effects.

"Well, rather than explaining it like this, it would be better to experience it once."

Choi Yu-na taught Im Na-yeon today's routine and led me to a place marked as the measurement room.

"Before we exercise, I'll run a few tests."

As she said that, she had me do various things. Most of it was checked automatically by machines, and I moved as Choi Yu-na instructed.

"This is truly amazing."

She said, muttering in admiration.

"The performance of your body has become vastly superior. The elasticity and flexibility of your muscles have become so excellent that it's embarrassing to compare them to before, and your senses have also become much sharper."

She said this while scribbling something in her notebook.

"Have you tried mana training yet?"

"No, not yet."

"Try it sometime later. Your body's mana sensitivity has likely increased, so it will absorb mana much better."

Saying that, she operated the machine a few times and nodded.

"It will be difficult to train your body with general training. It seems you'll need to train in the gravity room."

I was led by Choi Yu-na to the gravity room.

"Let's do some practical training. First, shall we try running?"

"For how many minutes?"

"Until you're exhausted."

Choi Yu-na said with the corners of her mouth slightly raised. As I started running, Choi Yu-na pressed a few devices, and my body began to feel heavy.

I started exercising as Choi Yu-na instructed.

It was a method of exercising while putting a load on my body in the gravity training ground.

I thought it would be fine since it was exercise I usually did, but since gravity was applied, it was several times harder.

"Run faster! With all your might!"

At her words, I ran with all my strength.

"Straighten your upper body!"

"Huck, ha-euk. Yes!"

She shouted while watching me run in the center. I followed Choi Yu-na's words and ran at full speed. Had I been running for about 10 minutes like that? My legs were trembling. It felt like I had been squeezed to the limit. As soon as Choi Yu-na sent a signal that I could stop, I collapsed backward.

"I measured it with the machine beforehand, but it's even more amazing than the measurement results. It seems the body itself has developed a structure that circulates mana, so your recovery and stamina have increased dramatically."

Was it my imagination that I heard, "I can push you even harder"?

However, it seems true that my recovery speed has increased dramatically. My body, which had been so tired ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠that it was hard to breathe, was already breathing evenly.

"Already, your body is stabilizing. Very good."

She smiled, her eyes shining. The smile was ominous. It was the expression of a master who had found the best material.

I glanced away. However, there was no one in the gravity room. No, in the first place, she came to help me. She didn't come to harm me.

"First, would you like to try this?"

"......Yes."

Choi Yu-na worked me viciously even after that. She made me hold a horse stance until my strength was exhausted, or made me do sit-ups where I had to twist strangely every time I raised or lowered my body to drain my stamina. If it were my original body, hundreds of times would have been fine, but because of the effect of gravity, it was deathly difficult.

The next day.

When I moved slightly, there was no muscle pain. Choi Yu-na's words came to mind. That because the body's recovery is excellent, there wouldn't be muscle pain unless it was something extraordinary.

I was going to send myself to mana training if muscle pain occurred, but at this level, I could train my body.

I rummaged through my clothes, changed, and went outside. It was 5:30 AM. When I came out to the playground, several students were stretching or exercising.

I headed to a corner to avoid the students' gazes. It was because the students' gazes were burdensome. Because I became handsome due to the rebirth, I attracted the gazes of girls no matter what I did. The jealousy of the boys that followed was a bonus.

I stuck to a corner and stretched. My arms and legs stretched out. As I stretched, I realized my body was different from usual. Unlike usual, my body was flexible and moved as I thought.

I wore the bracelet and anklet I received from Choi Yu-na yesterday. Each weighed 30kg, and they were bracelets and anklets with magic that put a load on the body. I wondered if I had to go this far, but I heard that since my body had grown close to evolution, I had to do at least this much. Honestly speaking, I felt like I needed to do at least this much to get a workout.

I put them on. I felt weight on my endlessly light body. I started running. My body moved forward smoothly. It wasn't even like this when I ran yesterday morning. As I was moving forward in admiration, someone approached me.

"You've changed tremendously in just one day."

Eun Sua, with her white hair tied back tightly, was running lightly beside me. Although she was a mage with the potential to become the Tower Master of the Ivory Tower, she was a person who had also learned basic martial arts, so perhaps because her stamina was close to that of an average student's body, she was running without her breath being disturbed.

"Oh. I was lucky enough to awaken my ability."

"I knew you would do it."

You should be able to do at least this much. Eun Sua nodded to herself, smiling. When on earth did she get to know me well enough to say this?

"When you awakened your ability, did you use those beads?"

"Yeah, and the ring the principal gave me too."

At my words, Eun Sua brushed my hand for a moment. Instead of asking me anything, she turned her head and muttered something.

"Did you aim for it? As expected... Noble Child."

The last word was hard to hear. But Eun Sua's unique delusion must have flared up severely. I kept my mouth shut and started running because saying anything could cause a misunderstanding. In fact, her delusion must be working in my favor. I don't know how she will act when she finds out the truth later, though.

I shook my head to clear my thoughts. Thoughts were a luxury during training. After running at full speed for about 10 minutes, I started to get tired.

I gasped for breath and calmed my breathing. When I glanced to the side, Eun Sua was standing there with the same expression as at the beginning, without shedding a single drop of sweat.

Her faded white hair fluttered. Golden eyes that seemed to shine in the darkness looked at me.

"Still, now that you've become this strong, I don't need to feel sorry anymore. Here."

"......?"

She handed me a white envelope. I opened the envelope and looked inside. There was a white piece of paper that looked luxurious just by looking at it. I could feel mana, as if it had been treated with all sorts of magic.

"No matter how I think about it, it doesn't seem right to use regular paper to get Nam Da-yoon-nim's autograph. That would be rude to Nam Da-yoon-nim. Oh, and when you get the autograph, could you ask her to make it out to Eun Sua?"

She twirled her hair with an awkward expression. Even so, I wondered if it was necessary to go this far.

Or is Nam Da-yoon's autograph something you can only get by doing this much?

I nodded, feeling bitter.

I opened the classroom door. Then, all sorts of gazes were fixed on me. They were mysterious gazes. There were also intense gazes. There were also students looking at me with dreamy eyes.

-Wow, crazy. Look at that glow-up. It's crazy, it's crazy. Just looking at his face would make me happy for half a century.

-The rumors that ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠spread yesterday were true. Did he really undergo a rebirth?

-They said his unique ability is related to his physique. Now, isn't Lee Si-woo going to be the strongest among students in person-to-person combat?

-Still, there are the Yoon siblings. And Eun Sua too.

-They aren't at the student level...

Whispering sounds were heard here and there in my ears. It was the recoil of my physical abilities becoming too good. I could hear all the sounds I didn't want to hear.

"Siwoo-ya!"

When I heard a beautiful voice, I turned my head. Lee Ji-ah, swaying her brown hair, waved at me and greeted me shyly, then hesitated. She was looking at me blankly. I smiled bitterly at the same situation as Im Na-yeon and greeted her back.

"Hello, good morning."

"Oh, oh? Oh, yeah! Go, good morning."

Lee Ji-ah's face ripened like a ripe persimmon. She stammered while looking at me with a flushed face. I exchanged greetings appropriately and sat down. Im Na-yeon was already sitting in her seat. She saw me and greeted me with a silly smile.

"Ah, ah, hello. Siwoo-ya."

A delicate girl with impressive black short hair greeted me. Who was it? I racked my brain for a moment. She wasn't a character in the game. One of the students in the class. When I checked with Knowledge Access, she was a student with no special traits.

"Yeah, hello."

"I, I made this, but I made too much. Do you want to try some?"

She handed me a cookie ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠wrapped in transparent packaging with a blue ribbon. When I smiled slightly and accepted it, she squealed and returned to her group.

Lee Ji-ah and Im Na-yeon, with pouting expressions, looked at me.

I untied the ribbon and took a bite of the cookie. It was moderately sweet and suited my taste. I gave a bite of the cookie to Im Na-yeon and Lee Ji-ah, who were looking at me with pouting expressions, respectively.

"Here, ah."

When I gave them the cookie, they opened their mouths obediently and ate it. Munching away.

At that moment, creak. The front door of the classroom opened. A woman with purple robes, purple hair, and purple eyes appeared. The Purple Witch, Song Rahui. Today is Professor Kang Han-ja's class, right? I looked around, wondering, and other kids also had puzzled expressions.

Song Rahui went up to the podium and said.

"Today's class will be taken over by me because Professor Kang Han-ja, who was originally supposed to be in charge, had urgent business."

At Song Rahui's words, the boys cheered quietly.

"And the exam period is coming soon. As you all know, the written exams are taken within the Hero Academy, but for the three days of the practical exams, class observation is possible."

Silence fell for a moment at Song Rahui's following words.

On the day of the Hero Academy's practical exam, the main gate of the Hero Academy opens wide. Not only families but also numerous officials enter the Hero Academy.

Countless scouts move actively to secure even a few hero aspirants who seem to have potential. It is the time when promising companies or guilds from each country move most actively.

In the Hero Academy, practical exams are divided into two types.

'Duel', where students point each other out and have a real sword fight.

'Monster Hunting', where professors evaluate students for half a semester and ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠summon the most disadvantageous monsters for the students to fight.

Among the first years, it is not strange for 'Elite' grade monsters to appear for top-ranking students with good grades. On top of that, the current first years are full of irregulars.

Two heroes who wouldn't be strange even if they won against professors. And Eun Sua, whose output is not behind them.

Lee Ji-ah is still in her growth period, but she is growing at a frightening rate. Perhaps if half a year passes, wouldn't she be able to fight them?

Kim Harin is enjoying playing the "hiding her strength" game, so, well.......

"Therefore, 'Black King's Revelation' is almost impossible to leave once you step inside. It is that difficult to manifest, and before manifesting, the precursor of the magic is too loud......."

I raised my head and looked at Song Rahui. Black King's Revelation.

It is a barrier magic known to be impossible to escape once trapped, as it requires a massive sacrifice to cast once, and the precursor before manifestation is too loud, making it difficult to activate. However, if it were to be cast even by chance, it is known that even a high-rank hero would be trapped there and die.

And it was also the magic that would be cast in this school after the midterm exams ended.