Chapter 13
Chapter 13
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 13
Chapter Title: Sacred Middle School
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The back door of Class 2-A slid open, and as one male student entered, the students began buzzing.
"It's Go Yohan..."
"He's actually at school today?"
All eyes turned to him, but the center of attention, Go Yohan, quietly took his seat and yawned.
"Yawn."
Overwhelming fatigue poured over him.
[Abnormal status: Curse of Sloth is active.]
[Abnormal status: Curse of Envy is active.]
[Abnormal status...]
It was because of the curses.
Fortunately,
[High Faith stat suppresses the curses.]
[High Karma points suppress the curses.]
The goddess was suppressing those curses for him, which was a relief.
But he couldn't suppress all of them.
[Abnormal status: Curse of Sloth is active.]
He had no choice but to accept the Curse of Sloth to some extent.
Swoosh.
Go Yohan naturally slumped over his desk and closed his eyes.
"Ha."
He couldn't help but sigh.
He had only gone to elementary school and planned to take the high school equivalency exam for middle school, but somehow ended up in a middle school classroom.
The reasons were too complex to boil down to just one.
As mentioned, the curses dwelling in his body.
-Captain, should I wake you up later?
'No.'
Several more Black Gates had opened after Yun Seungha.
They had opened more slowly than expected, and all those Black Gates aimed to secure the vessel for the Archdemon.
-Captain, you gonna sleep?
'Envy. Quiet.'
-...Sorry!
And unlike with Yun Seungha, the other Black Gates didn't end quickly.
The problem was the one talking to him now.
It was when he rescued Envy—no, Kim Sion.
There had been two or three Class 2 demons there, and dealing with them took quite some time.
When he emerged from the Black Gate, three days had already passed.
'Yohan...!'
Go Yohan had run away, causing a huge uproar, but fortunately, Lee Jaekyung, whom he had left behind, stepped in and sorted things out.
And several times after that.
"Is it true Go Yohan ran away from home since elementary school?"
"Yeah, they say it was volunteer work or a faith camp or something, but that's total BS."
"Wow... running away in elementary school is legendary."
He had become the problem child.
It would have been fine if that was all.
'Yohan, are you having a hard time?'
Even Shin Sookyung understood that much.
But the real issue came when he rescued Lust and Gluttony next.
The Black Gate raid took less time than with Envy.
"Is that... a real tattoo?"
"...He's insane. As expected from a Sacred class?"
It was because of the tattoos that were the marks of the curses and brands.
Even with Go Yohan's power, it was hard to hide them, and they showed through even makeup.
When they appeared up to his neck.
'Yohan... what the hell is this...!'
He got caught.
That day, even his usually quiet father, Go Jaehan, stepped up.
"Find out where that kid got the tattoo and handle it. You, erase it right now."
The Sacred guild was turned upside down, as expected.
After Go Yohan apologized.
"I'll... go to middle school."
He could finally move past the past where he had worried them by saying he'd take the equivalency exam.
And so, he ended up here.
"Is that Go Yohan sleeping in the back?"
"Yes."
"Leave him be."
At Sacred Middle School.
Sacred Middle.
True to its name.
"Let's start class."
It was a school founded by Sacred.
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Because of the incident at the Incheon villa, his parents became overly obsessed with Go Yohan's safety and ended up causing a scene.
'Sacred International Player Middle School.'
There had been issues during his elementary school days as well, so they founded the middle school to properly monitor his safety and situation.
Considering Sacred's influence and power, now called one of Korea's top three guilds, it wasn't that difficult.
"Yawn."
At the same time as establishing the Sacred Education Foundation, they invested massive funds.
Drawn by the flashy facilities, faculty, and Sacred's name, numerous powerful figures transferred or enrolled their children in Sacred Player Middle School.
That was when it happened.
Grab.
Go Yohan, his face twisted, opened his mouth.
"What are you doing?"
There had been a female student circling around Go Yohan since earlier.
"I was waiting for you to wake up."
Her name was Kim Sehyun.
"Kim Sehyun's close to Go Yohan, right?"
"They've been in the same class since first grade."
"Does that even make sense?"
"It's no coincidence."
She drew just as much attention as Go Yohan.
Hair like ebony, flawless skin.
"They say she has over 700k followers?"
Her looks were too outstanding for a middle schooler.
"So why's she waiting for him?"
"It's lunchtime? Didn't you know?"
Moreover, she was once the cherished daughter of Taehan, the second-largest conglomerate.
Though now, after repeated failures in guild business, they had lost much of their power.
"So..."
"Let's go eat lunch."
As Kim Sehyun spoke and Go Yohan grimaced in annoyance again.
Slide.
The front door of the classroom opened, revealing a familiar face.
"Go Yohan, eat properly."
One reason so many powerful figures' children enrolled in Sacred Player Middle School.
"Go Yohan! Eat!"
It was Lee Jaekyung, once called the Sword Ghost, a top ranker.
"...Got it."
His mouth said that, but
His eyes seemed to blaze.
As for why a ranker like Lee Jaekyung was here.
"Hello, teacher."
He was the Player Studies teacher.
Three years ago, when Go Yohan was in sixth grade of elementary, Lee Jaekyung resigned from Sacred.
Go Jaehan naturally tried to stop him, but Lee Jaekyung said he wanted to focus on protecting Go Yohan and would take a short-term teaching position at the new Sacred Middle School.
It was an absurd waste of talent—not even a retired player, but an active one—but they had no choice but to accept.
"Sehyun, what's for lunch today?"
Lee Jaekyung, now standing side by side with Go Yohan and Kim Sehyun, asked.
"Samgyetang... again..."
"Yeah? Why do you always skip eating to wait for Yohan?"
"Hehe, Yohan won't eat without me."
"You're such a good kid."
Go Yohan scowled.
'Cut it out?'
The curses greatly influenced Go Yohan.
He wasn't fully ensnared by them.
'What?'
'I'm already annoyed to death.'
But they definitely affected his personality.
Go Yohan always had to suppress the curses.
Moreover, after conquering a few more Black Gates and atoning for curses and sins.
Zap.
He now had to endure pain from sins at random times.
It didn't matter.
He could handle this much, and it allowed him to save people.
"Alright, let's eat!"
Lee Jaekyung excitedly tore off a chicken leg from the samgyetang.
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"What are you doing after school today?"
Kim Sehyun clung to Go Yohan and asked.
"Why?"
"Mom wants to treat you to chicken sometime."
Treat? They'd order delivery or have the maids at home do it.
Even if Taehan had fallen, it was still one of Korea's top 100 companies.
"I'm busy."
"Yeah? Hehe. Can't be helped."
Kim Sehyun smiled brightly, nodding regretfully.
"Then tomorrow?"
She was popular at school.
Her looks were admittedly part of it.
Her young, innocent beauty evoked the high elves of old Travania.
"I'm busy."
"The day after? Let's watch a movie."
"I'm busy."
Pout.
Kim Sehyun pouted her lips regretfully.
"Oh right. Did you hear?"
Kim Sehyun changed the subject.
"They say a new student teacher came today?"
Student teacher—the school was abuzz with that rumor.
A new student teacher with incredibly good looks?
"That's why you're Kim Sehyun? Or the student teacher?"
"Damn, tough choice."
"You idiots, neither gives a damn about you."
Even the boys in the corner were chattering.
Of course, it wasn't Go Yohan's concern.
"Supposedly suuuper pretty."
Kim Sehyun said it to get Go Yohan's attention, but he just waved her off.
"Is the student teacher really that pretty?"
Even the girls were talking about it.
"This period, so you'll see for yourself."
And shortly after.
Slide.
The classroom door opened, and a young female teacher entered.
"Wooooow!"
The boys let out cheers.
"Whoa... insane."
The girls gaped and checked their hand mirrors.
"Whoa..."
Even Kim Sehyun.
"Nice to meet you all."
The student teacher at the podium spoke.
"My name is..."
Her bright smile lit up the classroom.
-Sloth sis is so damn annoying.
Envy's voice echoed.
The reason Go Yohan had little interest in the new student teacher.
"I'm Yun Seungha."
She was Yun Seungha.
-Envy, shut your mouth. What kind of language is that to the Captain?
Yun Seungha's voice, greeting the kids, came at the same time.
-Why! Smile like that at me instead!-Envy, don't forget you're on guard duty for the Captain.
Voices overlapping.
'Quiet.'
The voices ducked away at Go Yohan's words.
"I'll be with you for a while, so take care of me?"
The classroom was like a festival at Yun Seungha's voice.
-Captain, I have something to report.
Yun Seungha's voice came again.
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Yun Seungha, who turned 21 this year, knew her school uniform and name from the start, unlike the other kids, so her age was certain.
At 20, she left the orphanage and became independent.
Of course, it was just in name; she had simply started external activities.
"Captain."
Behind the school, flower bed.
Yun Seungha quietly bowed her head to Go Yohan.
'Captain.'
That was what the kids Go Yohan saved called him.
Hum.
Yun Seungha's magic blocked out noise around them.
"Nice to see you after so long."
Yun Seungha smiled faintly.
It had actually been two years since he last saw her in person.
"Have you been well?"
"You're all listening anyway, so what."
He already knew the rescued kids followed Yun Seungha like a leader and shared info.
"Still."
Yun Seungha smiled again, unperturbed by the jab.
"So, what's up here?"
He knew she was coming to Sacred Middle as a student teacher.
But not the reason.
Then, Yun Seungha carefully handed something over with a cautious expression.
"...What's this?"