Chapter 47
Chapter 47
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 47
Chapter Title: I Created a Human Ranch in the Academy, But It's Too Popular and It's Becoming a Problem???
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'They can't be tried because they're not students—they're livestock?!'
Lena's eyes shook violently.
She was someone who rarely showed any emotion, but this was no ordinary situation.
"There's no way something like this could be possible…."
"Hah? You saying I forged official documents or something?! I don't pull cheap thug tricks like that!!!!"
He wouldn't forge documents, but he'd shamelessly strip female classmates of their human rights…!
That was Kim Taeyang…!
Lena couldn't help but admire his extraordinary talent.
'If this document is real, it's an incredibly cunning method…. This guy really isn't ordinary.'
He was slipping through the legal net with clever tricks.
She never dreamed he'd dodge a trial like this—what a snake.
But the possibility of forgery still lingered.
"Which professor in their right mind approved creating something this ridiculous?"
Logically, setting up a human ranch in the academy made no sense.
Student organizations weren't something you could just create on a whim.
You needed approval from one of the professors.
"Who else but the 'Elder Sow,' obviously? Heh heh heh."
"Elder Sow?"
It was then.
Click-clack—
The haughty sound of high heels echoed through the courtroom.
The heads of the Student Council members and other male students turned.
"V-Vice Head…?!"
It was Ark's Vice Head, Professor Shin Hye-won.
"Hey, Elder Sow! I said move your ass!!"
"Ugh…. We agreed not to call me that outside…."
"Heh heh heh. Why so serious? You're embarrassing yourself. It's just a joke, sis."
Kim Taeyang flicked the name tag dangling from Shin Hye-won's chest.
[Sun Ranch]
[Elder Sow, Shin Hye-won]
It swung back and forth, boldly asserting its presence.
"Eek…!"
Shin Hye-won tensed up, desperately clinging to her sanity.
Lena looked down at her and asked,
"Vice Head. Is this document legitimate?"
"It is…. It's embarrassing to explain, so just let Cloé go already."
"…No choice, then."
No matter how powerful the Student Council was, they couldn't force a trial with the Vice Head involved.
Cloé was handed over to Kim Taeyang.
"If you bitches touch someone else's property again, I'll kill you?! Got it?!! Huh?!!"
"……."
After a brief staredown, they left the courtroom.
"Ranch… A ranch…."
"A human ranch? That make any sense?"
"How did Ark end up like this…?"
"Not just students, but even professors!"
"He's a villain beyond imagination…!"
The Student Council fell into chaos over the shocking launch of this group.
*
The chaotic launch of Sun Ranch went like this.
To block underhanded legal tricks, he thought of creating a student organization,
and Kim Taeyang's ego named it a ranch on its own.
Then he asked (blackmailed) Shin Hye-won for help.
Thanks to the three humiliating videos he'd recorded before, her intelligence had dropped, and she dazedly stamped the documents with an "Uh buh buh."
"Whoa~ Spacious, huh? Pretty decent office space, right?!"
And just like that, it was recognized as an official school organization, complete with an office…!
This place was originally the Guidance Committee room.
Since the Guidance Committee had been officially disbanded, we got the empty room.
Sun Ranch had a few rules.
Affiliated students immediately lost their status as humans and became "livestock."
Treated as my personal property, trials were impossible.
The livestock also had ranks.
Trash Pig, Low Pig, Mid Pig, High Pig… and executive pigs called by special names.
Seol Harin became the Secretary Sow, and Cloé….
"I'm Trash Pig Cloé…! Oink oink~"
"……."
She chose to become the lowest of the low herself.
What a masochistic pervert.
"Hey, sow."
"Secretary Sow Seol Harin reporting! What is it, sir?"
"…You don't need to do the full military intro."
"I just wanted to try it. I was curious what it felt like…. 'Rank and serial number' has a nice tense vibe. Maybe add it to the rules?"
For the record, I only came up with the ranch idea.
Everything else came from Seol Harin's head.
Having taken management classes in her chaebol family,
she had exceptional talent for running organizations.
Whether that's a good thing, I'm not sure….
"The clearer the hierarchy, the easier it is to control the organization. It might hurt individuality, performance, and flexibility, but we don't need that in our ranch anyway, right? Performance doesn't matter since the livestock don't work autonomously."
"Hah? Even livestock have lives—don't you think it's too harsh?"
"I know you have a warm heart. But organizations aren't run on feelings. They're run on numbers."
"What if violence breaks out…?"
"It won't. I'm not allowing unions."
"……."
Seol Harin was so resolute.
She even seemed a bit excited.
Does this girl have a bit of a bully streak…?
She's starting to scare me a little….
"Anyway, think of ways to increase the livestock. With so few, the Student Council could attack us easily."
Fair point.
We dodged a bullet for now, but Sun Ranch only had about twenty members.
Me, Seol Harin, Cloé, Rebel Nam's crew, and the ex-Guidance Committee folks—that was it.
We needed to bulk up.
"Ahh—don't worry about that. Mini Sow! How's the task I gave you?!"
"Oink?"
"Hey! Cut the pig act already!! It's frustrating when we can't communicate?!!!"
"Sorry…. But what are you talking about…?"
"Aaaah?! The posters, you goldfish bitch!!!"
She's pretending not to understand because she wants to get chewed out…?
Well, she does a good job on the tasks anyway.
"Heh heh heh. That's already done and distributed…♡ I spread the rumors everywhere too…. My friends are spreading word about Sun Ranch far and wide…♡"
If Seol Harin was a lonely mountain lord like a tiger,
Cloé was the ultra-popular alpha of the wolf pack, queen bee style.
With her spreading the word, all of Ark would be buzzing.
All that's left is to wait…!
As I thought that, there was a knock-knock.
"Um… Is this Sun Ranch?"
"Hah?! Can't you read?!!"
"Eek! S-Sorry…!"
"Hey!! Leave what you're holding and go!!! Aspiring sow!!!!!"
As expected, it was an application form.
Soon, students poured in like linked sausages.
"I-I want to join!"
"Me too!!"
"I really want to be livestock!!!"
"Not too late, right?! Please accept me as livestock!!"
"Oink oink oink! I'm a prepared pig!!"
See…!
The power of agitation and posters is amazing?!!
"So many applicants…? What did you do?"
"Heh heh heh. Well, obviously…."
*
📰 Breaking News -Scared of Student Council so gonna have to live at school? — Anonymous Heard a few ex-Guidance Committee kids already got railroaded in trials and thrown in jail; — Anonymous Student Council ain't a council, it's a dictatorship;; — Anonymous ↳ Fr real, didn't expect Guidance Committee to go down like that…. — Anonymous ↳ But Guidance Committee were the same kinda trash. — Anonymous ↳ Doesn't justify Student Council tho ㅇㅇ — Anonymous ↳ Trolls at it again with the aggro bullshit. What'd Student Council do wrong? They're just trying to kick out that thug punk? — Anonymous ↳ Tough it out. Newbies always think a falling leaf is "controversial?" bullshit. — Anonymous ↳ Lol for real ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 📰 Breaking News -When Student Council Attacked Them — Anonymous When Student Council crushed Guidance Committee, I stayed silent. Because I wasn't Guidance Committee. When Student Council cracked down on vigilantes, I stayed silent. Because I wasn't a vigilante. When Student Council tried to expel Kim Taeyang, I stayed silent. Because I wasn't a sow. When they came for me, There was no one left to protect me…. — Anonymous ↳ Chills — Anonymous ↳ Student Council = Nazis — Anonymous ↳ Kids, truth time. You know the bad blood between newbies and vets? Vets are pissed and gonna break the freshmen ㅇㅇ "Character education" bullshit, got all prof signatures, it's starting. From tomorrow, first-years get dragged one by one for torture and brainwashing. I'm prepared, save yourselves lol — Anonymous ↳ What prep? — Anonymous ↳ Can't say more. — Anonymous ↳ Fuck share so we live together — Anonymous ↳ Hate this initial abusing prick — Anonymous ↳ Sun maso??? — Anonymous ↳ Sun miju;;; — Anonymous ↳ Sun touch me~ All sorts of wild speculation flew around.
And Ark Gallery's rumors spread into reality unchanged.
"Heard the upperclassmen are cracking down on freshmen…. You prepared?"
"Joined band club as manager to suck up to seniors and build fake connections, but sigh. Not sure."
"At least you got into band club. I flunked musical staff, might have to do v tuber fan club…."
"Ugh gross."
No one knew where the rumor started.
But it was a rumor everyone knew.
Freshmen anxiety spread like wildfire.
And amid it all.
Murmur murmur—
The controversial poster went up.
☆★ Freshman Livestock Recruitment ☆★ Scared of getting on a senior's bad side?
Afraid of jail for innocent mistakes due to ignorance?
Worried about unfair trials and false charges?
Then come to Sun Ranch!!!
☞ Benefit 1! Rank assignment & ID badge (name tag) FREE!!! ☞ Benefit 2! Intense FREE PT from ranch owner & senior livestock!!! ☞ Benefit 3! Livestock exempt from trials FOREVER!!! Just give up human rights, and ALL benefits FREE~?!!!!
Race, age, gender, looks—doesn't matter! Sun Ranch welcomes ALL freshman livestock ^^ ※ Senior livestock FREE PT may end early if too many applicants.
Recruitment: 30 slots
There were many phrases, but one shone brightest.
'Exempt from trials?!!'
Undeniably groundbreaking benefits.
Yet no one rushed to fill out the form.
'Have to become livestock?!'
Everyone knew what that meant.
Girls would become sows and get railed,
guys would end up as goons like Rebel Nam's crew….
Even so—
'Better than a hundred—no, a thousand times better than underground torture!!!'
The applications were quite popular!
Cloé's Student Council fearmongering had done its job!
"I-I'm applying!"
"Me too!"
"Only 30 slots! Hurry or they'll be gone!!"
"Hey hey! No taking two! I'll kill you for real!!"
"Let go!! It's mine!!"
"Bullshit! You spit on it or what?!"
"My application!! I'm the one becoming livestock!!!"
"Shut up! I'm becoming the sow!!"
It was the era of the freshman mega-crisis…!
Sun Ranch became their ray of salvation,
their beam of light!!
*
Some insane light novel title situation was unfolding before my eyes.
Human ranch applicants: a whopping 100….
Cloé, you little monster.
How viral did you make it?
"Taeyang. Shall we start?"
"Heh heh heh. Alright! Let's do this!"
Cloé nodded and stepped onto the stage.
This was a small auditorium.
Rented for ranch activities.
"Hello. I'm Sun Ranch's Trash♡ Sow, Cloé Maiden. Due to overwhelming applicants… 'Livestock Selection Auditions' begin now!"
Clap clap clap—
We decided to hold auditions.
Could take everyone, but bloating uselessly would just mean more hassle.
Yeah, it looked weird. Livestock auditions? Not normal.
'But creating a ranch was already insane!!!'
I'm the psycho who wears Hawaiian shirts to school.
A little crazy or a lot—same difference for a madman.
"Hey! Aspiring livestock who gave up being human!! Show gold-medal resolve!!!"
I might've possessed the latest version of <Academia>.
New characters I don't know could exist.
Basically, scouting for rough gems.
"Alright!!! Appeal your livestock strengths!!!!"
Double-horn (1++) grade livestock auditions!
Who'd be top sow…?!
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When auditions ended,
"Hey hey!!!! Park Woo-yu!!!!!! Are you freaking insane?!!!!! Where the hell you been hiding?!!! Huh?!!!! You optimized livestock bitch!!!!!!!!"
I couldn’t help but leap to my feet, overwhelmed with emotion, applauding wildly.