Caught Yawning at the Academy Entrance Ceremony

Since I had already cleared the quest, I simply ignored the girl who was dozing off. Without looking back, I returned to my seat and opened the next related quest.

Saying something lewd out loud seems pretty rough… I don’t think I can cheese this one with some loophole. Looks like the honest approach is the only answer.

Holding hands actually looked easier by comparison. If I just held on a little longer while pretending to shake hands, that should clear it.

While I was busy worrying over how to finish the quests, the auditorium grew louder. The long-awaited entrance ceremony for the National Hunter Academy finally began.

“We welcome the 6,974th class of the National Hunter Academy. We will now commence the entrance ceremony.”

Why they counted up to the 6,974th class when they only took in one class per year was something you had to look at the world-building to understand. Personally, I figured the game developers just wanted to shove in a perverted number. Anyway, if you calculated the hunter classes all the way back before Gojoseon, it apparently came out to roughly 6,974 years. In other words, the first hunter academy on the Korean Peninsula was established 6,974 years ago. That was the historical significance.

Apparently Dangun Wanggeom—well, in this world it was Grandmother—was the top student of the 2,601st class of the ancient hunter academy. Of course, that figure was only recognized within our country according to the setting. There was no physical historical evidence or whatever.

“……Throughout our long history, the Hunter Academy has existed under many names. Its ultimate purpose has always aligned with the Hongik Ingan ideal of guaranteeing universal human safety and the pursuit of happiness……”

Ugh, I’m falling asleep…

The Academy Chancellor’s congratulatory speech was mind-numbingly boring. She had already been giving her entrance ceremony address for thirty minutes straight. Just wrap it up already.

“Hwaaam~!”

The moment I stretched and yawned, every head in the vicinity turned toward me. I must have been too loud.

“Hey. You. How dare you yawn that loudly?”

“…I’m sorry.”

A woman in her mid-twenties with long, straight blue hair—who didn’t seem that much older than me, a twenty-year-old—scolded me. But damn, she was gorgeous. She existed on an entirely different level from every other woman I’d seen at the academy so far.

She carried something like a conductor’s baton, so she was probably a member of the faculty. Her face was beautiful, and her breasts, hips, and ass were generously proportioned, giving her the ideal breeding body that screamed “easy childbirth” at first glance. The only thing that kept her from looking purely soft was the sharp, powerful look in her eyes and brows. She seemed like the type who would be terrifying when angry.

Is she a teacher? Or since this is an adult academy, do they call them professors? What’s the proper title? …Whatever. I’ll figure it out when the time comes.

I tried my best to fight off the drowsiness, but the wave of sleepiness eventually overwhelmed me and I drifted off.

-Tap. Tap.-

“Wake up.”

“Hngh… Huh? Y-yes…?”

I must have dozed off without realizing it. I rubbed my eyes and looked around to find the same faculty member who had scolded me for yawning earlier tapping my shoulder with her baton-like stick.

“What do you mean, ‘yes’?” she snapped. “I caught you sleeping. And you were yawning openly before that too. Wipe the drool off your face. Let’s see… Kim Dojin? You’ve been marked by me. Remember that. The reason the Discipline Department will start paying special attention to you is ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠because you caught my eye today.”

“The Discipline Department…?”

“That’s right. I am a teacher from the Discipline Department. My job is to manage troublemakers like you.”

“…But this is an academy that only accepts students over twenty. It’s basically a university. What the hell is a Discipline Department doing here…? And isn’t it usually called the Student Guidance Department? Why did they add ‘sex’ to make it sound so perverted and call it the Discipline Department instead…?”

“You little—! The Discipline Department of our National Hunter Academy is an elite organization with a proud tradition stretching back 6,974 years! How dare you insult the Discipline Department of our academy?! As a teacher of the Discipline Department and a graduate of the 6,969th class, I cannot let this slide!”

Shit. What the hell is this…? She’s making way more noise than my yawn ever did.

The so-called Discipline Department teacher’s sudden outburst drew the attention of every student around us. Ironically, the commotion caused the Academy Chancellor to cut her speech short.

This is bullshit. For some reason it feels like I’ve been turned into a sacrifice…? Don’t tell me this woman hated listening to the speech too and used me as an excuse to end it?

It was a perfectly reasonable suspicion, but since I was the one being lectured, I couldn’t exactly say anything.

“You’re beyond saving. Stay behind after the ceremony. I’ll instill proper mental discipline in you early so you understand what it means to be part of the National Hunter Academy.”

“…Yes?”

“There are always a few like you in every incoming class. Idiots who think that just because they’ve become adults at nineteen they can live like normal college students and run wild. But you’re wrong. You’re no different from kids who just graduated elementary school. You will spend the next six years here following rules and order like middle schoolers, high schoolers, or even soldiers. Unless, of course, you skip grades and graduate early like I did. Naturally, that doesn’t apply to a pathetic male who falls asleep right at the entrance ceremony.”

In this world, calling someone a “pathetic male” is the same as calling a woman a “bitch” in my original world. Isn’t that something you’re not supposed to say in front of men…?

The Discipline Department teacher kept nagging and harassing me from the seat beside mine. I let most of it go in one ear and out the other while enduring the rest of the entrance ceremony. Thanks to her, at least I wasn’t sleepy anymore.

“We will now have the student oath. Will the student representative please step forward.”

As the ceremony neared its end, the student representative was called up to give the oath. The Discipline Department woman glared at me with wide eyes, making sure I repeated every word correctly. Since I didn’t want to cause any more trouble, I followed along perfectly. The student representative was insanely beautiful, so at least there was some enjoyment in copying her.

When the oath ended, the Discipline Department teacher looked at the representative with open pride.

“I’m not bragging about my little sister, but I want you to start your school life with the same dignity and grace she has.”

“The student representative is your younger sister? So you two are siblings?”

“Correct.”

“Hmm… You don’t look very alike…? Though you’re both stunningly beautiful. ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠Especially her hair color…”

“The fact that I have blue hair and she has red hair is because we each practice different mana systems. In the old style, you could say we learned different internal energy methods.”

“Oh… I see. So your blue color means water, ice, or cold attributes, while hers is fire or heat, right?”

“…Yes. How did you know?”

“It’s a cliché.”

I made an effort to keep the conversation with the female teacher going. I planned to stretch it out until at least ten minutes had passed. And exactly ten minutes later—

The newly added fifth and sixth quests look like they could be cleared together if I play my cards right. Maybe I’ll even knock out two, three, and four along the way if I’m lucky.

I opened my character window again to spend the two bonus stat points I had received from clearing “Say a Lewd Line to the Opposite Sex” and “Converse with the Opposite Sex for Over 10 Minutes.”

Should I save them…? Nah. Let’s use them right away.

I invested in height again. It rose from B- to B. Then I put in the second point and it became B+.

Height: B+ ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠(Growing. 90 days remaining.)

Now that my height is B-rank, I should reach 180 centimeters.

That was the “winner” height standard a woman from my original world had mentioned. I could breathe a little easier about my height now. Still, I needed to push it all the way to A+—185 centimeters. Of course, if I ended up getting hit with the shota curse that lowered my height stat, it would all be for nothing… Ah, whatever. As long as it doesn’t happen, I’m fine.

“Teacher. Since we’ve already started talking, how about we shake hands?”

“A handshake all of a sudden…? Don’t tell me you…”

“Hm? Is something wrong?”

“If you’re thinking of using physical contact to launch a mental attack on the other party, let me warn you in advance that it won’t end with simple expulsion.”

“A mental attack…?”

“…I mean something like hypnosis.”

“…. Huh…? What???”

“…Never mind. If that’s not the case, then it’s fine. It’s not like it wears the hand out. Here, shake. Give me the hand you want to hold.”

“No, if you dislike it that much or feel uncomfortable, you really don’t have to…”

There are plenty of other women besides you.

“It’s fine. I just said that because I was worried. Sorry. Even if a male student had that kind of ability, I doubt he would use it to have dirty thoughts about a woman.”

“…???”

What kind of delusions was this woman having? Has she watched too much stuff like Hitomi? …She’s a woman in her mid-twenties, right at the age where sexual desire is supposed to be at its peak in this world.

I awkwardly took her hand and shook it.

After checking the quest log, I once again allocated the bonus stat point into height. My height rank rose to B+. In the end, my final projected height increased from 180 centimeters to 182.

Damn. Raising it bit by bit feels so unsatisfying. Next time I’ll hold off and dump a bunch of points in at once.

I decided to save up some points after clearing the next few quests.