Chapter 14: Year 2 Class A (2)
The Republic of Korea, which began early education for Awakened to keep pace with the Hunter Era.
The Hunter Academy, a product of that.
Taewoon High was already number 1 in the province.
And it had risen to the ranks of prestigious high schools, enough to be counted on three fingers in the Republic of Korea.
Befitting that reputation and the name of a massive Academy City, the school facilities and student welfare were undoubtedly the best.
As the name value rose, naturally, young talents with promising futures flocked there.
As a result, support from not only the government and the Association but also large guilds to single out prospects in advance did not cease.
Literally the best educational facility.
Numerous buildings designed for children to prepare for real combat lined the area.
Results made with advanced science and technology, magic, and Magic Stones that only come from dungeons inside Gates.
The best among them was, of course, the Sparring Room.
Defense and regeneration power strong enough not to be destroyed even by strong Unique Skills.
Ultra-high-level programs utilizing magic and Magic Stones could create spaces just like dungeons.
Some of the Sparring Rooms even had real monsters deployed.
Monsters captured from relatively weak Dungeon Breaks, or artificial dungeons made using monster summoning magic.
Most students have to enter dungeons risking their lives once they graduate from school.
Since they have to enter anyway, preparing even a little in advance is the only way to increase survival probability.
Training and education done in the Sparring Room vary, but two things are utilized the most.
Clearing artificial dungeons made as similar as possible to dungeons according to difficulty.
And one is real combat.
It was precisely combat between Awakened.
Pitting them in 1-on-1 sparring to enhance students' skills and foster wild nature.
These two were the main uses of the Taewoon High Sparring Room.
If one had to be specific, that is.
However, as with most tools.
Just because the usage is set doesn't mean there are only people who intend to use it only that way.
Just as there are those who step only on the grass next to the path even though there is a path.
The usage of tools or places often changes depending on the person.
Right now, the scenery inside the Sparring Room of Taewoon High was like that.
Probably for the first time since the Sparring Room was built at Taewoon High, no, perhaps since the world became the Hunter Era and the high-level structure called Sparring Room came into existence.
Mass punishment was being carried out in the Sparring Room.
“Don’t straighten your backs! Stick both hands tightly behind your heads!”
Hunter Era.
No, a culture that disappeared even before that, from the modern general curriculum.
“Ah…….”
“Ugh……!”
The entire Year 2 Class A was receiving corporal punishment.
That too.
Waddle waddle.
“My legs hurt.”
“No, is this right?”
Duck walk, an old-fashioned school punishment.
Students of a prestigious high school with high reputation.
That too, prospects with expected futures.
Chosen Awakened.
Were doing laps around the field with duck walks.
“Squat more! Guys who slack off get a finger flick of love!”
Yoo jin’s shout rang out in Sparring Room No. 7.
“In the old days, we ran twenty laps just for being late!”
It is a lie.
Originally, stories of the army or school days tend to be mostly exaggerated.
But well, how would the kids know.
So.
“Even civilians run twenty laps, what’s hard about you guys who Awakened running a hundred laps! No good! Add a hundred laps!”
Groans mixed with lamentation flowed from here and there.
First, I have to see where the limit is.
Only then.
“Ha…… excuse me Teacher, just why do we have to receive this kind of punishment?!”
Because impatient guys are bound to pop out.
Two students jumped up from the center of the group doing duck walks.
Students with exactly identical faces.
A smile was built on Yoo jin’s lips upon confirming the appearance of the twins.
Laps made to run without even stating the reason.
Although he started it unavoidably due to the King’s Energy, he expected there would be those dissatisfied with the suddenly increased count.
And guys like that were mostly divided into two categories.
First is the guy whose self-assertion is distinct and whose personality is like fire.
And another one.
Apart from the twins who were standing up, a new student rose from the seat.
“Teacher, please stop now. The other kids aren't at fault.”
A soft-hearted guy who is uncomfortable with friends being punished because of himself.
In Yoo jin’s vision.
The appearance of Jin-ho and the twins was captured.
Grin.
Then now is the time to do real education.
Not the class learned at school.
A class only Yoo jin can give.
***
The teachers' office located in the New School Building.
The door opened slowly to the teachers' office used by 2nd-year homeroom teachers.
And one face thrust stealthily through that narrow crack of the door.
Taewoon High’s Principal.
It was Ma Jae-min.
Making his bursting muscles pale in comparison, he hunched his shoulders fully and was rolling only his eyeballs to check the inside of the teachers' office.
The Principal’s quickly moving vision.
The pupils shaking anxiously stopped trembling after checking the empty seat inside the teachers' office.
“Phew……. He’s not here.”
The Principal, having confirmed Yoo jin was not in his seat, opened the door and entered.
An exceptionally short female teacher who was sitting in her seat rose and greeted the Principal.
“Oh? What brings you all the way to the New School Building, Principal?”
“Uh-uh, just had some business with Teacher Yoo jin…….”
“He doesn't seem to be in his seat right now?”
“It’s fine, since I just came to hand this over.”
“What is that?”
As the female teacher’s gaze headed to the envelope.
“S, Since Teacher Yoo jin is new, I thought he wouldn't know well about the school! So I came to deliver the basic education system and school guide.”
“Then give it to me, I will put it there.”
“No, no! I will put it there. It, it’s right in front. Teacher Ji-na, go do your work.”
At the appearance of the Principal who was almost throwing a fit, Yu Ji-na, the homeroom teacher of Year 2 Class C, tilted her head and returned to her seat.
“Yes, then.”
The Principal, having confirmed Yu Ji-na returning to her seat and sitting down, let out a sigh of relief.
The Principal, who slowly moved his steps, arrived at Yoo jin’s seat and put down the document envelope he was holding in his hand onto the desk.
Basic education system and school guide.
It is a lie.
What was inside this envelope was the data Yoo jin requested from the Principal.
Although called a request, to the Principal, it was almost no different from a threat.
It was understandable.
Because what was contained in this envelope was personal information.
It was a security document of a level that could be called a top secret matter.
Person with power.
No, even if the Guild Master of a top guild comes, this cannot be handed over.
Because that is the principle and the rule.
‘Why on earth did a monster like that come to our school of all places.’
Because if he refused, it seemed he would go to the sky Teacher Yoo jin pointed to, as said in the Principal’s office.
The Principal was moving obediently as Yoo jin said without realizing it himself.
‘I don’t know. First I have to survive.’
The Principal hurried to leave the teachers' office after finishing his business.
The reason was one.
To avoid running into Yoo jin as much as possible.
He was running away to avoid meeting Yoo jin as much as possible from the first day.
Since it couldn't be helped during school events, the Principal was doing his best not to run into him somehow at least during other times.
This place is also dangerous now.
Since he handed over that data, there is no reason to meet for the time being.
He must run away from this place quickly.
It was when the Principal brought his hand to the door to leave the teachers' office.
Clatter!
Before the Principal’s hand touched it, the door opened wide.
“Eek!!”
The startled Principal let out a strange sound from his mouth without realizing it.
This place is the worst space for the Principal.
The teachers' office where Yoo jin is.
So how could he not be surprised.
However
“Are you okay, Principal?”
What was heard in front of the suddenly opened door was a familiar voice.
It was Kang Hye-rin, the homeroom teacher of Class E wearing a white gown, and Jin Tae-jin, the homeroom teacher of Class B whose long silver hair caught the eye.
“I, I’m okay…….”
The Principal, having confirmed it was other teachers not Yoo jin, let out a sigh of relief.
“……Yes?”
“Is something wrong? Sweat is?”
“Ah, it’s nothing. Did my energy weaken these days, hahaha.”
At the appearance of the Principal smiling awkwardly looking into empty air…….
“Isn't there somewhere unwell? Shall I give you a checkup once? Or even healing magic.”
At Teacher Kang Hye-rin’s voice, the Principal shook his neck left and right as if a motor was attached.
“No. It’s fine, it’s fine! I guess I’ll get better if I boil and eat a Mana Chicken Soup or something. Everyone, good work.”
Like that, the moment the Principal tried to cross the threshold of the teachers' office as if running away.
A voice grabbing the Principal’s feet was heard from behind.
“Excuse me, Principal.”
At that voice, the Principal could not cross the threshold and turned his upper body.
“What is it? Teacher Jin Tae-jin?”
Teacher Jin Tae-jin, who met the Principal’s eyes directly, opened his mouth.
“There is something I want to ask.”
“Now? I am a bit busy right now, run away quickly……. No, I have the next schedule.”
“It won’t take long. If only the Principal answers.”
The atmosphere sank.
Teacher Jin Tae-jin’s lips parted again.
“By any chance, Teacher Yoo jin…….”
At that moment.
A sound cutting off Jin Tae-jin’s mid-sentence rang out.
“B, Big trouble!”
An urgent sound heard from the hallway outside the teachers' office.
At that sound, not only Jin Tae-jin but also the gazes of other teachers inside the door moved all at once to the place where the sound was heard.
“Teacher Yoo jin is! Teacher Yoo jin is!”
At the voice of the running teacher that came out the next moment, the expressions of Jin Tae-jin and the Principal and other teachers who were on the spot were dyed with shock.
“He is beating up students in the Sparring Room!!!”