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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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The meeting seemed to end like that and Si-hwa followed the student council president out of the student council room for a moment.
They left, telling me to wait until the patrol started…
Even after quite some time passed, the two didn’t return.
I took the initiative to talk to the vice president, who was on patrol duty today along with the president.
“Sunbae-nim… When will the president…”
“Right. It seems about time for them to come back. I guess the conversation with Si-hwa is taking long.”
“I know, right?”
“But since we’re starting soon anyway, In-wook, can you go find the two and bring them here?”
I wondered how I was supposed to find them when I didn’t know where they were.
But I was also curious about the content of their conversation, so I nodded.
“Yes. Then I’ll be back.”
I got up from my seat, opened the door, and walked down the long corridor.
Where are they?
The academy was designed to accommodate various activities, so its area was incomparably larger than ordinary schools.
There were more than ten spaces the size of a regular school gymnasium, so it was easy to see people getting lost at first.
At the end of the corridor, I heard a familiar voice from the stairwell.
“I told you I’m not interested.”
It was Si-hwa’s indifferent voice.
“Think carefully. Si-hwa.”
The student council president seemed to be appealing to her with a very serious expression.
“It’s not for nothing that people say you can know a person’s worth by looking at who they’re with.”
Hmm… Isn’t it enough to just do your own job well?
I couldn’t really empathize with why it was so important who was next to you.
If I was like this, let alone Si-hwa, who thought she was the only one in the world…
“I think a person’s worth is determined by their ability. President.”
As expected of Si-hwa, she cut off his words sharply.
The student council president seemed frustrated that Si-hwa didn’t sympathize with his words and frowned.
“…Is it because of Choi In-wook?”
“No. I just don’t like you, sunbae.”
Only then did I start to get a rough idea of what the president was trying to do.
“I’m telling you it would suit you better to meet someone much more capable than a guy like In-wook. I’m serious, Si-hwa. You might not know well because you’re still young.”
Si-hwa snorted as if it was absurd.
“Sunbae-nim.”
“Yeah?”
“Get your act together.”
“…What?”
“Choi In-wook is…”
I thought if she made any more rude remarks, the student council atmosphere would be ruined, so I decided it was time for me to appear.
“So this is where you were!”
I spoke to them as if I had just appeared.
“In-wook!”
“…Choi In-wook.”
They both seemed to be very conscious of whether I had heard their conversation or not, so I took the initiative first.
“I searched for a long time and you were in a place like this. The patrol is starting soon, so the vice president sunbae told me to find you two. Haha.”
“Ah~ I see. Time has already passed so much. Let’s go back quickly. The patrol handover might be a bit tight.”
The president turned towards the student council room and went ahead of us.
I was about to follow him, but Si-hwa grabbed my wrist.
“…How much did you see?”
“…Huh? I just arrived.”
“…Whatever you saw, it’s not like that.”
It seemed she was saying that to make sure I didn’t misunderstand the relationship between her and the president.
“Just because.”
She seemed embarrassed after saying it herself and brushed past me.
You don’t have to explain like that.
I know.
You didn’t even spare a glance at any man other than me, even after graduating from the academy.
I thought there was no way she would fool around with a president like that.
Hmm… Putting that aside, our student council president…
Of course, I thought it would be absurd for someone like Si-hwa to not be popular, but I didn’t expect him to approach her so blatantly.
…I didn’t feel very good.
Although it didn’t end well, Si-hwa was a woman who was my wife.
I had mixed feelings after seeing another man flirt with my ex-wife.
Student council president… Hmm…
For now, it seemed I should observe the situation a bit more.
* * *
The patrol training with the president and vice president seemed to proceed without major incidents, but one incident occurred near the end.
It was a common self-esteem fight between some riffraff.
[Do you know who I am?]
[I don’t care who you are! You piece of shit!]
[My hyung is an active A-rank! Huh? Knowing that, can you still mess with me?]
[What does it matter if you’re not an A-rank?]
Although I occasionally saw this scene in my previous life, it was really the kind of dialogue that would come out in a third-rate movie.
And the funny thing was, they started fighting, but their movements weren’t exciting at all.
At best, they seemed to be A-rank students. Probably around B-rank.
The student council president glanced at us and told us to watch carefully, as if he wanted to show off a cool appearance.
As expected, these rascals didn’t surrender easily, and the student council president subdued them with ease.
The vice president recorded their names in the roster and took them to the student council room.
[See. It’s always the guys who can’t become S-rank that cause trouble like this.]
The tone of categorizing people according to their grades.
I thought it was disgusting.
And today.
Si-hwa and I, who were assigned to patrol the academy, were silently going around the school.
So far, it had been going smoothly without any issues, but we couldn’t let our guard down.
Surprisingly, there were many bad guys in the academy who caused various troubles under the name of being hunters.
“Si-hwa.”
“Yeah?”
She was blankly looking forward and advancing, but she looked at me.
“You know. Did you originally plan to join the student council…”
The moment I tried to ask how she ended up joining the student council, we turned the corner and witnessed an incident.
“So, I told you not to act so impertinent!”
It seemed a group of seniors had gathered some juniors and were giving them a nasty lecture.
Sigh… These guys are always everywhere.
“Didn’t your mom and dad teach you manners at home?”
If it was within reasonable bounds and for a rational reason, I could have turned a blind eye.
But one kid was sprawled on the floor, coughing, and the other three were trembling and kneeling.
It was clearly a one-sided assault. It seemed we needed to stop it.
And bringing up mom and dad, no matter how I thought about it, the nature of the crime was bad.
The seniors noticed us only now and looked at us with a cold gaze.
“What is it? You guys? Get lost. We’re in the middle of teaching manners right now.”
“Stop it.”
Before I could say anything, Si-hwa spoke to them in a low voice.
“…What did you say?”
The senior who seemed to be the leader of the gang approached Si-hwa.
“We are student council members. We will report you for assaulting other students.”
Although his physique seemed twice that of Si-hwa, there was no hint of fear in Si-hwa’s eyes.
“Student council…?”
Whispers could be heard from the other seniors in the back.
They probably knew that if they made a bigger deal out of it, it would be a headache for them.
“Hmm…”
The man, who hesitated for a moment to approach Si-hwa, seemed to have finished collecting his thoughts and opened his mouth.
“Guys. Were these guys on the student council member list?”
“No. Judging from the fact that we don’t remember them, they seem to be new students.”
“That’s what I’m saying.”
He approached us with a smirk.
“Hey. Pretty lady. I can see that you’re very talented to join the student council, but you see.”
The other seniors in the back also approached him and cornered us.
“You guys also need to learn a bit about the academy’s manners.”
…You guys. How many years have I lived that I have to listen to you talk about manners?
“And the girl is quite pretty. Are you perhaps her boy-”
Oh my. If you’re going to provoke, do it to me.
Si-hwa’s foot made a 180-degree line and kicked the senior’s jaw in front of her.
“…Stop blabbering with that dirty mouth.”
It seemed Si-hwa was ready to seriously fight these guys.
I can’t just stand by and watch either.
Si-hwa, who glanced at me as I took a combat-ready stance, muttered to me in a low voice.
“Choi In-wook.”
“Yeah?”
“Just watch from there.”
With those words, Si-hwa’s rampage began.
Using the wall as a foothold, she jumped up and mercilessly stomped on the seniors’ heads with her feet.
They might be guys who acted like big shots in the academy, but the opponent was Si-hwa.
The woman who would rule the pinnacle of the hunter world with me.
There was no way they could keep up with Si-hwa’s movements.
“You… You bi-”
The senior who was the first to be kicked by Si-hwa got up and threw himself at her.
I wondered why he couldn’t even speak properly, but after watching,
His jaw was dislocated. From the earlier kick.
If he had just stayed down, Si-hwa would have let him off… He just had to get up.
Si-hwa’s fist mercilessly struck his abdomen.
“Ugh!”
He clutched his stomach and plopped down.
Oh. He’s quite sturdy, he didn’t vomit blood.
As the leader of the gang practically couldn’t do anything and collapsed, the faces of the remaining seniors darkened rapidly.
It wasn’t simply assault, but they even tried to use violence against a student council member, so this meant the penalty they would receive would increase tremendously.
“Is there anyone else who still wants to attack?”
Most of the seniors seemed to have already made up their minds and were ready to accept the punishment, but there seemed to be a guy who couldn’t let go of his lingering attachment.
“This… is all because of you bastards!”
It seemed the arrow of blame was misdirected.
One of the seniors picked up a brick that seemed to have been piled up for construction and threw it at the junior who was still lying down, unable to move even after we arrived.
Hey hey. No matter what, to a kid. Don’t tell me.
“You bastards!”
They seriously do all sorts of things.
The brick he threw didn’t reach the junior’s body.
Because I threw myself with all my heart and kicked the brick away.
The brick, embedded in the other wall, shattered from the impact.
“…Choi In-wook?”
Si-hwa’s eyes widened in surprise.
Ah. Right.
I’m still a first-year…?
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