I Became an Illegal Cheat User – Chapter 15

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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Oh no!

Asuka short-circuited!

Asuka’s reaction was intense enough to remind me of a phrase from a game.

Just from having her head patted, Asuka’s face turned red as if steam would rise from her head.

“Uh, um… hey, top student… please remove your head from my hand…”

How flustered was she that instead of asking me to remove my hand from her head, she asked me to remove my head from her hand?

Seeing Asuka’s face that was getting redder to the point of almost exploding, I removed my hand that was patting her head.

At that moment, I felt a sharp aura from somewhere.

Turning my head towards that aura,

I saw Lee Seo-yeon, who was sitting close to me, staring intently at me.

But why was it?

That I thought she was angry.

‘No, why…?’

I couldn’t understand at all.

I haven’t raised her favorability yet.

Although she sometimes takes the initiative to greet me, that action has nothing to do with favorability.

So there should be no reason for her to be angry at me…?

I couldn’t understand why Lee Seo-yeon was angry, but I could tell from what point she started doing that.

“…Eek.”

So I put my hand back on Asuka’s head.

Following Asuka’s flustered reaction,

Zap.

Lee Seo-yeon’s subsided aura became sharp again.

“…Is the air conditioner turned on too high here…?”

“I know, right… I’m too cold.”

Due to Lee Seo-yeon’s scary aura, the kids around her made an excuse about the air conditioner and slightly distanced themselves.

Seeing their reactions, I removed my hand from Asuka’s head, who was hiccupping.

Then Lee Seo-yeon’s aura subsided again.

Seeing Lee Seo-yeon’s reaction, I felt like teasing her, but…

“Hic… hic…!”

Seeing Asuka’s face flushed red and constantly hiccupping, I decided to stop because putting my hand on her head any longer might lead to big trouble.

Only after I completely put my hand in my jacket pocket did Lee Seo-yeon’s gaze that was staring at me turn towards the arena.

I also turned my head to the arena for the match that would soon begin.

But before that…

“…Hic!”

I should give Asuka some water.

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[C]

[02][Arthur Pendragon][Win]

[08][Kim Woo-min][Loss]

Group C’s match ended in 10 seconds after it began.

Although Kim Woo-min was strong enough to rank 8th among the supporting characters, because his opponent was who he was…

He was beaten by Arthur without even exchanging a few blows.

And in the ongoing match of Group ‘D’,

5th place Noah vs. 6th place Park Ga-ram.

Boom, bang!

Kwang! Kwaaang!

A fierce battle was unfolding to the point where it was hard to believe it was a fight between a main character and a supporting character.

Noah, the son of the Great Saintess Gloria.

He charged at his opponent with his fists engulfed in golden holy flames.

Then Park Ga-ram, a woman with purple hair and purple eyes, created a purple fireball in her hand and shot it towards Noah.

The basketball-sized fireball rushed towards Noah quickly.

But Noah calmly extended his fist wrapped in holy flames and shattered the fireball.

Even though the scorching heat engulfed him as the fireball exploded right in front of him, Noah simply continued to charge towards Park Ga-ram as if nothing had happened.

“As, as expected from the Great, Great Saintess’ son… Ma, magic doesn’t wo, work on him?”

Park Ga-ram stammered and let out a sinister laugh at Noah, on whom magic had no effect at all.

“Then… sh, shall I sh, show you if, if this doesn’t work ei, either?”

Saying that, a gray fireball different from the previous purple one rose from her hand.

Then Noah, who was running towards Park Ga-ram, widened his eyes in surprise and stopped running.

“That color of mana… it’s the mana of the Gray Witch.”

At Noah’s mention of the Gray Witch, a commotion arose from the spectator seats.

“The Gray Witch, isn’t she the transcendent who reformed from a villain to a hero?”

“To be precise, it was when she was a high-level villain that she reformed due to Mushin’s persuasion.”

“…Anyway, she uses the mana of that transcendent? Could it be that she’s the Gray Witch’s disciple?”

As expected of Arena Academy’s students.

They know history very well.

But there was a slight mistake.

‘Was it really persuasion?’

That Mushin, who grinded his teeth at evil?

I wanted to correct the history that those kids misunderstood right away.

But even if I told them, they probably wouldn’t properly believe it since it was a story related to Mushin, who was nothing less than the students’ absolute idol .

Park Ga-ram’s mentor and the transcendent who reformed from a villain to a hero.

The Gray Witch, Circe.

In fact, she wasn’t persuaded but coerced.

When she was at her peak as a high-level villain, Circe didn’t kill people, but out of boredom, she did many evil deeds such as transforming the entire population of a city into animals.

However, those evil deeds didn’t last more than 19 days.

On the 19th day, she was caught by Mushin.

And she was forced to make a choice by Mushin, who exuded a terrifying aura.

That choice was no choice at all: do you want to be beaten for 19 days and die, or obediently reform and become a hero?

In response, Circe became a hero by taking an absolute oath on a Geass Scroll.

But as a side effect…

She didn’t like going out of the house.

Although she had transformed people into animals, she had never killed anyone, so she wasn’t beaten or killed by Mushin, but her spirit was completely crushed by Mushin’s overwhelming aura, and her evil appearance completely disappeared, and she became gloomy like Park Ga-ram.

Still, following the Geass with Mushin, she sometimes went out and acted as a hero.

And this was something you learned when you raised Park Ga-ram’s favorability to a certain level.

The reason Circe took Park Ga-ram as her disciple was because she was similar to herself, and if Park Ga-ram graduates from the academy and becomes active as a hero, by teaching her as a disciple, she can contribute as a hero without having to go out, so that’s why.

Anyway, when they heard that she was the disciple of that Circe, the kids looked at Park Ga-ram with new eyes.

From a loner girl to a transcendent, the Gray Witch’s disciple.

This is why background is important.

Or, show overwhelming skills to demonstrate the gap.

“He, hehe. Th, that’s right. I, I learned ma, magic from my, my mentor.”

“…She must have been an amazing person. To be the disciple of that recluse, the Gray Witch.”

“Re, recluse? My, my mentor is ju, just a shut-in lo, loner.”

“…”

Noah’s mouth closed at Park Ga-ram’s innocence in calling her mentor a shut-in loner without any filter.

Seeing Noah like that, Park Ga-ram laughed sinisterly and said,

“An, anyway. Do, do you want to try blo, blocking this too?”

Even though he didn’t answer that he would block it, Park Ga-ram sent a unilateral notice in the form of a question and shot the gray fireball burning above her hand towards Noah.

Fwoosh!

Certainly, it seemed different because it was the Gray Witch’s magic.

Unlike the purple fireballs she had been shooting, the gray fireball gradually grew from basketball size and eventually swelled to human size.

And judging by the heat felt even outside the arena, it seemed to boast tremendous firepower, but…

“It has tremendous firepower. Even I, who is blessed by God, can feel the heat.”

He only said that, but Noah’s face remained as calm as ever.

“Since you let me witness the rare magic of the Gray Witch, I should repay you as well.”

Noah put his hands together and prayed.

Then, holy flames spread from his hands to Noah’s whole body.

Noah released his clasped hands.

The huge fireball had approached within close range.

Throwing a punch towards that fireball, Noah said,

“Immanuel.”

And light descended.

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“Aargh! My eyes!”

“I, I can’t see!”

“Instructor, take me to the infirmary! No, the emergency room!”

Light poured into not only the arena but the entire training room from Noah’s sincere prayer punch.

The kids who were properly blinded by that light all grabbed their eyes and answered the experience of seeing the light of heaven with pain.

Of course, I was fine because I closed my eyes as soon as Noah uttered the word ‘Immanuel’.

“…Hehe.”

Asuka was also fine thanks to me signaling her to close her eyes.

As for Lee Seo-yeon and Arthur, perhaps because their stats were high, they seemed fine even though the intense light pierced their eyes.

Ding.

[D]

[05][Noah][Win]

[06][Park Ga-ram][Loss]

“Group D’s winner is Noah.”

As soon as Kang Cheol-su’s words were heard, the light subsided.

And when the arena was visible again, Noah was offering a prayer towards the sky, and Park Ga-ram…

“Eek… aaahh…”

…was curled up on the ground like a pill bug, making strange noises.

Perhaps the light that poured from the sky was too sacred for the disciple of the gloomy witch.

Seeing Park Ga-ram like that, Kang Cheol-su scratched the scar on his forehead.

“…Hmm, I should take her to the infirmary.”

Kang Cheol-su lifted Park Ga-ram, who was still curled up, and tucked her under his arm, then said to the spectator seats,

“The semifinals will begin exactly 5 minutes later, so top student Lee Yu-jin and Lee Seo-yeon, come down to the arena and get ready in advance.”

At those words, Lee Seo-yeon and I got up from our seats.

And while going down the stairs towards the arena…

Ding.

A system alarm sound was heard in my head, not from the smartwatch on my wrist.

‘Oh.’

A fancy event quest with nice rewards popped up.

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“Are you ready?”

Kang Cheol-su’s words were met with nods from Lee Seo-yeon and me.

Lee Seo-yeon prepared to draw her sword with the same noble posture as before.

I prepared to shoot at any time by releasing the safety on my pistol.

Seeing Lee Seo-yeon and me like that, Kang Cheol-su kicked off and distanced himself.

And then,

“Fight with your best.”

He signaled the start of the match.

At the same time,

Shink!

Lee Seo-yeon drew her sword and kicked the ground.

And I aimed my gun at her and pulled the trigger.

Bang!

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