I Became an Illegal Cheat User – Chapter 74

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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“Lee Yu-jin.”

“…Yes.”

“Wasn’t destroying a hospital room yesterday enough for you?”

“…I’m sorry.”

“It’s only been a day, how could you…”

He was about to say,

“How could you cause another accident…?”

…but seeing Yu-jin’s entire right arm in a cast, Kang Cheol-su trailed off.

“Haa…”

Giving up on finishing his sentence, he let out a deep sigh and rubbed his face with his hands.

He leaned back in his armchair, exhausted.

He loosened his black tie, the same one from yesterday, and looked at Yu-jin with a weary expression.

“Lee Yu-jin, I was on my way to pay my respects to my colleagues. But I received a call saying the Academy had been attacked.”

Kang Cheol-su lifted his coffee cup from the table.

“I almost arrived at the funeral home, so I decided to pay my respects before heading back. There were stronger heroes than me at the Academy, and even the principal had returned from his business trip. But then I received an urgent summons from the Academy.”

He brought the cup to his lips and then downed the steaming hot coffee in one gulp.

Unfazed by the heat, he placed the empty cup back on the table with a thud and continued.

“They said the attack happened in our class’s building. So they needed me, the instructor in charge, to come quickly.”

He glanced at his smartwatch.

“So I hurried back to the Academy, and as they said, the sparring room in our class’s training ground was completely destroyed. And you were there, receiving treatment from a nurse.”

His gaze, which had been on his smartwatch, turned to Yu-jin.

It was a look that said, “Explain yourself.”

Yu-jin sweated nervously and lowered his head.

Just as he was about to apologize with all his sincerity…

“You know what I thought at that moment?”

Kang Cheol-su asked with a chuckle.

“Ah, I’m relieved. It’s not another attack on the Academy and my student isn’t seriously injured.”

“…”

Yu-jin was speechless.

He just stared blankly at Kang Cheol-su.

Seeing his reaction, Kang Cheol-su stood up from his chair.

“Lee Yu-jin, don’t worry too much about it.”

He said, placing his hand on Yu-jin’s shoulder.

“You might have caused another accident today, but no one except you was hurt.”

“…Instructor.”

“I was summoned because of the accident you caused, but I’m not angry.”

“…Instructor?”

“Of course, you’re my student… I shouldn’t be angry… right?”

Kang Cheol-su said, looking down at him with the kindest(?) expression imaginable.

But his words didn’t match his actions.

His jaw was clenched, and his grip on Yu-jin’s shoulder was tightening.

Yu-jin, sweating nervously, forced a smile and looked up at Kang Cheol-su.

“Instructor, I think my shoulder is going to break…”

In reality, he felt no pain because Aegis was absorbing the damage.

But based on the item information, the damage absorption rate was rapidly increasing.

“…Ah, right.”

Kang Cheol-su quickly withdrew his hand.

He pulled out a red recovery potion from his subspace ring with a flustered expression…

“Lee Yu-jin! Is your shoulder alright?!”

…and tried to feed it to Yu-jin, opening the cap of that dreadful concoction.

“I’m fine. Could you please put that potion away?”

“…Are you sure you’re alright? You’re not lying just because you don’t want to drink the potion, are you?”

…Well, it was true that he didn’t want to drink it…

“I’m not lying. Look.”

He rotated his left arm to show that his shoulder was fine.

“See? Perfectly fine.”

“…You’re right.”

Kang Cheol-su sighed in relief and closed the potion’s cap.

He put it back into his subspace ring and gently patted Yu-jin’s shoulder.

“I’m so glad I didn’t crush your shoulder.”

Those words sparked a question in Yu-jin’s mind.

‘Could Aegis block the Instructor’s crush?’

Would it be destroyed by damage absorption, or fatal damage absorption?

As he was pondering this, Kang Cheol-su’s smartwatch beeped.

His gaze turned to his smartwatch.

“Lee Yu-jin, the principal has summoned you.”

He informed Yu-jin that the Grand Wizard had summoned him.

“The principal?”

Why would the principal, who was just as elusive as the chairwoman, suddenly summon him?

‘Could it be because the protective magic on the sparring room was broken?’

He wouldn’t scold him, considering his benevolent personality.

Was he calling to ask how Yu-jin, at his current level, had broken the protective magic?

‘Or is he going to tell me why he can’t see my “destiny”?’

Yu-jin asked Kang Cheol-su, his voice filled with anticipation,

“When do I have to go?”

Kang Cheol-su replied,

“Now.”

“What?”

The moment he asked, a blue light flashed from his body and in the blink of an eye, he was transported to a different location.

“This is…”

He looked around.

He saw stacks of books.

Above them, bookshelves floated in the air.

The bookshelves were packed with books, leaving no empty space and the sheer number of them was immeasurable.

This place, which housed all these books and bookshelves, was vast, its size and height unfathomable.

He knew this place.

“…The Infinite Library.”

It was the Grand Wizard Yoo Baek’s personal space, the principal of Arena Academy.

“Haha, welcome to my library.”

A voice called from above.

He looked up and saw the Grand Wizard, Yoo Baek, descending gracefully in a flowing white robe.

“First of all, I must apologize to you. I promised to meet you soon, but I’ve only managed to do so now.”

He wanted to reply,

“You said you’d tell me the secret soon, but you made me wait for five months? That’s too much!”

…but he couldn’t bring himself to voice his inner thoughts when an elder, much less a transcendent, was directly apologizing to him.

So he could only chuckle and say it was fine.

“Haha, what a thoughtful child.”

Yoo Baek nodded, a pleased smile on his face, and gently waved the wand in his hand.

The surrounding books shifted, creating an empty space, and a luxurious table with two chairs appeared.

“Come, sit down.”

As Yoo Baek approached the table, the two chairs moved away from it, as if someone was pulling them out.

Yoo Baek and Yu-jin sat down, and the chairs gently levitated, maintaining a perfect distance for tea time.

“Child, do you like tea?”

He preferred drinks like cola over tea…

“Yes, I do.”

…but now, he should drink tea.

“I’m glad to hear that.”

As Yoo Baek spoke, a tea set appeared on the table.

A teacup was automatically placed in front of both Yu-jin and Yoo Baek.

Pour.

A classic jade tea pot levitated, pouring tea into their cups.

‘That’s a strange color.’

He wasn’t a tea connoisseur, but he had never seen tea with a milky white color like this before.

“Here, try it.”

Yoo Baek raised his teacup gracefully.

He then took a sip, silently, without making a ‘slurp’ sound.

Yu-jin watched him and imitated his actions.

‘…What? It’s not hot?’

Wasn’t tea supposed to be hot?

He felt the coldness of the cup in his hand and wondered, but he took a sip nonetheless.

‘What is this taste? Sweet? No, sour?’

Not only was the color strange, but the taste was also peculiar.

But as he continued to drink, it started to taste decent.

However… something felt strange.

‘My heart feels hot?’

After drinking about half of the milky white tea, he felt a warmth spreading from his chest.

But it wasn’t uncomfortable or unpleasant.

It felt… good?

Anyway, as he continued to drink, the pleasant warmth spread throughout his entire body.

And the moment he finished the tea…

“…Huh?”

A system message informing him of his mana increase appeared in his vision.

…Wait, did that mean he had just consumed an elixir?

He stared blankly at his empty teacup and then looked up at Yoo Baek.

“Did you like the tea?”

Yoo Baek asked, setting down his cup with a chuckle.

Yu-jin jumped out of his chair and bowed deeply before him.

“Thank you! Thank you so much!”

He had been struggling with mana shortage, and Yoo Baek had served him an elixir as tea!

“Haha.”

Yoo Baek chuckled, a satisfied expression on his face.

“I’m glad you liked it.”

He didn’t just like it.

All the dissatisfaction and resentment he had been harboring for the past five months vanished instantly.

“You can get up now.”

Yu-jin stood up at Yoo Baek’s words.

“Would you like another cup of tea?”

“Of course!”

He quickly sat back down.

Of course, there wouldn’t be any effect from consuming the same elixir again.

But that didn’t matter.

The moment he realized that the tea he had consumed was an elixir, it became a delicacy.

Pour.

His empty cup was filled with Pure Heart Stone Oil once again.

At the same time, a small, corked glass bottle appeared next to his cup.

“Principal, what is this…?”

“It’s a gift for a child who enjoys tea.”

He appraised the glass bottle using the System.

Information about “Pure Heart Stone Oil (A)” appeared in his vision.

The effects were the same as the message he had seen earlier.

“Thank you, thank you so much!”

He expressed his overwhelming gratitude to Yoo Baek and put the Pure Heart Stone Oil into his inventory.

‘I got a new elixir, so I should share it with the others later.’

This was the good thing about Infinite Items.

When he obtained an elixir, it didn’t just strengthen him, but also his classmates.

He smiled with satisfaction and took a sip of Pure Heart Stone Oil.

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After tea time…

“Child, aren’t you curious? Why I called you here.”

Yoo Baek finally got to the point.

“Yes, I am. Why did you call me here?”

“Do you remember the entrance ceremony five months ago?”

“Yes, I do.”

How could he forget?

He would never forget the moment Yoo Baek whispered in his ear,

“A child whose destiny cannot be seen.”

“Good, I’m glad you remember.”

Yoo Baek chuckled benevolently and raised his wand.

He gently waved it in the air…

…and the towers of books and the bookshelves floating in the air vanished.

Or rather, everything except him and Yoo Baek disappeared, leaving only a dark space.

Yoo Baek waved his wand again in the darkness and a spectacle of twinkling stars unfolded above them.

‘What is he doing?’

Yu-jin looked at Yoo Baek with a puzzled expression.

But Yoo Baek, ignoring him, continued to wave his wand like a conductor.

The twinkling stars above gradually descended…

…and slowly gathered, forming eight figures.

And… one of the figures was in a form he recognized.

“…Chairwoman?”

[T/N: from now on i will refer to her as Martial God instead of Mushin or God of War this is my choice based off of the whole Wulin Alliance shit in the earlier chapters so ill probably eventually go fix those]

It was none other than the Martial God, Baek Yu-hwa.

“Yes, that’s right. That’s the Chairwoman.”

Yoo Baek stood next to Yu-jin, his hands clasped behind his back.

He then pointed his wand at each figure from left to right, explaining who they were.

“The figure on the far left is the Martial God, Baek Yu-hwa, as you know. And the man next to her is…”

Yoo Baek paused.

Or rather, he was saying something, but Yu-jin couldn’t hear him.

“Um, Principal? I can’t hear you.”

Yoo Baek raised his wand and swung it towards somewhere.

BOOOOM!

A deafening roar echoed from somewhere.

At the same time, Yoo Baek waved his wand again.

A blue barrier appeared around him and Yu-jin.

“You can hear me now.”

Yoo Baek pointed his wand at the figure next to Baek Yu-hwa.

“The muscular man with the lion’s mane and a giant sword is ‘Hercules’.”

Can you hear me now? Yoo Baek added.

“Yes, I can hear you now.”

“Good, I’m glad to hear that.”

Yoo Baek smiled faintly and continued to explain the identities of the figures.

[T/N: im not sure if im supposed to transliterate the names so it would be in korean but ill just translate them so its more understandable for yall if you guys think they should be transliterated lemme know in the comments]

The man with short hair, lean muscles, and two daggers was ‘Bolt’.

The woman with shoulder-length hair and a staff was ‘Mana’.

The overweight man with a large bag was ‘Back’.

The woman wearing a feather-shaped helmet was ‘Run’.

The man with short hair like Bolt and wielding dual pistols was ‘Chaser’.

The woman with very long hair and holding a talisman was ‘Slow’.

After revealing the names of all the figures, Yoo Baek’s wand pointed back at Baek Yu-hwa.

He then turned and pointed at Yu-jin.

“…”

A chill ran down Yu-jin’s spine and he involuntarily stepped back.

Yoo Baek gazed intently at him and said,

“I call them… those whose destiny cannot be seen.”

He then added,

“And those who come from the outside.”

White eyes, seeming to see through everything, stared at Yu-jin.

“As I said at the entrance ceremony, those who cannot see destiny are divided into two categories.”

Yoo Baek’s wand pointed at the Martial God and the stars forming her figure twinkled brightly.

“Those who become guardians.”

He then pointed at the seven other figures.

The stars forming the seven figures glowed red.

“Or those who become vessels of usurpation.”

Yoo Baek’s wand pointed at Yu-jin.

“So, child, answer me.”

A bright light, like the one emanating from the Martial God, flowed from Yu-jin’s body.

“Are you destiny for us?”

This time, a red light, like the one emanating from the seven figures, flowed from his body.

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[HOLY FUCKING SHIT HE KNOWS!!!!!!!!!!!]