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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Mod7
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The elves’ fury erupted.
The venue descended into chaos.
“No! This is not the opinion of the elves!!!”
“The World Tree is our mother! It’s not just a big tree!!!”
“Lucian! Capture Lucian alive!”
“Offer the blood of those who insult the World Tree!!!”
“The World Tree exists! It’s not like Owl Blue!!!”
“Everyone! Please calm down! Settle down!!!”
The emcee tried to calm the angry elves, but it was no use.
He was just one person, unable to stop the wave of fury.
Lucian had already fled.
Led by a few radical elves, a makeshift pursuit squad was formed to capture him.
Doors were shattered, walls cracked, and the ground trembled.
The pursuit squad stormed out of the venue through the broken entrance, and we quietly followed behind them.
“Hye-ji, didn’t I say I had a big picture? This is it.”
“Shinwoo, the picture was so big that I didn’t realize the canvas was ripped.”
“Shinwoo-chan is truly a crazy ninggen desuwwwwwww.”
The next candidate, number two, was supposed to give his speech now.
But we weren’t interested in staying.
We had already achieved our goal.
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Classes were canceled today.
Hye-ji, Kyouko, and I spent the day having fun, exploring the academy.
It was amusing to watch Lucian running away from the elves in the distance.
When we finally felt tired, we parted ways and returned to our dorms.
As I was about to lie down in my dorm…
[You did something interesting to the elves.]
‘What? So it was real? I thought it was just my imagination!’
I heard the woman’s voice in my head.
To be honest, I didn’t think it was real.
I thought it was just a hallucination my mind conjured up during a moment of crisis.
[This one actually exists!]
‘But how did you know about the elf incident?’
[I was watching through your eyes.]
Her being voyeur through my own eyes felt a bit creepy.
So she had seen all my stupid antics too.
[Do it in moderation. You’re going to rot your bones.]
‘Fuck.’
I wondered what to call her.
“What should I call you?”
[You can call me Sister.]
‘Are you shameless?’
She was definitely not young enough to be a sister.
Her way of speaking was archaic, like someone from the past.
[Shut up! How big can the age gap even be?!]
‘But your way of speaking doesn’t sound young enough…’
[Is that a problem? Should I speak like a modern girl then?]
‘No, that’s not what I meant.’
It was impossible to reason with her.
I was starting to get a headache.
But her next words made my head spin even more.
[You’re so lame♡. You’re an idiot♡. A worthless trash without any abilities♡]
‘Why are you speaking like that!’
[It’s trending these days, don’t you know♡. You’re such a loser♡. Go die♡]
‘Please, just shut up.’
Sleep was out of the question, so I went to my desk to read a book.
But that annoying voice kept echoing in my head.
[A friendless loser♡. A loner who stays in his dorm even after exams are over♡.]
‘Seriously, just be quiet if you don’t want to suffer.’
[No♡. I’m not going to listen to a loser♡.]
I was getting pissed.
I growled, trying to warn her.
‘Is there a way to mute you? I can hear you even when I cover my ears!’
[Impossible, impossible♡ You should be grateful to hear this beautiful girl’s voice♡. Just listen and enjoy♡]
*‘I’m warning you, be quiet.’ *
My patience was wearing thin.
But she wouldn’t stop.
[I’m not scared at all♡. Whatever a loser says is meaningless♡.]
*‘You’re dead meat.’ *
I grabbed my phone and accessed the Mysticism Gallery online.
I searched for posts by “Assistant Manager Han” and clicked on one.
– Title: Feel like your dick is about to explode, watch this. How about giving it a thumbs up?
– Author: Assistant Manager Han
(Super deadly picture)
Mine already exploded lol
As my vision was tainted by the image, both the voice in my head and I screamed.
But I couldn’t close my eyes.
I had to inflict damage on that voice.
I forced myself to keep looking at the screen.
“Arghhhhhhhh!!!!!!!”
[Kyaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!]
“Damn iiiiiit, my eyeeeeeees!!!!”
[Why does this even exist? Why does this even exist?]
“I told you to shut up!!!”
[Savemesavemesavemesavemesaveme]
I quickly exited the Mysticism Gallery.
And the voice in my head fell silent.
“I told you to shut up, damn it!”
I cursed at the voice I could no longer hear.
If it weren’t for Old Man Kang-hyuk, I would’ve fainted from that image too.
I don’t miss it though, you bastard.
Just as I attained a scarred but peaceful silence…
I received a text message from an unknown number.
– Mom, are you busy?
– My phone screen is broken, so I’m sending this from a PC. Reply when you see this~
I sent back a reply.
– Please stop pranking me with this number.
– I went to my daughter’s room because I was shocked, thinking that my dead daughter had returned.
My heart still aches whenever I think of my daughter.
Ten minutes later, while I was reading a book, I received another text from the same number.
– You bastard, don’t lie to me. You little shit. You want to die?
I replied.
– Idiot. You rushed to check in 10 minutes, didn’t you?
– (Xi Jinping picture)
– (Tank picture)
– (Super deadly picture)
And then I blocked the number.
I thought I heard a scream from somewhere nearby.
Bastard, don’t disturb my peace.
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“I ripped him apart.”
That single phrase I uttered at the end of the duel with Lucian had resulted in a disciplinary action for violating election laws.
So here I was…
Summoned to the academy on a precious weekend, I was on my way to…
The academy’s security office.
At least I wasn’t alone.
“How is that a violation of election laws, damn it?”
“Shinwoo, be grateful I’m coming with you.”
“…Hye-ji, why did you even offer to come?”
“I’m curious about what they’re going to make you do. If it’s weird, I’m not helping.”
I didn’t mind having company.
But…
“Why did you bring Jung Ah-yeon with you?”
“I didn’t bring her.”
“This one is merely following Lady Hye-ji to seek enlightenment.”
An unexpected guest had tagged along.
Jung Ah-yeon was still wearing her black martial arts uniform with her navy-blue hair in a ponytail.
She was following Hye-ji like a baby bird trailing its mother.
I heard she had been following Hye-ji ever since her crushing defeat during the midterms.
I figured I could just give her some tasks to do, so I let her come.
We finally arrived at the security office.
What greeted us was…
‘Is this the security office or a morgue?’
The staff members looked exhausted, their eyes sunken and dark.
They were staring at the CCTV footage, their eyes glued to the screens.
One of the women noticed our arrival and spoke.
“Ah, welcome. This is the security office. Are you Shinwoo?”
“Yes, I’m here for the disciplinary action.”
“I’ll get straight to the point. We need you to find some unidentified individuals who entered the academy.”
“Unidentified individuals?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
The staff member explained the situation.
The higher-ups had ordered them to allow all elves free entry.
This resulted in many unidentified individuals entering the academy.
And now, they were trying to find these intruders.
“But they only allowed elves in without any checks. Everyone else had to fill out the application forms.”
“Well, some of them stuck paper on their ears to disguise themselves as elves.”
“But they’d be able to tell just by looking at them.”
“These days, commenting on someone’s appearance can be considered racial discrimination. I can’t risk my performance review.”
“Isn’t your performance review already screwed because of this incident?”
“…The higher-ups admitted that it was their fault, so they promised to overlook it if we resolve it by this weekend.”
This academy was truly idiotic.
The higher-ups were responsible for the mess, yet it was the lower-level employees who had to clean it up.
I felt sorry for the staff members who had to spend their weekend watching CCTV footage.
The woman then brought out a few photos and showed them to us.
“Here are the unidentified individuals we’ve identified so far.”
I recognized the faces in the photos immediately.
They looked familiar.
Hye-ji and Jung Ah-yeon seemed to recognize them too.
As if on cue, we all spoke simultaneously,
“They’re Chinese.”
“They’re Chinese.”
“They’re Chinese.”
“Yes, that’s right. They’re Chinese.”
You might be wondering how we knew, but it was simple.
Koreans, Chinese, and Japanese people have a certain something that allows them to recognize each other.
Just like how Caucasians can immediately tell if someone is from a different country.
Korean academies were generally open to international exchange.
Like Kyouko, there were often visiting students and exchange students from other academies.
But China was an exception.
The reason was simple.
‘The first Chinese exchange student caused a lot of trouble.’
The first Chinese exchange student who came here had been a nuisance.
And the Korean exchange student who went to China was severely bullied.
Since then, there had been no exchange with China.
But we couldn’t be sure if these individuals were actually Chinese.
There was one last possibility.
“They could be spies sent by China.”
“But are we sure they’re actually Chinese? They could be optical illusion ability users disguised as Chinese.”
“We checked the locations of all registered optical illusion ability users. While it’s just an approximate location, none of them are at the academy.”
That last possibility was eliminated.
They were definitely Chinese.
Hye-ji then asked,
“But Shinwoo, how are we supposed to catch them if they’re disguised? Should I just throw a bomb?”
“…You just want to blow something up, don’t you?”
“Just let me fire a single missile.”
Her hands were trembling.
Like an addict going through withdrawal.
I asked Jung Ah-yeon for her opinion.
As a martial artist, she should have some insight, considering China was the origin of martial arts.
“Jung Ah-yeon, any thoughts?”
“If they were sent by China, they’re most likely hidden masters. It’ll be difficult to catch them even if we find them.”
“They’re not Gold Ship, so they should be manageable.”
“…Please, stop crushing my spirit.”
She looked dejected, but I didn’t care.
I then recalled the voice phishing call I received the other day.
I suddenly realized that the voice phishing scammers must have been Chinese who could speak Korean.
Sneaking into the country to work as voice phishing scammers?
Those bastards.
The woman from the security office sighed and continued,
“We don’t know their exact purpose, but it’s not a good sign.”
“And if they were sent by China, there’s a high chance that there are agents from the Ministry of Public Security nearby.”
“Right. And even if we catch and punish the intruders, those agents will just take them back to China, and they’ll get away with it.”
“Well, that’s convenient.”
“What?”
“I’ll take care of them.”
There’s a saying: “Use barbarians to fight barbarians.”
Just like how barbarians were best dealt with by other barbarians, Chinese were best handled by other Chinese.
It was time to bring justice to those voice phishing scammers.
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Um, sir author…please try your best not to get “harmonized” by a “friendly” people’s republic death squad, okay?