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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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“Take me as your disciple!”
Ji-eun’s round eyes were filled with anticipation, swelling greatly.
“…I’m not skilled enough to teach anyone. I’m afraid that would be difficult.”
In reality, it was Ji-eun who had finished off the Seolhwa Church guy.
I had merely moved her around as if controlling a game character.
“No, In-wook. I know. That you’re an amazing person. Even much stronger than the instructors from other academies!”
Although her excessive praise didn’t feel bad, I couldn’t just teach her as I pleased.
To begin with, I wasn’t free enough to do that, putting aside my skills or qualifications.
There was still quite some time left until the pair activity final evaluation, so I had some leeway, but during the upcoming festival period, I had to do student council activities intensely.
And although I wasn’t sure, I felt like I would get a message from Deforme telling me to do something.
There was no way the president would leave me alone.
“Ji-eun. Let’s think about this rationally for a moment. You’re currently a student at Sehwa Hunter Academy.”
“So?”
“Realistically, the conditions aren’t there at all. Even if you really want to learn something from me, neither the time nor the conditions will be properly met.”
Ji-eun crossed her arms, tilted her head obliquely, and grinned.
“Then, In-wook. If I meet all the realistic conditions you just mentioned, will you teach me?”
I thought there was no way she could do anything about it.
Even if she transferred to our academy, my schedule wouldn’t be able to handle teaching her.
“That much should be the bare minimum. That’s what I’m saying.”
“Okay. Then.”
Ji-eun smiled at me with a confident expression.
“I’ll take my leave for today! Master!”
…Who’s your master?
She didn’t even listen to my answer, let alone a definite one, and acted as if I hadn’t blatantly rejected her.
With light footsteps, Ji-eun went down the stairs.
Only after seeing her completely disappear down the lower floor did I let out a deep sigh.
“No way. There won’t be any problems.”
If I said this much, wouldn’t she back off tactfully?
Looking at the setting sun, I returned home.
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Wednesday.
The day of the regular student council meeting in the morning.
I woke up about 30 minutes earlier than usual and washed my face with cold water.
It was the first time I was meeting Si-hwa since seeing her at the hospital.
Ha-rin seemed to be having a hard time because of me…
I was also quite worried about Si-hwa.
Suddenly, the last conversation I had with her came to mind.
[I… I can’t give up on you. No, I won’t. Choi In-wook.]
Given Si-hwa’s personality, those words were definitely not empty talk.
Arriving at the academy, I grabbed the doorknob of the student council room in a slightly tense state.
Phew… Let’s go in.
Opening the door and entering, the seniors who had arrived before me greeted me.
“Oh my! In-wook! Are you feeling better?”
“In-wook is here? Let me see your face. Are you alive? I heard you got hit by Egeon.”
It seemed like all the seniors were worried about me.
“It doesn’t affect my daily life at all. I’m fine!”
I answered them as if there were no problems at all.
I wondered why it felt like it had been so long, but then I realized it had actually been a long time.
It was because this was the first time I had come here since the blank period when they told 1st-years not to come.
“Oh! Si-hwa! Hello~”
“Hello.”
Si-hwa’s voice was heard from the entrance of the student council room.
Gulp.
The sound of saliva going down my throat was particularly loud.
I was pondering how to greet her, but such worries were unnecessary.
Because…
“…Choi In-wook.”
As soon as Si-hwa saw me, she ran towards me who was sitting and hugged me with all her might.
“…Si-hwa?”
I could roughly guess how she felt as she embraced me tightly, but the gazes of the seniors behind us felt extremely sharp.
“Wow~ It’s quite passionate here already from the morning~”
“No. You two fought so fiercely in the finals. Did you have a lover’s quarrel that day?”
…Senior, you might have said that as a joke, but this is real, you know?
No? Usually, a lover’s quarrel is when a husband has one wife, but I had a fight with two wives, so…
…What the hell am I thinking?
Anyway, I had to detach Si-hwa, who had been hugging me for quite a while.
“Si-hwa. I’m okay. Can you let go of me?”
I awkwardly patted her back twice.
“Ah. Sorry. Did it hurt? I didn’t touch where you’re injured, right?”
She didn’t care about other people’s gazes at all and seemed to only be concerned about my physical condition.
“Yeah. It’s fine.”
“Ahem!”
The student council president cleared his throat and looked in our direction as if to start the meeting.
“Alright. Save the displays of affection for when you leave here. Can you focus on the meeting now?”
“I’m sorry.”
Although it wasn’t my fault, I bowed my head and apologized to him for now.
Si-hwa seemed to have more to say to me, but let’s hear it later.
Today’s student council meeting agenda was about the patrol guidelines and rotation distribution for the upcoming festival week.
The festival at the Hunter Academy wasn’t much different from other universities’ festivals.
Except for one thing.
The scale was tremendously larger compared to university festivals.
Since there were rarely any opportunities for non-hunters to look inside the academy, during the festival, it was always crowded with people from outside who wanted to come and play here.
Among them, of course, there were young people who came to hit on male and female hunters belonging to the academy.
If your rank was above a certain level, the income of a hunter’s job was considered good.
Of course, if you ended up marrying an ordinary person, you had to take into account that it would be difficult for your child to be active as a second-generation hunter.
Well.
Marriage is something you do with the person you love.
At least that’s what I thought.
The content the president was conveying was almost all things I already knew.
Because when I was the student council president, I had run the event with almost the same manual.
The reason why patrolling was tougher than usual during the festival period was that fights occurred much more frequently.
It was because of the hunter pubs that opened inside the academy.
Those damn hunters would get drunk and rampage inside the academy.
Whether they were ordinary people or hunters, it wasn’t much different for tables to fight after getting drunk and picking fights, but the problem was the scale of the fights.
The moment the hunters’ eyes turned back and they used mana, not only would the store itself be greatly damaged, but there was also a possibility that ordinary people who came to have fun would get hurt.
Therefore, the student council members had to pay much more attention than usual.
If an accident occurred and we couldn’t handle it quickly, it would be entirely our responsibility.
Still, drunk hunter trainees causing a disturbance…
Suddenly, I had that thought.
“Alright, that’s all for the explanation. Now, let’s do a drawing to adjust the schedule!”
The president took out his cell phone, entered our names, and ran a program.
The names of the seniors were called one by one, and I got the afternoon of the second day and the evening of the third day.
I thought I was quite lucky since the first and last days of the 4-day festival period were the most crowded.
“And the person going in as In-wook’s partner is… Let’s see… Si-hwa, it’s you.”
…How does it uncannily end up being her when there are over 10 student council members?
“Understood.”
Was it just my imagination, or were the corners of Si-hwa’s mouth slightly raised as she answered?
The president organized the names of the members by date on the board hanging on the wall and finally conveyed the last words he wanted to say.
“Not being able to enjoy the festival with ease. It’s regrettable, but as you know, after the festival ends, the academy gives us an allowance. Let’s properly go on an MT together then and have fun. Got it?”
“Of course, the safety of the students and outside visitors is important, but you guys should also do your activities to the extent that you don’t get hurt as much as possible. Got it? Keep in mind that if you get hurt, it’ll be hard for you and it could also hinder the festival operation in the future.”
“Today’s meeting ends here! Dismissed!”
Since there were more things to notify than usual, the meeting lasted longer than usual.
As I left the student council room and checked the time, there wasn’t much time left until the first class.
I thought I should hurry, but I felt someone grab my wrist.
I had tried to leave as quickly as possible on purpose to avoid being caught, but…
Turning around, as expected, Si-hwa was staring at me intensely.
“…Don’t avoid me. Choi In-wook.”
“I didn’t.”
“Don’t lie either.”
…As expected of a married couple.
I guess I can’t beat Si-hwa after all.
“What happened to your arm?”
I was only refraining from using my right hand forcefully without even putting a cast on, but she uncannily noticed that something was wrong with my arm.
I was starting to get scared of Si-hwa’s discerning eye.
“Ah… This.”
The same excuse as with Ye-na, that I fell down the stairs, wouldn’t work on her.
“He got hurt while trying to protect me from falling. Si-hwa.”
An unexpected voice was heard from behind us.
…Why are you appearing here?
Ye-na, holding a take-out coffee in one hand, smiled brightly and asked about my well-being.
“It’s been about two days since I last saw you. Are you feeling a bit better?”
Although she clearly asked me, it was Si-hwa who answered.
“…What?”
Fitting her nickname of the Ice-cold Princess, Si-hwa’s expression was as cold as it could be.
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