Chapter 90 – Back to School (3)

After completing the capture of the glass world, I immediately took the magic stones I had collected and headed to the exchange.

Name: Siwoo Kim
Grade: Year 1 Class 7
Department: Blessing Department
Class: Class C
Room number: Building F, Room 506
Garden Points: 241
It was to get the GP needed to be promoted to Class B.

I can’t even dare to count how many magic stones are in this dimensional pocket that Riel lent me.

During the vacation, he collected a huge number of magic stones through the A+-level dungeon-type glass world he attacked with the witch, the Hunter Association’s promotion review, the mutant glass world he was trapped with Chloe, and the demons.

Of course, if I tried to exchange B- or higher magic stones as a C-grade, there could be a problem, so of course, B- or higher magic stones were collected separately.

“Welcome.”

Just like the last time, a woman greeted me at the exchange counter.

“Did you come to exchange magic stones?”

She glanced at the pouch I was holding and asked.

“Yes. But there are a lot.”

“Is that so. Please tell me your grade and name.”

“I’m Kim Si-woo from Class 7 in Year 1.”

When I answered, she started tapping on her computer keyboard.

“Yes. Identification is complete. Please hand over the magic stone you want to exchange.”

She said as she handed me an iron tray.

I put her dimensional pouch on top of her and handed it to her.

“And that’s a dimensional pouch.”

“Yes? A dimensional pouch…?”

A look of bewilderment appeared on her face.
It’s not because dimension pouches are rare items.

Even if only Laysha and Chloe were looking at it right now, they were carrying the dimensional pouch.

From my point of view, they seemed puzzled by the fact that the amount of magic stones they had to settle increased.

“Okay… I see.”

I checked the time and it was 8:50.
Maybe it wasn’t work at 9 o’clock.

I felt a little guilty as I looked a little depressed.

And the magic stones started pouring down from the dimensional pocket.

“Haha…”

Is this the smile of an office worker tired of work?
I was empty and frustrated.

“… It will take quite a while, will it be okay…?”

And she looked at me with a little hopeful look in her eyes.

“Yes. It’s okay.”

Even at a rough estimate, that number is over 400.
Even the sizes were different, so I had no intention of asking them to finish it in one day.

It would be impossible in the first place.

“Thank you…!”

Is it because of the hope that I can go to work?
Her face brightened slightly.

And dark circles under her eyes.

∴
“The ranking match will start soon. Be diligent in your training.”

The homeroom teacher had said it succinctly.

Students’ reactions were varied.

The students who diligently practiced during the vacation were able to gain confidence, while the opposite students were in despair.

Of course, our party members were an exception.

“The students to be most wary of are Kim Do-hun and Nam Seo-jin from Class 1, Yu-ri Lee from Class 2 and Kang-Hyeon Kim from Class 5.”

Laysha, the only member of our party who has a good student relationship, made a kind statement.

In the case of Ayoung and I, she was an outsider from the start, and in the case of her Chloe, she directly knocked out students who approached her.

“Students Dohoon Kim and Ganghyeon Kim achieved B rank around the same time as me, and Seojin Nam and Lee Yoori achieved B rank during vacation.”

I heard from other students.
Laysha added an explanation.

As expected, it seemed that she was already thorough in managing her personal connections.

I looked back at her memories.
All of them were names I had heard while playing the game, but I couldn’t remember exactly.

I remembered that Kim Do-hoon, Kim Gang-hyeon, and Nam Seo-jin used two-handed swords, bows, and stealth in that order, but I had never heard of Lee Yu-ri.

Unfortunately, the memory ability had no effect on memories before acquiring the ability.

‘Was it an unpopular character?’

I didn’t know the male characters, but I knew the information about the female characters.
In the first place, the academy’s hero was Yagem.

However, no matter how much I tried to recall it, it didn’t come to mind.

“What are you going to do? You can’t use magic in ranking matches.”

Ayoung asked me anxiously, and Laysha and Chloe were no different.
As she said, you cannot use magic in ranking matches.

Even if Mine is not well known to the world yet, it is a ranking match of the best academy garden in Korea.

Broadcasting companies from all over the world as well as Korea are coming all the way to Korea to broadcast the Rankin Match.
But I use magic there?

It would be fortunate if he was hunted down and killed right away… No one knows if he will be dragged somewhere and subjected to a living experiment.

“I’m going to participate as a blessing sorcerer, so it doesn’t matter.”

“Ah.”

At my words, they made faces as if they realized something.

They must have forgotten that I was in the Department of Blessings after watching the scene where I used magic to blow off the heads of cyclops for a week after the opening ceremony.

“Then, Siwoo-nim must be 1st place.”

“I guess so.”

Among the first year students, there is no student who can follow my blessing technique.
And since the Awakener who has awakened the Blessing cannot acquire other skills, the Blessing Ranking takes place.

Of course, in the case of me, I can participate in normal ranking battles, but except for Magi, my combat power is not at the top, but only at the top.

There was no clear advantage for me to fill the lacking skill level with blessing art.
If I forbade the use of Magi immediately and battled Ayeong and Laysha, of course I would lose.

“Looks like there’s too much difference…”

Chloe said in a slightly somber voice.
I was a little surprised by her weak side.
Could the Cyclops’ attack not long ago still remain in his mind?

“… You’ll catch up soon.”

Honestly, it’s not that big of a difference.
This magic power is a power that cannot be used freely.

Still, it gave me encouragement.

Anyway, by the time they grow up faster and graduate from the academy, they will have reached the level of A-class hunters.

The reason I’m sure is that Laysha and Chloe were popular characters in the game, and the growth rate they’re showing now is amazing.

In Ayoung’s case, it was the final boss.
She had no idea why such a nice girl became the final boss.

“Can we just work harder?”

Ayoung looked at Chloe and said.

“Yes.”

Chloe nodded her head.

∴

“Twenty ha… Alright…! Twenty…Two melancholy…!”

Originally, I thought that the barbell was this heavy.
Even after lifting and lowering the 100-kilogram barbell 22 times, my arms started to tingle.

‘Oh, I forgot the weight.’

Tung!

The barbell on the ground made a small crash.

“Whoa… Shibeol…”

I cursed, but no one was around.
Not too long ago, I was assigned a private exercise room as a B-rank benefit at the same time I achieved B rank.

I brushed her hand away.
She tingled a little, but she wasn’t too bad.

[Strength: 10]

An overwhelmingly low strength stat compared to other stats.
Of course, it was an ability that was useless to me who was aiming for a mage/healer/buffer.

Of course, it is a useless ability even for me now.
But wouldn’t it be better than not having it at all?

It was too boring to improve my skills by repeating only the world of sex and glass, so I am exercising as a change of mood.

Smart smart

A knock on the door was heard and a woman entered.

It was Laysha, a blonde blue-haired woman.

“Are you working out?”

“Yeah, it’s a bit difficult.”

At my words, Laysha turned her gaze to the barbell at my feet.

Approximately 120KG including weight.
It may be a heavy weight for the general public, but it is a weight that can be lifted with one hand by the Awakened.

“Hmmmm…”

For reference, my strength stat is 10.
It’s on the same level as Hell’s.

Feeling a bit embarrassed, I let out a cough and subtly covered the barbell with my leg.
Of course, it couldn’t be covered.

“But what are you here for?”

“I was wondering if I could help you with your workout.”

Come to think of it, Laysha was wearing black leggings and a jersey jacket.

“He wasn’t always there during lunch.”

Leysha looked at me with her suspicious eyes.
I couldn’t help but be stabbed by her eyes.

Laysha only knows that I am currently dating Ayoung.
Of course I don’t know about Seoin and Chloe.
During her lunch break, which she always told her she was training for, she went to see Seo-in.

“I went to the public training room instead of the private training room, so it was a bit difficult for me to do it alone.”

I used my acting skill to make an excuse.
But she still seemed suspicious of me.
Could it be that he went to the public training room?

“Hmm… I see. So how are you?”

Fortunately, that didn’t seem to be the case.

“Yes, I would be grateful if you could help me.”

What is the point of refusing to help?

“Yes.”

And the movement began.

I was pretty spartan, but there was no exercise I didn’t do, from the treadmill to the bench press.

She couldn’t help but be surprised by Ray Sha’s ability to lift a 200kg barbell with ease.

∴

“Hello.”

As I slowly opened the door and entered, a man with a solemn atmosphere was staring at me without answering.

The principal of the garden and the world’s best S-rank hunter. It was Jang Young-shik.

He looked at me without saying anything, as if he was thinking deeply about something, and I had no choice but to stand still.

‘If this is the case, why did you call me?’

After training in hell with Laysha, I was going to return to the dormitory with my exhausted body and spend time with Ah-young, but I got a call from him.

“… Sit down for now.”

And finally he opened his mouth and spoke to me.
Perfect expressionlessness.
There was no emotion in his eyes, expression or tone.

“All right.”

I sat down in the chair and looked at him again.

“I will only talk about the main topic. Are you okay?”

“Yes, it is fine.”

Could it be that he noticed my demonic spirit?
For a moment, a sense of uneasiness came over me that seemed to squeeze my heart, but no one except Riel could recognize the unmanifested magic in this world.

“Do you know witches?”

“Yes?”

Riel suddenly appears here?

I immediately remembered the reason why Riel came out of the headmaster’s mouth.

There was a time when the two were friends for a while.
Could it be because of that?

But why did he ask me about Riel and how did he notice the contact between me and Riel?

“Look at this.”

And he handed me a letter.
Inside the maroon envelope was a white letter folded neatly.

I slowly reached out to the letter and checked its contents.

Briefly, this was it.

I will be entering the academy soon.
Please treat me as a transfer student.
Please put me in the same class.

It was a letter from Riel.