Chapter 27 – Locked Room With No Windows

Morning.
That point that marks the start of the day.
When I arrived at the lecture hall, there was one more unexpected person today.

“Seoha, hello.”

In the classroom where only Kim Joo-won would normally be, for some reason, Yoon Shi-hoo was also in the classroom.
If Kim Joo-won was sitting in the window seat behind her.
Yoon Shi-hoo is standing by the window in the hallway and looking out. Looking back at me, she greeted me.

“What is it, Yoon Shi-hoo…?”
“I just woke up early today.”

Well, a person can do that for a day or so.
It’s a bit surprising that it wasn’t anyone else, but Yoon Shi-hoo, who always arrives on time to school.
Perhaps the cause is…

“Anyway, good morning.”

Maybe it’s because you know I’m a woman.
Actually, even though he decided to help me, he had nothing to do.
It’s just a matter of keeping quiet about my identity.
Why are you waking up early?

I greeted him and went into the classroom and headed to my seat.
Kim Joo-won, as always.
In the morning, he watched my arrival for a moment with emotionless eyes, then started looking out the window again.

Then, a question occurred to me that was useless no matter how much I thought about it.
The guy who acted as if he had no interest in me during the day.
When it’s just the two of us, why is it that I can’t catch and eat people so much?
How many times have I stared blankly at my phone while thinking useless thoughts?

“Now, is everyone gathered!”

Hearing a man’s voice full of strength, he turned off his phone screen and looked up.
As always, the instructor opened his mouth, showing off his overflowing energy.
The students, not yet accustomed to academy life, answered in low voices.
Unsatisfied with the students’ lackluster voices, he frowned for a moment.

“Attention! For today’s schedule, we will have time to see with our own eyes the process of clearing the Underworld, which could not be done with more than a machine.”
“Are we going too?”
“It would be nice if that were the case, but today you guys are not the instructors I saw outside the training ground.”

It was then.
The door burst open, and a short woman, whom I had never seen before, appeared, saying, “Can I come in now?”
The eyes of the students immediately brightened when they saw the first woman at the academy.

“Instructor Kang Mi-jeong, who is next to me, will demonstrate it herself.”

Mijung Kang.
According to the original story, I am at Cheonghwa Academy because of the incident that happened in Honghwa.
The male instructor of the academy and the work place were switched and worked in Honghwa.
A person who is about to die during the encroachment of the hidden world of Honghwa Academy.

“Hey guys!”
“Unlike my instructor, who is of the defense type, I thought that you guys would have more things to learn from the offensive class, so I made a special request.”

He paused for a moment and his gaze scanned the crowd.
It seems like he won’t let you go if you don’t concentrate.
It took a while for the students to flinch at the instructor’s sharp eyes.

“I want everyone to focus on education today.”

The instructor’s words fly.
With the words to assemble at the training ground, the instructor left the classroom with a woman named Kang Mi-jeong.

Seeing the two of them like that, all the students complained inwardly that it was annoying.
I wonder if the attack on the back side world that I will do in the future is miraculous.

“Seoha, aren’t you going?”
“…I’m going.”

The mysterious side also includes Yoon Shi-hoo.
When I didn’t move and stayed still, Yoon Shi-hoo urged me to go.

“I’m going first.”
“Uh, yes.”

After all, I have dimensional abilities.
Now, there are no restrictions on using Lee Seo-ha, a male student at Cheonghwa Academy, not Lee Seo-ha.
Could I have a little bit of leeway?

Yoon Shi-hoo listens to my answer.
She blended into the crowd she was hanging out with and stormed out of her classroom.
Just like you used to treat me.
Since we were sitting next to each other, it was no different than usual as we only had a brief conversation.

‘I’m glad.’

He must have made up his own mind about how to treat me.
If I help halfway, my identity will be revealed.
I’d rather just treat you the same as usual.
And maybe that’s even better.

‘It would be much better if a regressor like Kim Joo-won helped me…’

The empty seat left after Yoon Si-hoo left.
At the same time as she raised her body, it was located where her gaze naturally turned.
Looking at Kim Joo-won, who is getting closer and closer to me.

…Huh?
She’s getting closer to me?

“Lee Seo-ha.”

No kidding, he got up from his seat and was walking towards me.
All the other kids have already left the classroom.
Kim Joo-won came to me as if he had been waiting, standing right in front of me.

“That guy.”
“That guy?”
“The guy sitting next to you should be careful.”

He looked down at me for a moment while making a sound that didn’t sound like words.
Fuck, what is it that makes you feel bad in the morning?
I’m dumbfounded from the morning, the moment I hesitated for a while and tried to say something, saying, “Don’t talk bullshit.”
Kim Joo-won turned around and started to go his own way, as if he would not listen to the objections.

Flashing crackling electrical sparks around.
As soon as he left the classroom, he disappeared in front of the classroom in an instant with lightning.

I’m looking at the empty spot where he disappeared
It’s funny. Really.
Who really needs to be careful, tell Sihoo to be careful.

“Oh, fuck.”

I looked at my watch and cursed.
I was a little relaxed because I had dimensional ability, but thanks to that, I was late.
I can’t.

‘Dimension transfer.’

When I was in the form of a woman, it was a device that made me discover that I was a woman.
As a man now, it’s proof that I’ve grown that much.
If the directing effect when swimming in a two-dimensional space was just the effect of my body appearing like a hologram in the air.

“And…!”

As if breaking through the air.
As I appeared with blue light and small cubes scattered around, the eyes of the people around me naturally focused on me.
The instructor hadn’t come in yet, so I was able to go over safely without being scolded for being late.

* * *

“The first priority in attacking the hidden world is what you guys have before securing your target.”
“No one knows what role each person plays in the world.”
“That’s why, in order to plan effectively, the first priority is to know what each person has and create a route to meet and connect with each other.”

A woman named Kang Mi-jeong breaks the other side of the world by chewing and swallowing the instructor’s words.
It was watched on a giant screen in the center of the training ground.
Watching Kim Joo-won show off his overwhelming combat power, which he couldn’t even compete with.

I can’t remember exactly what her ability was.
Even to me, who didn’t know much about combat yet, that woman named Kang Mi-jeong seemed particularly strong.
Even when writing it as a novel, I thought that the difference in power between the active guardian and the academy student would be quite large.

‘It’s crazy.’

The image of him wielding a greatsword the size of his own body and shattering the enemy who stood in his way with his shield…
It was literally terrifying.

I don’t know if it’s slower.

However, the greatsword of that woman named Kang Mi-jeong was also fast.
If you hit the floor and cause an artificial earthquake.
The guys who shoot something from a distance swing their swords and blow swords, then step on the floor and charge and slice the entire formation.
The overwhelming inaction she shows through the screen as a short person in the mid-150s.

“Wow, what a mess…”
“It’s crazy.”

In no time at all, the students’ souls had been taken out.
Except for Kim Joo-won.
She knew how strong she could become, that kind of attitude.

“Whoa. It’s been a while since I warmed up.”

Did she say body strengthening?
Having easily destroyed the Underworld as if blindfolded by Maparam, she wiped her forehead with the back of her hand as soon as she came out of the virtual Underworld.
It was as if, after watching a movie, she saw the actor in real life.

“So, I hope you all keep what you saw today in your memory and devote yourself to training. Got it!”
“Yes!”

As if I wasn’t the only one who felt the feeling of watching the movie, the students were quite uplifted.
Hope they can do the same.
That mind was making the hearts of the students excited now.
…Today, the private training ground will be packed with freshmen.

“Then let’s break up! Leader! Salute!”
“Everybody wake up!”

Yoon Si-hoo’s voice resonated loudly.
The students who had been sitting all stood up from their seats and got ready.
Under the voice of the class leader, he greeted the two instructors.

Then, as if they were trying to preoccupy the individual training ground, everyone rushed out of this large training ground like an auditorium.
Looking at their backs, I raised the corner of my mouth and opened the second dimension space.
The moment you want to make your personal training ground your destination.

“Lee Seo-ha.”

I heard Kim Joo-won’s voice behind me, so I stopped what I was doing and turned my head.

“Can I go too?”
“…I guess.”

That guy should know how my abilities work.
To be honest, I didn’t want to use my powers on this guy.
I let out a small sigh at the reality that if I didn’t want to cause unnecessary friction, I had to do what he wanted, and then designated me and Kim Joo-won as objects and used dimensional transfer.

But.

“What, why are you following me?”
“You haven’t opened the door to the dimension yet, have you?”

When I asked if I could go with you, I wonder if I was asking if you would like to train with me today.
Let’s look at the guy who entered the same training room as me without my consent and ask him with an angry expression.
Kim Joo-won, as usual, has pinpointed the most frustrating part of me these days.

“Get out.”
“It’s difficult, Lee Seo-ha.”

Clap.
Kim Joo-won, who pushed me inside, closed the door to the training room and locked it.
First of all, since it is a training room, there are simple weapons and virtualization devices.
In fact, it’s like being locked in a closed room with no windows.

“I’m leaving right now, I’m sorry!”
“How to deal with magical power.”

Kim Joo-won’s hand unbuttoned his jacket and came in between his shirt.
In an instant, he quietly grabbed my chest, which was wrapped in bandages.

“It’s embarrassing not knowing yet.”
“…What?”
“If you don’t want to fall behind, you’d better stick with my words today. Others with even the slightest talent are starting to realize their abilities.”

First time hearing about it.
She put on a puzzled expression for a moment, wondering if Kim Joo-won’s words were set up like magical powers rather than superpowers.
I came to my senses at the guy’s fingers touching the part where the nipples were, and I glared at him again.

“Then let’s start. The setting is the basic training ground.”

I had to operate the control panel without being able to say anything in his voice.