Chapter 174 – A Professor Like a Professor

I also felt bittersweet while listening to Park Tae-ri’s story.
The Hunter system was a perfect pyramid structure.
Rank comes first, ability comes first.
Wherever there was justice, wherever there was righteousness, the mighty could trample it underfoot.

I understood Deoksu Jang’s situation.

I thought of asking for help if I couldn’t handle this on my own.
However, looking at the flow, I could see that Jang Deok-soo was trying to squeeze his capacity as much as possible this time.

In a word, rock with an egg.
It was to throw oneself at the risk of death.

If Jang Deok-soo is a wise and clever human being, he will plan a strategy more meticulously.
However, as you have already seen in the ‘Book of the Future’, the strategy he set up was full of holes.
It was only one thing that Kim Ga-eun was able to harm, because the opponent did not expect the attack at all.
He couldn’t deal with it because it happened suddenly.

But now things have changed.
Because I know
I knew when and where they attacked Kim Ga-eun.

So, Deok-soo Jang’s plan would fail despite his tremendous desire for revenge against Ga-hee Kim.

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Next day,
When I went to the academy, I was amazed.
And like me, Kim Eana was surprised.

Because, just like yesterday, Kim Ga-eun opened the door to her classroom and greeted her with a friendly face.

“Hello guys~”
“Ah yes. Hello.”
“Hello?”

“I didn’t even hear your names when I introduced myself yesterday.”
“Yes, I…”
“Choi Seong-gyu, right? And you are Kim. I’m sorry~ Yesterday, when I first came here, I was not in a hurry in many ways. I should have familiarized myself with the faces and names of the students I will be in charge of. I came from America the day before yesterday. Please understand~”
“Yes, that’s fine. But why…”
“I’m in charge of this class? Did you come where I couldn’t come?”
“No, not that…”

I knew yesterday that Gaeun Kim had her first day at her Gaon Academy and stopped by this class.
What she wanted was, as she herself said, to see the class she was in charge of.
Probably nothing more.
It was early, so I wouldn’t have expected students to be there.

But she met us.
And said goodbye
I thought that would be the end.

Because I thought that if I learned about the situation of this academy after meeting other professors, especially the dean Gahee Kim, I would never think of coming to see us again.
Not worth it.
The whole academy said they didn’t know me, but I couldn’t take care of it alone.

She would only have her name on it as a C-class attendant, but she would have other duties.
It’s also quite heavy work.

“I looked at all the profiles of class C students yesterday~ To be honest, the other kids didn’t seem to be motivated. You guys are adults too, so I’ll be honest. Most of the students who come to class C come because they want a diploma from this academy. I feel very sorry for that But the practical part should also be taken into account. Because you can’t force someone who doesn’t want to do it and drag him away. I’ve had a pretty decent career in America since then. I did a lot of student education there. Among the people who completed the training course together, I was in first place overall. So, take pride in being accurate with the eyes of the students. You two are different from the other kids. Have you been training every day since you came to the academy? Here in the training room, on your own, without anyone’s guidance. It’s really not that easy. Especially when you’re your age. I’ve been through the 20-year-old too, but I couldn’t think of anything other than going out to play. Really great, you guys. You do it because you want to become a great hunter, right?”

Kim Eana and I looked at each other face to face.
I want to become a great hunter…
In reality, the 40-year-old had no such vague aspirations.
Something more realistic, actually I was growing fast.

However, unlike me, Eana Kim answered in a bright voice.

“Yes! I want to become a great Hunter!”
“Yeah yeah~ I knew that~ Do you want to go to the training room with us? Unfortunately, I have a tight schedule today. It seems like there’s only time for now. I want to see your skills with my own eyes. And let’s do a simple general review. How is it?”
“Great!”

Eana Kim raised her hand and was delighted.

“Okay~ let’s go!”

Basically, Kim Ga-eun and Kim Eana seemed to have many similarities in personality.
The two seemed to have become friends quickly as they chatted non-stop.
As I walked behind him, I thought that Kim Ga-eun was not going well either.

What to say
Could the sisters be so diametrically opposed?
It was to the extent that I thought it was wonderful.

The three of us entered the training room together.
Coincidentally, this was also the place where I learned swordsmanship from Kim Yeon-woo.

“Okay! There is a student record here, but this is a record at the time of admission. Even if it’s only been a month or so, especially Kim and you, it’s been a while since you joined, but if you guys are sincere, I think you’ll have had enough results during that period. Just show it to me.”
“All right!”

Eana Kim answered brightly and went to the center of the training room.

“I will do it first. Because Sunggyu will be more surprised than me.”
“Okay?”

Gaeun Kim looked at me and smiled her eyes.

Even when I entered this academy, I was in C grade.
It was also at the point when I just went up from D-class to C-class, so I thought that alone was a very rapid growth.

And at that time, the only skill I had was ‘sword skill’.

Of course, her Kim Yeon-woo had much more to show, but she left this academy after curing her own poison.
It seems she was trying to express her opinion on something of her own, but she didn’t seem to get it to the top of her academy.

Eana Kim stood in her center and began to showcase her skills.
As for me, they were techniques for handling bows that I saw every day.

The mana arrows she shot hit the training room with splendor and power.

She is normally active enough to be crazy, but her concentration was amazing when she showed off her own skills.
I practiced with her every day, but she honestly thought that if I had been at the same level as she was in my previous life without the help of her system, she would not have been able to keep up with her growth rate.

She was genius
It’s just that her father’s field is different, but if she knew how to use swordsmanship, she was talented enough to rise to the level of ‘swordsman’ like her father.

“Good! Awesome!”

Kim Ga-eun continued to put her choo-im-sae while watching her performance of Kim Ea-na.
Hearing such a choo-im-sae, Kim Ea-na was even more excited and showed off her own ability.

After that was all over, Kim Ga-eun wrote something of hers on her tablet in earnest.

“As expected. You are a genius, Ina.”
“Genius…”
“Haven’t you heard of that? I’m sure you’ve heard a lot?”
“No… Today is the first time.”
“First time? I can’t. Are your parents strict?”
“My mom doesn’t, but my dad is a bit… Her father is also a hunter.”
“Okay? Who is your father?”
“Kim Gil-ja is a saint.”
“Oh, he? Leader of the ‘Path of the Sword’ guild!”
“Oh? Do you know my father?”
“Of course you know~ I was famous even before I went to America. Somehow~ you were his daughter?”

Kim Eana’s shoulders shrugged.
She could see that she was in a great mood after hearing her good things about her cancer buddy.

That’s what a professor can do to motivate you.

I thought Kim Ga-eun was a great person.
She’s cool-headed, and she’s far more like a professor than the other professors at Gaon Academy.

It wasn’t simply because of the way Kim Eana was evaluated, but as a hunter with 15 years of experience, she thought.

“Okay, then next~”

Gaeun Kim looked at me with her smile.
She could see the anticipation on her face.

But to be honest, that expectation was not very different from what she saw when testing Eana Kim.
So, if she and I trained equally hard, I seemed to think that I would have achieved the same result.

In terms of her starting grade alone, I was lower than Kim Eana.
You are certainly aware of that kind of limitation.

I went to the center of Ina Kim’s training room where she had been standing a while ago.

“Our Seong-gyu… He uses a sword as his main weapon, right?”
“Not really! Sunggyu is also good at bows. She is even better than me!”
“Bow?”

At Kim Eana’s words, Kim Ga-eun looked at her tablet with her surprised face.

It would be natural.
It won’t say that I can handle a bow.