Chapter 47 – Treasured Tablet

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I got up early and got ready.
Gaon Academy was a completely different world that I couldn’t even dare to cross the threshold in my previous life.
I didn’t want to leave a bad first impression.

In any case, it was an exception for me to enter there.
Moreover, entering as a scholarship student?

I also think it must have been an unavoidable choice for Gaon Academy.

A common criticism not only of Gaon but also of reputable academies is that only elites are selected and managed separately.
Awakening as a Hunter itself is a kind of luck, but on top of that, it monopolizes talented Hunters and exacerbates the sense of incongruity with ordinary people.

In other words, it is a story that only those who will do well will push their backs to become even better.
It was also the fact that most of the academies are operated on a half-scholarship half-donation basis.
It’s a system that pushes the guys who will do well anyway.

As it is a capitalist and hierarchical society, this was unavoidable.

In addition, there were many other reasons to push more talented hunters.
Competition with other countries.
To safely clear high-level dungeons, etc.

In any case, the government had to listen to the complaints of the general public to some extent, and the academy had to give the impression that it responded to them to some extent.
One of those systems is to receive scholarships from regular hunter schools.

These are things that a 20-year-old me would not have understood.
The 40-year-old me could roughly guess the situation just by looking at what was going on.

‘Although it’s luck.’

She passed Kim Ga-hee’s test by showing her ‘sword skills’, but it’s hard to say that everything will go well with this.

Kim Ga-hee, of course, would not be very interested in me.
She has a lot of other talented students to manage and give her more attention.

For example, an S-class Hunter.
Gaon Academy had at least two to three students who had awakened to S rank.

It was only natural that the best attention and resources of the Academy would be focused on them.
There is no reason not to be dissatisfied.
For S-class Hunters.

They are humans who rose through the clouds the moment they woke up.
It can be said that he is the god of the present life.

‘Even if the reality is far from God.’

The S-class hunters I’ve experienced were closer to demons than gods.
Not everyone was like Gahee Kim.
In that sense, the future of the world, which has become richer since the advent of dungeons and hunters, can be said to be bleak.

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Arriving at the academy, I was guided in the lobby.
One of the staff members looked at me and said, “Student Sungkyu Choi?” He asked.

When I answered yes, he took me to the inner classroom.

The overall atmosphere was quiet.
Some students could be seen in the hallways, and although there were some noisy classrooms, it was generally quiet.
The reason, I thought, was that I had come here too early.

Since it was my first time coming, I didn’t want to be late, so I came 30 minutes early.

There was no one in the guided classroom.

“Can I stay here?”

I asked the clerk and she nodded.

“In about 20 minutes the others will come. Today is self-training, so you can spend it getting acquainted with other students.”

She said in a tone that was not very interested.
It’s like I’m talking like a guest who won’t stay here for long.

I understand, but I didn’t expect it to be so blatant.
I thought I would at least see Dean Kim Ga-hee’s face one more time, but she didn’t seem interested in me either.
Perhaps we will never see her face again.

Because I’m not someone you can meet so easily in the first place.

I looked around the classroom.
The atmosphere was not appropriate to be called a classroom or even a lecture hall.

At the far end of the large classroom were individual lockers.
It was a fairly large and good quality locker.

I went there and there was also a locker with my name on it.
There was a post-it with the password on the door.
I entered my password into the lock, and as soon as the door opened, I entered my new, familiar password.

Surprisingly, there was a set of equipment and a sword in the locker.
When I opened the drawer, there were various kinds of potions.
There was also one tablet, and judging from the academy mark on the back, it seemed that it was given to each student for learning.

“Hmm…”

I took out the equipment and looked at it and was amazed.
The quality was so good that it was hard to believe that it was given to students in general.
In terms of price, it will be at least 20 million won.
There’s this sword…

‘It’s a brand.’

Like the equipment, it was a kendo brand product.
The price of the sword seemed to go from 1,500 to 2,000.

It was a familiar brand because I had a lot of experience dealing with equipment and weapons.

Of course, these would have been paid for in partnership with these companies.

The potions were also good enough to be incomparable to those given by the university, and it was clear how prestigious Gaon Academy was.

‘I don’t know if I can get it for free.’

It quickly proved that he was lucky to be here.
Giving 50 million won worth of goods to a student casually.
This was better than the level a rookie who had just entered the guild received.

There is still a long way until the time the staff said the students will come.
With nothing else to do, I sat down in my chair and started the tablet.

It was Gaon Academy’s crest that filled the screen with the profound BGM.
Next, the background and overview of the academy’s establishment came out.
A boring opening followed, including the introduction of the dean.

I was interested in my own way, so I watched the contents of about 5 minutes to the end.
There were some aspects that were somewhat over-directed, but there was no lie in this content.
Although the dean, Ga-Hee Kim, may seem rather cool, I knew that this was by no means an exaggeration.
Kim Ga-hee was a greater character than what was shown here, and she was a hunter who would be rated higher as time went on.

After the opening, the school facilities and curriculum were introduced.
From the outside, it wasn’t that flashy, but the inside facilities were quite substantial.

If you wish, you can reserve and use the training room inside the school.
Most items can be purchased at a discounted price, and repairs to equipment and weapons provided are free.

All other benefits are top notch.
It was not expected how much they would receive if they received money and provided this kind of service.
Of course, even if it was not a fixed tuition fee, there was a measure to know it.
Half of the students at this academy came in through donations.
I understand that you have to pay the donation not only when you enter school, but also at regular intervals.

Perhaps the amount is beyond imagination.
If you pay by the time you graduate, billions will be worth it.

‘It must be worth it.’

At least Gaon Academy did not announce who paid for the academy and who were scholarship students.
With a diploma from this academy, the rest of his life went smoothly.
Even if it is donation admission, students are not accepted unless it is above a certain level.
In addition, it meant that the background was at least enough to pay that much donation, so there were plenty of reasons to receive preferential treatment in many ways.

‘I’m a really unique case.’

If I were an ordinary 20-year-old student, I would have considered belonging to this place as a cushion of thorns.

‘But why me?’

I didn’t come in because I wanted to, I got in after a professor’s recommendation and passing the dean’s interview.
Even if it was a show transfer system, there was no reason for me to care.

‘I should eat as much as possible.’

There was no other place in Korea where the foundation for growth could be more firmly established than here.
This was also a kind of blessing I enjoyed in my second life.

As I looked through the contents of the tablet, I was surprised.

Because there were manuals for various skills and even some special abilities.
It even includes instructional videos.

‘What’s this?’

I hadn’t seen anything like this while doing guild activities.
I doubted whether it was okay to provide such precious things to young students.

‘Even if only a handful of students learn the skill by watching this anyway.’

Skills and special abilities are basically difficult to learn if they do not match with oneself.
In addition, it was a skill that was barely obtained through a very difficult and long training process.
Of course, if you have these manuals and learning videos, you will be able to shorten the training period while reducing trial and error.

‘It’s beyond my imagination.’

Of all the content on the tablet, this was considered the greatest.
This alone can be said to have made it worth entering this academy.
Because I have 15 years experience.
After long training, he gained quite a few skills, but lost them all in the process of returning.

However, I figured that with this manual, I would be able to get them back ASAP.

Moreover, I was not the person I was in my previous life.
Stats were raised as a reward for completing quests.

There is room to learn skills that were not compatible in the previous life.

It was when I was looking at my tablet and smiling.

The front door of the classroom opened and students began to enter.