Admission is a waste of time (81)
Lesson 18. Midterm Exam – 3
The first time I met him was on the first day I attended Zeno’s lecture.
I was shocked when Dokgo Yeon, the strongest member of Rebellion, was caught up in the moment.
I had an inkling that he was a skilled person, having attended Zeno’s lectures, which were famously attended by only the most elite students in the academy… … but I never thought he would be the vice president of the student council.
‘So, before we talk, I wanted to consult with the members a little bit.’
As I turned my gaze to the side while watching Zeno standing at the podium and giving a lecture in his characteristically calm tone, I saw Ruchel sitting across from Dokgoyeon looking at him with eyes that were unwavering.
Because she was now ‘focusing’ on Ban Yu-won due to the effects of the talisman.
‘I was stupid. I should have set my focus as a priority.’
Normally this wouldn’t happen.
Because Light, who was sitting across from him, was staring intently at Zenon.
The problem is that Ruchel’s attitude toward Ban Yu-won is far beyond his expectations.
Her gaze was beyond hot; it was simply sweltering.
Terrible emotional concepts like ‘affection’ and ‘desire’ are swirling through her mind.
If he hadn’t had Dokgo Yeon in between, he couldn’t be sure what would have happened by now.
In any case, it was the same that neither Ruchel nor Light were in a situation to have a proper conversation.
“Can we really climb the tower with these idiots…?”
“I worry about that all the time, so don’t stress it out to me like that.”
Among those who received the talisman, Dokgo Yeon was the only one who did not activate it right away and sat there unharmed.
In fact, she was the only one among the Rebellion members who could give advice, so it didn’t really matter what happened to Ruchel and Light.
“So, Dokgoyeon, what do you think?”
“Is it possible that what you discovered yesterday wasn’t that great in the first place?”
“I was wondering why there was movement near the spaceship dock. I think it might be a student returning to the Academy on a spaceship.”
“Generally speaking, yes. There shouldn’t be any problems.”
“At first it looked like a whitish mass, but now that I think about it, I wonder if it wasn’t some kind of perception-bending magic.”
Of course, his keen eye can see through everything, but it is difficult to notice everything that passes by in an instant.
At the very least, it took time to clearly recognize the target and focus on it.
“He sneaks back to the academy at night and moves around without being noticed by others. He must be shy.”
“Actually, it was just for a moment, but I saw it in passing.”
At the time I saw it, I thought it was just an optical illusion, but the moment I ran into Ketra, a fourth-year student who called herself the vice president of the student council, I was convinced that what I saw was right.
“I think the ears were pointy.”
“indeed.”
Dokgo Yeon nodded with an expression of understanding.
“A huge corruption involving the student council, rapid destruction of evidence… … Hmm, if it were that guy, he’d be able to cut off Ban Yu-won’s head before I could stop him. Goodbye, Ban Yu-won.”
“Can’t we think a little more positively… … ?”
“You, who have the clues to the corruption, could be dragged into the student council and made into an accomplice.”
“It was like that before too.”
The lecture ended while we were having such a confusing conversation!
Light, who had been silently watching Zeno’s back as he left the classroom, was barely able to calm him down by patting his head. As soon as the lecture ended, he desperately tried to shake off Ruchel, who had jumped over Dokgoyeon and clung to him, and Ketra approached them with truly light steps.
“Thank you for waiting, junior Ban Yu-won. Then let’s talk over a cup of tea at a cafe.”
“Krrrrr… … !”
Lucel, sensing Ketra reaching out to Ban Yu-won, bared his teeth and blocked her path.
When Ban Yu-won winked at Dokgo Yeon, she quickly knocked Ruchel unconscious.
Ketra applauded their natural, flowing actions.
“You guys are playing really aggressively.”
“We’re just very close. Let’s go, senior.”
“Ban Yu-won, are you okay alone?”
Saying something like that while supporting the unconscious Ruchel with one arm and the still unconscious Light with the other would only make him more worried.
Ban Yu-won smiled and replied.
“It’s okay. Maybe.”
“Of course. Didn’t you hear from Graham? Our student council thinks highly of our junior Ban Yu-won. So don’t worry, we’ll make sure he gets sent back to his junior properly.”
“… … .”
Ketra winked at Dokgoyeon with a sparkling smile and an unlucky remark.
Dokgo Yeon looked at it with a really disgusted expression, then turned away without saying anything and carried the two loads on his back.
“… … Did you not like it?”
“I’m curious, but who likes that?”
“Most women like it… … .”
If you can’t tell at a glance that Dokgo Yeon doesn’t belong to the female category, then you’re nothing special.
“Then shall we talk at a cafe? Oh, of course, at an outside cafe.”
“external.”
When we say outside of the Academy, we naturally mean the city outside of the Academy, Ronica.
Well, it would be natural for a student council member to have the authority to participate in external activities.
When Ban Yu-won nodded in understanding, Ketra grabbed his hand and touched her student ID.
The next moment they were standing at the entrance to the outer city of Ronica.
“Voila, this is Ronnie… … Oh, you must be familiar with this. I was surprised to hear that the freshmen this year were quickly given the right to explore independently and engage in outside activities.”
“I don’t have the authority to conduct an independent investigation.”
“That’s right, that Ice Princess? A ‘real monster’ that even her classmates can’t approach. If it weren’t for her special class, she would have been chosen as the next student council president. What a shame. Oh, this way.”
Perhaps it was because he had worked with Ronica for quite some time. He boldly pushed his way into the alley and guided Ban Yu-won to a back alley cafe that he had never seen before.
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It was a cafe in a corner, but it had a nice atmosphere with a wooden sign with delicate patterns that gave it a warm feeling.
The door opened with a jingle, cheerful sound.
“It’s like a student council hideout. If you stay here, at least you won’t get caught by other students in the academy. Bye, big sister!”
“Ketra, you’re here! Welcome, guests!”
It seemed like it really worked for other women, as the woman who was pouring coffee alone inside the cafe responded to Ketra’s wink with a bright smile.
The two sat in the corner and received the coffee they ordered.
Ketra is a vanilla latte, and Banyuwon is an Americano, a friend of all college students (of course, the names were different here).
“So what was the story? Was it that the Ice Princess and your junior were dating?”
“Aren’t we going to start talking now? And he has someone else he likes.”
“Oh, so if I drag her into the student council, will the princess come with me?”
Ketra, who had been seriously contemplating, finally got back to the main topic after receiving a harsh gaze from Ban Yu-won.
“This morning, I mean.”
“This morning?”
“huh.”
I thought we were going to talk about last night.
What happened to the serious conversation I had with Dokgoyeon earlier…? Ketra spoke to Ban Yu-won, who was making a dejected expression, with a much more serious expression.
“We also checked the item that the junior submitted to Professor Campanella.”
“uh.”
I thought Professor Campanella would be the only one to see this, but I never thought it would be shared with the student council officers.
As Ban Yu-won made a puzzled expression, he made an embarrassed expression.
“I’m not trying to get into that. What should I say, the professor showed us something that had a similar effect to the thing we were tracking… … .”
“tracking?”
Ban Yu-won felt that the conversation was going in a suspicious direction.
“Yeah. Where should I start talking about this… … Right. My juniors might not know yet, but our academy’s regular exams are a bit harsh in many ways.”
Thanks to Yumina’s kindness in gathering all the test papers from the Academy over the past few years, I have an idea of how bad the anti-Yuwon thing is, but I have no idea if it’s legal or not, so I’ve decided to keep my mouth shut for now.
“Of course, the students’ resentment towards the regular exams is great. They came to the academy to climb the tower and become gods, so why should they waste time on exams? The president’s response was always expulsion.”
“If you think about it, it’s expulsion… … .”
“It was inevitable that those students would become interested in cheating… a way to get good grades on tests without wasting too much time on them.”
“I heard that too.”
“Then it will be easier to talk.”
Ketra went on and on about all the cheating that had happened at the Academy over the past few years, how ingenious it had been and how much trouble it had taken the Student Council, the party responsible for catching it, to do so.
“And it’s gotten even worse this year… … There seems to be some dangerous things going on among the students… … .”
“Stop!”
Ban Yu-won desperately tried to stop his senior from speaking.
That statement alone was unacceptable, as it was dangerous in many ways.
“Please use purified expressions.”
“It seems like there’s a potion going around with major side effects… … .”
“Okay. Phew… … Huh?”
Ban Yu-won sighed in relief as he felt the mystery of language, but then tilted his head.
“That has nothing to do with my amulet.”
“I think so too, but there are quite a few people who are worried. That’s because that potion also grants strange concentration, comprehension, and memorization abilities.”
“Since the effect is the same, the source may be the same?”
“huh.”
Ban Yu-won also heard that and was convinced.
But that doesn’t mean he can show them the scene of making a talisman, nor can they ask him to do so.
Ketra smiled bitterly as she saw him frown.
“There’s nothing to worry about, junior. I just wanted a little help. Like deducing the ingredients for the potion, or finding out where the potion came from… … .”
“So, you’re saying that you were doubting me in the end… …?”
“Poison and medicine are originally one body, right? So some of the ingredients may be the same… … .”
Ban Yu-won realized that this man had absolutely no understanding of the mechanism of his talisman.
Of course, I had no intention of explaining it, so I just drank my coffee in silence.
It was then that I heard the sound of the cafe door opening.
“Ketra—did you hear the story?”
“Ah, Mira.”
The person who entered the store was a blonde girl with such beauty that even Ban Yu-won, who usually spent time with his class members and had high standards, was surprised.
With dazzling white skin, blonde hair, and emerald-green eyes that shone as brightly as emeralds, she was so pure and beautiful that it made you wonder if Light had grown up properly without messing with things like the Holy Sword!
“Mira, who is in charge of the public relations department of the same student council.”
At Ketra’s introduction, the girl placed a hand on her chest and nodded slightly.
“3rd year, Artifact Making Department, Mira. Our race has no surnames. Same goes for Ketra.”
“hello.”
Ban Yu-won also bowed his head to show respect to his senior.
“I saw the scroll you made. It was amazing.”
“Thank you. It has nothing to do with that potion, though.”
“I know.”
In response to Ban Yu-won’s question, she nodded naturally as if she had expected it.
“what?”
Ketra looked at her with a puzzled expression.
“You were the one who suggested talking to the junior Ban Yu-won because the effects were similar, Mira.”
“It was an excuse. We need to bring in talented people before someone else takes them away.”
“Mira, you really… … .”
Ketra may be the senior, but it felt like Mira had more say.
Ban Yu-won sipped his coffee while watching the two people talking.
By the way, he didn’t even pay attention to black coffee when he was a high school student, but he drank it black just to feel like a college student when he drank coffee.
I wrote a lot.
Ban Yu-won quickly emptied his glass and spoke with a frown.
“Oh, okay, then can I go now?”
“No, if you’re already here, I’d like you to join the student council. And I’d like you to give us that scroll, too.”
“Because it’s not easy to make.”
As Ban Yu-won stood up from his seat, refusing Mira’s request without hesitation, Ketra held onto him with regret.
“I really want you to join the student council. We need people like you.”
“I’ll think about that some more.”
“Then let’s exchange mirror codes. If you find out anything about this matter, please contact me right away.”
“I’d be more than happy to do that.”
Ban Yu-won exchanged mirror codes with Ketra and Mira as well.
Looking at the fact that Mira is sitting in the same spot where Ban Yu-won was sitting, it seems like she and Ketra are going to spend time together from now on.
I thought it matched perfectly, but was it really like that?
Ban Yu-won left the cafe, picturing their relationship in his head.
No, but before that.
Ban Yu-won looked back at Ketra and asked.
“Senior, what are the side effects of that potion? Whatever it is, as long as it doesn’t lead to cheating on the test… .”
“It won’t come off.”
A mystery?
“It seems like the concentration caused by the potion won’t go away for a long time. If this continues, we’ll all be expelled on the test day.”
“That’s what happens when you rely on drugs.”
“Potion, please say potion!”
Ban Yu-won left the cafe feeling even more exhausted.
As they passed through the unfamiliar alleys and reached the main street that was familiar to him, Celon asked him.
-But why are you smiling?
“I told you, it’s not a mistake.”
-What? Ah.
Selon also realized it too late.
Mira, she suits Ketra very well.
Her ears are also pointy like a fairy tale fairy.
