Episode 12. Protagonist (3)
8.
The weekend passed and it was Monday. We woke up early in the morning and were busy.
Today is the day when the long-awaited anti-class match takes place.
Although it was said to be a class competition, since only three people representing each class participated, it was in reality a league only for top performers. In other words, it is their own league.
But I think the atmosphere has changed because I, an F-level player, am participating.
“Siwoo. “Did you sleep well?”
As soon as I got to school, Yoo Ah-ram came up to my desk and asked, and Ji Tae-hoon’s gang surrounded me.
“Oh, I slept well. But what is this situation now?”
Yoo Ah-ram laughed and answered my question.
“Cheering.”
“ok?”
“Lee Si-woo. I won’t forgive you if you lose. “This is about the honor of Class 5.”
At that moment, Ji Tae-hoon spoke while glaring at me, and I answered while looking at him.
“uh… … . Of course, I don’t plan on losing… … .”
The moment I said that, Selina and Dabin Hwang entered the classroom together.
I don’t know why the two of them were wearing school uniforms, but they looked determined today.
“Actually, I was waiting to cheer for them, but you came in first.”
Seeing the students flocking to the two, Yoo Ah-ram narrowed his eyes.
“That’s right.”
Something was strange. Although she had shown her classmates dealing with Fenrir, she had never shown them any other training.
So these guys must have thought of me as just a lucky F-ranker, but I didn’t expect them to come in such a large group to cheer me on. As expected, there was a separate target for cheering.
“But, did I really come to support Siwoo?”
I tilted my head at Yoo Ah-ram’s words. I thought it was because of something that happened the other day, so I said thank you.
“thank you. “I have to work harder because I have someone cheering me on.”
As soon as he said those words, Yoo Ah-ram quickly ran towards Selina and Hwang Da-bin. As I was thinking that they were cheering really hard, perhaps because it was the official religion, I thought of the class match that would be held today.
Today I was planning on getting some real attention.
‘That way, I will be able to face the lecture fee.’
It was important to get acquainted with the heroes of the first part of the original work. If I provoked the guys and got hit, I could transfer my talent to them, and if I got their favor, it could be helpful in my future school life.
‘I will use you more tenaciously this time.’
In the last episode, I received the talents of four of the seven heroes. Of course, everyone had a very difficult relationship.
I suddenly became curious as to whether the heroes of Sentai would be included in ‘All Together’.
Then it would be difficult.
As I was getting into shape through training for the first week after entering school, I thought a lot about the standard of ‘all together.’
There were many attractive characters in ‘Ise’. That meant that there were many characters that readers liked, and that they should not be abandoned.
I looked at Selina and Hwang Da-bin surrounded by their friends.
First of all, I had to make those two on my side unconditionally.
I approached the two and spoke.
“Dabin Hwang, Selina.”
Dabin Hwang, who was thanking the students for their support one by one, and Selina, who was nodding with a cold expression, turned to me at the same time when I heard my call.
Today, I plan to take down the main character of this universe with these two guys.
9.
-Notice. All students are requested to go to the auditorium.
The broadcast came out. The place where the anti-class competition was held was in the auditorium, and the fact that it was broadcast meant that preparations were completed in the auditorium.
‘I guess we’ve arrived.’
When the broadcast came on, I headed to the auditorium alongside Hwang Da-bin and Selina.
Jeong Ju-won came up to us and started talking.
“Now, listen as you go. “I’ve finished figuring out who will be in classes 1 to 4.”
“Oh really?”
As a guy with excellent information skills, Jeong Joo-won started telling us about the top performers in other classes.
“Because I don’t have time, I’ll just tell you about the people of interest that each class needs to watch out for.”
“uh.”
“First of all, everyone in Class 1 knows Yoon Mir, right? Since she entered school as the top student, her grade was S level. She is the strongest enemy. Her talent is called ‘Yonginhwa’. “I’m not sure what talent she has just by hearing her name.”
As soon as I heard it, I knew it was a talent related to dragons, right?
Come to think of it, Jeong Joo-won tended not to believe in occult things until he saw them with his own eyes.
When we nodded, Jeong Ju-won continued speaking.
“Well, Dabin Hwang knows it well, so I’ll skip any further explanation. The person of interest that we need to watch out for in class 2 is Won Won Hoon. His grade is A, but his talent is a bit unusual. “They said I could show hallucinations.”
Won Won-hoon was someone I already knew.
I passed because that guy could never beat me.
“The person to watch out for in class 3 is Yang Min-jae… … .”
“Everyone, please take your seats.”
As I listened to Jeong Joo-won’s story, I had already arrived at the auditorium even though I hadn’t even heard the story properly.
The wide auditorium was reminiscent of a stadium.
“It looks like the seniors have already arrived.”
“I said that class competitions would start from third grade.”
In some ways, this was a place where seniors and juniors got to know each other for the first time.
We went up to the second floor and looked at the third-year seniors preparing for a class competition.
Among them, the person worth keeping an eye on is… … .
“This is senior Tae Ji-hyuk.”
Jeong Joo-won said as he saw Tae Ji-hyuk, a third-year senior, warming up.
“You mean that person is an S-class awakened person just like Yoon Mir?”
Yoo Ah-ram, who was standing next to Jeong Joo-won, looked at Tae Ji-hyuk with a curious expression.
While everyone else was looking at Tae Ji-hyuk, I sat between Selina and Hwang Da-bin and closed my eyes.
As for Tae Ji-hyuk, I knew very well what kind of guy he was, having experienced it in the first and second rounds.
“Are you not interested?”
Dabin Hwang saw my behavior and asked.
“uh. “I need image training.”
“Image training? “How do you do it?”
Selina asked curiously.
“Yeah, thinking about Yoon Mir… … .”
Speaking of which, in this episode I realized that it was not long ago that I first saw Yoon Mir.
“… “We’re training you on how to connect with you.”
Selina nodded in response to me and closed her eyes after me.
Selina, who had been training and watching me, seemed to have decided that it would be a good idea to follow me.
When Dabin Hwang saw us both closing our eyes, he made an expression that he couldn’t lose, so he closed his eyes and started image training.
Jeong Ju-won laughed when he saw that.
“If anyone sees them, they will think that the seniors are sleeping instead of watching the game.”
I threw out a comment in response to the nuance of wanting to watch the seniors compete against each other together.
“There’s nothing to see. Because it’s okay.”
“What?”
As Jeong Ju-won tilted his head at my words, Yoo Ah-ram intervened.
“Tae Ji-hyuk wins anyway! Right?”
“Oh, right. So, we’re going to do image training, so don’t disturb us.”
Jeong Ju-won and Yoo Ah-ram became quiet at my words.
I suddenly realized that I hadn’t heard all about the top achievers in other classes from Joowon Jeong, but it didn’t matter.
Anyway, it will be a job for less than Yoon Mir.
10.
“Now, since it looks like the entire school has gathered in the auditorium, let’s start the class competition by grade. “My name is Yoo Hye-ran, and I am the homeroom teacher of the first grade class and the host.”
Clap clap clap clap.
Teacher Hye-ran Yoo’s words erupted in applause. They were second year seniors.
“Then, before the class competition started, someone important was supposed to come to our school today, right? Let me introduce you. “You are Kang Yeon-geum, one of the seven heroes!”
With the introduction of teacher Hye-ran Yoo, the screen behind the podium began to go up.
And then a middle-aged man with silver hair and a suit appeared behind him and walked out.
It was an alchemist’s lecture fee.
“Nice to meet you. Dear students of Gakseong High School, this is your lecture fee.”
“Wow!!”
“It’s awesome!”
“oh my god!”
The place became noisy.
I opened my eyes to the students’ voices and looked at the lecture money. Although it was my third time seeing him, he was almost as popular as an idol.
‘Definitely one of the main characters in Part 1.’
There were many readers of ‘Ise’ who also liked the seven heroes.
It felt like that popularity was reflected.
“Haha, thank you for welcoming me. “The reason I came to visit Awakening High School today is to promote my guild, the Pension Guild, and also because of Scouting.”
Not only the students but also the teachers began to whisper at the sudden scout declaration.
“Of course, I know that it is up to the student to choose a guild until graduation anyway. I’m not saying I’m going to scout right now. My personal intention is to support students I like. So, we will watch this match against each other with anticipation.”
After Yeongeum finished speaking and came down from the podium, teacher Hyeran Yoo took the microphone again.
“Yes, this might be a huge opportunity. The support of a hero makes me wish I were a student. In addition to the lecture fee hero’s proposal, there are also gifts prepared separately by the school, so please do your best. Now, let’s start the class competition from the 3rd grade! “Representatives from third grade classes 1 to 5, please come forward!”
Da-bin Hwang tilted his head when hearing the word ‘representative’ from teacher Hye-ran Yoo.
“Was there a class representative?”
“I did not know? “Are you the representative of our class?”
Hwang Da-bin looked surprised at Jeong Ju-won’s words, and I said this to Hwang Da-bin.
“The person who gets first place in the class is the representative. “Pick the bracket well.”
“huh? Bracket?”
After hearing my words, Hwang Da-bin looked at the podium and saw five third-year seniors coming out and picking something.
“Yes, Class 3 received a bye. Classes 1 and 4. Classes 2 and 5, please prepare for a class competition!”
There were five classes for each grade, and in order for two classes to compete, one had to advance by default.
The matchup I told Dabin Hwang was about drawing lots.
After seeing Tae Ji-hyuk preparing for a counter-fight, I closed my eyes again.
There was no need to watch the third grade game.
Hwang Da-bin was not watching the game, but was still looking at the lecture money with sparkling eyes.
As he is a hero fanatic, he seemed to be looking forward to the hero’s declaration of support.
“uh? “I just made eye contact with the lecture hero!”
While listening to Hwang Da-bin’s fussing voice, I started to do image training, recalling the time when I fought with Yoon Mir in the past.
***
“Principal, where are the first-year students?”
“Yes, it’s over there.”
When asked about the lecture fee, Principal Won Tae-jin pointed to the direction where the first graders were sitting.
“Oh, I see.”
As the lecture money paid attention to the first year students, Taejin Won also became concerned about the first year students.
When I looked in the direction where Mir Yoon was, I could see him calmly watching Tae Ji-hyuk’s game.
When I turned my gaze to the side, I saw a red-haired female student and the student next to her with their eyes closed.
“Hmm, there are students already sleeping. “Who is that class teacher?”
Kang Yeon-geum looked away from Won Tae-jin’s words in embarrassment and looked at the students who had their eyes closed.
Interest began to appear on Kang Yeon-geum’s face.
“Oh, wait a minute. “It doesn’t look like those students are sleeping.”
“yes?”
“Will that student also participate in class competitions?”
Hearing Kang Yeon-geum’s words, Won Tae-jin looked at the student that Kang Yeon-geum was talking about.
If it was a female student caught red-handed, it was because there was a rising student.
Is that Selina that teacher Kang Joo-hyuk was talking about?
I checked the list, and there it was.
“If you mean that girl, she’s on the list.”
“Oh, no. “The student who caught my interest is that student.”
He said while pointing his finger at one of the students in the class.
“Who are you talking about?”
“The boy with his eyes closed next to the girl the principal just mentioned.”
Hearing Kang Yeon-geum’s words, Won Tae-jin sharpened his eyesight and looked at the name tag of the male student sitting next to Selina.
[Lee Si-woo]
It was my first time seeing this name.
“Will that student also appear in the class competition?”
“Okay, just a moment. 1st grade, 5th class… Yes, it’s coming out.”
“Oh, I see.”
“It’s shameful to go to sleep without watching a third-year senior’s game.”
Kang Yeon-geum said with a faint smile at Won Tae-jin’s words.
“Do you look like you’re sleeping?”
“yes?”
After hearing Kang Yeon-geum’s words, I looked closely again and it didn’t look like he was sleeping.
I didn’t know what I was doing with my eyes closed.
“… “It doesn’t look like he’s sleeping.”
“Yes? That’s what I thought too when I first saw it. Ah, the reason I was so interested in that friend is because we have an uncanny resemblance to him.”
“Who?”
“My friend.”
Won Tae-jin tilted his head at Kang Yeon-geum’s words. Soon, Kang Yeon-geum saw Won Tae-jin’s pupils dilate as he remembered someone he could call a friend. Kang Yeon-geum looked at Lee Si-woo with an amused expression.
‘It really looks like that guy.’
