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The faint sunlight shining through the window in the cold winter feels warm.
This peaceful and leisurely time… … .
bang!
How dare some bastard open the door to the student center representative office so roughly!
With that thought in mind, I was about to throw a kick right away, but…
“Uh… um, Ryeonmae is here?”
“…….”
I suddenly felt the urge to go to the outhouse, as if the seven-colored flower I had just drunk had already been digested.
“Jinso… no, Senior Brother.”
Saryeon, with wide-open eyes, arrived in front of me, tilting her head crookedly with a creaking sound as if using the technique of the shape-shifting maneuver.
“What on earth… are you thinking?”
I could tell immediately what was being said.
First, I stepped back to protect the precious seven-colored flower cup and opened my mouth.
“therefore…….”
“Did you do that while you were in your right mind?”
“Actually, back then…”
You seemed to be acting normally for the past few days, but couldn’t you wait that long and did something like this again?
“No, this is all due to circumstances…….”
“Why can’t you get through a whole month normally! Why on earth!!”
Wait, can’t you give me a chance to speak too?
Saryeon glared at the Seven-Colored Flower Cup in disbelief and let out a long sigh.
“Okay. Go ahead and tell me. Why on earth did you do that?”
I looked at Saryeon with a silent glance.
With a question asking if I was in the mood to listen to my story now.
however.
“……
“Surely not, you don’t have anything to say? You! No, Senior Brother! Were you really this clueless?”
Saryeon pounding her chest as if her insides were about to burst.
Seeing that made my heart feel heavy as well.
Let me talk too.
So, you’re saying the instructor acted that way with intent?
After a while, Saryeon, having listened to my story calmly, gave me a look in a subdued voice as if she had understood a little.
Even so, turning him into a wreck was too much.
“A wreck?”
“I heard you shattered his dantian and turned him into a wreck?”
No, even I can’t go that far.
The opponent is a member of the clan leader rank and belongs to the Cheongseong faction of the Old Faction.
If I did that, everyone in Cheongseong would rush at me to slit my throat.
I do think, too.
Of course.
“Ahem, what are you talking about? I just scared you a little; I didn’t destroy your dantian.”
Is it true?
“of course.”
“Is it really true? I swear?”
Wait, why can’t he trust his senior disciple of the Taeeul Sect, the one he’s been with his whole life?
When I glared at her with a dissatisfied look, Saryeon waved her hand as if making an excuse.
Well, I’ve been doing a lot of eccentric things lately.
As I forgave my sister with a benevolent heart and drank the Seven-Colored Flower, Sa-ryeon muttered as if something had occurred to her.
“Come to think of it… I think I’ve had a similar experience too.”
From what I heard, the instructor gave a good lecture during the first class after school started regarding the evaluation of the report submitted last year.
The content was similar to what I had experienced.
Citing the report of Sa-ryeon, which received the highest score, as an example, he devalued the overall level by saying that the level of the students was low and that such a report received a good grade.
“Tsk.”
The intention behind his appointment to the academy with such determination from the start was so obvious that even the taste of the Seven-Colored Flower felt bitter.
This is expensive.
As I frowned while looking down at the teacup, Saryeon snorted and nagged me slightly.
“But even so, the physical force was excessive. Attacking an instructor is grounds for expulsion.”
Saryeon, who pinpoints the part I was trying so hard to ignore.
“Moreover, you’ve even given a pretext to those who are hell-bent on picking a fight… What are you going to do now?”
Tsk.
Anyway, I did think that I might have overreacted a bit regarding this matter. ‘Why on earth did that happen?’ Did he pretend to be a member of the Black Sect and then turn into a real one?
I’m not even the real leader of the Black Dragon Clan…
I felt ashamed of myself for acting so recklessly, as if I had a place to return to.
“I did it because it made sense.”
Of course, the words that actually came out of my mouth weren’t like that.
I thought that if I showed genuine panic here, Saren would become even more anxious.
I deliberately lifted the teacup leisurely and added.
If they wanted us to leave, this wouldn’t be the end of it. They would have spent the rest of the semester building up a pretext and then exploded at the surest moment right at the end.
“If that had happened, we would have become dropouts who failed to graduate despite properly completing the academic center classes.”
As I spoke, I found myself persuaded by my own words.
Isn’t that just how human relationships are by nature?
A person who dislikes me for no reason will not like me in the end, no matter how hard I try to please them.
The effort you put into trying to make a good impression could actually become a reason for them to dislike you later on.
It is that irrational.
The existence of a human being.
“In that case, it is better to strike first so they don’t have time to prepare. That way, we can at least gain time to respond.”
It is called ‘giving reasons’.
The most effective way to deal with someone who dislikes me for no reason is.
It is precisely about creating a reason to dislike it.
If you provide a clear reason, on the contrary.
Because the relationship can improve later when that reason disappears.
It may seem contradictory, but that is the truth.
Because a good relationship cannot be achieved without respect for the other person.
“Phew……. Seriously.”
Saryeon sighed as if she understood my words, but did not offer any rebuttal.
Then, as if it suddenly occurred to him, he asked a question.
“But why is it ‘we’?”
“huh?”
“It’s you, Senior Brother, who caused the trouble. So why are you lumping us all together and calling us ‘we’?”
“Surely, if Senior Brother gets expelled, do we have to leave with him?”
Uh… if you put it that way, I have nothing to say.
hmm…….
The disciples of the Taeeulmun are always together, whether in life or death.
Saryeon furrowed her brows deeply.
I know the meaning of that expression well because I have seen it since childhood.
So… … Saren usually makes that face when she says, ‘I really, really hate this!’ …
Ah, that’s a bit disappointing.
I’m really disappointed. #Even after Saryeon came and went.
“Young Master Jin, what on earth happened!”
“What on earth are you going around doing!?”
“Representative! Is what I heard true!”
The door is going to get smashed at that rate.
“Go easy on me…”
bang-!!……
The door to the CEO’s office was eventually shattered by people who burst in, opening it as if to smash it every time.
I wonder if the student center will cover the cost of replacing that?
Since I had absolutely no desire to exchange it for my own money, I naturally became worried.
But that doesn’t mean we can just leave the representative’s office wide open like a hallway.
“Hmm… it certainly looks like this could escalate into a major issue.”
Jang Woo-jae, who had entered just before the door was completely destroyed, said.
He didn’t force his way in as if to break down the door, but instead quietly entered the representative’s office with a somewhat detached expression.
Thanks to that, he was not responsible for the door being broken.
As expected, he is a cultured fellow.
I like it, I like it.
He leaned forward with a serious expression on his face.
“The problem is that even if the instructor assault incident is quietly swept under the rug, the future direction will depend on the instructors’ intentions.”
He was worried about the same thing I was worried about.
“As the Representative said… no, as that friend Cheol-sun-jik said, if it is confirmed that they came to funnel the points, they will start acting even more blatantly from now on.”
I asked while looking at the murderer of the CEO’s office door sitting next to Jang Woo-jae.
“What do you think about the person who smashed the door?”
Ugh, wasn’t the door already smashed to pieces…
Il-gak wiped his sweat-sparkling hair once and said as if that wasn’t important.
“Anyway, public opinion regarding the new instructors isn’t very good even within the Nine Great Sects. Regardless of their intentions, it is an act of disrespect against them.”
The reaction was roughly 50/50.
It is said that half of the personnel were outraged by the act of attacking the instructor, while the other half expressed the opinion that it was satisfying to see the instructor end up in that state.
Hmm, but why is there no support for me? Shouldn’t there be some opinion that the representative did a good job?
While I was lost in thought for a moment, Ilgak spoke softly.
“What I worry about most is…… the people of Taeeulmun.”
“Didn’t they realize it? That Representative Jin is on a level they cannot handle.”
ah.
So, my priests will suffer instead of me? Is that what you’re saying?
What should I do?
I’d rather have a big fight with the instructors…
Please don’t make a fuss unnecessarily.
The eerie voice of Saryeon came like a winter wind.
Being criticized for something is a completely different matter from becoming a hostile force. It could cause harm not only to us but also to the priests who will be fulfilling their mandatory service in the future.
Then again, even considering the sheer numbers, we can’t fight the entire Old Faction right away.
Saryeon hit the nail on the head.
Becoming hostile is not a problem, but it could be an issue for the priests who will be assigned to the mandatory military later.
Because if they harbor ill will and do things like replace the disease, there is no telling what might happen to the priests inside.
The Murim Alliance advocates an absolute hierarchical system of command and obedience.
Although that is not actually the case, externally, one is supposed to follow the ranks within the Murim Alliance, transcending sects and clans.
At first glance, it appears to be a very fair and just system, but to the vested interests, it feels a bit different.
For example, what if the elites of the Wudang Sect were in a position where they had to take orders from Jin So-un of the third-rate Taeeul Sect? ‘They would feel their pride hurt and be furious.’ What if a member of the Shaolin Temple were subjected to intentional harassment by a warrior of the Iron Sword Sect?
Can you really accept this as it is?
This is the reason why existing forces display ulterior motives in the face of the academic evaluation system, which should be fair, and at the same time.
It was also the reason why I shouldn’t act however I please.
“I was prepared for a certain degree of discrimination from the start. And if it remains at the current level, I can endure it indefinitely.”
Saryeon straightened his posture and sat upright.
“Things like this will happen all the time in the future. If I hadn’t been prepared for that, I wouldn’t have come to the Murim Academy in the first place.”
Saryeon stared intently at me and continued speaking.
So, don’t even think about causing a bigger commotion or accident because of us!
“Stop sacrificing for us!”
Seong Moran added to Sa-ryeon’s resolute outburst.
“Wow, the junior sister is more mature than the senior brother.”
What are you talking about?
I ended up nodding at Saryeon’s fierce gaze, which stared at me as if demanding an answer.
I felt like if I didn’t answer like this, that guy would do something wrong.
However, just because Saren said that doesn’t mean I feel relieved.
Because we never know what kind of humiliation the Gold, Silver, and Bronze brothers who attended class today might have suffered.
Moreover, who knows how rough their school life will become in the future.
I earnestly hoped that the spirits of the Gold, Silver, and Bronze brothers would not be broken.
How hard have I been working all this time…
No, no, *cough*.
I feel like I would feel so sorry if children who are just spreading their wings and starting to fly realized their limits and stopped.
at that time.
Tatatatatata.
The sound of footsteps running hard out of the hallway could be heard.
Even without looking, I could tell that the owners of the footsteps were the Gold, Silver, and Dong brothers.
“Huh? Why did the door fall off?”
“Meet Senior Brother first!”
“Uh, yeah, that’s right!”
Geumpyo, who was entering the representative’s office, tilted his head, then turned his attention to Eunho’s words and came inside.
I let out a small sigh at the stiff, rigid faces of the three brothers.
Look at their expressions, as if something had happened.
“Maybe something happened to you guys today, too…”
“Big Brother!”
Eunho immediately interrupted me.
Was something big enough for this polite child to interrupt me?
Worried, I got up from my seat and approached the guys.
however.
“You crushed the instructor with internal energy? Is this true? How on earth did you…?”
Starting with Geumpyo’s doubts, who cannot believe the facts.
“Senior Brother, be honest. What on earth did you stuff your face with… no, did you eat something behind our backs? You drank the elixir, didn’t you? Right!?”
Eunho’s expression, filled with utter disloyalty.
“Senior Brother, um, please teach me that too. The method to shatter the Danjeon with internal energy…….”
And even Dongryong’s sparkling eyes making a fierce sound.
Was that the reason you came looking for me in such a hurry?
“I’m curious. How you did it.”
“Brother, please be honest. Then I will understand and let it slide.”
“Um, can I learn now? Or do I need to accumulate more inner power?”
Uh… you’re more spirited than I expected.
I guess I should consider this a relief, right?
