Chapter 20: Trouble

Who else could it be.

"It's Yoo Eun-ha?"

"No, that's not what I was asking."

"Senior. If you're weaker than Eun-ha, you might not be able to properly see her status."

"Y-you're saying I'm weaker than her?"

No, unlike me who's a DPS, it's natural for Lee Yoo-jeong who's a supporter to be weaker.

Of course there can be huge differences based on skill level. But I don't think she'd be weaker than someone who looks like they just goof off all day.

"Could be. Senior, it's not shameful to be weaker than a freshman you know?"

Choi Si-woo still seems to have a grudge from getting lectured by Lee Yoo-jeong. He started nagging like some auntie.

Was he even this type of character? He's usually the stupid pushover type who tries to gain favor by immediately fixing things when scolded.

"Even so, this isn't just about not being able to sense. Watch me, I'll definitely figure it out."

Well, I appreciate that.

Honestly, I'm curious too if I have more hidden abilities.

But before that, I need to hear why these three were hanging out together. Are they trying to exclude me?

"So where did you all go without me? Did you get something tasty to eat?"

"Actually, Choi Si-woo was training us a bit."

"Training? What the fuck, you only trained these guys?"

"Logically, you don't need any training."

What kind of bullshit is that when I need it most to not die?

They're putting me, who's dead without acceleration, behind Reina and Han Soo-ji?

This is totally just heroine affection farming isn't it?

If that's the case, include me too. Even if I get eliminated, I'm still officially a "heroine for now" according to the writer.

"No, I'm the weakest one."

"What are you talking about when Lee Yoo-jeong senior's status sensing doesn't even work on you."

"That's right. There's only one reason we're getting trained by Choi Si-woo."

If she says it's because of Si-woo, I might just castrate him right here.

"What is it?"

"We want to get stronger so we can stand proudly beside you as worthy companions!"

"Hmm. In that case, I guess there's no choice. Actually, these two asked to get stronger secretly without telling you. But we can all get stronger together."

Right. Now you're finally talking some sense.

"So should we do some practical training?"

"Yeah. Right now."

"You stupid bastard. It's still morning you know?"

We should go now before we get in trouble.

"You're skipping class too though."

"Ah, right?"

"Let's all meet after classes end."

Shouldn't we have gotten permission from Firebat first?

When we returned to the classroom, we encountered the wild Firebat.

"You know today's morning periods are my time right? Prepare yourselves."

We're fucked.

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"Fuck. This sucks. I really need to teach her a lesson someday."

Without her bat she'd be nothing, and if she wasn't a heroine she'd have no presence, yet this bitch dares get mad at me.

Choi Si-woo, Reina, and Han Soo-ji who plotted to make me skip school are still getting scolded by Firebat even now during lunch.

From Firebat's perspective, it's better if I come to the Academy.

After all, she's in charge of me. She probably got an earful from Yoo Jin-seok.

"Oh? It's the murderer."

That's probably directed at me right? Looking for trouble?

When I glanced over, there was a tanned blonde delinquent girl snickering at me with her gang in the corner.

What an annoying bitch. Should I kill her?

No, stay calm. Falling for provocation means losing. She's just jealous of my achievements.

"You were all creepy and antisocial in middle school, now you're killing people at Hunter Academy."

"Hehe maybe you'll be next to die."

"Logically, Reina or Han Soo-ji must have carried, not that bitch."

I expected this. The more I accomplish, the more these bitches who had connections with the original Eun-ha in middle school would pick fights or talk shit behind my back out of jealousy.

The previous Eun-ha would have trembled in fear.

Choi Si-woo would try to coolly brush it off like a proper protagonist.

But I'm not some pushover protagonist. I don't like being talked about by bitches like this either.

"If you're jealous, come at me directly instead of having an inferiority complex explosion behind my back?"

So I fired back directly.

Finally got some trouble brewing. It's time to blow off some steam.

These damn memories keep giving me headaches so I needed somewhere to vent.

"You've grown up huh?"

Female Geum Tae-yang snorted and walked towards me.

"Grown up? Looking at how you still gather lackeys even after entering Hunter Academy, seems like you haven't grown at all."

"What?"

Just look at her face. I can size her up. Ugly face, and only extras I've never seen before.

"You types are always the same. Can't do anything alone so you're uncomfortable unless you gather people around."

"The girl who used to get bullied in middle school thinks she's hot shit now that people are hyping her up?"

"Also you keep bringing up middle school but who even are you?"

I really don't know. Even trying to recall the original Eun-ha's memories, I can't remember.

There's no way she'd remember every girl who bullied her.

"This bitch seriously!"

"Sometimes there are idiots who act before thinking. But you know what? It'll be really embarrassing if you get your ass kicked even with force."

I moved and pulled the cigarette from female Geum Tae-yang's mouth and burned her bronze cheek with it.

"Kyaaah!"

"You're screaming from just this? If you were going to mess with Yoo Jin-seok's sister, you should have been prepared for at least this much."

I tripped her with my foot.

The extras all rushed in after seeing their boss take a hit.

I'm not the protagonist, and I don't want to deal with this kind of event.

Subduing them isn't hard.

Even without much strength, after accelerating and landing a few belly punches, they collapsed clutching their stomachs.

"Hey, isn't it embarrassing that you can't win with words or force? Even though you came at me with numbers."

When I snickered, she got angry and thrust her fist forward so I gently caught it and twisted it.

"Ow-ow! It's twisted! It's twisted!"

"Ah, speaking of which, there's this pathetic villain organization that only gathers losers. How about joining them? It's funny that someone like you wants to be a Hunter."

Her eye twitched at that blow to her pride so I jabbed her again.

"What exactly is going on here?"

That's when a black-haired pretty boy appeared behind us.

Ah, I know that character. Hanseong Academy Student Council President Yoon Se-ha.

He's like Choi Si-woo's opposite at Hanseong Academy.

And he's currently ranked #1 among male students at Hanseong Academy. He's probably top ranked among all academies nationwide.

Many guilds have already contacted him and scouts have visited the academy several times.

His face? A handsome guy with black hair.

His ability was definitely fighting as a magic swordsman who enchants elements onto weapons. He's unnecessarily clever.

"Yoo Eun-ha student. Perhaps."

Oh, he knows my name.

From his look, is he asking if I hit them?

"Yes, I hit them."

"...Come with me."

I was immediately dragged to the student council room.

Since I'm already famous, there were students in the council eyeing me.

"So why did you fight?"

"Eun-ha insulted us first and-"

"So you're saying these bitches got beaten up and assaulted after insulting her with these numbers?"

Vice President Yoon Mi-young mocked female Geum Tae-yang and her gang.

"Student Yoo Eun-ha. Anything to say?"

"Yes I hit them, but they provoked me first calling me a murderer, and they threw the first punch."

"That's a lie!"

The bitch with a black eye is really committed to framing me as a criminal.

I expected this.

"Do you have evidence?"

"Second year senior Lee Yoo-jeong would know."

Lee Yoo-jeong. That woman manages not just electronic warfare but also the magic gear CCTV installed throughout the school with Cheonsan Group's sponsorship.

Those magic gear would have recorded what happened in the student cafeteria, and Lee Yoo-jeong who has taken a liking to me would have been watching me.

She voyeured Choi Si-woo that way after all.

So Lee Yoo-jeong was also called to the student council room.

"Student Lee Yoo-jeong. Do you have evidence that those students attacked Student Yoo Eun-ha first?"

Lee Yoo-jeong scratched her neck and yawned, then handed over a USB.

"Here. USB with the video."

"Amazing. Did you install hidden cameras in the cafeteria?"

Vice President Yoon Mi-young asked.

"What are you talking about. Hanseong Academy is sponsored by Cheonsan Group, and I manage all the CCTVs installed recently?"

The delinquents' faces turned pale at Lee Yoo-jeong's answer.

"But is that even helpful?"

"Of course. The CCTVs made with modified magic gear are easy to manage."

Eventually the student council confirmed the video file showing the delinquents' actions.

The video title was , seems she was planning to upload it to the community someday.

Once everything was revealed, female Geum Tae-yang furrowed her brows.

Her already thick makeup got ruined as she frowned.

"Any excuses given this?"

"She is a murderer though!?"

Now all she can do is whine pathetically.

"The Black God Church should be killed on sight. If anything, Eun-ha not making that decision on the spot could have led to more victims. How stupid. Is the quality of first year students this low now? Do you think this world is just for Heroes playing hero?"

In the end, Vice President Yoon Mi-young delivered the final justice.

Though they clenched their fists in dissatisfaction at Yoon Mi-young's words, that was it. The delinquents got penalty points and 20 hours of community service.

That's when a woman in a gown entered the student council room.

Must be from the nurse's office.

"Teacher, how are they?"

Yoon Mi-young asked about the injured delinquents she sent.

"Um, well they're okay but. Eun-ha was it? When a girl hits other girls' lower abdomen that violently. They might not be able to have children later."

I thought it was better than hitting their chests, but maybe I messed up.

Or maybe I should have hit their faces instead.

Ah, but there's only supposed to be one person in the nurse's office.

Villain bitch.

"With that temper and face she probably won't get a man anyway, so maybe she's helping Korea's low birth rate?"

"Eun-ha dear. You're still the sister of Yoo Jin-seok who stands tall as a hero."

You're not one to talk.

Nurse Teacher Jeon Ji-hyun. She's the bitch who leaks Hanseong Academy's info to the villain organization Jaws.

That's why the more promising ones get secretly scouted by Jaws. It's not for nothing that Hunter Academy gets called Villain Academy.

Anyway, she's saying I'm a villain.

There's an event to deal with this bitch but I'm leaving it alone for now though she is annoying.

"Are you going to give me that cheap line about thinking of oppa's reputation as Yoo Jin-seok's sister? These bitches are only fit for low-level villain groups. Ah right, they'd fit perfectly in Jaws that only gets beaten up by Hunters."

Jeon Ji-hyun's face twisted at my words.

She's an annoying woman who takes unnecessary pride in being a Jaws villain.

That expression change was so slight probably only I noticed.

"What if you really go down the wrong path acting like this?"

Is she saying she might actually recruit me into Jaws?

If female Geum Tae-yang becomes a villain.

"Then I can legally kill her right?"

I answered without any hesitation.

After my words, the delinquents who had connections with Eun-ha in middle school quietly accepted their punishment without even raising their heads in front of me.

They were stupid to even try coming at me in the first place.

I'm already someone guilds are interested in, and I'm Yoo Jin-seok's sister who can influence the Association just by speaking up.

They came at me thinking I was the previous Eun-ha and got reverse-bullied.

"What would you have done if I wasn't watching?"

Lee Yoo-jeong asked with half-closed eyes as we left the student council room.

"Come on, be honest. I know you well senior."

"Huh?"

"You were watching me right?"

"Uh, well. I was trying to check your status window."

Let's leave it at that for now.

When I smiled meaningfully and held out my hand, Lee Yoo-jeong made an uncomfortable face but took my hand.

Why hide it.

This was originally Choi Si-woo's event.

More precisely, that female Geum Tae-yang should have picked a fight with Choi Si-woo instead of me.

Of course there's no violence like with me. Rather, female Geum Tae-yang tries to frame Choi Si-woo as a pervert who sexually harassed her until Lee Yoo-jeong who was voyeuring Choi Si-woo presents evidence and clears up the misunderstanding.

Originally this incident makes Choi Si-woo develop feelings for Lee Yoo-jeong.

What a fucking bastard worthy of being the harem protagonist.

But that damn Choi Si-woo got dragged away by Firebat with the other two.

I decided to blow off some stress while also raising intimacy with Lee Yoo-jeong.

I may have just met her today, but Lee Yoo-jeong might have been watching me through CCTV for a long time. No, she definitely has been watching.

Anyway, unlike the fake elf and flame spear bitch who got loose from the start and opened their eyes to a new world, this person believes that as long as there's love, it doesn't matter if it's a hole or a stick. Of course she'd think it's fine to be one of the harem.

Here it probably worked like "What does it matter if the person I like is the same gender?"

Her face looks like everything in the world is bothersome, but she has that kind of values.

"Ahaha. If you're honest, I'll let you touch me however you want."

This body is too attractive even to women.

Maybe I'm the reason rumors about Hanseong Academy's female students being les are spreading on the anonymous bulletin board.

When I stared at Lee Yoo-jeong and gave her an eye smile, she flinched.

"..."

Lee Yoo-jeong's half-closed eyes widened slightly at my words as flames of desire flickered in them.

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