Episode 10

justification.

It is a word that refers to the act of protecting oneself against unfair violence, and it was particularly difficult to establish in Korea.

However, that was also a story that amounted to violence by ordinary people. The application of self-defense to the quarrels between the Awoken was very different.

In addition to simple injuries, human accidents and even other victims could occur in the surrounding area if the Awakener’s ability was strong.

Therefore, when problems arise between Awakeners, the most important thing is who committed violence ‘first’.

‘Ugh, you immature bastard.’

‘George, what are you messing with?’

‘Is my life messed up?’

That was the reason why the guild members of the Grand White brought by Baek Hyun-soo did not immediately act.

But I couldn’t stay still. Even if it wasn’t enough, Baek Hyeon-soo was the next successor to the guild, so he had to pretend.

“Is it you? The one who touched our young master?”

“If the kid is not afraid, you should be aware.”

If there was one misunderstanding, it was that Kang Tae-min was too young. The guild members thought Kang Tae-min was the academy student Baek Hyun-soo was targeting.

So, I thought I would take care of it by threatening moderately and seeing the reaction.

By the way.

“What, what?”

“Hey!”

Didn’t the guild member who was in the front suddenly hit Kang Tae-min on the cheek with his fist?

“Oh, no… ! My, I’m not like that!”

What was even more absurd was that the guild member who hit him shook his head in surprise.

Even though he was so embarrassed, his hand went up again.

“Ah, my hands suddenly got out of hand…” !”

The wristwatch on her raised hand gleamed. Taemin Kang smirked and caressed my cheek.

“affection.”

And in an instant, he hit the shin of the guild member who hit him with a manners injector.

“Ouch!”

The blow was so hard that the man who had been beaten rolled to the side and collapsed.

That was the beginning.

“sugar.”

“catch!”

The etiquette injector struck the limbs of the guild members who rushed at it.

“Ouch!”

“Keep!”

“Arm, my arm… !”

In an instant, the people around them went mad, and the complexion of the other guild members hardened.

“room.”

“profit… !”

“What crazy!”

The remaining guild members felt that it was unusual and raised their mana.

It wasn’t a very good choice.

“It’s up… Are you going to use mana?”

Self-defense, most of the guild members collapsed while speaking the four letters. Kang Tae-min’s new appearance became blurred.

Kang Tae-min, who narrowed the distance in an instant, lifted the opponent’s chin with a manners injector.

A blue light shone in his eyes with a crackling sound.

“I know someone who can’t use mana.”

The complexions of the remaining guild members turned pale. They had to get a taste of the etiquette injector before they could even manifest their abilities.

“Turn it off… .”

“Keep it off… .”

“Ouch… .”

Moans came from all directions. Baek Hyun-soo narrowed his eyes.

‘… What happened?’

There was no sense of reality in the scene outside the car window. It was absolutely impossible. Aren’t all the people who are now downed hunters on the front lines?

But losing all of them to just one academy teacher?

“Chu, let’s go. Let’s go!”

“Yes, yes!”

I had to run away at once. Taemin Kang was approaching by car. The driver also stepped on the accelerator as if waiting for the command.

But the car did not move forward.

“Go quickly!”

“That, that… ! The car, the car doesn’t go!”

The vehicle they were in was lifted slightly off the ground. Since the wheel is spinning in midair, is there any way to move on?

Then a smart knock was heard. Before I knew it, Kang Tae-min came to the side of the car.

“Ugh, ugh!”

“Hey, hey! Where!?”

The driver got scared and slammed the door open. He was a normal person, not an Awakener, and he didn’t want to get caught up in this situation.

‘Me too… !’

Baek Hyun-soo hurriedly approached the door on the other side. But no matter how hard I tried to open the door, it wouldn’t open.

“Why why… ?!”

Then came a squeaking sound. The door is bent and twisted.

“Heh, heh… .”

“I told you to be squashed.”

Kang Tae-min’s voice came from behind. I couldn’t bear to look back.

“Do I have to crush it myself to find out?”

The top of the car landed again with another crash. Baek Hyeon-soo realized that all of these situations were due to Kang Tae-min’s ability.

“Sa, Sasasa, save me! sorry! I’m really sorry!”

I didn’t expect it to be this strong. Baek Hyun-soo fell flat on the floor and spat out an apology as if in a fit.

“I, I was wrong. Help me. please!”

The condescending appearance disappeared, revealing the blue-eyed little man-bae.

“Never again, never again! Save me, just save me!”

Baek Hyun-soo sighed and started to cry. Because I realized that I could die.

“Apologies are not just words.”

Hearing a crackling sound following Kang Tae-min’s cool words, Baek Hyeon-soo trembled and fainted.

* * *

“… So, are you saying that student Baek Hyeon-soo instigated the assault on him and the White Guild members?”

Vice Principal Cha Dong-hyuk was visibly displeased. But I smiled and nodded.

“Yes, you also saw the black box, right? The association has also confirmed everything.”

Although I quickly sorted out the situation, it was difficult for the disturbance caused by the Awoken to pass quietly.

Security hunters arrived, and everyone present, including me, was investigated as if the residents had reported it.

Vice Principal Cha Dong-hyuk came as the head of the academy.

“My God, I never thought Hyeonsu would do something like this… .”

Mok Woo-jin came to Baek Hyun-soo as the homeroom teacher. In addition to being in charge of martial arts classes, I was also in charge of his son’s class.

“Teacher Taemin, are you okay? Looking at the video, it looks like you got hit hard… .”

However, I did not know that Seol Ga-eun would come. She tried to put her hand on my cheek with a slightly teary face, but hesitated.

It must be because my face is fine without any worries.

“Yes, this is fine.”

I was manipulated and hit to induce self-defense, and those cotton fists didn’t hurt too much.

“sorry. Mr. Kang.”

Mr. Mok Woo-jin bowed his head deeply to me. Just as I bowed my head over the problem of Go Min-su.

“I was swayed by too many preconceived notions. I never thought that Hyeonsu would insult Minsu so much.”

Oh, is that including an apology for this?

Before the security hunters came, I woke up the fainting Baek Hyeon-soo and told him that if he didn’t tell the truth, I would compress it like a recycled can.

After that, the security hunters came and stayed away, but they seemed to have followed my advice.

Thanks to that, there is no reason to bleed.

“… It’s already happened, it can’t be helped. It is necessary to make sure that the punishment for student Baek Hyeon-soo is clear.”

I could see that Cha Dong-hyuk only cared about the current situation rather than worrying about me. I sneakily asked him.

“What about Minsu?”

“… Didn’t Teacher Kang tell you? The disciplinary committee says the victim must want to be punished.”

as you think

As Cha Dong-hyuk, Baek Hyun-soo had to clean up the cheap poop, but there was no reason to add Go Min-su to the problem.

“I have to talk to the association for a bit. Then, we’ll see you all tomorrow.”

Cha Dong-hyuk said calmly and left.

“Then I will go away. I am a little tired.”

“Yes, take care of yourself. I apologize once again.”

Mok Woo-jin lowered his head again. As I was about to leave, Seol Ga-eun followed.

“I am Taemin.”

“Yes?”

“Hey, would you mind giving me a ride?”

She said as she pulled out her keys. Kang Tae-min didn’t have a car, but she seemed to have one.

I didn’t see any reason to buy a car otherwise. It was because it was possible to fly if you wore a suit and piloted it.

“No, that. just in case I’m fine now, but there may be aftereffects. Rather than going alone… .”

After I didn’t answer for a moment, she hurriedly poured out words.

“Then thank you.”

“Ah yes! I’m good at driving. lol.”

* * *

The next day, a large notice was posted on the school bulletin board.

[Disciplinary Notice]

[Target of discipline – Baek Hyeon-soo]

[Reason for disciplinary action – insult and assault]

[Type of Discipline – Suspension]

[Disciplinary period – 1 month]

Below that are detailed descriptions.

It was about the fact that Baek Hyun-soo insulted Go Min-soo, and that he did not stop there and instigated an assault on the same guild member, but was discovered by Kang Tae-min and accused by the association.

First of all, the basic discipline is suspension, and since Baek Hyun-soo’s parents are currently on an overseas expedition, they will visit the academy later and decide whether to transfer or be expelled.

“OMG… .”

“Wow, that’s crazy.”

“What’s wrong with Grand White Guild?”

“Baek Hyun-soo, I knew that bastard would do this.”

“It was a bit ugly that Ji boasted that he was the heir.”

Baek Hyun-soo’s usual reputation was not so good, so most students easily accepted that fact.

“By the way, if you’re worried, are you talking about the guru at the end of the century?”

“I guess it wasn’t just a temper.”

“Baek Hyun-soo got caught talking behind his back at the restaurant.”

“Well, it seems like he wanted to defeat me too.”

As a result, sympathy for Go Min-soo was also created. However, it was very short-lived, probably because of the label of the special class.

“By the way, does that mean Teacher Kang Tae-min blocked it himself?”

“Ah, he must have just reported it.”

“The guild members are hunters in the field, so how can I handle it alone?”

All that appeared in the announcement was text, and it did not explain how Kang Tae-min dealt with the guild members.

It was the decision of Vice Principal Cha Dong-hyuk.

Whatever the reason, it was not good to know that the academy teacher was violent.

Baek Hyun-soo, the party involved, was suspended, and under the leadership of Cha Dong-hyuk, all teachers who knew the situation decided to keep quiet.

Because of this, everyone judged that Kang Tae-min did not directly intervene.

* * *

Unlike the noisy outside, the special class was the same as usual.

“Min So-yul.”

“Yes!”

Kang Tae-min covered the attendance sheet.

With 13 people in attendance, Ko Min-soo left school as promised.

“I have a message to convey.”

Kang Tae-min lightly tapped his shoulder with the etiquette injector. There was nothing like this to get students’ attention.

“Everyone knows about strategy practice, right?”

attack practice.

Along with monster knowledge, it was one of the essential courses of the academy, and it meant that students enter the dungeon under the supervision of the association.

“Strategy practice is a much more important class than you think. It’s just practice, but it’s recorded in the association, and that will become your portfolio later.”

Song Dae-beom rarely made his eyes shine. What was more surprising was that Ko Min-soo listened to Kang Tae-min with similar eyes.

Min So-yul was focused even though he was a non-combat type.

“But you can’t enter the dungeon that everyone wants. The dungeons prepared by the association are limited, and the options are not given equally.”

Kang Tae-min lightly took a picture of the lecture table with a etiquette injector. The students were startled and corrected their posture.

“Our academy’s motto is ‘competence supremacy’, which means that if you have skills, you can seize opportunities.”

After Kang Tae-min said that, he turned around and scribbled chalk on the blackboard. The other general class had a whiteboard, but the special class was still like this.

[Van Battle]

It was written by Taemin Kang.

“Three representatives from each class will compete for the choice of dungeon. The points of the three players are added together and the selection is given in order of ranking. So today, in preparation for this, I will elect a class representative by ‘record measurement’.”

The special class felt rather unfamiliar with the ordinary subject.

“Soyul goes to the infirmary and prepares as he said, and the rest gathers at the training ground.”

“Yes!”

Min So-yul answered boldly and immediately ran away. The students felt uneasy about the appearance.

It wasn’t that he doubted Min So-yul’s ability, it was because of the fact that Kang Tae-min had prepared something.

As soon as he arrived at the training ground, Kang Tae-min activated the panel according to the prepared setting.

This time, it was not a stage for sparring, but a stage for hunting monsters. Then, a dummy began to appear on the stage.

“Does anyone know what these are?”

The sparring dummy is a human body model, but this time it was a little different. He was small in stature, pointed ears, and had the shape of a monster with a blunt nose.

“What is that?”

“I think I saw you briefly in class.”

The students whispered. As she said, it was the monster Catherine had explained during class.

“It’s a goblin!”

Song Dae-beom raised his hand and said. As I focused on Katherine, I remembered her appearance next to the screen.

“Yes, it is a goblin. For those who can’t answer, I’ll increase the number of opponents by 1.5 times.”

“OMG… !”

“Ah, I thought… !”

Kang Tae-min’s words mixed joy and sorrow. But the noise soon disappeared.

“The goal of the anti-battle match is to compete with how many monsters and goblins can be dealt with within the time limit. Then, start with Song Dae-beom, who answered first.”

“Yes? Ah yes!”

Song Dae-beom, who was pointed out, quickly got up and stepped onto the stage.

“Goblins are treated as the weakest. It won’t be too difficult.”

Taemin Kang said that and laughed. If those dummy were for ‘training’, that was the story.

* * *

“Huh… Heo-eok… .”

Song Dae-beom gasped and hid behind an obstacle.

‘Such crazy, what kind of dummy is so vivid?’

It wasn’t very difficult at first. The count increased as he lured and exploded the dummies.

But strangely, as time passed, it felt like the dummy was reading his movements.

‘I’m not really alive… !’

A squeaking noise was heard from all directions. In the beginning, it consumed too much mana, so it became a chased situation.

‘Why doesn’t the time limit end?

The outside of the stage was blocked off by a black barrier. It was because Kang Tae-min set it so that other students could not see it in advance.

‘I barely have any mana left. At this rate… .’

Song Dae-beom was rolling his eyes. A pile of goblins suddenly appeared behind him.

“Ugh!”

The blunt dagger Dummy was holding flew. He hurriedly dodged and put his hand on his head. As soon as the blue magic circle was engraved, Song Dae-beom widened his distance.

With a bang, the dummy’s head exploded.

“Okay… Kuck!”

While he was careless for a moment, another goblin hit him from behind. Along with the intense pain felt in his hamstrings, Song Dae-beom fell forward.

“Ouch! stop! stop… !”

The day didn’t stand still, so it felt like my flesh was being rubbed and beaten. The bruises rose up on his skin along with the intense pain.

Other dummies followed and beat him. In the middle of the pain, the dummy stopped.

“Song Dae-beom, eliminated.”

Kang Tae-min calmly opened his mouth through the dummy.

“A total of 37 piles were destroyed. I thought I would catch at least 50, but it’s disappointing.”

Song Dae-beom frowned.

Does this mean that the result obtained through enduring such pain does not even meet the minimum standard?

“Mana allocation is still immature. If I had extra mana, I could have handled more.”

“… Yes?”

It was covered by a barrier, how did he know that?

It was before Song Dae-beom was even surprised.

“Come out, it’s a special training.”

“Yes?!”

A different kind of surprise came over his face. Song Dae-beom forgot the pain and jumped up at Kang Tae-min’s words.

I just finished training, so it’s a special training right?

“Get out of here, kid.”

Go Min-soo came in after him and kicked him. The bruised area throbbed.

“Oh, no!”

“If you get sick, go out and get treatment first.”

In response to Song Dae-beom’s annoyance, Go Min-soo laughed and replied.

“Wow… Let’s see how well you do.”

Song Dae-beom limped out. Fortunately, I can receive Seol Ga-eun’s treatment… .

“Come on, drink.”

“… what?”

Seol Ga-eun was nowhere to be seen. Instead, Min So-yul handed out an unknown drug he had piled up.

“It is very effective for bruises and is also good for rejuvenation.”

“Ugh, Teacher Gaeun didn’t come… Fuha!”

Song Dae-beom drank the potion and wiped his mouth in disgust.

“Write! What does this taste like?”

“Well… I haven’t improved the taste yet. Just hold on and drink.”

“No, how can you do something like this… .”

“Song Dae-beom, you are noisy.”

“Yep.”

At Kang Tae-min’s point, Song Dae-beom closed his eyes and drank the medicine. The taste was terrible, but the pain was definitely gone.

“Wow… I’ll even prepare some yogurt for you.”

“Wouldn’t it be better to get used to it?”

“Why?”

“Because teacher Taemin said that even this much was not enough.”

“… not enough?”

Song Dae-beom’s eyes shook. Just looking at it, there were more than 10 per person.

“Then I have to go make it again.”

Besides, this wasn’t the end. Min So-yul disappeared with a light step.

“Song Dae-beom, if you drink, go in immediately.”

“Yes, old!”

Song Dae-beom realized.

That this class would not end until the standard set by Kang Tae-min was exceeded.

‘Could I just end up doing this today?’

But other than that, I didn’t notice anything else.

The fact that the minimum standard set by Kang Tae-min is actually the average record of first place in the previous class match, the fact that he instructed Min So-yul to deliberately worsen the taste of the drug, and the fact that the dummies he faced were mimicking the behavior of ‘real’ goblins. The fact that it is a creation, etc.

Knowing it didn’t change anything.

* * *

“Liberation, liberation… .”

“Ouch, I took too many potions… .”

“Wouldn’t it be better to be killed by a real goblin… .”

“Don’t talk about Mr. Go. It throws up.”

“… I hate that my body is fine even in a place like this.”

Thanks to Min So-yul’s potion, the students, physically intact but mentally exhausted, left school with zombie-like faces.

Unlike before, even though I couldn’t leave school early, I didn’t even have the energy to complain.

“I have to do this again tomorrow… !”

“Shouldn’t you just come to school?”

“Then you won’t come home. Can you handle the back?”

“but… .”

It was just full of thoughts in my head that I could somehow get out of this training.

Kang Tae-min smiled with satisfaction as he prepared for work in the teachers’ room. With the joining of Min So-yul, more efficient training became possible.

If the regular students hadn’t come to practice, they would have continued to train after school.

“Well?”

Kang Tae-min met a familiar face as he left the school gate. Min So-yul was waiting for him.

“Sir Taemin!”

She came over waving her hand. I was wondering what was going on

“Are you leaving work now?”

“right.”

“Well, today… .”

Min So-yul hesitated for a moment before finally concluding.

“Aren’t you coming to eat ramen? I still have a lot left to buy.”

“Oh, maybe not today. I have some prior arrangements.”

“ah… .”

Min So-yul looked visibly disappointed. But I couldn’t help it.

She replied in a tone that said nothing.

“Yeah, so what? There is still a lot of expiration date left.”

“Okay, let’s eat later.”

Kang Tae-min passed her like that. He knew that Min So-yul’s mental state was still unstable.

Sometimes he needed to hang out with her and calm her mind.

But at least not today. Min So-yul also had to learn how to stand alone. If you hang out too often, you will become more dependent.

And.

“I’ll stick with you during supplementary lessons on the weekend anyway.”

Kang Tae-min had a plan. This required cooperation.

He went straight to the meeting place.

“Ah, teacher Taemin.”

“Did you wait a long time?”

“hehehe, no. Not at all!”

Seol Ga-eun was waiting for him. The other male teachers were hesitant and did not dare to think of a dinner proposal, but Kang Tae-min took turns with her yesterday.

“Then let’s go in. I am hungry.”

Seol Ga-eun was also needed this time.

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