Episode 11

The door opened with a clang sound. I saw a cool, familiar figure in the room.

Min So-yul roughly took off his shoes and trudged inside.

“Sigh… .”

Without even thinking about changing into my school uniform, I snuggled up on the futon in the corner of the room.

So I cooled my head for a while.

‘… Ah, embarrassing.’

She recalled the situation in front of the school gate. I was so ashamed of myself for waiting to go home with Kang Tae-min.

I thought Kang Tae-min would definitely come over for dinner. But after cooling my head and thinking about it, there was no reason for that.

Although he helped himself, he was definitely not someone else. But why did you think that way?

“oooh… !”

Min So-yul could not stand it and kicked the blanket, no, since he was lying on his stomach, he threw a punch. The futon made a loud noise and complained of regret.

It seems like why he expects it alone and takes out his anger on himself.

“… Let’s eat.”

It wasn’t that I wasn’t hungry because I was embarrassed. Feeling hungry, she quickly changed herself and walked to the kitchen.

Nothing has changed from before. Even before Kang Tae-min came to visit, wasn’t eating alone a daily routine for her?

When I opened the cupboard, there were piles of ramen I wanted to eat with Kang Tae-min. Seeing that made my face red again.

But for a moment, her expression darkened.

‘No, it’s different.’

she was alone So there was no reason to hide your feelings.

It was undoubtedly loneliness that settled in his mind right now.

‘… It’s different from when I waited for my father.’

Father’s return was a long wait with no promise and no outcome known.

Because there was hope.

Wouldn’t my father come back while I was sleeping, wouldn’t my father be there when I opened my eyes?

But waiting for Kang Tae-min is different.

‘I’m alone today… .’

Unlike his father, Kang Tae-min can be seen at school. You can also see what he will do. And, like today, you can hear the story in person.

That’s why I learned that the fact that I have to be alone today doesn’t change.

So lonely and forlorn.

‘I want to go to school soon. Come on, if tomorrow comes… .’

She cooked ramen.

It was ramen that I always ate, but somehow it didn’t taste good today.

‘Anyway, it’s a prior promise, so what’s going on?’

It was because all my attention was focused elsewhere.

* * *

“Wow… .”

Seol Ga-eun lightly let out a bullet. She watched the fried rice cook on the iron plate with her eyes shining.

“As expected, after eating chicken ribs, fried rice.”

“Right, right.”

She nodded vigorously at Kang Tae-min’s words.

‘He’s more of a glutton than he looks.’

The two of them came and ordered 3 bowls of chicken ribs and fried rice for 5 servings. About 60% of them went into Seol Ga-eun’s stomach.

It was amazing to see him eat so much and still maintain his perfect body.

“hehehe, I guess I pressed it now. Taemin, please eat too.”

Seol Ga-eun smiled brightly and scooped out a large spoonful. A genuine happiness emanated from her smile.

He was still an easy-going person.

That’s how the fried rice went down quickly.

Kang Tae-min slowly decided to get to the point.

“Sensei Gaeun, I have a favor to ask of you.”

“Yes?”

“Are you free this weekend?”

Seol Ga-eun, who was gently rolling up another big drink and the melted cheese on top of the fried rice with chopsticks, hesitated.

‘… Week, weekend?’

Kang Tae-min continued before all kinds of thoughts rushed into her head.

“I planned a supplementary class for the special class on the weekend, and I wanted teacher Ga-eun to help me.”

“ah… hahahaha… .”

Seol Ga-eun laughed awkwardly and quickly took out a tissue and turned her head to the side to wipe her mouth.

Fortunately, the interior of the Dakgalbi restaurant was all red, so I seemed to be able to hide my embarrassment.

‘Well… After all, you can’t do it bare-mouthed.’

On the other hand, Kang Tae-min saw that and had a different idea. This meal was arranged under the pretext of repaying the ride the other day.

Although Seol Ga-eun ate a lot, it was unreasonable to call it a reward.

“Of course it’s not free. I’ll give you 1.5 times the daily wage plus the weekend allowance.”

Money was plentiful. He invested in major growth companies with seed money he had collected from his previous lender’s safe.

Sooner or later, it will swell not only several times, but also dozens of times. If you roll the seed money again, you won’t have to worry about money at all.

“Yes? Oh no! It’s okay, it’s really okay.”

“Are you okay?”

“Hmm, yes. it’s okay For the special class kids, I can afford a weekend.”

Seol Ga-eun coughed briefly and spoke confidently.

“And to be honest, since I was only in the infirmary, it was difficult to keep interacting with the students. So don’t worry too much about Taemin. Because I love what I do.”

“ah… Thank you so much for saying that.”

‘And on weekends, I only watch Q-Tube and Newplex anyway.’

Seol Ga-eun saw Kang Tae-min’s reaction and swallowed the words behind her back.

Kang Tae-min smiled and then opened his mouth with a shy expression.

“I’m so sorry if I don’t give you anything.”

Actually, I wasn’t that sorry. It was just a greeting for her favor.

“then… Could you buy me another meal next time?”

“Bob? It’s not that difficult.”

Taemin Kang replied with a smile. If you could hire an awakened person of the size of Seol Ga-eun for a day with a meal, it was a business with surplus.

‘It’s a very cheap price for a potion.’

Seol Ga-eun looked at Kang Tae-min’s face and made a calm expression.

“Instead, this time I want something I want to eat.”

“Uh, did you like the chicken ribs?”

It didn’t happen. Seol Ga-eun had already eaten the fried rice all the way to the bottom.

“No, of course it was delicious. It’s not like that, there’s a restaurant that’s hard to go to alone.”

“Yes? Well, I see.”

“hehehe, I promise!”

Seol Ga-eun smiled happily and liked it like a child.

And.

“How about ice cream for dessert?”

It looked like she wasn’t full yet.

* * *

Classes on the remaining weekdays were as usual. The students became the subjects of practice in other classes and had to fight to the death with dummy goblins.

Soon it was the weekend.

“ah… .”

“Isn’t the weekend replenishment over the line?”

“Somehow, he sent it early.”

“Why is that a mountain? What kind of manager are you?”

The students who gathered for the weekend make-up did not hide their dissatisfaction. However, none of the 13 students were absent.

“Wow, shouldn’t this be stabbed by the association or the education office?”

“Can I stab you? Rather, I think the person who stabbed him will be caught and beaten.”

Song Dae-beom and the crowd were no different. They were smoking cigarettes at some distance.

Ko Min-soo quietly exhaled smoke and opened his mouth.

“If you don’t like it that much, don’t mumble and speak directly in front of the homeroom teacher.”

“ok?”

“What, why are you like this all of a sudden?”

The other friends opened their eyes wide at Ko Min-soo’s sudden change.

Then I saw a car approaching and parking.

“uh? Is that Ga-eun’s car?”

Song Dae-beom immediately recognized the vehicle. It was clear that Seol Ga-eun was also participating in supplementary classes.

A smile bloomed on Song Dae-beom’s face at that fact.

“uh… ?”

However, his expression soon hardened. Isn’t Seol Ga-eun’s car getting Kang Tae-min out?

‘no way… ?’

For a moment, Song Dae-beom’s eyes shook. But even that was short-lived.

‘No, no. Isn’t the homeroom teacher having a relationship with Teacher Catherine?’

Just as Song Dae-beom was sorting out the relationship between the three by himself, Kang Tae-min called the students together.

“You might be wondering why everyone gathered on the weekend, especially in the mountains.”

The students’ attention was focused on Kang Tae-min’s words. I didn’t have a choice anyway, but I thought it would be less unfair if I knew the reason.

“On weekends, regular class students use the training ground. And special classes have the lowest priority, so you can think of them as virtually unavailable on weekends.”

The faces of the students stiffened.

In the first place, the academy did not even think that special classes would use the training ground on weekends. I forgot about the harsh training for a while, but the special class was discriminated against.

“So I rented a private training ground at my own expense.”

“Sabi?”

“You borrowed money from the teacher?”

At Kang Tae-min’s words, the students were agitated. Did you even pay for yourself?

The students, who reacted in a moment of surprise, hurriedly shut their mouths.

Fortunately, it was not an impure intention, so Taemin Kang did not point out that he had made noise.

“Well, it’s not that expensive. So, isn’t it located in the middle of a mountain like this?”

At Taemin Kang’s words, the students nodded their heads in agreement.

‘But it’s money coming out of his own pocket…’ .’

‘Is there any reason to go this far?’

‘Because it’s really unique.’

While various thoughts came to mind, Kang Tae-min listened to the etiquette injector.

“Put in two rows in order of attendance number, conduct.”

“City, conduct!”

The students quickly formed a rank. Even though I didn’t have any special training, I was aware of this.

“Sir Gaeun, please come from behind.”

“Yes! Guys, fighting!”

Kang Tae-min was in the lead and Seol Ga-eun was at the tail end. Even if I tried to sneak out, I could only be born quickly.

Even if they ran away anyway, there was no student thinking about that because the etiquette injector was waiting for them.

* * *

The hike was not difficult.

It was because, except for Min So-yul, all of them were awakened fighters, so their stamina was not lacking.

And Seol Ga-eun was next to Min So-yul, so he didn’t get tired easily.

So everything seemed to go smoothly.

“Well… ?”

“uh?”

“what?”

It was in the middle of walking on a flat forest road after the uphill. The students frowned.

The color of the forest was changing. The deep green vegetation was turning brown. The scenery was changing as if someone had spilled paint on their field of vision.

“This, this… ?”

“No, could it be?”

It was a moment when students’ eyes widened. Seol Ga-eun, who was in the rear, shouted with an urgent face.

“Dungeon break!”

Dungeon Break.

It meant a phenomenon in which the space of the other world connected to the dungeon overlapped with the space of reality.

The students turned to Kang Tae-min and Seol Ga-eun with surprised faces.

“A dungeon break?!”

“Uh, shouldn’t we run away soon?”

“Sam?!”

Taemin Kang turned around. Unlike Seol Ga-eun, who was surprised, his expression was calm.

“No, go inside.”

The students’ eyes widened as if to say what that meant. But Seol Ga-eun agreed with him.

“Guys, teacher Taemin is right!”

“If you are on the border at the end of nesting, your body will be separated. Then you will know what will happen without me having to tell you.”

It was not Kang Tae-min’s personal opinion, but a guideline recommended by the association.

If you were an ordinary person without the ability, you would have to run away, but if you were an Awakened person, it was rather safe to enter the boundary once.

“If you understand, move right away!”

“Yes Yes!”

“Aww… ! What is this all of a sudden!”

Even though the students complained, they followed Kang Tae-min’s words.

As I entered the overlapping space, the refreshing mountain air disappeared and a musty smell stung my nose.

However, no students complained. It was the first time he had entered the other world, so his whole body was very tense.

“Sir Gaeun, are there any deserters?”

“Yes, there are 13 of them.”

Kang Tae-min listened to Seol Ga-eun’s answer and looked back at the students. Everyone looked anxious.

In this situation, even a troubled child had no choice but to rely on adults.

“This is not Earth.”

At Kang Tae-min’s words, the students swallowed dry saliva. But I still didn’t feel it.

“Dungeons are not the realm of humans. Stay relaxed wherever you are.”

Taemin Kang said with a firm face and checked the eyes of the students one by one.

“We don’t yet know how much overlap there will be. However, it is possible that civilians were swept away. In this case, we, the ‘Hunters’, must prioritize the rescue of civilians.”

Kang Tae-min put emphasis on the word hunter. It was a sudden situation, but since they entered the dungeon, the special class students had to act as hunters.

“Huh, Hunter… .”

“U.S?”

“Oh my gosh… .”

Naturally, students could not accept it easily. But Kang Tae-min couldn’t give them much time.

“To solve the dungeon break, you must destroy the core located in the center of the overlapping space. Of course, in the process… .”

Kang Tae-min calmly explained, then turned around. Naturally, the students also looked back in the direction he had turned.

“Kyaa-!”

“Kee-it!”

Soon, silhouettes moving through the dense trees and strange cries were heard.

Students with good eyes were able to identify them.

“Go, Goblin… !?”

At the same time, Kang Tae-min’s new model was launched. Even though there was a considerable distance, Kang Tae-min reached the goblins quickly.

It was faster than that when the goblins’ bones were broken with a series of crackling sounds.

“Wow… !”

“What a mess… .”

“It’s crazy.”

“Did you just see it?”

The eyes of Seol Ga-eun as well as the students widened. Kang Tae-min brushed off the blood from the etiquette injector and walked back leisurely.

“As you can see, we have to fight monsters.”

Saying that, Kang Tae-min took out the rollbook from his bag. Then, we broke into groups by calling students by name.

“Originally, it was a group divided during training. But for now, it might be better to call it a team.”

“Sir Taemin, can’t you… .”

“… In this situation, no matter how much I do, I can’t search everywhere. Students have to step in.”

Seol Ga-eun’s eyes trembled.

‘No matter what, they are students who have just entered school… !’

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Less than a week had passed since admission. Is it practical for such students? Seol Ga-eun, of course, thought that the students would be scared.

By the way.

“If it’s a goblin… .”

“Isn’t it worth doing?”

“I caught up to 42 the other day.”

The reaction of the students was surprisingly calm. I don’t know Seol Ga-eun, but it was thanks to the students in the special class who were successful in dealing with goblins through record training.

“It’s not just for moral reasons.”

The noise quickly disappeared at Kang Tae-min’s next words.

“If you contribute to resolving the situation, the association will reward you. As I said, you guys are now in the status of ‘Hunters’. Also, the guys who helped me this time will skip supplementary lessons tomorrow. You dealt with real goblins, so you won’t have to train.”

At Kang Tae-min’s words, the students’ mouths opened slightly.

‘No, the dungeon break went off, so I thought I was going to train tomorrow too?’

‘Don’t they usually tell you to rest?’

I glanced at Kang Tae-min with a tired face. Either that or not, Kang Tae-min concluded his speech by glancing over the students.

“Of course, the decision is voluntary. I’m going to destroy the core right away. Teacher Gaeun, please take care of the remaining students.”

“Yes? Oh yes!”

“Sir, I will go with you.”

Suddenly, a large hand came up. Everyone’s eyes turned.

“Are you worried?”

“Are you going with me?”

Ko Min-soo approached Kang Tae-min, not caring about the reaction around him.

“… good. If you help me, I won’t refuse.”

“I-I will go too!”

The words that followed made everyone turn their heads again.

This time it was Song Dae-beom.

‘It’s definitely an opportunity to get noticed… !’

For Song Dae-beom, this time was an opportunity to renew his image. Moreover, what if you are with Ko Min-soo and Kang Tae-min?

‘It’s rather safe.’

It was the conclusion that came at the end of the hair. Kang Tae-min looked at Song Dae-beom for a moment and nodded.

“good.”

Seeing this, Min So-yul bit her lip.

‘I want to go too… .’

But I couldn’t get the wind out of my mouth. Isn’t she a combat awakening?

It seemed like it would only become a burden if I had to follow it.

By the way.

“Min So-yul.”

Taemin Kang called her name. Min So-yul was startled and raised his head.

“You may spot civilians on the way to the core. You may have been injured.”

If they find an injured person along the way, there is nothing they can do with just the three of them. Seol Ga-eun had to take care of the students, so she couldn’t take them.

“It would be nice if Soyul could help. If Minsu and Daebum follow us, it will be safe.”

“ah… Yes!”

Min So-yul replied vigorously and stepped forward. That’s how the core raid team was formed.

“Then please.”

“Yes… ! be careful!”

Kang Tae-min exchanged greetings with Seol Ga-eun for the last time and headed forward.

Go Min-soo, Song Dae-bum, and Min So-yul followed with nervous faces.

‘It’s smooth.’

Kang Tae-min slightly raised the corner of his mouth. Things were going more smoothly than expected.

‘It’s comfortable that the two of them voluntarily come forward.’

Go Min-soo, Song Dae-beom, and Min So-yul.

Kang Tae-min has already decided on these three as class representatives. If he hadn’t come out, he would have called the team himself.

‘From now on, it’s full-scale training.’

Kang Tae-min already knew that a dungeon break would happen. The training ground he prepared for the special class was actually not a private training ground.

‘There is no better practice than actual combat.’

It was right here.

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