Episode 8
Sumire Hanajima.
He was a student who had the lowest grades in class F and was ranked last in the grade. Bangs covering the face and pale skin. Her dull-looking atmosphere, on the contrary, drew attention.
“Ah ah wait… I’m sorry… for a moment…”
Sumire apologized over and over and moved toward the bulletin board avoiding the students.
“Ohh I’m partying with Seven Number!”
“i envy you! What about Kim Eun-ah in class A? As expected, Class A is different!”
“No, why are you unfairly taking the test as a partner?”
“Why why? Who got caught?”
The students’ reactions were different.
Even in the same class, the skills and compatibility between partners were vastly different. At Gaon Academy, a partner system was used for some tests to foster team play. Because of that, on the day of announcing the partners, the joys and sorrows among the students were mixed.
‘My partner is…’
Sumire carefully pointed with her index finger to identify her partner. It wasn’t easy to check while being pushed around by students.
‘…The partner is a student in the same class. Skills are as equal as possible.’
This was how Gaon’s externally known partners were decided. The problem is that no one could guarantee the outcome until the partner was decided.
Sumire clung to the wall because of the waves of students. I held back and confirmed my partner.
[Ranking 209th – Sumire Hanajima]
“208 209… Ah! I found it…”
Sumire was delighted and tried to read her partner’s name written below.
“Oh, how much time are you wasting by yourself! Get out of the way!”
At that time, a female student nervously pushed Sumire away.
“Ahhhh… I’m sorry!”
Sumire, who was slumped in her seat, cautiously stood up while observing the surroundings. She wanted to raise her grade ranking more than anyone else.
‘My partner is…’
For Sumire, the test is a matter of life and death. Standing up against the wall, Sumire checked her partner’s name while being pushed by the students.
[Partner – Shin Yoo-seong]
The result was great.
* * *
In the forest of Gaon Academy.
Lee Si-woo ran at tremendous speed to Shin Yoo-seong, who was training.
“Yoosung! Yoosung! Whoops!”
How far you ran, you were out of breath. Lee Si-woo took a deep breath and asked Shin Yoo-seong.
“Yoosung! Have you checked your partner?”
“no.”
“Your partner Sumire! Hanajima Sumire!”
Shin Yoo-seong, who was meditating at those words, opened his eyes. Then he slowly got up and looked down at Lee Si-woo.
“…Sumire?”
Yoosung Shin couldn’t remember who Sumire was. However, even in class F, Sumire’s actions were unique in a bad way. Lee Si-woo spoke to Shin Yoo-seong with a serious expression.
“No, even though he has the Necromancer trait, he only has one skull! Plus, in the image room, I lost to a level 1 monster! Ranked last in grade level! You are the weakest in our school!”
Lee Si-woo said it because he was worried about Shin Yoo-seong. Shin Yoo-seong, the person in charge, was calm.
“doesn’t care.”
“It doesn’t matter! How important is your partner on the exam?”
Let Siwoo Lee shoot. Shin Yoo-seong asked with a calm expression.
“A kid named Sumire by any chance. Did you lower your bangs like this?”
“oh! You remembered! that’s right! that’s right! Just looking at it gives off a dark energy…”
At Lee Si-woo’s words, Shin Yoo-seong shook his head and pointed backwards.
“…well, I don’t remember. I’m standing behind you.”
gulp.
Siwoo Lee swallowed and looked back. Sure enough, Sumire with a tear-stained face was looking at Yoosung Shin and Siwoo Lee.
“Uuuuuuuuuuuuu… I’m sorry! I can only summon one skeleton… I can’t even defeat a level 1 monster even though I’m a hunter… Ugh… I’m sorry I’m your partner!”
Sumire nodded and apologized. Siwoo Lee ran away, sweating profusely.
“sorry!”
Thanks to that, Yoosung Shin took on Sumire for no reason.
“Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu…] of being a partner with Guo Kwon Wang-nim’s apprentice… It’s just an ankle…”
Sumire’s self-esteem digs a tunnel and crawls endlessly. Shin Yuseong had no choice but to calm Sumire down.
“…Uh, calm down for now. Sumire.”
“Aww…”
The two sat down under the tree.
A moment of time passes. Having calmed down, Sumire began to mutter her own story in a calmer tone than before.
“…I didn’t know at first that I would be this weak. It was average at Japanese academies.”
“…Uh, that’s right.”
Shin Yoo-seong’s expression was not at all interested in Sumire’s story. Sumire seemed to be comforted just by telling her story.
“I have low skills. Gaon’s students are so much stronger than Japan’s…”
Sumire even has a dormitory where rats sometimes come out. I was able to endure all the ignorance of the students, but the biggest reason was the support money.
Gaon, as a prestigious company, receives support from many companies. The subsidy was paid according to the grades of the students. It was a small amount of money for students from chaebol backgrounds. It was a lot of money for a poor student like Sumire.
“There is a reason why I have to raise my grade ranking… All of my traits are F-class and I’m really weak…”
Shin Yoo-seong was interested in the story of the trait.
“Well, what are your characteristics?”
In order to get a high score in the exam, Sumire’s care was needed.
“Ah, my ability? Oh, it’s not really a big deal… just something like hair or fingernails… a skull…”
Sumire stammered as she explained. Shin Yoo-seong briefly dismissed it.
“I want to see it once rather than explain.”
Sumire wiggled her hands for a while, then stood up as if she had made up her mind. He then plucked a strand of his own hair and threw it on the ground.
Deuk Deuk!
Then a grotesque skeleton crawled out of the ground. However, there was something strange about the posture of the skeleton.
The attitude of being shy about bones was the same as the owner, Sumire.
“Skeleton over there! On the tree… no, on the tree… attack!”
“…just hard!”
At Sumire’s command, the skeleton ran towards the tree and stretched out its fist.
right! Rush!
And even as soon as it hits a tree. crashed down
“Really…”
Shin Yoo-seong was at a loss for words.
The sullen Sumire sat down at the base of the tree again. He lamented his condition.
“Actually… the skull I made looks like the owner of the hair… except for that summoning technique, the body is really bad at fighting…”
Sumire muttered again, eating away at her self-esteem. Shin Yooseong pulled out a piece of her hair that had just fallen to the ground.
“Would you like to make it with my hair?”
“Uh, are you okay? Everyone else said they felt… bad… I guess because my hair turned into a skull…”
Sumire’s words got longer. Shin Yooseong again dismissed his words.
“try.”
Sumire nodded and scattered Shin Yoosung’s hair on the ground. Then, as before, a skeleton crawled out of the ground. However, the appearance of the bones was completely different from the previous skeleton.
“Just right!”
The skeleton struck the jawbone with confidence and took the same fighting stance as Shin Yuseong.
“How are you?”
Sensing something changed, Sumire gave an order to the skeleton in dubious doubt.
“…I attack the tree!”
thud!
The skeleton kicked the ground with great force.
Sumire’s skull embodies about 30% of the hair’s owner’s physical abilities. But he used Sumire’s hair, the weakest. It was natural that the skeleton was also weak.
And now.
The skeleton was reborn through Shin Yoo-seong’s hair.
bang! Clumsy!
Let the skeleton hit the tree with its bony fist. The tree leaned in one direction with a loud noise.
Kwaaang!
The fallen tree raised a strong wind. Sumire, who had been staring blankly at all of this, jumped out of her seat and stood up.
“Uso! (Lie!)”
How embarrassed Sumire spat out in her mother tongue, Japanese. Then, he looked at Shin Yooseong and the skeleton in turn.
“Are you okay?”
Shin Yoo-seong, the owner of the hair, reacted plainly. Sumire looked at the skeleton and thought.
‘If it’s with this person…’
If it’s with Shin Yoo-seong, it wasn’t even a dream for Sumire to raise the grade ranking. Coincidentally, Sumire was Shin Yoo-seong’s partner in the test.
‘you can do it!’
Excited by her power, Sumire held Shin Yooseong’s hands with her eyes shining unlike usual.
“There! Excuse me, but would you be okay with just 10 strands of hair!?”
Shin Yoo-seong was caught by a geek from the first test.
* * *
Meanwhile. A student from Class A who was watching Sumire from the 3rd floor of the main building ran toward the class with a surprised face.
“hey! everyone! trot! trot!”
But I was out of luck.
In class A, Kim Eun-a, who had returned from her extracurricular activities, was sitting on a desk instead of a chair and messing around.
“…Oh noisily. What are you making a fuss about in the morning?”
Kim Eun-ah was still nervous today. Her hysteria was notorious even in Class A, which was full of strong people. electrical properties that cannot be coped with. In addition, the grade ranking is a whopping 2nd place. The students of class A were busy trying to please Kim Eun-ah, the number seven.
“Oh, that’s not it, Shin Yoo-seong…”
“…Shin Yoo-seong? Who is that?”
Kim Eun-ah was unaware of Shin Yoo-seong’s existence because she was away for three days due to her out-of-town activities. In the end, Kim Eun-ah frowned. The student next to him quickly explained Shin Yuseong.
“Ah, I’m an incoming freshman in that F class. The King’s disciple…”
“Huh?”
Kim Eun-ah snorted and shook her legs softly. It’s strange that the King’s apprentice entered the academy. Even the characteristics are F.
jump.
After coming down from the desk, Kim Eun-ah generated electricity on her hand.
now! support position!
“Finish. Tomorrow is the exam, right?”
and a mischievous smile.
It seems that Kim Eun-ah was properly interested in Shin Yoo-seong.
