Admission is for nothing (146)
Lesson 30. Final exam – 1
Wednesday afternoon After all classes are over.
Ban Yu-won was having dinner with Yu-mina after a long time.
If the Rebellion members knew about it, they wouldn’t like it again, but since we had something to talk about just the two of us, we couldn’t help it.
“So you were just guarding the tower all evening?”
“Exactly until dawn. I didn’t know it would be this long. At least once the wave ended and I managed to get out. It’s a relief that the flow of time inside stops when you get out of the tower, really.”
Banyuwon yawned, as if trying to show that the damage from spending the night was still there.
Yumina must have been cute to see such a semi-yuwon.
“By the way… can you honestly tell me about this?”
“I thought it would be better to openly listen to my sister than to hide it.”
“Thank you for thinking that way.”
Yumina tilted her wine glass and smiled bitterly.
“I’d rather not talk too much to anyone else. Aren’t the Rebellion team’s explorations already getting a lot of attention? It’s a place where only ‘unique’ and ‘special’ people from all dimensions are gathered, so everyone is sensitive to that.”
“I know what you mean. You’re saying that when a kid who used to win first place in high school enters S University, everyone feels a sense of relative deprivation because there are only so many who won first place in the entire school and won national contests.”
“Uh huh… maybe something like that?”
I couldn’t figure out the metaphor of Banyuwon.
Yumina was able to be convinced again after hearing about what he had been through this time.
It was not wrong that he had chosen him.
Indeed, he would become the keeper of the Tower of Babel, no, of Union Academy.
“Promise your sister. From now on, I will not tell anyone about the contents of my solo exploration.”
“Uh…”
“…Did you tell me already?”
When Ban Yu-Won talked about the conversation he had with Aire, Yu-Mina put on a mischievous expression and stretched out her hand to pinch his cheek.
“Did you do it because you wanted to be friends with the Aire students? huh?”
“Originally, sharing secrets makes the relationship stronger. I thought it would be a good opportunity to appeal that I believe in Aire.”
Yumina let out a sigh at Ban Yuwon’s confident attitude.
I knew that Ban Yu-won was determined and moved to form a ‘force’ within the academy after expanding the Union trip.
She had nothing to say if it wasn’t just to make a fuss out of wanting to look good for a girl, but if it was an action taken to carefully judge Aire’s individual and attract her as an ally.
“Really… Of course, I think she’s a trustworthy person, but first of all, she’s Professor Cantone’s student. It’s better to somehow block the route through which information flows.”
“I will refrain from doing so in the future. … Hmm, but I have a question.”
“huh?”
Yumina was more wary of Cantone than Aire, and that was a point that half Yuwon fully sympathized with.
Hasn’t Cantone been involved in most of the things I’ve experienced at the academy so far?
But at this point, what bothered me was why writers like Cantone and Ryu Cheol-myeong were so wary of themselves and anxious to eat taffy.
Whether it’s his purebloodism or whatever, isn’t it the students who climb the tower in the end?
There is no way that the element of competition interferes with the relationship between professor and student.
Looking at what they were doing, it seemed that they, who were professors rather than students, regarded Banyuwon as more of a thorn in their eyes.
“Well, I don’t openly announce it, but… In fact, professors and students are strictly in competition.”
Yumina said something unexpected.
The moment he heard those words, lightning flashed in Ban Yu-Won’s head.
“Do professors also enter the tower? When the hell… vacation?”
“that’s right. Two months in total, twice for one month each vacation. Associate professors are different in most cases, but at least one to two weeks.”
“I see… Originally, after graduating from the academy, you will not be able to enter the tower, but if you become a professor at the academy, you will be given the opportunity to climb the tower. Then everyone will want to become a professor.”
Ban Yu-won now fully understands the structure of Union Academy.
“got it? Not only students who compete for the same position as you, but even more so, professors who have stayed at the academy for a long time and strived to climb the tower are very sensitive to ‘something new’. If you openly check or oppress a student, the principal will scold you, so you just endure it. Those who couldn’t stand it and eventually crossed the line…”
It’s not even kids who get scolded by the principal.
Even though she almost burst into laughter at her speech, Ban Yu-won barely accepted her words.
“It seems to have been replaced.”
“Of course, the replacement of a full professor does not happen very often. However, associate professors make a lot of silly mistakes as they have no experience yet, and they are replaced every few years.”
Just this year alone, an associate professor was kicked out.
Ban Yu-won shrugged his shoulders, recalling the name of the exodus gangster he couldn’t even remember.
“One full professor will be fired this vacation.”
“Are you sure?”
“Isn’t your sister like that too?”
“That’s…”
Yumina couldn’t deny it.
At the same time, he chewed his lips, feeling helpless at not being able to step forward and punish him now that he was clearly reading Ryu Chul-myung’s thoughts.
“Actually, I told the principal about the relic I got from this special activity. I gave it to you…”
“The talk must have gone bad.”
Most of the members are convinced that Ryu Cheol-myeong will play a trick in the long-term special activity this vacation.
Even though Ryu Cheol-myeong’s great sword was found in the last special activity, it was never a direct evidence to sanction Ryu Cheol-myeong.
“Of course, I couldn’t get permission to accompany you either. Instead, he said that he would turn a blind eye to providing me with the same headband as last time… but maybe he wants you to fight against Professor Ryu Chul-myeong.”
“You’re going to use us to get rid of Ryu Chul-myeong? What do you think of students?”
“He values your potential very highly. It would be cheeky for me to guess what he thinks, but maybe he sees that the fight with Professor Ryu Chul-myeong will help you grow.”
“It’s really a piece of shit…”
I thought that from the beginning, but really, he’s a person who never steps forward and does something.
Even though he knew that Ryu Cheol-myeong would attack Ban Yu-won, he was neglecting it!
Ban Yu-won sighed at the president’s heartless behavior.
It doesn’t seem like an enemy by any means, but after all, that existence was never Banyuwon’s ally.
“Ryu Cheol-myung is never easygoing. I know everyone is preparing in many ways, but really strong power can break all traps by force.”
“It is a situation that has no choice but to face it. … have to try.”
Most of Ryu Cheol-myeong’s battle patterns were able to follow Libby, who was holding a relic, and the members, including Ban Yu-won, were preparing for a confrontation with Ryu Cheol-myeong through constant sparring with Libby.
Of course, as it is a relic of the past, it will be different from Ryu Cheol-myeong’s method now, but if you perfectly interpret even a part of Ryu Cheol-myeong, it will definitely work to your advantage when you face him in the future.
Even so, the gap with the opponent is still huge…
“I have to grow up somehow before leaving for special activities.”
A solo exploration that only overcame one wave, and it is unknown when it will be cleared.
Recent team-based exploration that seems to be going smoothly, but that’s why we can’t hope for dramatic growth.
Now that there is little to gain from the tower, Ban Yu-won was suffering from impatience that he had to complete his martial arts somehow.
Even if I knew that it was a problem that could not be solved even if I was impatient, I couldn’t help my mind, so I wondered if this was evidence of immaturity.
“are you okay.”
At that time, Yumina crossed the table and lightly hugged Ban Yuwon’s head.
Her unique floral fragrance filled him and quickly stabilized his anxious mind.
If he had an older sister, would it feel like this… Ah, first of all, he has an older sister on the family register, but let’s think about it without him.
“This may sound irresponsible, but if you have to, you can just run away. We will prepare countermeasures so that you can escape safely in any situation.”
“But then, the special activities will fail.”
“You are the most important.”
Yumina’s unwavering voice supported Ban Yu-won.
“Even if you fail, as long as you somehow survive, you can prove Professor Ryu Chul-myung’s evil deeds. If that happens, it won’t matter if the special activities fail or not.”
“… but run away.”
“I’m telling you to think of it as a last resort.”
As if to reassure him, Yumina rubbed his shoulder and whispered.
“The principal is a bit strict, but he doesn’t ask for anything unreasonable. I believe that with your abilities, you will be able to overcome anything.”
“…thank you.”
In the end, Ban Yu-won nodded.
Thanks to her comfort, the impatience disappeared, but the question of why Yumina treated him so well remained.
…Maybe we’ll find out sooner or later.
Perhaps that has something to do with why Yumina became a full professor and climbed the tower, he thought carefully.
* * *
From then on, when he had personal time left, he entered the tower alone and participated in the defense of the tower construction site.
After overcoming a wave, several hours passed, and he and his followers were bound to be exhausted, so he had to get out of the tower in a hurry.
Slowly, not only did all the concepts of the semi-yuwon grow, but in particular, the huge amount of concepts gained from solo exploration helped him grow his family.
That’s how I burned until Thursday night and entered the tower with my party on Friday morning.
Team exploration went very smoothly.
According to the standards of Eden, a space of rewards made in 10 rooms, treasure chests do not appear, but should I say that the ‘blood wine’ and ‘life tree’ flowing through Eden are of a level of difficulty that appear unconditionally?
Ban Yu-Won made full use of the power of various concepts in various environments of the tower and gradually completed his martial arts, Dok-Ko-Yeon finished off all enemies with a single sword as always, and Ruchel became more and more proficient in handling weapons, and now he is completely like the master of lightning. The force was exuding.
And speaking of light.
“Keugh…!”
The cycle of more and more pain was getting shorter in proportion to the higher level and spearmanship.
“Are you really going to be okay?”
“It’s okay… I said…! It’s okay, I’m used to using power now…!”
“Light….”
Even Dokgoyeon, who had always been rough with Light, gave him a worried look.
However, his military power itself was growing rapidly, as if the special training with Aire was worthwhile.
Even bringing in Light, who had taken a matchless match with a holy sword in the beginning of the semester, was enough to fight a fairly close match.
“The fact that the cycle of pain is getting faster means that my strength is growing smoothly now. … I will no longer be swayed by the holy sword.”
“Now the lines are very like the main character. I’m worried that a darkening development will be waiting for me later.”
“I’m dying of pain, but don’t say anything strange, Ban…!”
The team exploration of the 12th week, each with a firm intention, resulted in the feat of reaching 80 rooms over 3 days on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Even last week, the number of rooms exceeded 15, but considering that the difficulty level increases as the room gets deeper, it could literally be called a breakthrough.
Light, who struggled all the way through Room 79, regained his normal condition only after eating a fruit from Room 80 and drinking blood wine.
“Hmm, what’s left now is the two-week long-term exploration given ahead of special activities?”
After checking the time in room 80 and confirming that it was time to leave, Dok-go-yeon muttered as he ate the apple-shaped fruit that was given to him as his share.
“When I first became a team like you, I thought it would be fortunate if I could go up to 100 rooms in one semester, but I think I can easily achieve that.”
“At that time, Dok-go-yeon was more scary…”
Ban Yu-won said something useless, but was beaten by Dok-go-yeon.
However, if it had been a relationship at the beginning of the semester, he would not have even imagined joking and arguing like this.
This team is a good team.
I wanted to be with you until the end if possible.
“Ah, come to think of it, the two weeks from next week are the exam period.”
“Strangely, time seems to have gone by so quickly.”
“Because there was no stimulus. So, look forward to this vacation. It will feel very long.”
“Pretending to be confident.”
Dokgo-yeon snorted at Ban Yu-won’s bravado and laughed at him.
“I think I will do well on the test before then.”
“In preparation for the final exams, I had Light and Ruchel study in advance, so don’t worry about that part.”
In the simulated Constellation Battle, which could have been a big variable, unexpectedly, all four of them were doing well, so there shouldn’t be a big problem in getting evaluated.
“Rather than that, the issue of this test is…they.”
“Come to think of it.”
To Ban Yu-won’s words, Dok-go-yeon nodded earnestly.
them.
The reason why the special selection seniors who belonged to the Union trip joined the club in the first place.
Wasn’t it to raise their test scores, which occupy the bottom of each grade?
The time has finally arrived for the efforts of the past few months to be duly evaluated.
This is the beginning of the Rebellion Rebellion.
