Chapter 519 – The First Day.

Today is the first day of class at the Hunter Academy.

To be honest, just the fact that I got accepted into the academy was pretty amazing.

It wasn’t for some grand purpose, but simply to dodge the military.

So, despite being a powerless loser, I applied without much thought.

But that exam was ridiculously hard.

“Examiner, who the hell made these questions? They’re so f*cked up!”

“I did. Care to say that again? What’s so f*cked up about them?”

In the end, I had no choice but to return home with a failing score.

“My face.”

“Get out.”

“Dammit.”

But they say luck comes unexpectedly.

So I went to complain to the old man living next door, Ryu Kang-hyuk.

He told me to wait a moment and stepped out for a bit.

He didn’t take long to come back.

“You passed.”

“Oh, really?”

“Someone had an accident and couldn’t enroll.”

“That’s unfortunate.”

For some reason, Kang-hyuk’s breath was a bit rushed, but hey, it was lucky for me.

After all, the person must have been up to no good to have gotten into such an accident.

Whoever it was, they must have been doing really bad deeds all the time.

That’s why people should always live kindly like me.

Anyway, thanks to a bit of luck, I got accepted into the Hunter Academy.

Now I was on my way for the first class of the academy today.

Though in the corner of my mind, I felt somewhat uneasy.

If my skills were above average,

I could’ve passed this place easily.

But instead, I got in through an additional acceptance, which felt a bit shameful.

Regression, which is as common as dirt in web novels,

doesn’t have any system window that a typical protagonist would have,

and there’s nothing particularly special about me.

But I quickly brushed off those negative thoughts.

Isn’t it a problem to assess hunters based on exams?

There’s no way such a trivial test can measure my abilities.

And my abilities will surely grow at the academy.

With those expectations for the first class in mind, I burst open the classroom door.

I was a bit dizzy from drinking last night, but I was proud enough not to be late.

After all, there’s no greater idiocy than being late because of drinking.

*

Didn’t I say I was lucky?

Looking back, it was hard to say I was really lucky.

I never expected to have a massive fight with the professor right from the first class.

Honestly, I felt a little wronged.

Was it Professor Pilyong? I can’t recall his name.

But anyway, that f*cking bald professor.

That guy messed up by taking hair loss meds before class even started.

“Professor, what’s that medication? Is it hair loss meds?”

“Yeah, you’ll be taking them at this age too.”

I was just genuinely curious and didn’t mean any harm.

I had heard a few reviews about hair loss medication online.

I just wanted to verify if they were true by asking a question, politely and thoughtfully.

“They say it feels like you’re standing on the ground while taking that. Is that true for you, Professor?”

“Why? This isn’t a drug!”

But suddenly, he jumped out and challenged me to a fight.

“Well, you’ve got no hair, so…”

“Get out, you dog!”

“F*ck.”

What a sh*tty day it was for my luck.

*

The fight surprisingly ended pretty quickly.

Of course, I’m definitely not skilled at fighting.

I learned some fighting techniques from Kang-hyuk, but mostly I just got beaten under the guise of education.

I’m not the type to feel strong enough to hit someone.

Nor could I ever think to hurl insults at anyone.

I’m literally just a pitiful human with a soft heart.

“Ugh…”

“Whoa, that was scary…”

That’s why I had no confidence in fighting.

But didn’t I say the fight ended rather anticlimactically?

Indeed, the fight was over in a flash once it started.

“How can you do this to someone…”

“A bald man isn’t a person, right?”

Thanks to me accidentally kicking the professor hard in the crotch,

I felt something break, but what could I do?

It was merely a coincidence that occurred in a tense situation.

It seemed like the professor’s luck was a bit worse than mine.

That’s why people should always lead a kind life.

I self-deprecatingly thought I had no luck,

but I still had a bit of fortune in this situation.

It must be the result of good karma.

Yet personally, I thought the professor should thank me.

If he takes hair loss medication without hair, he’ll surely waste money.

Isn’t it better to lose a couple of precious eggs and grow back hair instead?

“W-W-What a coward…”

“There’s no cowardice in fighting.”

“That’s true…”

Of course, whether hair grows in that wasteland is a bit questionable, though.

“And I’m a power user, so please let it slide.”

“Y-Y-You’re a… power user…?”

After that, it was surprisingly easy.

The professor, holding his groin, painfully left the classroom

to bring some weird machine to check if I was a power user.

“I told you. I’m a power user.”

“Are you saying you really are a useless idiot…?”

There were some minor incidents where the professor got unexpectedly angry during the process.

“Who’s the idiot that lost to that idiot?”

“Get out, you ass!”

“Yeah, no thanks. You’re trash.”

Anyway, the first class ended without a hitch.

Though it ended without a hitch, I never said the class content was easy.

I was busy just trying to jot down the course material I had never heard before.

Worries about the future crept into my mind.

If it’s like this, how can I even take an exam properly?

What if I fall behind everyone and can’t do anything?

Forget about getting a job; will I even be able to graduate?

Plus, everyone here seemed to have some level of skill, which was terrifying.

I’ve never laid a hand on anyone in violence.

I had no confidence that I could navigate through this academy that was harsher than expected.

“Should I drop out…?”

As I seriously pondered dropping out,

someone gently tapped my shoulder from behind.

“Hey, are you a power user?”

From the thin voice, it seemed to be a girl.

I wondered why she suddenly decided to talk to me.

I quickly turned my head to confirm the information coming into my view.

A considerably petite figure compared to others.

Long, fiery red hair that was even brighter than flames.

Lizard-like, bright yellow eyes.

And a somewhat cheerful yet slightly fierce smile.

It was definitely a girl I hadn’t seen before, but she felt strangely familiar.

“Yeah, that’s right. Who are you?”

“Oh, sorry. I’m just a bit out of it.”

She immediately flashed a big smile and scratched her head.

“I’m Hyeji. What about you?”

“My name is Kim Shinwoo.”

She quickly extended her hand as if to shake mine.

“Nice to meet you.”

“Me too. Let’s get along from now on.”

As I shook her small hand, I really found her intriguing.

I couldn’t shake off the feeling of familiarity either.

Plus, there was an odd feeling of awkwardness setting in.

As I attentively examined her, I suddenly fixed my gaze on one spot.

A major change began to manifest on my face.

“But are you not curious why I suddenly talked to you?”

“……”

Though there’s no mirror, I strangely felt like I knew my own face right now.

“Huh? Why’s your face like that all of a sudden?”

“……”

My face twisted in horror.

Like I had just seen something disgusting.

Or as if I witnessed something unbelievable.

In that moment, Hyeji recoiled and curled up, looking very flustered.

“Wh-Wh-What are you looking at!!!”

“……No…”

She must have picked up on where my gaze was fixed.

Her face turned even redder than her hair, and she yelled at me.

She even hurled some rather harsh words my way.

Even though I hadn’t done anything yet.

“You perverted bastard!!!”

“No…”

Thanks to that, the eyes of the surrounding students started to focus on me.

Everyone was pointing their fingers and whispering at me in disapproval.

But still, I couldn’t react at all.

“What do you mean it’s not? Your eyes are fixed right here!”

“No…”

Instead, my face just went even gloomier.

Was the attention of those around me directed at me? No.

Was I too shocked by what Hyeji said? No.

Was it too surprising to find myself in this situation? No.

The only reason my face twisted without any reaction was one thing.

“So then what’s not? Tell me!!!

“F*ck no, you dog!!!”

“What, what, why are you suddenly cursing at me!”

Hyeji in front of me was covering her chest.

No way could she keep it hidden with just her hands.

The smallest frame with the biggest breasts I’ve ever seen in my life.

“Hyeji’s breasts can’t possibly exist!!!!!!”

In that moment, everything began to collapse.

The strange gazes from the students around me.

The classroom, including the desk I was sitting at.

Hyeji hiding her big breasts right in front of me.

The world that I had been breathing in up until a moment ago.

Everything began to crumble down.

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