༺ Yu Ha-eun (1) ༻
‘Lesser Telekinesis; should be useful even if it’s a low rank.’
The skill I copied was Lesser Telekinesis, a D-class skill.
It was only a D-class skill but,
Grade: D
-Matter can be moved through the use of mana.
-Based on the amount of mana used, additional objects can be moved or accelerated.
Just what you would expect from a skill called Telekinesis, it does the basics.
It consumed a lot of magic which was a bit annoying,
But this could be very helpful in the long run.
“…Hmm.”
After I checked the skill for a bit,
I looked around and examined my surroundings.
‘I guess the atmosphere is probably hostile against me.’
The professor tried to maintain a formal appearance, after all.
From an outside perspective, I probably looked like scum.
No matter how you looked at it, I just looked like someone who kept attacking an innocent professor.
As if to prove that,
“…I-Is that okay?”
“Shouldn’t he be disqualified?”
“I-I mean, he did win, and he didn’t go against any rules but…”
An awkward atmosphere engulfed the arena.
A completely one-sided match.
And they couldn’t say anything out loud because I showed an almost transcendental image when I broke the magic orb,
But the voices of the students seem a little dissatisfied with the way the battle went.
‘That’s none of my business though.’
Of course, that didn’t mean I had to care about my reputation.
In fact, thanks to my reputation being this way,
I was occasionally getting skills with the system’s [Incomplete Victory] message.
And on the third exam,
That is, on this final exam, I am going to eliminate most of the students here.
***
After the match, I was in a room where other students were on standby.
As soon as I arrived, I looked around the room.
‘She usually comes to me immediately when I cause an incident like this but… did something happen to Seo-ah?’
Whether it was me or Ha-eun, Seo-ah would always be there to try to resolve an incident we caused.
If she knew I did something like this, I thought she would come running to fix the situation,
But for some reason, Seo-ah didn’t even bother to look at me.
Usually, this would be because something happened to Seo-ah…
“…Si-woo?”
And as I expected, when I found Seo-ah, she looked quite busy.
Of course,
“How dare you reject the offer of this Dark Flame Dragon, the shadow within the darkness!! Do you not fear death…?! AGH!!”
“I mean, Ha-eun, that’s impossible! It’s impossible for both me and Si-woo!”
She seemed to be out of her wits, arguing with Ha-eun.
On top of all that, a flustered Seo-ah was hitting Ha-eun on her head.
‘Has Ha-eun regained her memory as well?’
The familiar scene of Seo-ah and Ha-eun interacting had been something I often saw in my previous life.
Due to such a familiar scene,
I was hopeful that Ha-eun had regained her memory but…
‘There is no way.’
If Ha-eun had regained her memory, she would have gone straight to the chairman’s office.
Considering her personality, it was obvious that she would have rushed to get revenge without a second thought.
However, she didn’t seem like she would do that, so she probably hadn’t regained her memory.
‘…Maybe they became friends again?’
Ha-eun and Seo-ah weren’t bad at socializing.
Especially in the case of Ha-eun, even I was surprised at how social she was,
So they would be able to become friends…
“Yours truly! Ha-eun, the Dark Flame Dragon herself is personally asking you, a mere mortal, for your true name, so why would you dare refuse?!”
“…”
Ah, right.
I had forgotten how much of a chunni this girl was.
After six years, her edgy attitude had significantly improved thanks to Seo-ah,
so I had completely forgotten about this,
Since we came back to the past, she was back to her old self.
Given the fact that she was talking about true names or whatever nonsense, I guess her inner Chunni had emerged.
Or maybe, I should say, she was back to how she originally was.
“Oh! My sworn rival! I have been waiting for you!”
And as if getting hit lightly by Seo-ah wasn’t enough,
Ha-eun rushed over and talked to me.
I guess she did get hurt since she was rubbing the spot where she got hit.
But despite that, she looked at me with bright eyes.
Anyway,
‘…Rival?’
I have never heard or seen Ha-eun refer to anyone as her rival.
She always called herself a Dark… whatever it was,
And acted like she was some sort of amazing being.
So Ha-eun had obviously never thought of anyone as a rival.
However,
“You are bound to have a true name as well! This Dark Flame Dragon has specifically recognized you as a rival, so I shall give you a special chance to reveal your true name! Fufu…!”
Ha-eun acknowledged me, using the word “specifically”.
Could this be related to how she looked at me with eyes full of respect?
I felt happy to get recognized by Ha-eun, who was quite proud of herself.
‘But what do you mean by true name? It’s embarrassing.’
If I had her the name, Park Si-woo, it was obvious she would ask me to give her some edgy name.
Ha-eun had always been like that.
“…Hmm.”
I thought for a bit.
I didn’t care if Ha-eun acted like a chunni, in the first place.
To get straight to the point, it was annoying and embarrassing.
It was Seo-ah who usually dealt with Ha-eun,
So I just wanted to move on this time, but…
‘I want to copy one of her skills.’
Looking at Ha-eun’s status window,
Name: Yu Ha-eun
Level: 51 (3rd Stage Awakener)
Status: Expectant
[Strength: 22] [Stamina: 20] [Agility: 19] [Magic: 71] [Luck: 23]
(Remaining attribute points are 0.)
Skills:
Holy Arrow(D) Mana Explosion(C) Fireball(D) Mana Manipulation(E) Ice Sculpture(C) Teleportation(B) Mass Teleportation(A) Psychokinesis(B) Large Explosion(B) Summon Meteorite(B)
She had better skills than any other student here.
In other words, once a day, every day, I had the opportunity to continuously copy high-class skills.
And I could get a bit of experience on top of that.
I needed to copy skills to send that bastard, Park Ki-yeol, to hell later.
However,
‘Considering Ha-eun’s personality… there’s no way she’ll lose to me, right?’
It wasn’t just a day or two I had spent with her.
It was unimaginable to think that she would ever lose a bet against me on purpose.
Ha-eun would always try to win at anything she tried, no matter how insignificant it seemed.
So there would be no way to make her lose to me easily.
That’s why,
“Ha-eun, why don’t we make a bet? If you win, I’ll tell you my true name.”
I proposed a bet to Ha-eun.
If the person Ha-eun labeled her rival, a word she had never used before, offered her a bet, she would accept it, even if she didn’t get what she wanted.
With the bait of revealing my true name or whatever,
I found an easy way to copy Ha-eun’s skills.
I expected her to lightly agree but,
“Sure! Yours truly never avoids competition! However, I have a condition. If you accept this, I shall accept too! Fufu…”
Ha-eun replied, saying that she would accept under one condition.
…Anyway
Did she really think that she looked cooler if she added “Fufu” at the end of every sentence?
Well, that wasn’t important right now.
“Okay.”
It might be different in 6 years,
But right now, you’re in the palm of my hand.
You and I have known each other for years,
So, in this kind of situation…
“You’re going to decide what we bet on?”
You would probably decide on something that was in your favor.
“Fufu, yes! I will decide what we… Eh?”
Ha-eun, who was a step behind, agreed with me.
As if she were genuinely surprised, Ha-eun made a strange sound with her mouth as she took a step back. She took a cautious stance.
However, as if to prove the pride of a chunni, Ha-eun immediately opened her shoulders.
“As to be expected of the one I have recognized as my rival…”
The way she said it was a little strange, but she still managed to speak confidently.
“Uh… Si-woo?”
After seeing all of this, Seo-ah quietly called out to me.
Seo-ah looked a bit anxious,
I answered her question calmly.
“What?”
“Uhm… are you really going to make a bet with Ha-eun…? Why…?”
“Ah. I guess I didn’t explain the skill I got, right? There’s a reason I’m doing this, I’ll explain to you later.”
“Uhm… I won’t stop you if there is a reason behind it, but please cut her some slack, okay…? If you do what you did before, Ha-eun is going to cry…”
“Don’t worry. I’ll act in moderation.”
“…I’ll trust you.”
She really worries a lot,
She was worried that I might act like I used to.
Of course, back then I didn’t intend to do that either.
If Ha-eun didn’t act like she did before,
I was going to do my best not to hurt her.
“So? What are we betting on?”
…Probably?
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