The S-Rank Warden Devours the Academy - Chapter 105

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Chapter 105

Dusk had settled, bringing darkness in its wake.
Rising above the sprawling grounds on the city’s outskirts stood a massive Main Gate that recalled the entrance to a resort.
Ornate lighting swept across the building’s exterior walls.
“The atmosphere here reminds me of the Academy somehow.”
Lee Yu-wol offered her observation in a flat voice.
Yeom Sa-hyeon found himself in agreement.
Particularly in the way it was all glittering facade and nothing more.
“Sir, you arrived before me!”
Just then, Kim Assistant Manager burst from the shadows in a panic.
He’d apparently rushed here as soon as word came from one of the organization’s members.
He hurried over with a series of rapid bows, then swept an anxious gaze across the vehicles passing through the Main Gate.
Next, he discreetly led Yeom Sa-hyeon and Lee Yu-wol to an inconspicuous corner.
“I, well, sir. I’m terribly sorry to bring this up….”
Kim Assistant Manager broached the subject carefully, then continued in a voice barely above a whisper.
“But do you happen to have an item that can change eye color?”
Yeom Sa-hyeon’s brow narrowed, and Kim Assistant Manager flinched with alarm, launching into explanations.
“It’s just that your face is rather well-known, sir…. Of course, you’re disguised with the hat, but your eye color is so distinctive that I thought I should mention it out of caution…. ”
Kim Assistant Manager’s voice grew increasingly tentative.
Lee Ha-je’s hat only altered facial appearance, not eye color.
That concern had prompted the suggestion.
“True enough. This place would gather plenty of people who’d recognize me.”
Yeom Sa-hyeon stood at an angle, gazing at the brightly lit wall.
Either he’d already laid hands on them, or he was about to.
Either way, they were the sort who’d take considerable interest in him.
“Master, would you use my item?”
Lee Yu-wol asked, reaching for her Piercing as if she’d been waiting for the moment.
Currently, her eyes and hair bore a dark hue unlike their usual color due to the item’s effect.
If Yeom Sa-hyeon wore it, no one would recognize him at all….
‘But Lee Yu-wol’s face is just as well-known, and if word spreads that we were poking around here, it’ll only cause complications.’
“Not necessary.”
Yeom Sa-hyeon dismissed it lightly.
“My eye color isn’t unique to one or two people.”
Physical changes were commonplace upon Awakening.
While ashen eyes with the same ethereal shimmer as Yeom Sa-hyeon’s were uncommon, far more striking bodily traits abounded.
Hair might bleach like Tae Eun-o’s, or ripple into muscular density like Gwak Cheol-joong’s without any effort, or a height barely exceeding 170 centimeters might surge upward to nearly two meters in a dramatic spurt.
By comparison, Yeom Sa-hyeon’s case was among the more modest.
Kim Assistant Manager pushed his black-framed glasses up and rambled on.
“Yes, yes! Exactly! I was just thinking if word got out that you were present—or rather, visiting this place—it would cause an uproar from top to bottom.”
He offered an ingratiatingly awkward smile.
Yeom Sa-hyeon let Kim Assistant Manager’s words pass in one ear and gazed up at the towering wall.
“What’s the layout here like?”
The height appeared to be at least three meters.
A blue Barrier was installed along the top of the wall.
‘Looks sloppy on the surface, though….’
Yeom Sa-hyeon tilted his head, hand in his pocket.
“They’ve made it troublesome.”
Kim Assistant Manager followed Yeom Sa-hyeon’s gaze and began his explanation.
“Yes, the place is famous for thorough security, so no one even attempts to scale the wall, but whether someone tunnels under or flies over, detection is guaranteed.”
“So a quiet entry and exit is impossible.”
Yeom Sa-hyeon clicked his tongue softly.
What he needed right now was to discover why the Badge reacted to this place.
He required time to look around carefully and investigate.
Even now, the Badge in his pocket thrummed with a heat more intense than ever, vibrating frantically.
“That appears to be the case.”
Kim Assistant Manager nodded and pointed toward the Main Gate.
“The entrance itself is under formidable guard.”
A black sedan was just turning in through the Main Gate.
Yeom Sa-hyeon asked.
“Are all the people in that car members too?”
“Yes. As far as I know, they usually check Membership Cards at the building attached to the Main Gate. And….”
Kim Assistant Manager fished around in his pocket and pulled something out.
“I did manage to get a Membership Card, but….”
A black card—the Membership Card.
Like an ID, it bore a name, rank, and Attribute printed in gold lettering.
And there was a photograph of an Awakened Individual embedded in it—a rough-looking man with thick brows, closely cropped hair, and a large scar running across one eye.
The face seemed vaguely familiar to Yeom Sa-hyeon; he must have crossed paths with this person in the basement.
He held the black card tight and pushed his horn-rimmed glasses up.
“Apparently a Mana Discrimination Awakened Individual stands directly in front of the security checkpoint, so it’s difficult to forge your identity even with a valid Membership Card.”
Yeom Sa-hyeon’s mouth curved up as if intrigued.
“Ah, an Awakened Individual directly?”
Kim Assistant Manager, missing the subtle smile, continued with a serious expression.
“Yes. According to our collaborator’s judgment, it would be easier to enter using a staff card instead.”
It was a gentle attempt to dissuade Yeom Sa-hyeon.
But it had no effect on him.
‘An Awakened Individual standing guard, is it.’
Convenient timing.
Dealing with people was always easier than machines, after all.
“Hand over the Membership Card.”
Yeom Sa-hyeon extended his hand without hesitation.
“Yes? But….”
As Kim Assistant Manager faltered, Yeom Sa-hyeon snatched the card lightly from his grip in the blink of an eye.
Suddenly robbed of the card, Kim Assistant Manager reached out urgently.
“Ah! Instructor! If you go in like this, it’s dangerous—”
…Dangerous?
Kim Assistant Manager paused mid-sentence, his eyes flickering.
A small doubt crossed his mind.
Who exactly was in danger?
Was it an Interrogator wearing a mask of harmless civility, or was it the Awakened Individuals inside, blissfully unaware, absorbed in their gambling?
The answer came at once.
It was like a apex predator entering a pen filled with nothing but prey.
Even if something did go wrong, if the Interrogator was at fault, his own crime would naturally be buried with it.
“The entrance is over there, Instructor.”
Kim Assistant Manager’s face grew considerably more at ease as he pointed to the door of the building beside the Main Gate.
As Yeom Sa-hyeon moved toward the entrance, Lee Yu-wol quickly followed him.
“Master, is it alright if I accompany you?”
“Wait outside with Kim Assistant Manager.”
Yeom Sa-hyeon replied flatly, removing one Glove.
“Yes, understood.”
Lee Yu-wol answered obediently, though she could not quite hide her disappointment.

Left behind by the two, Yeom Sa-hyeon stood before the Main Gate.
He passed lightly through the transparent automatic door.
In the middle of an ordinary Lobby, an access Gate blocked the way.
A visitor who had arrived ahead was just passing through the Gate.
Beep—
The man scanned his Membership Card at the Gate reader, and the barrier blocking him slid open.
“Please stand right here.”
A security guard was waiting beyond.
The visitor stood before the guard, who wore a jumpsuit uniform.
The guard took the Membership Card and alternated his gaze between the photograph embedded in it and the visitor to verify the identity.
Then he proceeded with a Mana Discrimination check, placing hand against hand.
One hand holding the Membership Card, the other pressed skin-to-skin against the visitor.
A faint surge of mana flickered across his pupils.
He was comparing the mana encoded in the card like a fingerprint against the visitor’s own mana signature.
‘Strange security from the entrance itself.’
What sports club in the world put a member through such rigorous procedures just to enter?
As Yeom Sa-hyeon shifted his weight to one leg and clicked his tongue,
“Next person, please come in.”
The previous visitor’s inspection finally ended, and the guard’s gaze turned toward Sa-hyeon.
Sa-hyeon adjusted his card and scanned his Membership Card against the reader.
Beep—
The barrier door slid open with a mechanical chime.
Sa-hyeon passed through the access Gate and approached the guard slowly.
“Your Membership Card, please.”
The guard extended his hand toward Sa-hyeon.
But Sa-hyeon clutched the card and froze for a heartbeat.
The guard’s eyes narrowed with confusion.
“…Sir?”
Sa-hyeon’s face was obscured by the hat he wore.
As the guard bent his head slightly to get a better look at his face,
A faint crimson glint seemed to flash beneath the brim of the hat.
But when he narrowed his eyes to look again, the red glow had vanished as if washed away.
‘…Must have imagined it.’
While the guard tilted his head in puzzlement,
“Won’t you take it?”
Sa-hyeon casually handed over his Membership Card.
The guard realized he’d been staring too hard and hastily accepted the card.
He checked the photo as he normally would—
“……Hm?”
A note of doubt escaped from between the guard’s lips.
His expression grew progressively more troubled as he compared Sa-hyeon to the photograph in the card.
“Your face……”
There was nothing in his appearance that resembled the photo.
Before the guard could say anything, Sa-hyeon smoothly beat him to it.
“I lost a lot of weight, so my features changed quite a bit.”
The guard grew even more confused.
“……This face.”
The guard looked down at the photograph on the card, then back at Sa-hyeon’s face.
“You’re telling me a diet did all this?”
‘The whole structure is completely different….’
The employee murmured uncertainly.
Sa-hyeon spoke with such composure that it clouded the guard’s judgment, as though he’d been mesmerized.
The guard raked his hair back roughly and refocused his dulling eyes.
“Let me see your wrist, please.”
The face could be deceived, but the unique Mana that flows through an Awakened Individual’s body could not.
This would settle everything.
Yet there wasn’t a trace of hesitation in Sa-hyeon’s expression.
Sa-hyeon left a leisurely smile and extended his right hand.
“Go ahead and check.”

S-Rank Instructor Devours the Academy Episode 105

Author
Baek Lu-ga
Publisher
Daon Creative
Planning / Editing / Production
Yun Tae-ri
Cover Art
Tom

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ⓒ2026, Baek Lu-ga

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