The S-Rank Warden Devours the Academy - Chapter 113

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Chapter 113

“That covers the main facilities.”
Lee Yu-wol’s voice was flat as she finished the tour of the campus with Lee Ha-jin.
She’d never been the type to shepherd someone around kindly and explain things.
He exhaled a long breath through his nose as though relieved that the tiresome task was finally over.
But the young man with the pink hair across from her, Lee Ha-jin, seemed utterly unbothered.
He smiled faintly as he spoke.
“It’s much bigger than it looked in photographs.”
‘So this is where he used to work.’
Lee Ha-jin murmured, his eyes distant with recollection.
He took in the interior of the building and the students passing by, committing everything to memory.
Then, suddenly, his attention snagged on the chatter of students around him.
‘Interrogator’, ‘Yeom Sa-hyeon’.
Familiar words were spilling from their mouths.
“They’re talking about your master, right?”
…….
Lee Yu-wol’s brows creased slightly.
His mood hadn’t been good to begin with.
As they moved through the Academy corridors, Sa-hyeon’s name came up constantly.
“Hey, but honestly—doesn’t it scare you a little?”
“It’s unsettling. Mirror Face is a professor? If things go wrong, does he torture students too?”
“Look at how Ji Se-yong couldn’t use his legs—there’s nothing he wouldn’t do, right?”
Listening to these strangers gossip thoughtlessly about his master, Lee Yu-wol’s eyes narrowed with barely contained fury.
Though there were other voices too.
“Maybe the rumors are just exaggerated! The Combat Class students follow him like crazy. If he treated them the same way, wouldn’t they?”
“Exactly! He saved us, and he even came all the way to the infirmary because he was worried!”
“Right? Maybe the Interrogator isn’t as scary as people think?”
Lee Yu-wol found this latter reaction deeply satisfying.
It only made sense.
Given the achievements Sa-hyeon had accumulated, he deserved respect.
But aside from all that, there was still this fellow standing right before him—Lee Ha-jin—whom Yu-wol found deeply irritating.
“The Academy talks about the Interrogator almost as much as the Colosseum does.”
Lee Ha-jin spoke as if to himself.
At his casual, unmarked speech, Lee Yu-wol’s brow creased again.
Yu-wol was already tormented by self-reproach over the seal lodged in his mind.
Instead of being helpful to his master, he’d become a burden.
And now this pink-haired fellow—who knew where he’d come from—had entered the Academy under his master’s sponsorship.
Another weight piling onto his master’s shoulders.
‘And the way he talks to my master….’
There was no way to like him.
Just as Yu-wol’s expression darkened with displeasure,
Lee Ha-jin laughed brightly and thrust out his hand.
“Anyway, thanks for the tour, Lee Yu-wol.”
…….
At the sudden offer of a handshake, Yu-wol looked down at that hand with an astringent face.
A moment of silence.
“……Huh?”
Then a hollow voice came from somewhere.
Both Yu-wol and Ha-jin turned their heads toward the source of the sound at once.
Tae Eun-o stood frozen at the threshold of the building, staring blankly at them.
“Lee Yu-wol is… actually talking to someone else…?”
Lee Yu-wol, who ordinarily treated everyone except Sa-hyeon like tumbleweeds,
was standing face-to-face with a peer, having a normal conversation.
At this rare sight, Go Gyeol and Ha Jae-yun, who’d followed Eun-o inside, stopped dead in their tracks as well.
Ha Jae-yun was the first to speak.
“Uh… who is that? A friend?”
“Lee Yu-wol has a friend?”
Tae Eun-o posed the question with genuine innocence, untainted by malice.
As expected, Lee Yu-wol’s answer was decisive.
“That’s not it.”
Not a hint of hesitation colored the edge of her clipped words.
Lee Ha-jin’s face darkened with displeasure, and he scratched the back of his head with the hand he’d been holding out.
“Well, not exactly, but it doesn’t sit right with me….”
Go Gyeol, observing the exchange, narrowed his eyes and studied Lee Ha-jin carefully from head to toe.
His gaze fell slightly lower than Gyeol’s own height. The striking hair color drew the eye at once.
“I don’t think I’ve seen your face before.”
“Oh, I’m a first-year. Martial Arts Class.”
Lee Ha-jin introduced himself lightly, gesturing with his thumb toward Lee Yu-wol.
“My master told me to start attending the Academy today.”
“……What?”
“Huh?”
In that instant, enormous question marks appeared simultaneously above Tae Eun-o’s and Ha Jae-yun’s heads.
Go Gyeol blinked, equally bewildered.
His eyes widened gradually as he rapidly replayed the sentence Lee Ha-jin had just spoken.
If Lee Yu-wol’s his master… then she’s our Professor, too?
“……Yeom Sa-hyeon, did you…?”

* * *

That afternoon, in Yeom Sa-hyeon’s Research Office.
Hae-seong exhaled deeply as he neatly organized the stack of documents scattered across his desk.
‘Preparations are all done. Time to go call the kids.’
He was reaching for his jacket on the coat rack to leave the Research Office when—

Knock-knock-knock, rat-a-tat-tat!

The door rang out loudly.
It was less a knock and more like percussion.
“Who is it?”
Before Hae-seong could finish answering, the door swung open.
“Hae-seong! Who is that guy?!”
Tae Eun-o burst in, shouting without preamble.
Hae-seong relaxed the defensive posture his body had instinctively assumed.
“What are you talking about all of a sudden?”
“That pink-haired guy who was with Lee Yu-wol!”
“His name is Lee Ha-jin, apparently.”
Go Gyeol, who had followed Tae Eun-o in, added calmly.
“Ah.”
Hae-seong blinked, finally grasping the situation.
He couldn’t reveal Lee Ha-jin’s true identity outright.
Hae-seong paused to choose his words before speaking.
“He’s a new Awakened Individual that Yeom Sa-hyeon brought in. It looks like you’ve already exchanged greetings.”
“That’s not the point at all!”
Tae Eun-o huffed sharply as he spoke.
“Where did he come from this time? And she went out with just Lee Yu-wol again, leaving me behind!”
“Ha, well….”
Hae-seong laughed awkwardly and dodged the question.
Then Go Gyeol, narrowing his eyes as he studied Hae-seong’s reaction, posed a subtle question.
“Is this Lee Ha-jin boy the same type as Lee Yu-wol?”
In other words—was he someone Yeom Sa-hyeon had “brought in” the way he had with Lee Yu-wol?
“…….”
Hae-seong pressed his lips together and said nothing.
‘As sharp as ever, Gyeol.’
If he said anything more now, things could turn awkward.
“Haha, well, you’ll find out the details soon enough. There’s no need to rush.”
Hae-seong smiled warmly and steered the conversation elsewhere.
“By the way, how was your first class of the semester this morning?”
At that, Eun-o made a pitiful face.
“No, sir. I couldn’t concentrate at all because I was curious about what that pink-haired girl was doing….”
Gyeol sighed softly beside him.
“You don’t concentrate well anyway.”
It wasn’t entirely wrong.
At the casual remark, Eun-o clutched his chest.
“Ugh, but I’m serious?!”
His voice rose, wounded and indignant.
“And since it’s the second semester, the classes are so hard! Mana Compression this, Structure Formula that…….”
Hae-seong smiled gently, relieved that the conversation had shifted naturally.
“Of course it’s difficult at first. Don’t worry too much.”
“As expected of Hae-seong—you’re an angel….”
Eun-o’s eyes sparkled with admiration in that very moment.
Gyeol threw cold water on it without hesitation.
“Stop talking and work hard. Starting second semester, there are written exams too. Fail and you get grade retention.”
!!
The light drained from Eun-o’s face.
“Sigh~ I need to graduate early….”
Hae-seong gave Eun-o’s drooping shoulders a light tap.
“Still, today’s afternoon class is something you’ll enjoy.”
“Really? What is it? What kind of class?”
Eun-o’s head snapped up as if he’d never been discouraged at all.
Hae-seong chuckled at the immediate turnaround.
“We’re heading to the Practical Training Ground.”
“! The one next to the Combat Zone?”
Gyeol caught on immediately.
Hae-seong nodded and glanced at his watch.
“Yes. The class time is nearly here, so let’s regroup with the other students and head over.”
“Yes! The Combat Zone! This is going to be awesome!!”
Eun-o’s eyes gleamed with anticipation.
He’d been sitting in a stiff lecture hall chair all morning and was starting to feel restless.
“What about Sa-hyeon?”
“Ah, Sa-hyeon went ahead to prepare the lesson materials.”
“Ooh, I wonder what kind of materials. I’m excited!”
Eun-o beamed with enthusiasm.
Meanwhile, Gyeol muttered quietly.
“……Something tells me they won’t be ordinary materials.”
An ominous premonition flickered across his mind.

* * *

The boundary zone of the Combat Zone.
Sa-hyeon stood at the railing of the Observation Post, looking down at the area below.
The Practical Training Ground, visible from this height, was enclosed by wire mesh and barriers, situated in an outer region adjacent to the Combat Zone.
Because it sat right beside the Combat Zone proper, its terrain differed little from the actual Combat Zone itself.
Yet the presence of Monsters throughout the Practical Training Ground felt oddly subdued.
“Hmm…….”
At this rate, it’ll be boring.
Sa-hyeon rested his chin on his hand, thinking for a moment.
Then, suddenly, his gaze shifted across the Practical Training Ground.
The Combat Zone beyond, thick with formidable energy.
Monsters of all kinds swarmed behind the wire mesh barrier.
Like browsing goods in a department store, Sa-hyeon’s eyes slowly swept across the Combat Zone.
A corner of his mouth curved up smoothly.
“Why don’t I mix some in….”

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