Chapter 11

Chapter 10

[Director Do. I’m going to the Academy next week. Do you need anything else?]

"A few suits. I think I should buy several suits of the same design. They’ll surely be torn to shreds when I transform."

[Planning to pretend to be a well-dressed gentleman? Hehe, just as I expected from Director Do. I’ll send you seven identical suits, so you can change into a different one every day of the week.]

"Are you telling me to work on weekends too by suggesting I wear them on weekends?"

[Oh.]

"Chairman? Chairman!!"

Ding, ding, ding.

The call was disconnected.

Of course, just because the call was cut off, it doesn’t mean the Chairman will go crazy and overload me with work.

He’s just telling me, "Go around on weekends and seduce talented women with special abilities!"

Not saying it directly is the Chairman’s pride, and catching it on my own is my perceptiveness and ability.

Beep.

A photo of the main target arrived on my smartphone.

"Is Snow White the top priority?"

She’s a woman I already have a connection with and the heroine I need to actively—no, persuade.

'If she weren’t a lecturer, I wouldn’t have been able to get in, right?'

The reason I can enter the Academy this time is all thanks to Snow White.

'Quite a few people quit because of her.'

Not because Snow White is the goal, but because her becoming a lecturer has left many positions at the Academy vacant.

Mainly those with shady backgrounds quit immediately.

Not exactly villains, but corrupt individuals.

While some might stay just to catch a glimpse of the hero Snow White entering the Academy, they wouldn’t want to stir up trouble.

- I found out you embezzled the mint chocolate ice cream supply funds!

- Gah, I’m caught!

- I won’t let you go! Ice Hell!

- Aaaah!! My lower body!!

No one wants to be hit by Snow White’s ice whip.

I don’t want to be hit either.

Snow White’s 'Ice Magic' not only slows down the body but also the flow of mana.

There are two ways to deal with Snow White.

- Hahaha! Fire melts ice!

- My ice is even colder than that.

- ...Oh!

Either be a fire magic user, commonly known as 'Pyrokinetic,' or someone like me with a special ability that makes me immune to Snow White’s Ice Magic.

"Ice Immunity."

For example, infusing the properties of a 'Mana-Resistant Suit' into my suit using the power of a goblin club.

A skill specifically for Snow White, it’s useless against other ice magic but drains a lot of mana, allowing me to escape from Snow White.

'My stats are B-rank, or A-rank if you’re generous, but I’m so good at escaping S-rank heroes.'

That’s why my villain rank might be S.

Almost no one in this country can catch me, and the same goes for foreigners entering the country.

'The problem is the heroines and the bodyguards that will follow them.'

But the foreigners who are about to enter are a different story.

Beep.

I opened the VTube app on my smartphone and turned on a VTube channel that exists in this nationalistic world.

[...There are people currently trending on the Hero Wiki. Right now, a plane is landing at Gimhae Airport, with the Union Jack painted on it, indicating it’s a private jet from the British Royal Family...]

Famous people from all over the world are gathering.

A British princess, a granddaughter of a German company president, an heir to a powerful American family, an Arab princess.

[They are all known for their beauty. Why are they coming to Korea? According to local news, it’s because they love kimchi—]

There are many other women, and in the original world, they are called 'heroines.'

- This novel is about Korea making various countries like Japan, China, America, Britain, France, Germany, and Arabia its own.

- I think the author is just a nationalist with a foreign fetish. There’s not a single Korean heroine, only foreigners.

- Since they’ve eaten a lot of kimchi, they’re also eating sausages, mint chocolate, and pineapple pizza.

- Maybe the author has a foreign fetish.

To the extent that there are many foreign heroines.

Most of the influential people coming to Korea are heroines.

They are trying to force their way into the Academy under the name of 'special admission.'

Including the extra characters besides the heroines, the number of special admission applicants exceeds dozens.

Their quality is too high to say there are few.

There are already C-rank and B-rank individuals, and even some A-rank ones.

What is the reason they are coming to Sejong Academy?

Because the protagonist is enrolling?

Because information about the self-proclaimed 'S-rank wants to live quietly' man has spread worldwide?

No.

It’s all because of 'Snow White.'

- Do you know why those princesses suddenly decided to enroll this year?

- I don’t know... Is it just because it’s a place of learning?

- Hmph, no. They all came to meet the Snow White, the 'Snow White' teacher!

This line from the original work came to mind.

There was an explanation character, a bespectacled pig character, who said, "What? You don’t know this?!" and explained everything.

I wondered if the author created this character just to pad the dialogue and increase the word count.

Anyway, according to the character.

- They came to Korea as Snow White’s followers! Do you know another name for Snow White?

"Princess Lily."

It’s also called 'Lily' (百合) or 'Clam' (白蛤).

Of course, as befitting a light novel, it also has a subcultural meaning.

What does it mean?

Lesbian.

To be precise, Snow White herself isn’t a lesbian, but she’s a popular older sister type among women, so lesbians tend to gather around her.

Most of the heroines try to pursue a relationship with this Princess Lily and eventually get entangled with the protagonist, who gradually conquers the heroines, including Princess Lily, which is the main plot.

Or so it seems, but reality is different.

"...Do I have the same intention?"

The recruitment of Snow White.

As the most potent ice mage among heroines over 20 years old, she becomes the second strongest after the protagonist.

To claim such a powerful existence, or to bring her to their own country, or to marry her to a handsome man from their country and induce marriage immigration, various countries are sending people to Sejong Academy.

'If Korean law applied, they would be deported immediately, but Sejong Island is different.'

Sejong Island is Korean territory, but it follows international law first.

- Sejong Island is Korean territory!

- But what can you do when the entire United Nations puts pressure on you?

- Damn...! At the very least, mark it as the 'East Sea'! If the United Nations doesn’t recognize it as our land, something serious will happen!

No matter how much Korea tried, it couldn’t withstand the global pressure, and the Sejong Academy has people from the United Nations and embassies of powerful countries.

- Don’t use English on Sejong Island! The official language of Sejong Island is Korean! If you don’t like it, learn Hangul! Unlike the world of 'National Language,' we don’t share the same script!

Thus, Sejong Island has become one of the most diverse places in the world in terms of nationalities.

Of course, the island itself only has the Academy and a few other facilities, so the number of foreigners is quite small.

With a population of about 50,000, the number of foreigners is less than 1,000, but most of them are special ability users, special ability-related workers, or government officials.

But I don’t need to meet all of them.

Because...

'If I just bury myself in the library, no one will come!'

Who would go to the library when they’re busy accumulating mana all day?

'Please, no one. That way, I can spend my time reading manga and novels there.'

Even if I’m on a mission, even if I’m a villain, there’s such a thing as 'working hours.'

'I’m a 9-to-6 office worker.'

If there’s no overtime pay, from 6 PM to 9 AM the next day is entirely my time.

Sometimes.

There are things more valuable than money.

"Wow."

I shivered with excitement as I watched the video on the TV channel.

"Here it is, just like this."

In this world.

Everything that came out after 2000 is new to me.

Manga.

Movies.

Novels.

The only regret is that some works that came out after 2000 didn’t appear in reality.

Some awakened as special ability users and converted magic power into life force to produce manga, but some manga or novels never started because the authors 'died.'

Or, they came out much later in reality, with different actors and directors.

"It’s almost movie time..."

I grabbed my coat and went outside.

"I can’t stand movies where dinosaurs push away falling meteorites."

"......Snow White?"

"Ah, Banpojae Bike?!"

By chance, I met her in the seat next to me at the movie theater.