Chapter 83

### Chapter 83: How to Steal the Hero's Woman (1-2)

*Heehee. Next month is my birthday! I have to eat something delicious with Kanghyun (>_<)*

I communicated while reading the elementary school diary written by Choseohyun.

‘...She’s really a kid.’

[....]

Armonia also seemed to be thinking the same thing, as she couldn’t continue speaking.

However, Choseohyun, completely unaware of my gaze, began to mumble.

“Uh, how... how... now... No, then in front of the kids...”

“...Teacher Choseohyun?”

“Even so, just like this... Ah, no. I have to go quickly... No, then...”

Almost all the students who were called had arrived, and Choseohyun was still in a state of shock.

I alternated my gaze between her and the students and communicated.

‘This won’t do. Armonia, let’s solve this.’

[Do you plan to go to the staff room and come back?]

For a normal human, that would be the only solution, but I had another option.

‘Boost the aura.’

[...All of it?]

‘Yeah, the energy consumption?’

[Everyone has higher basic abilities than ordinary people, so it costs about 5-10 per person.]

‘Okay, no problem.’

It was the moment the first student arrived.

Choseohyun finally regained her composure and began to stammer.

“Y-You... You are...”

I handed the case containing the sword to the student, leaving the flustered Choseohyun behind.

“Here, take this.”

“Wait! Just giving it like that...”

“Thank you!”

“...?”

The contents of the case could be roughly identified just by looking at the outside.

The student who received the box smiled, greeted, and walked down from the stage.

Choseohyun, still flustered, stared at me blankly.

I handed the case containing the bow to the next student as they approached.

Choseohyun, who had a different atmosphere from before, tried to stop me cautiously.

“Um, um... Just giving it like that...”

“Here, take it.”

I ignored Choseohyun’s words and handed the case containing the bow to the next student.

“Thank you!”

“Next.”

“Ugh...”

Choseohyun stood there, unable to do anything, looking like a dog that needed to go to the bathroom.

It was actually more convenient not to check the student list and confirm each one.

If I had checked the list and had a conversation with Choseohyun while working, it would have taken several times longer.

As I continued to distribute weapons, it was the turn of Class 5 of the Weaponry Department.

Choseohyun pouted and pretended to look at the document she was holding.

I continued to distribute weapons without paying attention to her.

A student walked confidently with a lively step.

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Name: Song Ara

-Aura-

[Martial Arts], [Vitality], [Leadership], [Energetic], [Positive]...

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‘...? Girl? Boy?’

[She looks more like a girl.]

With a short haircut, it was hard to tell if she was a boy or a girl from a distance.

She was about 160 cm tall with a short, awkward haircut.

As she got closer, her figure and appearance clearly indicated she was a girl.

Her face was so delicate that if she were a boy, it would be a real waste.

-[Archery LV 26], [Swordsmanship LV 17]...-

‘Wow, what is this? Is she a student? Her levels are in a different dimension from the others.’

[She might be one of the top students.]

Most students’ main weapon levels were between 10-15.

But her main weapon level was significantly higher, and her other skills were also high.

I handed the case containing the bow to the student with the short haircut.

And I called the next student.

“Next.”

“Uh... Teacher.”

“...?”

The student who received the bow didn’t leave but stood there, staring at me.

“Why? If you received it, go inside.”

“Haha!”

“...?”

I heard Choseohyun’s laughter from the side.

“Oh, our new teacher made a mistake?”

“...”

‘She’s a kid...’

This is beyond the level of a kid, it’s like a toddler...

Choseohyun, realizing her actions were childish, cleared her throat and tried to sound stern.

“Ahem... If you distribute the wrong weapons to the students, what will you do? Quickly change it to a sword.”

“...Sword?”

“Yes, teacher. My main weapon is a sword.”

-[Archery LV 26], [Swordsmanship LV 17]...-

I couldn’t understand it no matter how I looked at it.

But there was no reason for me to care.

I changed the case to one containing a sword and handed it to her.

“Thank you!”

She smiled brightly, turned around lightly, and returned to her place.

Choseohyun, who had been intimidated until now, looked at me with a smug expression.

...Just from that, she seemed to have regained her confidence, which really showed she was a kid.

..

..

“Eh? You’re already done distributing the weapons?”

“Yes.”

“Wow, you two seem to work well together.”

“Hmph...”

Choseohyun snorted, seemingly displeased with the comment.

“Alright, since we’re done, let’s go to our assigned class.”

“Yes.”

“And bring that box over there.”

“Yes...”

Choseohyun pointed to the boxes stacked in a corner of the staff room with her chin.

I answered casually, picked up the box, and followed Choseohyun.

Choseohyun kept glancing at me while leading the way.

She seemed to have something to say, but we didn’t exchange any words until we reached the classroom.

When we entered the classroom, the noisy sounds gradually subsided.

Choseohyun immediately started introducing herself as soon as she stood at the lectern.

“I’m Choseohyun, the teacher in charge of Class 5 of the Weaponry Department from today.”

Clap clap clap clap.

The students welcomed her with applause.

Choseohyun looked at me to introduce me.

“And next to me...”

But she stopped talking, stared at me intently, and seemed to be thinking deeply.

‘Shit, she didn’t even know my name...’

[She was too busy this morning to introduce you.]

‘Still, she should have at least heard about me...’

I stood next to the lectern and spoke to the students.

“I’m Seongsuho, the assistant teacher for Class 5 of the Weaponry Department. Nice to meet you.”

Clap clap clap clap.

You guys are good kids... you’re clapping for me.

I thought I might be treated like a temporary teacher and ignored, but I was unexpectedly welcomed.

Choseohyun, seeing the applause from the students, crossed her arms and spoke.

“Since it’s the first day, we’ll only distribute the weapons and smartwatches and then end the class.”

Choseohyun began to briefly explain the next day’s class.

She also explained the current issues with the consulate.

“There was an incident where a monster infiltrated the consulate... you know? Because of that incident, the server is down. For now, just register your biometrics on the smartwatch, and take good care of it until the server is back to normal!”

“Yes~”

“And for the first week, we’ll do group training to get everyone in sync.”

There are 30 students in one class, and they are divided into 6 groups of 5.

Once the groups are formed, they will remain the same for the entire semester unless there are any special issues.

While individual exams exist, there are also group exams, so students naturally want to be in groups with their friends.

However, the groups cannot be formed at the students’ discretion.

That’s the teacher’s job.

“I’ll announce the group assignments at the first class tomorrow. Everyone knows this is the last year, right? Work hard. That’s all!”

It was the shout of the smallest girl in the class.

‘But I have nothing to say. I seem to be the shortest among the boys here, right?’

[The students have been trained physically, so their physical development is excellent.]

The female students are about the same average height as where I lived, but some of the male students were over 190 cm.

Still, I occasionally saw students with a similar build to mine.

Choseohyun finished speaking and left the classroom, and I followed her.

When we arrived at the staff room, it was empty, unlike in the morning.

Choseohyun sat at her desk and said,

“...Today’s Weaponry Department class is over. For the Magic Department, go to the Magic Department building and you’ll find Class 7.”

“Yes, then...”

I answered curtly and was about to leave.

Just as I grabbed the doorknob to open the door, a voice came from afar.

“Excuse me.”

It was Choseohyun.

“...? Yes?”

“Um...”

Just as she was about to say something, someone entered the staff room.

“Eh? Teacher Seongsuho?”

“Ah.”

The person who entered the staff room was not a teacher but a student.

It was the female student with the short haircut who I had mistakenly given the bow to earlier.

She was definitely a student in Class 5 of the Weaponry Department, and I remembered seeing her in the class earlier.

I checked her status window and asked,

“Student Song Ara? Is that right? What’s the matter?”

“Eek! Teacher! How do you already know my name? Amazing...”

“Ah... I saw it in the records. The records...”

Leaving the surprised Song Ara, I turned back to Choseohyun and asked.

I didn’t hear what she was about to say because of Song Ara’s sudden appearance.

“Please say it again.”

“...It’s nothing. Go ahead.”

“Yes.”

I grumbled through the communication.

‘Oh, she called me and then stopped...’

[....]

I didn’t show it, but I moved aside to let Song Ara enter the staff room.

“Come in.”

“Thank you.”

She entered the staff room with a lively and energetic demeanor, unlike her appearance.

Choseohyun looked at Song Ara and asked,

“Song Ara, what’s the matter?”

“Ah... I came to see Teacher Choseohyun.”

“Then come in.”

I didn’t listen to their next conversation and immediately left the staff room.

***

After confirming that Seongsuho had left the staff room, Choseohyun asked Song Ara,

“What’s the matter?”

“Um... Do you know about Ji-eun?”

Seo Ji-eun.

The student Song Ara asked about was the top student who entered the consulate’s Magic Department.

However, she was currently unable to attend school due to a physical issue.

And Seo Ji-eun was an important person to Song Ara.

Choseohyun, sitting with her arms crossed, said,

“Seems like she’ll be back to school soon.”

“Wow! Really? Really?”

“Would I lie to you...”

“Teacher... lie...”

Choseohyun was also Song Ara’s teacher when she was in the second year of the Weaponry Department last year.

She usually maintained a stern demeanor to manage the students, but when talking to someone she knew well, she had a more casual and light-hearted conversation style.

“Still, because of her family, she might not stay in the dormitory even if she comes to school. Maybe she’s showing off her wealth...”

The consulate’s teachers are generally required to live in the dormitory.

However, Seo Ji-eun was a special case and was allowed to commute from her home.

The background of her family was also involved in this arrangement.

“Eh, Ji-eun isn’t like that.”

“Not like what... Anyway, did you come here to ask about that?”

“Yes, thank you for telling me. Teacher!”

“That ‘teacher’... Go quickly!”

“Yes!”

Song Ara, smiling brightly despite her appearance, saluted and ran out of the staff room.

“...Oh dear.”

If Seongsuho had been there, he would have burst out laughing, but fortunately, he wasn’t.

Choseohyun, while putting away the privacy screens she had secretly installed on her desk, recalled the events of the morning.

“Sigh... Did they look down on me on the first day?”

Choseohyun usually tried to handle everything meticulously and without any flaws.

The reason was that she had a personality that couldn’t handle sudden situations.

Her least favorite thing about herself was this, so she always tried to handle things meticulously to avoid being flustered.

However, this morning, due to the chaos, she had taken the wrong list of students’ names and specialties.

She particularly hated being flustered in front of the students, and this made her even more flustered, which tightened her heart.

But when she was feeling anxious due to her mistake, the new teacher solved everything.

It might not have been a big deal.

In fact, if she had regained her composure, she could have handed over the task to the new teacher and returned with the correct list within a minute.

But Choseohyun was so flustered that she couldn’t even think of that.

However, what she was thinking about wasn’t gratitude.

“How did he... figure it out so quickly?”

Choseohyun also knew that it was possible to determine a student’s main weapon by observing their physical characteristics.

But...

“He identified long swords, short swords, and even dual-wielders... He even distinguished between those who use spears and those who throw them... Is that really possible?”

He had determined the main weapons of the students with just a glance.

And he was a new teacher who had just arrived today...

“Now that I think about it, the only one he got wrong was Song Ara... Wait...”

Song Ara was currently the top student in the Weaponry Department of the consulate.

There was no teacher in the current faculty who didn’t know Song Ara.

It was normal for a new teacher not to know her.

But it was ironic that he got all the other students’ main weapons right but got hers wrong.

“Ara... it says in the records that she used to use a bow.”

Choseohyun had seen Song Ara’s past records when she taught her last year.

Although Song Ara now used a sword, the records clearly stated that she used to use a bow.

Strange thoughts began to form in Choseohyun’s mind.

Did the new teacher, who started today, know about Song Ara’s past?

She remembered that the server containing the students’ information had been compromised due to the recent incident where a monster infiltrated the consulate.

“What if the students’ information fell into the hands of the monsters... and the new teacher who came today...”

Suspicion began to form in her mind.

But Choseohyun shook her head and dismissed the thought.

“...No. He must just have a unique ability to assess people. Ara can use all kinds of weapons, so he must have gotten confused.”

Choseohyun organized her desk and also dismissed the unnecessary suspicion.