Chapter 50

### Chapter 50: Secret Friend

I went up to the training ground first and did some stretching.

Even though I don't think I'll be using my body much, I feel like I should do something when I'm in a place like this.

I need to take this opportunity to boost my pride in front of Lucy and Lumi.

Still, I'm a guy, and I don't like being treated as weak.

"Trying to boost your pride just because you're in front of girls. I can make this go away if you apologize now."

Before I knew it, Biseul was standing in front of me, grinning and taunting me.

She seems to think she's already won just by getting up to the training ground.

"Scared? Damn, you talk a lot."

"What, what did you say?"

As we stepped onto the training ground, the attention of the surrounding people started to focus on us.

The tense atmosphere drew more and more spectators.

"Hey, there's really a fight here!"

"It's Lee Hyeon and Kim Hojin fighting!"

Kim Hojin. I've remembered another name I didn't want to remember.

He's just like Biseul.

At the bottom of the training ground, Lucy was shouting loudly.

"Hey! Does it make sense for a mage to fight an assassin one-on-one? Kim Hojin, do you have no pride?"

So, he's an assassin.

It's nice to get explanations without having to ask.

"Who is Lee Hyeon, I get it, but who is Kim Hojin?"

"Don't you know Kim Hojin? Last week, the Iris Guild tried to recruit him, and it caused a big commotion."

"Really? A first-year and the Iris Guild?"

"Yeah, it was a complete mess at Everyday."

Hmm, I see. I see. It's nice to have so many people giving explanations, fitting for an academy story.

I think I have a rough idea about Biseul.

The Iris Guild is the largest information guild in France.

By the way, the heroine Ellis is the daughter of the Iris Guild.

If he was contacted by them, he must be quite promising.

Even though he's just an extra villain, Do Jinhyuk is also a promising student.

He needs to compete with the protagonist.

Biseul, despite looking like that, must be one of the better students in Do Jinhyuk's group.

Thinking about it, Biseul also has a second-in-command vibe, so he's probably similar.

"But is it really a one-on-one fight between a mage and an assassin? Especially in a dome with no terrain?"

"So, that's why Kim Hojin started this. He's an idiot."

"But why does Lee Hyeon accept it?"

The explanation junkies are hyping up the atmosphere.

The other spectators are also murmuring, worried about me, which makes me realize how scary incitement can be.

Zing-

The magic circle of the training ground activated, forming a spherical mana field.

A barrier is set up between Biseul and me.

Biseul pulled out a dagger from his waist and lowered his stance, ready to dash.

"Countdown starts!"

Thump.

The battle sense starts to rise from the tips of my feet, spreading through my body.

"Lee Hyeon. I'll definitely knock the wind out of you."

Biseul is raising his killing intent while pointing his dagger at me.

Living as Lee Hyeon, I've noticed that men send a lot of hostility.

Well, I guess I did the same when I had that face.

Thump. Thump.

"What... is this the end?"

My body isn't boiling up anymore.

When I fought Felix, my whole body was screaming.

Before the battle even started, my heart was racing, and my body was filled with energy, my chest was burning, and my senses were heightened.

But now...

Thump. Thump.

It's peaceful. Too peaceful.

That means I don't need to use my full strength in the process of fighting this guy.

No, it's not even worth using my full strength, so it doesn't come out.

"I've been waiting for this, you bastard! I'll end it in one hit!"

As soon as Biseul started, he kicked off the ground and charged at me.

Indeed, his speed is quite fast. Not as fast as Felix, but if we only consider speed, he's at Ellis's level.

Zing-

'Kaien.'

Magic power gathers in the dagger in Biseul's right hand.

The path is straight. He's aiming to stab my forehead.

He must really hate me.

Swoosh-

Biseul charges at me, and I dodge to the side at the right moment, avoiding the dagger.

To others, it might look like I barely dodged, but I had plenty of room to spare.

Biseul passes by me and stops behind me.

"Only a piece of trash who can only dodge, why did you start this?"

Biseul, thinking I barely dodged, starts taunting me with a sneer.

"Nothing else? No stronger, faster, ultimate move? You have nothing to show. Bastard."

If you only do such simple attacks, I have nothing to show.

With so many spectators, shouldn't you show something?

"... Fine. I was going to play with you a bit, but I'll just end it quickly."

Biseul seems really angry, thinking I'm ignoring him.

I'm serious. If you show something amazing, I'll look even more impressive when I win.

In front of me, Biseul starts to think about how to finish me and begins to gather magic power throughout his body.

"Hmm..."

Circulating magic power through his whole body, it's similar to [Acceleration].

However, [Acceleration] is designed to send the recoil into space, so there's no strain on the body, but this skill isn't that advanced.

He successfully speeds up his body by forcing magic power, but he doesn't have a way to handle the recoil, so he can't stop.

It seems he uses all his strength in the attack to transfer the recoil to the opponent.

In simple terms, if I don't get hit, the recoil will come back to him.

He starts to circle around me.

Like Felix circling around me, he draws a circle and spins around.

But his speed is much slower compared to Felix.

I can easily gauge his speed, having caught Felix's speed.

"How's this! I'll cut you before you even know it!"

"Wow... that line is so cool."

"It's too late to compliment me now!"

"... Oh, yeah. Sure."

While watching him circle around me, I also used [Acceleration].

The familiar wind wraps around my body.

"I'll kill you!"

Unable to control his speed anymore, Biseul lowers his body, grips his dagger, and charges at me.

I surrounded my hand with mana to prepare for the impact.

Crack!

"Ugh...! W, what...?"

"Too slow."

Ouch!

To others, it might look like he was so fast that he couldn't react properly.

I easily reacted to his incredible speed.

I naturally walked forward and grabbed Biseul's collar with one hand as he charged at me.

"Ugh. H, how...?"

I lifted his collar to the sky and then slammed him to the ground.

Bang!

"K... Huh...?"

Biseul, still not understanding the situation, is lying on the ground, trembling.

At least he fell on his back, so it's less painful.

I put my hand on Biseul's head and glanced around.

Lucy and Lumi, who were worried about me a moment ago, are now wide-eyed, and the guys who were talking about Biseul being a promising student from the Iris Guild are gaping in disbelief.

I lifted Biseul's head by the hair and slammed it to the ground again.

Bang!

"K... Huh...?"

The magic circle is active, so there's no danger to his life, but the pain is vivid.

It's a practical training session, after all.

"One for me. Ten for Lucy and Lumi."

I knelt on one knee and lowered my eye level to Biseul's. I grabbed his head, which was still on the ground, and looked him in the eye.

The confidence he had earlier is gone, replaced by fear and terror.

"Sorry, I... I..."

Sorry, but it's too late to apologize now.

If I let you off here, it'll be more troublesome later.

It's like the first victim who gets caught talking during class and gets a point deduction.

It could be easily avoided, but it's done to set the tone for the class.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

"Ugh..."

"You're so weak."

I've only hit him four times, but he's completely out of it.

The 'end of the magic duel' chant ends the duel.

Outside the training ground, most of Class A is watching our duel.

I glanced around and saw Ellis's face, but Namdaehun wasn't there.

I picked up Biseul's mangled head and stood up.

All the students were looking at me.

"Hey, you guys know I didn't use magic, right?"

"..."

I heard a gasp. I glanced around and saw Do Jinhyuk's group.

"If there's anyone like him who acts up, I'll burn them next time. Behave yourself."

Bang!

I released Biseul's head and walked down from the training ground.

Lucy and Lumi, waiting for me, looked more relieved than scared.

Well, if the heroines were scared of the protagonist being strong, it wouldn't make sense.

"What! Why are you so good at fighting! And why don't you use magic in duels? You're not actually a mage, are you!"

"Th, thank you."

Why is Lumi thanking me? I don't understand, but she looks happy, so it's fine.

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The one-on-one duel in class, of course, was recorded and spread.

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The video looks impressive, but is it legendary?

The twist is that he's a mage lol. He didn't use a single spell and beat up a promising student from the Iris Guild.

Recommendations: 329 Dislikes: 120

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"The current students are falling apart. If they're weaker than me, they should lose their status."

I'm checking the reactions on Everyday, but they're not very satisfying.

Still, I should be grateful that the public opinion has improved. When I checked the old reactions, they were calling me a fraud.

If they had given me a hint earlier, I could have cleared things up faster.

Why didn't anyone tell me?

Is it too much consideration?

"Phew. It's all done! Lumi, how about you?"

"I'm done too."

We're currently doing homework in the club room.

I finished in about 30 minutes, but it took Lucy and Lumi about an hour.

Even when they were told to show me their work, they insisted on doing it themselves, which I found admirable.

"Shall we go if we're done?"

"Yep!"

"Okay! Let's go home!"

Our club still has only three members.

Thanks to my efforts, the club is now listed.

With Lucy and Lumi, the twin beauties, many male students are applying, and many female students are applying because of me.

However, Felix's scar still remains on Lucy.

Since then, she has minimized contact with other males except for me.

Well, I'm glad I don't have to see her talking to other guys. It was somewhat intentional.

Anyway, we decided not to accept new members for now, and this club room is a space where we get along well.

"See you tomorrow."

"Why are you saying goodbye when we're going to the dorm together?"

"Huh? Oh, I have some shopping to do today!"

Lucy shook her wallet.

"Oh, really? What are you buying?"

"J, just some necessities?"

Judging from her stammering, it's probably tampons.

I'm getting better at reading women's minds from small things.

"Got it. I'll go with Lumi. See you tomorrow."

"Goodbye, Lucy. See you tomorrow."

"Yep! Bye-bye!"

Lucy ran towards the academy's main gate.

I looked at the remaining Lumi and said,

"Shall we go?"

"... H, Hyeon?"

"Yeah?"

"H, can we go back to the club room for a moment? I have something to say."

"Sure, of course."

I followed Lumi back to the club room.

Lumi waited for me to enter, closed the door, and locked it, checking it several times.

"... Lumi?"

Lumi's face is a bit red. She even locked the door.

I have a pretty good idea of what she's going to do.

"Thank you so much for standing up for us today. I'm sure Lucy feels the same way."

"It's nothing. I was just annoyed."

"The feeling of someone being annoyed on my behalf is really nice. Lucy is family, but Hyeon isn't. Yet, you did it for me... "

Well, to be honest, it's a combination of various circumstances. Let's just stay quiet.

Lumi was incredibly moved, twisting her body. She's so cute.

"We are secret friends, right? I think we can do something more secret in situations like this."

"... Yeah."

"I want to express my gratitude to Hyeon in a secret way... "

Lumi made a V sign with her index and middle fingers of both hands.

"S, so... as a sign of gratitude... I, I'll make you feel good. B, but I'm still clumsy... "

She put the V sign fingers in her mouth and opened her mouth as wide as possible, mumbling.

"H, here. H, Hyeon, c, can you let me do this...?"

Swallow.

Lumi's red inner lips caught my eye.