Academy Munchkin Grew Up To Become a Genius

Episode 22 Excitement (3)

[Activate skill 《Charm》!]

-Cry!

-Peeing!

When Kang Seo-jun focused his eyes, a flickering pink flame shot out at Jin Se-rin.

-Pick.

But before the flame could reach Jin Se-rin, it was extinguished like a candle in the wind.

‘What… !?’

“Why…?”

“Huh?”

Jin Se-rin is the same as before.

There was no sign of any change.

The charm didn’t work.

Why?

Kang Seo-jun quickly opened the charm skill window.

──────《Skill》──────

Fascination

◆Grade

[Rare]

◆Description

– When used, it amplifies the caster’s charm and captures the opponent’s heart.

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‘Ah… !’

Soon, Seojun Kang found the answer in the explanation and his heart sank.

‘Amplify your charm… !’

Attractiveness is something that each person feels relatively, so it is difficult to quantify it.

However, there were somewhat objective and universal standards.

These include clean skin, clear facial features, and elegant curves.

By that standard, Kang Seo-jun was in the midst of the Great Depression.

Rotting skin, buried features, distorted curves.

When considering all of this, the overall score is 0.

No, much lower than that.

It was negative enough to be equivalent to an abyss.

Even if you added or multiplied that charm, there was no way anything would change.

‘This…’ !’

It was an unexpected result because it was the first time that Kang Seo-jun, a famous character, had used charm with such a miserable appearance.

[The constellation “Queen of the Deepest” Shakes her head, saying she does not understand human aesthetic standards.]

[The constellation “Queen of the Deepest” Sponsors dimensional currency as an apology.]

[The constellation 《The Tree that Cares for the Flower World》 sponsors dimensional currency as a means of consolation.]

[The constellation “Golden Fox of the Sun and Moon Palace” Sponsors dimensional currency as a consolation.]

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The love constellations expressed their deepest condolences, but it was still a heartbreaking failure.

“K, keuh…!”

As Kang Seo-jun looked into space and made a miserable expression, Jin Se-rin’s expression also darkened.

‘You’re angry because I was surprised…’ .’

Even from Jin Se-rin’s perspective, this morning felt quite eventful.

In fact, the reason she was scared by Kang Seo-jun’s touch was because she had previously heard that he might be a ‘bug magician’.

I had already heard that bugs instead of blood flowed under the bug wizard’s skin and that they could break through the skin at any time, so it was a reflex that came about without me knowing.

However, it was an action that was motivated by fear of bugs, and was definitely not an action that he did because he thought Kang Seo-jun himself was disgusting.

I quickly tried to make an excuse, but I was speechless because I didn’t know how to make an excuse, and the opportunity to make an excuse passed in an instant.

As a result, doesn’t Kang Seo-jun’s expression look very bad right now?

‘Why did it become like this…? . Hehe….’

Jin Se-rin’s eyebrows drooped like rabbit ears.

‘Only in this way did the distance from the quest’s success become even more distant!’

◆Description

-Make the heroine’s heart pound with excitement until she arrives at the academy!

The more you try something, the closer you get to completing the quest. Instead, it gets further and further away.

Nevertheless, rather than despairing, he quickly began to think of the next move.

No matter how extreme the situation was, his willpower, which reached 30, forced him to lead.

‘If I had known this would happen, I should have invested more in intelligence… !’

I can’t come up with any good ideas at the current speed of my brain.

Walk slowly.

Think quickly.

Kang Seo-jun walked as slowly as possible and put his brain into full use.

However, no matter how much I thought about it, there weren’t many options with this miserable appearance.

‘If only I was a little less ugly… !’

If you were fully armed with charm correction and had an appearance that far surpasses that of a celebrity, you would have already cleared the quest several times a long time ago.

No matter how late it is, the quest will have been successful by the time you try to help her straighten out her tangled hair.

In the end, both of them had serious faces and the academy was getting closer.

‘The only means left to me….’

It seemed like there was no other way than to rely on extraordinary luck.

The crosswalk light soon turned green, and the moment Kang Seo-jun and Jin Se-rin were about to cross the deserted intersection.

-Baaaaa!

Suddenly, a loud noise was heard from the left.

Jin Se-rin and Kang Seo-jun’s heads turned to the left at the same time.

At a distance of less than 20 meters, an AI dump truck was approaching at an incredible speed.

“Mi, crazy!”

“Kya!?”

Without even having time to think about anything, Kang Seo-jun immediately brought out his secret technique.

[Skill 《Time to Counterattack》 is activated.]

-Kwaaaaa!

An ear-piercing roar hit Kang Seo-jun, and his dump truck was crushed like an aluminum can.

But perhaps it was because the area where the force was applied was small.

-Kkeeeeek!

The dump truck seemed to be floating, but the rear end was lifted and it stood up high as if doing a handstand.

“Uh, huh?”

“Huh!”

-Kugugugugugugu!

And then, along with the pouring cargo, it tilted towards Jin Se-rin and Kang Seo-jun.

In an instant, a hard and heavy cargo was falling straight onto Kang Seo-jun’s head.

‘If I get hit, I’ll die?’ A thought quickly passed through Kang Seo-jun’s mind.

Melee attacks are the only way to counterattack.

Even though the tipping dump truck was unknown, the falling debris could not be stopped.

The will screams that one must avoid it, but the body is so slow that it cannot react at all.

I just witness death approaching through the eyes of providence.

And soon.

-Pow!

Kang Seo-jun’s sky turned upside down.

-Quarrrrrrr!

-Ka-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga!

The dump truck skidded onto the asphalt with a horrifying metal sound.

As all sorts of things were crushed and ground on the asphalt, a thick cloud of acrid smoke rose.

And….

“Cough! Cough!”

“Haa…. Cough! Haa….”

Jin Se-rin and Kang Seo-jun were catching their breath with their bodies overlapping each other.

Jin Se-rin threw her body to save Kang Seo-jun.

If Jin Se-rin’s actions had been a little late, it would have been human flesh, not asphalt, that was broken.

The moment when a large cargo falls straight on Kang Seo-jun’s head.

Jin Se-rin’s body moved on its own.

That moment was so short that there was no time to think or feel any emotion.

That brief moment was nothing but thoughtlessness.

There was no fear of the bugs that would flow under Kang Seo-jun’s skin, and there was no hesitation.

And that aspect of being able to save others in that state of thoughtlessness.

I didn’t know that the constellation ‘The One Who Shines Brightly’ may have been the reason why Jin Serin was chosen.

Deep scratches carved into the asphalt continue for a distance of just a span of time.

-Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.

-Throb, pound, pound, pound.

The overturned AI dump truck made a sound and its heart beat a little faster than the beat.

However, because their bodies were overlapping, it was impossible to tell whose heart was beating.

However, amidst the acrid white smoke, Kang Seo-jun forced his eyes open.

“Ugh….”

Above her, Jin Serin, half-hidden by her smoke, was faintly writhing.

‘I lived…. Thanks to….’

Kang Seo-jun was relieved to see the woman faintly moaning.

But the relief was fleeting.

-Thrill!

“Big…!!”

Suddenly, a sharp pain shot through my lower back, shaking my entire nerves.

When I fell hard on the ground, my back, which had been bent awkwardly, was strained.

“Knock! Knock! Kkuk!”

When Kang Seo-jun coughed as if he couldn’t breathe, Jin Se-rin realized that she was pressing him down and she quickly got off of him.

“Oh! I’m sorry!”

“Ugh…!”

Kang Seo-jun slowly looked up at her as she moaned.

Jin Se-rin’s eyes were as bright as the night sky.

I immediately came to his face and checked his condition.

“Cough! Hmm…! Alright, are you okay…?”

Jin Serin asked, holding back her cough from her acrid smoke.

Only her eyes flickered behind the white smoke.

“Thanks to you….”

“Hmm! Can you get up?”

Her back was slightly crooked, but not to the point where she couldn’t move at all if she gritted her teeth.

“Yes.”

“So, I’ll hold your hand!”

Jin Serin’s two small white hands reached out through her thick smoke.

At that moment, I remembered her avoidance of my own touch from before, and I wondered if I could hold her hand.

Still, he willingly extended his hand.

Kang Seo-jun cautiously stretched out his hand because he couldn’t help but grab it.

– Plop!

Jin Serin did not step back or avoid her this time.

When he carefully stretched out his hand, Jin Se-rin grabbed his hand with both hands.

She also wanted to make up for her mistake of hurting him.

“Three! I’ll pull it!”

One. Two. Seet!

Jin Se-rin pulled Kang Seo-jun with all her might.

“Oh, …oh!”

I lost a lot of weight over the past two weeks, but my body, which was still heavy, stood up lightly.

All the appearances Jin Se-rin had shown until yesterday were unreliable, but it was a moment when I realized once again that she, too, was a stigmata bearer whose physical specifications far exceeded that of an ordinary person.

“Cough! Cough! Head towards India first…”

“Cough! Cough! Ugh…! Yes.”

The acridness of the smoke went too far.

If I wait even 10 more seconds, I will start praying.

“This way…!”

Jin Se-rin led Kang Seo-jun to the other side of the crosswalk, still holding her hand tightly.

Upon arriving at her sidewalk, Jin Serin took out her smartphone from her pocket.

“I’ll report it. Just wait….”

Her eyes and lips were quite solemn as she looked at her smartphone.

Kang Seo-jun turned his head and looked toward the dump truck.

The AI unmanned transport dump truck had completely overturned and was still emitting white smoke.

The beeping and crying sound is still there.

I felt like I needed to organize my thoughts about that.

Normally, AI unmanned transport dump trucks do not run over people.

Even looking at the one-year accident statistics, it can be said that the stability is very high.

In fact, even in [Grand Hunter Academy], The AI dump truck never had an accident with the player unless someone was maliciously controlling it.

Still, that’s probably why it rushed at us.

[Luck: 50]

It definitely seems to be a function of luck….

Unless someone planned something like this, it is most likely a result of luck.

‘But why does luck work like this… ? What to do in this situation…. ‘I just almost died.’

◆Description

-Make the heroine’s heart pound with excitement until she arrives at the academy!

What does this dump truck accident have to do with Jin Se-rin’s heart pounding with excitement?

-Excited. Excited. Excited.

Of course, my heart was racing thanks to the accident.

The problem is that this is not a pounding caused by excitement, and it is even more meaningless because it is Kang Seo-jun’s heart that is beating, not the heroine’s heart.

Kang Seo-jun looked at Jin Se-rin, who was on the phone with the police for a while.

“Yes! This location is…”

‘I’ll be amazed. What on earth should I do?’

Kang Seo-jun sighed inwardly.

It was then.

[Quest 《Exciting! Exciting way to school!》 Completed!]

-Bamparabam!

“……!?”

Suddenly, a quest completion message appeared.

[Quest success reward! Durability increases by +1!]

[Quest success reward! Strength stat increases by +1!]

[Quest success reward! Agility stat increases by +1!]

[The constellations are impressed by your quick response.]

[The constellations are amazed by the heroine’s instantaneous wit.]

[Some constellations are interested in the flow of events.]

[The constellation 《Queen of the Deep》 alleviates your attribute 《Necrotic Dermatitis Lv. Lowest》 by 1 level.]

[The trait 《Necrotic Dermatitis Lv. Low》 is separated into the trait 《Viral Dermatitis Lv. Low》 and the trait 《Allergic Dermatitis Lv. Low》.]

[The constellation 《The Tree that Cares for the Flower World》 sponsors you with dimensional currency.]

[The constellation “The One Who Shines Brightly” Sponsors you with dimensional currency.]

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Afterwards, the constellations’ reactions came quickly.

Kang Seo-jun barely managed to swallow the words that almost came out inadvertently.

‘What is this…? !? Why is the quest suddenly happening?’

Kang Seo-jun’s head began to spin quickly.

-Excited. Excited. Excited.

‘I can’t believe I’m the heroine… ?’

No. The idea was dismissed in less than three seconds.

I received the quest, and the heroine must have been Jin Se-rin.

Then surely….

-Excited. Excited. Excited.

Jin Se-rin… ?

No. Nonsense.

Even Kang Seo-jun, a bottomless pit with insensitivity to women Lv., Could definitely say this.

There was absolutely nothing that would make Jin Se-rin feel excited while coming here.

But the quest was a success….

“What on earth…?”

[The constellation 《Golden Fox of the Sun and Moon Palace》 looks forward to future events.]

[The constellation 《The Tree That Cares for the Flower World》 looks forward to future events.]

[The constellation 《Queen of the Deepest》 looks forward to future events.]

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‘What happened…? ?’

Is this also a complicated feeling for women?

It was always a difficult problem for Kang Seo-jun.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

A high rooftop overlooking a wide downtown intersection.

A woman was leaning her body against the railing and getting some air.

The strong wind in the sky blew through her long black hair.

Her name is Lim Chae-won.

This rooftop was a garden above her penthouse house, and she loved looking down on the vast city from here.

Once she enrolls, she will be living in the dormitory, so it is goodbye to this scenery for the time being.

So, until time was running out, she stayed up late on her rooftop to take in her favorite scenery.

Looking down at the city from such a high point, she feels like she’s playing Tycoon.

She liked managing and growing things, and that was her ultimate goal in life.

One day, she will inherit her father’s guild and grow it into a much greater and more powerful guild than it is now.

That was her ambition and goal.

She had the talent and passion to achieve that ambition.

However, recently she was suffering from quite a few worries.

His father, the head of the guild, became ill and retired from the front line, and a lot of real power passed to his uncle, who was eagerly seeking to take his father’s position.

“Huh….”

Lim Chae-won sighed softly.

Uncle will never be good enough to run a guild.

A human being with no ability but full of desires.

He is a prodigal son who cannot use what he has productively and always spends it only for spontaneous pleasure.

A more serious problem is the board of directors who stick by his side.

They plan to use their uncle to sell the guild that their father and deceased mother devoted their entire lives to building to a foreign country.

To Lim Chae-won, the guild is like her father’s life and her mother’s keepsake.

I couldn’t let something like that be taken away by the dirty hands of greedy people.

-Wheeeee.

Lim Chae-won planned to find the answer to this problem at her academy.

The Academy has two keys to solving this problem.

The first was, of course, the fruit of the sun.

If it were to come into her hands, Lim Chae-won was confident that she could handle it no matter how many times the board of directors pushed for it.

Of course, getting the Sun Fruit will be just as difficult as dealing with their greed.

But you won’t know unless you try it.

Did you say that the strong candidate for senior position this time is Park Shin-hoo?

Even though he hasn’t even eaten the Aspect Fruit yet, he already has 3 B-level abilities.

“Well, it’s worth a try.”

Compared to the level of other cadets, her abilities were also quite high.

Her special skills are magic and senses. They are all B grade.

If he continues to grow in the future, it is a spec that can compete with even Park Shin-hoo.

And the second key, which is as important as the fruit of the sun.

Lim Chae-won had to acquire ‘talent’ from the academy.

Even if you obtain the power of Ilsin through the fruit of the sun, it may be helpful to the guild, but it is not the essence of the guild.

The essence of a guild is a group, not an individual. Harmony, not independence.

Im Chae-won thought that a guild was a group of people with different personalities coming together to accomplish greater things.

To secure as much talent as possible at the academy.

For her aiming to become the head of the guild, it was as important an element as the fruit of the sun.

-Wheeeeeing.

It was when Lim Chae-won, who had solidified the goal she had thought about again and again, turned her body to leave for the academy.

-Baaaaa!

Suddenly, a loud horn sounded from the intersection below.

Lim Chae-won’s head reflexively turned toward the sound.

“Huh!?”

What you see there is a man and a woman wearing the same cadet uniform as you.

And a heavy dump truck is rushing towards them with terrifying force.

Sensing that an accident was about to happen, Lim Chae-won covered her mouth.

But the surprise started now.

-Kwaaaaang!

As the dump truck and the man collided, a loud noise shook the entire downtown area.

“…!”

However, it was not the man but the dump truck that was smashed with a shriek of destruction.

The dump truck crumpled like a piece of paper, as if it had been driven into a diamond pillar, and then stood up as if standing on its head.

-Quarrrrrrr!

-Quagagagagagagagaga!

Soon the dump truck and its cargo collapsed, covering them with thick smoke.

“W-what!?”

Lim Chae-won stretched out her waist, ready to jump out of her railing, and looked closely at her hazy smoke.

Luckily, it seemed like the two weren’t seriously injured, as they were seen supporting each other through the blurred smoke.

“Ah…”

Her right hand, which was covering her mouth, slowly lowered.

But her mouth was still open.

‘What did you just say…? ?’

She blocked a dump truck that was running at almost full speed with her bare body. No. She smashed it.

What minimum level of ability is needed for such performance?

It goes without saying that most abilities, such as strength, magic power, stamina, and agility, must be at least level A.

The most important durability ability is….

“At least A+… No, not less than S…!”

The clothes the man is wearing are clearly cadet uniforms.

Then it is clear that he is a cadet like you, so what exactly is the performance he just showed?

-Excited. Excited. Excited.

Lim Chae-won’s eyes began to sparkle, and a strange excitement began to dwell in her heart.

I don’t know what that man’s identity is, but if only he could recruit that power as his ally….

“…Interesting.”

Lim Chae-won was confident that she had found her talent sooner than expected.