chapter 13
13. a reality you want to deny
“Are you insulting the authority of the Mage Tower?”
Nam Jin-seok said with his own mouth that he was a direct appraiser of the Mage Tower. This was the story of a person belonging to the top class with emotional magic even in the Mage Tower.
It was natural for people to think that Lee Hyeon-seung, who was regarded as a non-awakened person by others, would actually think it was an absurd thing or a lie to bring such a ridiculously big player.
However, the terrifying aura of mana spreading in the field. Even after seeing the intense yet bloody energy of mana, no one could doubt that Nam Jin-seok was a magician belonging to the Magic Tower.
– beep bee bee bee bee bee bee bee bee bee bee bee bee bee
Seong Hyeon-wook, who had pushed his face in vigorously, began to tremble all over his body. Seong Hyun-wook hurriedly looked around Nam Jin-seok. Now that I’ve checked it out, all of the clothes look like Bose, but the artifacts he’s wearing are ridiculously expensive. Rings, bracelets, and even belts, all of which were expensive equipment that raised the magic stat.
Sung Hyun-wook thought.
‘f*cked… I’m not lying. This mana I can feel right now, and the accessories I’m wearing, I…really a wizard directly under the Mage Tower? f*ck… What the hell did that bastard Lee Hyeon-seung bring in an appraisal wizard directly under the Mage Tower?’
Appraisal mages do not belong to the upper ranks in terms of power, but as they are mage tower mages belonging to the top class, their combat ability itself is quite excellent. Of course, it is impossible to compare with the academy students.
It means that if Nam Jin-seok puts his mind to it, he can explode and kill someone like Seong Hyeon-wook.
Of course, even if the powerless part is excluded, the reason why Emotion Wizards are highly evaluated is that not many people use excellent [Emotional Magic]. [Miniature mana stain] A wizard who can accurately check. Their value was difficult to convert to money. That’s why Seong Hyun-wook couldn’t understand it even more.
‘…The appraisal wizard under the direct control of the Mage Tower moves only in the academy stalking case?’
To put it in an analogy, it was like a special forces team dedicated to counter-terrorism driving dozens of helicopters to the scene of a theft in an apartment building. No, maybe it was more unimaginable than that.
‘It’s not the time to be thinking like this.’
Seong Hyun-wook quickly curled up like a bug.
“I’m sorry… I’m sorry. I didn’t know that I belonged to the Magic Tower, and I made an absurd remark. If I had known, I would never have said such a rude thing. I… please forgive my negligence just once…”
-Fall r
Seong Hyun-wook lowered his head and shook his entire body.
Nam Jin-seok sighed briefly, and then withdrew his mana.
“Whoa… I was excited for a while. Pretend you didn’t see my ugliness. I’m young, and I’m still an academy student, so I’ll take a look. But not twice.”
“Go…Thank you.”
Seong Hyun-wook lowered his head several times and begged Nam Jin-seok.
Nam Jin-seok looked at it and said.
“What is your name?”
“Seo… I’m Seong Hyun-wook.”
“What guild do you belong to?”
“I don’t have a guild yet…”
“Then, is there a guild run by your parents?”
“It’s… Gauss, but…”
“Seong Hyun-wook, Gauss Guild. I will remember it.”
“sorry. I’m really sorry. My actions have nothing to do with the Gauss Guild, so I hope there are no problems with the guild. sorry.”
Seong Hyun-wook felt horrified at the moment and had to apologize again and again.
Soon, Nam Jin-seok put the hat he had taken off again on his head.
All the people in the hall, doubting Lee Hyun-seung’s innocence, became dumb and had to blink their eyes. It was natural. If you ignore the opinion of the appraisal wizard directly under the Mage Tower, who will you trust?
Yoo Hee-yeon, who was in the crowd, looked at the scene with confused eyes.
‘I… am I wrong?’
She couldn’t understand or accept the current situation.
From a young age, Yoo Hee-yeon could have anything she wanted to do, eat, or have, and her words were the law.
Everyone around her affirmed what she said, and her judgment soon became the result.
‘It can’t be. Am I really wrong?’
So she was confused. This was because it was the first time that someone in authority had come forward and directly refuted her opinion. It was only natural that everyone was anxious to notice the Artemis Guild.
‘Really… it was all just my misunderstanding? So, did I accuse an innocent person?’
Yoo Hee-yeon’s stomach churned. I didn’t want to admit it. that their judgment was wrong.
An unpleasant feeling rose from within her. It was as if someone was whispering in her ear.
– Tell me honestly, you’re being pushed back because Lee Hyun-seung is always taking the top writing position. Didn’t you doubt it because you wanted to be at this time even though there was no proof?
“Ah… no! It can’t be!”
Yoo Hee-yeon didn’t want to admit it, but there was one question she couldn’t shake off.
Why did she accuse Lee Hyeon-seung of such poor evidence?
The answer to that fundamental question lies in the evaluation she receives from the world.
***
[Perfect, Best, Chief]
Every word was made for her. Artemis Guild was the best guild in the country, the highest guild that could have any value of force, money, or power. Yuhanbeom, the guild leader of such a guild, and Yoo Heeyeon, the daughter of Yuhanbeom, naturally walked the path of the king.
Tutoring, one-on-one lessons, practical training, and learning from so many teachers that I couldn’t count with my hands, I thought I had knowledge and power that no one could match. In fact, it is because ordinary people have learned by spending hundreds of years of money that they could not earn even if they worked alone.
[Heeyeon, you will inherit the Artemis Guild in the future. you need everything perfect It means that you should always be the best on the road you are on. Got it?]
Her father always had great expectations for her. She had to live up to those expectations. Even before entering the academy, my father was kind. Yoo Hee-yeon was very fond of Yoo Hee-yeon, who took the top spot no matter what she did.
However, the royal road she walked on collapsed after entering the academy.
‘uh?…’
Yoo Hee-yeon was staring blankly at her written report card.
-Written test 1st place, Lee Hyun-seung
– 2nd place in the written test, Yoo Hee-yeon
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The day the first written test results came out. Yoo Hee-yeon’s world collapsed. It was the first time in his life that he lost his first place. Even to the non-Awakened.
-daldaldal
Trembling, she went to her father and told her about it.
“Ah… Father…”
“Is it Heeyeon? Didn’t you say the results of this written test were today? Of course, even if you don’t ask, you’ll be number one. Father is proud of you.”
“I…that’s…”
Seeing Yoo Hee-yeon’s hesitant attitude, her father’s expression began to distort.
“Why are you reacting like that? no way….”
– turbug
– turbug
– turbug
– swish
Yuhanbeom quickly approached Yoo Heeyeon and snatched the report card she was holding in her hand.
“…”
He looked at the report card for a while without saying anything.
“How did this happen?”
“Ah… Father, that’s…”
“Don’t think of making excuses. No matter what excuse you give, no matter what the reason, second place is only second place. And this father thinks second place is trash. Because no one in the world remembers second place.”
“…”
“Yoo Hee-yeon, do you know how much money I invested in you? Do you know what the expectations of the world are? You were born with incomparably more things than other people, and you can enjoy everything in the world just by meeting this father. If so, at least!”
-Quaaang-!
Yuhanbeom shouted as he fired magic at the wall.
“At least… in a place like the academy where kids play, shouldn’t we be number one?”
“I’m sorry… I’m sorry… That… But my practical skills won first place…”
“Shut up!”
-Chwaaak-!
Yuhanbeom tore the report card to pieces and whispered to her.
“You must not miss first place in any field. It doesn’t matter which method you use, so get first place no matter what. It doesn’t matter if it’s dirty or filthy, so use your abilities to get first place, you know what I mean?”
tried hard. did my best. However, I still got 2nd place. He wanted to say something, but Yoo Hee-yeon had no choice but to answer, shaking her body at the sight of her father’s stern appearance.
“…Yes, next time I will definitely… take first place.”
Soon, Yuhan-beom patted his daughter’s head with a kind expression.
“Yes, that is how I am this father’s daughter. Please don’t make such a nasty mistake next time. I might get really angry then.”
***
-Beep
It sounded like tinnitus in her ears.
– Woongseong
– Woongseong
I felt a tingling sensation, as if all the murmurs of the people were pouring into me.
I couldn’t deny it. Yoo Hee-yeon She thought honestly.
[Without Lee Hyun-seung, I’m number one in handwriting.]
Hyunseung Lee never got a single problem wrong. That’s why he felt like a wall that couldn’t be jumped over. That’s why I honestly hoped and hoped. May he disappear or disappear.
It was a chance. When evidence of voyeurism came out on his cell phone, he honestly thought of Yoo Hee-yeon as an opportunity.
An opportunity to claim first place, to live up to the expectations of the father.
That’s why she recklessly built up a sand tower that wasn’t even solid. Based on poor evidence, I wanted to claim Lee Hyun-seung’s guilt at this time.
And, the sand tower collapsed at once from the wave called Nam Jin-seok.
-Jerbuck
-Jerbuck
-Jerbuck
Hyunseung Lee walked confidently. His steps stopped right in front of Yoo Hee-yeon.
-Sueug
He looked down at Yoo Hee-yeon and talked.
“Obviously, I said it. I am not the culprit.”
“…”
“Is there anything you need to say to me?”
Hyunseung Lee’s remarks seemed to be asking for an apology. Lee Hyun-seung gave her a chance to apologize. Yoo Hee-yeon also knew what his remarks meant.
However, Yoo Hee-yeon did not want to admit her nasty and dirty true self until the end. It was that she did not want to admit her dirty inside to herself. She didn’t want to think of herself that she chose to step on others because of her lack of ability. That’s why Heeyeon Yoo chose to run away.
-Kidduck
Eventually, Yoo Hee-yeon, who had been shaking her whole body, opened her mouth with a vicious look.
“I have nothing to say… to you.”