chapter 1
1 – Introductory ceremony for transfer students 1
A plane that is going down has no wings.
The bottom is more on the bottom.
That was the story that popped into my head right now.
Because the damn situation I’m in fits exactly those maxims.
‘No matter how much I fell, I never thought I’d come to this bottom..’
A sense of half resignation along with a bit of misery while being outrageous.
However, aside from that vaguely gloomy mood.
At this moment, in front of my eyes were dozens of young students looking at me alone.
They have appearances in their mid-teens, and they literally have a glimpse of the unique vitality and freshness of boys and girls.
The overall gaze was curiosity and a little anticipation, but among them were some b*tches and gnomes who were already showing unusually wary eyes due to the nature of their family.
However, the stares of restraint sent by those guys who couldn’t even be green apples, and whose cotyledons were just growing through the soil, made me think of them as cute rather than threatening.
Of course, I couldn’t just ignore them like that.
No matter how they look, some of them are descendants of famous hero families.
If you carelessly touched it, you could get involved in troublesome things.
But… Nonetheless, it wasn’t really a problem for the little kids to play around.
The most troubling fact facing me at this moment.
That’s… From now on, I’ll be among these kids,
It was the fact that I had to start playing a kid like these guys.
By the way, looking at my appearance now, I didn’t feel too uncomfortable even though I was among these guys.
My appearance now looks like I’m in my mid-teens..
No, strictly speaking, he had the appearance of a boy with a slightly diminutive body, only in his early teens.
He has black hair and red eyes, and his appearance itself is just normal.
However, the biggest problem was not with this appearance, but with the substance that resided inside the skin of this young boy.
Despite this appearance, I would never be among these guys..
The green little aspiring heroes were neither of age nor of status.
I look like this now, but originally I was 27 years old.
In addition, until a month ago, he had the body of a young man suitable for his age, and at the same time, he had the power to turn a fairly large city into ashes.
My tinnitus alone made people feel fear,
The Hero Association even offered a huge bounty to kill me anyway.
Even now, when I type my name on the Internet, related articles pop up.
If you search on Namul Wiki, you can see longer and more detailed stories than most celebrities.
Commander of the 3rd Corps of the Villain Association
An S-class villain with the name Namgoong Jin.
That was my original identity in the body of this boy,
Perhaps, if this fact were known, not only these immature children here, but also the homeroom teacher, who was introducing me as a transfer student, would tremble in fear and try to contact the Hero Association right away.
After that, well… As planned, the number of heroes will fall, and they will use all their abilities to catch me somehow.
And… Maybe that woman is among them.
With a face engulfed in betrayal and anger, they severed my finger bones one by one and disintegrated the bones and flesh of my whole body. Sister’ is…
“Han Doyoung! Come to your senses and go and have a seat.”
“Ah.. Yes. All right.”
I heard the homeroom teacher’s sudden words, so I went back to my seat and sat down, escaping from the ‘what if’ thoughts that I had been thinking about for a while.
The location is the most secluded corner of the classroom, just like a transfer student.
Right after I entered and sat down, I stopped paying attention to what the homeroom teacher was talking about and started thinking about things up until now.
It started about a month and a few days ago,
It was when the elders of the Villain Union and other corps commanders joined forces to purge me, who was a corps commander.
The justification itself was that I stole the confidential information through an agreement with the Hero Association, but it was a fact known to me and everyone involved in the matter that it was bullsh*t in the first place.
The real reason is that several corps commanders felt jealous of my actions, which stood out compared to other corps commanders even though I had no special connections.
At the same time, it was because the elders of the Villain Alliance didn’t like the personal ‘thought’ I had shown in such a move.
‘Non-killing caution… To be honest, I probably didn’t pay much attention to it, but that was probably the biggest problem. Well, it’s probably a good story now.’
Anyway, as many bad conditions overlapped, I was falsely accused and purged from the Villains Union, and as a result, I was sent to a dungeon to await punishment.
Literally climbed up to that high place, got hit all over, and was pinned to the bottom overnight.
In the abyss of despair, I lost all hope and swallowed the medicine I always carried with me in case of an emergency.
According to my subordinate, I heard that it is a medicine that can kill oneself without pain, but…
The effect reached the result of not being able to breathe as it is now, but being cut down on one’s age.
Considering the fact that among the many villains and heroes overflowing in this world, no one has the ability to control their age.
The problem is that it was done in a very strange way.
Anyway, I escaped with such a small body and was accidentally rescued by heroes who attacked the prison.
Among them, he was taken as the ‘younger brother’ of an S-class hero.
And now…
Following the will of the ‘sister’, I entered the Hero Academy as a transfer student like this, and it was the situation I was in right now.
The name Han Do-young, and the adopted younger brother of an S-class hero who is said to be the strongest power in this country..
In the state of identity laundering, which was neither intended nor desired at all.
‘The former Villain Union corps commander is sitting as a Hero Academy student wearing an S-class hero brother ticket.. Honestly, isn’t this a complete gag? It would be more realistic to say that a genius detective in high school took drugs and became an elementary school murderer.’
Like that, as a result of being caught up in a flow that has nothing to do with my intentions, I’m in a very bizarre situation where I end up sitting among these kids.
However, since there is no way I can change this whole situation now, I have decided to accept this situation and make my own way with my life.
In the first place, my life as a villain was no different from the moment the coalition decided to purge it.
There was no place for me to return to, and nothing left.
The ideal I was trying to realize on my own was shattered.
My identity and achievements were obliterated, and the attempts of my subordinates to help me in any way ended in failure.
In addition, the severe torture received after the purge decision, the ‘suicide’ at the end, and the raid of the heroes who ventured into the place.
Through this path, the villain Namgoong-jin no longer exists in this world.
On the other hand,
Now, as I grew younger, I was forced to start.. I could say that I had just taken a full-fledged step into a life that could be said to be a practical second round.
It’s like a forced return to a boyhood full of dreams and hopes, not a bloody adult life.
Moreover, as for the condition itself, frankly, there are quite a few things that are better than when I entered the Villain Union naked, so from a positive perspective, I thought that this wasn’t all that bad.
‘Well, I don’t like the fact that I have to hang out with little heroes.
He said that life can be infinitely happy if viewed positively and infinitely unhappy if viewed negatively.
As the saying goes, if you can’t avoid it, enjoy it.
First of all, I decided to spend a leisurely time looking for elements that would heal me in my life here at the Hero Academy.
In addition, the design for the future is also being constructed step by step.
‘I don’t really want to become a hero right now. Being a hero is classified as a qualification in society, so it’s quite a help to get a job anywhere… Huh?’
That was the time when I was fully prepared for my future academy life.
“Hey, transfer students? You look at us.”
“… “
A group of students gathered around me after the first period.
I automatically couldn’t help but frown slightly as I sensed the unusual air they were projecting towards me.
‘The path to healing… I don’t think it will be that easy.’