Chapter 10: Total chaos with childhood friends at the opening ceremony! (3)

If one were to summarize Lee Young-seok, the instructor in charge of Class C, in a single phrase.

He was truly an instructor who was the epitome of a civil servant.

He handled his duties as the instructor in charge without issue, but he absolutely never did anything more.

Nor did he have any passion.
He didn’t genuinely care about the students either.

He was just that kind of instructor, doing only what he was told from above and nothing more.

It was, in a way, not surprising that he didn’t know about Baek Yu-shin’s accident.

Why?

Because he didn’t care.

Because he wasn’t told to from above.

No, in the first place, if he had been a good instructor who paid a lot of attention to his students.

Wouldn’t Baek Yu-shin’s extreme choice have never happened in the first place?

It was perhaps natural for such a Lee Young-seok to become enraged upon hearing Yu-shin’s words.

“W-what?
This bstard.
Are you done talking now?”

Because a fresh-faced young punk replied rudely, Young-seok couldn’t help but get angry.

But for a subordinate to him.
How dare he speak to an elder like him in such a manner?

Though rotten, he was still a veteran hero and instructor who had gained some practical experience.

Naturally, just by frowning, he had enough power to pressure young students.

However, it didn’t work on Yu-shin at all.
On the contrary, Yu-shin was greatly enraged.

“What?
Punk?”

“…!!!”

“I treated you with appropriate respect, and now you’re acting crazy?”

From Yu-shin’s perspective, it was like being hit by a stone out of nowhere.
Still, he was an instructor in charge, and an elder.

So he treated him with appropriate respect.
But he was being stabbed in the back like this, wasn’t he?

Thanks to that, Yu-shin felt no need to treat Lee Young-seok, the instructor, with any respect.

Yu-shin, with anger rising to his head, slowly stood up from his seat.
That was all.

Nevertheless, Lee Young-seok, who was watching Yu-shin right in front of him, felt immense pressure.

‘I-it’s like a rock is pressing down on my chest, what is this?!’

Lee Young-seok was a hero who was quite well-known in the active field.
Such a man was being overwhelmed.

And by a fresh-faced youngster.

By the youngster he had considered a useful subordinate until now.

However, before he could swallow the humiliation.
It felt as if his windpipe would be blocked at any moment.

“I-I’m sorry.
I misspoke.”

In the end, there was only one thing Lee Young-seok could do.
To apologize to Yu-shin.

There was no other way in the first place.
To survive right now, there was no other option.

That was the judgment Lee Young-seok made as a hero who had gained experience in real combat until now.

And his judgment was accurate.
When Lee Young-seok apologized submissively, Yu-shin nodded.

“Alright, be careful next time.”

Of course, Yu-shin had already thrown away any courtesy towards the instructor in charge into the trash.

Still, since the opponent had apologized submissively, Yu-shin decided to let it slide this time.

However, unlike Yu-shin who calmly sat down, the atmosphere in the classroom was extremely hostile.

Not only the instructor, but also the students in the classroom.
They were staring blankly at Yu-shin.

Was that really the docile Yu-shin?
Why had he suddenly become so rebellious?

In the end, Lee Young-seok hastily finished the morning assembly and immediately left.

“What the fck is that guy doing?”

Yu-shin clicked his tongue and mumbled.
To think such a pathetic guy was the instructor in charge.

He could at least confirm that Baek Yu-shin had been in a very, very difficult environment.

But they hired that guy as an instructor?
What kind of academy is this, anyway?

However, his thoughts weren’t long.
Yu-shin stopped thinking and immediately bowed his head.

Thanks to that, the palm that flew towards Yu-shin’s back had no choice but to cut through the empty air.

“Oh, really?
You dodged that?”

“Wow~ Our Yu-shin has gotten really strong, huh?”

“…”

A big boy with brown-dyed hair and a lanky boy were there.

Their faces were so ordinary and unremarkable that he couldn’t really say anything about them.

If he had to pick something, maybe a few freckles on their faces?
Other than that, they were just… there.

However, the most important fact right now was that these bstards had thrown the first punch.

Normally, in such cases, one would ask for a reason.
At the very least, they’d ask out of disbelief.

However, Yu-shin didn’t.
From the start, reasons didn’t matter to Yu-shin.

“You guys started it, right?”

An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
If it started with fists, it should naturally end with fists.

No more reasons were needed for that.

As he stood up from his seat, Yu-shin rotated his body and swung his fist.

The spinning fist, like a drill, rotated once and struck the big guy’s abdomen.

Wham!!

The big guy, who took a direct hit, was slammed into the locker at the back of the classroom.

The lanky guy looked back and forth between the flying big guy and Yu-shin in shock.

It seemed he hadn’t expected Yu-shin to retaliate against the big guy at all.

“W-what, what is it?!”

“You guys started it first.”

“You, you…!!”

He seemed too flustered to even speak properly.
Yu-shin nodded.

He understood.
It could happen when a guy you underestimated suddenly comes back strong.

But apart from that, he had to finish it, right?
Yu-shin smiled and raised his fist.

“No more, no less.”

Just one hit.

Yu-shin, in his own mind, considered himself a very merciful and kind person.

Because he didn’t repay more than necessary.

Very cleanly.

A perfectly 1-to-1 exchange.

In the fantasy world, there were mountains of guys who repaid grudges more than necessary.

Not just oneself.

But even family or friends.

Those who killed everyone were considered refined.

There were even those who would revive already buried corpses as undead and kill them again.

Compared to that, wasn’t he, who cleanly repaid a fist with a fist, kind?

“That’s enough!
You ruffian!”

At the very least, he shouldn’t be called a ruffian by someone he didn’t know at all.

Suddenly interjecting in the middle of the fight was a girl with brilliant golden hair.

In a word, a blue-eyed girl with hair styled into things like rolls.

A foreigner?
Should he use English, perhaps?
Yu-shin had a moment of such thought.

“You speak Korean well?”

“Thank you, it’s basic etiquette for an international student…
No!
Don’t change the subject!
Ruffian!”

The girl, who had momentarily seemed pleased by Yu-shin’s unexpected remark, quickly regained her composure.

The current situation, to anyone, looked like Yu-shin was unilaterally bullying them.

Yu-shin knew that too.
This was a situation that could easily lead to misunderstandings.

So, to prevent trouble, Yu-shin began to speak, trying to persuade the girl.

“These guys attacked first.
I’m just defending myself.”

“Is that true?”

Hearing that reply, the blonde girl looked around, seeking statements from witnesses.

Yu-shin confidently nodded.
Although he had dodged the attack.

It was still true that those guys threw the first punch.
There were even witnesses.

Certainly, as Yu-shin thought.
Witnesses were everywhere.
However, if there was a problem.

“Baek Yu-shin hit first.”

“That’s right, he suddenly assaulted us unilaterally!”

“Huh?”

It was that the witnesses were not the ones Yu-shin had in mind.
Yu-shin was dumbfounded.

Suddenly, I hit first?
These guys completely and openly picked a fight first!

And I clearly saw some guys secretly laughing while watching us!

However, to Yu-shin’s dismay.
The wave of accusations had not yet ended.

“He even swore at the instructor earlier!”

“Right, right.”

“What are you going to do about the classroom atmosphere?”

Look at these bstards?

The entire classroom had completely ganged up to exclude Yu-shin.

However, Yu-shin was familiar with this kind of atmosphere.

Simply put, he could say he was getting picked on for being a loser.

So, that’s it.

The lowest ranked kid in the class.

For example, a loser or an outcast.

If they occasionally act up, they are viewed with much more disdain.

And told not to act up.

Why?

Because they’re easy.

Because the thought of them being beneath me is ingrained in their minds.

Perhaps sensing that peculiar atmosphere, the blonde girl looked at Yu-shin again.

“Is that true?”

“It is true.”

“As I thought, you are a ruffian!”

“So what am I supposed to do about it?”

Yu-shin was starting to get a headache.
Should he just hit this girl too?

While he was contemplating that, the girl raised her finger and pointed at Yu-shin.

It was what they commonly called pointing a finger.
Just as Yu-shin was about to get furious.

“A ruffian like you cannot be forgiven by me, Selena Grevis, a member of the Disciplinary Committee!”

“Are you going to fight here now?”

“Of course not.
I cannot engage in a brawl like a common street thug.”

“It’s a duel.”

A duel where a specific time and date are set, and then they fight in front of everyone.

An academy of modern times.
Do they also have duels?

Come to think of it, there was a comrade who constantly talked about duels.

Though their appearances were very different, Selena felt very similar to his old comrade.

Yu-shin was briefly lost in memories, but the nostalgia didn’t last long.

In Yu-shin’s dictionary, there is a saying: Never avoid a fight that comes to you.

“Alright, but no backing out, okay?”

I’ll absolutely crush them.