42 – Korean Superhuman Specialized High School (2)
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The reason why Yeoul was particularly impressed by Jung Kyung-sik.
The reason she still remembers him as one of the famous people of the past.
It was simple.
It was because he had been greatly inspired by Kyung-sik in the past.
After accidentally encountering him on TV.
Yeoul thought he was really cool.
It could have been one of the reasons such as his clean appearance or his sculpted body, but the biggest reason was that he was genuinely saving people.
He was even willing to sacrifice his own body to save them.
How just, beautiful, and noble that task is.
She even briefly entertained the dream of becoming a firefighter because of Kyung-sik.
Now that she had severed her emotions, she was simply amazed that so much time had passed and Kyung-sik had changed that much, but…
Anyway, after finishing the short reunion with the old memories.
“Well then, shall we talk about the exam?”
With Kyung-sik’s words, Yeoul climbed onto the exam platform to become a teacher.
Then, what kind of method would be suitable to test his abilities?
Yeoul was a figure that caused quite a stir in the superhuman society.
Most of the high-level superhumans knew about her existence.
And the reason for that was one.
The fact that she was acknowledged as a returnee even though she had no magic.
Fortunately, with Wol-nim’s help, she was able to pass smoothly, but if she had followed the original rules, she would never have been acknowledged as a returnee.
Because of this, there were always doubts about Yeoul’s abilities as a returnee. It was clearly evident even in the returnee group called the Returners.
Because of this, some consideration was needed on how to test her abilities.
According to Jiwoo, it was said that she was incredibly skilled with a sword.
If that’s the case, she is not a “research-type” returnee who returns to Earth through dimension magic or exploration of ancient relics.
He is a “powerless” returnee who has completed the given task of defeating the Demon King and has returned through a dimensional portal that appears when everything is over.
It was not entirely false, as Jiu could vouch for him, but there was still some doubt.
Except for Kyung-sik right now, the two teachers standing next to him were looking at him with unfriendly eyes and not even exchanging greetings.
It was a natural reaction, but it was because humans, by nature, couldn’t fully accept cases that went against their preconceptions.
“Did you hear that Yu Sil is skilled with a sword? Then why not try a simple sparring match with the teacher standing next to me?”
After much deliberation, Kyung-sik suggested sparring. There was no better way to clearly verify someone’s martial prowess in a short amount of time.
However,
“Sorry, but that seems a bit difficult.”
“Why is that? Do you have a reason?”
“I don’t have confidence in controlling my strength to not kill.”
It was true.
He had only honed his body and mind with the goal of killing bears.
He had no confidence in overpowering his opponent smoothly without causing any harm.
Whether Yu Sil’s true intention was that or not, the teachers who heard his words could not help but feel their anger rise.
That was understandable because he was a person without magic power. In other words, he was an ordinary person. Such a person dared to disregard them, who were extremely strong and had strong bones, so they felt…
As the atmosphere started to become hostile, Kyung-sik stepped in to mediate.
“hahahaha. I see. You must be very strong.”
He laughed cheerfully and tried to hold onto the cooling atmosphere. While behaving like that, Kyung-sik also couldn’t help but have doubts about Yu Sil’s attitude.
Was it really to that extent?
Was he arrogant, or did he have the strength to match it?
At the moment, besides feeling a strong charisma, he didn’t particularly feel that he was strong.
However, until he personally confirmed it, he wouldn’t know.
It was not his place to force someone who didn’t want to spar and couldn’t be forced to spar. Kyung-sik had to come up with a new test method.
Was there a way to roughly gauge his skill here?
What caught his eye as he looked around was a metal scarecrow standing at the edge of the sports field.
Yeah, that’ll do.
“Well then, if you can destroy that scarecrow using any method, I’ll acknowledge you.”
That scarecrow served as a target for aspiring supernatural students to use their abilities.
Its most important characteristic was that it didn’t break easily due to its purpose, and the invention that solved that problem was the one that enchanted magic onto the pure and sturdy mahcoll metal.
At the student level, no matter how hard they try, they cannot even leave a scratch on a scarecrow.
Except for special cases like Gyeongsik and Jiwoo, teachers had to put in a considerable amount of effort to break it.
In other words, breaking the scarecrow was the average for teachers.
With that level of power, and with the theoretical basis that constitutes that power, Gyeongsik thought that he could use it as a teacher.
Power, theoretical basis, and teaching children were different tasks. However, the capacity as an educator could be overcome through training.
However, without strength, what meaning did swordsmanship, magic, or education have? No matter how well we handle the sword, and how well we teach it, if we are not strong, we cannot have persuasiveness.
In that sense, Gyeongsik’s judgment of putting the destruction of the scarecrow to the test was very appropriate.
“You mean I just have to destroy that?”
“Yes. If that is determined to be your power, it doesn’t matter what you use.”
“I understand.”
Gyeongsik pondered deeply on how he assigned such a task.
There was no interest in things like his beliefs as an educator.
He just had no reason not to become a teacher, and he had made up his mind to become one for a trivial reason, reaching for the cross earring hanging from his ear.
A cross earring that was fashioned into a pure white and elegant sword.
The appearance of an unusual item caught the attention of the two teachers and Gyeongsik, who had weak vision.
When Gyeongsik grasped the sword, Yeoul’s momentum settled down very calmly.
Even the contradictory feeling of turmoil, which was like a bomb about to explode, was felt together.
“I will do it.”
The sunlight reflected on the blade, making it glitter.
Both teachers, and even Gyeongsik, momentarily missed the movement of the sword.
At the moment when they thought, ‘Is this a swing?’, it was already too late.
The scarecrow, which had many students’ hands waving around it, remained steadfastly in place without even a scratch.
Starting from its right shoulder, left side, and up to a part where there would be a diagonal line for a person.
A line was drawn.
The aftermath of the sword did not stop there.
The magic circle that was embroidered on the ground of the playground.
It, which rarely operates, activated itself, emitting light.
It meant one thing. The playground had suffered such significant damage that it needed to be repaired with the help of the magic circle.
The damage to the playground was difficult to confirm with the naked eye.
Gyeongsik focused his enhanced vision through magic to see where the repair was taking place.
There was also a very thin line drawn there, like on the scarecrow.
It was so intricately and thinly drawn that it couldn’t be perceived unless one enhanced their vision with magic.
Thump, a sound echoed through the playground.
The severed half of the scarecrow slid down along the edge as it couldn’t bear its own weight.
The scarecrow, which had stood there all its life, was finally able to lie down and looked at Kyungshik and the teacher with pitiful eyes.
It seemed as if it was mocking them for their doubts about the whirlpool.
“If it’s this destroyed, right?”
“hahahahaha. You’ve destroyed it wonderfully.”
Even though they predicted that it would take quite some time even if they used an unknown method to destroy it, it was a result far beyond the expectations of the teachers.
A clean cut without a shred of doubt.
If one still doubted the strength of the whirlpool after seeing this with their own eyes, it was definitely not the attitude that a proper educator should have.
Even the two teachers who were looking at him with unfriendly gazes corrected their attitude and immediately greeted him with respect.
“You are Yeo-ul, right? You’re really strong.”
“Really. I feel so ashamed of my doubts.”
The man in a suit and the woman with brown skin apologized to him and extended their hands.
Yeo-ul, who didn’t care about how they were looking at him, gladly shook their hands without a second thought.
* * *
The result was an undeniable perfect pass.
Since Yeo-ul had never taught anyone before, Kyungshik said that he had to learn how to do it first.
The details would be communicated through contact information received later according to the promise.
Yeo-ul left the playground.
Next to him, Ji-woo, who looked at him with proud eyes, was there.
She knew how strong he was, but she was so nervous that her heart raced at the thought of him taking the test.
She even wanted to say something to the teachers who were looking at him with disapproval.
But in the end, it went well.
She was relieved, grateful for that.
“We’ll be co-workers soon.”
Saying that, Ji-woo smiled brightly.