8 – Basic evaluation (5)
Yoo Hee-won, with blue eyes that matched her blonde hair, seemed to be looking at a high-class breed cat.
A cat who was born with a pedigree certificate and has been eating expensive feed since he was young.
On the other hand, on a rainy day, Hanminha strays under a wall… Where did it go?
I couldn’t find Han Min-ha, so I looked for her and found her on the floor next to her, barely getting herself up.
Academy students basically have the talent of a hero.
That’s why you shouldn’t think of normal high school students physically.
Even there, Yoo Hee-won is at an exceptional level.
Heewon Yu bumped into him as hard as he could, so he couldn’t stand it and fell.
All of the students who had left the classroom in a sudden situation were looking this way.
Han Min-ha groped the floor with both hands in search of the fallen glasses, not knowing that his attention was focused on them.
“Student Heewon Yu.”
At my call, Yoo Hee-won looked at me coldly.
“Yes, Professor?”
“At times like this, it’s the behavior of a normal mindset to pick up the glasses and bring them to the owner.”
Yoo Hee-won bent down and picked up her glasses.
“Here they are. Glasses.”
Han Min-ha timidly lowered her head after receiving the glasses from Yoo Hee-won.
“thanks…”
“And the same goes for apologizing for causing you to fall.”
At my words, Yoo Hee-won did not change her expression and looked down at Han Min-ha.
“I’m sorry. I didn’t do that on purpose.”
“Okay. I’m fine…”
“Professor. Are you done now? Then let’s go.”
“Student Hee-Won Yu. I’m sorry, but I’m going to have a meeting with Min-Ha Han here first. It seems a bit difficult today.”
“No, Professor. I’ll do it later.”
As Han Min-ha hugged her bag and stepped back, Yu Hee-won looked back at me with a triumphant smile.
It looked like he was saying ‘Look at that’.
He met that gaze with a light smile and said.
“Student Minha Han. I said we should meet first. I’ll be there first, so come to my lab. This is the second floor of the research building.”
“Ah, yes… I see.”
Han Min-ha replied in a crawling voice.
“Ah, by the way, the reason for the interview was an accident during the last basic evaluation.”
There are a lot of eyes to see, so you have to lay the ground rice like this in advance.
It is a fact that everyone already knows that Han Min-ha fainted during the basic evaluation.
It doesn’t seem strange at all for me, the professor in charge of the subject, to interview the students about it.
“Take time and tell me later, student Heewon Yu. If possible, let’s have an interview.”
After saying that to Yoo Hee-won, I turned around and left the classroom.
* * * * *
Returning to the lab, I made coffee and waited for Han Min-ha.
Hearing the hum of the coffee machine, he thought about what had happened earlier.
You have to make such a child an S-class…
There aren’t many S-class heroes.
The management bureau operates a policy called the grade quota system.
Putting a limit on the number of people in all classes.
So, no matter how talented you are, you cannot be promoted if there is no space in the next level.
It is aimed at preventing grade inflation, but it is still a controversial policy.
And apart from such a policy, it is rare for a hero to really rise to the S rank.
To become an S-class, it is not enough to go through countless death threats and survive.
You have to become a star hero who receives the attention of the administration and the public.
There are so many heroes who died trying to become S-class.
And there are just as many heroes who gave up on becoming S-class.
So there are very few S-class heroes.
die or give up.
That Han Min-ha has to be made into that S-class.
Then there was a knock on the door.
“Come in.”
Han Min-ha peeked out his face through the carefully opened door.
“Professor. May I come in?”
“I just told you to come in.”
I smiled and walked over to open the door.
“Sit in a chair. Would you like some coffee?”
He invited Han Min-ha to sit at the round table and went to the coffee machine.
Han Min-ha, sitting on the edge of a chair with her bag in hand, looked around the lab with shy eyes.
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My laboratory is a simple place with nothing to see.
Desks and computers and round tables for interviews.
A long sofa where you can lie down and close your eyes for a while.
A bookshelf filling one wall and an air purifier running 24 hours a day.
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My personal cabinet and a large potted plant in the corner are all.
The pots are gray and square, and areca palms are densely packed into them.
A fresh green Areca palm tree that matches the white wall.
It is a plant selected by NASA as the number one plant for ‘purifying the air of a closed spacecraft’.
I brought it in because I had to keep the air in the lab clean because I had bad lungs.
There’s really nothing to see.
It would be much more interesting to open the desk drawer and reveal the colorful lung medicines filled there.
I gave her coffee and sat down on a chair, and Han Min-ha bowed her head.
“I’ll have a good drink.”
After waiting for her to take a few sips of her coffee, she opened her mouth.
“How are you feeling?”
“It’s okay, professor. At that time, it was just… shocking.”
“It can be done. The video I watched during the evaluation was an unedited version that is never released by the media. It must have been very cruel and disgusting. So don’t feel too embarrassed that you didn’t get the evaluation to the end.”
“Yes…but…”
Han Min-ha hesitated and asked.
“Has anyone else fainted besides me?”
“no.”
“ah…”
Dejected, Han Min-ha lowered his head.
“Student Minha Han. I told you. You can. The basic evaluation is not the end. From now on, until you graduate from the academy, you will be terribly evaluated, and there are many opportunities to get good grades at any time. Of course, I will hold on until then. There should be.”
“That’s right. But I don’t know if I can hold on.”
“You’re holding out already, aren’t you?”
“Yes…?”
“I saw Han Min-ha’s basic test score. It was very poor.”
“Because I’m less than everyone else…”
“Let’s stop putting ourselves down recklessly. Anyway, among the students who are similar to Han Min-ha, there are many who have already applied for withdrawal and left the academy. However, Min-ha Han remains.”
“That’s because I didn’t have anything in mind when I left.”
“Did the other students leave because they had a clear alternative? Probably not.”
“Maybe.”
“Han Min-ha, do you know how S-class heroes got there?”
“Well…? Is it strong?”
I laughed and shook my head.
“It’s because I survived until I became S-class.”
“ah…”
It didn’t look like he had a big realization, it just seemed like an exclamation out of politeness.
“You said you had nothing in mind other than the academy, right? Then hold on. Hold on, graduate, and become a hero. I’ll help you.”
“There is no need for the professor to make unnecessary efforts for something like me.”
“Efforts. Why does it take unnecessary effort for a professor to properly guide students? Rather, I want to ask.”
In fact, the original purpose was because of that quest.
I’ll do whatever it takes to become an S-class or something if I somehow catch this kid and have him graduate.
“The decisive reason why Min-ha Han’s basic evaluation rank was like that is because he got an F in my course. And if he graduates with that grade in basic defense, Min-ha Han will encounter the villain and be the main character of the video he watched during the evaluation. I will be one of them.”
A video of senior heroes who died while preventing the terrible atrocities of the villain.
Han Min-ha’s face turned pale.
“Do you understand why I’m trying to help Han Min-ha?”
“All right…”
“like.”
I took a sip of coffee feeling satisfied.
Even if I said this much, I would have understood it enough.
Then, shall we ask what we wanted to ask from the last time?
“I checked it and it’s cool…! I’m sorry. When I checked it, I came in as an extra point for the hero restraint, is that correct?”
“Oh, yes. Both of my parents were heroes.”
“You said you were a hero? So you’re saying it’s not now? Are you retired?”
“that is…”
Han Min-ha closed her mouth for a moment with a dark expression.
“Both of them went missing. Years ago.”
“Disappearance?”
“Yes. Suddenly one day.”
“What did the administration say?”
“I didn’t say anything. They just gave me money every month as a family pension and helped me get into the academy, but I didn’t tell them what happened to my parents.”
that’s really weird
“What are your parents’ names? Maybe I know something.”
“My father is Han Tae-woo, and my mother is Seo Ji-ah…”
Suddenly, Han Min-ha’s voice could not be heard at all.
The mental barrier that normally activates began to vibrate violently.
But the wave was very fleeting, and soon my mental calmed down as usual.
It was such a brief moment that Han Min-ha didn’t seem to notice anything.
I took a sip of coffee and pretended to be calm.
“I see. I’ll try to find out whereabouts of my parents just in case.”
“Okay. Thanks, Professor.”
“So you’ve been living alone all this time? No other family members?”
“Yes.”
A timid black-haired bespectacled girl who messed up her exams at school with her grandparents.
A typical character.
“Anyway, don’t be discouraged. I will help Han Min-ha, so Han Min-ha endures and graduates. There are many opportunities to rise up. We will do that.”
“Thank you professor.”
Now my story is over.
It would be nice to move on to small talk, but since I’m not an advisor, it would be a bit of a burden to do so from the first meeting.
“That’s all. Do you have anything else to say to me?”
“No, there isn’t. Aww…!”
Han Min-ha hurriedly drank the half-left coffee and stood up hugging her bag.
“Goodbye, Professor. Thank you very much for your words today.”
“Cheer up. Fighting.”
Han Min-ha, who bowed once again, looked back at me as if he had suddenly remembered while holding the doorknob.
“Hey… But Professor.”
“Tell me.”
“The mental barrier you talked about in class… is that difficult to use?”
“It’s a mental barrier. It’s difficult to use. Even in situations like the video I saw during the basic evaluation, I have to maintain extreme composure.”
“Ah yes…”
“But it’s not impossible. I know how to write, but why can’t a freshman with a bright future learn?”
Han Min-ha was silent, then opened his mouth again.
“If you use it… how do you feel?”
“What’s good about it? You can be calm in everything. It can protect your mental from external shocks. It also helps you sleep well.”
The last words were half a joke.
However, Han Min-ha did not laugh.
It’s not a funny joke, so I have no choice but to laugh.
“If it’s an external shock, does it also apply to memories of the past?”
At Han Min-ha’s question, I closed my mouth for a moment and was lost in thought.
It’s a memory of the past… That would mean that it could stop the pain of memories of the past.
“It can be prevented. To some extent.”
“Ah, yes. I see. Thank you.”
After Han Min-ha left the lab, I drank the rest of the coffee.
At the same time, he began to outline a plan for how to help Han Min-ha in the future.
Oh right. handkerchief. I forgot.