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Chapter 182
Chapter 182: Do You Know Do Jae-hyun? (3)
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“I’m really going to be worked to death….”
Overworked.
I’ve never been this overworked before.
These days, I don’t even have time to breathe because of Professor Tak Won-ho’s busy schedule, so I had been training with him from dawn by splitting up my time…
Out of nowhere, Park Jin-woo dragged me out in the morning to train with him.
Park Jin-woo isn’t the type to usually make requests like this, but I somehow agreed to accommodate him…
After overexerting myself, my whole body was sore.
“This punk Park Jin-woo… Selling out his friend for a woman.”
Just thinking about it makes my teeth grind.
The ‘really important issue’ that he sweet-talked me into going to the training hall for, there was a blonde blue-eyed foreign woman sitting there.
An American Holder, her name was Camila Flores.
A student who had come for this Academy’s international exchange program.
Park Jin-woo had dragged me out to ‘show the foreign Holder a fight between Korean Holders’.
“A fight between Korean Holders my ass.”
I realized it was all bullshit as soon as I arrived.
Camila’s beautiful looks and bright aura.
The intimate atmosphere between the two people in the training hall.
Amidst the conversation filled with laughter, I couldn’t help but sense that subtle tension.
Park Jin-woo had used me as a prop to make the conversation topics more colorful.
“Fucking bastard. He acted all disinterested at first.”
To be honest, I was pretty shocked when I first saw the scene.
Park Jin-woo, who seemed like making himself stronger was the purpose of his life, was showing interest in a woman.
It was a happening that would surprise anyone who knew him.
An unprecedented event even in the original work.
“Well, there was no romance to begin with in the original work.”
There was no romance in <The Next Rune Holder>, a pure growth story.
It mainly dealt with Park Jin-woo’s growth process, battles, relationships, punishing evil, etc., but contained no content regarding the main characters’ love lives.
That was also why Kang Juyeon’s position was classified as ‘heroine’.
She was literally the heroine.
Showcasing growth in a different direction from Park Jin-woo, another protagonist of the story.
That was why no romance between the protagonists came up in the original work, and the current happenings were obviously a strong butterfly effect resulting from my intervention and countless variables.
Camila, a new character, and Park Jin-woo showing interest outside of battle.
It was quite an unfamiliar yet interesting sight.
“Well… It doesn’t seem bad.”
I grinned and scratched my cheek.
My body was battered all over but my heart felt light.
After all, the current Park Jin-woo was my friend.
Also my best friend who I could share swords with, someone I related to a lot internally and externally.
How the original work was, how the butterfly effect turned out…
Those things weren’t important.
What was important was that a woman my friend liked had appeared, and he had asked me for help so he could do better.
I had no reason to not gladly help him out.
I did my best in the match with Park Jin-woo.
Although Park Jin-woo did lose in the end, Camila was delighted by the high-level match regardless of the result.
She seemed to have great interest in purely handling martial arts.
And after the match had ended.
I called Park Jin-woo aside and gave him an overview of the Academy’s guidance and key facilities, along with various pieces of advice.
-The atmosphere of this cafe is particularly nice, so give her a tour and drop by when you have time.
Park Jin-woo looked quite surprised by my sincere advice.
Maybe shy? He said some incomprehensible things.
-Oh… If you know so well, then why are you like that?
-What, why would I tell you for no reason.
-Uh… No, anyway, thanks for helping out today. Really.
-If you’re thankful then buy me a meal or something later.
-I’ll increase the 10 free match tickets we promised today to 20.
-Oh come on! I don’t need stuff like that.
Anyway, that was how Park Jin-woo went off to subtly ask her out under the guise of a tour, while I had returned to the cafe from earlier.
After throwing out the finished coffee, I order another sweet drink.
I had come to replenish my depleted blood sugar levels, but the match from earlier turned me into a corpse again.
I needed to recharge my blood sugar a second time.
And while resting my face on the cafe table…
Yet another annoying message that I wanted to throw away immediately came in.
[Professor Kang Dong-wook] Holder Do Jae-hyun, you didn’t forget about field training today right? Let’s properly sprint today and unlock up to the 2nd seal! Hahaha.
“….Please save me.”
For some reason, it felt like my schedule had gotten even busier after wrapping up the big incident.
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Ippotranslation
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Yoo Eun-seol had been in quite a good mood recently.
At first, she took the position of academy instructor for her own personal purposes, but after teaching students for a couple months, she had formed a bond with them.
The <Villain> clan that robbed those students of their peace, massacring innocent citizens…
It was the first time Yoo Eun-seol felt such intense hatred towards a certain group – The <Villain>.
After eradicating all of them and the academy regaining stability, that alone was enough to lift Yoo Eun-seol’s spirits.
But that wasn’t all.
– Do Jae-hyun did it again! Successful mild reaction in the 1st phase of fusion order.
– Korea’s greatest prospect, Do Jae-hyun’s journey. Even foreign media singing high praises!
– Is Do Jae-hyun Yoo Eun-seol’s exclusive disciple? His luxurious masters…
– A genius teaching a genius. Could Do Jae-hyun become the 6th S-grade?
Even now, long after the cleanup operation ended, the fervor surrounding Do Jae-hyun had yet to die down.
In the past and present, Koreans love heroes.
The young hero who appeared at the academy.
Do Jae-hyun was currently the greatest prospect in Korea’s Awakened world.
“…….”
Yoo Eun-seol barely managed to stop the corners of her mouth from curving up.
That was the reason for Yoo Eun-seol’s good mood these days.
He was her disciple.
The first person she had ever exclusively taken on as her disciple and directly taught.
And that person was receiving the attention of the entire nation, even being praised as the ‘greatest prospect’ in the Awakened community.
It would be stranger if she didn’t feel good.
“…..It’s fascinating.”
At first, her only intention was to find a party member.
Do Jae-hyun was the ‘Holder containing the dragon’s energy’ she had been looking for, fulfilling the condition to enter the double dungeon <The River Touched by the Dragon’s Breath>
A means towards Yoo Eun-seol’s personal goal.
Coldhearted, but a natural story in the world of Holders.
And Do Jae-hyun had gained a lot from that kind of relationship too.
“But now….”
However, after entering the academy and taking him on temporarily as her exclusive disciple,
her perception had changed greatly.
Do Jae-hyun was a talented Holder.
He quickly and accurately absorbed every lesson taught, and grew at an astounding pace accordingly.
Despite being the first exclusive disciple she had ever taken, there hadn’t been a single bump in Yoo Eun-seol’s education so far.
His feats during the <Villain> clan cleanup operation, were not a fluke but prepared results.
The new nickname the media kept clamoring about, Prospective S-grade Holder.
As the youngest S-grade Holder alumnus, Yoo Eun-seol didn’t think the possibility was zero.
“Holder Yoo Eun-seol, do you happen to know Holder Do Jae-hyun well?”
Public interest wasn’t limited to just the media.
Even acquaintances she actually knew would often ask this kind of question.
Asking Yoo Eun-seol the S-grade Holder not about herself but another promising prospect Holder.
Yoo Eun-seol found the situation fascinating yet she somehow felt good.
“He’s my exclusive disciple.”
So these days she would say this kind of thing without hesitation.
Strictly speaking he was a temporary exclusive disciple, but she could omit that unnecessary supplementary explanation.
“Wow, really?”
“Yes. I’ve been teaching Holder Do Jae-hyun dagger techniques for several months now.”
“The articles were true…. Not that anything else makes sense, but even our Sunset Flower clan wants to scout Holder Do Jae-hyun no matter what. He’s a prospect who will lead Korea’s Holder community in the future.”
“You’re right. It’s no exaggeration to say Holder Do Jae-hyun has that kind of talent.”
A conversation like this happened over a meal with a member of the <Sunset Flower> clan she had once partied with in an attack squad formation.
And hearing her words, Yoo Eun-seol nodded as well.
The current Do Jae-hyun was definitely a talent any clan would covet.
With the 3 major domestic clans vying for him, the <Sunset Flower> clan had every reason to vie for him too. josei
‘As expected of my disciple.’
And at the same time, this shameless thought crosses her mind.
She doesn’t even feel embarrassed about it anymore.
Was this a master’s joy?
The more Do Jae-hyun excelled, the more praise he received…
Yoo Eun-seol felt strangely elated for some reason.
And she thought.
The ‘exclusive disciple’ she had only temporarily considered.
Maybe now it would be alright to officially make him so.
She felt like Do Jae-hyun was plenty worthy.
“But Holder Yoo Eun-seol, you don’t seem very close with your disciple?”
“….What?”
Why was this person suddenly saying something so out of the blue?
When Yoo Eun-seol cocked her head in puzzlement, the <Sunset Flower> clan member awkwardly laughed and answered.
“Oh, just that when you kept saying Holder Do Jae-hyun, Holder Do Jae-hyun, it gave off this awkward vibe between master and disciple. Ahaha, ahaha. D-don’t mind me. I shouldn’t have said something like that to Holder Yoo Eun-seol. It’s not like you speak politely to your disciple, and titles don’t matter.”
She hurriedly finished speaking as if flustered.
But at those words, Yoo Eun-seol quietly shut her mouth.
‘…Come to think of it, I do speak politely to him.’
And she pondered once more.
Would speaking politely to my disciple make me seem too cold…?
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