I Installed a Dating App and These Otherworld Virgins Became Obsessed With Me. 201

## Chapter 201 – 201. 수치플

#201. Humiliation Play

With brown hair cascading down to her waist, ash-gray eyes reminiscent of the Master of the Magic Tower, and a sharp, venomous face.

Han Seo-ah.

She was a direct descendant of the Jinryu Han family, one of the three great magical families alongside the Seongbuk Choi family, and the only younger sister of Han Ra-el, the Master of the Magic Tower.

“…Kang Hyun-woo.”

Han Seo-ah glared at me fiercely from where she lay on the floor. Then, she glanced at the hand I offered, lightly dismissed it, and rose to her feet.

As if she didn’t need my help.

“Are you hurt anywhere?”
“It’s none of your concern.”

With a sharp voice, Han Seo-ah walked right past me.

Left alone in the hallway, I glanced at Han Seo-ah’s retreating figure before heading back towards the library.

As you can see, she and I don’t get along very well.

Of course, I have no ill feelings towards Han Seo-ah, but she didn’t feel the same. I sensed blatant hostility from our brief encounters.

Probably because I rejected her offer before.

‘Is she narrow-minded, or just foolish?’

Even if I were to give Han Seo-ah the Master of the Magic Tower’s information, her chances of ascending to the position of head of the family, as a mere 1st Circle mage, would be infinitely close to zero.

Han Ra-el, the Master of the Magic Tower, was a genius who appeared once every few hundred years within the Jinryu Han family, but Han Seo-ah’s magical talent was barely average.

The eldest daughter, a 7th Circle mage at 29, and the second daughter, a 1st Circle mage at 20.

That gap was unbridgeable.

‘What a tiring way to live.’

It wasn’t my business, so I quickly lost interest.

It’s not like I’m going to be close to Han Seo-ah, and it’s not like I’m in a position where I have to be mindful of her.

***

Arriving at the grand library, I blankly looked around.

A space that seemed to stretch on as far as several soccer fields connected together.

I had heard that the Magic Tower had space magic cast on it, making the interior space much larger than it appeared from the outside, but I didn’t expect it to be this vast.

Bookshelves filled with books floated in the air, accompanied by fish made of magic.

Here and there, students of the Magic Tower leisurely read books or flew through the air, examining the bookshelves.

It wasn’t the 6th Circle magic, ‘Fly.’ They were simply being assisted by the magic stones installed within the grand library.

Looking around, I channeled magic into my access card. The card then glowed faintly.

Soon after, something small and white with little horns approached me.

“How may I help you?”

A clear and refreshing voice, it was a spirit in the form of a small woman.

I heard it was a spirit contracted with the head librarian, assisting with the library’s tasks within the Magic Tower.

“Where are the books related to space magic?”

I heard that the libraries within the Gray Magic Tower held about a million magic-related books in total.

It would be convenient if I could search by computer, but there are some books with magic that prevents them from being detected by electronic devices.

Above all, there are several sealed forbidden books, so it’s safest for the spirit to manage them.

“I will show you a list of books that are currently available for viewing based on Kang Hyun-woo’s rank.”

Paper and a quill flew in from somewhere.

The quill moved on its own, without anyone holding it, and began to write something on the paper.

Soon after, a paper filled with book titles flew to me.

“There are currently a total of 127 space magic-related books available for viewing based on Kang Hyun-woo’s rank.”
“More than I thought?”
“Among them, 11 books have been verified.”

Suddenly, the number dropped drastically.

It can’t be helped.

There would be limits to the books I, a mere 5th Grade Elementalist, could access.

“Where are the books located?”
“I can bring them to you if you wish.”

I nodded, and the spirit quietly left.

Before long, the spirit returned, floating books that seemed taller than itself in the air.

I didn’t think 12 books would be that many, but they seemed thicker than I expected.

But I didn’t care much. It’s not like I was going to read them anyway.

Rather, Iris would definitely be happy with the large quantity.

“How many books can I borrow?”
“Kang Hyun-woo can borrow a maximum of 20 books for one week.”

Fewer than I expected.

Well, being the lowest rank at 5th Grade, there would inevitably be many restrictions.

“Earlier, you mentioned unverified books, right? Lend me 20 books, including the ones you recommend from that list.”
“Yes, I understand.”

For a moment, the spirit’s voice seemed slightly higher.

As if it was excited.

‘That can’t be.’

The spirit is an entity that moves strictly according to its contract. Just because its appearance is close to that of a human doesn’t mean it feels joy, anger, sorrow, or pleasure like a human.

I dismissed it as a simple misunderstanding.

After borrowing a total of 20 books, including the ones the spirit brought, I leisurely walked back to the classroom.

“Student Kang Hyun-woo, unexcused tardiness will result in a deduction of points.”

A professor who seemed quite old glared at me.

He was strangely hostile.

Of course, it could be because he thought the freshman was ignoring him, but my thoughts were a little different.

Among the professors, there were those who were unhappy that I had passed the training course with a recommendation from Grandma Choi Young-ok.

Maybe that professor was one of them.

Well, it didn’t matter. I wasn’t planning on paying attention to attendance points anyway.

I was planning on going somewhere with Noel as early as tomorrow.

Anyway, I spent the entire morning class secretly reading the borrowed books. There was a lot of interesting content.

Of course, there were also many things that I couldn’t understand at all.

‘I chose a good surprise gift.’

I could already see Iris’s happy expression. Time flew by as I thought about what else I could bring back for her now that I was back on Earth.

Then came lunchtime.

I was going to have lunch with Lumina, but she said she had a prior engagement and left first.

Just as I was about to eat alone, Choi Hye-na came to the classroom.

I didn’t contact her on purpose because I thought she would be busy as a graduating senior.

With the appearance of Choi Hye-na, one of the most famous students in the Magic Tower, the classroom, as well as the hallway, became chaotic.

I approached Choi Hye-na before the crowd grew larger. She stood in front of the door with her arms crossed, as she usually did.

“What’s wrong?”
“…”
“Hye-na?”

But Choi Hye-na’s condition seemed strange.

Even when I spoke to her, she didn’t answer, but just stared at me intently. Even when I waved my hand in front of her, there was no particular reaction.

‘Is she tired?’

I grabbed Choi Hye-na’s wrist, who seemed dazed, and left the spot.

As soon as we left the classroom, countless gazes poured in.

Considering each other’s fame, as well as what happened at the restaurant last week, it was natural to attract attention.

‘At best, they’ll think we’re dating.’

It didn’t seem like anyone thought we were promised to be engaged.

As we walked along a deserted hallway, avoiding the gazes and attention of the people pouring in.

“…You.”

Choi Hye-na, who had been quietly following me, stopped.

“Did your grandmother perhaps give you some kind of elixir?”

Choi Hye-na’s purple eyes, which had a different atmosphere than usual, turned to me.

Choi Hye-na, who suddenly brought up something incomprehensible, stared at me intently like before.

“What elixir?”
“…”

After staring at me for a while, Choi Hye-na went to the restaurant without saying a word.

Left alone in the hallway, I blankly looked at Choi Hye-na’s retreating figure, feeling a strange sense of déjà vu.

‘Why is she suddenly like this?’

She must be very tired because she has a lot to worry about as a graduating senior.

There’s no way she would be like this otherwise.

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But soon, I realized that the reason for her strange condition was not simply fatigue.

“Here.”
“?”

After arriving at the restaurant and starting to eat amidst countless attention and gazes, I was struck with a shock as if I had been hit in the back of the head.

Choi Hye-na naturally sat next to me and offered me chopsticks with a side dish.

Choi Hye-na seemed serious, not joking.

“…Are you serious?”
“Hurry.”

I always welcome expressions of affection, but I wasn’t thick-skinned enough to do that in front of over 100 students of the Magic Tower.

I wanted to refuse, but Choi Hye-na looked hurt as if I was hesitating.

‘Ha…’

I had no choice but to accept the side dish she offered. I couldn’t taste it.

-Kyaa!
-To think that Senior Choi Hye-na was really dating…
-PDA in the sacred Magic Tower! This is a violation of the rules!
-…Was there such a rule?
-They’re just jealous, I guess.

Even more intense gazes and reactions flew in.

For a moment, I felt like a celebrity on a live dating show.

‘It’s a good thing there’s no one filming.’

For reference, leaking information about the Magic Tower to the outside is a serious disciplinary matter.

“Try this too.”
“…”

Whether I was the only one who cared about the surrounding reactions, Choi Hye-na offered her chopsticks as if nothing was wrong.

No, it wasn’t that nothing was wrong.

The faint smile that spread across her lips represented the emotions she was feeling now.

In the end, I half gave up and ate the food like a baby bird. As I did so, I felt a murderous gaze from somewhere.

There might be someone who didn’t like this kind of behavior in a public place. I thought so and ignored it.

“Would you like to try this this time?”

Above all, it didn’t matter to me, who had already half given up.

***

After a lunch stained with humiliation, Professor Shin Min-ha’s ‘Basics and Operation of Summoning’ class began.

There was nothing special about the class. We submitted the assignments that had been given last week and spent time providing feedback based on them.

After that, basic theory classes followed.

“Professor.”

After the class, I approached Professor Shin Min-ha because I had something to ask.

“What is it?”
“I have a question for you, would you mind?”

Professor Shin Min-ha stared at me intently, then nodded.

I headed to her workshop.

“Come in.”

Professor Shin Min-ha served me a drink like last time.

Fortunately, it wasn’t a tea that resembled some bizarre thing from the netherworld like last time.

“What are you curious about?”
“Last time, you said that auxiliary magic can’t be cast on others.”
“Yes.”
“Is it really impossible?”

When I assassinated the lord in Wavele, I had cast auxiliary magic on Sylvia.

At the time, I didn’t think anything of it, but after meeting Professor Shin Min-ha today, what she had said at the gate suddenly came to mind.

“First of all, I have to correct one thing.”

Flutter, a piece of paper that flew in from somewhere fell on the table.

“Hyun-woo, there is no such thing as impossible in magic. The moment you decide that something is impossible, development cannot exist.”

The moment Professor Shin Min-ha lifted the paper with her slender fingers, I couldn’t believe my eyes.

Rustle-

Sugi (手氣) rose above her hand.

“What was that just now…”
“It’s magic.”
“Yes?”
“It may have looked like the ki (氣) used by hunters to Hyun-woo, but this is just magic that has been forcibly compressed and fixed with magic power. Compared to real sugi, its power is inferior, and the consumption of magic power is also considerable. But Hyun-woo, didn’t you mistake it for sugi for a moment?”

Only then did I realize what Professor Shin Min-ha was trying to say.

“Just as what you see on the surface is not everything, the theories built up by the predecessors are not the truth. Of course, auxiliary magic cannot be cast on others by default. Perhaps it was possible because of special conditions?”
“Special conditions…”

Come to think of it, there is one thing that bothers me.

‘The sacred power of the World Tree.’

Elves are a race created directly by the god called the World Tree. Perhaps I was able to cast auxiliary magic on Sylvia because the sacred power of the World Tree was mixed with magic power.

Of course, it’s not certain, but it’s a problem that can be tried again next time.

“Thank you. Thanks to you, Professor, my question has been resolved.”
“I’m glad.”

I tilted my teacup and glanced at Professor Shin Min-ha.

Black bobbed hair and clear blue eyes, there is no doubt that she is a beauty.

But there are few changes in her expression, so I don’t know what she is thinking.

Of course, not as much as Tina, but it was clear that she was a person with faint emotions. Or maybe she was just bad at expressing them.

“Hyun-woo.”
“Yes?”
“I have something I want to ask you too, would you mind?”

I nodded.

Anything was fine as long as she didn’t tell me to transfer or become an assistant.

“Do you remember what happened at the restaurant during lunchtime today?”
“…”

I take that back.

I wish she would leave that out too.

“Do you like that kind of thing, Hyun-woo?”
“Yes? What do you mean…”

At that moment, Professor Shin Min-ha suddenly moved to sit next to me.

After staring at me with an indifferent face for a moment, Professor Shin Min-ha offered me a cookie.

“Ah.”

As if telling me to eat it.