## Chapter 463 – 463. Savior Of The Academy
463. Savior of the Academy
[You have selected Savior of the Academy.]
[An avatar is being generated.]
[There are 5 selectable avatar settings.]
[1. Eugene Stareck
– Heir to the Stareck family.
– Afflicted with the curse of deprivation.
– Starts before the original story.
– A-Rank Trait: Flame Heart]
[2. Sung Yujin
– An Awakened One from an orphanage.
– Passed the Maruhan Academy entrance exam.
– B-Rank Trait: Weapon Transformation.
– Can use the player-exclusive status window.]
[3. Sung Yujin
– Son of Sung Hari.
– Passed the Maruhan Academy entrance exam.
– Starts before the original story.
– S-Rank Trait: Spirit Eye
– Can use the player-exclusive status window.]
[4. Eugene Colbringer
– Direct descendant of the fallen Colbringer family.
– A-Rank Hero. Professor at Maruhan Academy.
– Starts before the original story.
– A-Rank Trait: Trait Copy]
[5. Sung Yujin
– An orphan who has specialized in illegal activities since childhood.
– A-Rank Villain. Contract Killer.
– S-Rank Trait: Outsider
– Can use the player-exclusive status window.]
The 5 selectable settings were the same as in the first playthrough.
My hand went to the 5th option again, then stopped. Even in my rage, I knew that doing the same thing as in the first playthrough wouldn’t give me a chance of winning.
As an A-Rank villain, my basic stats are excellent. The S-Rank trait, Outsider, also helps when infiltrating or escaping.
‘The problem is that the Outsider trait doesn’t work well against S-Rank heroes. S-Rank heroes can basically use special attacks.’
Plus, I’m a villain. I’m wanted by the Association and chased by heroes. This creates many restrictions. I can’t enter dungeons, participate in official tournaments, or use the Association’s shops.
‘…I can become stronger than my real self from the start… but it will be hard to grow after that.’
Mekin, who betrayed me, is a final boss-level monster. I can’t defeat Mekin if I don’t grow. And this time, I had no intention of making a contract with him. If I made a contract, I could become strong quickly, but he would be watching my every move.
‘Above all, Karma! I have to do something about this damn evil stat.’
If my evil stat is high, I suffer too many disadvantages. In the first playthrough, when I was busy running around to get items, there were quite a few I couldn’t get because of bad luck.
Even if I made a proper attack, it would miss, or I would suddenly get a useless curse, or even if I took an elixir, it wouldn’t have the proper effect.
‘I think there was some kind of notification at the end… The Karma system isn’t helpful. But it’s too bad to give up the player-exclusive status window…’
I paused.
The reason Karma works against me is because of the evil stat. But Karma has not only evil but also good. I can lower my evil stat by using good.
‘If my good stat is high, my luck will improve. I just need to raise my good stat.’
But to raise my good stat, I have to do good deeds.
‘…Damn it. I have to pretend to be good… But if I can screw over Mekin, that bastard… I can endure it.’
I clenched my fist tightly.
Mekin. If it hadn’t been for that bastard’s betrayal, I would have been the winner of the final battle. I could have become the master of a world where I could have had all the women.
‘If it hadn’t been for that bastard’s betrayal!!!’
I gave up on the 5th A-Rank villain option.
Among the other character settings, I excluded the 1st and 4th options, which don’t have a player-exclusive status window.
That left the 2nd and 3rd options.
‘The 2nd is an orphan. No background, no money. And the trait is only B-Rank.’
There was no need to think deeply. The answer was the 3rd option.
‘Sung Hari… That bitch. Isn’t she the one who stabbed me in the shoulder and chest? I can’t just leave her alone. I have to get revenge! I need to punish her with my dick!’
Above all, the 3rd option had the merit of starting before the original story.
I chose the 3rd option.
[Would you like to set a penalty?]
[Penalty 1. Start with all stats at 1 except for Stamina.]
‘If I’m starting before the original story anyway, it’s better to start with stats at 1. If I’m Awakened, I’ll have basic physical abilities. And above all, I have that item.’
Out of the items I got in the first playthrough, I had already brought 5 of them into reality and stashed them away in a corner. They were like a double-edged sword, too precious to use as consumables.
[The game will now begin.]
•••
“Kuaaaah!! Mekin!! Wait for me, I’ll… Huh?”
As soon as I entered the game world, I was burning with revenge, but I tilted my head.
This wasn’t my original voice. My body felt heavy, and my vision was low.
I looked around to assess the situation. I was sitting in a large living room. In front of me, a TV was on, showing a program for young children.
I looked at my hands. I saw the white, small, and fluffy hands of a young child.
I guessed that I had become a child of about 3 years old. It was clear since I was even wearing a diaper.
“……Ha.”
Before the original story.
I don’t know exactly when yet. But my gut feeling told me it was at least 10 years before the original story.
“What is this?”
This wasn’t what I had expected. Annoyed, I pounded the floor with my small, fern-like fists.
Something caught on my stomach. When I lifted my shirt, there was a smartphone.
‘……Let’s calm down. Anyway, time will pass automatically. Right now… status window.’
『Name: Sung Yujin
Strength: F- Stamina: F+ Agility: F- Durability: F- Mana: F-
Trait: Spirit Eye (S)
Skills: –
Karma: Good 0 Evil 0』
『Spirit Eye
Trait Rank: S
Can see the unseen.
Has excellent dynamic vision.
Has high spirit affinity.
Can share the vision of a contracted spirit.』
My stats were the worst. It was natural since I was only 3 years old.
‘The high stamina is… probably due to my virility. If I had known, I wouldn’t have penalized my mana.’
I tried to open the smartphone with my small hand, but my face hardened at the presence I felt from behind.
“Yujin~ Let’s eat~”
A clear female voice was heard.
I pushed the smartphone under the sofa. If she saw a kid with a smartphone, she would definitely take it away.
The presence was getting closer to me. The woman was humming, as if she was in a good mood. I wiggled my hands, pretending to be a child.
The woman grabbed my belly with one hand, lifted me up, and made me face her.
“Peek-a-boo!”
“……!!”
A beautiful woman with long black hair that reached her waist was smiling happily at me.
Sung Hari.
The woman who stabbed me twice in the body in the first playthrough.
She was once called the strongest hero, an SS-Rank hero.
And now, she is my mother.
‘Status window!’
What came to mind wasn’t my status window.
『Name: Sung Hari
Strength: A (SS) Stamina: A+ (S+) Agility: S- (SS+) Durability: B+ (S) Mana: A- (SS)
Trait: Spirit Devourer (S) Indra’s Thunderclap (SS)
Skills: Divine Spear Unification (SS), Spear Throw (S), Combat Sense (S), Purification (D+), Barrier (C+)
Affection: 100
Psychology: Yujin’s condition seems different than usual.
※Stats have decreased due to the Spirit King’s Curse (SS).』
As expected, her stats are incredible, worthy of being called a legend in the original story. However, her stats have decreased due to the 『Spirit King’s Curse』. Still, she is at least an S-Rank.
‘Affection 100… It’s maxed out.’
If it’s like the original game, men will be shown as trust, and women as affection. Since I’m a man. In the case of psychology, you can only see it if affection or trust is 70 or higher.
“Yujin? Are you sick somewhere?”
“No.”
“…Huh?”
Sung Hari’s eyes widened at my careless words.
‘Crap! I’m a toddler, but my pronunciation was too accurate!’
It’s natural to think it’s strange if a 3-year-old speaks too fluently. Especially since this is a world that is modern but no different from fantasy.
“Uh, Mommy. Food.”
I quickly pretended to be a child.
Sung Hari’s smiling face instantly hardened.
I felt like I was screwed.
‘Should I pretend to be possessed?’
Sung Hari looked at me with intensity in her eyes and said,
“Not Mommy, but Mama. I told you to call me Mama!”
“……Mama!”
“That’s right, Yujin! You shouldn’t learn strange things from TV!”
“……Okay.”
Sung Hari hugged me tightly. I felt good in her big, soft chest.
‘Her boobs are so big!’
I subtly massaged her soft chest with my hand. The anger that was burning towards Mekin melted away. Indeed, breasts are the answer to anger.
Sung Hari didn’t feel anything strange and didn’t resist at all.
“Let’s go to the table. Mama made your favorite fried rice~”
I was carried by her to the table.
“Yujin. Ah~”
A beautiful woman feeding me food. There was no reason to refuse.
“Ah~”
•••
『Sung Hari’s Psychology: Yujin seems a little strange today. Is he sick somewhere?』
Sung Hari started to feel something was off soon after. It was natural since her son’s behavior, whom she had always been watching, had suddenly changed.
‘There’s a limit to pretending to be a child.’
I returned to reality for now. I decided to go to the ‘Vampire Detective’ world to learn more about Sung Hari and checked my points.
[Sung Yujin
Level: 61
Strength: 60 Stamina: 60 Agility: 60 Intelligence: 50 Virility: 63 Mana: 60]
[Available Points: 971]
Even though I didn’t use any points after finishing the first playthrough of Savior of the Academy, I only had this much. It was because I had overused auto-progress.
I had no intention of raising my stats. Right now, I needed to solve Sung Hari’s problem more than that.
‘Fortunately, I have a way to solve the problem.’
[Would you like to use 30 points to increase the level of Acting (演技) Lv.1?]
‘I just need to act more like a child. I should take this opportunity to search the internet and study how a 3-year-old acts.’
[Would you like to use 500 points to increase the level of Acting (演技) Lv.5?]
I used a total of 940 points to raise my Acting level to 6.
[Acting (演技) Lv.6
You have excellent acting skills. There is a slight bonus to acting.]
“……!”
I felt a slight headache. Some knowledge was entering my head. I felt like I generally knew what to do when I had to act.
‘If I feel like it, I can squeeze out tears in 5 seconds.’
Subtle expressions such as the expressions I can make, various voice tones, and the shaking of my eyes.
If I wanted to, I could act better than a great actor.
‘With this, I can completely deceive Sung Hari.’
I need to go to the ‘Vampire Detective’ world and investigate ‘Savior of the Academy’ in more detail. I will also call the game developers and find out all the hidden easter eggs and hidden pieces.
‘Savior of the Academy is a single-player game, not an online game. There must be quite a few hidden pieces that players haven’t found.’
•••
[The game will now begin.]
I pretended to be napping and suddenly got up.
Next to me, Sung Hari was lying down, sleeping soundly. I carefully removed her arm that was on my stomach and got out of bed, wiggling my short arms and legs.
‘Hoo. A child’s body is uncomfortable. It would have been much easier if I was at least 10 years old.’
In the original ‘Savior of the Academy’, Sung Hari is one of the Five Heavens (五天) of Korea. The Five Heavens is a nickname that Koreans use to refer to SS-Rank heroes, comparing them to the sky.
Among them, Sung Hari, who has the nickname Thunder of Penetrating Heaven (貫天) (뇌성), once had the power to be called the strongest hero in the world, but she had to retire, not really retire, with her stats decreased due to the Spirit King’s Curse.
‘She’s hiding her identity and working as a hero in this time period.’
According to the original story, Sung Hari is originally single. She has no lover, has never been married, and of course, has no children.
‘Am I an adopted child, not her biological child? But her affection for me is too high for that. I need to investigate separately.’
I left the bedroom and went to the playroom with the smartphone I had secretly hidden. There was a small slide and all sorts of toys and dolls piled up.
I opened my inventory and took out an item.
It was a square cube with a faint blue light. It was the size of an adult’s fist.
One of the 5 items I had taken separately in the first playthrough.
『Mana Cube
Rank: SS
Deploys a mana space.』
I pressed the small button on the top of the cube. The top of the cube opened like wings unfolding. Blue light poured out from the cube, illuminating the surroundings. Inside the cube, two silver rings were rotating, facing each other.
When deployed, the Mana Cube makes the mana density of a 3M space around it 100%.
“Ssssh~ Ha!”
