Chapter 19 – Duel Rumors
In the end, on Sunday, I stopped by the department store in the academy to buy a game machine.
Fortunately, Katrin was fun, so I didn’t think it was a waste of money.
I had fun too.
Monday the next day.
I met Kang-tae Lim on the first floor of the men’s dormitory and asked.
“Aren’t you Seong Joo-hyuk senior?”
“You don’t even know Seong Joo-hyuk sunbaenim?”
Even today, his explanatory temperament was displayed.
In short, promising talent.
There are even prospects that he could become the youngest S-class hunter.
“Then do you know that senior is dating Dahyun?”
“What? What are you talking about.”
Apparently, the fact that Choi Da-hyun and Seong Joo-hyeok were engaged was a secret.
Well, she was a minor who went to high school until a few months ago.
She is the daughter of the Western Guild, but if rumors circulated that she was dating a high school girl, she would hide it because it would harm her image.
Lim Kang-tae opened her eyes wide and asked me in reverse.
“Are you with Seong Joo-hyuk sunbaenim and Choi Da-hyun?”
I contemplated whether to affirm it or not.
Now Choi Da-hyun—I’m not sure why—is in a situation where she wants to break up with Seong Joo-hyeok.
There is no need to make things more complicated by mentioning it.
“No, I just asked. Yesterday, Dahyun and that senior were talking.”
“Ah, that’s probably because your senior decided to join the Western Guild.”
“Okay?”
So, did Seong Joo-hyeok promise to join the guild run by his girlfriend’s parents?
… It’s not like the western guild recruited his daughter as bait.
From Seong Joo-hyeok’s point of view, it can be absurd to see that she broke up with her lover after passing through other guilds.
“Let me ask you one more question. If Seong Joo-hyuk and Instructor Kim Si-young faced each other one-on-one, who do you think would win?”
“Are you saying that? No matter how good the seniors are, how can a student beat an active class A?”
Lim Kang-tae’s information is generally correct.
I grinned and walked out of the dorm building with him.
Choi Da-hyun, who was always outside the dormitory building, was nowhere to be seen.
It seemed to be because of the promise I made with Sung Joo-hyeok yesterday.
If he sees you together even by chance, it will be a headache in many ways.
“Oh, I didn’t ask that.”
“You ask a lot today.”
“How exactly do you duel?”
“What a duel.”
“Just curious.”
I only heard that there was a duel with Lim Kang-tae.
Don’t know the specifics.
I thought it might just be a one-on-one sparring, so I suggested it to Seong Joo-hyeok.
As expected, he kindly told me about the duel from one to ten.
As I guessed, going into the virtual space of the training ground and having one-on-one sparring.
Not officially, of course, but in secret.
“It doesn’t hurt to do it in a virtual space anyway, so it feels like the academy just turns a blind eye to it. Instructors and professors all know.”
I nodded and listened to his explanation.
I wondered if there was something I hadn’t anticipated, and I’d have to slow down with Katrin and conserve more energy, but it didn’t seem necessary.
It just felt like I could just pass the time until the day of the duel.
***
“Oh, is that true? Is that the one who asked for a duel first?”
– Yes, it was really absurd. It looks like I looked down on my juniors.
Vice Chairman Park Pyo-seop giggled.
I thought I couldn’t see anything, but I thought I was really blind.
Even if he had to fight, he would go to Seong Joo-hyeok.
True education.
Implementation of justice.
Cider.
Those were the words that popped into his head.
“Perhaps I was conceited because I had pretty good results in the opening match for a freshman.”
-Every time I see something like this, I think it’s not a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of
“I agree. If you think that a person with that kind of personality would step into the hunter industry, uh huh.”
-So, if I win and Dae-seung Gong refuses to admit it, then please take care of it.
“Yes, I understand.”
Park Pyo-seop hung up the phone with Seong Joo-hyeok.
I touched the cheek that Choi Da-hyun hit on Saturday with my hand.
I was still tingling.
No matter how much he was gaslighted by Gong Dae-seung, did he blow his fist?
If it wasn’t for the Western Guild’s daughter, it would have been a legal issue.
“Hey.”
He called a male student who was working on a computer in front of him.
The male student said “Yes, Vice President” And stood up.
“Spread the word to the community.”
“What rumors… ?”
“Gong Dae-seung and Seong Joo-hyeok are dueling.”
“All right.”
The student council operates its own student community site, which is used by most students.
Since the student council has server management rights, it is a good environment to create a fake account in the DB and work on public opinion.
“How can I write down the reason for the duel?”
If Seong Joo-hyeok was just trying to save Da-hyeon Choi from being raped by Dae-seung Gong, there would be someone among the students who would report it to the police.
If the police acquit the Gong Dae-seung, who must have erased the evidence, it is rather disadvantageous.
“Let’s say that Gong Dae-seung stole Choi Da-hyeon and Seong Joo-hyeok is trying to get her back.”
“All right.”
“No.”
Park Pyo-seop smiled and continued.
“Let’s pretend that Da-Hyun Choi is having a fight with two men after one of his legs is exposed.”
“Yes? Would it be okay… ?”
“Even a western guild cannot hack the server.”
So don’t listen
It would take a lot of hard work to get rid of the rumors.
What was done must be repaid.
He thought as he touched the cheek that had been hit by Choi Da-hyun once again.
***
“Me, over there.”
After the morning lecture, it is time for a break.
Lim Kang-tae had another lecture, so I came to the cafe only Katrin.
While we were having coffee together, someone called me next to me.
I wondered if it was a party invitation again, so I turned my head.
“Instructor Siyoung Kim… ?”
For a moment I thought it was someone else.
She was the woman who couldn’t find any makeup on her.
But she was powdered.
… It’s so red and white like a middle school student trying on makeup for the first time.
The clothes were obviously originally a formal outfit close to a pantsuit.
But today, a short blue miniskirt.
It was like a traffic light in combination with a red cardigan and a yellow blouse.
She asked me, twisting her body.
“Can I have coffee with Daeseung Gong? ?”
“It doesn’t matter, but you don’t have to talk to me that way…”
Is the shock of the sparring on Saturday night still there?
At that time, Katrin was too scared.
Later, when I researched her on the Internet, her party members were wiped out last year, and it seems that she is still traumatized.
She said shaking her head.
“I’m an instructor, but I lost to Gong Dae-seung.”
“Even though…”
“Gong Dae-seung, speak plainly to me. You beat me, so you have a right to it.”
“No…”
It turns out that Korea in the 21st century was a country where everything was judged by force.
I wondered if Instructor Kim Si-young’s extreme attitude was influenced by trauma.
Katrin nodded, raising the corner of her mouth as if satisfied with her words.
“Hmm, I like that woman named Siyoung Kim.”
“Thank you.”
… She bowed her head to her familiar.
I didn’t even use [Sensitivity 3000 times], But it was like the most popular season 2 after the entrance exam.
If Choi Da-hyun gave me money, Instructor Kim Si-young suddenly started decorating.
Even if it’s fashion and makeup that shows off that you’ve tried it for the first time.
“Instructor.”
“Siyoung.”
“… Instructor.”
“Siyoung.”
She grinned and continued cutting her off.
Are you trying to be mean in any way?
There was something strange about saying this because I was scared.
“… Siyoung.”
“Yes, you can.”
She wanted to turn her time back to before sparring with her.
Because I can’t get 200,000 won…
Is it a high degree of bullying?
“Other people look at me strangely when I talk plainly to the instructor. So can’t we just do it normally?”
“Then let’s be normal when everyone else is with us. Instead, when it’s just the two of us, just like now.”
“Okay…”
We weren’t dating, so I wondered what the hell this would be, but it seemed like the best thing.
Yesterday, Seong Joo-hyeok was a very tiring conversation, if not as much as when he was arguing with a human being.
Instructor Siyoung Kim suddenly took out her smartphone.
Then, after turning on the phone app’s keypad, it suddenly thrust itself in front of me.
“Wouldn’t it be comfortable in many ways?”
It meant asking for a phone number.
There was no particular reason to refuse, so I took my number first.
Then she clicked [Register her new contact] And wrote [Seung, College of Engineering] In her name.
“Can’t I just write it down normally?”
“Anyway, you don’t see anyone else but me. Ah, Gong Dae-seung, be sure to save it as Si-young. I will check.”
“…”
It felt oddly forced.
*
In the afternoon after all lectures.
The sky burned red.
I was tired because I kept being bullied by Instructor Siyoung Kim at the cafe…
I just wanted to go home and review a little bit and go to sleep.
“Hey, Gongdaeseung.”
Who the hell called me this time?
Well, I knew right away just by hearing the voice.
It was Irin.
Today, she was impressive with her red twin tails.
“Why.”
“Did you really decide to duel with Sung Joo-hyuk?”
“How do you know that?”
She took out her smart phone and showed me her internet bulletin board.
It was plastered all over with the story that me and Seong Joo-hyeok were going to duel.
I didn’t know there was a message board like this…
It seemed to be an anonymous community only used by students.
“Say no to a duel even now!”
“Are you afraid to lose?”
“Okay! You said you dropped out. You know that if you drop out midway, you have to throw up all the money you received. What about my mother’s hospital bill? Embarrassment is as humiliated as it is.”
It was almost an established fact that I would lose to the bulletin board that Lee Rin showed me.
As much as it seems, it’s a fight that I can’t win.
“It’s okay, because I won.”
“A big win!!”
She screamed her out loud.
She then closed her mouth tight and she spoke softly.
“There is one thing I don’t understand.”
“What?”
“The reason for the duel. In the community, they say it’s because Dahyun manages the fishery, but isn’t that true?”
Fishery management?
It really doesn’t even make sense when I think about it.
There is no doubt that there is someone who manages the fishery by pouring a huge sum of tens of millions of won on the fish.
However, to tell Lee Rin accurately, I had to talk about the massage, and even [Sensitivity 3000 times].
She didn’t distrust her, but she didn’t want to be misunderstood.
“I’m with Dahyun quite often.”
“… Almost always.”
“Senior Joo-hyuk Seong was dating Da-hyun? But Dahyun was trying to break up with senior, but senior misunderstood that I took away Dahyun.”
Irene tilted her head.
“Dahyeon already had a boyfriend?”
“Oh, yes. Ah, I already said goodbye, but it felt like seniors were still clinging to me.”
She kept tilting at my explanation.
It didn’t look very convincing.
“That’s true, but why are you fighting a duel even risking dropping out? Are you just friends with Dahyun?”
“No, that’s because Seong Joo-hyuk sunbaenim kept looking at me and doing bad things to Da-hyun.”
“What a bad thing?”
“I raped Dahyun. I’m really blown away.”
Only then did Lee Rin say, “Ah…” She nodded.
He seemed to understand why I went to the duel.
“Well, if the senior decides and spreads rumors, there is no answer.”
“I can put up with the sound of a pervert, but I can’t stand the sound of a rapist, really.”
“Well, I understand why you fought a duel, but is there a way to win? If you lose a duel and drop out, you’ll only get into debt. You don’t even know if you’ll get rid of the false name.”
“Because I win. Trust me.”
She looked at me with her eyes going.
… It was an unbelievable sight.
I’m saying this out of concern for me, so I can’t just ignore it and go on.
“Prove it by sparring with me.”
“What?”
“I have to win as easily as I can to have a slight chance of winning against Seong Joo-hyuk.”
“No, I’ve said before that you have trauma…”
She frowned and grabbed my wrist.
And he dragged me toward the main building.
“I won’t say anything to you even if I get traumatized, so do it right now!”
“Hey, hey!”
Catherine next to me just laughed silently.
